Category: Embellishments

  • Mojo Monday 421

    Hi there! We are off to the start of another week! I had a nice lazy day yesterday. It rained in the morning but the sun came out around 1:00. I made a few projects and watched a few movies. Didn’t do the things that I should have been doing but it is what it is! Today I’m going to stop by and see Renee and then this afternoon I’m going to stop by Sue’s and hang out with her for a bit.

    The start of another week also means that it’s time for a new Mojo Monday challenge…

    Mojo421

    I picked up another stamp set from The Ton when Effie dropped them off the other day and used them on today’s card! The base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock cut to 3 1/2″ wide. My background is a piece of Black 110lb that is adhered to the card with SNAIL and Fun Foam. I heat embossed the greeting from a old Paper Pumpkin Kit in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder in the lower right hand corner. The panel on the right is a piece of Shadow Curious Metallic Card Stock and I rounded the corners with my Corner Chomper. A strip of Cherry Cobbler goes down the middle. I cut out a piece of Solar White 80lb with my Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Circles and adhered that to the card with Foam Tape. Those fun bows are form The Ton Holiday Bows Layering Photopolymer Stamp Set. I stamped them in Simon Says Stamp Stone Ink twice using my MISTI for prefect alignment. The second layer is stamped in Simon Says Stamp Black Ink and they are cut out with the coordinating Dies. The two smaller bows are adhered to the card with SNAIL and the large one with Foam Tape. For some added sparkle I adhered a few Pretty Pink Posh Charcoal and Sparkling Clear Sequins around the bows. I love the 3D look that you get with the cool Holiday Bows and they will work great for birthday’s too! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge! Don’t forget to to stop by the blog and take a look at the rest of the Design Team’s cards and add yours to the gallery! Thank you for your visit today! I wish you all a fun Monday! 🙂

    Mojo Monday 421-JK-WM

    Mojo Monday 421 Close-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Holiday Bows Layering (The Ton)

    Ink: Stone and Black (Simon Says Stamp)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah), Shadow Curious Metallic (The Paper Cut), Black 110lb (Recollections) and Cherry Cobbler (Stampin’ Up!)

    Dies: Holiday Bows (The Ton) and Large Stitched Circles (Lawn Fawn)

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

    Adhesives: SNAIL, 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool and Fun Foam

    Piglet MAT

  • Starry Feather Gift Box

    Another nice Saturday spent in Manhattan! I went in early and sat in Starbucks leisurely driving my coffee and taking care of some blog stuff. I met up with Barbara at The Ink Pad and hung out with her for a good part of the day. Effie from The Ton came by and dropped off some more of her lovely stamps to replenish all of the ones that have sold. I also got to meet Joan Bess, author of Gelli Plate Printing and she was just lovely! When the store closed I gave Barbara a ride uptown to her apartment and then headed home myself. I love my fun weekends in the city! Here is Joan holding her book and an Ink Pad bag!

    Joan Bess Gelli Plate Book

    Today I have something a little different for you! I always give a lot of gift cards for different occasions so when I found out that the Lawn Fawn Pillow Box held one perfectly I had to make one! I used the die to cut out some Neenah Solar White 80lb Card Stock. Before I assembled it I stamped it with Simon Says Stamp Stone Ink using the Hero Arts Tiny Star Background Stamp. A strip of tape down the flap of the pillow box and it’s assembled! The front is decorated with stamps from the Simon Says Stamp Oh Happy Day Photopolymer Stamp Set. They are stamped in Simon Says Stamp Stone, Lake Shores and Catkin ink and cut out with the coordinating Simon Says Stamp Happy Day Dies. I adhered the feathers and branches to the card with SNAIL and the greeting with Foam Tape. A piece of Lawn Fawn Silver Sparkle Lawn Trimmings Cord along with a few Pretty Pink Posh Aquamarine and Charcoal Sequins give it a little more pizzaz. For a little extra bling I added a Basic Jewel Rhinestone to the center of each of the Sequins! I loved making the pillow box and will definitely be making some more to have on hand! I hope that you enjoyed today’s project and I thank you very much for coming by! Have an excellent Sunday! 🙂

