Happy Halloween

 Hi ya!  I know what you're thinking, Halloween already, really?  Yes! Why not.  I purchased this Spooktacular Lawn Fawn stamp set late in the season last year and didn't get a chance to create very many project before it was too late and Halloween was done and over so this year I'm starting early. The card I have for today is for this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #283 and for the Lawnscaping Challenge #112.

 For my card I started out with a summer sun card base, then added a white panel and a enchanted evening panel which I stamped using the Lawn Fawn stamp set Starry Backdrops and heat embossed in white the Happy Halloween sentiment.  Then after die cutting and coloring all of the stamped images, I arranged them on my card popping up the center kitty with the witches hat on and adding a touch of yellow stickles to the stars.

Have a great day!

Snail Mail for You

Hello!  Happy Saturday!  Today I have a card that I created using the fun Lawn Fawn stamp set Gleeful Gardens.  I finally broke down and ordered this set since its been on my wish list since it came out, I've seen so many cute cards created with this set.  I'm entering my card in the current Lawnscaping Challenge #112 which is all about embossing.

I started out with a white card base, then added an embossed strip of real red cardstock.  On top of that I added a popped up rectangle of so saffron and then the stamped scene with my popped up snail, mushrooms and die cut Stitched Hillside Borders.  I sponged on some ink for my sky and after coloring all of my images with Copic markers, I added some glossy accents to the snail shell and spots on the mushrooms (see close up photo on bottom).  Once that was complete, I added my sentiment and small pumpkin banner.

Thank you for all of your visits and comments, I truly appreciate it.

Morning by morning

 Good morning!  It's time for this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

 I created two cards using this week's sketch, both using the Papertrey Ink stamp sets Morning by Morning and Scripted.

I don't know about you but usually I have a difficult time creating tilted panel cards, even photographing these cards I wanted to tilt my head and straighten them out.  Both of these cards have white card bases, have a "tilted" panel of summer sun or raspberry fizz with a strip of the opposite running vertical and they both have a watercolored panel.  For the top card I used picked raspberry distress in for watercoloring and for the bottom, wild honey.  I die cut and stamped the morning glories in raspberry fizz, summer sun and new leaf and popped the die cut pieces up using foam tape. The final touches after stamping my sentiment were to add a few sequins for a bit of sparkle.

Think happy thoughts :)

Giving Thanks

 Hello, friends!  Happy Thursday!  Today I'm sharing a card that I created using the new Papertrey Ink stamp sets Morning by Morning and Scripted.  As soon as I saw this set, it reminded me of the morning glories growing in my yard, I actually have morning glories in the colors I used on my card today but the pink within the flowers is more muted.  It's fun to take inspiration from nature especially when it's in your own backyard.

 For my card I started out with a white card base, then added a rich razzleberry panel which I tore along one edge.  Then I used a piece of watercolor paper and some spun sugar distress ink to add a soft watercolor look to my background.  Once that was dry I stamped my sentiment and added my die cut and stamped flowers popping a few of them up with foam tape and trimming a few of them down to arrange them on my card.

Have a wonderful day!