Cherry Blossom Sympathy

Hello Crafty Friends,

I watched THIS lovely tutorial, switched it to watercolors, and painted a peaceful watercolor scene of water and cherry blossoms for this Sympathy card using Brush In Deepest Sympathy. 

It was a bit tricky since watercolor is not as forgiving when painting over another color, but the colors here (from the color challenge on Splitcoaststampers.com this week) made it easier as they are vivid and work well together. I did use white gouache for the blossoms, lights, and water lines which helped as well.  

Hope your week is going well.

Hugz,

Nancy

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Happy Mothers Day

 

Hello crafty friends. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I am sharing a Mother's Day card. I need to get on the ball and get several made as I send Mother's Day cards to my mom, mother-in-law, and all my sisters.

For today's card:

• I first started with stamping the DOGWOOD BRANCH - 1092H on acetate using my Misti. I wanted to mask off the branch to leave just the flowers.
• Once I knew where the flowers would stamp, I created a mask for the stem and placed it under the acetate to make sure I could still get all the flowers.
• Next, I removed the acetate and stamped on the white card stock.
• Once I had the flowers, I used a heart die cut as a stencil and a black marker to create the heart.
• I then stamped the HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY - 826C inside the heart.
• Once I had the imagery and sentiment, I colored the flowers with copics and finished them with a chunky Stickles glitter for the flower centers.
• The panel was layered on a coordinating pink layer.

Have you started your Mother's Day cards?

I hope you have a wonderful craft filled week.

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Waves of Happiness

 Hi Everyone,

Being that it's the heart of winter and I haven't seen the sun for days, I decided to cheer myself up by making a couple of beach themed cards.

I'm using the new Happiness Comes in Waves Greeting for both cards, along with the 4 in 1 Seashells stamp.  I began by tearing some blue and white paper, layering them to resemble waves, dry embossing the top layer with a wave folder.  I created the sand portion by stamping the card using the Splatter Background stamp, adding the fussy cut shells for embellishment.

This traditional beach scene was made by inking up a baby wipe and swiping it across the die cut panel.  When I was satisfied, I stamped the palm tree, birds and boat to complete it.  I simply added some dimensional tape and adhered the image and sentiment to some seashell stamped paper I made.  I don't think you can see it in my photo, but I added a bit of glittery flock to the sand for some extra texture. 

Here are the links to the stamps used on this card:

Palm Tree

Happiness Comes in Waves Greeting

4 in 1 Seashells

4 in 1 Sky

4 in 1 Ocean

Thank you so much for visiting today!

Karin

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Snowy Winter Tree Scene

Hello Crafty Friends.

Finally, the cold weather has arrived in Alabama, and it has inspired me to do a frosty winter card using the new Hello Winter Greeting. 

I started with a watercolor wash in light blue, then I did the shadow trees in gray, then the green trees (two different greens.  After all that dried, I splattered on some Snowtex and then popped up the stamped greeting.  A super quick and easy card.  

We are covered up in pine trees where I live, but it rarely snows.  We are all hoping for a bit of the white stuff this year. 

Hope you are ready for the holidays!

Hugz,

Nancy

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Leaping Reindeer

 Hello crafting friends!

Today I've used this beautiful Leaping Reindeer and fun Simple Pine Trees in pale sponged colors. The Small Script Merry Christmas is also new from DRS.

For the base layer I used a snowflake stitch background die from Lawn Fawn and a stitched frame die also from Lawn Fawn.

The stitched banner for the sentiment is from Impression Obsession.

I popped up the frame and sentiment.

This card was very fast and easy!

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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Merry Christmas

 

I love the new Simple Pine Trees 285E. They are great for backgrounds or simple card fronts. For my card today, I used it for a really simple card front.

• First, I masked off the small tree and only used the large tree. Once the tree was stamped I stamped the new Small Script Merry Christmas 272E and stamped it so it was touching the tree.
• I then colored the tree with copics and added some red Nuvo Drops to the tree and also the I on Christmas.
• I then cut the layer down and added the bright green card stock to pick up some of the color on the tree. 

I might need to make more of this card and color the tree up in other colors.

Thank you so much for stopping by to check out my card this week.

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Fall Trees and Thanksgiving

Hello Crafty Friends!

I have an easy card to share featuring the lovely Hayrides Harvest Greeting which always makes me smile. 

The greeting gives you lots of options for images, and this time I focused on trees (thinking next time it will be cider or acorns).  The trees were super easy - I look a scrap piece of card stock dipped in gray watercolor paint and scraped it along in lines up and down.  Then I just sponged on two different colors of yellow watercolor paint dabbing here and there followed by splattered, red, black and white paint.  I like the effect, but next time I would use watercolor paper for the base instead of white cardstock, would use a credit card for making the trees, and would use acrylic paint for the dabbing of the yellow leaves (to hide the trees more).  Still it was very fun and quick to make.  

