Hello, My Dad is Awesome! In fact, he is about to turn 90 at the end of this month. I asked him if we could throw him a birthday party, and he unfortunately said no. I am going to have to do something special for the man that has done so much for me all these years. Love him so!
Today’s card is for the masculine card challenge over at The Paper Players. I have been CASEing myself lately when I need some help andHEREis the card I originally made.
Card details: Sizzix-alphabet dies, SU-background paper, SU-anchor stamp, awesome die-cut-Verve, You are sentiment-SSS, wonky rectangle die-MFT
Thanks for dropping by and I hope you have a truly wonderful day! Nanc’
Hello, Yeah it’s September 1st!!! I am so excited that it’s finally time for the very first challenge over at Color Hues. The colors as you can see are yellow and green. Remember you can use any Hue of those Two Colors and Neutrals are always welcome. You have till the 14th of the month to join us so you have loads of time.
Card details: Gerbera Daisy Background stamp is from SSS. The sentiment is from MFT. If you look closely you can see some clear Nuvo drops for embellishment. I kinda went overboard on those.
I sure hope you will head on over to Color Huesand join us! Just wait till you see the Design Team’s cards! You will be as impressed as I was!
Hello, I hope all is well in your neck of the woods. We are hanging in there and keeping an eye on the tropics. Just what we need is a hurricane to make 2020 even better than its current state. I really think it is going to shift South and head more towards the panhandle and spare us on the West Coast of Florida. I surely don’t wish it on anyone, so hopefully it doesn’t get too strong and cause much damage. Well, you didn’t stop by for a weather forecast now did you?
Today’s card is for The Color Throwdown this week. Purple, Blue, and Yellow are the colors I was working with. It wasn’t as easy a combo as I thought it would be, but it finally came together. I was inspired by this card HERE. I just love anything Wanda Guess designs. If you don’t follow her on Instagram or her blog, may I suggest you do! She is very talented, super sweet, and has exceptional photographing skills.
Details: The Heart and Kind die-cut are both SSS. The You’re So is just part of a sentiment from MFT. It was super fun piecing all these pieces all the flowers back together. Very calming I would say.
Be sure to check back with me on MONDAY for a fun Announcement!! I am really so excited to share my news!
However, I will be back tomorrow with my weekly JUGS card! See you then, Nanc’
Hello, I have a quick card for you today that is a repeat design of one I have done in the past. When I get a creative block I tend to look through my old posts and recreate a card all over again in different colors. I am playing along with the fun over at Just Add Ink.
Card Details: Sentiment is SU, Oxide Ink background, sun die that I made a stencil with- is from Lawn Fawn, the shell dies are from Impression Obsession.
Today’s cards are for this month’s Twofer Challenge. The word Darnell has for us is Butterflies. Well, I don’t know many cardmakers that don’t have a few butterflies in their stash of supplies. The hardest part was deciding which one. I decided to get out my neglected die-cut from Saavy for my cards. The die is a bit challenging as it is so large and takes up so much space on a card front. I decided to try my hand at making some backgrounds for both cards since the cards themselves were going to end up being rather simple.
The green and black card all started with some Alcohol Inks on glossy cardstock. Then I did the lifting technique with some blending solution and a leaf stencil. You can’t really see the pattern of the leaf once the butterfly was cut out, but it does have a very cool effect on the butterfly. The sending hugs sentiment is from Altenew. It’s one of my favs for sure. Here is the video by Jennifer McGuire.
The other colorful panel is the Technique that Gina K and Rina did last week called Reverse Stenciling. That was a lot of fun to do. I highly recommend it. You have to look a little closer to see the butterfly. The thanks die is from Saavy as well.
Thanks for popping in and I hope you have a very creative day and stay safe, Nanc’
Hi, Hope you are doing well and staying safe the best you can these days. We have a great color trio starting today at Just Us Girls. The colors as you see are Light Grey, Teal, and Mustard. Today’s card is a CASE of this card Here. I love taking a card I admire and creating it myself, and I personally think it’s a great compliment to the original designer.
I just love this Stampin Up set called Bloom and Grow. I didn’t do my card in the most logical way. I am having a run of stupidity this week, and It’s becoming a serious problem. I wish I was kidding. I am going to refer to it as Pandemic brain. I think we could collectively use that excuse for just about anything that goes wrong in our life these days. Join me! Don’t take the fall alone. LOL
Anyways, as for my stupidity, I ended up sponging the background last instead of first and it caused a little bit of a muted look on my flowers. I used Copics and the sentiment is also Stampin Up.
