Rose Valentine Card

Here's a card I made for Valentine's Day. I'm entering it into these challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches
Color Throwdown
Word Art Wednesday

Here is the inside:

Click on the picture to make it larger if you can't read the sentiment.



Materials used:
Cardstock: Blush, Ruby, Slate, White Daisy
B&Ts: Dakota
Stamps: Happy Valentine's
Ink: Black, VersaMark
Embossing Powder: Black
Marker Sets: Ruby, Sweet Leaf
Other: Slate Polka Dot Satin Ribbon, Spellbinders enchanted embossing folder (not CTMH)

Color Dare #28 - StudioJ

I made a Studio J layout for my color dare project this week. You have to have 4 layouts in order to make a purchase, and I only have one, so I haven't bought it yet. It's cute though, isn't it?

I used the Elemental paper pack and switched up the colors of the B&T papers. That's one of my favorite parts of Studio J!

Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to check out Color My Heart this week!

Triple time technique

I have never made a triple time card before, but I like the result. It is the challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. I used the colors from Dynamic Duos - crumb cake and soft suede. I translate those to be Desert Sand and Bamboo. I used the sketch from RetroSketches. Here is my card:

The inside says "joy." I cut out a shape from Art Philosophy and stamped the coordinating shape from one of the Art Philosophy stamp sets. The sentiment and the poinsettia are from the same stamp set. I won the washi tape from a blog hop, and this is my first time using it. I think it looks cool!

Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy, Bamboo
Stamps: Art Philosophy
Ink: Desert Sand, Bamboo
Other: Black Ribbon, Neutral Baker's Twine, washi tape (not CTMH), black buttons (not CTMH)

Color Dare Greens

I made this cute card tonight for the Color My Heart color dare. I envisioned it and I made it, and it turned out exactly how I had envisioned it. I love it when that happens! It doesn't happen very often, LOL! :)

Here are my inspirations:
CASE Study
Deconstructed Sketch
The PlayDate Cafe

 

 

 

I really hope you'll come join in at the color dare this week. The rules have been changed, so anyone can play no matter what products you're using. The colors are Sweet Leaf, Topiary and New England Ivy. If you don't have these colors, just use some that are as close as you can get. And have fun!

 

Materials used:

Cardstock: White Daisy, Kraft, Sweet Leaf, Topiary, New England Ivy

Stamps: Say It In Style, It's Your Day, Adventure USA

Ink: Black, New England Ivy

B-day Card

Here is a quick, easy (flat) card I made for my sister-in-law. I will mail it today, but her birthday is tomorrow. It will be late. Oops. I made it for these 3 challenges:

Freshly Made
Color Throwdown
Simon Says - Paper Piercing

Materials used:

Cardstock: White Daisy

B&Ts: Somoma, Magic Moments

Stamps: Artiste Birthday

Ink: Smokey Plum

Other: Artiste Cricut Cartridge

Retro Sketches and Dynamic Duos

Here is a one-layer card using masking and generational stamping. They are a little tricky to make right. I gave it my best effort. I used the Retro Sketch and the colors from Dynamic Duos:

 

Materials used:

Cardstock: White Daisy

Stamps: Mad About You

Ink: Cranberry, Black

Markers: Black

Another Christmas Card

Here is my third card for the design team application at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. I used the sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges.

I just love the rustic look, so when they came out with the wood grain background paper in bulk from the Dakota paper pack, I was in heaven! I adore this paper! But I haven't used the houndstooth pattern on the opposite side of it yet. When I saw the recipe challenge at 52 CCT, to use patterned paper and to decorate the inside of your card, I knew it would be perfect! I could use the pattern paper as my card base, so the pretty houndstooth pattern would show on the inside!

 

The recipe also calls for glitter, so I put red glitter on my holly berries, and gold glitter on the banner "string" to tie it in with the gold ribbon.

 

Here is the inside:

 

I added red glitter to the holly berries on the inside and green to the holly leaves.

 

Materials used:

Cardstock: White Daisy

B&T's: Dakota

Stamps: Remarkable Wreath, Christmas Love

Ink: Barn Red, Olive

Other: gold ribbon and extra fine glitter (not CTMH)