Group card

 Our stamping group got together last month for our Skype meeting and I am hoping I remember this right, but I believe we stamped a background stamp onto glossy paper using clear embossing ink, let that dry, we did not use embossing powder with it, I think I have done this in the past but used embossing ink. Then we took Color Burst, which are powdered ink and misted with water to activate the ink..

We then took our card base and scored an 1 1/4 inches over from the card fold, glued that portion together, added a border strip that we embossed, I used a border embossing folder from my Advent calendar, then added some string to that scored area.  I hope that all made sense. 

• Fun Stampers Journey - Lace Background stamp
• Diamond Press - Border embossing folder from advent calendar
• Ms. Sparkle & co. Wooden Butterfly (Brushed inks on to color)
• Making memories - Perfect Pink ribbons set
• Memory Box - Greetings tabs foiled 

Added inks to the butterfly with a brush. The inside was a pop up fold she taught us, can't remember at all how we did it.

Cardmaking magic - Birthday verses for inside of card

I would like to share today's card with Can you handle the pressure Fchallenge, mine is flowers embossing

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Masculine Birthday

 I have been looking for this daily calendar for awhile and just thought I must have put it somewhere else in the house, but the other day I had to move something and there it was, I could have sworn I looked in that area many times, so who knows, but I decided now that I found it I needed to use them, my nephews were born same day but 3 years apart, so I picked out two pictures I thought they would like.

• Thomas Kinkade - 2012 daily calendar (image)
• Spellbinders - Lg. Deckled Rectangle and A2 Distressed Edges dies
• Hero Arts - Birthday message stamp
• Craft Consortium - Metal Textures paper

• Thomas Kinkade - 2012 daily calendar (image)
• PPD - Stitched Postage stamp rectangle die
• Spellbinders - A2 Matting basics A die
• Craft Consortium - Wood Textures paper
• Hero Arts - Birthday messages stamp
• Starform - Silver outline birder sticker

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Happy Valentines day

 We haven't exchanged cards yet but I know hubby is too busy to look at my blog so I can post :)

After so many years of making Valentine and Anniversary cards for hubby I am starting to have trouble coming up with something new.  Well one day I was cleaning up in January and I was going through things that I might want to save for my junk journal and what I could get rid of when I came across the packaging from my Honeybee order and on the back they have this cool truck with hearts and I thought there is my Valentine card for this year, and it just so happens to fit on a slim line card so it worked out great!

I colored with markers, as you can see it is a brown cardboard it comes in, I used 3 different reds for the hearts and added some white gel pen for the head lights, inked across the bottom to give it a road to sit on. Used My favorite things cloud stencil for the background.

I thought I would share what the packaging looked like before I cut it out and colored. I had to do a bit of erasing of the black marks that was all over it, when I first started coloring I thought I would cut the truck out but instead was able to remove the black marks with an eraser and use the whole panel.

I thought I would also share something I found at Michaels just before Valentines, this was a 4 card pack with envelopes, Diamond Art kit of  the same picture, they were 40% off so I couldn't pass them up and I like that they didn't have a sentiment on the front so I could use them for any occasion. 

Here is the close up, doesn't it look like the flowers are just popping off the card.

I thought I would share something hubby gave me a couple weeks ago.  Another flower, I shared awhile ago one he drew of a sunflower. This time he took red tissue paper that was left over from Christmas presents and made a flower, very 3 D looking, drawing the stem of it.

How cool is that, I thought I would show you a close up of the center of the flower, yes that is torn up pieces of corrugated cardboard, I thought that was very creative and thought it might give you all some ideas :)

I would like to share my card with Double D Challenge Hearts

Wishing you all Love and Happiness today and always,

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Out of this world

 There were 3 different space themed diamond dotz in this package and this was the last one, I had already used the space ship the alien and now the planet. My hubby found them at JoAnn's.  I stenciled some clouds for the background and then thought there wouldn't be clouds up there right it would be stars and other planets and then I remembered that I had these big metal star brads in my drawer that I am assuming I have had since my daughter was in school but not really sure where they came from, but thought they were a good size to go with this.

 

• Diamond Dotz - Space set
• My Favorite things - Cloud stencil
• Star Brads

On the inside of the card I wrote I hope your day is out of this world!

We are headed for another snow/sleet/freezing rain situation today, I know it is hitting a lot of the country, I hope all stay safe.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Believe in Daydreams

 I was having troubles thinking on what to do for my great nephew turning 18, so I just went searching through all my stuff trying to find something that would give me inspiration and I was going through my basket of all these things I have made in the past and never used and I starting pulling things out that would kind of go together. 

The very bottom background I believe was a stencil that I off set and used two different blues. The next blue layering I believe was those powder colors that you shake out and add water too. The main image is an ATC I did years ago and I used stencils and stamping with a bit of stickles, it felt like it needed a little more so I added the wooden bird.

It is a bit different then my usual type of cards but I guess it is nice to get out of the same old, hope he liked it.

• Artist trading card as focal, using stamps and stencils
• Fiskars - rounded corner punch
• Stencil for background
• Tim Holtz - Metallic sticker book (sentiment)
• Hobby Lobby - wooden bird

Thanks so much for stopping by today,

Connie