You Are Owl-Some

I decided my girl friends, for whom I made the lovely Lord's Prayer card sets, needed a bright and cheery card so that I could include a short note to let them knw how much they mean to me.  I used my Picket Fence Owl stamps and my Polychromos pencils to color the images before fussy cutting them out and adhering to a stitched rectangle die cut with a sentiment over the most beautiful Moda patterned paper.

I not sure whether I like these cute little images better than the delightful patterned paper.  I am sure that I adore them both and am very pleased with how this card set turned out.

I snapped a picture before gifting these last week.  It has taken me this long to ge tthe photos edited and this post written.  Life moves pretty fast, but you are owl-some!

I'm entering one of these cards in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge Anything Goes and the Timeout Challenge #130.

Many Thanks - A Set of Cards

I am sharing a card set that Brandy made using her Distress Oxide inks to blend.  Each card features a colored cardstock embossed card base with a coordinating color to the ink blended panel.  The horse jumping stamp is from the stash and she's used to great effect here.  The previous background was a watercolor wash and these are ink blending.  Both are great, but the Distress Oxides are beautiful in the blending that is created. 

This set of cards is going to be a gift for her son who has his own horse breeding and training business.  I think they are just perfect for his purposes and her talent.  We all love to make nice things for our kids, but these seem extra nice.

Andie for 

A Lord's Prayer Card Set

I have had the great pleasure of leading a Bible study focused on the Lord's Prayer with a few ladies I know well.  I wanted to give them a gift at the end of our study, so I picked up Divinity Designs Lord's Prayer Script stamp.  These cards are the set I made using the flowers from my WPlus9 Hello and Thanks stamp and die set.  I stamped the floral sprays onto some Bristol cardstock along with the Lord's Prayer stamp using my black Archival Ink.  I used my MISTI, but messed up a couple of the frames when I stamped so I ended up stamping some extra and adhering them to a few cards as well.

The flowers and leaves were colored using my Polychromos colored pencils.  These pencils make coloring an easy process and the results are delightful.

All frames were die cut using largest Divinity Designs Lavish Layers dies and matted on a solid cardstock background.  A simple card design as, in the end, I made 20 versions of these cards.  Easy to replicate quickly to create five sets of 4 cards to be given away.

Peach is a tough color to replicate using the 60 piece Polychromos set that I have.  I was able to make is happen with a couple different pencils and layering the color.  This set surprised me.  I tried it just to exercise my skills and I think it is one of my favorite from the set.

I think the ladies will love these cards and I hope they put them to good use.

A Winter Anemone Framed Birthday Card

Arizona typically doesn't have much winter.  This year has been colder and more rainy than most.  We were complaining last week when the temperature was around 45 degrees - chilly!

I did want to give a try at using my Honey Bee Stamps Winter Anemone stamp set.  I stamped with black ink onto watercolor paper and colored with my Mission Gold watercolor paints.  These images are simple to color and the stamp set does most of the work.  I was re-inking my black ink and splattered the card front with black specs.  I added to the front in order to hide my mistake.  I think I over did it on one of the cards, but otherwise am pleased with how these turned out.

In the end, the gold sequins were able to detract a little from the overly enthusiastic black splatters.  I love how these turned out.

A Delicate Orchid Thank You Card Set

Brandy has been a busy girl again.  This time using her Heartfelt Creations Orchid stamps and dies along with an assortment of supporting stamps - background stamp from JustRite Script background stamp, some Spellbinders dies and a few sequins paired with some gold foiling/embossed edges on a navy cardstock base.

This second card is a black cardstock base with silver foiling/embossing.  I saw these in person and can plainly state that the dimension and beauty couldn't be captured in a still photo.  These cards are enchantingly delightful.  Hip, Hip Hooray!

Andie for 

A Card for the Loss of a Dear Pet

My family has been through a series of extremely unfortunate events in the recent past.  Sadly to say, the loss of my Uncle's dog, Barney, is not the worst event in the past month, but it is noteworthy.  We we lose one of our faithful friends, there is always a hole in our heart.

I couldn't let the moment pass without some sentiment - a heartfelt card to let him know we miss Barney and send our thoughts to him.

I created this simple design to capture our thoughts using Divinity Designs Paw Prints stamp set.  I stamped in brown inks onto kraft cardstock, cutting out the front frame using my stitched rectangles dies. 

On the inside, something to let him know our sorrow for the loss of his buddy which I added some kind words of support and love.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I get the pleasure of sharing these cards with you on Valentine's Day.  Brandy made them with an inlaid die cutting technique - mixing and matching the die cut pieces from these shaped frame die cuts.

The frame die is a retired Papertrey Ink and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's XO Skinny Mini mini-stamp set.  How cute are these?

Hoping your Valentine's Day is special!

I'm entering these cards into Papertrey Ink's Win It Wednesday where the challenge is Favorite Cardstock Challenge to make the same card with two different cardstock colors. Definitely a good take on the challenge.

Andie for 

Desk Calendars on an Easel

Brandy had picked up a set of the Taylored Expressions Mini Tear Off Calendars.  They are only available for a short time, but what she was able to do with these is inspiring.  The desk calendar was  simple to assembly, using a kraft cardstock base, covered with paper stamped using Concord and 9th Plaid background stamp and decorated with die cut flowers using Spellbinders April 2018 small die of the month set. 

Brandy also die cut an easel to stand the calendar on out of kraft cardstock.  The results are fantastic.

So colorful and lovely - a delightful project.  Plus, the green one in the center is mine!

Andie for