Sending Love and Hugs

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge site over at Splitcoast is 'A Beautiful Mess'. These flowers had me drooling...what an awesome color combo! I used some goodies from Altenew for my card today. The stamps, dies, embossing folder, and coloring stencils all coordinate....LOVE!!!   I probably should have used a little more ink...I'm always afraid of over-doing it!  The main panel was cut out with a Pierced Rectangle Die from Divinity Designs LLC. This is a birthday card for my favorite aunt....one of my favorite humans on the planet!! I hope she loves it!

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Blessings,

CAS Blue Floral Thank You Cards

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast (and my MISTI) helped me to make a group of thank you cards very quickly. I chose this beautiful navy blue floral bedspread for my inspiration piece. I chose the Flowing Flowers set from Stampin Up and Stazon Navy Blue ink. I am hooked on permanent inks for designs like this since the ink dries instantly and doesn't smear. I absolutely hate ruining a card with ink blobs or smears, dont you?! :)

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Blessings,

Hello There

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge site over at Splitcoast is Real Fabric.....I chose this swatch as inspiration. I used the Stampin Up set, Nature's Prints, and Stazon Teal ink. I made two identical cards thanks to my beloved MISTI (it truly is the Most Incredible Stamping Tool Invented!) Three gems were added as a finishing touch. Both of these cards will go into my birthday card stash.

This is a photo of the fabric I used for inspiration:

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Blessings,
 

Pinecone Birthday Wishes

 Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge site over at Splitcoast is Lola and Dunelly.....I chose this photo for inspiration for my brother's birthday card.  The stamps, dies, and stencils are all from Altenew.  After the stenciling was done, the edges of the card were sponged for added dimension.

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Blessings,

Ocean Sunset

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the At Home online store......I am always drawn to ocean scenes and loved this canvas wall art!  I love how this one image from the Stampin Up 'Waves of Inspiration' stamp set has so many different layers within one piece of rubber!  The wave was placed in my MISTI; a Pool Party ink pad inked the entire image for the first stamping, then different markers were used to highlight different sections of the stamp. A Double Stitched Rectangles Die (from Divinity Designs LLC) cut out the panel; while the die was still in place, Blending Brushes colored the background sunset.  The panel was put back into the MISTI in order to stamp the sentiment.  Coordinating dies were used to cut the seagulls from the blue foil cardstock which came in the bundle. I did not use any other embellishments so that it would be flat for mailing.

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Blessings,

Birthday Floral

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Annie Selke.....I chose this gorgeous photo....the combination of pink and orchid tones in the bouquet got me!  I needed a fairly quick card for my niece, so I stamped the flowers and leaves from the Altenew set, Nostalgic Florals, with pink, then colored the stamen with a yellow marker and sealed them with a clear glaze pen. The coordinating stencils were used to color the images with sponges and Blending Brushes (from Divinity Designs LLC).  A Blending Brush was also used for the edges of the card base. The sentiment is from the XOXO & More Die set from Altenew. Coordinating enamel dots were used for the finishing touch.

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Blessings,

You Make Me "Toadily" Happy!

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge is to find inspiration from RebsFabStash.....I saw this adorable frog and thought of these Penny Black stamps which I picked up at a scrapbook store in my first year of stamping; the dragonfly is from Stampendous. This card is for one of my nephews for his birthday. The images and sentiment were stamped in Stazon Jet black onto a panel which was cut out with a Double Stitched Squares Die by Divinity Designs LLC. A clear glaze pen was added to the frog's eyes to protect them from the background inking.  Blending Brushes were used to partially color the background (with the panel still in the die), then the images were colored with markers.  This week's Clean and Simple Challenge theme is 'Fun with Puns', so I will be submitting for that challenge as well.

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Blessings,

Amethyst Inspired Anniversary Card

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge site is Nature's Jewelry....wow, they have some gorgeous stuff!! I chose this gorgeous amethyst ring for inspiration to create an anniversary card. I used the following items from Divinity Designs LLC:  Flower Corner Die, Clouds and Raindrops Dies (tiny hearts), Pierced Rectangles Dies, Matting Rectangle Die, A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer Dies,  Peaceful Petals Paper Pad, 'All Occasion Sentiments' stamp set, and Pixie Gems.  The ribbon has silver threads woven through; the bow was tied using a Bow Easy tool.  The sentiment was silver embossed to coordinate with the silver and purple foil cardstock.

