Concord & 9th – Page 26

October 9, 2016October 8, 2016

Sweet Pineapple Thanks

We had a very rainy and humid end to the day here yesterday. The Stamp, Ink, Paper Store was fun as always! I do enjoy spending time with the ladies at the crop. Pat and I had some fun with heat embossing on chipboard, wood veneer and MDF! She made a beautiful layout with some Blue Fern Papers and Embellishments. I did have to run to the Post Office to drop off a few packages and on my way back I stopped at DSW. I needed a new pair of sneakers and I had a $20 off coupon. I always look on the clearance rack first and there was a pair of Frye sneakers. I knew that they made boots, very expensive boots but apparently they also make expensive sneakers! They were $228!! After the markdown and 70% off and my $20 off coupon I got them for $29!! Woo hoo! I do love a bargain and that was a serious one! They are really nice navy blue suede an leather with a hint of brown. When I got home I had Chinese with my Parent’s, it has become a Sunday tradition and I love it. After that I went with Anthony and Bill to get Anthony a new iPhone. They didn’t have the 7Plus and won’t until late November so Ant got the 7. I personally would have waited but he has even less patience than me! Once I got home I chatted with Andrea for a bit and then a little down time before bed. This morning I’m off to Manhattan with Heather to drop her brother off at Comic-Con and then I’m going to stop by and see my friends Jim and Diane. Should be a fun day! Oh, and for a little added bonus I’ll be back later on today at 11:00am with the new challenge post for the Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th Blog so be sure and come back for that! 😀

I started working on this card at the store and finished it when I got home. Apparently it’s stamped background weekend! LOL! My card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. All of the images and greetings are from the Concord & 9th Pop Art Pineapple Photopolymer Stamp Set. I stamped the flower in Hero Arts Soft Purple and the You’re Sweet in Fresh Peach onto some Solar White 80lb. I used my Grid Mat to line up the images as I stamped them.The pineapple base is stamped in Dandelion Hybrid and Soft Brown with the crown stamped in Green Apple Hybrid. My greeting is stamped in Soft Brown with the banner stamped in Green Apple Hybrid and they are all cut out with the Coordinating Dies. I also die cut a panel of 36lb Vellum with the Lawn Fawn Cross Stitched Rectangle Stackables Lawn Cuts. The images and greeting are adhered to the Vellum with 3D Foam Squares and then adhesive is added behind them and the panel is adhered to the card. A scattering of Pretty Pink Posh Wisteria, Lemon Drop and Sand Sequins completes the card! I really am enjoying the stamped backgrounds, can you tell?! I hope that you like this morning’s card! I thank you for visiting today and don’t forget to come back at 11:00am for my Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th Design Team Post! Enjoy your morning and I’ll see you in again a little while! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: Pop Art Pineapple Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

Ink: Soft Purple, Fresh Peach, Soft Brown, Green Apple Hybrid and Dandelion Hybrid (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah)

Specialty: 36lb Vellum (The Paper Cut)

Dies: Pop Art Pineapple (Concord & 9th) and Cross Stitched Rectangle Stackables Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

Embellishments: Wisteria, Lemon Drop and Sand Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby), 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives) and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Artisan X-plorer (Spellbinders) and Crystal Katana

October 1, 2016October 1, 2016

Freshly Made Sketches 256

Yay for Saturday! It’s also World Card Making Day! I really should be at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store but I’m off to Manhattan to attend the Mama Elephant 4th Anniversary Party! I had so much fun there last year I just had to go again! Sandy is going with me and we are going to have a little lunch before the event! Renee is celebrating International Coffee Day at the Store, not be confused with National Coffee Day which was Thursday. I was only in the Store for a 1/2 day yesterday. I had to go to the Post Office and then I stopped at Heather’s and had a late lunch with her. We ran a few errands and then I came home and crafted for a bit. I also did a little laundry, something that I have to try and fit in instead of on my usual Sunday. Will any of you be in the city today? It’s also my Mum’s Birthday today! Happy Birthday Mum!!