    Starry Feather Gift Box-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Sets: Oh Happy Day Photopolymer (Simon Says Stamp) and Tiny Star Background (Hero Arts)

    Ink: Stone, Lake Shores and Catkin (Simon Says Stamp)

    Card Stock: Solar White 80lb (Neenah)

    Dies: Happy Day (Simon Says Stamp) and Pillow Box (Lawn Fawn)

    Embellishments: Silver Sparkle Lawn Trimmings Cord (Lawn Fawn), Aquamarine and Charcoal Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh) and Basic Jewels Rhinestones (Stampin’ Up!)

    Adhesives: SNAIL, 1/4″ Score Tape and 3M Foam Tape

    Tools: Big Shot

    Piglet MAT

  • Oceana Pearl Birthday

    It’s a little chilly here this morning but it’s the weekend so it’s all good! Yesterday I went over to Scrap-A-Latte in the morning to help Renee with some stuff and then came back home so I could meet Sue and got to lunch. We went to the Sequa Deli and I had a the Buffalo Chicken Panini. We sat and chatted for a while, I told her all about my trip, I haven’t seen her since before I left for England! After lunch we came back to my house for a bit and looked at some of my cards. It was great to catch up with her! After, I had dinner at my parents and played with Daniel for a bit before running out to do some errands. I met up with Heather at BJ’s and then came home and watched Jurassic World. This morning I’m headed into Manhattan to hang at The Ink Pad again which is always fun!

    Last night I was going through my stash and came across a die that I haven’t used and a card popped into my head! Love it when that happens! The base for the card is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. My background is a piece of Island Indigo that I heat embossed with Ranger Silver Pearl Embossing Powder using the Hero Arts Waves Background Stamp, it’s then adhered to the card with Fun Foam and SNAIL. In the left corner is that die, the Memory Box Oceana Corner cut from some Paper Cut Ice Gold Metallic Curious Card Stock. I used little tiny pieces of Foam Tape to adhere it to the card. My greeting is the Simon Says Stamp Happy Birthday Die cut from the same card stock and adhered to the card with Multi-Matte Medium. Of course, to finish off the card there is a sprinkling of Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins! I love the Silver Pearl Embossing Powder and the way it changes color in the light! I hope that you enjoyed my card for today and that you all have a super Saturday! Thanks very much for visiting! 🙂

    Oceana Pearl Birthday-WM

    Products used:

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: Silver Pearl (Ranger)

    Stamp: Waves Background (Hero Arts)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah) and Island Indigo (Stampin’ Up!)

    Specialty Card Stock: Ice Gold Curios Metallic (The Paper Cut)

    Dies: Oceana Corner (Memory Box) and Happy Birthday (Simon Says Stamp)

    Embellishments: Sparkling Clear Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

    Adhesives: SNAIL, 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool and Fun Foam

    Piglet MAT

  • Freshly Made Sketches 209

    Hello peeps! Happy FRIDAY! It was another beautiful day in Manhattan yesterday, nice and sunny and warm! I hung out with Anna at The Ink Pad and helped a little bit more with the order that they received. I also got to meet the very nice lady that creates The Ton Coture Stamps. Her name is Effie Cho and she said that she liked the card that I made using her Large Peony Set from yesterday! So cool when you get to meet the people behind the products that you use! Today I’m going to see Renee for a bit in the morning and then work on a few projects when I get back. What’s on for you guys?!

    My card for today is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge from Jen B….