Hope you are enjoying Fall wherever you are and getting ready for the big upcoming holidays as they are coming on us fast. 

Hugz,

Nancy

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Fall Friendsgiving...

 

Today for or my card, I used the new HAPPY FRIENDSGIVING - 232G and paired it with the BOUNTIFUL BASKET - 791L for a great fall themed friendship card.

• I stamped the BOUNTIFUL BASKET - 791L on white card stock and then on a second piece of white card stock I stamped the HAPPY FRIENDSGIVING - 232G.
• Next, both the HAPPY FRIENDSGIVING - 232G and BOUNTIFUL BASKET - 791L were colored with copics and some white gel was added to the image. 
• Next the HAPPY FRIENDSGIVING - 232G was cut with a speech bubble and then the HAPPY FRIENDSGIVING - 232G was placed where it would lay on the card with the BOUNTIFUL BASKET - 791L and they were both cut with the shaped layer together.
• The HAPPY FRIENDSGIVING - 232G was popped up on dimensionals and the BOUNTIFUL BASKET - 791L was finished with stickles.

Here is a peek at the inside of the card. I used the new YOU MAKE FRIENDSGIVING SPECIAL GREETING - 235E and stamped a portion of the BOUNTIFUL BASKET - 791L in grey in the bottom right corner leaving it uncolored.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card this week.

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May The Light Always Find You on a Dreary Day

 Hello Crafty Friends,

After weeks of wearing shorts here in Alabama, we got below freezing the last few nights.  We are weather babies so it has been tough. I know a lot of people are having snow and rain so I thought I would create some positive weather vibes for us all today.  

This was a super quick card. The base and the ATC were stamped with the Mountain and Treeline 2 in 1 Scene.  I quickly colored up the ATC with watercolors and just splattered the base with the leftover paint.  Leonard Pig Flies a Kite was stamped, colored and popped up along with his kite.  The words are from the Frog in your Pants Greeting (just the first line was used on the front - I put the rest of it on the inside). 

Wishing you  better weather today.

Hugz,

Nancy

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Fall ATCs

Hello Crafty Friends!

I was lucky enough to go to a cozy little craft retreat this past weekend up in the Alabama Mountains.  The leaves were changing, it was slightly cool, no TV or phones, no cooking or chores, and I hardly got out of my PJs.  It was super relaxing and fun.

I always have a main project when I go so that I am sure to pack the right things (or at least most of them) and so I can stay focused (life long ADD).  For today's post, I am sharing two of the ATCs I made using DRS Designs images and sentiments plus some inking and painting.

Halloween is over but here is one last nod to it.  I watercolored the little cemetery and house and then cut up and popped up part of the Frightful and Delightful Halloween greeting.  

Next, I traced a leaf from the beautiful leaves outside our cabin and watercolored it.  Then, I took parts of the Gather Hope Thanksgiving Greeting, outlined the in gold pen and popped the up.  

I made some others and will share them soon.  Hope you are finding some time to relax as the holiday seasons have begun!

Hugz,

Nancy

  

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Always Thankful

 Hi Everyone,

I really liked using glitter glue for my leaves on this card, so I thought I'd make another small scene and do the same.  Using a large leaf die, I cut out the scene I made using Winter Trees and the pumpkin from the 4 in 1 Harvest Designs.  Once again, I sponged on some sky and grass and colored in the pumpkins, and lastly adding the sparkly leaves.

The embossed background and the Always Thankful Greeting were both enhanced with a bit of brown and orange sponging. 

Some matching twine and ribbon were added for texture, along with a couple of brads.  

Thanks for peeking in on the blog today!
Karin

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Thanksgiving

 Hi Everyone,

I know I've skipped right over Halloween with my card, but it grew out of the fall themed patterned paper that I made using the following stamps:

Open Leaf -Brown ink

Silhouette Branch-Green ink

Splatter Background-Orange ink 

I added a dry embossed pumpkin panel (Cuttlebug folder), attached the die cut Close to Your Heart Thanksgiving Greeting and added this to a brown card base. 

To finish, I added a die cut leaf (Darice) and a raffia bow.

It fully feels like fall in my part of the world right now, but if you need extra inspiration, check out all the fall, Halloween and harvest stamps right here!

Happy Stamping!
Karin

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Happy Fall

Good morning!

I've used a couple of fall stamps today, 

Large Happy Fall Y'all and Fall Leaf with Acorn

along with a 3D fall embossing folder.

I stamped the sentiment and the leaf with black on white card stock then die cut it with a circle.

I die cut the mat from rust with a X stitch circle from Rubberstamper.

The embossing folder is from Sizzix.  I used a cardstock that I sprayed with some yellows

then I inked the folder with Harvest Kaleidacolor pad and ran it through the machine 

back and forth 3 times.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

 

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With Sympathy

Hi Everyone,

Sadly, I was in need of a sympathy card and didn't have one on hand.  I have a simple, go to card design, but I've used it so many times, that I have no idea who I've sent it to in the past.  I chose another easy to replicate design in a neutral color, but I feel like the browns may have been a bit drab. More depressing, than soothing.  I'll choose a soft green or blue next time for my monochromatic sympathy card. 

