Wishing You Only The Best - Card

 Hello everyone,


I'm back with another card.  I recently got the Sending & Wishing stamps and dies and finally got a chance to play with them.

First I used the Simons Says Stamp stitched square dies to cut out both the front and inside panels.  and I popped them up with foam tape.

Then I used Picked Raspberry and Tattered Rose distress inks and with a mini blending tool applied those to the back panel.  To add interest I took the falling confetti stamp from the May 2015 SSCK and stamped it with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

I cut out the Wishing die three times and coloured the top layer with the Picked Raspberry distress ink and covered it with Wink of Stella.

I used a couple of Tim Holtz stencils and took some water as spritz it t ogive it some dimension.

I stamped a banner stamp from the May kit with Fog ink and the sentiment with the Slated ink.  I added some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and some natural twine from May Arts to finish off the card

That's my card for today.  Thanks for stopping by!

See you again soon.

Coralynn  :)

Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month MAY 2015 HAPPILY EVER AFTER ckMay15	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001	Simon Says Stamp STITCHED SQUARES Wafer Dies sssd111454 IN STITCHES	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY Ranger TDP40088
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad TATTERED ROSE Ranger TDP40224	Simon Says Clear Stamps SENDING AND WISHING sss101475 Better Together	Simon Says Dies and Stamps SCRIPT SENDING AND WISHING SetSSW174 Better Together	Tim Holtz Layering Stencil BURLAP THS007
Tim Holtz Layering Stencil DOT FADE THS006	Pretty Pink Posh 6MM SPARKLING CLEAR Cupped Sequins	4mm Springtime Sequins	Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye INK PADS Set 3 SHADES OF GRAY INK3GRAY
ZIG Glitter Wink Of Stella Brush - CLEAR	May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap

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Mother's Day Card

Hello everyone!

I'm back with a mother's day card.  I've shown a few on Instagram without posing them to my blog just because wasn't able to give the blog post the love it should have but I still wanted to share with you all.

I had a co-worker ask me to make her a couple cards for her but in French.  Since I don't have any French stamps I simply wrote in the French sentiment with is "Happy Mother's Day".  

I was inspired by a card that Laura Bassen made a while back when the HexChart came out and I wanted to give it a try.

I used the Simon Says Stamp Watercolour Friendly Flowers stamp set which is a set that I have wanted for a while and finally put in my cart.  I used my copics to colour these and I referred to the HexChart that Sandy Allnock created and you can find it over on her blog.  It is a great visual to help you find colours that go well together.

I used glossy accents for the centre of the flowers, though you can't see it in the pictures.  I finished it off with Crystal Clear 6mm sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon.

Coralynn   :)

#100HAPPYDAYS

Hi everyone,

I here with another card from the Coffee First and the Arrows background stamp sets from Create a Smile.  I love this set.  I Love that they have large and small coffee cups and a few other little elements to make your card fun.

I used a few sets on this card.  First obviously was the coffee set and since this is how I feel about my morning coffee I thought I would have the adorable hamster from Lawn Fawn dive in to this one.

I used the Create a Smile "Arrow Stamp" set and used Hero Arts Soft Vanilla, Butter Bar and Pumpkin Pie inks to give the background an ombre look.  

I thought it needed something else in the top corner so I used the die from the SSS Happy Bubble set and cut it out of some shimmer paper from a SSS card kit.  I used a stitched rectangle die to cut out the back panel and added the same patterned paper as the little speak bubble. 

I hand cut a piece of vellum and added that to the background panel to defuse the arrows.  I used one of the coffee cups  from the Coffee First set and stamped it in Memento Onyx black ink twice.  I coloured it in with my copics and some Wink of Stella and cut out just the waves and popped that up onto the other cup I stamped to give it dimension.  I added a little enamel heart that matched the colour for interest.  I used another piece of patterned paper to stamp out the #100happydays sentiment from the Happy Everything set Mama Elephant and added the banner ends and added a couple more enamel dots from Doodlebug. 

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!

Coralynn  :)

BRI Mood Board and National Scrapbook Day - May 2, 2015

Hello everyone!

Today is National Scrapbook Day and even though this is a card and not a layout I think it's still great to celebrate.

Vanessa over at Butterfly Reflections Ink shop is doing a few things today and I am playing along with the Mood Board.  Hope to see what you create for National Scrapbook Day and head over the the blog post and link up your project.

Amanda over at BRI creates the most amazing mood boards.
         

Here is my card.

