Tuesday Morning Sketches #171

Whew it is going to be a quick post tonight, I just finished my card and I am determined to post it tonight. I created this card for the current Tuesday Morning Sketches.

 

I love how simple this sketch is. I stamped my flowered them heat embossed them in black. I cut them out by hand then edged them with my black Tombow and popped them up with foam tape. I finished with a gems.

 

I am off to bed, spin class drained me of energy... comments will be made on the morrow :).

 

Supplies: Natural White and black cardstock, Designer Paper –Echo Park, The Stamps of Life -flower2doodle, and gems.

Cheers,

Nina

Merry Monday #40

Halloween is all done and all the stores have jumped feet first into Christmas. I love that I have all the Christmas card for this year done already. With that said, we have a new Merry Monday Challenge today to continue to build on the collection. Lesley has a new and wonderful sketch for us this week.

 

 

I did not do a very good job on cutting my panels :) but it still worked out. I pulled out my Spellbinders die cuts and created a little open book, the edges are slightly inked and popped up with foam tape. I finished with some gold twine and pearls.

Don't forget to stop by Always Playing with Paper to leave a comment and see the design team's fantastic creations and to play along with the newest Merry Monday Challenge.

Supplies: Cream and Brown cardstock, Designer Paper –Echo Park, Verve-Christmas in the Air, Spellbinders die cuts, twine and gems.

Cheers,

Nina

Crafting in the Afternoon.

A quick card this afternoon, I had a little time to craft and I needed to make this card for a friend.

 

I kept the card relatively simple, with only a few layers. I added some pearl brads to the velvet ribbon and popped the sentiment up with foam tape. I finished with a few pearls as accents.



 

Supplies: Cream and black cardstock, Designer Paper –Echo Park, Close to my Heart -For Every Occasion, Velvet ribbon and Recollections brads and pearls.

Cheers,

Nina

Playing in Paradise #91 - Happy Anniversary

Another week has come and gone and it is Friday again. There is a new Playing in Paradise challenge today, Jessie is our hostess this week and Happy Anniversay is the theme.

 

I tried for simple elegance with this card, the DP is a beautiful with some areas that glimmer with glitter. I stamped my sentiment then cut it into a tag and adding additional layers. One edge is slightly popped up with foam tape.

 

I added a silver button to the ribbon and some gems on the tag to finish.

 

 

Supplies: Cream and sage cardstock, Designer Paper –K&Company, TPC – All Year Greetings, misc ribbon and button, Recollection-gems.

 

Stop by the Playing in Paradise blog, the challenge design team had some wonderful samples they have created. Don't forget to play along for a weekly prize.

 

Cheers,

Nina

Tuesday Morning Sketches #170

The house was so quiet when I got home that I could not resist sneaking in a card before everyone arrived home so I joining in the current Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge.

 

 

 

I have been saving this paper and stamp set for no reason in particular, but it seem to all come together nicely for this card.

 

 

I stamps the images using VersaFine sepia, I added some soft shading to the edges. This is double sided DP so I used the bold underside for the access piece and butterflies. 

 

The DP has beautiful bits of glitter that I tried to highlight in the photo below.

 

Supplies: Cream and Brown cardstock, Designer Paper –My Mind's Eye, Misc punches, My Mind's Eye-Blush Princess Stamps.

 

Cheers,

Nina

Playing in Paradise #90

 

There is still time to play with us :) join in the fun for the current Playing in Paradise challenge.

 

I could not resist creating a second card for this challenge, I have had this seagull stamp for forever and I don't even think I have inked it up before. The silly thing kept going round and round in my head.

 

It is a pretty basic card, a few layers, a little bit of punch use, finished with some twine and gems.

My husband, ever my supported says ' Who in the world will you give a seagull card too".  I like it so I don't care :). When I look at it I hear the seagull from Nemo saying  "Mine" "Mine" Mine" and my husband at odd in appropriate times ask  " Where do seagulls sleep at night".

 

Supplies: Cream and black cardstock, Designer Paper -Authentique, Fiskars - All Year Greeting, Inkadinkado -Gull misc punches, twine and gems.

Cheers,

Nina

Merry Monday #39

Happy Monday everyone, another short post for the new Merry Monday challenge. Lesley has a fantastic sketch for us on her Always Playing with Paper blog.

 

You will have to forgive the photo of this card, I turned it every which way but I was not happy with it. The snowflake has lots of sparkle as does the panel in the center with tiny glitter dots. I used lots of layers for this card. I cut the snowflake and glittery shadow out with my Cricut, I added a small navy circle between the layers to add definition.

 

The sentiment is accompanied by silver twine and glitter dots.

Don't forget to stop by Always Playing with Paper to leave a comment and see the design team's creations and to play along with the newest Merry Monday Challenge.

Supplies: Natural white, silver glitter and navy cardstock, Designer Paper-UpsyDaisy Designs, Cricut, misc twine and Sliver Candy Dots.

 

Cheers,

Nina

Playing in Paradise #90

Whoo hoo it is Friday and that means there is a new Playing in Paradise challenge. I am hostess this week and I have chosen  "All Things Nautical" as my inspiration for this challenge.  I live on an island and with naval ships, lighthouses and boats of all sizes out my back door, there is a ton of inspiration.

I used the lighthouse as my focal point.. naturally. I coloured the image using Tombow markers and an aqua painter. I used a mask and sponge to make the clouds then added in the seagulls. I finished by adding the sentiment, sheer ribbon and a button.

I used pages from 6x6 paper pad from Authentique as my background, take a look at the Scrapbooker's Paradise online store for a fabulous selection of Designer Paper.

 

Stop by the Playing in Paradise blog, the challenge design team had some fabulous samples they have created.

Supplies: Natural White and navy cardstock, Designer Paper-Authentique, Close to My Heart - Perfect Day, sheer ribbon, misc button. 

Cheers,

Nina

Tuesday Morning Sketches #169

A super quick post today, I have been under the weather this week but I hid in my little craft space as I was suffering last night. I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches as my inspiration.

 

 

 

I flipped the sketch, I did have a pretty autumn flower image all prepped for the circle but it would not fit the sentiment I wanted.  I ended up die cutting a butterfly, I spritzed it with Goosebumps and added glitter. I used a spellbinders die to back my sentiment.

 

I created a 3 layer button with circle punches and then added some filament twine to match the glitter. I finished by creating matching glitter dots with some glue.

 

 

Supplies: Cream, rust and mustard cardstock, Designer Paper-My Mind's Eye, Spellbinders die cut, Memory Box die cuts, misc punches, glitter and twine.

Cheers,
Nina

Merry Monday #38

I think it is now about 10 weeks till Christmas, every year seems to zoom on by a little quicker. With that said, it is time new Merry Monday Challenge, Lesley has created a great sketch for us.

 

 

I flipped the sketch around for this card,  I dug through the depths of my stamp for this cute little chickadee . I grew up in a very small town and as kids it usually did not take much to amuse us. I always thought that a chickadee's singing sounded like 'tea's ready' and loved it,  thinking  of course that I was so clever singing it back.

 

I used my newly acquired Authentique - Peaceful 6x6 paper pad. I added lots layers and a little foam tape. I finished with a few black pearls. I coloured the chickadee with my watercolour pencils.

 

Don't forget to stop by Always Playing with Paper to leave a comment, see the design team samples and play along with the newest Merry Monday Challenge.

 

Supplies: Natural white and black cardstock, Designer Paper –Authentic, Inspired by Stamping - Elegant Christmas Sentiments, Great Impressions - Chickadee, Spellbinders die cuts, pearls.

Cheers,

Nina