You Paint My Heart Happy

Just popping in to share a clean and simple card that I made for 3 CAS challenges. I want to get it posted before the challenges end!

Cas-ual Fridays CFC86 - Long and Short

Cas(e)This Sketch

Less Is More -  Friends theme

My card is 3" x 5 1/2" so it's Long and Short!  For the sketch I stamped a heart from the Sweet Hearts set by Waltzingmouse 4 times in 4 bright Ranger Distress colors.  To help with placement of the hearts I measured and drew a line in pencil down the center of the card. The sentiment is from the Clearly Sentimental About Art set from MFT.

A clean and simple card doesn't always get done quickly -  I stamped this three different times!  The first time I didn't let the ink dry long enough and so the ink ran when I erased the pencil.  The second time I somehow got a smudge on the bottom of the card.  The third time was a charm and here it is!

Thanks for coming by today - we're expecting 5" of snow tonight.  Luckily I took tomorrow off so I won't have to get out into it early in the morning!

Stamps:  hearts from Sweet Hearts set by Waltzingmouse, sentiment from Clearly Sentimental About Art set by My Favorite Things.
Paper:  White - PTI
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Ink - Festive Berries, Peacock Feathers, Seedless Preserves, Chipped Sapphire

Scandinavian Christmas

Well, yes, I have a Christmas card to share today (!)  I'm participating in several year long Christmas challenges so I'll have plenty of cards when December rolls around.  And so that also means - you will be seeing a few Christmas cards on my blog each month!

This card was inspired by the inspiration picture over at this weeks Jingle Belles Challenge -  a box of lovely Scandinavian Christmas Ornaments.  I was inspired by the heart shapes, the red and white, the silver in the metallic heart and the Scandinavian or Nordic designs!

and my sketch is from the Waltzingmouse Christmas Challenge for January held in the Playroom of the WMS Forum.  Here's the sketch:

For my card I used, appropriately enough, stamps from the Nordic Winter set by Waltzingmouse.  I stamped the background stamp on a white panel, cut it with a Nestability heart die and sponged the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink.  I made the banner with Brushed Silver card stock from SU and a Ribbon Banner die from Spellbinders.  The smaller heart is a Marvy Uchida punch and the Good Jul is also from the Nordic Winter set. (it looks like this set is out of stock at the moment - you can also check out Claire's Nordic Spring)

And there you go -  a fairly clean and simple Christmas card.  I didn't layer anything up with foam dots to keep it flat for easy mailing that wouldn't require extra postage!

Kent and I will be couch potatoes Sunday afternoon and evening -  watching the two football games.  We live in Patriot's country so we're excited that they will be playing in one of the games!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Stamps:  Nordic Winter - Waltzingmouse
Paper:  White, Pure Poppy - PTI, Brushed Silver - Stampin'Up
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black and Lady Bug, Ranger Distress Antique Linen
Accessories:  Heart Nestabilities, ribbon banner Spellbinders, heart punch - Marvy Uchida

January Waltzingmouse Blog Party - My Heart is Yours!

Today I'm participating in the Waltzingmouse Blog Party - our parties are held the 17th of every month and anyone can join in!  Lynn announces the topic over on the Waltzingmouse Blog on the first of every month - so you have 16 days to get a card made.          This month the theme is Love!

 I made a Mini Blind card for my project today -  the tutorial is over on Split Coast  here.  I changed the design a little - adding window 'panes' and using a front and back panel as opposed to a folded card taped together.

This is the card with the 'blind' closed.  Before folding it - I stamped the leafy heart and sentiment 'my heart' from the WMS set My Heart on the patterned paper.

and when you pull the two ribbons at the top on both sides of the blind -  the blind opens and reveals what's outside!  Outside of my window is a tree with a heart on it that says -   is yours -  finishing the sentiment on front (My heart......  is yours)  How cute is this???!!!

I wanted to show you what my back panel looks like without the front panel over it so you could see how I made it.  I stamped a rectangle of Vintage Cream card stock with the WMS woodgrain background using Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink, then trimmed it to look like a tree trunk with a couple of branches. I sponged the edges with the same ink and layered it to a piece of Kraft core Core-dinations paper that I had sanded a little.  I laid my already completed front piece over the panel to help me place the tree and heart on the back panel.   I stamped the heart and sentiment  from My Heart on a scrap of Vintage Cream, cut out the heart, sponged the edges and adhered it to the tree.  The sponging really gave depth to the trunk!

Below, you see the back of my front panel -  you can see how I laid the little strips to make the window panes - just taping the ends to the edges and the thick foam tape I place on all 4 edges so when I layered it over the back panel it was lifted up a bit to give some space between the window and the tree. ( Not so pretty from 'back stage' huh??!!)

I know this probably looks tricky to make - but it is REALLY easy using the step by step tutorial on SCS.  And what an impressive little card it makes don't you think??!!

 

Now -  let's go over to the Waltzingmouse Blog where everyone attending the party has posted links to their creations!  Let's go share the LOVE!!!

Oh and big news!  Waltzingmouse Stamps are being featured on Cath's  Moxie Fab World today!! Be sure to check that out as well!   You could win both of the stamp sets I've used here (plus a few more!)

Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - My Heart, Woodgrain Backgrounder Set

Paper:  Vintage Cream, Scarlet Jewel - PTI, Kraft Core Core-dinations, DP Irresistible Love Dots and Sweet Hearts - My Minds Eye.

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Rhubarb Stalk, Ranger Distress Brushed Corduroy.

Accessories:  Scor Tape, foam tape, Scor Buddy, large rectangle Nestabilities, wrinkled seam tape - Prairie Bird Boutique Etsy Shop, Cropadile, scallop edge punch - SU

Wow - What a Ride!

My son is a biker - he eats sleeps motorcycles -  he even works at a motorcycle shop.  So - when I saw this great motorcycle stamp set by A Jillian Vance Design called Live to Ride - I bought it so I could make cards for him that he would like!

Have I made a card with it yet????  We know the answer to that right??  Yes - the answer is NO!

So - when I saw this week's CAS-logy cue card - Blue challenge

Somehow I made the connection that  I could make a biker card in blue!  I made it a side fold and the size is 3" x 5"

Clean and biker simple -  I just added 3 silver half pearls on the spokes and saddle bag, because you really have to have SOME silver on a bike right??!

Here's my son, Josh (he's 6'3"), with his fiance April on Christmas Day -  April is holding Mila - my niece Katies' new baby girl.  I wanted to post a pic of Josh on his bike - but I couldn't find any of the pics I have of him!! (my computer crashed recently and I have pics on disks all over the place!)

 Thanks for coming by today!

Stamps:  A Jillian Vance Design - Live to Ride
Paper:  White - PTI
Ink:  Momento Nautical Blue
Accessories:  silver half pearls - Michaels.

Thanks Snow Much

This simple little 'Thanks Snow Much' card was created for 3 challenges.

The Ways to Use it Challenge on Split Coast last week was to use snow.

The Inspiration Challenge was a lovely web site Layla Grace and I was inspired by the colors on these pretty drapes.

 and this week's CASology Cue Card is winter.

The pine tree and snowflakes stamps are from PTI - In the Meadow Set - the tree die is PTI and the Thanks Snow Much is from Winter Wishes from a jillian vance design. I popped the tree up on foam tape. My card is 4 1/4" x 4 1/4".

It's been quite unseasonably warm here in MA this weekend - high 40's maybe 50 although overcast and a little wet - not like winter at all, and we even saw a robin in our backyard yesterday (in January???!!!)  I don't think I have ever seen a robin back so early - they are one of the first harbingers of Spring here -  and we really haven't had any winter yet??!!

Are you watching all the football this weekend???     I'm rooting for the Patriots this afternoon!

Stamps:  In the Meadow - Papertrey Ink,  Winter Wishes - a jillian vance design
Paper:  white  - PTI
Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black and Desert Sand
Accessories:  tree die - In The Meadow - PTI, foam tape.

Yeah Baby!

I was inspired to make this card by two challenges.    My colors were inspired by the Runway Inspired Challenge - the white and blue in the dress - and the shadowy grey background

My theme was inspired by Cas-ual Fridays challenge - Round of Applause - CAS cards that celebrate an accomplishment and feature at least one circle.

My stamps are from the set Woot Woot by Cas-ual Fridays Stamps.  I stamped a piece of the line with circles stamp on a 3"x3" white panel coloring in the rims of the circles with a blue Copic and adding the celebratory "Yeah Baby!" above it.  I layered the white panel to the gray Bazzill card with foam tape. 

Although this card could be for celebrating all kinds of accomplishments with the sentiment on the front -  mine will be a birthday card based on what I stamped inside!  Stamps here also from the Woot Woot set.

Stamps:  Woot Woot - Cas-ual Friday's Stamps
Paper:  white - PTI, grey Bazzill
Ink::  Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories:  Copic - B24, foam tape.

Embossed and Thinking About You

I made this card for the Tuesday Tea Party over on Split Coast - this week it's all about flowers - and if we choose - our cards will be going to Sherry. (There is always a destination for the cards we make for the Tea Party).  It's the anniversary of her husband's passing from a tragic car accident so it's a hard time of year for her.

My card design was inspired by these garnet slippers from the MacKenzie-Childs web store from Saturday's Inspiration Challenge.

I started with a panel of  brushed gold card stock from SU. I stamped a background stamp from Victorian Fripperie with Versamark ink over the whole panel and embossed it black. I dyed some white lace black using Ranger Distress black soot re-inker for under the flower which is from Michaels (they come with the crystals already on them!). The leaf is from Roses in Bloom and the sentiment is from Fancy Phrases - all stamps are from Waltzingmouse.

Inside (not shown) I stamped Psalm 46:1 - God is our strength, an ever-present help in trouble. from the Beautiful Blessings set from Papertrey Ink.

I hope my card will bring pleasure to Sherry and that the Psalm verse will bring her comfort.

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - background stamp from Victorian Fripperie set, leaf from Roses in Bloom, Sentiment from Fancy Phrases
Paper: white, true black, simply chartreuse - PTI, Brushed gold - SU
Ink: Versifine Onyx Black, Versamark, black soot reinker Ranger Distress
Accessories: flower - Michaels, foam tape, scallop oval punch - SU, lace - Mark's Finest Papers, black embossing powder, hot gun, Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive