Pretty Pink Posh – Page 26

September 11, 2016September 11, 2016

Golden Skyline Congrats

Crop days at the store are always fun! I got to do another MISTI Demo, this time with my friend Evelyn! We stamped out the Vintage Roses from Altenew in the lovely Cool Summer Nights Crisp Ink! I can’t wait to see the layout that she adds them to! I worked on my card and showed my friend Linda the finished product. She will be a little surprised to see that I changed it! After work I stopped home and saw Taylor, Daniel and Tristan for a little bit before I headed out to my party! When I walked in the house Daniel ran over to me and gave me a big hug and a kiss! There is no better greeting in the world! My brother and his wife had date night! Aww… so cute! The party that I went to last night was my friend Adam’s 40th. All of my peeps were there so we had a very nice time! Today is the second day of the crop! More shenanigans at the store! 😀

Like I had mentioned, I worked on my card while I was at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store yesterday. The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with the front covered in a piece of Black 110lb. For my background I heat embossed the Hero Arts Kelly’s Background Stars in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder onto a piece of Arches 140lb Watercolor Paper. To color it I used Wilted Violet, Mermaid Lagoon and Twisted Citron Distress Ink squished onto an acrylic block, watered down and applied to the background with a brush. To speed up the drying time I used my Heat Tool and then trimmed a little of of each side before adhering it to the card. Some Gold Mirror Card is cut out with the Impression Obsession City Landscape Layers Dies and that’s adhered with E-Z Runner. Under that is another strip of Black 110lb with a piece of Washi Tape over it. The fun buildings are from the Hero Arts Kelly’s It’s Christmastime Photopolymer Stamp Set. I heat embossed the image in Hero Arts Copper Embossing Powder onto a piece of White Gold Curious Metallic and then used my Scissors to cut it out. I adhered it to the card with 3D Foam Squares. For the greeting I die cut two piece of Black 110lb with the congrats die from the Hero Arts Congrats Stamp & Cut Photopolymer Stamp Set. One of them is then heat embossed with more Copper Embossing Powder and then adhered to the other die cut, slightly offset, with Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive and then I used Multi-Matte Medium to adhered it to the card. Yes, here come the sequins! LOL! A nice scattering of Pretty Pink Posh Rose Gold, Gold and Onyx Sequins complete the card. I love that fun bold background stamp and the cool little images in that mini set! I hope that you enjoyed my card for today! Thanks very much for visiting! Have a super Sunday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Sets: Kelly’s It’s Christmastime and Congrats Stamp & Cut Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

Ink: Wilted Violet, Mermaid Lagoon and Twisted Citron Distress (Ranger-Tim Holtz)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: White and Copper (Hero Arts)

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

Specialty Paper: Arches 140lb Watercolor, Gold Foil Sheet and White Gold Curious Metallic (The Paper Cut)

Dies: City Landscape Layers (Impression Obsession)

Embellishments: Washi Tape (Unknown) and Rose Gold, Gold and Onyx Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

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

September 10, 2016September 10, 2016

Freshly Made Sketches 253

I had such a nice day in Manhattan yesterday! I took the 10:14AM train in and headed straight to The Ink Pad to see Anna and Jane! Oh how I have missed them! We got all caught up over lunch, we had Dirty Bird! Superdelicious! Around 2:30 I headed up to 77th Street to meet my friend Ella. She was running late so we only had a short time before she had to leave again so I’m going to go back in next Saturday and see her. After that I went to a coffee shop on 66th between 1st and 2nd called Java Girl. They had no Wi-Fi and no plugs! Talk about throwback! The coffee was really good and there were teenagers playing cards! It was really like a trip back in time! LOL! Kim and I had coffee and then headed back to her apartment to let out her neighbors dog that she is watching. From there we went to a local pizza place and had dinner. I headed back to Penn Station around 9:30 and got the 10:11 home. They have an App now where you can buy your ticket and show it on your phone! YAY! No more rushing to get to the ticket machine! When I got home I sat down and made my card for today. Renee has a crop at the store today so I will get to see my ladies and after work I have a birthday party to go to! 😀

The card that I have for you today is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge…

