wishing you... a happy world cardmaking day! :)

Hi, friends.. happy World Cardmaking Day! :) I hope you are celebrating today by gettin' crafty! I had a few minutes myself, so I popped into my craft room and played with more of my Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® 2013 exclusive goodies:

I ♥ the TINY COIN ENVELOPE die! I have no idea when I'll actually use it to put a coin inside, heehee.. but it's sooo cute and makes such a fun embellishment. :) (For size reference, this card is 4.25 inches square.) I put the heart (cut from the HOLIDAY SHAPES die) on with a pop dot and tucked the flap under to close the envie so it can open and close... you could put a small stamped sentiment inside.. wouldn't that be fun! This sentiment is from the SKETCHY BANNER GREETINGS (stamped with THIS ink).....

...and finishes off inside, with another diecut heart. :)

I hope you have a wonderful, productive day, and a great weekend! Thanks so much for reading. ♥

super-sized sunday with the simon says september '13 card kit

Howdy, peeps! Do you like my tongue twister blog post title? :) Finally gotten around to photographing some of the cards I've made with the Simon Says Stamp September '13 card kit, and thought I'd put a bunch into one big blog post for ya.. especially since these all have the same color palette. So, get ready!

The first card is a remake of one I made when I first got the kit, but forgot to photograph before sending it off to someone:

I used the stencil in the kit to carefully cut out a mask from some Eclipse masking paper with my craft knife (as long as your blade is brand-new-sharp and you don't put too much pressure on the stencil as you drag your knife along, you won't cut into the stencil at all). I then used the Colorbox Frost White ink in the kit and sponged it over the mask. Remove the mask, and stamp the sentiment in the resisted area. :)

My next card uses some of the patterned paper, as well as the Studio Calico wood veneers in the kit:

I again used the stencil to cut out a banner, but this time from some of the kraft card stock. I then heat embossed the sentiment before adhering it with pop dots. I also punched out some squares from some of the chalkboard-looking patterned paper as mats for my veneer shapes. :)

And finally:

A real quick and easy one! Just some simple stamping with some Hero Arts inks: Black, Wet Cement, and Soft Sand. They go perfectly with the kraft card stock. :)

Alrighty, that's it from me today.. whew! See you again soon with something from the NEW October '13 card kit! Thanks for reading! :)

simon says... things with wings

Hi, friends! Hope you are well! Time for another challenge at the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog...

..where one lucky participant will be randomly chosen to receive a generous gift voucher to spend in the Simon Says Stamp super store!

The theme this week is Things With Wings, and the DT all used the wonderful Studio Calico on our creations. If you have Studio Calico items in your stash, use it along with us, we'd love to see it! If not, it's not a requirement of the challenge, so no worries. :)

As for my card...

..I used the BUTTERFLIES CHIP SHAPES on my card, but changed them up a bit by cutting some of the patterned ones in half and mixing and matching different halves together... just shooting for something fun and unexpected. :) I stamped the plain butterflies with my Studio Calico LATTICE BACKGROUND stamp and some STAZON TIMBER BROWN ink. The sentiment is from the HEY DAY SENTIMENTS stamp set.

 

This card has a rather masculine feel in my opinion, even with the butterflies... the color palette, perhaps? I think I'll probably tuck this into hubby's luggage next time he takes one of his business trips... :)

 

So now it's your turn! Create your project featuring Things With Wings, and upload it HERE before 8am EST US next Wednesday (the 15th), and you could win that awesome gift voucher to spend in the store!

 

And don't forget to head on over HERE to see what the rest of the design team has done for this challenge, too... LOVELY!

I'm still recovering from my illness and dental work. It's been a slow(er than normal) and frustrating process... not out of the woods yet. Getting better and healing is my top priority at the moment, but I will have new cards to see soon, as promised. :) Thanks for reading today. xo

simon says... animal antics!

Hi, friends! Hope you had a nice weekend. :) I wanted to come back and post a card, but due to some illness earlier last week, I had just gotten too behind on things and was still catching up... life, ya know? ;) Anyway, I'm back today with a card for Simon's new challenge... Animal Antics!


And the animal I used on my card?

Love this little froggie! He was colored with Copics. I have a LOT to learn when it comes to properly shading and blending! But for now, I just tried to mimic what I've seen done online by others. Since he's pretty bold and stands out on his own, I left the rest of the card very simple and clean. And I thought the fun, whimsical feel of the Paper Smooches sentiment would work well with this image... what do you think? :)

Now it's your turn! Link up your animal-themed creations HERE, and you'll be entered into a drawing for a VERY generous gift voucher..


..to the Simon Says Stamp store! Woot! :D


And of course, be sure to head HERE, to see what my fabulous teamies have done! Honestly, these ladies blow me away every week with their creations. I am SO humbled to be on this team! ♥

Thank you for reading today. Be back later this week with another card... and hmmm... maybe a give-away, too! ;) See you soon.

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a card a day in may - 5/30: MISSING YOU

Hello, friends! I'm back with my second-to-last ACADIM post. :)


I've had this Memory Box Leafy Branch Globe stamp on my desk for a long time. I knew what I was going to do with it, but just kept putting it off, ya know? ;) Finally got around to it today. Just some light sponging with some Soft Pool shadow ink, stamp the image, color with colored pencils, and cut out. I love this Memory Box bird die, too... really sweet. He seemed a little lonely perched up on that branch, so I went with a "missing you" sentiment (a REALLY old one from Stampin' Up). I discovered that I don't have a lot of "miss/missing you" sentiments. Good thing this one was nice and small, it seemed to fit with the delicacy of the branch image and bird.

Tomorrow's the last day. :) See you then! Thanks for reading. ♥

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paper: Georgia Pacific
stamps: Memory Box E1850 and Stampin' Up (set unknown)
inks: Hero Arts (soft pool shadow) and Stampin' Up (choco chip)
other: Prismacolor pencils, sponges, and pop dots