Oh Smudge!

I made this card from some leftover snippets of SU! retired cardstock along with a SSS wishing trees die, swapping the inserts with green dsp. I added 2 narrow strips of coordinating dsp to the top and bottom of the brown striped panel and finished it with a punched gold, glittered star to the top of the largest tree. The only thing left to do was stamp a sentiment that was a discouraging moment! A little line of ink showed up just beneath the word Merry........sigh. Don't you absolutely HATE when that happens after spending so much time creating a card?  I cut 3 shreds of the glittered gold paper and just randomly placed them carefully over the smudge and on the bottom panel to balance everything out. I was going for a masculine Christmas card, but I don't know if I achieved that or not with the glittered strips. Oh well, it's another card to add to my stash and no one will even realize there was a smudge there in the first place...........unless they read my blog :)

I'm entering this into the Jingle Belles December Christmas Challenge which is always "Christmas/Holidays".

The card was created with inspiration from the Crooked Stamper Sketch challenge #11.

                                     

It's also heading to the Happy Little Stampers December Christmas Challenge which has a theme of "Star."

                                     
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Carol

CSSC#10

Here's my entry for the CSSC#10 sketch challenge. I used some Pebbles dsp and flipped it to the reverse side for the center panel. The sentiment panel was a die cut piece I found in my stash of pre-made elements. I used a SU! birthday sentiment and added 2 mini brads and a little bow, along with 2 narrow strips of black cardstock. This was a fun sketch and it's great for making quick cards!

Have a great day and keep smiling :)

Carol

Halloween EEEK!

I'm starting my Halloween cards now, because the calendar shows that it's just around the corner. Today's card includes a Memory Box Creepy Spider, as well as an Impression Obsession ghost colored with a fluorescent FV2 Copic. The sentiment was done with my Quickutz, using cardstock colored with an FY1 fluorescent Copic. The orange banner was done with a SU! embossing folder, and the spider's eyes were made with a white Sharpie. The bat dsp is by Bazzill Basics, and the card base was stamped with white ink using a stick stamp by Judith.

I based my card on the CSSC#7 sketch challenge, so I'm heading over there to link up.

                                     

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you do!

Carol

Dasher

Every year I dig out this SU! Dasher stamp and make a few Christmas cards with it because I love the image. I stamped him with Versamark and heat-embossed the image with gold, drawing a line around the SB labels eighteen die with a gold paint pen before cutting. Washi tape created the diagonal stripes on the lower corner and the sequin trim is by SU! It was hard to get a good photo with the sunlight reflecting onto the sequins, but they're solid gold.

I'm entering this into the Crooked Stamper CSSC#6 challenge which is the following sketch:

                                      

Thanks for stopping by and make it a fabulous day whatever you're doing!

Carol

CAS Miss You

Here's my take on the Crooked Stamper Sketch challenge CCSC#5.

I'm filling up my last box of cards for OWH by using stamp sets specifically bought for OWH cards. This card includes a Hero Arts sentiment, along with some GKD wild orchid cardstock and black ribbon. I stamped the SU! Mosaic Madness images with black ink, colored them with a matching Tombow marker, and punched them out with a Mosaic punch. I added black mini brads to the centers and called this one done. I've made several more in different colors, but this was my favorite.

I'm also sharing this over at the Snippets Playground #180 since I used snippets of white for the Mosaic pieces.

Thanks for stopping by today. Make it a great day whatever you do!

Carol

Masculine Birthday

I love this Rubbernecker tractor image because it makes great masculine cards, so today I made a card loosely based on the Crooked Stamper Sketch challenge #3. 

I started with early espresso and kraft cardstocks, stamping the tractor with Memento black ink, and coloring it with colored pencils for a rustic look. The grass was stamped with 2 stamps by Judith in wild wasabi and handsome hunter greens. The sentiment is by SNSS and the panels were die cut with my Lil Inker stitched rectangles. ( I can't seem to make a card without them lately it seems)

                                          

Have a great Sunday, and may your skies be filled with lots of sunshine too!

Carol

Fresh Daisies

I'm using the Crooked Stampers CSSC#2 sketch challenge to create this card. I cut a SB petite oval from black textured cardstock, and added a few SSS Fresh daisies die cuts. I die-cut the flowers from snippets of yellow print dsp and colored the bases with a light orange Copic, then glued them on top of the stems. I added some punched ferns with an EK punch, and added 2 butterflies done with Punch-a-Bunch butterfly punches. I added 2 yellow gemstones from Pizzazz Aplenty to the butterfly, adding some white Wink of Stella to the black butterfly wings. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley Ltd stamps. I used GinaK Ivory cardstock and used a Lil Inker stitched rectangle to add some stitching to the outside edge.

                                        

I'm also entering this card into the Snippets Playground #167.

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day today!

Carol

Crooked Stamper Sketch Challenge #1

I love a good sketch challenge to kick-start my mojo, and I recently discovered that Leslie Hanna has launched her own sketch challenge - Crooked Stamper Sketch Challenge CSSC #1. I had to play along after spotting her simple sketch! I'm using a SU! image, colored with Copics and cut with a note tag punch, then popped up on a Lil Inker stitched rectangle die. The yellow edges were embossed with a Hero Arts/Sizzix chevron ef, and all the papers are from the Authentique Summer Seasons paper pad. The snippets of ribbon came from my stash and this card was done! I know these aren't your typical Valentine colors, but they matched the fox colors so well, I just went with it! Different strokes for different folks I always say :)

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a wonderful weekend!

Carol