I don't know about you but I always start with an idea but it doesn't always turn into a card right away.  Sometimes not at all but I do like to go through my stash of unfinished goodness and see what I can incorporate.

Well today it was the Scripty Love die cut from Lawn Fawn.  I had a gold Gelato on my desk one day and I coloured some water colour card stock and cut this out but it never made it onto a card until now.

I love these colours together.  I used Hero Arts Fresh Peach, Soft Vanilla and Butter Bar and used an ink blending tool to blend those into the card panel.  I used my nesting circle dies to cut out the top panel and popped it up on foam tape.  I then used the Paper Smooches Fancy Frames Icon Dies and cut it out of patterned paper from a monthly card kit.  I cut out a couple more frames out of white card stock just to make it sturdy and popped that up as well.  

Then to finish it off I use the Fresh Peach ink and coloured some card stock and used the Baby Bow die from Paper Smooches and made a little bow and added a Doodlebug white sprinkles and clear sequins.

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Scripty Love die - BRI 

Paper Smooches Fancy Frames Icon Dies 

Paper Smooches Baby Bow Die - BRI

Hero Arts Ink - Fresh Peach, Soft Vanilla & Butter Bar - BRI

Don't forget to hop over to the BRI shop for a 20% Discount today only.  

Just use code NSD2015.
There are also prizes to be won!

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon!

Coralynn  :)

Happy Retirement - Card

Hello everyone!

Today I'm back with a card I made for a lady at work who is retiring in a few days.

I used a ton of different products for my card.  First I used the Mama Elephant Peek a Frame window die, and this had one side that only scores and creates a score line to have the window swing open.  I the cut out the panel with the stitched rectangle that comes in the same ME die set.

I used Salty Ocean distress ink to colour the sky on the card base and used the cloud die out of the Mama Elephant Landscape Trio die set and glued that to the card base.

I used the Pretty Pink Posh picket fence die and added that to the background for some interest.  I used Seedless preserve and Evergreen Bough distress inks on a piece of water colour paper and cut out the butterflies using the Paper Smooches Butterfly Duet dies.  I just love these.

I then used the Cracked Pistachio distress ink on some regular card stock and cut out the word HAPPY with the MFT Emmit Alphabet dies.   To finish of the card I used some Pretty Pink Posh 4 & 6 mm marshmallow sequins and some Doodlebug sprinkles enamel dots and Chickiniddy enamel hearts that came in a Simson Card kit a while back.

Supplies:

Mama Elephant - Peek a Frame Creative Cuts - SSS & ME

Mama Elephant - Landscape Trio Dies - SSS & ME

Pretty Pink Posh - Picket Fence Die - PPP & SSS

Pretty Pink Posh 4mm & 6mm Marshmallow sequins - PPP

MFT - Emmit Alphabet Dies - BRI & SSS

Paper Smooches Butterfly Duet Dies - PS & SSS 

Let's have some COFFEE!!!

Hello everyone,

I finally got my hands on a couple of stamps sets from Create a Smile Stamps.  Butterfly Reflections Ink is the first US store to carry the brand and I'm super excited because that's where I got mine!!

This is the first card I did with the set.

I made a square card and I used the SSS stitched squares dies to cut out the frame.  I popped it up on foam tape but I decided not to make a shaker card this time, though this would make a great one.

I used the coffee bean from Lawn Fawn's Love you a latte and the moustache from the Create a Smile  Coffee First set and stamped it with Fog ink.  I then took the heart stamp from the CAS set and stamped that in Schoolhouse ink.

I stamped the sentiment in SSS white pigment ink on a piece of scrap red card stock and used the flag die Lawn Fawn Stitched journaling dies to cut it out nice and straight.

I then used my copics to colour in the coffee cup and covered the whole thing with glossy accents.  

I stamped the Coffee in Memento Onyx black ink and fussy cut it out to give it some interest.  I also popped that up on foam tape as well.

Supplies:
Copics used:  BG13, BG23, BG75, R20 & R29 (Michaels)
Coffee First (Create a Smile) - Butterfly Reflections Ink
Love you a Latte (Lawn Fawn) - Simon Says Stamp
Stitched journaling dies (Lawn Fawn) - Simon Says Stamp
Square stitched dies - Simon Says Stamp
Fog, Schoolhouse  & White inks (Simon Says Stamp) - SSS



Thanks so much for stopping by, see you again soon!!

