A Masculine Birthday Card Set

Popping in to say a quick hello and hoping that January hasn't been too cold or snowy for you this year.  Of course, here in Phoenix we don't have those sorts of complications, so I'll send some sunshine your way.

The card today is a very simple one - made for the gift exchange at Christmas and not shared because of lazy forgetfulness.  These photos were taken back when the Christmas tree filled the front room and all the good light was gone.  Still, one layer cards are always an inspiration.

The tree is stamped in green ink using Darkroom Doors Tree stamp, although any evergreen would do.  The sentiment is from SSS's Handwritten Sentiments stamp set in black Archival Ink.  I simply wiped off the left hand edge of the sentiment to make it fit and simplify the design.

All in all, a nice set for which I think the recipients will find a good use.  How's your crafting in the new year?  Inspired or tired?  I'm enjoying the less hectic pace of crafting - thus how I found these unedited gems.  Trying to stay inspired and engaged in my hobby includes some downtime as well.  Soon we'll be planning a milestone celebration in our family and then a graduation so there is much to craft about.  See you again soon.

Birthday Bowling Celebration

Hello everyone!  I get the pleasure of sharing with you today a card made by Brandy.  She's used Art Impressions Spare Me stamp set to create this funny birthday card.  The focal image was stamped onto Bristol paper and colored with Inktense watercolor pencils.  I think she got the shading beneath our bowling ballerinas just right and the picture doesn't do the sparkling bowling balls justice!  Brandy also created her own patterned paper using the bowling pin stamp from the set.  The shading and coloring on the pins is wonderful too!

Art Impressions stamps are super fun and easy to color making card assembly a breeze when the colored image is the star.  I'm so glad I could share this with you today!

Recycled Card

I had a container of ribbon that was a free gift from an Ellen Hutson with this pretty flower as a thank you.  I couldn't leave it alone and fussy cut the flower out to make this card.  I simply paired the flower with some green cardstock to frame the flower on a patterned paper glued to a kraft card.  A little organza ribbon as an accent and I have a cute little note card.  Perfect, don't you think?

A Flowery Thank You

I was fussing around with my kinda old SSS Favorite Flowers stamp.  This is a classic layering stamp set before layering stamp sets were cool.  I used a variety of inks and stamp sets to supplement this card.  A lot of fun that I wanted to share with you today.

Hope all is well in your crafting world.

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.