    Freshly Made Sketches 209

    A very clean sketch indeed! The card begins with a base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. For my background I used a piece of Solar White 80lb and spattered it with a mix of Royal Langnickel Prussian Blue Watercolor, Windsor & Newton Iridescent Medium and water. It’s adhered to the card with Fun Foam and SNAIL. The snowflake and thanks are both cut from a piece of paper from the Recollections Midnight Magic 6×6 Pad using the Simon Says Stamp Nadine Snowflake Die and the Simon Says Stamp Thanks Die. I adhered them to the background with Multi-Matte Medium. You know what’s coming next! LOL! Some Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear and Gold Sequins are sprinkled about for a little more shine! I love the fun spatter concoction and can’t wait to make it in other colors and the snowflake has a very 20’s feel to it! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge! Thanks for stopping by today, have an amazing Friday! 🙂

    FMS 209-WM

    Products used:

    Watercolor: Prussian Blue (Royal Langnickel)

    Other: Iridescent Medium (Windsor & Newton)

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

    Specialty Paper: Midnight Magic 6×6 Paper Pad (Recollections)

    Dies: Nadie Snowflake and Thanks (Simon Says Stamp)

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

    Adhesives: SNAIL and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot and Fun Foam

    Piglet MAT

  • Pink Peony Hello

    We had another nice sunny day here yesterday! It was in the 70’s in Manhattan, not to last too long though, tonight it’s to drop down into the 40’s. But I did enjoy the day! I spent some time at The Ink Pad, they got in a huge order so I volunteered to help with it. It’s a great way to have first dibs on the new goodies! LOL! Last night I met Kim at the Party City on 14th Street. She is off to St. Louis this morning and had to get a Halloween costume. After that we had some Chipotle for dinner and then headed back uptown to her apartment. I set up her Pebble Watch, FitBit, iPad and Bluetooth Music Receiver, that’s a lot of electronics! This morning I’m going to head back down to The Ink Pad and then make my way home.

    Today I have a card that uses a new line of stamps that The Ink Pad is the exclusive retailer of. The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. For the background I embossed a piece of Neenah Desert Storm with the We R Memory Keepers Woodgrain Embossing Folder and adhered it to the card with Fun Foam and SNAIL. The flower and leaves are from the Large Peony Photopolymer Stamp Set from The Ton Coture Stamps Set. I heat embossed it and the leaves in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder on some Ranger Watercolor Card Stock. To color them I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and a damp paint brush. They are then cut out with my Paper Snips and adhered to the card with SNAIL and Fun Foam. My greeting is a piece of paper from the Midnight Magic 6×6 Pad and Black 110lb cut out with the Simon Says Stamp Painted Hello Die. I adhered them to each other and to the card with Multi-Matte Medium. Finally, a few Pretty Pink Posh Ballerina and Gold Sequins are scattered around the flower finish off the card with a little sparkle! I do love that flower, nice and big, oh and very bright! LOL! I hope that you enjoyed my card for today! Thank you for stopping by and have a very nice Thursday! 🙂

    Pink Peony Hello-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Large Peony Photopolymer (The Ton)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

    Markers: Clean Color Real Brush Markers (ZiG)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and Desert Storm (Neenah) and Black 110lb (Recollections)

    Specialty: Watercolor Card Stock (Ranger)

    Paper Pad: Midnight Magic 6×6 (Recollections)

    Embossing Folder: Woodgrain (We R Memory Keepers)

    Embellishments: Ballerina and Gold Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

    Adhesives: SNAIL and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Heat Tool, Paper Snips and Fun Foam

    Piglet MAT

  • Manhattan Wishing Night Skyline

    What a lovely day I had yesterday in Manhattan with Grace and her two daughters Toni-Lynn and Tracy! I met up with them at The Ink Pad and from there we headed over to Elephant & Castle for lunch. It was so nice to get know them, especially after speaking to Grace for all of these years on this blog! We finished lunch and Grace wanted to do a little shopping at the store so we headed back. She picked up a few Lawn Fawn sets and we got to speak to Anna for a bit. Here are the four of us…

    Toni-Lynn, Grace Me & Tracy TIP 10-2015

    Tracy, Grace, Me and Toni-Lynn. And here is one of Grace, Me and Anna, the owner of The Ink Pad…

    Grace, Me & Anna TIP 10-2015

    After we had finished at The Ink Pad we headed over to Chelsea Market and picked up some Fat Witch brownies. If you have never had them you need to make sure that you try them, they are delicious! From there we walked along the Hi-Line for a while. There are always new things to see along there. Here is a picture looking out between some buildings and if you look really closely in the middle you can see the Statue of Liberty…

    Hi-Line Statue of Liberty

    The next two pictures are just some random art that is along the Hi-Line…

    Hi-Line Metal Art

    Hi-Line Kiss Rainbowe

    Love that last one, it’s a redo of the famous Kiss picture of the Sailor and the Nurse!