Coralynn  :)

With Heartfelt Sympathy

Hello everyone,

I really liked the colour combination from the Fusion Card Challenge for this week so I thought I would do up a card and video.  I have the Paper Smooches Graceful Butterflies and I wanted to try out my new Ranger Blue Ribbon dye ink.  I do have to say that I'm not sure about the formulation of this ink for solid stamping as I didn't fin that it covered that well with this particular stamp but this was the first time I used it.  I do love the colour and will try different things with it.  I know May Flaum did a review of a few colours, click here for it and they do seam like they will be fun to use in mixed media.

Here is my video.  Hope you like it.  If you do, let me know by giving me a thumbs up and subscribe!  

Supplies:
Graceful Butterflies - SSS
Hero Arts Pale Tomato Ink - SSS
Ranger Blue Ribbon dye ink - SSS
Versafine Onyx Black ink - Michaels

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon.

Coralynn :)

Hello Birthday

Hello everyone!

I'm back with another birthday card.  This is the occasion that I use the most and I think most of us do.  I put this set from The Alley Way Stamps on my desk and the whale kept looking at me just wanting me to make a card with him.


So I did, and here it is!

I used the TAWS Sea Mates and stamped out the whale with Memento Onyx black ink and coloured him in with copics.  I used the Wink of Stella glitter pen to add some sparkle.

I cut out the back panel from a MME 6x6 paper pad and used Evergreen Bough distress ink and went around the edges to make it pop a bit.  I used the MFT Stitched diagonal rectangles for the second panel and stamped the sentiment in Memento as well.   I took the little bubble stamp from the WPlus9 Bubble Talk and used it to create a background on the Lawn Fawn Scalloped circles die cut and I used Hero Arts Tide Pool ink.  I also used the Tide Pool for the little squirt on top of the whale.

I took the stitched circle die from the Stitched Banner die set and cut out the circle as well as the wave from the same patterned paper as the first panel and I used the same distress too. 

And once again, I used the Marshmallow 4mm & 6mm sequins to finish off the card.  I hoarded those sequins for so long I had to finally start using them.  

Supplies:

WPlus9 Bubble Talk stamp set- Butterfly Reflections Ink

Sea Mates Stamps - The Alley Way Stamps

Marshmallow 4mm & 6mm Sequins - PPP

MFT Stitched Diagonal Rectangles  Dies- SSS

Lawn Fawn Scalloped Circles - SSS

Lawn Fawn Stitched Banner Die - SSS

Happy Bubble stamp set- SSS

Hero Arts Tide Pook ink - SSS

MME Cut & Paste Flair - Home Sense

Oh, and I did make a video for this card and if all goes well I should have it up soon.  :)

Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon.

Coralynn  :)

Lawnscaping Challenge #103 - Dimension

Hello everyone!

I'm here today to share a card for the latest Lawnscaping Challenge and it's all about dimension.

I decided to finally use my Film strip die from Pretty Pink Posh and if you look closely you'll also see the new Picket Fence die as well.  When I was putting the card together it looked to white so I took my SSS Khaki ink and rubbed the pad along the die cut to make woodgrain marks so it looked more realistic.  I cut several film strips to give dimension to the card and as usual I end up getting ink where it shouldn't be so I cut out another one and added it to the top.  Another epic save!  Whoot whoot!

                                      

I absolutely love the Lawn Fawn's Gleeful Garden and I can't get enough of those mushrooms!  I covered the much room, flower buds and sunflower with Wink of Stella clear glitter pen and then with glossy accents to give it more depth.  

I coloured a scrap piece of card stock with a couple of red Copics and then used the Lawn Fawn's Happy Birthday Border die and cut it out.  I finished the card off with some Pretty Pink Posh and Lawn Fawn sequins

Supplies:
Lawn Fawn Gleeful Gardens stamps and die - Butterfly Reflections Ink
Lawn Fawn Happy Birthday Border die - SSS
Khaki ink - SSS
Stitched Film Strip die - Pretty Pink Posh
Picket Fence die - Pretty Pink Posh
Marshmallow 4mm & 6mm sequins - Pretty Pink Posh

Copics:
R20, R22, R35 - Mushroom, flower bud, sentiment die cut
YG93, YG95 - greenery
Y13, Y17, Y19 - Sunflower, flower bud
E23, E25 - sunflower centre




Thanks so much or stopping by, see you again soon!!

Coralynn :)

Thanks - Card

Hello everyone,

Today I have a card that will hopefully brighten your day!

I started out with the Stitched Duo 3 dies and cut this out before I cut apart the inside squares so that I would have them exactly centred.  I used the Dear Lizzy 6x6 patterned paper for the base, this is such a pretty paper pad.

