UMT- Masculine Headline Birthday

Welcome to my latest Using My Tools Thursday post!
 Today I have chose to pull various image stamps and sentiment stamps from my stash and put them all on one card! Hopefully in an artful way and not card sneeze!

I hope you are inspired to drag out stamps from various stamps sets and put them together in a complimentary design like I did. It's been tough trying to design masculine cards for me. It's not my niche. I definitely find it easier to make feminine cards but I have enjoyed the challenge and will continue to work to build my masculine design skills.

Now it's your turn to go make something beautiful!

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and Thank you if your visiting. Please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on my next Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing.  Next drawing when I reach 250 followers!!!!!

Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

CMM- Corner Fold & Bleaching Tecnique Card

Good Monday Morning! Hello and welcome! Today's Cards showcase 2 techniques, the first being a new technique to me. It's the corner fold. You can find the tutorial I used to learn how to make this card over on my Tutorial tab. I'll also add more corner fold inspiration samples as I make them under the tutorial so check back soon. The second technique is one I've been wanting to dive into again and that is the bleaching technique. I have several samples on my technique tab for inspiration so make sure to check those out too!

I hope you like the two cards I made using these techniques.

I chose to make them slightly different. Each one utilizing scraps from my stash

Here;'s a close up of the bleached  tulips in which I went back with Copic markers and colored them in.

and added the same stamped tulip image to the inside of the cards to pull the whole thing together.

Supplies:

Gina K Designs Ocean Mist & Chocolate Brown card stock

Stampin Up' Crumb Cake ink

Tulips from Blooming Garden Stamp set by Penny Black

brown ribbon

Kraft hemp cord

sequins and gem stickers

I hope you enjoyed viewing my version of this card. Have a wonderful Fall week and remember to  find the time to make something beautiful!

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and Thank you if your visiting. Please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on my next Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing.  Next drawing when I reach 250 followers!!!!!

Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Challenges:
Through the Craftroom Door-AG
Fan-Tastic Tuesdays- AG w/ 2 patterned papers
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog- AG
As You Like It- Favorite color and why? Brown because it reminds me of choclate and I LOVE chocolate!
Hanna & Friends- Special Card Form
Stamp & Create-Brown or Kraft

Cupcake Inspiration-Forest Friends Bendy Card

Good Morning! Happy Sunday! I am so honored to be this weeks Cupcake Inspirations Surprise Sweetie design member for Cupcake Inspirations challenge # 331. Our sponsor this week is Your Next Stamp.

Here is my project inspired by the photo. This is my first attempt at making a bendy card. From what I hear they are the new trend in card making. I thought this would be a great card for my great-nephew who is turning 2 in just a few months.

This weeks challenge is Forest Friends

Here's the picture inspiration for this challenge

     

If you haven't tried making a bendy card yet you can find the tutorial I used under the Tutorial tab on my blog.

This is the inside of the card. I love how this card has so many layers and so much dimension. The possibilities are endless!

Here are some closeups of some of the flaps.

This little raccoon critter is hidden behind the first flap with the sentiment.

  

Here's my supply list:

Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge (images cut at 1 - 2 inches)

From My Garden Critcut Cartridge

Bazzill Cardstock SCRAPS

Recollections Pattern Paper

Vellum for the dragonfly wings

Peachy Keen stamp Everyday Character Faces stamp set

gems and pearls

My Favorite Things Simply Fabulous Sayings stamp set

I hope you enjoyed my design project! Make sure to go back to the Cupcake Inspirations blog and check out the other fabulous projects from the design team members and load up your forest friend inspired card! Have a wonderful day and now it's your turn to make something beautiful!

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and Thank you if your visiting. Please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing.  Next drawing when I reach 250 followers!!!!!

Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Challenges:
Crafty Sentiment Designs-AG
Through the Craftroom Door-AG
Fan-Tastic Tuesdays- AG w/ 2 patterned papers
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog- AG
Hanna & Friends- Special Card Form
Cut It Up-Back to Nature
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards- Animals
Fussy & Fancy -Autumn Colors
Wags n' Whiskers- Use a Die Cut
Catch the Bug-Fall
Hiding in my Craftroom-Super Scraps
613 Ave Create-AG

Feature Friday 10/9/2015

Welcome to Feature Friday! This is my opportunity to thank my followers for well...following all things beautiful by showcasing some of their wonderful work.

My followers had some fantastic work this week! Todays feature friday follower favs are ....

Sara S. @ fp3

I just love this new project I've seen online. I just have to try it!

I love Sara's use of the Pocket Letter technique for Christmas. What a FAB idea! Make sure to visit Sara's blog and check out all the details.

MA-MI @ Rilcek and beak

I love her use of stenciling and demension by popping up the raindrop die cut peice of the card.

 What a great idea! Go visit MA-MI's blog and go see all her hard work.

Smiles @ SMILE

I just love this project! Smiles used so much texture. 

I love the embossing, distressed patterned papers and the baby cutouts. So cute!

