Sparkly Wallflower

 Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge #535 Hello friends! Today's card is my first as a new Design Team Member at Try Stampin' on Tuesday (challenge #535) and hope that you can join us with this sketch. My card allowed me to create another Valentine's Day card for the Valentine's for Seniors card drive.     Supplies used: Stamps: Lawn Fawn's My Silly Valentine Dies: Brutus Monroe Circles Die, Concord & 9th Fresh Cut Florals Edition 3 die set, wide sentiment strip in my stash Paper: Patterned paper in my stash, light green foil paper from the Pastel Foil Cardstock Paper pack, Yupo paper previously colored with yellow and pink alcohol inks and transparent Yupo paper colored with purple and coral alcohol inks Spray: Perfect Pearl Mists in Perfect Pearl (retired) Gems: Honey Bee Stamps' gem stickers in a few packs in my stash.   Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue   Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape     This card was easy to make, but took some patien

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Sketch #449 Hello friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Today we have a new sketch over at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Blog and hope that you can join us this week. I had so much fun with this sketch that I made two cards. Usually when I do that and ask hubby and the kids which one they like better, there usually a clear winner. This week there was a hot debate. So I ask you--which do you like better? Card #1 Green, white and gold wreath Supplies used:  Stamps: Altenew's Festive Poinsettia stamp set Dies: Honey Bee Stamps' Joy Noel Wreath die set, Gina K Design's Master Layout 2 and Master Layout 7 Ink: VersaFine Clair Rain Forest ink Paper: Patterned paper in my stash, watercolor paper, scrap paper  Embossing Powder: Ranger's Holographic embossing powder Nuvo Shimmer Powders: Green Parade and Atlantis Burst (retired? color) Washi Tape: Altenew's Many Dots Washi Tape , wide gold washi tape in my stash, gold spa

Craft Roulette #89 Hello friends! Today's card was inspired by a few challenges: Craft Roulette episode #89 , Color Throwdown #670 ,  and Never-Before-Used-Schtuff Challenge #32.    This week's parameters at Craft Roulette #89 are Project: FUNN fold Colors: 3 rich hues (blue, red, yellow) Element: Birthday(s) Random: Bottom border   Supplies used:  Dies: Tim Holtz for Sizzix's Perspective Butterfly thinlit die , Simon Says Stamp's Painted Happy Birthday wafer die, Gina K's Master Layout 2 die set Embossing Folder: Sizzix's Kaleidoscope 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder Ink: Mermaid Lagoon and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide,  Glamorous VersaFine Clair, Something Borrowed Catherine Pooler Ink Paper: Smooth white cardstock, patterned paper in my stash, previously alcohol inked and foiled Yupo paper Embossing Powder: Ranger's Holographic Embossing Powder Washi tape: blue washi tape with gold and colored stars and raindrops in my stash, sparkly gold S

Make a Wish Hello friends! Today's card was created for the Shopping Our Stash Challenge #459 (triple threat) . I had already made a card for this earlier, but was so inspired by the challenge that I decided to make one more. I am also sharing it over at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper November Challenge (there are 3 pieces of patterned paper in the card!) and at Happy Little Stamper's Anything Goes with Dies as well as their Stencil Challenges for November. Supplies used: Ink: Catherine Pooler's Tiara ink Dies: Essentials by Ellen (Hutson)'s Wild Garden by Julie Ebersole die set, Gina K's Master Layout 2 die set Paper: Red, purple and yellow patterned paper in my stash, smooth white cardstock, previously ink smooshed watercolor paper in blues and greens, previously alcohol inked Yupo papers in purples, reds, yellows, ad blue/greens with some gold foil attached Embossing Powder: Ranger's Holographic embossing powder Stencils: The Crafters' Work

Winter Wishes Hello friends! My younger kiddo wanted to make Holiday cards for all of their classmates, so we are getting our craftiness on with some critter holiday cards. I decided to share them over at a few challenges: CAS Christmas and Modsquad Animal Themed Holiday challenge .     Supplies used: Stamps: Hero Arts' Winter Time Fun stamp set (retired) Dies: Mini slimline sized Blanket Stitched Essential Die from Pinkfresh Studio Ink: VersaFine Clair Morning Mist ink, Frost VersaMark Dazzle ink, Catherine Pooler's Cummerbund ink Paper: Watercolor paper Embossing Powder: Ranger's Holographic and Gold embossing powder Gems: Honey Bee Stamp's Crystal Clear sticker gems  Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers   Gansai Tambi Starry Colors watercolor set   Gold washi tape Liquid glue     Tim Holtz's Paper Distresser by Tonic Studios (retired?) To make the cards, I stamped the same 4 animals and tree onto pieces of watercolor paper with Morning Mist VersaFine Clair

