One More Candle

Hi!!

Another card for Gallery Idol Open Auditions! I remember seeing new stamp recently of these tall candles (i can't remember were i saw it or the company who made it!) but i thinking of it when i was looking at my selection of washi tape. And it turns out i have several colors with poka dots! The poka dots make it really easy to cut the tape into long straight strips!!

So that's what i did, started cutting long strips out of my poka dot washi tape and added them to my card base. I staggered the height and width of the washi tape.

No candle is complete with out a flame, i don;t have any candle stamps that would go with these (size wise), so i had to make my own!! I drew several with a fine tip pen (and a lot of duds!! hehe!!). I colored them in with distress markers and then cut them out. I added them to each candle washi, tucking them behind the washi tape with a tiny dot of liquid glue to make sure they stayed put!!

Next i found a double ended banner from my extra embellishment dish and stamped the sentiment What's one more candle? I also added black rhinestones at each end. I added the banner to my card base with foam dots.

Thanks for stopping by!! Just one more card to enter, decisions, decisions!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: PTI - Wishes Come True
Die: PTI - Double Ended Banner
Washi Tape: Target, Queen & Co, and others
Distress Markers: Black Soot, Ripe Persimmon, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed

Thanks So Much

Hello!!

Today i am sharing a card that i am submitting to the Gallery Idol Open Auditions. The Challenge for the open auditions is to use decorative tape in a unique way, which is hard!! For this card i am using washi tape and the paper piecing technique or i guess i should say washi tape piecing! hehe!

I started by stamping two rows with my long flag. Then i stamped the flag several times on some washi tape, then cut them out. I added the washi tape flags to my card base, on every other flag. Then i added 2 strips of grey card stock i found in my extra do-dads dish.

Next i die cut a piece of paper that i had at one point colored with some melon ink. I added black center to most of the flowers. I added them to the top left row with foam dots. Last i stamped the sentiment in the upper right.

I really love how it turned out! Mint and Melon is a favorite color combo of mine!!

Thanks for stopping by!! I'll be back today or tomorrow with my remaining 2 entries! (Its hard to decided which cards to enter, i still have one idea i'm trying out today!)

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Kellie Stamps - You Are The Best, Reverse Confetti - Lots To Say
Ink: Stazon - Jet Black
Decorative tape: Scotch - Mint Mosaic
Die: A Muse Studio - Tiny Flowers

Be Inspired Challenge #52 - Take 2

Hi!

Today i have another card for The Alley Way Stamps Be Inspired Challenge #52. Again i was inspired by the exploding flower. You can see my first card for this challenge here.

When i was playing with May's new release i got the idea of using the tiny images in this set and having them explode somehow!!

To start i stamped the present from the Big Wish set. I colored it, then cut it out. Then i cut the present just below the ribbons tales. I used a black marker to color the edges and add some 'stamp' lines along my cut. This way it looks like the top part is just the lid of the present!

Next i stamped the Congratulations sentiment in the middle of my card base. Next i stamped the tiny baby images around the sentiment and again on a piece of scrap watercolor paper. I colored the images on the scrap and then cut them out.

Next i stamped tiny little swirl from the Baby on Board set. Then I added all the tiny colored images to the card base with foam tape over the first images i stamped. Last i added the present with foam dots.

Thanks for stopping by!!! Make sure you stop by the Be Inspired Challenge and play along, you have a week still to play!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: The Alley Way Stamps - Nap Time, Baby Talk, Baby on Board (this months free with $40 purchase set)
Distress Markers: Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters, Barn Door, Victorian Velvet, Spun Sugar, Tattered Rose, Salty Ocean, Wild Honey, Shaded Lilac, Ripe Persimmon, Squeezed Lemonade, Dusty Concord, Black Soot

 

Bows!!

Hi!!

So i have a pile of cards that i still need to share! These are cards i just make for fun, no DT or challenge in mind. They tend to not get on the blog soon after being made because i want to get DT cards or challenge cards up! So today i sharing 2 cards i made way back when!

For both of these cards i used goodies from Waffle Flower, a new stamp company! Nina has several stamp sets and dies!! These two cards features Bowtiful Stamp and Die Set,  the Mailable 3D Bow die and the Tiny Heart die.

For the first one, i pulled out a card base who's background was already made. I had at some point used a stencil, embossing paste and embossing powder to make the background, but it work for the project i was making at the time. But i brought it out for this card. I also found a die cut oval, made from a random cereal box. On the natural side (not the printed side) i stamped the stamp clusters with grey ink.

Next i die cut a bow from some striped pattern paper and then stamped the matching bow with mind ink. I also die cut the tiny heart out of a cereal box and added it to my bow center.

All that's left was to was stamp the sentiment Hello. Adhere my oval to the card base and then add the bow with foam dots!

For my second card i used some pattern paper, one with a white background and another with a black background (same actual pattern, just different colored backgrounds). I covered my card base with the white background paper and die cut the 3D bow from the black background.

