Think Pink....and Lots of it!

I was such a bad blogger last year.  I have a backlog of cards I could post.  Since I'm trying to do some actual work today, I thought I'd share some of those cards I made.  I sent out a lot of Valentine's last year and evidently I was enamored with pink, too.  Here's just a few for now....

 

I believe this one was inspired by a photo in the Stampin' Success magazine from Stampin up!  The background is En Francais.  The sentiments from Fancy Flexible Phrases.

Same with this one.  I gave it to my friend, Pam.  She had shared this ribbon with me.  It uses Valentine Defined, plus Love You Much.

I love this one with the tiny yo-yo's.  They are about 3/4" and I made them with the Clover (Extra Small) Yo-Yo Maker.  The stamps are Fine Flourish along with Wonderful Words.

 

Love using the puffy paint on this little sheep from Pun Fun.

I had fun making this 3-D flower.  Hello Doily and Lots of Thoughts are the stamps.

Now onto some more work....see ya soon, though!

Faux Tile Card - A Splitcoast Stampers Technique

I have been wanting to do this card since this technique was featured on Splitcoast Stampers Wednesday Tutorial on January 5th.    It's still on the homepage if you want to take look, but it probably won't last for long.  It's the Faux Tile Technique.  A simple matter of stamping and coloring your image, then cutting it apart into "tiles" which are then given a coat of Crystal Effects.  I really thought my picture was better than this {SIGH.}  My card base and grout look black, when in fact they are Elegant Eggplant.  Plus, my tiles aren't shining through. {DOUBLE SIGH.}

Actually, this is my test card.  I wanted to make sure the Crystal Effects wouldn't smudge my watercolored image like happened with the crackle medium on this card.  All went well, so I have another card to make!  Unfortunately I have to do some other chores first!

FYI- This card qualifies for the Crazy For Challenges ...make a Thank You card.  If you want to take a crack at their challenge!  I need to do some more blurfing...after those chores!

Big Clip

I didn't plan on posting today.  I spent the morning trying to catch up on my mail and promised myself I would play in the afternoon.  Although I didn't think I would accomplish anything!  I was sure I would sit in my craft room for hours with nothing to show for it.  Well, I did have a little help.  These clips were on my desk.  I had glued the base paper on them about a week ago.

So, it was just a matter of sprucing them up.  It was a lot of fun deciding how to embellish them.  Which one is your favorite?  I have a favorite.

They are mostly Stampin' Up! products, with the exception of the ribbons, a few brads and the sentiment on the blue one (it's PTI.)

These clips came from an auction box lot.  I bid because I wanted the basket they were in (an old wire locker room basket) so the clips were a bonus!  I have five more I could decorate....and I think I will!

Halloween Cards....Just in Time???

Well, I'd admit, these cards are being posted with no time to spare! But what do you do? The friends these cards are going to read my blog. A girl has to keep a secret or two.The first is a card I CASED from Connie Babbert. She used the Good Friend set, which I failed to read until I did mine and figured out my mistake. I used the On Board pieces So Tweet which are slightly larger so I had a bit of trouble fitting everything on my card. On the positive side, it forced me to be creative and NOT do a straight CASE. Also, Connie used glitter on her birds, I used some glitter paint I had in my stash.
The second card came about because I was going to participate in a challenge here. But the goofball I can be, I forgot to use one of the colors required! So, here it is MINUS the Certainly Celery it was suppose to contain! I can't believe I waited so long to buy Branch Out! You know, even though it's not in the catalog it's not retired, just dormant right now. I would highly recommend it. It's one of those sets that makes you look a bonafide ARTISTE! You can't mess it up So, I added a little masking and the bats from the retired Halloween backgrounds and VOILE! Elegant Halloween card.

Just to add, I used my new Perfect Details Texturz Plate on the Pale Plum. For added dimension I used a brayer and inked the plate before sending it through the Big Shot. Love the texture.

No promises, but I am working on another Halloween post! Stay tuned!

Kristina's Color Inspiration #44

Wow! This is my third post today. I didn't really plan to, just worked out that way. Today is a free day for me. Tomorrow I'll be sewing with a group of ladies, so I thought I'd better take advantage of the time to stamp! If you ready my earlier posts. I did get my garage clean today, so I felt no guilt once I got into my crafting room.

So, here is Kristina's 44th challenge. Amazing! Won't be too long and we'll be looking a full year of challenges. I've been making it my personal mission to get caught up on all the challenges. I should finish well before the anniversary....I hope. So, check out all my recent posts. I've done a Kristina challenge almost everyday for the last two weeks.

This is the Joy Fold Card. This is such a fun one. You can use lots of pretty designer papers. In mine I did some embossing there on the left with the argyle. When emboss with designer paper you can lightly sand the top afterward and reveal a little white because of the white core of designer papers. The stamp set is a new one, Friends 24-7. I just love birds, so I've bought just about every bird set Stampin' Up has come out with. The sentiment is from the retired set, Fancy Flexible Phrases.