Thank you.

Hello crafty amigos.

I hope you are all doing great and hope you had a fantastic week.

I'm back  with a card I made using the swiping technique.  It's also known as Swinking, lol. Sounds funny even to say it. You've heard of it.

Basically you swipe the ink cube across your cardstock. I watched a recent video tutorial for it. So much fun. 

After I did the background I diecut a circle and stamped a sentiment. I then tucked the sprigs which were made way in advance ( cut file, from the scan and cut. I flickered metallic watercolors on them).

I adhered the sprigs with clear glue. Really simple, anyone can make this.

Products

Purple cardstock

Metallic watercolors 

Brush strokes message stamp set - Simon Says Stamp. ( old sss monthly kit).

Tide Pool mini ink- Hero Hero Arts

Minty Fresh, Juice Box and Forget-me- not inks-  Lawn Fawn

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Wishing you a BEAUTIFUL day!

Hi friends. I'm back with a Slimline card. This is for the Home is where the heart is hosted by Tammy Stark (you might know her as @paperprettyboutique ). And being sponsored by Lawn Fawn  you have until August 28, 2020 to enter.

My home is S. California.  Where I wanted to represent our terrific  weather and seasons.  Mediterranean like climate with warm, dry summers and mild, wet winters. Minus the earthquakes haha. Seriously the best, although we tend to complain when the temps drop. 

Okay,  so first I stamped across the background panel on both sides using a small stamp  in three colors of ink. Then I die cut a hill in green cardstock and used distressed ink for a darker look. Then I stamped one part of the tree stamp masking one part of it off in order to stamp it again ( farther apart)  making it appear a wider tree. Added the cut files( apples, tree crown) and other images , adhere them with liquid glue.

Products

Stamps bicycle built for two and  Happy  Harvest - Lawn Fawn

The Right triangle stamp set &  inks -Stampinup

Nuts about you stamos - LDRS creative

Copics

Distressed ink

This card ended up being 3.5 wide by 8 inches long.

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Rock on!

Hello crafty friends and a Happy  Sunday to you.

I hope you are all doing well in your part of the world.  As for me well I'm trying to keep cool. It's been real hot here in S. California.

This card was inspired by the Midsummer blues challenge over at  the Simon Says Stamps Wednesday challenge going on now. 

I stamped my solid images then die cut them out with the coordinating die then I dried embossed the top panel. I layered that with a rectangle die ( for base panel) & added pattern paper.  I cut the sentiment , shadow and  musical notes with cardstock using my Brothers Scan and Cut electronic machine.

Products

Boys only stamps and dies -Hampton Art 

Animal print embossing folder- Cricut Cuddlebug

Balmy blue and Granny Apple Green inks- Stampinup

White and Gray 100 pd -Recollections cardstock 

Rainbow cardstock -Lawn Fawn

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Back to School!

Hi friends and welcome back! Thought I'd commemorate my granddaughters back to school with this card! The school year 2020- 2021 will officially begin next week virtually that is.

 I wanted to make a bright and cheery card. I used the  Brothers scan and cut design space to make all the images. No coloring or stamped images used.   It's all cardstock and patterned paper from my stash.

I hope that you have a great weekend and that I inspired you.

Thank you for stopping by. Be safe!

There's Gnome one like you

Hi y'all. I hope you are healthy and well.

Gnomes seems to be the current trend. So I had to jump on the bandwagon. Lol.

I knew I wanted to use happy colors for this card.

So I started off by repeated stamping with a cloud stamp ( upside down)for the ground alternating in colors overlapping . Then I Die cut a tree in light grey cardstock.  

I also dry embossed the matte base in same color.

By then my images were stamped  and colored. 

Last minute I  decided to color in leaves with a blue glitter gel pen.

Pretty simple with a pop of color. I hope you like it !

Stay safe & thanks for stopping by!

Fall Gnomes - @not2shabbyshop.

Sea you soon stamp set -Simon Says Stamps.

Inks -Stampinup 

Birch tree dies & Pumpkin spice ink- Lawn Fawn

Blue glitter gel pen- Yoobi

Grateful- Hero Arts Color Layering Hibiscus

Another entry to the  Simon Says Stamps Wednesday challenge- Your favorite tool -WRMK die cutting machine. This is one of many fav tools in my crafty corner.

So I basically created a repeat  stamping for the background ( with one leaf).   I stamped directly then again without reinking the stamp for a lighter image until  the top panel  was all filled up.

. I came back with a small flower cluster from Stampin up - The Right Triangle stamp set and Crumb cake ink filling up the gaps.

Then added the  sentiment from Brother Canvas workplace. 

Heroarts- Color layering Hibiscus stamp and die set.

Stampin up inks. 

Neenah whisper white 80 lb paper

Kraft cardstock from stash

I hope you like it.

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You had me at pumpkin Spice

Happy hump day!

I hope everyone is doing great!

I'm back with a fall card and linking it up to the Simon Says Stamps Wednesday challenge- Use your favorite tool.

Hands down my Brothers Scan and cut machine.

I started off by dry embossing the background then I added distressed ink in the color tumble glass. I also did  the bottom part in green for a grass look.

I already had some digital images printed  and sized to large but used it any ways. ( I didn't want to throw it away). The tree had two trunks I ended up altering it to just the one. 

Stamped and colored the remaining images with my copics and cut them out with my electronic cutting machine. 

Adhered all of the images with clear glue and matted on a plaid pattern paper. 

Oh wait I did add some grass to finish it off. It looked to plain. And added the sentiment in white dye ink.  

Products

Digital stamps-  Sleeping fox and Pumpkin Spice everything. 

You , me & Pumpkin Spice stamp by @not2shabbyshop

Happymail2stamp ( solid grass)  The Stamps of Life

Stitched Cloud backdrop die & Cardstock in Rainbow 

Lawn Fawn.

Fall is in the air paper pad

 Echo Park.

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Happy hello friends!

 Wishing everyone rainbows and sunshine. I hope your healthy. 

This is my last entry to the current Simon says stamps: Anything goes challenge. 

I ink blended the background with Distressed Oxides in Chipped Sapphire, Wilted Violet and Tumbled Glass. I might of gotten a lil heavy handed (oh well).

I then die cut several colors of cardstock for the rainbow and the clouds.  Had a pre-cut grass (already cut & distressed in my stash). 

By then my images were cut &  colored with copics. I heat embossed the sentiment in black embossing powder on Lavender cardstock . Adhered images & sentiment with foam tape.

Stamps by Craftin Desert Divas

Friend in me. ( Store closed, probably find in another website)

Rainbow and Cloud  die by HelloBluebird Stamps.

Cardstock , Chunky Glitter & Grass (die) are by Lawn Fawn.

Neenah Solar White 80 lb & 

Bristol Smooth Cardstock.

BTW the majority of my cards are all A2 in size.

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