Sunday, August 30, 2015

My Little Pony Birthday

Hey Everyone!  
I am back again :)  It's only been a couple days since my last post and I'd say that I'm making progress.  
I am so excited to share this card with you and the thought process behind the creation of this card.

I designed this card for my cousin because she was wanting to give this card to her friend.  Apparently one of her friends really likes my little pony and she asked me to design a card for her that would fit this theme.  
I didn't have a stamp that was my little pony however I had seen a stamp of a horses face and mane and I knew that it would be perfect.  
I could totally visuallize the coloured mane that I wanted to do and knew that water colouring it would give it a beautiful look.  
I had paper that was absolutely perfect to use with the image and absolutely love how it turned out.  

Here's a picture of the front of the card...


Here's a picture of the side of the card...


Here's the stamped and coloured image...


I am not sure if you are able to see it or not, but there is a ton of glitter on the horses mane and I think that this card turned out great, and definitely has the feel of My Little Pony.

I hope that my cousins friend liked the card, and that it made her birthday extra special.

Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the card base and the background paper and the other mats for the image,  and wording
Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the double sided tape as well as the ribbon
EK Success Tweezers - used to help position the doodlebug sprinkles and tie the bow
Bone Folder - used to fold and crease the edge of the card base
Double Sided Tape - used to attach all of the pieces onto the card front
Acrylic Block - used to put the distress ink on and paint the colour onto the image with the watercolour brush as well as attaching the sentiment to it to stamp the words on the card front
Water brush - used to colour the image and move the distress ink around
MFT Ink  - used to stamp the wording in.
Distress Inks - used to help paint/colour the horse and its mane
Embossing Ink - used to stamp the main image in
White Embossing Powder - used to cover the embossed image with
Powder Tool - used to release the static cling and ensure that the embossing powder only sticks to the
Heat Tool - used to melt the embossing powder on the card
Cuttlebug Machine - used with the dies to cut out various shapes and embellishments
MFT Pierced Rectangles Die - used to cut out the sentiment and the mat for the sentiment
Horse Stamp - used to stamp the horse on the card front
Amy R - It's Your Birthday - wording used for the card (cannot link to this because the stamp set is discontinued)
Doodlebug Sprinkles - used to add embellishment to the front of the card
Kiwi Ribbon - used for the bow on the front of the card
Wink of Stella (Clear) - used to add shimmer to the horse and its mane
Watercolour Paper  - used to stamp the main image on and watercolour on
White Cardstock - used for the card base and to stamp the sentiment on
Recollections - Bold Basics Paper Pack - used for the background of the card (no link available but the paper pack is from Michaels craft stores)
Solid Papers (Scraps) - the pieces are all from my scrap drawer (no links available, but there are many other papers that would work for this)

I would love to know what you think of this card!  Please leave me some love below in the comment section!

Have a great night!



Thursday, August 27, 2015

Baby Dedication for a sweet Little Girl

Hey Everyone!  I know it's so shocking to see me back so soon.  I am trying to get myself back into the habit of more regular posting, and maybe posting multiple times a day and then setting a timer to post them will help...I'm not sure.  Im going to try everything in my power to get back on track like before, so hopefully this works.

Anyways...enough rambling!  I made this card quite a while back, and haven't had a chance to post it yet unfortunately.  It is so cute, and something different from what I am used to doing.  Usually I design a card with a stamped image as most of you know, and this one I didn't.  I used my die cut machine and cut out quite a few elements for this card.  I also used a ton of embellishment products and techniques.  This card was on that I initially struggled with.  I cannot even tell you how many times I started this card over and over again, but finally I was able to put something together that I liked, and the card just came about because of it.

The card was for a little girl that was being dedicated and I was asked to design a card for the special occasion.  What an honour!  I hope that they loved the card, and I am sure the dedication was a very special event. 

Without further ramblings here is the card...

The front...


The side... (I love how you can see the dimensions here)

The wording...



Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the card base and the background papers and mats
Tweezers - used to help tie the ribbon and place the doodlebug sprinkles
Bone Folder - used to fold and crease the card base
Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the double sided tape, and the tails on the bow
Ranger Matte Medium - used to attach the doilies to the card base
Foam Adhesive - used to raise a couple of the gerbra daisies on the card front
Double Sided Tape - used to attach the pattern paper and the purple paper to the card base
Cuttlebug Machine - used with the flower die and circle die to cut out the sentiment and embellishments
MFT Gerbra Daisy Die - used for the flowers on this card (no link is available for this product as its discontinued)
Circle Die - used to cut out the sentiment and the background for the sentiment
Wink of Stella (Clear) - used to add shimmer to the Gerbra Daisies on the card
Doodlebug Sprinkles  - embellishments used on the card front
Offray Pink Ribbon - used for the ribbon and the bow on the card
Recollection Doilies - used to mat the sentiment (couldn't find exact product so linked to something similar)
White Cardstock - used for the card base, and the paper for the Gerbra Daisies as well as the paper that the sentiment is printed on.
Circle Pattern Paper - K&Company- Snuggle Bug Paper Pack - used for the background on this card
Scraps of Paper (yellow, pink, light purple, and dark purple) - used for the main card mat, as well as the insides of the flowers, and the mat for the sentiment (all solid paper are from my scraps stash - so no link available for them)
Sentiment done on Computer/Printer so no link to the font or size is available 