Make sure to check out some other projects by Smiles.

Pauline@ Pauline Maraget Handmade Cards and Things

I love this exploding christining box! What detail. 

The use oif pictures is sooo awesomely cute!

Make sure to visit Pauline's blog using the link above to see all the pictures she posted for this great project.

Julie @ Pumpkin Belly Cards

I am in love with fall so when I saw this card I knew I just had to showcase it this week. I love how Julie used the image as a focal point on a pumpkin background filled with texture. I am inspired to try this myself. Thanks Julie for sharing!

I hope you enjoyed viewing the work of  followers of all things beautiful! If you haven't become a follower yet, join and you'll have a chance to be showcased too. It may take a little time but I will get to everyone.

Have a fabulous weekend and make sure to find time to make something beautiful!

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and Thank you if your visiting. Please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on my next Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing.  Next drawing when I reach 250 followers!!!!!
Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

WW-Hearts Galore Shaker card

 Hello and welcome to my mid-week post. I'm sharing a shaker card with you today. I've shared some window technique cards with you in the last month or so and I thought I would take that same technique and make it a shaker card.

I used my Gypsy to set the hearts in place and then die cut them. I embossed the paper after the shapes were cut. Added a few patterned papers, sequins & beads to make it interesting. If you are not sure how to make a shaker card there is a tutorial how to under my tutorial tab. For this shaker card I used fun foam to pop uo the top layer and keep the shaker items in place.. I just traces the hearts through the window onto my fun foam and cut them out by hand.

Supplies:

Darice Interlocking Circle Embossing folder

Martha Stewart iridesent hearts and star glitter

Seed beads

Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge (for both tag and hearts)

Hobby Lobby Gingham ribbon

Martha Stewart  Heart Chain punch around the page punch

Pink Paislee Pen Pal 12 x 12 paper pad

Bazzill card stock

Gina K Designs Luxury white cardstock for card base

I hope you enjoyed my card sample! Have a wonderful wednesday and I hope you find time to make something beautiful!

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and Thank you if your visiting. Please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing.  Next drawing when I reach 250 followers!!!!!

Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Challenges:
Glitter & Sparkle -AG
613 Avenue Create-AG
Crafty Sentiment Designs_AG

CMM-His and Her Horses

Welcome to Card Making Monday! Welcome to my little space on the blog sphere. I am so excited to show you y latest cards! I chose to make masculine and feminine versions of this layout. The feminine version was sent to my cousin and the masculine card was put in my stash. I first made the feminine version of this card and fell in love so naturally I wanted to make a masculine counterpart. I hope you love them as much as I do!

The horse stamp is from a set by Inkadinkadoo. I bought this set at Michaels Arts & Crafts store.

This card was chosen as Top 3 at Fan-Tastic Tuesday

I used patterned paper scraps from my stash and the brown card stock is by Gina K Designs which I absolutely love!

Here's a close up of the wonderful jeweled bucket I used for the feminine card.

I hope you enjoyed viewing my cards and try making feminine and masculine versions of a card design for yourself. As always have a wonderful week and try to find time to make something beautiful!

Here are some other examples of Masculine and feminine duos from my Blog

   

     

  

     

 

I hope you enjoyed viewing my His & Her card selections. Have a fabulous week and now it's time to make something beautiful!

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and Thank you if your visiting. Please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out my next Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing.  Next drawing when I reach 250 followers!!!!!

Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Challenges:
Fantastic Tuesday- AG /twist/pets/
Crafting By Design- AG
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge-AG
Glitter & Sparkle -AG
613 Avenue Create-AG

UMT-Watercolor Flowers

Welcome! I'm so glad you are here to check out my latest Using My Tools Thursday post. In these posts I use those tools, pattern papers, stamps & embellishments that seemed so important to buy at the time but then ended up in a drawer or box. Some still in the packaging! So for this project the found item is: this beautiful stamp by Penny Black

For this card I started with a plain piece of white watercolor paper, stamped the background using a notebook stamp and then stamped the Penny Black image. I used various water colors to coloring it in and then inked around the edges

Supplies:

Gina K Designs Dark Chocolate dye ink

Gina K Designs Dark Chocolate Card stock

Gina K Designs Kraft dye ink

Gina K Designs Black Onyx dye ink

Penny Black Botanical Notes Stamp

My Favorite Things Notebook Paper background stamp

Tim Holtz Watercolor paper

If you haven't tried watercolors on your cards yet, give it a try. It is a fun alternative to coloring and they come out so beautifully!

I hope you enjoyed my post today and finds time for yourself to make something beautiful!

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and Thank you if your visiting. Please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing.  Next drawing when I reach 250 followers!!!!!

Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Challenges:

Catch The Bug- Color Challenge
Tuesday Throwdown- Clean and Simple
Our Daily Bread Designs- Ink or emboss your own background
Fantastic Tuesday- AG /twist/pets/
Crafting By Design- AG
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge-AG