    So as you can see we had a very nice time yesterday and it was so great to get to meet Grace and her lovely daughters! I can’t wait to see them again!

    I did pick up a few new goodies from The Ink Pad too and I used one of them to make today’s card. The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I used the Lawn Fawn Snowy Backdrop Lawn Cuts to cut out a piece of Solar White 80lb and then took my Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool and some Blueprint Sketch, Peacock Feathers and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks to create the night sky. A piece of Black 110lb is cut out with the My Favorite Things Die-namics New York Skyline Die. I heat embossed the greeting from the Simon Says Stamp Wishing Photopolymer Stamp Set in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder and then die cut another piece of Solar White 80lb that I also blended with the same Distress Inks with the Simon Says Stamp Wishing Die and adhered that to next to the greeting with Multi-Matte Medium. SNAIL and Fun Foam adhere the skyline to the card. A few Pretty Pink Posh Bermuda Blue and Marshmallow Sequins are adhered along the bottom of skyline for a little sparkle and complete the card! I absolutely love that NYC Skyline Die, fits right in with yesterday! I hope that you enjoyed today’s pictures and card! Thank you very much for visiting with me and I wish you all a super Sunday! 🙂

    NY Wishing Skyline-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Wishing Photopolymer (Simon Says Stamp)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

    Other Inks: Blueprint Sketch, Peacock Feathers and Chipped Sapphire Distress (Ranger/Tim Holtz)

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

    Dies: Snowy Backdrop (Lawn Fawn), Wishing (Simon Says Stamp) and  New York Skyline (My Favorite Things Die-namics)

    Embellishments: Bermuda Blue and Marshmallow Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

    Adhesives: SNAIL and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool, Mini Ink Blending Tool (Ranger) and Fun Foam

    Piglet MAT

  • October Lawn Fawn Card Class!

    Happy Saturday peeps! I had a good day and a fun evening yesterday! In the morning I went and got my hairscut and then went and had an eye exam and ordered some new contacts. I had to stop at Michaels before coming back to my house to meet up with Andrew for a bit. He helped me with my project that I have been working on and we got the first part finished! More on that tomorrow! Around 4:00 I started to make my way over to Scrap-A-Latte for night two of card class. Renee and I had some things to discuss and we had some dinner. Class was a blast as usual, my friend Danielle came for the first time and had a great time! Everyone shared their supplies with her and she will be back next month! I really do love the class, everyone is so nice and we have such a fun time! Can’t wait to get started on next month’s cards! This morning I’m going to head into Manhattan to meet up with Grace! We have spoken to each other here on the blog for over two years! I’m so excited to finally get to meet her in person!

    As always, today I have the cards from class! We used Lawn Fawn again and everyone loved the cards! I have three because I forgot to take a picture of the gift box that we made, bit I’ll do that and post it tomorrow! Without further ado, here are the cards…

    SAL LAwn Fawn Warm Wishes-WM

    Simple Warm Winter Wishes!

    SAL Lawn Fawn Park Penguin-WM

    The cute little penguin skating in the park!

    SAL Lawn Fawn Joy Shaker-WM

    A fun Merry Christmas woodsy scene shaker!

