Simon Says Stamp ~ Anything Goes Challenge

The card I made for this challenge is one I haven't tried before...a long skinny card!!...I was a little intimidated at first...but thought...just go for it!!...if you don't like it...you can always cut it down!!...so I went for it...and here is what I came up with!!...{and yes...I do talk to myself...out loud...and way too much...LOL}

and a close-up:

Aren't those flowers beautiful??!!...you can get them here I chose to print them and then cut them out by hand!!...I have three different cutting machines...and still cut most everything by hand!!...I love flowers and just had to try these!!...I made three different flowers instead of one large one like Mel shows on her site...I stamped each flower with Versa mark ink and then used a different stamp for each one...heat embossed...and colored with different Distress Inks...I then took a black Copic and edged each one...curled the edges...added a brad and some micro beads...and voila...three beautiful flowers for my card!!

The base of my card is from Papertrey Ink...This is the first card I made using this cardstock...and I have to say I LOVE it!!...I love the weight of it...It holds up really well to the other papers and embellies on the card!!

I used a piece of Gina K Designs cardstock and a background stamp from Stampin' up...I stamped with Weathered Wood Distress Ink...and then added some glimmer spray that I made...the glimmery-ness on the card doesn't show in the photo....but it really shimmers!!....I used a Fiskar's border punch on the bottom edge....added some ribbon...also from PTI....and adhered to my card base...

The sentiment is from Studio G...I stamped it with some Color Box ink...I cut the words "dare" and "to" out and then used a small circle punch to punch the individual letters out for the word "Dream"...inked the edges with black ink...and adhered to ribbon with pop dots...

I even made an envelope to match...scalloped edge and all!!

Thanks for looking!!

Have a Great Day!!!

Kelly

Crafty Steals ~ Sunday School

My cousin had to have a knee replacement today...so this card is for her!!

Here is my cad:

Andreana at Crafty Steals made a card using Gesso and suggested that we try it...I have had a bottle for quite some time and have never really used it...I tried it on a page in the Art Journal I was making but didn't like the results...I really like how this card turn out with the Gesso!!

My card base is Kraft cardstock...I used a Stampin Up! stamp and So Saffron ink to stamp the swirl around the edges of the Kraft and then used clear embossing powder and heat set it... I used a piece of yellow cardstock from Bazzill and painted a thin layer of Gesso on it...I then took a Stamp from the Gina K Designs Bold Flowers set...and stamped in the Gesso while it was still wet...I repeated this,,,cleaning the stamp off each time...until the entire cardstock was covered...then dried it with a heat gun...I was too impatient to wait for it to dry!!...I sprayed some sweet clover Glimmer Mist on it and patted it dry with a paper towel...I used scissors to distress the edges...and pop dots to pop it up...I am so going to do this again!!...I really like the texture of the Gesso!

The sentiment stamps are from CardMakers Kit Club...I used the words "Sending"  "Happy" and "Thoughts"...and stamped them across a piece of Kraft Cardstock in two rows...and used scissors to distress the edges...I stamped the words with Rich Cocoa Momentos ink and used So Saffron to ink the edges...I attached this to the bottom of the card...

I cut a tag shape out of GKD cardstock and used a stamp from Stampin Up! {I'm not sure what the name of the stamp set is} and So Saffron ink and covered the tag...I add a piece of lace with a piece of ribbon over top and used the Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher to adhere them to the tag...I used a hole punch to punch a hole in the top of the tag...and used a brad type thing over the hole and ran a piece of ribbon through it...

I stamped a butterfly with So Saffron ink and cut it out...I used a brown marker to color the body of the butterfly and a brown Copic marker to go around the edges...added a pink Dew Drop...and popped it up with pop dots...I added pink and yellow pearls to the top right and bottom left corners to finish it off!

Thanks for looking...and Have A Great Night!!

Kelly 

Anniversary Card

I am just churning out the cards!!...I think I am done with family members for 2011...My in-laws anniversary is in October...and here is the card I made for them....

{Please excuse the photo quality,,,for some reason I just couldn't get a good, clear photo of this card}

This is a pretty simple card...I love how it turned out!!...The brown cardstock is from Gina K Designs...Its a nice heavy cardstock...so it stands up to just about anything you want to put on it or do to it!!...

I used the Hero Arts Antique Background stamp and light blue Chalk Ink from Color Box and stamped on GKD cardstock...the blue mat is Bazzill Bling...I rounded the corners on the focal panel and added a piece of dotted organza ribbon from my stash...I added  three Prima flowers on the right side of the card with a button and two brads for the centers and I added some Stickles of the flower petals...

I tried stamping the sentiment directly on the card with the same ink as the focal panel...but it just wasn't legible,..It was just too light to see easily...I tried stamping several times using different inks and embossing powders...I wasn't happy with the white embossed sentiment at first...but after walking away for a bit...and getting my Sweetie's opinion, I decided to go with it!!...I stamped the sentiment {Close to My Heart ~ Celebrations} on the same cardstock as the card and heat embossed it with white embossing powder...I inked the edges white also and rounded the corners.

I also finished my DD b-day card today...I will share that tomorrow!!

Have a Great Night!!

Kelly