Lil' Inker Designs Sunny Days Challenge #3

I'm back with my first card for Father's Day. I'm blessed to have a lot of awesome men in my life, especially my big brother, Jim. My design was inspired by one of his favorite quotes...

One ship sails East,

And another West,

By the self-same winds that blow,

'Tis the set of the sails

And not the gales,

That tells the way we go.

A sketch challenge provided the awesome layout, I just flipped it on it's side. I used a slew of LID dies and a Papertrey Ink stamp set that until today, never saw ink! This is my new favorite card of mine...

Fine Linen cardstock was diecut with the second largest Stitched Rectangle Mat. To make it look like the  polaroid frame in the sketch, the smallest mat was run through the Cuttlebug twice...the second time it was just shifted down a smidge.

The waves were made using the side of the Christmas tree die. Everything else was easy enough, it just took a bit of time to get the layering and details right. The anchor was diecut from the same color of cardstock as the frame so it wouldn't detract from the scene itself. I want him to notice when he's taking in the whole scene.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Lil' Inker Designs - sunny days

retrosketches - see below

Happy Crafting!!

Barb xx

Supplies:

Clear Stamps: (all from Men of Life set) Papertrey Ink

Dies: (Stitched Mats, tree, sun, clouds) Lil' Inker Designs (Anchor) My Favorite Things

Cardstock: (Enchanted Evening, Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain, Fine Linen, Vintage Cream) Papertrey Ink

Inks: (Navy, Red Royal, Cup O'Joe) Hero Arts

Trim: (burlap ribbon) Gina K Designs (jute twine) Paper Smooches

Lil' Inker Designs Sunny Days Challenge #2

I'm back with another Lil' Inker Designs card! It was made during my early morning craft jag and I couldn't be more pleased with the end result. I'm lovin' this challenge thing! Please LID, please make it a regular thing! Insert puppy dog eyes HERE. The big guns on the tall, dark and handsome man are just an added bonus. You're welcome ;)

I wanted to show the concept of brightening someone's day, so the card starts as all white in the bottom left corner and washes to a colorful, happy scene! This is the kind of card that I would attach to a gift bag as the tag itself. Love it.

Everything except the card base and sentiment banner is vellum cardstock. The sun, clouds, regular pinwheel and mini pinwheel are all from LID. Two layers of grass were punched out as well. A lollipop stick was wrapped with white baker's twine and adhered to the vellum base panel with Tombow Mono Multi glue.

All colors (Hero Arts mid-tone inks) were applied with a foam applicator. Each diecut was adhered with vellum tape (mine is from 3M/Scotch).

The regular and mini pinwheel segments were alternated and held together with a long-legged brad. A heart button was adhered to the head of the brad with a glue dot. I that button :)

The sentiment was stamped with VersaFine ink. A good impression escaped me the first time around and I had to re-stamp it. Yes, I do need glasses.

I love it! Well, what I can see of it...

Thanks for stopping by,
Barb xx

Supplies:
Clear Stamps: (sentiment from Rainbows & Clouds set) Lil' Inker Designs
Dies: (sun, clouds, pinwheel) Lil' Inker Designs
Cardstock: (Solar White) Neenah (Linen Vellum) Papertrey Ink
Inks: (Stone Wash, Field Greens, Green Hills, Pale Tomateo, Butter Bar) Hero Arts (Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Punches: (Grass Edger) Martha Stewart Crafts
Accents: (heart button) Plain Jane Etsy shop
Trim: (white baker's twine) Stampin' Up

Lil' Inker Designs Sunny Days Challenge

--> DeNami Design Fresh Florals Blog Hop Post <--

I'm here to share with you a card made for the first ever Lil' Inker Designs Challenge Hop! The DT has created some fabulous eye candy to woo you to the LID side. My friend Taheerah is a new fabulous addition to the team. And, my other friend Isha has been promoted to the core team...which doesn't surprise me...she's so talented!

The hop runs until  June 2nd so there's lots of time to spare. That said, I was nervous that I would run out of time, so I started at 4:30am...you know when normal folk are sleeping. Insomnia kicks me in the teeth on a regular basis and today I kicked back. I. Was. Productive. I actually got stuff done. Useful stuff. Nothing like THIS.

This theme board is perfect for all things Lil' Inker Designs since they've got THE best rainbow, cloud, sun, pinwheel, flip flop and mug dies anywhere...I mean seriously. This is one of the cards I made using some of those dies....

The clouds were diecut. The negatives were used to create distant clouds, by layering white ink with a paper towel. The sun diecut was cut in two and each was adhered so the large cloud covered the gap between the two halves...making the sun diecut look a little bigger.

The balloons were layered and tied off with white baker's twine. The banner flag was diecut and stamped with a sentiment from LID.

That's it! I'm also linking up here:
Addicted to CAS - birthday
Cutie Pie Challenge - inspiration photo - balloons released into the sky!

