Fun with Flowers and Impression Obsession

Well, I 'm back again with a clean and simple card with my Spring Blooms CL68 stamp set from Impression Obsession. I am on a roll this week with cards for the Impression Obsession challenge of Fun with Flowers. This card is simple, but has some fussy cutting, that may require a little more time.

 I made a cluster of leaves and stamped a few flower to cut out. The sentiment is embossed. So simple . Thanks for stopping by my little blog.

Joan V

Another Hydrangea card

Another Sunday post

Just a quick follow-up from my earlier post today. Here is a second, simple card using watercolor paper, ink and the Impression Obsession Hydrangea stamp set. 

Thanks for stopping by my little blog.

Have a great day

Joan

Fun with Flowers and Impression Obsession Challenge

Oh, Hello

Well, I am finally trying to blog again. I was so inspired by the challenge at Impression Obsession Fun with Flowers. You see, I bought this gorgeous Hydrangea Cling stamp and die set last October and I finally got inspired to pull that set out of the package. 

I wanted a soft background and soft colors for my flower so I decided to use Royal Langnickel watercolor paper.  Here is a picture of my desk and some of the supplies.  After stamping my flower and leaves, I got a fine mist spritzer and finely misted until I got the look I wanted. I used the same watercolor paper, CTMH Outdoor Denim ink and Stormy Sky Distress Ink , to get similar and varying colors, so that I could die cut the tiny flowers. I just love the look of those tiny petals. 

A bit of black cardstock, some watermark ink, white embossing powder and POW, you have a beautiful sentiment banner. 

I really love this flower and die set. I made another card, but will post it later. Thanks for stopping by my little blog. 

Have a beautiful day.

Joan 

Beautiful Blooms

Happy day to you all. I just love flowers, whether they are real blooms or stamps. On a past "Make it Monday"on Papertrey Ink, called Colorful Card Corners , we were challenged to make a card with a corner focal point. LOVED this idea. I guess I never entered it, but I love this kind of card. I used Beautiful Blooms for my main flower. 

Thanks for stopping by my little blog. 

Joan

A Happy Day

I pulled out my Balloon Fun stamp set by Richard Garay to make this great masculine birthday card. The sentiment and background stamps are from a Recollection Color Splash stamp set. I used Stampin Up Real Red, Smokey Slate, Memento Tuxedo black and VersaMark watermark inks on this project.

Hello the old fashioned way

Well, it's been a while since I blogged. I have a darling card that I made using Richard Garay's Noteworthy sets, that I picked up from Hobby Lobby. I needed a masculine cards, so this is one that I came up with.

I've been watching Richard Garay during his live demo's. I have started to use some splatters and the twine on my cards. Love that special touch, even on masculine cards. Thanks for stopping by my little blog.
Have a blessed day.

Art Impressions Hippo

I have a cute little card to share with you today from a Freebie stamp that I got from Art Impressions. I have really been into the Watercolor Series, but I thought, what if I just water colored this little Hippo image onto water color paper. I just bought a few of the Marvy marker, which I sincerely love, to use with this watercoloring technique. I thought that I would enter this into the Ai  29 Again Challenge. Happy 29th Birthday, Art Impressions.

Thanks for stopping by my little blog. Have a great day.

Joan

Clay pot Watercolor

I went to our local Rubber Stamp Convention over the weekend and found some great stamps and I couldn't wait to use them. I was so inspired by Bonnie Krebs from Art Impressions. Her technique for watercoloring is so much fun. So, I decided to enter the anything goes challenge at Art Impressions. For this card I used the Clay Pot mini series, Flower set and Foliage set. I also used a stamp from Our Daily Bread Scripture Series 3 set.

Thanks for stopping by my little blog.
Have a great day.

Joan

Flip Flopping

Well, it's been quite a while since I have posted on my blog. I have a cute card that I made and thought that since it is almost summer, that it would be good to post.

I used Papertrey Ink flip flops and a sentiment from another company. Hope you are all ready for that warm summer weather.
Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day.

Joan

Be Your Own Kind .....

I have a quick post to share today. I made a birthday card for my fitness trainer using the You Got This stamp set from The Cat's Pajamas. I made the bunny into a girl bunny using pink and black paper pieced clothing.
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 I would have put a sweat band on bunny, but my trainer doesn't wear one.
 I used a piece of foil from a can of my husbands potato sticks for the mirror like background. LOL, yep, I love to recycle. But, it has the best thickness and texture. I fussy cut my embossed sentiment and popped it up. Pretty simple but I needed something special and personalized. By the way, she loved the card. 

I am entering this in The Cat's Pajamas challenge at

Thanks for stopping by my little blog. 

Joanie

Two more Graphic 45 cards

Wow, so I just couldn't stop, once I got started making cards from the August Cut Aparts paper. So to keep things short, here are two more cards I created.

Quite simple, but lovely enough to send to my friends.

My first CAS- Graphic 45 card

Ok, so the Graphic 45 bug hit me today. As I was browsing my local stamp/paper store ,The Checkered Cottage today, I came across the pattern directions to make this darling card. Sure, I could have gone home and cut the paper apart and then sat there and wondered " now what do I want to do with all these pieces?" Well, I came home with my Graphic 45 August paper and the pattern and got to work.

Here is just a sneak peek at the pattern. 