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Blessings,

Floral Blessings

 

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast takes us to Decorator's Warehouse. I fell in love with the jewel tones of this pretty bouquet and chose cardstock and a designer paper scrap to match. Life has been hectic lately, so most of my cards have been simple designs. This card took less than fifteen minutes....I think I will make several more like this but with different colors, so stay tuned. The designer paper is from Stampin Up, the word dies are from Altenew and the sentiment from the 'Ornate Border Sentiments' set and the rhinestones are from Divinity Designs LLC.

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Blessings,

Happy BEE-lated Birthday

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Primitives by Kathy...I loved these coffee tumblers with the bees and awesome blue background...if I didn't already have a Yeti coffee cup, I would buy these! My card today is a mini slimline design, a belated birthday card for my sister-in-law. The sentiment is from 'Bee Mine', the honeycomb paper and bee paper is from the 'Buzzing Gnomes' Paper/Die Duos set. After finishing the sentiment panel, I saw the small scalloped die in the set and cut out one of the cute bees with it for an extra embellishment. The mustard grosgrain ribbon was added for balance and the bow was tied with a Bow Easy.  The following Divinity Designs LLC custom dies were also used: Mini Slimline Card Base, Mini Slimline Scalloped Rectangles, Mini Slimline Rectangles, Scalloped Circles, and Circles. Blending Brushes were used for the sentiment panel and the layers were popped up with Foam Mounting Tape.

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Blessings,

God Made The Horse

Happy Saturday, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Lumas.....when I saw this awesome photo, it reminded me of one of the calendar pages I saved from last year. This was perfect to make a birthday card for my horse-loving niece! The scene from the calendar page was cut with a Pierced Rectangle Die, layered on an ivory panel cut with a Matting Rectangle.  The quote is from 'Saddle Up'; (stamps and dies are from Divinity Designs LLC)'.  Brown gingham ribbon was added for the finishing touch; a Bow Easy was used for the bow.

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Blessings!

Eagles at Sunset

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Great Big Canvas site.....I needed to create a masculine card and thought this photo was so cool, with the mountains and eagle!  For my card, I combined three set from Divinity Designs LLC: the eagle image from 'On Eagle's Wings', the mountain image from 'Keep Climbing' and the sentiment is from 'Hello Sunshine'.  The mountains were stamped using my MISTI to get solid ink coverage, then colored with sponges and markers; a stencil and Blending Brushes were used to color the sunrays.  The eagle was stamped, colored with sponging and markers (using masking and reverse masking), then fussy cut and adhered to the panel which was cut out with the Pierced Rectangles Dies, layered onto a Matting Rectangle Die, layered onto a card cut with the A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer Die set. A clear glaze pen was used to add shine to the eagle's eye, beak, and talons.

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Blessings,

Birthday Bass

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Belk store.....I needed to create a masculine birthday card and I was drawn to this Bass wall art. Since my bass image was begging to be mounted on the wall, I created a plaque with a pattern from the Weathered Wood Paper Collection, cut with an Oval die then matted with black cardstock and a Double Stitched Ovals Die.  The images (from 'Great Catch' Stamp/Die Duos set) were stamped with Stazon Jet Black onto watercolor paper then water-colored and highlighted with markers and a clear glaze pen. The green layer was dry embossed with the Woodgrain Embossing Folder, then cut out with the Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, matted with a Rectangle Die and Matting Rectangle Die.  The Nephew dies are from Family Names 3. (Note: products mentioned are all from Divinity Designs LLC.)

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Blessings,

Freedom of the Ride

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Playing Card Decks website....I chose this awesome deck because it's one of my fave color combos for masculine cards. (Instead of a Bicycle, I chose a Motorcycle for my card, wink!)  I began with a denim pattern from the Menswear Material Collection Paper Pad, 'King of the Road' stamp set and the following dies: Large Banners, Pierced Ovals, Ovals, Treat Tags (resized to fit the sentiment), Matting Rectangle, Sparkling Stars, and A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer (all products from Divinity Designs LLC.)