Have a great night, and hopefully I will get one more post done before the night is through.  If not I will see you back really soon...please don't forget to leave me some love in the comment section :)

70th Birthday Fun

Hey there everyone!  
It has been such a long time since I've posted.  Summer time is such a busy time and I've been working a ton keeping me unfortunately away from all of you!  As the weather begins to cool down however I am looking forward to getting back to posting a little more regular than I was before.  I am also looking at getting back into all of the challenges that I have had a blast playing along with in the past.

I do however want to share with you today a couple cards that I made several months ago but which I haven't had a chance to post.  I didn't play along with  any challenge or follow any sketches, but rather created these cards from scratch.

I had a friend ask if I would make a couple cards for her uncle who was turning 70.  She also requested that I make a card from her mom to her mom's brother for his 70th.  I thought that this would be a ton of fun, and I was for sure right.  I asked her a little bit about her uncle and she let me know that he was a farmer, so something that played into that would be fun and something cute for him.  This sounded like a ton of fun, and I couldn't wait to get started...except...I didn't own any farm type stamps that I could use for these cards, so I went out and purchased something that would fit.  

The first card that I am going to show you really does play up the fact that it is his 70th Birthday.  I wanted the number to be the focal point of the card, and it certainly didn't disappoint.  

Here's a front view of the card...


Here's a side view of the first card...


Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the card base and the background layers on the card.
EK Success Tweezers - used to help position the stars on the card front
Bone Folder - used to fold and crease the card base
Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the double sided tape
Double Sided Tape - used to attach various layers of this card together
Mono Multi Glue - used to attach the stars to the card front
Acrylic Block - used to attach the number stamps to and stamp them on the card front
MFT Black Ink  - ink used to stamp the numbers on the card front
Cuttlebug Machine - used with the dies to cut out the stars and the pierced squares
Paper Smooches Stars Die - used to cut out the stars for the front of the card
Pierced Square Die - used to cut out the number and the mat
Recollection Numbers Stamp - used to stamp the numbers on the front of the card (I cannot find a link for these, but the are from Michaels and I got them in the store)
Wink of Stella (Clear) - used to add shimmer to the stars
White Cardstock - used for the card base and to stamp the numbers on
Black Cardstock - used to cut out some of the stars
Red Cardstock - used to cut out some of the stars
Orange Cardstock - used for the square mat for the numbers
Pattern Paper - My Minds Eye - It's my party - used for the star background on the card base (cannot find a link for this)

The second card that I made I had purchased a new stamp for as I had mentioned earlier in the post.  The stamp had a little butterfly in the original image but I got rid of it and love how cute the card turned out.  

Here's a picture of the front of the second card...

I just think its so stinken cute....(pun definitely intended) haha!  the card is so simple and yet I think it's perfect for a farmer.

Here's a picture of the side of the card...


Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the card base
Bone Folder - used to crease and fold the card base
Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the bakers twine, and the green paper to look like grass and fussy cut out the pig
Foam Adhesive - used to add dimension to the balloons on the card front
Double Sided Tape - used to attach the pig, grass and balloons to the card front
Acrylic Block - used to attach the stamps to in order to stamp on the paper
Amy R - It's your Birthday Stamp Set 
Under Construction Pig Stamp - used for the pig on the card (no link available because the company is no longer in business)
Star Stamp - star stamp used from this stamp set on the balloon by the sentiment
MFT Ink - used to stamp the wording and the image in
Promarkers - used to colour the pig
Baker's Twine (Black and White) - used for the strings on the balloons
Cricut Machine - used with a cartridge to cut out the balloons
Cricut Cartridge - used to cut out the different sized balloons 
Black Number Stickers - used to put the age on the balloon (not the exact product, but linked to something similar)
White Cardstock - used for the card base
Copic Paper - used to stamp the pig onto and colour
Solid Coloured Cardstock - scraps from my stash - (unfortunately no link for the scraps)

I would love to know what you think of the cards, and love comments so please leave some below for me :)  

I can't wait to share some other beautiful things with you very soon!