Making Cards From Ann Corbiere Scott Designs Art Printables

Today I'm sharing some of the Ann Corbiere Scott Designs Art Printables that I colored on my vacation.  I fussy cut this first floral from the Aunt Sylvia Art Printable after coloring with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers and placed on a background made using Taylored Expressions Blooming Florals stencils that were die cut using my WPlus9 Sunshine Layers die.  A perfect Match.  

This second card utilizes a floral from the Mom Art Printable and both cards have a sentiment stamped and die cut using The Ton Easy Expressions stamps and dies.

 This last card features a Polychromos colored Aunt Sylvia Art Printable which is paired with sentiments using Taylored Expressions Happy stamps and dies and a background made using Taylored Expressions Pierced Circles cutting plate.  It is really fun to see the results of this crafty time in such a variety of cards.

A Freshly Picked Card Set Featuring The Greetery Flower Market Bouquet Stamp and Dies

I had so much fun with the new-to-me The Greetery Flower Market Bouquet stamp and dies and this card set was made with them.  The colors were so fun to combine and then match to patterned paper.  Combinging the florals with The Greetery Fit to Be Tied dies and The Greetery Market Baskets Sentiment stamp set as well as WPlus9 Sunshine Layers die as a background made the perfect finish. 

 So very much fun!

Picked Just for You Featuring Taylored Expressions Picked Posies

I had a few of the Taylored Expressions Picked Posies stamped on Bristol cardstock which I colored with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.  I have so enjoyed the Taylored Expressions Pierced Circles coverplate die that I decided to do a monochromatic look in a landscape card.

 I've really had some fun with this stamp set and the results are oh so pretty!

Mother's Day Card Featuring Altenew 3D Flower Dies

I recently picked up both the Altenew Peony Dream and Garden Picks 3D dies.  Of course, the first thing I did with these dies is cut a bunch of flowers.  I didn't even know what I was going to use the flowers for.  So, of course, I used them to make a pile of Mother's Day cards.  I paired the florals with a background cut using Taylored Expressions Pierced Circles cutting plate.  The crisp white frame was cut using WPlus9 Sunshine Layers die.  Oldie, but a goodie!

 Wow!  I really like how each of them is different and I truly can't find my favorite.  

Floral Valentine's Day Card

Quickly popping in to share this valentine card made creating a dry embossed frame using my WPlus9 Sunshine Layers die set on a pink cardstock card base inked with pink hink for effect.  The heart was die cut using my Papertrey Ink You Have My Heart die set stamped with my Papertrey Ink Farmer's Market Florals stamp set.

Such a lovely valentine card, don't you think?  I'm linking this up to SSS Monday challenge Love is in the Air and the Wednesday challenge Simon Says Anything Goes.

I'm also enter, for the first time, Crafter's Castle Challenge 14 Anything Goes.

Cards for a Card Swap

This weekend is officially Brandy and I celebrating a girls weekend.  We are at the Scrapbook Expo here in Mesa, Arizona.  This card is one I made twenty (20!) replicas for a card swap.  Both Brandy and I are going to participate and so I'll share Brandy's card next.

I used my Papertrey Ink Farmer's Market Florals stamp set to stamp the images and my Rustic Wreath stamp to stamp the wreath.  The burnished gold cardstock frame was cut using my WPlus9 Sunshine Layers die and the background of the card base stamped with Altenew's Rustic Linen background stamp.

On the inside, a simple thank you stamp which was the theme for the swap.  The card is an A2 size and I am delighted and cannot wait to participate in the swap later today.

Needless to say, us girls are currently prepping up for a long, exhausting, most fun-filled day of crafting, shopping, and girl talk as we are also participating in the crop which goes all day into the evening.

I'll be back after our weekend to share examples of the cards that we received in the swap.

A New Psalms Card Set

I'm just going to start out saying that there are a few tools I've purchased for card making in the past year that I love. My Papertrey Ink Year of Psalms stamps are one of those tools.  The second is almost anything I've purchased from Concord and 9th.

