Desire of Your Heart

Happy Friday, everyone!  This week's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is to share our graduation cards.  This clean and simple design was created for a co-worker's daughter.  It only took about 15 minutes to complete.....sweet!!  The stamp set I used, 'As You Graduate', is unfortunately retired from Divinity Designs LLC, but it's still a fave of mine because I love to created a blended sky for the background.  I used the MISTI to stamp the scripture verse onto the card base and it took several layers of ink to get a solid black image for the scene.....LOVE my MISTI!!!  For the scene, I used blending brushes and sponge daubers with lavender, orchid, pink, and yellow ink pads.

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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,
 

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,

Faithful Tulips

Happy Friday, everyone! This week's Friday Free4All Challenge theme over at Splitcoast is 'Think Pink'. For my card today, I used the Tulips Stamp/Die Duos set from Divinity Designs LLC, along with the following dies: Mini Slimline Card Base, Mini Slimline Scalloped Rectangles, Mini Slimline Rectangles, Clouds and Raindrops (die cut a stencil for the sky). The tulips were stamped in Stazon Jet Black using my MISTI to get good ink coverage on the watercolor paper; an aquabrush was used to paint the tulips.  Pink baker's twine was used for a simple embellishment.

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Blessings,

CAS Thank You Card

Hi, everyone! This week's Clean and Simple Challenge is to create a CAS Thank You card.  The stamps are from the Stampin Up set, Flowing Flowers, and I placed each stamp in my MISTI, inked with coral, then sponged razzleberry on the edges of the stamps a little at a time until it was just right. Once the flowers were done, the sentiment was stamped with razzleberry. I'm happy that I chose the ivory card instead of white.

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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,

Clean and Simple Masculine Card

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Susan aka MDO Susan. I chose this beautiful card from her gallery but changed it into a one layer masculine design.  The set I chose is Nature's Prints from Stampin Up. I used the MISTI since I colored each stamp with a marker; using the MISTI ensures the ink coverage that you want.  A mask was used in order to stamp the second foliage stamp.  As a finishing touch, the outside edge of the card base was sponged.

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Blessings,

Warm and Beachy

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Erin aka erinbh....congrats, Erin!  I chose this awesome palm tree card to case today.  I had a scrap piece of SU designer paper just large enough to use a rectangle die to cut the edges.  I used the MISTI to line up the stamps from 'Paradise Palms' so that I could stamp onto the card base multiple times and onto the designer paper multiple times in order to get full coverage.  The palm tree stamps were inked with markers so it took a couple of rounds to get the colors I wanted.  I didn't pop up the layer so that it would be flat for mailing.

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Blessings,

Blossoms In Bloom

Hi, everyone!  This week's Color Challenge over at Splitcoast is Flamingo, Curry, and Pear.  My go-to stamp set for 'quick cards' is Blossom in Bloom by Stampin Up.  Using the MISTI makes a card like this super easy since you can add more ink and stamp multiple times.  Some clear gems were added as a finishing touch.  I made two identical cards to mail out to two of my friends who do not know each other! :)

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Blessings,

Floral Birthday x 3

Hi, everyone!  This week's Friday Free4All Challenge over at Splitcoast is 'Overstamping'....one of my FAVE techniques!!  I created three similar cards very quickly (thanks to my MISTI!) using the same stamps and papers.  The stamp set is one of my favorite older sets from Divinity Designs LLC, called 'Fragrance'.  The flower image was lightly inked with lavender and stamped onto white.  The sentiment was then 'over-stamped' in black. While the image panels were still in the die, light sponging was added around the edges.  The gorgeous designer paper is 'Floral Favorites' Slimline Paper Pad and here are the dies used: Pierced Squares, Squares, Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, and A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer.

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Blessings,

CAS Birthday Flowers

Hi, everyone!  This week's Color Challenge over at Splitcoast was perfect to make a quick birthday card.  The stamp set I chose is 'Flowing Flowers' by Stampin Up.  The image was colored with markers and stamped using the MISTI to make sure I had good coverage.  The leaves were stamped first in green, then I used a marker to add a touch of purple.  The circle frame was cut with the following dies from Divinity Designs LLC: Scalloped Circles and Circles.  I did not add the Color Challenge dessert option of ribbon since I wanted the card to be flat for mailing.

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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.

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Blessings,

Your Strength is an Inspiration

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Amy aka Shirleysgirl....congrats, Amy!!  This super cute card inspired me to ink up this awesome wave from the 'Waves of Inspiration' set from Stampin Up.  The wave stamp was put into the Misti and several different inks were used to color the wave, starting with the lighter colors and adding the darker colors here and there. The panel was cut out with a Double Stitched Rectangles Die from Divinity Designs; matching baker's twine was the only embellishment so it would be fairly flat to mail.

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Blessings,

Ocean Wave Inspiration

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Linen Chest....when I saw this awesome ocean wave print, I knew I had to try out the 'Waves of Inspiration' set by Stampin Up.  I used the MISTI and several colors of markers to get this multi-colored wave.  I love how it turned out....the new textured stamps give so much more dimension.....LOVE them!!!

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Blessings,

Rustic Wooded Birthday x 3

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Gayle aka fostergaylej....congrats, Gayle!!  This awesome scenic card reminded me of the 'Reflections' set by The Greetery which I picked up during the Black Friday sales last fall but had not used yet.  Using the MISTI, I duplicated this scene on three different background panels.  I used a piece of scratch paper to make sure each layer stamp was lined up correctly, then inserted each of the good panels and made three cards easily by doing this!! One scene was stamped on a wood-grain pattern from the 'Weathered Wood' Paper Collection by Divinity Designs LLC, one scene was stamped onto white cardstock (overstamped with the Wood Background Stamp by Divinity Designs LLC), and one was stamped onto kraft cardstock (overstamped with the Wood Background as well).  The panels were cut out with the Pierced Rectangles, matted with the Matting Rectangle and adhered to cards cut with the A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer Dies (all dies from Divinity Designs LLC.)

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Blessings,

Do All Things With Love

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find Inspiration from Annie Cloth......when I saw this cute lavender daisy bag, I knew I wanted to try coloring with my white gel pen on colored cardstock. The stamps I used are from 'True Friend', a Memory Box Exclusive set I ordered from Simon Says Stamp last year. I used the MISTI in order to stamp multiple times to get solid black lines before coloring the image with markers and a gel pen.  I will also be submitting this to the MISTI Monday Challenge....the theme this month is 'love'.

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Blessings,