Thanks for stopping by!
Barb xx

Supplies:
Clear Stamps: (sentiment from Sun Sentiments set) Lil' Inker Designs
Dies: (sun, clouds, balloons, banner) Lil' Inker Designs
Cardstock: (Solar White) Neenah (Sky Blue) DeNami Design (Daffodil, Mandarin, Cerulean) Hero Arts
Inks: (Frost White) ClearSnap (Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Trim: (white baker's twine) Stampin' Up

tawsday trigger #3 & a linky party!!!

--> DeNami Design Fresh Florals Blog Hop Post <--

Sometimes there are advantages to being late. Times like when Arielle throws down a stampy sunday linky party challenge! You have to make a card today, post it today, and of course, use TAWS stamps today to qualify to win two TAWS stamp sets tomorrow.

Since I've had this tawsday trigger idea in my head since Tuesday, and I needed to actually get it out of my head and onto paper...that's what I did! The trigger had me thinking about an arrow hitting a bullseye, a shot to the heart, love, rainbows, woodgrain and the perfect TAWS sets came to mind...

The circular card base and patterned circle were diecut with Nesties from Spellbinders. You can see the bottom of the back of the card was cut straight so the card won't roll away.

Love Knots was stamped onto white CS and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Once dry I quickly colored thick rainbow lines with Copics then cut it down to a fat arrow shape. The lips were heat embossed in white on a cool piece of patterned paper from the Darling Dear 6x6 pad included in the May Kit.

The sentiment, also from Ooh La La, was heat embossed on the arrow and then a bunch of stuff was adhered together to create the card! I think it's perfect for a guy :)

I'm also linking up here:
CAS-ual Fridays - stamp on DP
Die Cutting Divas - rainbow

There are plenty of TAWS freebies so you can play along too!

Happy Crafting!!
Barb xx

Supplies:
Clear Stamps: (sentiment, lips from Ooh La La, Love Knots) TAWS
Cardstock: (Smokey Shadow) Papertrey Ink (Solar White) Neenah
Patterned Paper: (Darling Dear 6x6 pad) Studio Calico
Inks: (VersaMark) Tsukineko
Coloring Media: (various markers) Copic
Embossing: (Seafoam White) Ranger
Dies: (circle Nestabilities) Spellbinders

DeNami Design Fresh Florals Blog Hop

Welcome to the next stop on the DeNami Design Fresh Florals Hop! You should have come to me by way of Wendy's blog.

You have until May 20th at 11:59 PM EST to leave comments on all blogs to be eligible for one of three prizes! A $20 gift certificate to the DeNami Design web store will be awarded to one blog hop participant and two people who comment along the way.

Here's my card...

  

That's all I have for you today, but the fabulously talented Tenia has more inspiration waiting for you!

I'm linking this up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - flower power

MarkerPOP - May flowers
Little Red Wagon - doily
CASology - bloom

Happy Hopping!!

Barb xx

Supplies:

Rubber Stamps: (M45 Hydrangea Cluster, G135 Sending You God's Blessings) DeNami Design

Cardstock: (Lavendar Moon, New Leaf) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper: (This & That from Lucky Charms 6x6) American Crafts (Best from Miss Caroline Dilly Dally 6x6) My Mind's Eye

Inks: (Tuxedo Black, Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Coloring Media: (various markers) Copic

Dies: (circle) Spellbinders

Accents: (Sand button) DeNami Design, (doily) Etsy

Trim: (Winter White seam binding) Hug Snug (white baker's twine) Stampin' Up

Tools: (1/8" & 1/2" corner rounder punches) WRMK

nature's greatest masterpieces

It's a threebie kinda day :) Yes, I've got another card for you...can't let this mojo go to waste. On a more serious note, my Dad's been going through a rough time lately and I wanted to create a 'just to remind you that the people who matter most think you're awesome' card.

Once I found this piece of patterned paper the rest of the design fell into place. The card front was covered with the patterned paper which has a frame, banner and patterned strips built in...the perfect home for sentiments! The DP did all the heavy lifting for me. :)

A scrap of wood veneer paper was diecut with a layered tree die. I added a shim so the cuts would be crisp. The top three tree layers were put through again to create a smaller tree. Text washi tape was applied to a scrap of cardstock and cut with a heart die. The card's edge was inked with black ink.

I like it, but is it CAS enough without true white space?

I'm linking up to these challenges:
CAS-ual Fridays - stamp on DP
keep it simple - mix it!

Thanks for visiting (again!)!
Barb xx

Supplies:
Clear Stamps: (sentiment from Father Knows Best set, outline & solid 'Dad' from My Hero, My Dad set) Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: (Solar White) Neenah (wood veneer) Stampin' Up
Patterned Paper: (unknown source)
Inks: (Cup 'O Joe, Field of Greens, Pale Tomato) Hero Arts (Black Soot) Ranger
Dies: (snow covered stacker tree) Dee's Distinctively (heart) Lawn Fawn
Tools: (corner rounder punch) WRMK

congratulations

Here's another card! This time I'm playing along with the 10 Minute Craft Dash again. This card was finished in just 6 min 53 sec. It pays dividends to decide on a stamp set and layout before starting. 

