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.

Birthday Butterfly Cards Featuring Pink Fresh Studio Butterflies Stamps, Stencils and Dies

I had the need for a birthday card last month and, of course, I turned to my new Pink Fresh Studio Butterflies stamps, stencils and dies.  Letting the butterfly take centerstage, I paired it with an intricate white cardstock die cut and The Ton Stamps Easy Expressions stamped and die cut sentiment.  

 I've really enjoyed making matching envelopes by stamping with an element from the card.  This time is was the outline of the butterfly in a very light pink ink.  My friend was delighted and I think she really enjoyed the celebration.

Sending Best Wishes - A Bridal Shower Card

 My husband's nephew is getting married and they are having a co-ed bridal shower (wedding shower?!?!).  I took inspiration from their invitation which was dark wood background with very classy information in a country way.  I think this card pops which is what I meant.  I decided to include a photo of my re-set wedding ring and my husband's wedding band (which I sometimes get to wear because he wants to give his finger a rest1).  His band more closely matches my re-set ring than my original band which is becoming thinner over the years.  

So looking forward to this virtual event.  Gotta get this baby in the mail!

More Cards Featuring Concord and 9th Wreath Turnabout Stamp Set

Another set of cards made with the card fronts from the stash (yes, I got a bit carried away!) which were stamped in 2018 using my Concord and 9th Wreath turnabout stamp set.  This time I paired the card fronts with their patterned paper and some sentiments created using my The Ton Easy Expressions stamps and dies.  So delightful!

Better Together - A Mix and Match Challenge Using Capsule Crafting by Brandy

During this time of quarantine, Brandy and I miss crafting together.  It isn't that we did so often - we didn't see each other every week sometimes.  It's more that we can't see each other.  So I had an idea to create a challenge each week - one just for Brandy and she could create one just for me.  Brandy has to amp the idea up and came up with our official title:  Better Together - A Mix and Match Challenge.  As the quarantine process has extended and even though there are re-openings everywhere, out of an abundance of caution and love for our fellow citizens, we continue to isolate to help slow the spread of the virus.  As such, we decided to modify the challenge for the month of June.  Instead of a weekly challenge, we determined to use a capsule crafting approach.  Capsule crafting was created by Kristina Werner and you can see her take in these posts.  We selected supplies from the stash in the following guidelines which also includes Brandy's selections:

• 5 stamp sets

1. Tim Holtz Flutter
2. Picket Fence Studios Sweet Dear Friend
3. Concord &9th Wild Flower
4. The Ton Easy Expressions 
5. MFT Up in the Air

• 7 dies sets (2 have to be separate from stamp set)

1. Tim Holtz Flutter
2. The Ton Easy Expressions 
3. Taylored Expressions Build A Unicorn
4. MFT Wonky Rectangles
5. Spellbinders Large Die slider window
6. Papertrey Ink Shape Shifters Circle 2 die
7. Tim Holtz Funky Floral
8. Tim Holtz Garden Greens

• 1 watercolor option (select from pencils, pens, markers, pan, but ONLY one).

1. Mission Gold 

• 1 colored pencil option.

1. Polychromos

• No limits on paper
• 1 embossing media (embossing powder or paste)

1. Detail Clear Nuevo

• 1 stencil 

1. Taylored Expressions Light Up the Night

• 1 ink brand (oxide and regular distress are separate brands)

1. Distress Oxides

• No limit on functional tools (die cut machines, pokers, paperclips, adhesives, etc.)
• 1 bling embellishment (bling, confetti, sequins mix)

1. Studio Katia Rainbow Confetti sequins

• 1 no line  and black ink option (i.e., Versafine and SSS Fog are acceptable.)

1. Gina K Amalgam
2. SSS Fog

• 1 can't live without it item of your choosing, but only one.  Can be an extra to the items above like a 6th stamp set, but not matching dies.  It could be one extra ink color not in the selected brand, but not a whole additional brand of ink.

1. Chalks

In order to inspire us, we each created a mood board of images form the internet.  Andie's Mood Board for Brandy:

For now, Brandy's first creation:

My objective in the capsule challenge Andie and I planned was to select and use products I had not used previously and to make as many cards or projects as I could.  Andie sent me a very nice mood board that provided a lot of inspiration, I was pretty excited. Then, I got very busy with work and didn't get a good start until this week.  This card was very simple, but it was made from items I selected for my capsule. The stamp set is Concord and 9th Wildflowers.  This is a one layer card, simple, but bright and cheery.  I used the Easy Sentiment stamp and die set from The Ton.  I plan to donate this card to a card drive for the military. I have more cards using this stamp set coming very soon.

Happy Butterfly Notecards

I was so enamored by The Ton's recent release included some delightful butterfly dies.  I decided to see if I could make some cuts with my Silhouette Cameo in order to use what I have.  This set of cards is from that endeavor.  I am pleased with the simply beautiful nature of the die cut and I think this helps me resist adding to the stash.  The solid portion of the butterflies were ink blended using various Distress Oxide inks and a blending tool.

The backgrounds are various watercolor backgrounds which were distressed through the use of various stencil techniques.  The green background used some white embossing paste and many are distressed with Distress Oxide inks and stencils.  They are a great backdrop to the beautiful butterflies.

The sentiments all came from The Ton Easy Expressions stamp and die set I picked up last month.  They are a easy process to create two color sentiments which can then be selected to align with the colorful butterflies.  So happy with this final result.