Hello!

Happy Sunday, everyone!  I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!  Today I am playing along with this week's Cutting Edge and CAS(E) this Sketch challenges.  Here is what I was working with:

 

How could I NOT play along with the Cutting Edge challenge...it's my colors!  :)  Here is the card I made:

I started by masking off a stencil I made a while back using my Silhouette.  Then I used Peacock Feathers and Picked Raspberry distress inks to fill in the background.  After that was finished, I flicked on some Graphite Glimmer Mist (since I didn't have any black).  I cut out the Winnie and Walter sentiment with my Silhouette twice.  Once with black cardstock and once with black glitter cardstock.  I adhered the two together and to the card using Glossy Accents.  I added the pink cardstock strip and I was done!  I love how it turned out!  Here is a close up of the details:

   
That is all I have for today!  Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

A Brightly Colored Thank You Card

Hello, again!  Today I am playing along with two fun challenges and I wanted to share the card I created!  I am using photo inspirations from The Cutting Edge Challenge and the Cure for the Monday Blues challenge.  Here are the photos:

I decided to use the fun floral and greenery from the Cutting Edge picture with the colors from the Cure for the Monday Blues picture.  Here is the result:

I started off by stamping the background with grey ink, mimicking the comforter of the Monday Blues picture.  Then I used my Silhouette to cut out the floral shape out of black glittered cardstock.  I ran the shape through my Xyron sticker maker so I could make sure when I watercolored the image, the colors wouldn't bleed through.  Next, I used my watercolor pencils to color the image, then went over it all with a water brush.  Backing it all with a black cardstock base just made the colors pop even more.  I think it's so vibrant and pretty!

That is all for today!  Thanks again for stopping by!

Until next time...

Some sparkly fun!

Well, folks, it's a new week.  And it's July 21st.  I'm not quite sure how that happened so quickly, but it did.  Anyway, I decided to play last night and wanted to share what I made.  Here is the sketch I used: 

And here is the card I made:

I used my new Neat and Tangled Photo Booth stamp set for this card.  (I won it from their Little Tangles challenge blog.)  First I stamped the photo strip in black ink, then I went over it with Versamark and covered it with some yummy clear embossing powder that has glitter in it.  Oh, I also used the glasses and mustache from Sweet Stamp Shop's Too Hip set.  Then I stamped the images and sentiments and added enamel dots.  I think it turned out really fun!

Here is a close up of the sparkle:

I am also submitting this card to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, where the theme is Spots and Dots.

That is all for today!  I hope you all have a great week and thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

A Card For All Challenges

Good Evening!  I am not usually one of those people who can find a million challenges to squeeze one card into, but I am going to have to make an exception for this card.  First, let me show you the card I made:

 
I made the mask/stencil using my Silhouette.  I found the triangle pattern and then removed some of the triangles to come up with this unique pattern.  The card turned out pretty simple, but I didn't want to take away from the background by adding a bunch of stuff.

Now here are the challenges I will be submitting the card to, and why:

 I pulled the colors from these two challenges.

 I pulled the clean and simple design, plus the black accents from this challenge.

And I used the die cut feathers for this challenge.

Like I said, I don't normally do this, so forgive me if this has gone a bit far.  I'm normally a 1-2 challenge per card kind of gal.  :)  

That's it for tonight!  I'm off to watch the weather as a wicked storm just started up!  

Until next time...