One of the cards that I made last night is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge…

I wanted a very clean card with only heat embossing, here’s what I came up with! My card base is Ivory 110lb Card Stock. I covered the front in a piece of Champagne Curious Metallic. On another piece of Ivory 110lb I flagged the bottom and then heat embossed the solid part of the flower from the Concord & 9th You Are Enough Photopolymer Stamp Set in Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder. Next I heat embossed the outline in Hero Arts Copper Embossing Powder and then the greeting again in Gold. The flagged piece is then adhered to the card with Fun Foam and E-Z Runner. A sprinkling of Gold and Rose Gold Pretty Pink Posh Sequins completes the card! Like I said very clean and only heat embossed! I love the way the flower looks in both the gold and copper! I hope that you like my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches Challenge! Thank you so much for spending a little of your Saturday with me! Have an amazing day! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: You Are Enough Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Gold and Copper (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Ivory 110lb (Recollections)

Specialty Card: Champagne Curious Metallic (The Paper Cut)

Embellishments: Gold and Rose Gold Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby) and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Heat Tool (Hero Arts) and Fun Foam

September 19, 2016September 18, 2016

Mojo Monday 466

The sun barely peeked it’s head out today, it was a little muggy too. I got some more of my tasks accomplished at The Stamp, Ink, Paper Store yesterday. Angie worked on her layouts and Renee on her card for her all occasions class. After work I had dinner with my Parent’s and then just watched some TV. I think that I have seen the end of Jurassic World about 26 times! LOL! Today I need to get my newsletter finished and ready to go out tomorrow and I have a ton of projects to finish. I want to try and get ahead! 😀

I do have one more Birthday card to share with you today! It’s from my friend Carolyn in Australia! I love the card, so clever and they are my favorite colors too!

The front!

The inside! Isn’t that so cool?! Thanks Carolyn!! 🙂

The start of the week means a new Mojo Monday sketch…

I had to have a little play with the new Concord & 9th Lace Leaf Stamp Set! My card base is Neenah Solar White 11olb Card Stock. I heat embossed the leaf from the set in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder onto some Solar White 80lb and then used my Mini Ink Blending Tool and Hero Arts Soft Purple, Rust and Deep Burgundy Inks to create an emboss-resist. The background is adhered to the card with Fun Foam and E-Z Runner. My panel on the left is also ink blended with Soft Purple and adhered with more Fun Foam and E-Z Runner. A strip of Gold Mirror Card and Candied Yam are flagged and adhered on top of that with 3D Foam Squares. The panel on the right is heat embossed again with White Embossing Powder onto Vellum and adhered to the card with Kool-Tak Clear Foam Tape. I die cut my greeting from more Gold Mirror Card and a piece of Solar White 110lb with the Concord & 9th Grateful Leaf Dies. They are adhered to each other with Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive and to the card with Multi-Matte Medium. Sequins, why yes! Some Pretty Pink Posh Gold and Tangerine Sequins complete the card! I LOVE that leaf! So detailed and the Hero Arts Inks blended so nicely, especially the Soft Purple on the panel! I hope that you enjoyed my Design Team card for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge! Check out the rest of the Team’s inspiration over on the BLOG and let’s see your card in the gallery! Thank you for beginning another week with me! Have a marvelous Monday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: Lace Leaf Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

Ink: Soft Purple, Rust and Deep Burgundy (Hero Arts)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah) and Candied Yam (My Colors)

Specialty: Gold Mirror Card and 48lb Vellum (The Paper Cut)

Dies: Grateful Leaf (Concord & 9th)

Embellishments: Gold and Tangerine Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby), Multi-Purpose Spray (Elmer’s), Kool-Tak Clear Foam and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Artisan X-plorer (Spellbinders), Heat Tool (Hero Arts), Crystal Katana and Fun Foam

September 18, 2016September 17, 2016

Barnwood Pinecones Grateful

So, I finally have gotten caught up on most of the things that I had pending! Yay! The Stamp, Ink, Paper Store was fun, but then again it always is! Renee, Angie and I laughed a lot today, what better way to spend a Saturday?! I had Chinese with my Parent’s for dinner, I missed them! After that it was crafty time! I finished the card that I started at the Store today and then made my card for today! I also got some of my card that you lovely people sent to photographed and today I can share them with you! So here are a few of the masterpieces that I received…

From Sue! Now that’s a shaker!

From Grace! Feels just like I’m in Maine!

From Sandy! Simple and fun!

From Lynn! Delicious!

From Ebony! The shaker sequins hide behind the grass!