I used my new Blooming Marvelous stamp set from Clearly Besotted Stamps. I also used Hero Arts mid-tone inks, but had to stamp off at least once to achieve the right colors.

Once stamped, the sentiment was added and then I fussy cut along the top of the roses to create a panel that could be adhered to the card base with foam tape.

I'm linking up to these challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - flower power

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And because I'd like to be part of THIS, I'm including the graphic from Pretty Pink Posh.

Thanks for visiting,

Barb xx

Supplies:

Clear Stamps: (Blooming Marvelous) Clearly Besotted Stamps

Cardstock: (Solar White) Neenah

Inks: (Grape Juice, Field Greens) Hero Arts (Summer Sunrise) PTI (Onyx Black - VersaFine) Tsukineko

shine bright

Yet again, I combined a few challenges in making today's card. It helps keep my mind focused on a few options to follow a challenge, otherwise I'm all over the place and the frustration kills my mojo ;)

Paulina just announced a new 10 Minute Craft Dash DT Call and since this one took me 7 min 48 secs to make, I'm going to share it with her.

It's linked up here... 

embellishments

cts28

inspired by #75

Thanks for stopping by!
Barb xx

Supplies:
Clear Stamps: (sentiment from Sparkle & Shine, dotted border from Party Dots) Neat & Tangled
Cardstock: (Solar White) Neenah
Inks: (Pale Tomato, Soft Graphite) Hero Arts (Onyx Black VersaFine) Tsukineko
Accents: (Just Peachie Satin Sequins, Crystal Clear Sequins) Neat & Tangled
Tools: (corner rounder punch) WRMK

tea gift tags

I love the colors Paulina selected for the new 10 minute craft dash...I would say they're mint, lemon and lilac. Of all the paper pads in my possession, I had no lilac so my version of that color is darker. This means of course that a shopping spree is in the offing ;)

This week's Muse challenge is a cutie card by Therese. The elephants she used reminded me of these fat teapots from PTI ;) Some cute patterned papers from Echo Park and Stampin' Up were perfect for creating a sweet gift tag trio. Check it out!

It took me 9 minutes and 52 seconds to whip these up and I love how they turned out!

I'm also linking up to these challenges:
Clear it Out - anything goes + 2 patterned papers
Moxie Fab World - gift tag challenge
Muse - see below

Thanks for stopping by,
Barb xx

Supplies:
Clear Stamps: (sentiments from Tea for Two set) Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: (Solar White) Neenah
Patterned Paper: (mauve) Stampin' Up (green, yellow) Echo Park
Ink: (Onyx Black VersaFine) Tsukineko
Dies: (Tag Sale #3, Tea for Two) Papertrey Ink
Trim: (white baker's twine) Stampin' Up
Accents: (doily) Etsy shop closed (green button) Cosmo Cricket (mauve, yellow buttons) Papertrey Ink

Paper Hoarders Unite!! "In Bloom"

You caught me! I'm a hoarder of all things papery and patterned. I'm not alone though. Today I'm in cohoots with the fabulously talented Jessi. We decided to challenge each other to actually use the pretty supplies that we buy! Jessi selected these three papers from the In Bloom 6x6 pad from My Mind's Eye...

And here's what I came up with...

The card front was covered with what I call a trellis pattern. I cut the top off a small glassine bag and then punched the top edge. A strip of the floral paper was trimmed down and also punched with the same border punch on the bottom edge. A 1/2" slit was cut into the card front along the edge of the glassine bag. The satin ribbon was fed through and tied off in front.

A piece of coral card stock was stamped with DeNami Design's Medium Thank You Circle and then punched out with a 2-1/2" punch. It could have been left loose in the bag (a gift card would be a perfect fit but I didn't have one) but I decided to adhere it to the inside back of the bag to form the base for my focal image of the chevron and floral punched circles; 1-1-4" and 1-3/8" respectively). The mirrored butterfly was adhered with Glossy Accents to the smallest circle.

Here's that fabulous sentiment circle peeking through the glassine bag...

Be sure to pop over to Jessi's blog to see what gorgeous piece of art she's created with these papers. I'm off to do the same right now!

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - things with wings

Happy Hoarding!!
Barb xx

Supplies:
Rubber Stamps: (Medium Thank You Circle) DeNami Design
Cardstock: (Such a Gray-cious Host) Clear & Simple Stamps (Punch) Hero Arts
Patterned Papers: (from In Bloom 6x6) My Mind's Eye
Inks: (Onyx Black) Tsukineko (Black Soot) Ranger
Punches: (2-1/2" circle) Stampin' Up (1-1/4", 1-3/8" circles) EK Success (Doily border) Martha Stewart Crafts (corner rounder) WRMK
Accents: (mirrored butterfly) Recollections (glassine bag) DeNami Design
Trim: (Smokey Shadow satin ribbon) Papertrey Ink