Then I used the Picket Fence die in the background as well as the Grassy Borders die and cut that out from the green polka dots in the Let's Polka, mon amie 6x6 petite paper pack.   The background sky is from the Pint-sized patterns 12x12 paper pack.  

The sequins are the 4mm & 6mm Spring Mix as well as the new little flowers.  I coloured in the mushrooms with my copics and used Wink of Stella to add some shimmer though you can't see it in the pictures.  I cut out some clouds using the Spring Showers dies out of white card stock and added them to the background.  I stamped the sentiment out of Memento Onyx and it actually said "many thanks" but I did some selective stamping and left out the many.

I used the some ribbon from my stash and added a bow to the top.  I then added on a paper clip that I made with the same ribbon and thought the recipient could used it for either in a favourite book or in a planner.


Supplies:

Stitched Duo 3 dies - Pretty Pink Posh
Spring Mix - Pretty Pink Posh
Spring Flowers - Pretty Pink Posh
Picket Fence - Pretty Pink Posh
Lawn Fawn's Gleeful Garden - Butterfly Reflections Ink
Pint-sized Patterned Paper 6x6 - Butterfly Reflections Ink
Let's Polka, mon amie 6x6 paper pack - Butterfly Reflections Ink
Lawn Fawn's Grassy Borders dies - SSS
Clearly Besotted, Sentiment Type - SSS
Lawn Fawn Spring Showers - SSS 


Thanks so much for stopping by.  See you again soon!!

Coralynn  :)

Hello - Sorry you're having a ruff day!

 Hello everyone!

I'm back with another card.

I love this set from My Favorite Things.  We are both dog and cat lovers so when these sets came out I just have to have them.  But I had to pace myself so I picked up the "You make my tail wag" that I picked up from Butterfly Reflections Ink first, then I'll pick up the kitty one in my next haul.


I started out with some 110# white card stock and I used the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Duo 3 dies but instead of the squares,  I used a circle die from SSS as I wanted to have the stitching around the negative part as well.  So I went ahead and cut those out and then I used the Lawn Fawn Interlocking backdrops stamps and with the chevrons in with Fog ink for some interest.

I then took the small Hello die and cut that out of grey card stock about four times to give it some dimension and glued that one with Tombow Mono and let it hang off the circle just a bit.

I cut and stamped the puppy and coloured him with my copics, E23 & E25 and used a bit of C1 to colour in the white parts along with N4, N6 & N8 for his nose.   I took a piece of Amarican Crafts black twine, Marshmallow sequins and black enamel dots along with some black shimmer mist from Tattered Angel.

On the inside I added the rest of the puppy and grounded him with some C3 and 0.  I have to say that I am not great at grounding my images, but I know I'll get is with a bit more practice.  I stamped the sentiment with Memento Tuxedo black ink and called it done.

Supplies:

Card stock, copics, twine, Tombow Mono, Shimmer mist, Memento ink - Michaels

You make my tail wag, stamps and dies - Butterfly Reflections Ink

SSS card stock

SSS Fog ink

Small Hello die, 

Doodlebug Sprinkles

Stitched Circle dies 

Stitched Due 3 dies - PPP

Marshmallow 6 mm sequins - Pretty Pink Posh.

Happy Thoughts

Hello everyone!

I'm here today with a card for the Sparkle and Shine Challenge Three.  The theme for this challenge is a photo source and here it is.

I was inspired by the colour palette the most.  Those colours make me smile as I remember that spring is really just around the corner!  Even thought we got another 10 cm of snow last night!  *sigh*

I used distress inks and added them to the card with a blending tool and a piece of acetate that I cut out a curve shape.  

I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched rectangle dies and cut out both the white and burgundy panels.  I popped the first panel with foam tape.  I took the Mama Elephant "Happy" die and cut out a piece of SSS slate card stock, even though it looks black in the picture.  I stamped the "thoughts" sentiment with Versafine onyx black ink.  

To finish off the card I took the Spring mix sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and glued them on with multi matte medium and took my Wink of Stella glitter pen and added some glitter to the die cut. 

Supplies:

Pretty Pink Posh Spring Mix Sequins - PPP

ME - Happy Everything  SSS

Distress inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Festive Berries and Cracked Pistatio SSS

Lawn Fawn Stitched rectangles SSS 

Versafine Onyx Black Ink  - Michaels

Thanks for stopping by.  See you again soon!  Hugs!

Coralynn  :)

Light It Up Blue For Autism Awareness Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to the Light It Up Blue For Autism Awareness Blog!