    I hope that you like the cards as much as the class did! I’m off to get ready for my little trip into the city! Thanks for coming by today and I wish you a all a fun filled Saturday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Warm Wishes Card:

    Stamp  Set: Love You A Latte Photopolymer (Lawn Fawn)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: Hero Arts White

    Markers: Copics

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

    Patterned Paper: Unknown

    Dies: Love You A Latte Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

    Adhesives: SNAIL and 2-Way Glue

    Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool and Fun Foam

    Skating in the Park Penguin Card:

    Stamp Sets: Winter in the Park and Winter Penguin Photopolymer (Lawn Fawn)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

    Markers: Copics

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: Gold (Ranger)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah) and Powder Textured (American Crafts)

    Specialty: Vellum (Unknown)

    Dies: Winter in the Park and Winter Penguin Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

    Embellishments: Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen (Zig)

    Adhesives: SNAIL, 3M Foam Tape and 2-Way Glue

    Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool and Fun Foam

    Woodsy Shaker Card:

    Stamp Set: Joy to the Woods Photopolymer (Lawn Fawn)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

    Markers: Copics

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: Gold (Ranger)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah) and Shimmer White Textured (American Crafts)

    Specialty: Acetate

    Embellishments: Gold Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Clear Sequins (Brasil) and Silver Seed Beads

    Adhesives: SNAIL, 1/4″ Score Tape, 3M Foam Tape and 2-Way Glue

    Tools: Big Shot and Heat Tool

    Piglet MAT

  • Fab Friday 75

    Hi there and a happy Friday to you! I had a busy but good day yesterday! I hung out at The Ink Pad with Anna and Barbara. I helped Anna with the window in the morning and then Barbara with some on-line stuff in the afternoon. Around 4:00 I headed back to Penn to catch the train out to Babylon where Taylor and her friends picked me up and took me to Scrap-A-Latte for the first night of card class which is always a good time. This morning I’m going to get my haircut and then an eye exam so I can get some new contacts. After that Andrew is going to stop by and help me a little more with my project that I’m working on and then it’s off to the store for the second night of card class! Yay!

    Today is also a Fab Friday and this week we have a fun color combo for you…

    Fab Fri 75 10-16-2015

    I did see Halloween when I first looked at the colors but then changed direction! The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. Down the left side is a strip of Cherry On Top Designer Washi Tape along with a piece of Bermuda Bay. My Flowers and greeting are from the Simon Says Stamp Artful Flowers Photopolymer Stamp Set. I stamped the flowers in Tangelo Twist and the outlines with Memento Tuxedo Black before using the coordinating Simon Says Stamp Designer Flowers Craft Dies to cut them out. The greeting is heat embossed in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder on a piece of Black and the left side is angled. I adhered the flowers and the greeting to one of the PinkFresh Studios Happy Things Acetate Cards with Foam Tape and used more Foam Tape hidden behind them to adhere them card to the card! A few Pretty Pink Posh Gold Sequins complete the card. I love the bold pop of the flowers against the Bermuda Bay and the acetate card is just cool! 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 Design Team’s projects and enter yours in the gallery! Thanks very much for taking some time to visit today! Have a fabulous Friday my friends! 🙂

    Fab Friday 75-JK-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Artful Flowers Photopolymer (Simon Says Stamp)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Tangelo Twist Classic Stampin’ Ink (Stampin’ Up!)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah), Black 110lb (Recollections) and Bermuda Bay (Stampin’ Up!)

    Dies: Designer Flowers (Simon Says Stamp)

    Embellishments: Happy Things Acetate Cards (PinkFresh Studios), Cherry On Top Designer Washi Tape( Stampin’ Up!) and Gold Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

    Adhesives: SNAIL, 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot and Heat Tool

    Piglet MAT

  • Paper Players 266

    Yet another nice day again yesterday but the weather men say that that might be it for a while. I hope they’re wrong! LOL! Brian came by yesterday to help me with a big project that I’m working on. I’ll tell you more about it next week! We ran over to Monty’s to grab some pizza for lunch. I spoke to Michael for a bit when we got back and after Brian left I worked on some projects and then went next door and played with Daniel. We had dinner and then back to working on some projects before enjoying my one TV show, Limitless. Let’s hope that this one stays on!

