CAS-ual Friday CFC18

I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to enter this weeks challenge. I was having a little bit of a difficult time trying to decide which book to use for my inspiration. This weeks challenge over at casual friday's involves making a card that is black, red, and white and the inspiration is to be a book. After thinking about it for a very long time, I decide to use the book "A Light in the Attic" by Shel Silverstein. My inspiration came from the "Eight Balloons" on page 58 of this book. Here is my card--the balloon image comes from Hero Arts Celebrate All CL292 and the sentiment is a Gina K (stamp TV) stamp set and comes from the Follow Your Dreams stamp set. This card was easy and fun to make once I figured out what I wanted to do. Here is the poem that inspired me from "A Light in the Attic" :

Eight Balloons

Eight balloons no one was buyin' all broke loose one afternoon. Eight balloons with strings a flyin', Free to do what they wanted to. One flew up to touch the sun--POP! One thought highways might be fun--POP! One took a nap in a cactus pile--POP! One stayed to play with a careless child--POP! One tried to taste some bacon fryin'--POP! One fell in love with a porcupine--POP! Onelooked close in a crocodile's mouth--POP! One sat around 'til his air ran out--WHOOSH! Eight balloons no one was buyin'-- They broke loose and away they flew, Free to float and free to fly And free to pop where they wanted to.

Author: Shel Silverstein, "A Light in the Attic", page 58

I didn't have room to stamp 8 balloons; that is why there is only 6, but the poem was a great inspiration. Thanks for stopping by and I do appreciate the comments. Have a wonderful week.

It's been a while

since I've posted any cards. My Hubby and I returned home two weeks ago from our vacation and I am finally able to start making cards for a few card challenges. It was fun to visit different places but at the same time it was also nice to get home and return to a normal routine. anyway, on to my cards.

This card was inspired by Jill foster. I admire her work and love her style. I used the Hero Arts stamp "Antique Background" CG120. I stamped the image with Hero Arts Latte chalk ink. Then I colored the buttyerfly and dragonfly with Prisma color pencils and used distress inks around the images (Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, and Walnut Stain) The paper that I used is stampin Up paper that has be discontinued (can't remember the name of the colors) The edges were distressed with a distressing tool and distressing inks. When I was happy with the look of my image I mounted it on the base card. For this next card I used Hero Arts Froggy CL323 and Classic Messages CL414. I wanted the sentiment to say "Hoppy Birthday", but I didn't have a stamp that said "Hoppy", so I masked off the "A" on the stamp and replaced it with an "O". I thought that this would be a good card for a child's birthday. The die cut that I used for the sentiment is from Memory Box. The background was made with a few baby wipes and distress reinkers. I folded two baby wipes and then added drops of Broken China, Shabby Shutters, and Scattered Straw ink along the top of the folded wipes and ran the inked wipes horizontally and vertically along glossy cardstock. These two cards will be entered into the Hero Arts Flickr challange for this month. It was fun making these cards and I am looking forward to making more cards on a regular basis. Thanks for dropping by and I appreciate the comments. Have a great day and God bless.

CAS-ual Fridays (CFC17)

I haven't participated in the CAS-ual Friday's challenges for over a month due to being away on vacation. This card is for CAS-ual Friday #17. The directions said to use stickers or rub ons. I didn't have any stickers so I used a playful butterfly rub on from Royal & Langnickel Brush Mfg, Inc and the title of the rub ons is: Butterfly Kids glitter #GAR1726G. The die that I used is called "frame" and is from Quickutz (C-0163-S-REV) I embossed the blue paper with the Swiss Dots (37-1604) embossing folder by Provo Craft. The embossing doesn't show up very well on camera. The hello sentiment comes from the Mini Marks Hildi collection from American Crafts.

This card was fun and easy to make. Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate the comments.

Frosty the Snowman

This will be my last posting of cards for a few weeks. My hubby and I are leaving for our yearly vacation on August 1st. We will be going to 5 different places; Philadelphia,PA to see the liberty bell and othe places in the area, New York City, Niagra Falls (on the Canadian side), Lake Ontario, and then on to Mt. Vernon, Ohio to spend a few days with our daughters and their families. I am most excited for our visit to NY City. I grew up on the East Coast and never visited New York City. We are looking forward to all the sites and adventures that this vacation will bring. Now, on to my card.

The stamps used are Penny Black "Warm and Cold" 3260H and the word "to" comes from the Air Mail stamp set 30-072. I stamped the snowman on white cardstock with memento tuxedo black ink. Then I stamped with clear ink and embossed with black embossing powder onto cardstock vellum. I colored the scarf and hat with two shades of blue and then attached the vellum to the snowman to give the appearance that he is in a globe. I went over the snowman and the snow with stickles "Icicle". (The stickles are hard to see on camera, but in real life the snowman has lots of shine.) For the globe base, I found a tag that had a globe and I resized the tag to fit the snowman in the circle. This was fun to make and I am pleased with the results. I have been making a lot of CAS cards lately and I am starting to like this easy way to make cards.
This is all for now. Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate the comments. Have a safe and wonderful week.

CAS-ual Fridays CFC #13

This weeks challenge was fun and I enjoyed working on this card. This is my fourth challenge for CAS-ual Fridays and I look forward every week to see what the next new challenge will be. This week, the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays is to make a 4 x 9 inch card and to keep it clean and simple. I love the color red and I thought that the black ink on the white paper would be peerfect to work with. Here is my take on this weeks challenge

Materials:

Hero Arts Stamps: Delicate Blossoms CL449

Small Greetings LL662

Markers used:

Faber-Castell Pitt artist pens:

Deep Scarlet Red #219

Pale Geranium Lake #121

Light Green #171

Permanent Green Olive #167.

I Stamped the image and greeting with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the popies with the Faber-Castell markers.

The Hydrangea

I used Prisma color pencils to color this flower and used Copic blending solution to blend the colors. My inspiration for this card comes from "Coloring Techniques for Card Making", by Annie's Attic. (page 13) The artist of the card in this magazine is Asela Hopkins. I followed the design according to the directions; the only thing different that I did was to use paper that I had available and I used ribbon instead of rickrack and I omitted the pearls. I had lots of fun coloring the hydrangea and I plan on using this stamp more often.

This book shows you three of the most popular coloring techniques in card making: watercolors, colored pencils and alcohol-based ink markers. Plus, it contains lots of projects with step-by-step directions.

The stamps used are Hero Arts: Hydrangea K5376.

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CAS-ual Fridays CFC #12

When I first read about this weeks Cas-ual Fridays challenge, my reaction was to pass on this challenge. You see, I usually do not get along very well with rub-ons and stickers. In the past, every time I used a rub-on I had a very difficult time getting the rub-on off of the sheet they were on and putting them onto my project. So, I eventually stopped buying them. But, I stopped and thought about the challenge and decided to give the rub-on another chance. It turned out that I enjoyed making this card for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge.

The flower rub-ons are by Royal & Langnickel Brush Mfg. (I think that this set of rub-ons are discontiued; I could not find them on the web site. The sentiment rub-ons are by American Crafts--Mini Mail Phse Multi 43370. The sentiment rub-ons are here.

Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate the comments. Have a wonderful day.