Sparkly Wallflower

Craft Roulette #76 Hello friends! Craft Roulette is a weekly live YouTube crafting event! This week, Mary Gunn watched with the rest of us while three guest crafters made a card using the 4 randomly-selected parameters. Episode 76's parameters were:  Project : Your favorite card Colors : Vintage Element : Summer Sports Random: Weaving Supplies used:  Stamps: None Dies:  Honey Bee Stamp's Bicycle Builder Honey Cuts, Simon Says Stamps' Strips 2 (for thicker vertical part of the weave, an A2-sized rectangular die in my stash Paper: Patterned papers in my stash, white cardstock for the background panel Ink: Tea Dye Distress Ink Sprays: Altenew's Iridescent Shimmer Ink Spray (for the bike) Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi Starry Colors watercolor set Liquid glue    Honey Bee Stamps gems  Purple washi tape  AALL & Create Lotza Semicirclz Stencil To make this card,  I started by gathering paper from my stash that fit the Vintage color scheme of muted colors. I then

 Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #436 Hello friends! Today I am excited to share my card inspired by Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #436 . As I make this card, we are definitely transitioning out of summer and into fall, and wanted to reflect that with this card. I was excited to use a stamp I had waiting to be used in my stash: Neat and Tangled's Hello Fall as well as die cuts to make this card. My family is currently wondering at what point will I have more of the card hanging off the card rather than inside the card's dimensions...   I used a variety of dies for today's card: Sizzix's Thinlits Mix and Match Flowers die set (flowers) Sizzix's Garden Greens dies by Tim Holtz (greens) Pinkfresh Studio's Diagonal Stitched Squares Die (turned diagonally for both the sentiment and the background diamond)  Honey Bee Stamps' Barn Wood Planks Honey Cuts-I ended up using 5 of the 6 planks and then spraying them with Technique Junkies' Mixed Metals Shi

  You Have Fabulous Style   Hello friends! Today's card was so fun to make. I had a piece of "wild" paper in my stash waiting patiently for a very specific challenge and finally found them: Paper Craft Crew's Sketch Challenge #441 and the TGIF Challenge #331 .    Supplies used:  Stamps: Avery Elle's Glamper Campers Dies:  Gina K's Master Layout 2 set, A2-sized stitched rectangular die and some square dies in my stash Paper: Pink floral and cheetah print paper in my stash (as well as the other side of the paper which is a green paper), watercolor paper for the main image and white cardstock for the sentiment. Ink: VersaFine Clair Ink in Twilight and Rain Forest , Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide, Picked Raspberry Distress Ink Embossing powder: Ranger embossing powder in Holographic Sprays: Harvest Sunset Shimmering Bliss Spray from Technique Junkies, Frost Sheer Shimmer Spritz JudiKins Diamond Glaze Foam tape and liquid glue  Retired sequins from Trini

Freshly Made Sketches 500 & Color Throwdown 657   Hello friends! I didn't want to try to come up with a funny or corny title for this post as the card I am sharing was sent to a coworker who has cancer. I took extra care with it as I hope that it gives her reason to smile. I thought that it came out really well and am proud of it. As I was creating the card, I was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketch Challenge #500 and Color Throwdown Challenge #657 .     Supplies used:  Stamps: Honey Bee Stamp's Bloom , Simon Says Stamps Butterfly Kisses stamp set Dies:  Concord &9th's Fresh Cut Florals Dies-edition 3 , Simon Says Stamps Butterfly Kisses coordinating dies,  Gina K's Master Layout 2 set, Honey Bee Stamp's Bloom die set, Altenew's Leaf Mix Die set, Tim Holtz's Garden Greens dies, A2-sized stitched rectangular die Paper: Yupo paper with green, blue and gold alcohol ink (as close as I had to turquoise) as well as more Yupo paper with red and gold

Can't have enough sparkly holiday cards   Hello friends! I have been trying to make a holiday cards slowly this year, and this wonderful sketch felt like a great excuse to make another one. Throw in an excuse to use some paper in my stash? Perfection! Thanks Make the Cards Challenge #30 !   Supplies used:  Stamps: Hero Arts' Stamp & Cut Wishes set Dies:  Hero Arts' Stamp & Cut Wishes set,  Simon Says Stamp's Snowflake Mandala die, Gina K's Master Layout 2 set (stitched flag for the sentiment), Simon Says Stamp Strips 2 die set (only the larger die) and an A2-sized rectangular stitched die in my stash (for the background panel) Paper: Patterned papers in my stash, pastel purple and gold paper from the Pastel Foil Cardstock Paper pack, white cardstock for the base and sentiment Ink: Spun Sugar Distress Ink Gold embossing powder from Ranger Sprays: Frost Sheer Shimmer Spritz Foam tape and liquid glue  Vegas, Baby! sequin mix from Catherine Pooler  Ste