    Today I have my card for this week’s Paper Players challenge…

    Paper Players #266

    It took me a while to see past the traffic light colors and come up with Christmas! The base for the card is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock that is cut to 4 1/2″ and the front is covered in a piece of Cucumber Crush that I cut out with the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Squares. A piece of Real Red is cut out with the Small Stitched Squares and adhered to the card with Fun Foam and SNAIL to serve as my background. To create my little “scene” I cut out some Silver Foil Sheet with the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Ovals. The gingerbread men are from the Lawn Fawn Oh Snap Photopolymer Stamp Set, the rest of the images are form the Lawn Fawn Love You A Latte Photopolymer Stamp Set. I colored them all in with Copics and then used the Coordinating Lawn Cuts to cut them out. All of them are adhered to the “tray” with SNAIL except the mug, I used Foam Tape for that. For the greeting I cut out some Solar White 80lb with the merry christmas from the Simon Says Stamp Deco Trees Craft Dies and adhered it to the card with Multi-Matte Medium. My tray is adhered with SNAIL. For little added interest I put some Glossy Accents on the candy canes and coffee in the mug and some Black Glaze Pen over the eyes and mouth on the gingerbread men. Some Enamel Dots from Recollections around the greeting complete the card! I think that Santa will be happy to see that got two of each treat don’t you?! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Paper Players color challenge! Thank you very much for coming by today! I wish you a wonderful Wednesday! 🙂

    Paper Players 266-WM

    Paper Players 266 Close-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Sets: Oh Snap and Love You A Latte Photopolymer (Lawn Fawn)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

    Markers: Copics

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah), Cucumber Crush and Real Red (Stampin’ Up!)

    Specialty: Silver Foil Sheet (Stampin’ Up!)

    Dies: Oh Snap, Love You A Latte, Large and Small Stitched Square Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn) and Deco Tree Craft Dies (Simon Says Stamp)

    Embellishments: Enamel Dots (Recollections)

    Adhesives: SNAIL. 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot and Fun Foam

    Piglet MAT

  • SIP Challenge 18 – Sketch!

    I know that I keep saying it but it was an absolutely gorgeous day here yesterday! I went into Manhattan in the late morning to see my friends Joe and Penny. Seeing as I’m always early for everything I got to sit in the middle of Broadway for a little bit and enjoy my Venti Vanilla Soy Latte from Starbucks. On my way back to Penn Station I call my friend Kim to see if she had gone to lunch already and she hadn’t so we met up and got Subway and sat in a park near her office. You have to make the most of this lovely weather because before you know it it will be gone! When I got back home I worked on some projects and then later on in the evening I went over and hung out with Heather. We ran to Target for some necessities and then I came home and watched TV for a bit before calling it a night! Here is a little picture of my view in the middle of Broadway…

    B'way NYC 10-12-2015

    Nice and quiet with not too much traffic!

    It’s Tuesday and you know what that means, it’s time for this week’s Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge

    SIP Sketch Challenge 18 800

    A fun sketch from your’s truly! My card base for today is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. The background is a piece of Recollections Black 110lb with a piece of Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum down the middle. I adhered it to the card with SNAIL. My fun clock is cut out from some more Black 110lb using the Simon Says Stamp Clock Shaker Craft Die. The bells are cut from some Silver Foil Sheet. I used the Sizzix Circles Framelits to cut out the Window Sheet, White backing and a piece of Black Fun Foam. My Happy Birthday is from the Simon Says Stamp Birthday Messages Photopolymer Stamp Set and is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black. I used Multi-Matte Medium to adhere all of the pieces together right after I filled it with some Pretty Pink Posh Flat Sparkling Clear and Gold Confetti Sequins. A pretty neat Birthday card that would work well for just about anyone! I hope that you enjoyed my Design Team card for this week’s Stamp, Ink, Paper Sketch Challenge! Head on over to the blog and check out the rest of the Team’s cards and then let us see your take on the sketch by entering your card in the gallery! Thank you very much for visiting today! Have a terrific Tuesday! 🙂

    SIP Challenge 18-JK-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Birthday Messages Photopolymer (Simon Says Stamp)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah) and Black 110lb (Recollections)

    Specialty: Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum, Silver Foil Sheet and Window Sheet (Stampin’ Up!)

    Die: Clock Shaker (Simon Says Stamp)

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

    Adhesives: SNAIL and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot and Black Fun Foam

    Piglet MAT