From Renee! Umm… wait, I made that one!

From Shannon! Love the card and she gives the best hugs!

I’ll have one more to share with you tomorrow. It came from the furthest away and it’s really cool! 😀

Now on to my little card that I have to share with you today! I have avoided Simon Says Stamp’s Stamptember, honestly I haven’t been wowed by much! Phew! But I had to get the Concord & 9th Collaboration Set and that’s what I used on my card! The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I stamped a piece of Solar White 80lb with the Concord & 9th Barnwood Background Stamp (one of the best woodgrain backgrounds I have ever seen, and you know how I love a little woodgrain!) in Altenew Evening Gray Crisp Ink. It’s mounted to the card with Fun Foam and E-Z Runner. My two pinecones are form the Collaboration Set, all three layers are stamped in Dark Chocolate Crisp Ink. The first layer once, the outline twice and the shadow twice. The are cut out with the Coordinating Die and adhered to the card with E-Z Runner and Foam Tape. My greeting is from the same set and is heat embossed in Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder onto a piece of Cherry Cobbler. I adhered it to the card with more Foam Tape and added some Pretty Pink Posh Platinum, Rose Gold and Sparkling Clear Sequins to give it a little sparkle! I love that stamp and like I said the Barnwood Background is life changing! LOL! I hope that you enjoyed my card and all of the awesome cards that I got for my Birthday! Thank you so much for sharing some of your day with me! Have a spectacular Sunday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Sets: Barnwood Background Photopolymer (Concord & 9th) and Cozy Christmas Photopolymer (Concord & 9th/Simon Says Stamp Stamptember)

Ink: Dark Chocolate and Evening Gray Crisp Ink (Altenew)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Liquid Platinum (Ranger)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah) and Cherry Cobbler (Stampin’ Up!)

Embellishments: Platinum, Rose Gold and Sparkling Clear Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby), 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Platinum Machine (Spellbinders), Heat Tool (Hero Arts) and Fun Foam

September 16, 2016September 16, 2016

Fab Friday 96

It was so cold here last night! Down to 65!! It’s too early for that! LOL! The day was nice and sunny and warm! Card Class at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store was great! I even got a card made in between classes and worked on some ideas for upcoming classes! Andrew and Kayleigh came and they got me two awesome birthday cards and a gift card to the Apple Store! My friend Ebony gave me an amazing shaker card too! I’m going to post some of the Birthday cards that I received over the weekend! I meant to do it this week but things just got busy! Second day of Card Class today and I have to somehow find a way to get my Parent’s from the airport tonight. They are having a great time and my Mum even said that she can believe that they come home already. I’m so happy that they went away and got to really enjoy themselves!

Well, as luck would have it it’s a Fab Friday and this tome we have some colors for you…

Today is my last day of the challenge that Linda came up with, five days with one stamp and die set! I really did have fun doing it and I love the set! My card for today begins with a base of Ivory 110lb Card Stock. I stamped the wheat image from the Concord and 9th Give Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set in Hero Arts Soft Vanilla right on the card front. My tag is cut out of more Ivory 110lb using the Hero Arts Infinity Tags Dies. I wanted the reinforcement to be green so I used my Mini Ink Blending Tool and some Hero Arts Emerald Green Ink to color the card stock. I stamped the wheat again in Hero Arts Mustard Ink and then added the detail layer with more Emerald Green. The sentiment is from the same set and is heat Embossed in Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder onto a piece of 48lb Vellum that is then adhered around the back of the tag. Tied through the top of the tag is a long piece of May Arts Natural Twine. I adhered the tag to the card with Fun Foam and E-Z Runner. Then added a few Pretty Pink Posh Gold and Sparkling Clear Sequins to give the card a little more shine! I wasn’t too sure about the colors but after I made the card I really do like them together! I hope that you enjoyed my Design Team card for the Fab Friday Color Challenge! Stop by the BLOG and check out the rest of the Designer’s cards and enter yours into the gallery! Thanks for spending a little of your Friday with me! Have a fantastic day! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: Give Thanks Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

Ink: Soft Vanilla, Mustard and Emerald Green (Hero Arts)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Gold (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Ivory 110lb (Recollections)

Dies: Infinity Tags (Hero Arts)

Embellishments: Gold and Sparkling Clear Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby) and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Artisan X-plorer (Spellbinders), Heat Tool (Hero Arts) and Fun Foam