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Pretty Floral Birthday Card

Hi, everyone!  Today's card combines two Splitcoast challenges: Friday Free4All 'Spring Garden' challenge and today's Inspiration Challenge which is to choose an inspiration piece from Meadow Blu...I chose the photo below because of the beautiful colors in the flowers.  Instead of gold, I chose light yellow since my mom's fave color is yellow....this is her birthday card.  The 'Nostalgic Florals' stamps and 'XOXO and More' word dies are from Altenew and the following items are from Divinity Designs LLC: Scalloped Rectangles Dies, Pierced Rectangles Dies, Foam Mounting Tape, Blending Brushes, and Rhinestones.  The flowers were stamped; the centers and stamens were colored with a yellow marker then sealed with a clear glaze pen before sponging the colors over coordinating stencils.

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Blessings,

Rainbow In The Clouds

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Frankie Print Co's Pinterest board......I chose this photo for today.  This is a birthday card for one of my nieces who loves rainbows, glitter, and all things girly!  I began by cutting the rainbow seven times with the 'Slimline Rainbow and Clouds' Die set by Divinity Designs LLC, once in white and again for each color for the inserts.  The tiny hearts from the 'Clouds and Raindrops' Dies set were cut from the same colors.  The scripture verse is from the 'Rainbow of Hope' stamp set.  Other items used are Rainbow Sherbet Paper Pad, Foam Mounting Tape, a Blending Brush for the clouds, and the following dies: Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, and the A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer.

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Blessings,

Lakefront Birthday

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the fun vintage poster collection at Vintagraph.....this poster (shown below) reminded me of the 'Oceanfront' stamp set from Stampin Up.  I wasn't able to add the boy but was able to create a similar scene by using masking (and my MISTI to line up each stamp, of course!)  It was challenging to get everything lined up but it was worth it! The sentiment stamp is from 'Special Moments' and speckles were added to the shore with the oldie but goodie 'Itty Bitty Backgrounds'.  The scenic panel was cut out with a Double Stitched Rectangles Die from Divinity Designs LLC.

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Blessings,

Summer Veggies

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Clocks Inspiration Pinterest Board.  When I saw this fun clock, I didn't have to look any further. (Photo is below.) I picked up the 'Farmer's Market' stamp set from Altenew a year ago during the Black Friday sales but had not inked it up....until now.  Each stamp was placed in my Misti, one at a time, and inked several times until I was happy with the colors.  I created four cards just as easy as one, since I used the Misti!!  Two were white and two were on craft cardstock. I diluted some blackberry ink and used a paintbrush to add splatters over each card. I am happy that these will mail easily since they do not need any bumpy embellishments.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a happy and safe New Year!!

Blessings,

Tropical Sunset

Hi, everyone!  Right now it's a whole 3 degrees outside, so I'm going tropical!  This week's Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Puzzle Warehouse.....this gorgeous tropical scene reminded me of last year's wall calendar which I disassembled for re-purposing into cards. In order to capture the full scene, I had to make it slimline sized. The dies I used are from Divinity Designs LLC: Slimline Pierced Rectangles, Slimline Card Base, and Sentiment Strips.  The sentiment is from MFT.

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Blessings,

You're A Great Catch!

 

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Paper Hearts Designs.....I chose this awesome color palette to help me create this bluegill card for my hubby's birthday.  Since I water-colored the fish, the colors aren't as bright as in the photo.  I picked up the bluegill stamp many years ago at a stamp show, from Gray Wolf Graphics (I think this company does not exist anymore.)    They also sold the fish eyeball stickers at the same booth.  I looked for some designer paper to match the dark blue cube in the palette and found an old Basic Grey paper pad with some manly designs.  The remaining items used are from Divinity Designs LLC: Weathered Wood Collection Paper Pad, sentiment from 'Great Catch' Stamp/Die Duos set, Foam Mounting Tape, and the following dies: Vintage Labels 2, Pierced Vintage Labels 2, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, Treat Tags, and A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer.                            

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Blessings,