Getting a Head Start on Valentine's Day Hello friends! Today's card continues to find me working on my Valentine's card stash, especially to donate them to Valentine's for Seniors, which I heard about from Bring Smiles to Seniors an organization I love donating my cards to. This card was inspired by a few challenges this week: Shopping our Stash #459-Tripple Treat (I have 3 heart stickers and 3 pieces of washi tape) and Sunday Stamps Sketch Challenge #270       Supplies used:   Stamps: Simon Says Stamp's Abstract Triangles cling stamp Dies: Birch Press Design's Dahlia Heart layering dies (I used layer A and B only, but there are 3 layers). This die is retired, but can be found at places like Frantic Stamper , Gina K's Master Layout 2   Ink: Catherine Pooler's Coral Cabana ink Paper: Patterned paper in my stash Gina K Design's Gold Sequins Fancy Foils  Deco Foil Toner Sheets from iCraft from Therm O Web Washi tape: gold sparkly tape, floral tape

Embossed Happy Birthday Hello friends! Today's card was inspired by the Let's Squash It! Challenge #14 (stencil and emboss), Seize the Birthday Challenge #228 and since Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday blog challenge is Anything Goes, I thought I would share it over there as well. Supplies used: Dies: Simon Says Stamp's Happy Birthday die and Etched Layered Daisy Stem , Gina K's Master Layout 2 die set Embossing Folder: Tim Holtz for Sizzix 3D Texture Fades Botanical Embossing Folder Stencil: The Crafter's Workshop 6x6" Believe Script Paper: Smooth white cardstock,  purple foil paper from the Pastel Foil Cardstock Paper pack Inks: Catherine Pooler's Flirty Fuchsia , Party Dress and Coral Cabana ink Embossing Powder: Ranger's Holographic Embossing Powder  Sequins: Catherine Pooler's Scranton sequin mix Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers Lawn Fawn's Liquid Stardust Gansai Tambi Starry Colors watercolor set   Altenew's Instant Dime

  Craft Roulette #88 Hello friends! Today's card was created for Craft Roulette #8 8 . Craft Roulette is a crafting show where hostess Mary Gunn and a guest crafter create a card with randomly selected parameters and invite us to play along. This week's parameters were: Project: Card with patterned paper Colors: Cornucopia (basically any color that you can find on fruit or veggies) Element:Starts with c Random: Retiform Supplies used:  Dies: Concord & 9th's Holly Jolly die set 1 (made for a recent online event), Gina K's Master Layout 2 , Simon Says Stamp's Ring Wreath wafer die Paper: Assorted Holographic Silver Simon Says Stamp's Cardstock, Tessler Crafts' NACRE Circle paper , pink and red patterned paper in my stash Ink:  Candied Apple Distress Ink, Catherine Pooler's Sangria ink, Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Embossing Powder: Ranger's Holographic embossing powder Foil: iCraft's Foil Transfer Sheets in Purple Sketch and Red Static

  Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #448 Hello! We have a great sketch challenge over at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Blog . I took this as an opportunity to go into my stash and pull out some patterned paper to use on the card. I also decided to use this sketch to start my stash of Valentine's Day cards for the Valentine's for Seniors card drive, affiliated with a cause that I love donating cards to-- Bring Smiles to Seniors ).     Supplies used: Stamps: Lawn Fawn’s Let’s Toast Dies: Background die in my stash Punches: Ek Tools’ Confetti Hearts and 1” square punches Paper: Patterned paper in my stash, an old silver envelope Embossing Powder: Ranger’s Silver embossing powder Sakura Clear Glitter Gelly Roll Stardust Bold Point Pens  Puffy heart sticker in my stash Sequins in my stash Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape and Liquid glue   Tim Holtz's Paper Distresser by Tonic Studios (retired?)     When I sat down to create the card, I decided to substitut