Sweet Stash - Love across the miles

Hello again! One more for me today! I managed to make it a ways down my list of challenges today, and one of them ends tonight - so I am posting this now! Here is the card:

And here are the challenges! First up, the new challenge over at Sweet Stamp Shop - Use Your Stash:

Then there's the CAS-UAL Fridays challenge - stamp on design paper:

And finally, I used this photo inspiration from the Inspired By challenge:

Before I get to the card, here is my stash that I pulled from! I have a lot (and I mean a LOT!) of 6x6 paper pads. I'm kind of addicted...and easily distracted by the newest and latest and greatest. I guess that's better than how I used to be - I would hoard the new stuff for the "perfect" project, and by the time I got around to using it, it wasn't new anymore! Now I use it as soon as it enters the door! But then the old can easily get a bit neglected:

I pulled out an older MME paper pad, trimmed and stamped the map and sentiment (using PTI ink) on my pattern paper.

Trimmed it down, attached it at an angle on my background pattern paper, then attached it with some Glitz Designs chevron washi tape (I got that idea from the pillow in the inspiration photo) 

Added some enamel dots and some veneer hearts (again, the ladder in the picture inspired that).

That's it! Super simple and easy! I kind of like the fun textures on this one!

Cutie Pie Glasses

Just popping in to quickly share a card I managed to squeeze in making this morning! Sweet Stamp Shop posted on their Facebook page a giveaway - you just had to post a brand new never seen card using their stamps to the Facebook page before noon to have a chance to win. So...this is what I whipped out:

Used my Lil' Inker's stitched rectangle dies to add the stitching to the cardbase, as well as for the center panel. Stamped the glasses from a Sweet Stamp Shop set three times using some new Versamagic Ink I picked up yesterday at Joann's (which is 2 hours away!!!)

 Pattern Paper is from Basic Grey, sentiment stamped with MFT ink. Tucked in a doily, added the sequins, added a bit of washi, and that's it! I tried REALLY hard to keep it flat and mail-able...not sure if the sequins count, but it's close!

Hope your day is going well!

Bridal Shower Card

Good morning! Just popping in really quick to share a card I made for a bridal shower for our pastor's daughter this past Sunday! 

I used one of the sweet Sugar Kissed Cottage images from Lil' Inker Designs, stamped with MFT ink on a square cut with Lil' Inker's stitched Square dies.  

Pattern paper is from Crate Paper, and I stamped the sentiment on a banner I trimmed and folded myself. The first half of the sentiment is from the same stamp set, and I added the "For the Bride" phrase from a Unity KOTM. The yellow is PTI ink. 

Tucked a doily and some jute twine in there, inked the edges a bit with distress ink, and used some foam adhesive to hold up the center of the banner, as well as to attach the main image panel.

I am also linking this up with the Ribbon Carousel Challenge - Celebrations, and the Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Flower Power.

Neon Birthday Card

Good morning! Just wanting to share a neon birthday card I made, and my second card I am linking up for the Gallery Idol contest. Trying to choose them carefully since you can only enter 3! I thought this was a fun one for a teen, especially with all the neon:

I used the March 1013 Unity KOTM for the background design. I used the border, stamped it multiple times on black cardstock with watermark ink, then sprinkled the neon embossing ink in rows across so they blended in stripes before heat embossing. 

The sentiment is from a MFT stamp set, and I stamped and heat embossed it on vellum, before tearing the left side and adding a bit of black bling. Finished off by matting it on some green Bazzil Cardstock and a black cardbase. 

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are having a great day!

Celebrate BIG

 Good morning! I realized yesterday that my nieces birthday is in a couple days! Oops! Guess her card will be a bit late, but better late than never, right? I had a new Phyllis Harris stamp in my stash that I had been itching to use, and it looked like it would make a perfect card for her:

I loved this weeks Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger, and was trying to figure out how to use it. I finally decided to use it for the colors on this card:

I colored the sweet image with my Copic markers, and inked the edges of the paper with distress ink. 

Added a couple strips of My Mind's Eye pattern paper to the side, then attached the entire thing with foam adhesive to a card base made with Avery Elle Kraft cardstock (I'm kind of loving it lately!).

Stamped one of the free sentiments I got in my last order from Unity, inked the edges with distress ink, matted in pattern paper, and attached to the card at an angle. Finished off with some sequins - just cause I LOVE them!

Hope you are having a great weekend! 

Bright Kindness

Hello! Just popping in to share a card I made yesterday afternoon for a couple different challenges: 

First, I made this for the Little Tangles Challenge 13: embellish it:

And I used the colors and layout inspiration from this weeks Case Study Challenge as well:

I stamped the heart border from the set called Kindness Matters in 3 colors of MFT dye ink. The blue and pink I had to line up and stamp again to make the line long enough. I discovered the easiest way was to flip the stamp upside down when adding the second row so it matched up correctly.

Next, I stamped the sentiment in Kraft MFT ink right above the hearts. I added some gold sequins, and a few enamel dots, then wrapped and tied some jute twine around the front panel.

Finished off by attaching the front panel with foam adhesive to my card base, Avery Elle Kraft cardstock.

Thanks for visiting again today! 

Unity FWF - Everyday Miracles

Good morning! Can't believe that it is Friday already! But...back to linking up a card for this weeks Unity Friends with Flair - here is what I made this time:

I used the March 2013 KOTM and did the chalkboard technique. The pattern paper is from Crate Paper's 6x6 DIY Shop paper pad, with a bit of distress ink on the edges. I made the card base by punching a strip of cardstock with a Martha Stewart punch, then scored and folded to match up the pattern, then trimmed it to my card base size. Finished off with a doily, and a bit of jute twine with a pretty button from Basic Grey's Lucille collection.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are having a great Friday!!!