CASology - Egg, and a little bit more...

The cue word for the CASology challenge this week is egg.  I searched, but didn't have a stamp that was appropriate for this challenge...what to do?  Start working on an egg card with my Cameo... 

Here's what I ended up with...

I don't normally send cards for Easter, so I thought I might be able to use this for my granddaughter's birthday that's coming up in a couple of weeks.

I cut the egg shape with the Cameo making the card base.  I cut a piece of card stock in green to cover the front of the card.  The broken egg and the chick were also cut with the Cameo.  I colored the chick with Copics and cut under his wings so that he could hang over the edge of the broken egg.  The "one cute chick" was computer generated.  I added some silver pearl drops, googly eyes on the chick, and a little silver highlighting.  The "U R" was cut with dies from MFT.  I also added a little Wink of Stella.

Here's a few more cards I've made for the widow's group...

                      

    

I did a lot of ink blending and water coloring for the backgrounds.  The first two cards are water color backgrounds and the last two cards are ink blending with distress inks.

As always, if you have any questions about how I did something, just send me an email and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by for a visit!  Hope you'll come back soon!  Your comments are greatly appreciated! Until next time...

Merry Monday 171 - Frame it!

The challenge this week at Merry Monday Christmas Challenge is to create a card with a frame on it. 

 

I've had this idea floating around in my head for the past few days, and this challenge gave me the perfect opportunity to give it a try.

I cut an oval with the largest of the small Spellbinder ovals for my card front.  I inked up a sky on another piece of card stock and also masked off a moon before inking up my sky.  The trees were cut with an Impression Obsession die that I've had for almost a year and have never used! Shame on me! I cut a couple of curved pieces for hills and adhered them over the sky background, then put the trees in the snowy hills.  The deer is a SSS image that I cut from black card stock, then just cut off one of the deer to use on this card.  I positioned him behind one of the trees.  I added a few stars/snow? to the sky with a silvery gel pen. The sentiment is from PTI and is stamped in Versafine black ink.  I lightly colored the sides of each of the trees with a C-1 Copic marker and added some stardust stickles on the edges of the snow and around the oval frame.  The oval frame is popped up over the scene and then adhered to a white card base.  It sounds like it took a while to make this card, but once I got started, it was super quick to make!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by for a visit!  Hope you'll come back soon!  Your comments are greatly appreciated! Until next time...

One-Layer Simplicity Challenge, Online Card Class and a Little Zentangle

It's been quite a while since I've played along with the One-Layer Simplicity Challenge...but this week I found a little time to play along.  The challenge for this month is called "Round and round": make a one layer card that has two circles on it. No more no less. Other shapes, words etc allowed.

Here's my take on the challenge:

I punched a 1.5 inch circle and using the negative of the punch, I inked up the small circle with Tumbled Glass DI.  Then I masked off the large circle with a 3 inch circle and covered the smaller circle with the previous punched circle.  I inked all the background with several shades of yellow and orange DI.  The flower is from Uniko Studios - Gerber collection.  I added color to the flower with Copics, then added a touch of clear Wink of Stella for a little sparkle.  I also added some gray Copics around the large circle, the small circle and around the flower to give a little dimension. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches and was heat embossed in white embossing powder.  I wasn't really sure I liked the card when I first finished it...but I think its growing on me now! :-)

I also wanted to share a couple of cards I made after taking the online card class - Maskerade:

These two cards were made using a technique shown by Laura Bassen.  I loved the cards she made and couldn't wait to give it a try!  I used distress inks for my cards.  The sentiment was stamped on the Wishing card and cut out on the Sending card.  All sentiments are from SSS. 

I know it's been a while since I posted...can't believe how much time has passed!  I keep telling myself that I'll post more frequently, but somehow I just don't get things posted like I mean too! Please forgive me!!

I've also been doing a little Zentangle Inspired Art lately.  This is one that I had framed to hang in my house (something I rarely do!)  The seahorse is a template from Ben Kwok of Ornation Creation.

I tangled on water color paper then added color with some watercolor pencils.  I love how this turned out and the lady who framed it did a fabulous job!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by for a visit!  Hope you'll come back soon!  Your comments are greatly appreciated! Until next time...