The background was stamped using the Silhouette Branch and the sentiment is With Sympathy

  I mounted the greeting on some black cardstock and used a border punch and a row of gems to add some interest.  I also added some matching twine before I attached the greeting to the card. 

Not wanting to be stuck without a sympathy card for next time, I took inspiration from Lisa's beautiful card here, and made one for my stash. It's not as pretty as hers, but the recipient won't know that! 

Here are the stamps I used for this:

With Sympathy

Dandelion Puff

Spatter Background

And inside:

His Blessings Faith Greeting

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!
Karin

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Lucky in Love

 

I needed a quick anniversary card and the FLOWERING BIRD BRANCH - 616L is just perfect for showing love with those cute little birds.

• I stamped the FLOWERING BIRD BRANCH - 616L on the card base and colored with copics.
• Next, I die cut the heart aperture out of the card stock and used dimensionals over the image.
• The LUCKY IN LOVE - 992F is a great sentiment for an anniversary card so I used that and stamped it in red.
• I finished with a couple of punched flowers that I shaped with a stylist and added a bit of pink Nuvo Drops to the centers.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card this week.

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Fall Frosting

Hello crafty friends.

I have been laying it on a little thick lately!  Food and crafting.  Look at this card and you will see what I mean - lol.  

Looks like frosting right?  That texture paste took a long while to dry too.  I was going for the look in THIS card by Sue Prather. She used designer paper and I thought I might get close to her look by adding in a bit of gold paint. I realized adding paste in the pattern she has would take some classes or something, but I still like the look on my card.  I am going with the story that is is snow so it supports this fun new Large Happy Fall Y'all Greeting. The leaves are Spellbinders dies sponged through the die and lined with Stickles. 

Hoping your week is going well.

Hugz,

Nancy 

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Plaid Christmas

Hi Everyone,

I decided to feature the recently released Plaid Fir Tree on my card today, and I began by stamping and fussy cutting 3 trees.  Once they were cut, I turned them over and stamped them on the opposite side, and then glued them together by adding glue down the center of the trees.  

I attached my three dimensional tree to a die cut and plaid embossed panel, which was attached to a background made using the Woven Plaid Background stamp. 

A die cut border embellished with enamel dots was added at the bottom and I finished the card with the new Tis the Season Greeting.

Here is a close up of the tree...

Thanks for visiting and be sure to check out all of the newest holiday stamps over at the DRS Designs store!

Karin

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Fall Cards

Hi Everyone,

One of the newer fall stamps from DRS Designs is this Large Happy Fall Y'all greeting, and I matched it up with one of my favorite fall images, Bountiful Basket.  My husband says that everyone makes fall about pumpkins and pumpkin spice, but apples are what he thinks of when it comes to fall. This lovely image has both!

The image was colored and die cut, the sentiment was made using punches and the Medium Silhouette Leaf stamp, and both were layered onto an embossed leaf background of bright fall colors.

I added a few die cut leaves in those same colors to complete the look.

Here I made a Z Fold card using the Season of Thanks Oval stamp, and the Medium Silhouette Leaf which was stamped using a rainbow stamp pad. (Kaleidacolor)  Since the multicolored ink did most of the work, all I did was enhance the swirly leaf using some glitter glue.

Here is the inside panel that I stamped using the Open Leaf stamp.  I figured this would make it easy to write a personal greeting on top.

 

Thanks for visiting and be sure to pop on over to see all of the new holiday stamps from DRS Designs right here!

Have a great day!
Karin

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Blessings

Hi Everyone,

One of my favorite fall stamps from the DRS Designs catalog is Framed Thanksgiving Greetings. I just love the images in those frames!  So I decided to pair them up with the new Blessing For You Thanksgiving Greeting.

I stamped, colored and fussy cut those little pictures, and attached them onto an embossed background with autumn words.

I stamped the greeting, die cut it and added some yellow and green inking.  To give the greeting a space to land, I added a strip of scrap orange paper embellished with a striped ribbon. 

Thanks for visiting the blog today! 

Karin

 

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Thanks!

 

Good morning!

I've used a fun die to show off the Season Of Thanks Oval

this time.

I used some already made backgrounds that I had, actually 3 different ones.

I stamped the sentiment using a purple VersaFine Claire onto a smooth

background that I made with Spray Oxides.

The orange background was done on watercolor paper with spray dye inks and kosher salt.

The multi-colored die cut background was also done with spray inks.

The frame is popped up and the sentiment is double popped.

The die I used is from Poppystamps.

The oval die is a nesting die from Spellbinders.

Thanks so much for visiting today!

Robin

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