I hope you pop on over to JUGS and join us! The team did another great job this week. Take care, Nanc’
Hi, Hope this post finds you holding up okay. I am trying my best. I just asked my Alexa to play some Happy music and I am sipping an Iced Coffee from Dunkin, so far so good. The coffee runs are becoming a serious problem. Do you think it’s normal that they know us by voice in the drive-thru at Dunkin? LOL Today I have a card for The Paper Players where they asked us to do a fancy fold. This is not something I do on a regular basis. I am a plain and simple A2 kinda gal, so this is what I came up with, as it was safe and quick. Don’t want to do much to rustle my feathers these days. The news has that job! LOL
As you can see all you have to do is add another score line at 1 1/2 inches. Pretty fancy huh? LOL I used a Digi stamp from Power Poppy for my card and a mix of Copics and colored pencils. I have no idea where I got the thx die-cut as it was in my bits and boxes drawer. I dotted my background once again with a Copic as I can’t leave them plain white these days.
Big cyber hugs to all of you. If you are struggling as I was this morning, try some happy music or Dunkin… it helps, Nanc’
I have a quick CAS card for you today that is a CASE and not my design but something I found over on Pinterest done by Lori Tecler. I couldn’t get to her original post but I did take a screenshot for you to see. I am playing along with this week’s CAS challenge over at The Paper Players.
Card Details: First, I sponged the sky making a stencil and blending some Oxide Ink. The sky is done directly on the card and the other 3 pieces are layered on top. Next, I tore some vellum and patterned paper that happened to have a white core. I got some brown ink to sponge on my top layer which is white cardstock to make the sand. Last, I used some white paint and a small make-up sponge in hopes to make it look like sea foam crashing in. The cute flip flops are from Impression Obsession. The sentiment is from SU.
Hello, I love the color combo we have starting today at Just Us Girls. Vicki is our hostess and she loves Turquoise and she is not alone. I needed another Hero card and thought the colors would work perfectly. I used Prisma colored pencils for my medium of choice. I have been really trying to make a conscious effort to try and use up some of the designer paper I have. Of course what came in the mail today? Yep, more DSP. LOL
I hope you will come by JUGS and check out what the design team has done this week. Hopefully, it will inspire you to join us.
Hello, Let me ask this question before I begin. Do you ever have a crafting day that just doesn’t play nicely? This was that day! It’s all Darnel’s fault! (LOL) You see, I LOVE to play along with the Twofer Challenge as I like that it pushes me to think outside the box, and had I not wanted to play, I wouldn’t have sworn extremely loud yesterday and I may not have slammed my fist down on my craft table. (I think I have some pent up anger from all that is wrong in the world with no end in sight.) I am going to use that as my excuse anyways. What is that shirt I keep seeing on IG say- ” I’m Fine, It’s Fine, Everything is Fine. I think I need to make one of those for myself. LOL In all seriousness….love you Darnell and the Twofer Challenge. Onto my little story.
I have a very old stamp (picture below) from Gina K Designs and I knew it was going to be just perfect for my circles that I chose to use for this challenge.
I started with this card…….YUCK! Colors didn’t gel one bit. I decided to not give up and try again. A little better, but as you can see I didn’t line up my card piece correctly in my Misti. Plus I messed up my pattern. No big deal right, I just won’t use the entire sheet. So I forged on!
I ended up with this card. Better, but I really don’t love it much at all.
Then, I was ready to start my Twofer. I had an idea that was going to take some time. Everything was going swimmingly and all I had left to do was the sentiment. Yep, you know where I am going, don’t you?
Here is where I may have said a naughty word or three. 😉 I have noticed in the past that Archival Black Ink sticks a bit to Oxide Panels and when you pull off the stamp the ink splatters, that or I pressed too hard, or both! Once I gathered myself and went and whined to the hubster, I was determined to salvage some part of this card. Here is what I did. I guess it’s time to cover it up and make a square card.
Now the tree is growing right out of the Gulf of Mexico. LOL
Thanks for sticking with me through this post. I don’t want you to think I have a huge temper and I swear like a sailor. That is really sooooo not the case. Just every once in a while things slip out. LOL However, I think and hope you fellow crafters agree, I certainly had a justifiable cause. 😉
Here are both of the arch enemies together.
Supplies: I have a huge mix… Gina K, MFT, SU, Papertry Ink, Lawn Fawn, and Memory Box.
Taking the day off from stamping…I have earned it! LOL.
Hello, My Dad is Awesome! In fact, he is about to turn 90 at the end of this month. I asked him if we could throw him a birthday party, and he unfortunately said no. I am going to have to do something special for the man that has done so much for me all these years. Love him so!
