With Love

Happy Friday....can't believe it's the last day of January!  Where did that month go?  

With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, I was up for the LOVE challenge today at Splitcoast.  

My card is super simple.  I grabbed my new Hero Arts Neon inks and started stamping.  I wanted to add a heart so stamped it in black, cut it our and then pop dot mounted it over the splats.  To give it an enameled look, I added Glossy Accents and it just shines.

I am also adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- NEW

4 Crafty Chicks- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says- WORK IT WED. NEW

Simon Says- TWINE

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Neat and Tangled, PTI, Doodlebug/ Glossy Accents/ Hero Arts Neon ink/ Mememto black/ pop dots/ twine

Stencil Stamping

Morning.  Don't you just love these happy colours?  Firstly, I want to say that my card was inspired by Jen Rzasa and a wonderful card she made.  I am playing along with the colour challenge at Splitcoast today.  

I started my card by laying a stencil from The Crafter's Workshop on my card front.  I wanted a large circle but only own a smaller one, so I cut a circle from fun foam and mounted it onto a little block of wood to use.  The smallest circle on my card is made using an eraser on the end of a pencil...works great.  I stamped multiple times over my card then went back in with more Distress ink and sponged over the white areas.  The sentiment is a really old set I got from EK Success.  

Thanks so much for coming by to take a look.  

Also adding my card to the challenge at Little Red Wagon.

Supplies:  stamps; EK Success, circle?/ Distress ink/ Black Memento, twine

Summer Beauties

Happy Sunday Morning.  Guess I am on a flower theme this week.  Must be all the cold weather and snow we have had that I am craving some warm weather to be out in the garden.  

This morning, I am playing along with a challenge going on at Splitcoast.  I have lots to do today, so this one was a quick and easy card.  

The flower panel is created by colouring the rubber stamp with Memento markers then spraying with water before stamping.  Since those markers are water-based, the colours blend to give a watercoloured effect.  I mounted it onto a piece of pink and white polka dot paper for fun.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- COLOURING

CASology- CONTRAST

Little Red Wagon- CLEAN and SIMPLE

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Inky Fingers

Happy Saturday and I am getting inky today...love it!  I was inspired by the challenge at Splitcoast this morning (inspiration below) from a store at Etsy called Integrity Graphics.

A few months ago, I bought a gelli plate after seeing some cards on Splitcoast and reading about this strange and wonderful thing others were talking about.  For those of you that have never heard about one before, check out the videos at UTube and watch the fun.  So, the background of this card was created using a Gelli Plate and acrylic paint.  All I can say is that it is addictive.

For the main panel, I rubbed on Distress inks (Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass, Dusty Concord) with a makeup sponge in a circular motion.  I then went in with water and a brush to blend the colours together and add the droplets.  When that was dry, I stamped the alphabet to the side for balance.

It is always a happy day when I get time to play.

Adding my card to the Shopping Our Stash Challenge-BLUE

Supplies:  stamps; Kaiser, Daisy Bucket/ Gelli Plate/ acrylic paint/ Distress ink/ sponge

Garden Beauty

I can't believe it's Friday already, this week just flew by.  Today at Splitcoast, the challenge is to create a card just using ink with no embellishments.  Nothing more basic then a one layer card and my two favourite inks; Memento and Distress ink.  Sure wish I could grow blue flowers in my garden like this although from all I have read and heard, blue flowers are one of the most difficult thing to come by.  

I began my card by using a stencil and applying Distress ink to make a brick bkg.  This flower stamp from Rubbernecker is a two-part stamp so I stamped the centers and stems using black Memento ink first.  Then I inked up the flower centers with 2 colours of Distress inks and sprayed with water before stamping for a watercolour effect.  I just love the way the Distress inks blend together when you add water.  

Adding my card to these challenges:

One-Layer Simplicity- RESTOCK

Little Red Wagon- CLEAN and SIMPLE

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a peek.

Supplies;  stamps; Rubbernecker, Unity/ Distress ink/ Memento ink/ twine

Cool-Toned Watercolour

Morning.  Today at Splitcoast, the challenge is Cool or Warm; to make a card using colours that represent the weather in your area.  Well up here in Canada, we are freezing under a cold front with temps at -20C and add the windchill it feels like -30C.  My card is a welcome reminder of what's to come this Spring in my garden.

I began my card by stamping the background using  grey Memento ink and stamping off before hitting the paper.  The flowers were coloured using Memento markers, sprayed with water and stamped a number of times to give a watercoloured look.

I am also adding my card to these challenges:

One Layer Simplicity- RESTOCK (you still have one more day to play)

Little Red Wagon- CLEAN and SIMPLE

CASology- CONTRAST

Stay warm and have a great day!

Supplies:  stamps; Unity, Technique Tuesday/ Memento ink/ Memento markers/ twine

In Black and White

This was the week of challenging myself to use some of my new washi tape on my cards.  I like the stuff and have a few rolls of it but am never quite sure what to do with it.  The patterns and colours available now are just fantastic and it is super easy to work with.  

