Freshly Made Sketches #66 -- Snowman Card

Hi Everyone!

It has been a busy, busy fall for me as you have probably guessed from my lack of posts! While the reasons underlying this are basically good (meaning that business for one of my part time jobs is sky rocketing), I really miss it when I can't create. I have been creating a little here and there but not all of it has been paper craft related -- I'll post about those creative endeavors at some point. The other thing that happened this fall is that my computer crashed and I have been shifting things over to my new computer...and I've been learning how to use it! I have a break from both jobs now so I finally photographed a card and thought I would share!

I love snowmen snowpeople stamps and have been wanting to use Flakey Friends for awhile. I'm going to use these cards as thank yous for my preschoolers who gifted me with some beautiful handmade jewelry and a cute jewelry stand for the holidays. I used the wonderful Sketch #66 from the Freshly Made Sketches blog for my card.

 

Supplies Used (all CTMH except Cuttlebug Embossing Folder and Nestabilities Dies)--

Patterned Paper: Pemberley Paper Pack

Cardstock: Pacifica, Desert Sand, Outdoor Denim, White Daisy

Stamp Pads: Archival Black, Sky (for sponging)

Retired CTMH markers: Desert Sand, Sunset, Crystal Blue, Grey Flannel, Indian Corn Blue

Emellishments: Liquid Applique, Prisma Glitter, Liquid Glass

Stamp Set: (C1506) Flakey Friends

 

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Card Word Puzzle - Congratulations

One of my favorite stamp sets is Card Word Puzzle and I've been having fun trying out my copics on the gorgeous flowers in this set. I'm following along with Heart 2 Heart's current Wedding Challenge and Freshly Made Sketches #41.

Please keep in mind that I am a beginner in coloring with Copics so I'm sure I didn't exactly put my shadows where they should all be but I will continue to practice!

Here's a close up of the flower so you can see that I popped up the middle section with foam tape.

Supplies used (all CTMH except markers and embossing folder): (C1494) Card Word Puzzle stamp set, (retired) Silhouette Level 2 paper pack, Cranberry cardstock, (44751) Archival Black stamp pad, (Z1151) 3-D Foam Tape, Cuttlebug Victoria Embossing Folder, Copic markers

Don't forget...Stampaganza only lasts until Saturday! For every two My Acrylix^® stamp sets (sizes A, B, C, D, or E) you purchase at full retail price in June, you'll receive a third stamp set of your choice (of equal or lesser value) for free!Pin It

Best Fishes - Freshly Made Sketches #40

I used the following sketch from Freshly Made Sketches to make my card.

I changed my card a little bit and since my main image already had a sentiment, I used a wooden shell embellishment instead of the banner on the bottom left.

Supplies used (all CTMH except where noted): (X7151B) Footloose Level 2 paper pack, Cocoa cardstock, Pear Cardstock, (C1500) Under the Sea stamp set, (44571) Archival Black stamp pad, (Z2194) Sky stamp pad, (Z2195) Lagoon stamp pad, (Z2197) Pear stamp pad, (Z2167) Creme Brulee stamp pad, (Z2114) Cocoa stamp pad, (Z1693) Seaside Wooden Shapes, (1771) Waterbrush, (Z1702) Baker's Twine Paradise Assortment, (Z1336) Opaques Pearl Adhesive Gems, (Z679) Liquid Glass, (Z697) Round Sponge, Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles Embossing Folder, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Fiskars Paper Crimper, Crayola green colored pencil

I used some techniques and supplies that I taught in my recent Kids' Scramp Camp. Every participant received the Under the Sea stamp set and that's what I used here (since that's what I had out!). I combined two of the stamps from that set onto one acrylic block and then left the little tiny fish on its own block to stamp into my main image.

I used the Archival Black stamp pad to stamp my fishes and let them dry a bit before going in and using my waterbrush with ink from my stamp pads to paint. I used the Archival Black instead of the regular black just so the images wouldn't bleed while I was painting them.

Since I didn't want to use brads on my cards, I used Liquid Glass on some punched cardstock circles again (upper right corner). See my post from 6/22/12 to see details on how I do this. Although I wanted this card to be appropriate for giving to either a male or a female, I couldn't resist adding a little pearl to the shell. My son assured me that he wouldn't mind getting a card with a pearl on it. I had another small wooden shell shape which looked more like what a pearl would come in...a clam shell, so I decided to make another card with the same design. I used Pacifica ink instead of Lagoon for the "sea" and I used Cocoa cardstock circles instead of the Bamboo circles that I used in the first card on the upper right.

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Pemberley Celebrate

A few college friends and I try to get together once a year to celebrate our birthdays and exchange gifts. Part of my gift to each of them this year was a set of handmade cards. We met yesterday but of course I hadn't finished my cards beforehand and was working in the morning before we met! My daughter was watching me create  and she said," No offense Mama, but you leave things to the last minute!" No offense taken darling! Yes, I definitely have procrastinating tendencies.

I do love one of the cards I came up with to go into my friends' gifts. I used my favorite new paper pack and favorite new stamp set from the CTMH Spring/Summer Idea Book: The Pemberley paper pack and the Card Word Puzzle stamp set. 

I followed along with Freshly Made Sketches #21. Isn't this a great sketch?

I love the design teams interpretations and got the idea of using crimped paper and the Lacey Circles Nestabilities from them! Here's what I came up with.

Supplies used (all CTMH except for Nestabilities and paper crimper):
Stamp sets: (C1494) Card Word Puzzle, Stamp set from Z1686 Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection ("Celebrate") 
Stamp pads: (Z2140) Outdoor Denim
Papers: (X7148B) Pemberley Level 2 paper pack, (X254) 5 1/2" X 4 1/4" White Cards & Envelopes
Embellishments: (Z1263) Bitty Sparkles
Other: Fiskars paper crimper, Nestabilities (Lacey Circles and Standard Circles Small)Pin It

Thank You Sew Much!

I had a chance to craft this weekend and came up with the following card.

Supplies used (all CTMH):
Stamp sets: (C1442) Tailor-Made, (C1494) Card Word Puzzle - new
Stamp pads: (Z2105) Black, ( 1467) Baby Pink,
Papers: (X7148B) Pemberley -- yellow piece for dressmaker form, White Daisy Cardstock, yellow and pink patterned papers (retired)
Embellishments: (Z1384) Pink Ribbon Collection, (Z1702) Baker's Twine - Paradise Assortment - new, (Z1104) Sparkles, (Z1151) Foam Tape, Yellow and pink flowers (retired), Sorbet ribbon (retired)

I was inspired by Heart 2 Heart's challenge from last week to use a CTMH stamp set you haven't used yet (the THANK YOU is from a new set but the rest is from an older set). I raided my scraps drawers and used some much older paper...yay me!
I was also inspired by the CR84FN46 Color challenge to use Light Pink, Yellow and Neutral. I am typically drawn to high contrast so it was tough for me to use these beautiful soft colors (I had to throw in a couple of medium pink accents!).


Finally I was also inspired by Challenge #18 over at Freshly Made Sketches.


In other news, I received my very own Copic markers as part of my birthday present last week from my wonderful husband! I am now the proud owner of three markers in the red family (I specifically asked for a small grouping so I could try them out without going overboard). I experimented today with an open flower stamp from the new Card Word Puzzle set and am loving them (even though I don't really know what I'm doing!). If I'm brave enough, I'll post some of my experiments! If anyone has any Copic advice for beginners, please send it my way!Pin It