September 15, 2016September 15, 2016

Paper Players 312

We had a nice little storm that passed through yesterday evening here. It started out nice and sunny and then out of nowhere, heavy rain and in about an hour it was finished. Saved me from having to water my Parent’s lawn! My day at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store was nice and productive. I managed to get two cards made! Sue came up around 1:00 and helped me cut for Card Class. We had that finished pretty quickly! After work I drove over to Heather’s in that lovely heavy rain. It’s funny because in the convertible it sounds like you are under an umbrella! I picked up Heather, we stopped at my house so I could drop off my bags and let Winston out and then we ran to BJ’s. From there it was back to her house where she made me a nice salad for dinner. We then sat outside and enjoyed the evening. Today is the first day of the Lawn Fawn Card Class for this month! Can’t wait to see all of the peeps making the cards!

One of the cards that I made at the Store yesterday is for this week’s Paper Players challenge…

Today is day for of my friend Linda’s challenge, one more day to go! My card base is Ivory 110lb Card Stock. I used the Concord & 9th Layering Leaves Dies to cut out some more Ivory 110lb. They are colored with Hero Arts Just Rust, Mustard and Green Hills using my Mini Ink Blending Tool. I adhered them to the card in a circle using Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive. A cluster of three is adhered in the upper right and a May Arts Natural Twine Bow that Renee tied for me is adhered to the cluster with Multi-Matte Medium. I then adhered the cluster to the card with a 3D Foam Square. My greeting is from the Concord & 9th Give Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set. I heat embossed it in Hero Arts Copper Embossing Powder and used my Scissors to cut it out. More 3D Foam Squares adhere it to the card. It wouldn’t be a card of mine without a few Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, today some Rose Gold ones! I love the nice color variation that you get from adding the ink to the card stock after you die cut it and I think the thanks looks so cool cut out and popped up! I hope that you enjoy my card for this week’s Paper Players Color Challenge! Thank you for stopping but to see me today! Have an awesome Thursday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: Give Thanks Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

Ink: Just Rust, Mustard and Green Hills (Hero Arts)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Copper (Hero Arts)

Dies: Layering Leaves (Concord & 9th)

Embellishments: Rose Gold Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: Multi-Purpose Spray (Elmer’s), 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives) and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Artisan X-plorer (Spellbinders) and Heat Tool (Hero Arts)

September 14, 2016September 14, 2016

Paper Craft Crew 211

Yes, another gorgeous day! Not too hot again, well, I like it pretty warm so it was in the 80’s, not too hot by my standards! I had a very productive day at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store! I got some much needed administrative stuff done and managed to get my newsletter sent out! Brian and my friend Dave stopped by the store! What a nice surprise that was! After work I went over to AT&T and met up with Heather and Stephanie. Heather is getting a new iPhone 7, it’s being shipped out on the 20th. After that I took Stephanie home and Heather and I went over to Brian and Kim’s. We sat outside and got all caught up! Around 9:30 Heather and I left and picked up Domino’s Pizza and had a very late dinner at her house. Today I have to cut for class, Sue is going to stop by and help me! She’s the best!

It’s Wednesday and that means that it’s time for this week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge…

Today is day three of Linda’s challenge, two more days to go! I started my card off with a base of Ivory 110lb Card Stock. next up is a piece of patterned paper, I think that it’s Authentique! I took a piece of Dark Molasses and heat embossed the thanks from the Concord & 9th Give Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set in Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder and adhered it to the patterned paper. My leaves are die cut from Gold Mirror Card, Lemon Sorbet and Candied Yam using the Concord & 9th Layering Leaves Dies. I also flagged the end of a strip of Gold Mirror Card and put a little May Arts Natural Twine behind it and adhered it with 3D Foam Squares. In the top left is another piece of Lemon Sorbet with both ends flagged, also adhered with 3D Foam Squares. My leaves are adhered with Multi-Purpose Spray. A little sprinkling of Pretty Pink Posh Gold, Lemon Drop and Tangerine Sequins completes the card. A nice fall card, I’m loving how versatile the challenge set is! I hope that you enjoyed my Design Team Card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge! Visit the BLOG for more inspiration from the rest of the Team and enter your card in the gallery! Thank you for coming by today! Have a happy Hump Day! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: Give Thanks Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Gold (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Ivory 110lb (Recollections), Dark Molasses, Lemon Sorbet and Candied Yam (My Colors)

