Sunday's Bits & Pieces #17

Hi there,

Today i have a card for my weekly Bits & Pieces. This card was made from all paper scraps. I chose some green paper for the grass and some for the trees. I also had a wood grain scrap that i used for the tree trucks. The grass and trees were all die cut.

For the sky i used some blue Smooch Spritz. I already cut my cardbase, so when i spritz it, some got on the inside. This is 2nd time i have used the spritz, but next time I'll cut a panel to spritz first.

I stamped the sentiment on one of the tree's. I added white and black dash lines to 2 of the grass layers. 2 tree's have black dash lines, with the 3rd getting white dash lines.

I adhered the grasses to the card front, the bottom one i adhered with pop up dots. Last i added the trees, one with pop up dots.

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Papertrey Ink:Trendy Tree Tops
Dies: Papertrey Ink: Trendy Tree Tops
Ink: Colorbox Dye ink: Black
Mist: Clearsnap: Smooch Spritz: Blue
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink: Rustic White

Papertrey Ink April Blog Hop

Hello,

Today is Papertrey Ink’s Blog Hop and this month they have another inspiration photo:

Photo Credit

 I drew my inspiration from the patterns and not the colors. Pink & blue are my least favorite colors, so I went instead with my favorite colors orange, green & purple.

I used several stamps to make the different patterns similar to the photo. I started with some cardstock strips and stamped one with a poke-a-dot pattern, one with a damask pattern, one with a zigzag (instead of the stripe in the photo, didn’t have a stripe stamp but I will to remedy this! lol ) and another in a flowery pattern.

 Once these were stamped I made my card from cardstock. Then I trimmed each strip so I could get each on my card. After I liked the placement and order, I stamped the sentiment in between two of the strips and wrapped some cream twine around the card. Last I inked the edges of each strip and adhered them to the card front.

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink: Simply Jane, Background Basics: Postmarks, Asian Fusion. Hampton Art: Blooming Memories American Crafts: Hello There

Ink: Papertrey Ink: Winter Wisteria, Orange Zest, New Leaf, Smokey Shadow. Ranger: Frayed Burlap

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink: Rustic White

Twine: May Arts

CAS-ual Friday Sketch & Sunday's Bits & Pieces #16

Hello,

Today i have a super quick card for CAS-ual Friday's challenge and this weeks Bits & Pieces. The challenge at CAS-ual Fridays' is a this sketch:

I cut square shapes from some some green paper scraps. I also had some stripes that have a music background. I thought it made the card a little more interesting then just 2 shapes on the card.

I stamped the sentiment 'a big congrats 2 you' in black ink and placed the solid green shape on pop up dots. The other shape and the stripes i adhered flush the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Supplies:

Stamps: Hampton Art: Abundance - 7 Gypsies. Papertrey Ink: Framed Out #2

Ink: ColorSnap Dye Ink: Putty. Papertrey Ink: Smoky Shadow

Die: Papertrey Ink: Framed Out #2

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Rustic Cream

Hampton Art Goodies!!

Hey, there!

Today i have some pictures and a video to share!!! It's my first ever video, so you guys have to cut me some slack!! hehe!  I am on Hampton Art 1st ever Design Team and they sent some stamping goodies this past weekend. Each designer was able to choose the stamps, and i put together a video showcasing all the goodies i picked out. We also received some inky goodies from Clearsnap, so i took a pic of that goodness!!

Thank you Hampton Art & Clearsnap!!

Enjoy!

Dana

Video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oA-CetB8R_g

CAS-ual Friday's & Sunday's Bits & Pieces 15

Hello!

Today i have a quick card for CAS-ual Friday's weekly challenge. I also used paper scraps from my scrap bin, i all i had to do was stamp!

The challenge this week at CAS-ual Friday's is to choose 2 opposite colors on this color wheel:

Of course i went with orange (my favorite color). I'm very picky about my orange, can;t be too yellow or too red. I also hate how a lot of orange comes with blue or pink...i don;t want blue or pink i just want orange!!! But for this challenge had to use blue, so i found some scraps from my favorite pattern paper and this is what happened:

The background paper has a text and poke-a-dot background. I lightly roughed and inked the edges. Then i added some glitter glue on each dot all the way around the panel (the last pic below, shows this the best).

On the blue scallop (it was already cut) i stamped a text background. And on the light blue piece i stamped the birdcage and bird. Last i stamped the word Thanks from the same Hampton Art set.

Last i adhered the birdcage piece flush to the background and then added the scallop, along with a pattern paper scrap on pop up dots.

Thanks for stopping by, i'm off to finish a research paper! (ugh!)

Dana

Supplies:

Stamps: Hampton Art: Home Tweet Home

Ink: Papertrey Ink: Smokey Shadow. Ranger: Frayed Burlap

Glitter Glue: Stickles: Diamond

Pattern Paper: Authentique: Gathering (all but the orange and dark blue paper)

CAS-ual Friday's - Let the Hunt Begin

Hello,

Today i have a quick card to share for CAS-ual Friday's weekly challenge. The challenge is to make a card featuring something you would find in an Easter basket.... well i did one step better, i used something from my actual Easter basket!!  I'm in Michigan to see my mom and she gets us (me and my brother) a little Easter basket (or bucket for this year:)  ). We get a little something each year even though we have been adults for many years now!! lol

For my card i used the pink plastic grass from my Easter bucket. I stamped and die cut a jar and used a tiny amount of blue water color to color the jar (though you can;t really tell in the photo's, it IS there !! :) ) Then i used some double sided tape and adhered some of the plastic grass to jar. Then i just rimed it up till i liked the length.

Next i hand cut some eggs from pattern paper. I inked the edges and added a few light dots. I adhered the eggs to the jar with pop up dots. If i were at home i would have used twine but my mom dosen;t have any, so i found this crinkly paper that can be used in baskets and such.

I stamped and cut out the label that has the sentiment Just for You. I punched a hole and threaded it through the crinkly paper, which i 'tied' around the top of the jar. Last i adhered the jar to the cardbase with pop up dots.

Thanks for stopping by!! I will be home latter this week and will have more cards to share!

Dana

Supplies:
Stamps & Die: Papertrey Ink: Friendship Jar
Everything else: Unknown or found!

Just Sending a Note

Hello!

I have a quick card to share. I spent most of my evening packing a suitcase and my car for a trip home to MI for Easter. But nature had something else in mind! I got a few things in the car, when it started raining and its been coming down for an hour or so now. So i finished packing the suitcase and misc items and will get them in the car tomorrow morning!

Since i couldn't finish loading the car, i made a quick card instead! :)

I stamped a text background on kraft cardstock. Then i stamped the flower on a couple pattern papers and cut each out. I adhered the flowers with pop up dots and added purple glitter glue to each flower center.

I stamped the sentiment just sending a. Last i added the word Note with stickers on pop up dots.

I hope everyone has a great Easter!!

Dana

Supplies:
Stamps: Hampton Art: Ditto
Stickers: Echo Park
Glitter Glue: Stickles
Ink: Ranger: Frayed Burlap, Papertrey Ink: Dark Chocolate