I made sort of a quilt pattern for this card by laying the washi tapes in different directions to make the pattern.  I then stamped the sentiment and mounted the finished piece with pop dots onto my card front.

Adding this card to these challenges:
Addicted to CAS- NEW

Hope you can get your 'washi' on and thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Michaels dollar bin/ washi tape/ bl Memento ink/ pop dots

Framed Heart

Valentine's Day is quickly approaching so I have got hearts on the brain.  The CAS challenge this week at Splitcoast was to use scallops.  Wanting to keep my card very clean and simple, I stamped the scalloped frames to one side of my card and added the sentiment to the other.  The heart was created by rubbing Distress ink on my non-stick craft sheet, spraying on some water and pulling the paper through the wet ink.  When that was dry, I cut out a heart and applied lots of Glossy Accents for shine.  The heart was then pop dotted onto one of the frames.  Simple, but I like the way it turned out.

I am adding my card to these challenges:
Curtain Call- LOVE LETTER

Simply Create Too- VALENTINE'S DAY
Cuttin and Stampin- ANYTHING GOES-ARROWS

Supplies:  stamps; Whipper Snapper, MME/ Distress ink/ bl Memento/ Glossy Accents

Mimi's Hugs

Here is a Valentine card I made using non-traditional colours and my new cute little stamp from Penny Black called Winter Fun and the sentiment From the Heart.

I decided to do some paper piecing on this one so Mimi's coat, hat and the snowbunny's scarf are done that way.  I love the look of the patterned paper on the crisp white.  I added the sentiment and the twine to finish off my card.

I am adding my card to this challenge:
Addicted to CAS- NEW
CAS on Sunday- LOVEY DOVEY
Simply Create Too: VALENTINE

Smiling with Paint Chips

Paint chips are such a fun and free thing to play with.  My friend Virginia has been challenging us to use paint chips in our designs so when I saw the Inspiration Challenge site this week at Splitcoast I was in.  The site is all about colour combos and the photos are just gorgeous.  If you have never been to the Design Seeds site before, you must click the link and take a look...very inspiring.  The photo that inspired me is below.

This card came together quickly with the colours on the paint chip as inspiration.  I used a die cut flower from Simon Says in white to contrast against the blue.  Then I added the paint splat for interest and the sentiment and done.

Adding my card to this challenge:

CAS-ual Fridays- COLOUR BLOCKS

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a peek.

Supplies:  stamps; Daisy Bucket, Neat and Tangled/ paint chip/ die-SSS/ pop dots

Only You

Yeah, it's the weekend and I have time to play today with the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast today...photo below.  I have made a few Valentine cards and thought this one would be great for my hubby.  I just bought this fun little set from MME and wanted to use it.  I stamped the glasses in different colours on the background then added a computer generated sentiment.

Adding my cards to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- NEW

Curtain Call- LOVE LETTER

  

Have a great day and thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look!

Supplies:  stamps; MME-Snapshots/ Memento inks/ pop dots/ computer generated sentiment

S.W.A.K.

Today, I am playing with new stamps from Penny Black and my card is featured there on their BLOG.  This set called Heart Swatches is such a cute and fun set.  

I created the background for my card by stamping over a mask using the different hearts from the set and Distress inks (Picked Raspberry, Barn Door, Fired Brick).  I sponged on some more ink to make the lines of the mask show up better.  

The white sentiment strip is stamped with the From the Heart set and added on top of a scored piece of paper.  Lastly, I added some additional hearts that were pop dotted for interest.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Penny Black/ Distress ink/ mask/ pop dots/ scoring tool

Washi Birthday

Washi tape and me....never sure quite what to do with it so I was happy to see the challenge today at Splitcoast called Get the Tape.  Keeping it simple, I put some of the tape onto my card front first.  I die cut the 'happy' twice so I could glue them together and added it over the washi.  Lastly, I stamped the birthday and added the pearls.  Quick, easy and the colours make me happy.

Also adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- die cut

CASology- dot

Almost Friday....have a good one.

Supplies:  stamp; WPlus 9/ washi tape-dollar store/ pearls/ die-SSS

Smiling

Sure hope you are waking up smiling this am.  I am hoping we see a bit of sunshine here today...that would sure make me smile since all we have had is freezing rain and snow.

Today, it's time to start making some Valentines so I am playing along with the challenge at Splitcoast.

I am using 2 new sets from Penny Black (linked below).  To create my card, I masked the top portion then stamped the heart on the bottom with Distress inks.  The hearts were just plain, so I added details to them using a white Signo Pen.  I removed the mask then added the scoring lines.  The sentiment is stamped and cut out using a Spellbinders die.

Have you had a chance to start working on your Valentines yet?  Boy, it is coming way too fast.