Merry Christmas with Global Design Project Sketch Challenge #306   Hello friends! This Christmas card was inspired by the Global Design Project Sketch Challenge #306 . Because I added a lot of Spritz and Splatter, I am entering this over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and in the Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenge .     Supplies used:  Stamps: Simon Says Stamp's Stained Glass Greetings Dies: Simon Says Stamp's Stained Glass Greetings die set, Honey Bee Stamp's Deckle Edge A2 Honey Cuts, Sizzix Layered Snowflake Thinlits dies, Simon Says Stamp's Snowflake Mandala die, Gina K's Master Layout 2 set (stitched flag for the sentiment) Paper: Patterned papers in my stash, gold paper from the Pastel Foil Cardstock Paper pack, Yupo paper with pink alcohol ink and gold foil, white foil paper from Concord &9th's Formals Foil Paper Pack , scrap watercolor paper (for the sentiments) Ink: Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Holographic em

 A Bird Holiday Card  Hello friends! Today's card is inspired by the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown August Theme Challenge and Sunday Stamps Sketch Challenge #264     Supplies used:  Stamps: Hero Arts Poinsettia and Birds Wood Mounted Rubber Stamp and Happy Happy Happy from Lawn Fawn Patterned papers in my stash, including a watercolor piece of paper that I had ink smooshed with several sprays (Technique Junkies' Dragons Blood , Wine Stain , and Harvest Sunset )   Gold embossing powder from Ranger Dies: Gina K's Master Layout 2 (the smaller stitched flag for the sentiment and the second-largest stitched rectangular die, Happy Happy Happy Lawn Cuts Sprays: Technique Junkies' Dragons Blood , Wine Stain , and Harvest Sunset Sparkly gold and thin white washi tap e Foam tape and liquid glue  Honey Bee Stamps gems     To make this card, I die cut the ink smooshed paper and then stamped and heat embossed the Poinsettia and Birds stamp. Next, I stamped and heat emboss

 Altenew's Whimsical Motif Hello friends! Today I wanted to share a card that were inspired by three challenges: Inspire.Create.Challenge #97 , The Paper Players Sketch Challenge #555 , and the Never-Before-Used-Schtuff Challenge #29 .  I have decided to try to make my posts shorter to make them easier to read. I am going to start with a list of supplies used and then a shorter description of steps below. Let me know what you think! Supplies used:  Stamps: Whimsical Motif from Altenew Patterned papers in my stash, including a navy/dark blue (matte frame), and a yellow polka dot. Yupo paper with yellow alcohol ink (larger stitched flag behind sentiment) Inks: Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink (the flower and sentiment), Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink (border of smaller stitched flag die) Dies: Gina K's Master Layout 2 (almost every die from the set!) Sprays: Altenew's Iridescent Shimmer Ink Spray, blue spray in my stash Forever Green Perfect Pearls and Gold Pearl Ex Powdere

 Happy Fall! Hello friends! Today I wanted to share 2 cards I made that were inspired by Double Trouble Challenge #91"Scrapper's Trail Mix" and Color My Heart's Color Dare #458 . These challenges "forced" me to look deep in a box of fall patterned paper, where I found my Lawn Fawn Thanks A Latte stamp and die set, and so decided to use them for this these cards. I also rediscovered some patterned paper that I had forgotten that I had in my stash!     To make both cards, I started with a identifying patterned paper that I wanted to use for the card as they were integral to the Double Trouble challenge and I hoped would help figure out some of the colors for the Color Dare challenge as well. As I said above, I rediscovered some that I had in my fall stash, including the blue polka-dotted paper that is a really close match to the Glacier color. I went with that and a piece of brown plaid paper for both background panels. Next, I pulled out a leftover piece of

 Enjoy Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #435 Hello friends! Today I am happy to share my first design as a Design Team Member for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #435.      I am starting to feel the shift from summer to fall as I start work again (I am a high school teacher) next week and so decided to lean into that feeling and make a fall card. I am slowly moving back into my craft room after an extended time away due to a construction project, and trying to organize myself along the way. This has given me the opportunity to re-aquatint myself with stamps and papers that may have been waiting for love. As I planned this card, I rediscovered my Penny Black Hugs & Cuddles stamp and die set, as well as some fall themed papers and leaf stickers.    To make the card, I stamped the fox from the Hugs & Cuddles set with Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink and heat embossed with Ranger's Holographic embossing powder. After die cutting the fox, I colored her with my Zig Clean Color Re