The Psalms were white heat embossed onto Bristol cardstock which had been ink blended with Distress Oxide inks.  Where the stamped image had a shape, like this heart, I used a waterbrush to "paint" inside and convert that image to the milky, oxide look that happens with the Distress Oxide.  Additionally, as with this first card, the white embossing is slightly tinted with the color so that the final result is almost a pale pink.

The die cut flowers behind the white die cut were all colored with Distress Oxide inks.  Putting these cards together was the height of fun!

This colorful card might just be my favorite.  The background colors and the accent colors all work together very well and the card is beautiful!

However, about the time I pick a favorite I come to the next card and love the yellow and coral and teal in this card.  Oh well, it just means that my vision for this card set worked out to be what I'd hoped. Who can complain?

I'm linking this card set up with the following challenges:

SSS Monday challenge - Stamp On It!
Papertrey Ink's Transformation Tuesday Challenge #18 - I made these cards previously using my Year of Psalms stamps.  I decided to transform the use of these stamps by die cutting the florals to surround the sentiments and white heat embossing the sentiment rather than stamping on white cardstock.  I really don't know which set I enjoy most.

A Farmer's Market Floral Valentine

I have so loved playing with my Papertrey Ink Farmers Market Florals stamp set and combining it with the Papertrey Ink You Have My Heart die is a perfect marriage of love inspiration.  This collage contained in a heart was one of the inspirations for me to purchase the stamp set and I can tell you that stamping these out was simple, easy and results in a final image that is more stunning than these photos allow you to see. 

I super love this one combined with some seam binding ribbon.  The background kraft is die cut using my WPlus9 Sunshine Layers die, an oldie but a goodie!

On the inside is a valentine's sentiment from Papertrey Ink's January bonus stamp set.  I think I need to pull myself away from the valentine making into some other crafting.  I'm pretty sure I've crossed over into a slightly wacky excess. 

A Simple Little Birthday Card

Just a cute little card to brighten your day - one layer on that die cut front - making it simple to drop in a gift bag.  Sometimes, its about getting something together is a short period of time.  This was made using my WPlus9 Sunshine Layers stamps.  So easy and simple to put together.  Good products make good cards a snap.

A New Home

I'm back today to share a change of address notification card that I made for my grandmother.  They recently moved from Colorado to Arizona and now live 12 miles from me.  Yay!  I couldn't resist the urge to combine stamps from my Papertrey Ink Winter Village stamp set with my Art Impressions Foliage stamp set to create this lovely scene.  The inks used are also Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Simply Chartreuse, Soft Granite, Sweet Blush and Lovely Lady inks.

I printed the text out at FedEx again with their white, matte cardstock.  This makes it easy to handle and stamp over.  I die cut the image out with my WPlus9 Sunshine Layers die to create that fabulous stitched frame.  All in all, I think it pleased her to send out this card to her friends and family.  Moving at 90 (my grandfather is 92) is a daunting task and making these for her to show off was a pleasure.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Through the Window since my house has quite a few windows!

Word Art Wednesday's challenge - Week 274/275 Anything Goes

Hope your week starts off with a bang!

A Birthday Set of Cards

I'm back today to share some more pictures of cards made with my friend Kyle for her Christmas gift exchange.  I'd apologize for the volume of photos, but that is the reason for my delay in posting and so I'll just say that this has taken me a while.

This card set was made with my Concord and 9th You are Enough stamp onto Bristol paper using black Archival Ink  and Prima Oil Pastel crayons .  The crayons made it easy to make multiple colors of card fronts pretty rapidly.  We scribbled the solid stamps with the crayon and then mopped the stamp with water and a brush to activate the oil pastel.  This made stamping with some variation in color easy to do.

After the flower was stamped, I die cut the card front with my W Plus 9 Sunshine Layers die and a sentiment using my Penny Black Sprinkles and Smiles stamp set.  The splatters were added by flicking watered down oil pastels onto the card fronts.  A very nice effect.

It has been a while since using my Prima Oil Pastels. A great tool though with wonderful effect and a very easy card to make multiples.  In the end, we made more than 20 of these.  I gave most away all ready, but hope to use this technique again.