Enjoy your day and thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  Stamps; Penny Black- Heart Swatches, From the Heart/ Distress ink/ white Signo pen/ Spellbinders die/ Scorbug/ piercing tool

Music of Life

Happy Saturday.  So happy to see the weekend here.  I was inspired by the challenge at Splitcoast.

(inspired by bowl below from the Global Table site)

My card is pretty straight forward.  I began with a piece of heavy cardstock and inked it up using Distress inks, some Memento markers and water.  When the piece was dry, I die cut the ferns and added them to the embossed card front.  Stamped the sentiment then used a circle punch to add it to the front of my card with pop dots.

I am also adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- die cuts

Little Red Wagon- all purpose card

CASology- bubbly
Cas(E) this Sketch

Hope you enjoy your weekend and that you get a few snippet of time to yourself.

Supplies:  stamp; Rubbernecker/ die-Memory Box/ Cuttlebug eb folder/ pop dots

Hello My Friend

Hello my friends....hope all is well with you today.  I am playing along with the challenge at Splitcoast today called 'Pay it Forward'.  As cardmakers, we so often make wonderful cards but don't remember to send them out to let others know we are thinking of them or just for encouragement.

My special friend Gabby from Splitcoast, sent me this cute vintage phone and hello stamp.  

I began by stamping the phone image across the bottom of my card, then added scoring lines under that to ground them.  I stamped the word bubble then cut it out and pop dotted it over the phones for interest.

I am also adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- all purpose cards

Keep it Simple- text

Have a good one and thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies: stamps; phone and text??/ Scorebug/ black Memento ink/ Versamark/ pop dots/ twine

Flurries in the Air

Morning.  We have just been blasted with a big dose of cold and winter here in Southern Ontario so I have had snow and snowflakes on my mind.  Two of the challenges at Splitcoast this week are 'snowflake' themed so I set out to create a card.

I started by using the snowflake stencil from Simon Says Stamps and randomly stamped circles over the stencil using Distress inks in Broken China, Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers.  They look like little snow bubbles.  After stamping the circles, I went back in and rubbed more ink over the top.  I stamped the sentiment and cut it into a tag.

Also adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- die cut

Little Red Wagon- all purpose card

CASology- bubbly
Simon Says Stamp- ice inspiration

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.  Hope you are staying warm and cozy in your neck of the woods.

Supplies:  stamps; Daisy Bucket, circles (made the largest from foam, middle size-??, smallest from the eraser on the end of a pencil/ Distress inks/ Stencil- SSS/ Die-namics die/ twine

One Layer Thanks

Happy Saturday!  Let the crafting time begin.  Today I am playing along with the Inspiration Challenge  at Splitcoast based on a Pinterest board.  Pinterest has so many inspiring and wonderfully done boards; I don't know why I don't have one?  (inspiration photo below)  I also wanted to add a card to our 
NEW OLW (one layer card) blog.  

This card came together easily by first masking the main area so I could sponge it with Distress inks in Ripe Persimmon and Squeezed Lemonade.  I love the warm glow especially on such a cold, wintery day.  While leaving the mask in place, I inked my flower stamp by colouring on it with Memento markers then spraying with water before stamping to give a watercoloured look.  I added the doodled lines then stamped the sentiment.

I so appreciate that you came by for a visit.  Have a great weekend.

If you get a chance, why don't you visit our new blog found here:

One-Layer Simplicity Challenge 

Curly Girl

Here is a simple card I made using my new digital stamps I won from Clearly iStamp.  Isn't this little one so cute?!  I printed her off then printed off the sentiment.  I coloured her with Copics, then added the bow to her hair and used a circle punch to punch her out.

Adding this to these challenges:

Keep it Simple- Anything Goes

Simon Says- New

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; digital from Clearly iStamp/ circle punch/ Copic markers/ ribbon/ pop dots

Welcome 2014

New Year's Resolutions are everywhere.  I tend not to make resolutions but today at Splitcoast, the challenge is to make a crafting resolution for 2014.  I have been thinking about this one for awhile so my resolution is to use more of the dies that I have sitting in a box in my craft area.  I tend not to use them.  Guess I am either too rushed or too lazy to get them out.  

I started my card by stamping the bkg. then coloured my stamp with Memento markers and sprayed with water before stamping onto my card front to give a watercoloured look.  I stamped the sentiment and cut it into a tag using my new die from Die-namics with a pierced edge. 

Also adding this card to these challenges:

Simon Says; New Year and Something New

Little Red Wagon; New

Keep it Simple; Anything Goes

Did you make any crafting resolutions for the New Year?  I guess using what we already have is a good one although I did get gift certificates for Christmas.

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Unity, BoBunny/ Memento markers and ink/ Die-namic tag die/ pop dots

New Year, New OLW Blog!!

Such exciting news.  Instead of the weekly OLW - One Layer Wednesday Challenges we have started a NEW BLOG called the 

One-Layer Simplicity Challenge

Please go check it out!!

Happy New Year 2014!!!