Watercolor Birthday Balloons

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Nicole aka cnsteele...congrats, Nicole!  I chose this fun card to case today, but instead of Colorburst, I cut my balloons and sentiment from a leftover piece of a Wrinkle Free Distress panel from which I made a card a few months ago.  Here are the ODBD Custom Dies used to make this card: Happy Birthday Dies (balloons), Celebrate and Wish, and Sparkling Stars.  Since the watercolor panel was already done, this was a super quick card....gotta love that! :)

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Blessings,

CAS Cowboy Silhouette

Hi, everyone!  This week's Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoast is to create a CAS card with a Western theme.  I chose the 'Howdy' set from Our Daily Bread designs to create a birthday card for my uncle.  I cut a piece of cratch paper A2 size, then die cut a rectangle out of it to create a mask.  The silhouette was stamped in Stazon Jet black, then eggplant, navy, and tangerine were sponged to create the background.  Once the mask was removed, some doodling was added for a frame.

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Blessings,

Happy Birthday, Cowboy!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Lynne Jardine aka Ruby-dooby-doo....congrats, Lynne!  I chose this super cute card to case today because I loved the layout and doodling around the edges.  I changed the stamps and colors since I needed some masculine birthday cards for this month, but kept the layout and doodling.  I loved this layout so much that I made five identical cards!  The cowboy image from 'Ride 'Em Cowboy' was stamped in Stazon Jet Black, then the background was colored with sponges and ink using masking and reverse masking.  The following dies were used as well:  ODBD Custom Double Stitched Pennant Flags Dies, ODBD Custom Pennant Flags Dies, ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, ODBD Custom Rectangles Dies, and the ODBD Custom Circles Dies.  The three 'faux brads' were created with a hole punch.

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Blessings,

Coffee Inspired

Happy Saturday!!  After a busy week at work, I'm happy to get back to my stampy room today!!  The Dare To Get Dirty Challenges are wrapping up....I only have a few days to upload my entries....eek!  This card combines several Dirty challenges plus today's Inspiration Challenge which is all about Starbucks!  Though I'm too cheap to buy their coffee, I did have fun looking at the website......I chose this photo for inspiration to help me make a birthday card for a co-worker who is a coffee addict like me!  I used the North Coast Creations 'What's Brewin'?' set, along with the 'Winter Paper Collection' and ODBD Custom 'Sparkling Stars' Dies from Our Daily Bread designs.  The cup image was stamped, fussy cut, then covered in Versamark and heat embossed with Espresso brown powder.  To match the glittery pattern from the paper, the little stars were cut out of copper paper.  Some of the steam trails were drawn in by hand with an espresso marker (this hand-drawing technique proves that I'm a stamper, NOT an artist! lol!)

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Have a blessed weekend!!

Dragonfly Blessings

Hi, everyone!  Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Kerry Urbatch aka kerbear.....congrats, Kerry!!!  I chose this awesome card as inspiration to create a birthday card for a co-worker, using the ODBD Dragonfly Single and sentiment from Doily Blessings.  The edges were all 'doodled', the dragonfly was stamped in black, then colored with Pool Party and Night of Navy with sponge daubers, cut out and popped up, then highlighted with a glitter pen.  The small square panel was sponged over a stencil.  This was a very quick card to make, so I think I might duplicate it for future guy cards.

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Blessings,

Thanksgiving Tree

Hello!!!  Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Annette Allen aka Clever Creations....congrats, Annette!!!  I chose this beautiful card to case because of the interesting layout with the designer paper corner design.  I have used the following sets by Our Daily Bread designs to make this Thanksgiving card:  'Autumn Tree' (image), 'Thank You' (scripture verse), 'Ornate Border Sentiments' (xoxoxo stamped into the tree), plus the Rustic Beauty Designer Paper Collection.  Thanksgiving will be here in a flash and I still have several cards to make!  I might use this layout again and switch up the colors and designer paper!!

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God bless!