Specialty: Gold Mirror Card (The Paper Cut)

Patterned Paper: Authentique

Dies: Layering Leaves (Concord & 9th)

Embellishments: Gold, Lemon Drop and Tangerine Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh) and Natural Twine (May Arts)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby), 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives), Multi-Purpose Spray (Elmer’s) and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Artisan X-plorer (Spellbinders) and Heat Tool (Hero Arts)

September 13, 2016September 12, 2016

SIP Challenge 65 – Monochromatic!

To say that my day yesterday was rough is an understatement. It was a Monday to the 10th power. The reason for most of it… let’s just say that my Parent’s ran into more than a few issues once they arrived in Florida. I had to speak to the rental car company and then they got lost… for three hours! Sigh… it would have been so much easier if I had just gone with them! Everything is all fixed now, thank god! The day didn’t start off half bad. The ride to a from the airport was a little longer than I would have liked it to have been but I was mentally prepared for that. Renee got me a nice cake and gave me a really nice card, it was one of mine! LOL! My friend Patty brought me balloons! After work I came home and saw Taylor for a bit and then had peanut butter and jelly on waffles for dinner. Sue stopped by and dropped off a lovely shaker card and a Starbucks Gift Card, my favorite! I was so exhausted by the end of the day I didn’t have the energy to take pictures of some more of the lovely cards that I received so I will post those tomorrow. Thank you all for the Birthday wishes, they truly were the highlight of my day!

It is Tuesday… right?! 😀 Time for this week’s Stamp, Ink, Paper challenge…

I went with Ivory for my color! This is also day two of my challenge from Linda to use the Concord & 9th Give Thanks Stamps and Layering Leaves Dies! My card base is Ivory 110lb Card Stock. I stamped my greeting and the hearts from the Concord & 9th Give Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set in Hero Arts Soft Vanilla Ink. The greeting is stamped with my Mini MISTI, I did it four times to make sure I got a nice layer of ink, especially since it’s a very light color! Over the top of the stamped hearts are the leaves die cut from more Ivory 110lb using the Concord & 9th Layering Leaves Dies. I cut off the stems and adhered them to the stamped images with Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive. A nice simple scattering of Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins completes the card. I really am loving this set even more than I did before! So many things that you can do with the elements! I hope that you like my Design Team card for this week’s Stamp, Ink, Paper Monochromatic Challenge! We would love to have you go over and visit the BLOG and check out the rest of the Team’s cards! Even better, enter your card in the gallery and share your creativity with us! Thanks for coming by today! I hope we all have a fantastic Tuesday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Sets: Give Thanks Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

Ink: Soft Vanilla (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Ivory 110lb (Recollections)

Dies: Layering Leaves (Concord & 9th)

Embellishments: Sparkling Clear Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: Multi-Purpose Spray (Elmer’s) and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Platinum Machine (Spellbinders) and Mini MISTI

September 12, 2016September 12, 2016

Mojo Monday 465

Hmm… I wonder what today is? Why it’s my Birthday! LOL! And what am I doing this morning? Why, taking my Parent’s to the airport so they can go to Orlando and meet up with Aunt, Uncle and Cousins from England! Happy Birthday to me… wait.. LOL! Kidding! I hope they have a great time! We had another fun day at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store yesterday, day two of Renee’s Crop! One of my buddies, Linda, thought that it would be fun to challenge me to use one stamp and die set for the next five days to make cards! And she got to pick out which one! So, for the next five days I will be using the Concord & 9th Give Thanks Stamp Set and Layering Leaves Dies! This should be fun! She also made this really cool card to send to her daughter who is away at school in Ohio…

Isn’t that clever! I wish that I had someone in Ohio to send a card to! And she made me a birthday card…

LOVE IT! My favorite Gold Mirror Card and sequins! Thank you so much Linda! I’ll post some more of the cards that I get tomorrow! After work I came home and got the boarding passes loaded onto my Parent’s iPhones, set the DVR to tape Mum’s shows and spent some time with Taylor before I headed over to see Sue. She is having computer issues so we determined that her PC needs to be re-formatted. In the mean time I lent her the Mac mini that I have. Time to make another switcher! She was reluctant at first, but after I won all of the arguments against it she’s going to give it a try! After the airport I’ll be off to the Store for another fun filled day of craftiness! Wee! 😀

What better way to celebrate my birthday than with this week’s Mojo Monday sketch…

So, I started my card off with a base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock and covered the front with a piece of Dark Molasses Card Stock. The background is a piece of Candied Yam and I heat embossed one of the images from the Concord & 9th Give Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set in Hero Arts Brass Embossing Powder to create a background. Next up is a piece of PhotoPlay This Guy Paper with the corners rounded. The strip is another piece of Candied Yam coated in more Brass Embossing Powder. Onto a piece of Wildflower Honey I embossed another image from the set in more Brass Embossing Powder, rounded the corners and adhered it to the card with E-Z Runner and Fun Foam. The piece of wheat is die cut from more Candied Yam with the Concord & 9th Layering Leaves Dies and heat embossed three times with the Brass Embossing Powder. Some Multi-Matte Medium adheres it to the card. My sentiment is also heat embossed in… yup… you guessed it, more Brass and cut out with one of the circle dies from the new Hero Arts Infinity Circle Dies. Of course, there had to be some Gold Pretty Pink Posh Sequins to add a little more sparkle! I’m actually glad that Linda picked this set, it’s one of my favorites from the last release! I hope that you enjoyed my Design Team card for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge! Stop by the BLOG and see the rest of the Team’s creations and enter your’s in the gallery! Thank you for spending some of my Birthday with me today! Have a very happy Monday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: Give Thanks Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Brass (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah), Candied Yam, Dark Molasses and Wildflower Honey (My Colors)

Patterned Paper: This Guy 12×12 (PhotoPlay)

Dies: Layering Leaves (Concord & 9th) and Infinity Circles (Hero Arts)

Embellishments: Gold Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner (Home & Hobby) and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Artisan X-plorer (Spellbinders), Heat Tool (Hero Arts), Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers) and Fun Foam

September 9, 2016September 9, 2016

Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th – Celebrations!

Yes, it’s me again! Back for my second post for today! It’s a little overcast here in NY this morning, I hope that it doesn’t rain, I’m off to Manhattan for the day! I really miss going into the city on a regular basis! I’ll have to make sure that I get my fill while I’m in today! The reason that I have two posts today is because I’m on an super new Design Team over on the Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th Blog! It has been created to celebrate the awesomeness that is Concord & 9th! Over the past year they have become one of my favorite companies, making some really cool and different stamps and dies! So I’m honored to be with such a talented group of artists using awesome products!

For our first challenge we are having a Celebration…

Who doesn’t like to celebrate?! I used one of my favorite sets, the Happy Day Stamps and Coordinating Dies! My card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. For the background I used a piece of Ice Gold Curious Metallic. To create my cake I heat embossed the image from the Happy Day Photopolymer Stamp Set in Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder onto a piece of Champagne Curious Metallic and colored in some of the flowers, icing and cake plate with my Prismacolor Colored Pencils. It is then die cut with the Coordinating Dies and adhered to the card with 3D Foam Squares. My greeting is die cut from Gold Mirror Card using another die from the set and adhered to the card with Multi-Matte Medium. For a little extra sparkle I added some Pretty Pink Posh Gold, Lime Sorbet, Pansy Purple and Lavender Moon Sequins! I have created some other cards with that cake but I really love the gold embossing and colored pencils on that metallic card stock! I hope that you enjoyed my first Design Team card for the Where Creativity Meets Concord and 9th Celebration Challenge! Make sure that you go over to the BLOG and see what my incredibly talented teammates have come up with to inspire you! We hope that you share your card in the gallery with us, we can’t wait to see what you create! Thank you so much for coming by again today! Enjoy the rest of your Friday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: Happy Day Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Gold (Hero Arts)

Colored Pencils: Prismacolor Premiere

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah)

Specialty Card Stock: Ice Gold and Champagne Curious Metallic (The Paper Cut)

Dies: Happy Day (Concord & 9th)

Embellishments: Gold, Lime Sorbet, Pansy Purple and Lavender Moon Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: E-Z Runner, 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives) and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Platinum Machine (Spellbinders) and Heat Tool (Hero Arts)