When the invite came through to join this hop I jumped at the chance to spread the word about Autism.  A dear friend's niece has autism and I feel that not enough is known.

We have so many fantastic sponsors that have shown their support for Autism Awareness and you can see the complete list on Veronica's blog.  Click the link below.

So Many Stamps So Little Time

                                

If you would like a chance to win a prize from one of these fabulous companies leave a comment on this blog, and any or all of the other blogs participating in today's hop! Winners will be chosen at random and will be announced on Monday April 6. Now here is the card I created for today's hop!

 
The theme for this hop is BLUE, so here is my card. 

I cut out the panel with the MFT In & Out diagonal rectangle dies. I used translucent embossing paste and I mixed it with the Broken China distress ink.  I then spread it over the stencil and I think it turned out better than I was expecting.  I love when that happens!

While I waited for that to dry I die cut the sentiment three times out of white card stock and glued them together to make it more dimensional.  I also took the rectangle die from the Married set and cut out a piece of grey card stock from my stash and out of a piece of vellum as well.  I off set them to give it more interest then finished off the card with some Lawn Fawn and Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

Don't forget to leave a message on this blog as well as all the other blogs for a chance to win some pretty AWESOME prizes from some great sponsors, such as Butterfly Reflections Ink, Winnie & Walter, Simon Says Stamp, Reverse Confetti and SO MANY more!  

Be sure to head over to Veronica's blog to see the ginormous list of all the sponsors as well as all the participants who are hopping along to support Autism awareness.

Supplies:

Memory Box stencil: Modern Fancy Flowers stencil - SSS

Married Stamp set & dies - SSS

Translucent embossing paste, Dreamweaver - SSS

Broken China distress ink - SSS

Sequins, white pale blue - Pretty Pink Posh

Sequins, bright blue - Lawn Fawn (SSS)

MFT - In & Out Diagonal Stitched rectangle stack dies - SSS

Card stock - Michaels

Thanks for stopping by.

See you again soon!

Coralynn  :)

Wish Big!

Hello everyone!!

I posted this on my Instagram account a while back but thought I share it today as I am not in my craft room much this week.

I have a bookmark that I did up with the new Avery Elle Bookmark dies.  

I die cut one end and then turned the die around, extended the die and ran it through my Big Shot again.  By doing this it gave me matching ends.   I then scored and folded in half.  

I used the Gleeful Gardens stamp set from Lawn Fawn and stamped it with Ranger Archival ink along with the sentiment which is from the Avery Elle Storybook set.   I coloured in the images with distress inks (festive berries, fired brink, crushed olive, forest moss & walnut stain) and used Ranger enamel accents to fill in the spot on the mushroom and a white Gelly roll pen for the tiny dots.

I then glued down magnets with glossy accents.  I used one of those magnetic picture holders you get at the dollar store and cut it up.  They work great as they aren't so weak that the bookmark doesn't do the job and they aren't so strong that they rip the pages.

I then used some Lawn Fawn silver lawn trimmings and added it through the end.  And voila!  

Thanks for stopping by!

See you again soon.

Coralynn  :)

Happy Birthday!

Hi everyone!

Well I have to say this post is bitter sweet for me as it's my last one for the Jan-Mar DT term is now coming to an end.  But you haven't seen the last of me!

With that, here is my card.

I used the WPlus9 Sunshine Layers dies for the panels.  The inside panel is from MME  and I used the 3x4 die in this set and the pink panel is regular card stock and I used the scalloped die.

I used a piece of scrap card stock and from WPlus9 More Fresh Cuts I stamped the Happy birthday sentiment in Versamark and heat embossed it with Hero Arts white embossing powder.  I also used the Scribbles MFT dies and cut them out vellum.  In the corners of the card base I used the corner stamp from the LF Blissful Botanicals which is an oldie but a goodie and I used Hero Art soft pool ink just to give it a bit of interest.  I finished off the card with a few sequins.  

I'm the type that I keep my newest goodies on my desk in a basket but to me as soon as they go in their storage pockets, it's like they aren't new anymore.  So just to make it easier to get in and out of the packaging here is what I do. 

I take my scissors and I cut the tops off the packaging.  So I can take the stamp set out the top and I don't have to deal with the sticky strip that keeps the bottom closed.  I normally end up getting that stuck to the stamps as I'm trying to get it back into the packaging. 

Nothing fancy but it makes for faster crafting!!

Don't forget to stop by the BRI shop as there is so much awesomeness going on, it's hard not to put everything in my cart and check out!!!!  

Thanks for stopping by!

Coralynn  :)