Another Crazy card

Here is a Tim Holtz Crazy Dog card, with sentiments by Dylusions.  It was possibly influenced by all the political things going on.  Colored with Copic markers.

Monday cardmaking

Decided to make a couple of cards today to start off the week.

The first card features Tim Holtz's Crazy Cats, with a sentiment from dylusions.  I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. I colored the cats with copic markers, and didn't fuss much with the shading. 

After taking the photo I decided it needed another couple of lines to indicate the floor, so I added them.  I think it really added something.

With love at Christmas

One of the challenges for World Card Making Day at The Stamp Nation was to make a card with something to do with weather.  As I've been trying to get my Christmas cards done, I thought a card made with snowflakes would satisfy both requirements.

Thus, my Christmas card, "With love at Christmas"  was created.  The stamps I used are from Simon Says Stamp ( Cute Snowflakes) and the sentiment is from the last Stamp of Approval (Candy Cane Lane--Catherine Pooler Designs).

I embossed the snowflakes with silver embossing powder on some blue card stock, and did the same for the sentiment. The snowflake panel was glued flat to the white card front. I matted the sentiment with white, and attached with foam tape to the snowflake panel.

Fairly simple, but I think it came out pretty well.

Shaped Cards

Taking an online card class called Wild Card, and learning about different types of cards to make.  Lesson one included shaped cards, gate-fold cards, box cards and wobble cards.

I started with the shaped card idea, and made two of them, both the same shape, but used a different stamp on each.

I used my dies to cut out four large labels, and following directions attached the backs to the fronts.  I left the die in place while blending distress inks over card front (mowed lawn on one, and peacock feathers on the other).

I stamped the green one with a trees stamp (Stampin' Up) to make a sympathy card.  I haven't decided whether or not to stamp the front with a "with sympathy stamp", or leave it as is.  For now I'm leaving it.

The second one I blended with Peacock Feathers ink, and thought it came out pretty nicely.  I then stamped it with a bird (Stampin' Up) to fulfill one the World Card Making Day challenges on The Stamp Nation.








Fairly happy with how these came out, although I messed up a little on the blending as I hadn't done it much recently.

Entered this at the World Card Making Challenge at KatScrappiness Blog.

A Little Pink Christmas

My Stamp of Approval box arrived a bit ago, and while I opened it and admired the contents, I was busy with other things and until today hadn't managed to make anything from it.




Using the label die to cut out a white label, which I inked with Angel Pink Momento along the edges.  Using the "Wishing you a", "Merry", and "Christmas" stamps, I stamped the label with Versamark ink, added Recollections Sparkle embossing powder, and heat set.  I did this twice, to make the sentiment really shine.

I stamped the card front with the Pink Angel Momento using the striped background stamp before attaching a 1 1/4 inch strip of silver glitter paper to the front.  The label was added with foam tape to add dimension.

I was pretty happy with how this turned out, even though it wasn't done in traditional Christmas colors. The picture doesn't do it justice, as it appears to have a yellowish tinge to it, and in real life it is white.









I entered this card in the World Card Making Day Challenge at KatScrappiness Blog.

A little sass

While I'm still using papers from my Simon Says Stamp August 2016 card kit, I decided to use a new sentiment stamp I had gotten from So Suzy Stamps.

My first card just used a couple of strips that I cut from the leftovers of a previous card, with the sentiment stamped on white and matted on a dark blue scrap from the kit.  I also stamped a few of the little solid stars in red to make make it pop a little.  The sentiment is attached with foam tape to add dimension.  When I find my sequins or enamel dots, they will be scattered on the front.

For the second card I used the full sentiment, including the lady.  The papers were all from the kit.  I like how it looks so different from the first card I made.  I think this is my new favorite saying, and think I will be making quite a few cards with it in the near future!

I entered this card in the World Card Making Day Challenge at the  Kat Scrappiness Blog.