Your Weird & My Weird

Good Morning and happy Friday. For this cute card I pulled out some paper scraps that have some fireflies on it, the backside is brown plaid.

I used a layer of brown cardstock, then added the panels of designer paper, I used some yellow cardstock under the strip along the center.

I stamped, coloured and diecut the flowers then added some gems. I stamped the sentiment then popped it up with foam tape.

I finished the card with a few more gems.

Supplies: White and brown cardstock, Designer Paper - Unknown, Gina K Designs - Lace Flowers, Simon Says Stamp - Love Greeting mix, gems.

Thanks for visiting,
Nina

Hello TrailBlaze Challenge

Today is the day! I start ticking off those kilometres for the Make-a-Wish Trailblaze challenge.

Between May 19th and July 28th, my challenge is to walk or hike 100k or more, and my fundraising goal is $500 this year; join me by donating, sharing or even challenging yourself.

https://makeawishca.donordrive.com/participant/16945

I also have a card to share.

The crafty ladies met up to play along with a polished stone technique tutorial that Crystal put together. 

I did not have the proper supplies so I just had to wing it.

I pulled out some Yupo paper and alcohol inks and created this pretty background, I added a layer of black cardstock and then popped the panel up with foam tape.

I die cut the sentiment three times to give it some thickness then added a layer of foam tape as well. I finished the card with some black gems.

The photo washes out the simmer of the gold and silver but you can still see the pretty colours.

Thank you for visiting,

Nina

Happy Christmas

Good Morning and Merry Monday - I have a holiday card to share on this fabulous Monday, I am already behind on my holiday card stash.. are those eye rolls :).

Before I jump into the card, I wanted to make a quick comment on the email subscription notification emails. I already miss Feedburner with its simple no-fuss layout and no advertisements. Unfortunately, the only way for me to get rid of the advertisements with Followit is to pay for a higher-level subscription service, my follower base is pretty small so I don't feel it will be worth the cost. I understand that may result in lost follows and I understand, and I hope that you continue to visit without the notifications. 

On to the card:

I used a simple layout for my card, an easy top fold card base. I used a layer of black then kraft cardstock, the top panel is two pieces from a 6x6 paper pad with a thin strip of kraft cardstock hiding the seam between the two panels.

 

I heat embossed the sentiment with a blend of black and gold embossing powder on kraft then added a layer of black card stock and popped up with foam tape. I finished with some gems.

Supplies: White, black and kraft cardstock, Designer Paper - Kaiser Crafts, gems.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nina

Sound the Sirens

Good Morning all - a quick card post this morning to test out the new follow.it feed (https://follow.it), the Feedburner feed has been deleted from my blog. Did I lose you, email followers?

My husband has a new recruit at work so he asked for a card.

I started with a layer of black cardstock, then used stitched rectangles and squares to make some panels from shades of blue. Once they were adhered to the panel I ran the whole panel through Big Shot with an embossing folder.

I die-cut the road and added a layer of yellow cardstock in behind for the lines. The police car is two-toned heat embossed with blue and black.

I stamped the sentiments then layered them. The car and sentiments are also backed with foam tape.

Supplies: White, black and blue cardstock, Simon Says Stamp - Stitched die cuts, My Next Stamp - Freeze, Clearly Besotted - Type text, MFT - Hit the road.

Thanks for stopping by,
Nina

Let's go Anywhere

I have a cute kite card to show this morning, I had a fabulous time crafting with the ladies earlier this week, as always Crystal had us making a fabulous showpiece in her class. This is my take on the project.

I used a new 6x6 paper pad by Echo Park - Let's go Anywhere. I still need to find a way to hold the kite into a closed position but overall this was a fun card to make and I love how it turned out.

I used a top folding card base then added a layer of black cardstock and a layer of patterned paper. The kite is a fantastic fold that pops up.

I used a couple of different patterns for the kite top then used one of the premade sentiment panels for the front, I added a layer of foam tape to pop it up a little. I finished with a kite tail of black crochet thread.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper - Echo Park, thread.

For those followers that received my posts by email, Feedburner is changing its offerings and will no longer be available for blog feeds. I am making the change to follow.it and this post will likely be the last one from Feedburner. I am told you will not see a change, so I am hoping that is the case.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

Goodness of Life

It is time for another coffee card :). I seem to make a lot of these, it's funny, I did not start drinking coffee till I was in my mid-thirties, now I love a cup in the morning.

The layout for this card is basic, why not when the paper has personality? I started with a layer of brown cardstock, then added a layer of designer paper. This paper is printed from a digital file. 

The whole panel is popped up with foam tape.

I added some twine then mounted the sentiment which is also layer, with some foam tape. I finished the card with some gems.

Supplies: White and brown cardstock, Designer Paper - AMBillustrations, Verve - Delightful and Delicious, gems.

Cheers,

Nina

Sunflower Wishes

I was playing with some Mod Podge and napkins again, I have this nice little stash of panels just ready to put together cards. This pretty pattern is so bright and cheerful, I love it.

I added a layer of brown cardstock, then added some sparkle with some orange and yellow gems. I stamped the sentiment and added a little foam tape to pop it up.

Supplies: White and brown cardstock, napkin, Simon Says Stamp - Tiny Words Birthday, gems.

 
Cheers,
Nina

Trailblaze for Wishes

I am doing it again, I am joining the 10-week virtual Trailblaze Challenge for Make-A-Wish again this year; this is such a great cause. 

Between May 19th and July 28th, my challenge goal is to walk or hike 100k or more, and my fundraising goal is $500 this year; join me by donating, sharing or even challenging yourself.

https://makeawishca.donordrive.com/participant/16945

Birthday Wishes

I can hear the soft potato potato of the motorbike headed up the driveway as I type, Mother nature had blessed my fabulous husband with a perfect morning to take a ride on his Harley for his Birthday.

That is the theme this year, orange and black, I love how this card turned out, my husband loves it. I will attempt to keep the theme going on a cake later today... to be continued....

The photo is a little dark, but I love that all the details are displayed.

I started with a gray cardstock layer then added a layer of black. I used a couple of orange and black Infusions on watercolour paper to get the distressed background. I made sure to leave some grainy and gritty areas.

I was not sure the background stamp would leave a good impression with all the background texture but I was impressed with how well it turned out. I added some paint splatter in black, silver and white to add to the effect.

I embossed some silver cardstock then used a sanding block to distress it and added little Infusions, this gave the two silver panels a rusted chrome look which I put onto the black cardstock layer. 

I used foam tape to secure the top panel. I stamped the sentiment then used a scrap from the distressed panel to rough it up a little and add some colour before I layered it with black then gray cardstock.

I finished the card with some half pearls that were the closest to chrome rivets as I could get.

Supplies: White, gray, black and silver cardstock, Stampendous - Motorcycle 
Element, DRS - Happy Birthday, Infusions, pearls.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nina