Big Wishes.. Big Fishes

A quick card this morning. Simple layers, I let the designer paper do all the work for me. I stamped the sentiment and popped it up with foam tape.

Supplies: Kraft and blue cardstock, Designer Paper - Carta Bella, Papertrey Ink - Birthday Bash Sentiments.

Enjoy your Sunday,

Nina

Wonderful

Good Morning and happy Friday.

Layers, Layers and more layers for this card. This pretty designer paper is double sided so perfect for this card. The sentiment is simple stamped and popped up with foam tape. 

I finished with tiny half pearls.

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Designer Paper-Bo Bunny, SSS-Uplifting thoughts, pearls.

Thanks for stopping by,
Nina

Hello Sunshine

This cute as cute paper reminds me of spring, I love that the birds are up and about chirping first thing and don't forget we have the switcheroo with the clocks this weekend.

I used simple layers for my card, the top panel and the sentiment are both popped up with some foam tape. I finished with some dew drops.

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper - Pink Paislee, SSS-Easter Greetings, dew drops.

Have a fantastic day,

Nina

Hey Cool Chick

Isn't this paper adorable! I used simple layers for my card.. and lots of foam tape. 

I added a little colour to the top panel with markers then highlighted the hearts with some Nuvo Crystal drops.

Supplies: Cream cardstock, Designer Paper-American Crafts, SSS - Some Bunny, Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Have a wonderful day,
Nina

Happy Easter

Spring cannot get here fast enough in my opinion. I am looking forward to warmer weather and spring in the outdoors.

Easter is just around the corner so I plucked away at some spring and Easter cards this past weekend.

I let the papers do all the work, this panel was on one of the pages in the 6x6 paper pad I was using, I popped it up with foam tape. I finished the card by added some crystal drops to a few of the eggs. 

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper-Echo Park, Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Cheers,

Nina

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #280

We have a new Merry Monday Christmas card challenge, Kelly is our hostess and her challenge is to Create a Christmas card using the inspiration photo.

What do you see here, what is your inspiration?

I used hanging decorations, stars and greenery to tap into my creativity. 

My card was quick and simple as I let the paper do all the work. The tree was a panel in my paper pad, I layered it with other patterns from the same book. The sentiment was cut from a piece of scrap and popped up with foam tape. 

I added Wink of Stella to the star for shimmer.

Supplies: Cream cardstock, Designer Paper - Simple Stories.

Come play along with the challenge, and stop by the Merry Monday blog to take a look at all the wonderful cards created by the design team.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

Pretty Amazing

A quick post this evening.. its Monday tomorrow :( I wish the weekend was a little longer.

I am pretty excited though, I attended the Retreat earlier this year and on Saturday I went to my first crop. How does one be a cardmaker for an extended period of time and miss out on that... this silly person apparently.

I am loving how productive I am while there. I am a pretty active person, I really did not think I would be able to sit still for that long but I have surprised myself.

I am still working on posting the cards from the Retreat so bear with. I used simple layers for this card, of course, I had to pull out the stitched rectangles. I die cut the YOU three times for dimension then heat embossed and popped up the sentiment.

I finished with some black half pearls.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper -Authentique, SSS -You Matter and stitched rectangles.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nina

Hello Beautiful

I loved how I was able to used part of the designer paper for the sentiment created hello beautiful girl.

I added a layer of brown cardstock to the main panel then added a coiple of layers from the same papers pad.

 I die cut hello and the heat embossed the rest of the sentiment on a scrape of brown cardstock in white and popped it up with foam tape.

Supplies: White and brown cardstock, Designer Paper-Echo Park, Hero Arts Hello stamp and die cut.

Thanks for visiting, 

Nina

The Big...

You will need a sense of humour for this post, I can think a little oddly at times.

I tend to use 6x6 paper pads most of the time, I do however have a number of 12x12 individual papers. In this case, I loved the Carta Bella set so much I ended up with both.  As I was making this card I was cutting a page that had border strips from all the papers it just so happened that for this card the sentiment did not allow for the whole wording.

So where it ended was The Big O, now while I am sure that this may happen for some men when it comes to the outdoors and fishing.. if you get my drift. This is a retirement card for my eldest brother and well..... ewww.

So I ended up finding a wide-mouthed fish and stamping on a scrap of paper from the same paper set. I have hoped it looks like it may be a well-fed fish or perhaps a fish basket.

This was an easy enough card to make, simple layers with a little foam tape tossed in here and there. The sentiment is heat embossed with white embossing and popped up with foam tape.

Supplies: White and brown cardstock, Designer Paper - Carta Bella, Open Studio - Wishing you sentiments.

One more thing, in my defence at the above confession. I did not realize till the card was finished about the lettering across the top.. clueless really.

Cheers,
Nina

Be Happy

 I love this pretty vintage style paper, I wanted it to be well displayed. I used some inside out stitched rectangles, love love love these - they are out of stock everywhere :(.

Anyway I digress ;) I alternated the layers between the sides of a double-sided DP page. I heat embossed the sentiment then finished with some Nuvo drops.

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper-Crate Paper, Nuvo drops.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina