Going Postal

Today's card is for the CAS challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.

To create this card I started with a precut mini slim card base and a white panel. I stamped the envelopes with embossing in and embossed it with white powder. Next I ink blended rainbow colors and added a scalloped border. I stamped the deer, colored him with Copic markers and then cut him out with the coordinating die.

To finish the card I added a sentiment from the same set, embossed in white and fussy cut out. 

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It's sketch time again at Splitcoaststampers. Each week there is a new sketch challenge but you know what? there is no deadline! you can go all the way back to the beginning and play along. Here is the current sketch.

To create my card I started with a white top folding card base, I blended a little background of ink using Festive Berries and Worn Lipstick on the base. I used a heart die cut by Memory Box on a white panel cut down a quarter of an inch smaller than the base and placed it over the blended background. For the both o the panel I placed purple tape down and blended the ink is diagonals. To finish the card I added a sentiment by Pretty Pink Posh. 

AAA Cards Birthday Celebration

It's our fourth birthday celebration at AAA Cards and you get the prizes, lots of them, here is how you can win.

Be sure to leave comments on everyone's blog (I have a list below) to be able to win one of these fabulous prizes that are to be given away 

To create my card I used a a couple of stamp sets from one of our sponsors  (Visible Image) and some sequins by another one of our sponsors (Pretty Pink Posh) 

Åsa
Bharati

Ceal
Cheryl
Elaine
Jane

Ksenija
Lucie
Maaike
Melissa

Tracie

CAS-ual Fridays Meets Freshly Made Sketches

My weekend has been super busy and I am just now getting a chance to sit down and make a card for a friend who is having surgery in the next couple weeks.

To make my card I started with a white top folding A2 card base, some patterned paper a white panel and this cute floral set from CAS-ual Fridays. I cut the piece of patterned the same size as the card base and adhered it to the base, next I took the white panel also cut to the size of the base and used a border die from Pretty Pink Posh to create the stitched border. I stamped the flowers from the Pretty Posies set in archival ink on watercolor paper and watercolored them with Zig markers, I used the Posies Fri-dies to cut them out. to finish the card I added a little splatter and then popped up the posies on top of it. For the greeting I used the MISTI to make it curve along the curved border.

I am entering this one in a couple challenges 
CAS-ual Fridays Black/White plus One 

And

Freshly Made Sketches

It's a Beautiful Day

To be You!

Love this Beautiful Words set from Concord & 9th, along with many of their other products. Greg and Angie are super sweet and such a joy, have you watched the crafty chat over at Online Card Classes with them? they are so fun! 

Now for the deets on my card. This for a friend for her birthday and she loves Coastal Cabana, so do I, it was a sad day when Stampin Up retired Coastal Cabana, who is with me here. To make my I started with a Coastal Cabana card base and a white panel cut using a stitched die from MFT Stamps. I used Peerless watercolors to make the background behind the butterfly from the Floral & Flutter die set, and to paint a strip to cut out the word Beautiful from the Beautiful You dies.  To line up my stamping on each side of the die cut word beautiful, I used my MISTI of course, how did I ever do cards like this without it? To finish off the card I used some sequins from Pretty, Pink, Posh.

Because the world needs some kindness

Happy Thursday! Our world has so much hate in it today, we need a little more kindness. This card is for a grandmother I have never met, who is having to go into a nursing home and she just needs pick me up. She told my friend, after seeing that she had mailed out cards, I didn't think people did that anymore, so we are going to bombard her with some handmade kindness.  To make my card I started with a white A2 card base and a panel cut with the Silly Stitched die from Lil' Inkers, I stamped my floral image from the April my Monthly Hero kit from Hero Arts on a scrap piece of yardstick and colored it with Copic Markers RV55, RV63 and RV66 for the flower and YG03, YG41, YG45 and BG75 on the leaves. I added some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and silver thread to embellish but still be mailable.
Entering this one in the following challenges 
CAS Mix Up - July challenge  

CAS on Sunday - Sequins

 and 

Happy Little Stampers - Die Challenge

Beautiful Day

Quick card share today using a set  Reverse Confetti, Rose Garden and the Scollop Frame dies from Pretty Pink Posh. 

To make my card I stamped the large rose on watercolor paper and used Zig Clea Color markers to watercolor it, then cut out.  The smaller roses were masked off in oder to stamp the leaves. I added a few sequins from Pretty Pink Posh to finish it off.

I am entering this one in a couple challenges 

CAS on Sunday for their sparkle challenge

 Simon Says Wednesday challenge of Mask It

Heart of Gold

Happy Sunday! 

Today starts new game at AAA Cards and it's CAS Shaker.

 I love making shaker cards the easy way using the fuse tool, but since my move I really have no clue where it is at the moment so I used a cellophane envelope and some score tape for this one. 

I started with a cut stitched panel using the Silly Stitched mats from Lil Inker Designs, and then watercolored a very light wash on panel. I cut out the heart using the Heart of Gold die and then cut it out of gold foil as well. I placed the gold foil heart back in the negative space. and placed the packet of sequins from Pretty, Pink, Posh behind it. For the sentiment I used the Heart of Gold stamp.

A Cup of Kindness

Happy Thursday!

I was able to make another card for the Coffeeloving Cardmakers Spring blog hop. To make my card I used supply from 8 different companies, but they all came together nicely.

Here's a list

Femme Frames - Mama Elephant

Stitched Rectangles - Lil' Inker Designs

Perfectly Plaid design paper - Lawn Fawn

Punchinello Die - Neat & Tangled

Coffee on the Go Cup - Memory Box

Sentiment Coffee Helps - Verve

 and last but not least I used a stamp set from Stampin Up to stamp my coffee cup. The set is called Botanicals for You and is a free set that you can earn with a $50.00 order. Click the Stampin Up logo on my sidebar to be taken to my site where you can earn this gorgeous set through our Sale- A -Bration promotion. this promotion ends on March 31st so hurry 

I am also entering this one in the challenge at Simon Says Monday of 

Food or Drink

I heart You

Happy Wednesday!

This is actually yesterdays card for the 30 day coloring challenge at The Daily marker. It features some new goodies I have gotten since my move, when you can't find your supplies you have to buy more right? The image is a Pure Innocence stamp from My Favorite things and the frame is from Pretty, Pink, Posh. Those frames are perfect for shaker cards as well. 

I colored her up with Copic markers and paper pieced her shirt to match the background paper.

I am entering this one in the challenge at CAS on Sunday of Valentine

Expresso My Thanks

Another HYCCT card for the challenge "Hold onto your hope" use something that has a handle on your card. I am also entering this one in a few more challenges

CASology

Virginia's View Clean & Simple

And 

The Mod Squad

Supply Lists:

Stamp set: Be A Barista (Reverse Confetti)

Tag Die: Stitched Duo 1 (Pretty Pink Posh)

Embossing folder: Polka Dot (Stampin Up)

Hope You Can Cling To

Yesterday started a month long challenge that is dear to me Hope You Can Cling To on Splitcoast Stampers. It is where for the month of October you make cards for the challenges but at the end of the month you send your cards to breast cancer patients at M.D. Anderson in Texas. I lost my Mom to breast cancer when I was young, as well as some friends. There are lots of prizes to be had so please come play along. 

This one was made for Lydia's challenge "You Raise Me Up" using the Paper Tole technique, I raised my dogs snout and nose to make him look 3D.

I am also entering this one in the challenge at Addicted To CAS

*Warning you will be seeing a lot of Pink on my blog this month*

Supply List:

Stamp: Lawn Fawn (from my OCC class)

Tag Die: Stitched Dou 1 (Pretty Pink Posh)

Hello die:  (Mama Elephant)

Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Craft Haul

Last weekend was the Scrapbook Expo in Denver and  I came home with a nice craft haul. Heartfelt creations had a huge booth there so I grabbed up this new release to make some fall cards.  I also fell in love with Sparkle N Sprinkle glitters. Some of their glitters, like the one I used on my sunflowers are transparent, it gives your image a nice sparkle and you can still see the image through the glitter. You can also you their glitter on photographs!   I am entering this one in a few challenges   Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

 Sweet Sunday Sketch 

I am also entering this one in The Fusion Challenge of 

Sunflowers

Supply List:

Stamps used:

 Sunflower Bouquet (Heartfelt Creations)

 Woodgrain Background (Stampin Up)

Tag Die: Stitched Duo 1 (Pretty Pink Posh)

Copic Markers 

Sparkle N Sprinkle glitter