I also die cut a piece of watercolor paper with notebook paper edge, i stamped the sentiment on this piece in black ink. I added it to my card base with foam tape and added the bow below it (assembling the bow is super easy!!!) Last i added pearls at either side of the bow!!

That's all for me today!! I'll be back tomorrow with a TAWS card!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies

Hello Card
Stamps: Waffle Flower - Bowtiful 
Dies: Waffle Flower - Bowtiful, Tiny Heart Die
Ink: Hero Arts - Mint Julep, Soft Granite
Embossing Powder: Adirondack - Cranberry
Stencil: DCWV
Pattern Paper: MME - Chalk Studio

Celebrate With Style
Stamps: Waffle Flower - Bowtiful
Dies: Waffle Flower - Mailable 3D Bow. Reverse Confetti - Office Edges
Pattern Paper: MME - Cut & Paste Flair

Love is in the Air

Hiya!!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!! I had to work, but i did some crafting and spent some time with my mom and brother, which meant staying away from the computer!! It was a nice break but now its back to regular scheduled programming (which means blog posting, photo editing, studying, blog reading!!) :D

One card i made this weekend (you should see my pile of card i need to blog about!! its over flowing!! hehe) was a card that came together nicely!! (love with that happens!!) I was digging in my overflow stash and found a cloud die cut and a circle die cut. When i saw them together i though about making the circle a sun and that's when i new i had the perfect stamp set to use with them!

I pulled out The Alley Way's Lighter then Air set. I stamped the hot air balloon on some pattern paper and paper pieced the balloon. Next i used some distress ink and an ink applicator to create my sun. I added a 3 tiny clear buttons to my cloud.

Next i found a die cut banner in my stash and stamped the sentiment Love is in the Air. Before adding all my elements i used a tiny heart stamp from Once Upon a Time and second generation stamped the heart in blue ink, but it was really light so i added a few more with first generation stamping!

I love the little scene i created, especially that i was able to use a some of my stash!!

Have a great day!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: The Alley Way Stamps - Lighter then Air, Once Upon A Time
Ink: Hero Arts - Soft Pool. Distress Ink: Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey
Dies: PTI - Cloud, Banner. Spellbinders - Circle
Vintage Buttons

Sweet Baby

Hi!!

Today i'm playing along with Seize The Sketch #19 Challenge! I am using the newly released The Alley Way Stamps: Baby on Board and Baby Talk. Here is the sketch:

I started by die cutting a oval from watercolor paper and stamping the stork and baby image. Next i used the sweet sentiment from Baby on Board and baby from Baby Talk. To color the image i used a pink inktense color pencil and outlined the baby's blanket. Then i used a Copic colorless blender to pull out the color, i really love the soft look i get when i do this. (If you try this, note that the pencils stain the Copic tip). I did the same think for the stork using a black pencil.

For the cheeks, on a scrap piece i colored a small spot of pink pencil and then used the colorless blender to pick up some of the color adding it to the baby's cheeks.

I had planned to use pattern paper, but i couldn;t find any to match the pink i used for the blanked and cheeks. So instead i found a pack of adhesive backed white canvas. I placed a stencil across it and with the same pink i used above i lightly (and i mean lightly) traced each chevron shape. Then i used the colorless blender to pull the color toward the center of each shape. I only did this about half way down the card. For the bottom half i added long wood veneer banners. Last i added the oval to my card base with foam dots.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: The Alley Way Stamps - Baby on Board (this months free set with a $40 purchase), Baby Talk
Inktense Colored Pencils
Copic Colorless Blender
Canvas: DCWV
Wood Veneer: Jillibean Soup - Wood Flags

Hey You

Hey there!!

Today i have a card i made for The Curtain Call Challenge - Pretty and Pink. I used the just release Tri-Me stamp set from The Alley Way Stamps!!! I was inspired by the pink and gold in the inspiration photo!!

I started by inking up a few of the solid triangles from the Tri-Me set in various pink inks. I inked up one tiny triangle in a very light pink, however you almost can't see it! It did look that light when i was making the card!! :D

I also added a few outline triangles, inking those up in black ink. I also added the sentiment Hey You to the middle of the card.

Since i don't have much gold things running around, i pulled out 3 wood veneer triangles. After i knew where to i wanted them to go, i coated the front of them with a versamark pen and added gold embossing powder. I used tweezers to hold them while i heated the powder (DON'T use your fingers!!) It did take another coat of embossing powder, i think because the versamark soaked into the wood. I also had to heat the powder again after i moved my tweezers to another spot, this took care of the ridges left by the tweezers after melting the 2nd round of powder.

The embossing powder i used has big granules, so only two coats was needed. If you use a fine powder you might need a 3rd coat depending on out it turns out and how much coverage you like!! :)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: The Alley Way Stamps - Tri-Me
Ink: Memento Luxe - Rose Bud, Rhubarb Stalk. A Muse Studio - Shell
Wood Veneer: Studio Calico
Embossing Powder: Stampendous - Antique Gold