Here is my copy of the card. I used PTI Simple Sunflower for my flower embellishment. 

And the inside is my creation.

This was so easy and fun. Now I have extra bits and pieces to make a few more cards. These next ones, I will just wing it. 
Thanks for stopping by.

Joanie

Home....yep, there's no place like home...

I made a card for The Cat's Pajamas TCPTUES293 challenge. I don't have very many TCP sets, so I came up with a darling card from my newest collection. I used Take Flight stamp set and Birdhouses die set. I pulled a piece of paper from American Crafts- Amy Tangerine- Yes Please. I love using paper that has images in the corner. I do apologize for the picture. I got a new phone and didn't set up dropbox yet and now I am scrambling to get this posted.

Thanks for stopping by little blog.

Joanie

Fly

I have a new card to share today. I just got a new set of stamps from The Cat's Pajamas called Take Flight and the dies to match. I thought I would try the partial die cutting technique and then just stamp my birds.

Here is the a side view.

 I am entering this in the Cat's Pajamas May challenge TPCTUES291.

Thanks for stopping by my little blog. Have a great day.

Joanie

Sail into summer

Good morning everyone. Thought I would post a card that I made for The Cat's Pajamas TCPTUES291 challenge . Summer is right around the corner and I found some fun paper to use with my stamped image. My paper is from the 6x6 paper pad from Pebbles called Lakeside. Ooh, I just love this chalkboard style paper. Then I used The Cat's Pajamas set called Ship Happens. I stamped it onto watercolor paper and on the red checked for my paper piecing.  I used watercolor pencils for the shading and the inside of the cup. With all the words on the paper, I didn't think a sentiment was needed. I just love these little penguins and I have them all ready for a summer fun.

  I'm sending this card to my daughter, who is a teacher, and is off for the summer. She is planning a trip across the U.S. and plans to camp, relax and enjoy the National Parks that the U.S. has to offer. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day.

Joan V.

Sunshine and flowers

Edited June 2015  Thanks to Great Impressions for choosing my card as featured below.
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Spring is in the air. Well, chilly air, at the present time. But, flowers are blooming, sun is shining, birds are chirping and I am stamping. LOL. I made this card for the Great Impressions Monthly Challenge theme Spring. The two stamps I used are Said the Butterfly E149 and Potted Kitty E617. The paper is from We Are Memory Keeper spring from a few years back. I just love the soft colors in this set.

Thanks for stopping by.

Joanie

Fussy Cutting with PTI Make it Monday #212

Over at Papertrey Ink, there is a little video ,with Ashley on fussy cutting, for the Make It Monday challenge. Wow, did this ever get me inspired to make a few cards. I use the flowers and pitcher from the  PTI Iconic Images set and the Feel Better Soon from the PTI Think Big Favorites #22. I wanted to make something simple that could be sent to a woman or man, so I did some flowers in blue and some in coral.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will go watch the video and try the fussy cutting for sentiments. I know this is one tip that I will be using a lot. Have a great day.

Joan

April Showers- Spring Flowers

Over at Simon Says Stamps, they have a Wednesday Challenge. This week it is April Shower - Spring Flowers challenge. The designers are featuring Memory Box dies, so I thought I would play along. This is the first time that I have joined in on a Simon Says challenge. My card is very simple but, I think I will make a whole box of these for gift giving. It has been trendy to do only partial cutting with the dies, so I chose Memory Box Caserta Bloom die. I did a partial cutting of the flower sprig, scored some lines underneath my flowers and at the bottom of my card. I used "thanks" from Flirty Flowers by Unity. I also have an embossed piece of blue paper with sporadic diamond shapes.I cut another sprig of flowers and used one for the lower embellishment. Inside, I used the rest of the blue sprig. Then I just added a few blings to the flower centers.

Thanks for stopping by.

Joanie

Delight in the Beauty of the Day

 Edited June 2015

Thanks to Great Impressions for choosing my card.
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Wow, I am here for the second time today. I have been playing all day, in my craft room. I found that if I enter challenges, I get some "one of a kind" cards made. I figured that I may use this challenge to get my Mothers Day card made. I have a few Great Impressions stamps, so I decided to dive right in and take the April challenge.You can find the Great Impressions challenge HERE.

My main paper was watercolor paper. To make the background, I spritzed my watercolor paper and let the water soak in for a few minutes. Meanwhile, I inked my embossing folder with some yellow , pink and green, then I embossed with the wet paper. This watercolor paper has a blue-grey tint. Then I watercolored Lizzy and fussy cut her out. I used black embossing on the vellum. So, that's my card. Thanks for stopping by...

Joanie

Relax with The Cat's Pajamas challenge

 

Hi Everyone.. Well, I spied a fun challenge at TCP's and thought it would be fun to ink up a few stamps. I have had this one set for a while and just love all the elements in the set. So, here is my card for the challenge.

This set is called What a Blast. See, isn't it darling. The paper I used was from Ki called Growing Garden. I used My Favorite Things Die-namics Blueprints 5 and a piece from BP12 for my layout. I used Spectrum Noir alcohol markers for my coloring. Oh, and I almost forgot my tiny grass and flowers. I pulled those from a Valentine Heart set that has little bitty pieces to add to hearts, etc.
Thanks for stopping by. Have a happy and relaxing day.

Joanie