I wanted to play around with some of the new Hero Holiday Sets but I’m not quite ready for Christmas cards! The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. My square in the middle is a piece of the same and it’s adhered to the base with E-Z Runner and Fun Foam. Across the lower part is a piece of Gold Mirror Card and I tapered the ends to match the sketch. My two labels are from the Hero Arts Holiday Messages and Frames Photopolymer Stamp Set. I heat embossed the large label in Hero Arts Copper Embossing Powder onto Black 110lb and the smaller on onto Vellum with Hero Arts Platinum Embossing Powder. They are bothe cut out with the Hero Arts Holiday Tags Frame Cuts. My greeting is from the Many Everyday Messages Photopolymer Stamp Set and is heat embossed in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder. The large label is adhered to the card with E-Z Runner and a little more Fun Foam and the small label with Kool-Tak Clear Foam Tape. A health dose of Pretty Pink Posh Gold, Rose Gold, Platinum and Sparkling Clear Sequins on the white panel really makes the card shine! I wanted to see how the mixed metallics looked together and I really like it! Also love when I can use a Holiday Set from something other than the Holidays! I hope that you like my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge! Thanks for stopping by today! I wish you all a very happy Saturday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Sets: Holiday Messages and Frames and Many Everyday Messages Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Gold, Copper, Platinum and White (Hero Arts)

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

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

Dies: Holiday Tags Frame Cuts (Hero Arts)

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

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

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

September 9, 2016September 9, 2016

Paper Players 311

I’m almost all caught up at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store! My Hero Arts order is all entered! Finally! LOL! The Magic of Vellum Class was great! Everyone was very impressed with the technique that they learned and I got some feedback for future classes from my talented students! My Parent’s stopped by the store and we got to FaceTime with Aunt Shirley in London. After work it was time for this week’s Thirsty Thursday! Heather, Stephanie and I sat outside and enjoyed the perfect evening! Today I’m off to Manhattan for much needed visit! I’ll stop by The Ink Pad and then go uptown to see my friend Ella. From there I’m going to meet Kim and maybe have some dinner! I’m looking forward to it! As I had mentioned earlier in the week this is my first post for today! There will be another one around 12:00 for the new Design Team that I’m on over on the Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th Challenge Blog! Be sure to come back for that!

This morning I have my card for this week’s Paper Players challenge to share with you…

Circles… I haven’t made a round card in a very long time! My card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Circles Stackables Lawn Cuts to cut out the folded card base except for about 1/8″ at the top. I then trimmed off about an 1/8″ from the bottom of the back panel and put it aside. My front panel on my card is stamped with the Concord & 9th Flourish Photopolymer Stamp Set in Altenew Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, Deep Iris, Midnight Violet, Forest Glades and Evergreen Crisp Inks using my Mini MISTI. I used the same Stitched Circle Die to trim it out and adhered it to the card base with E-Z Runner. To frame the card I cut out a piece of Gold Mirror Card with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle Frames Lawn Cuts and adhered it to the card with Multi-Matte Medium. My greeting is another piece of Gold Mirror Card cut out with the Concord & 9th Wonderful Words Dies. It’s adhered to the card with Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive. A few Pretty Pink Posh Gold, Amethyst and Pansy Purple Sequins finish the card! I love that Flourish Set and can’t believe that it’s the first time I’m using it! I hope that you like my card for this week’s Paper Players challenge! Thanks for coming by this morning, don’t forget to stop back this afternoon to see the second post! Have an easy Friday morning! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: Flourish Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

Ink: Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields Deep Iris, Midnight Violet, Forest Glades and Evergreen Crisp Ink (Altenew)

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

Specialty Paper: Gold Mirror Card (The Paper Cut)

Dies: Stitched Circles Stackables and Stitched Circle Frames Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn) and Beautiful Words (Concord & 9th)

Embellishments: Gold, Amethyst and Pansy Purple Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

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

Tools: Platinum Machine (Spellbinders), Mini MISTI and Crystal Katana

September 8, 2016September 8, 2016

OSAT September Blog Hop – Birthday Bash

What a super busy day I had yesterday! The Stamp, Ink, Paper Store was packed! That’s how I would like it every day! I got my Notions Order and the Hero Arts Order finally arrived! Woo hoo! I was selling it faster than I could enter it! I met some new people, Michelle and Deborah, super nice and so much fun! Creative people are the best! I got nothing prepared for my class so I did that after I had a quick dinner, when I got home. I also finished up my projects for today’s blog hop and ran a few errands! Oh how I love to get as much as humanly possible accomplished in one day! Today I have the Magic of Vellum Class that I will be finishing up getting ready for when I get to the store this morning! I also might get to take a trip into Manhattan over the weekend! Now that would be fun!! 😀

For my projects today I’m participating in a blog hop with a bunch of my friends from one of the Facebook groups that I belong to. It’s called One Stamp at a Time Cards and More. If you have arrived here from my talented friend Tina’s blog, welcome! This month we have a a Birthday Bash theme! Who doesn’t love to make some birthday cards?! I have a card and a gift box that I made with some Altenew goodness to share with you!

First up is the card and the base for that is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I die cut a piece of my favorite Gold Mirror Card with the Spellbinders Damask Motifs Die and adhered it to the card with Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive. My flowers and leaves are from the Altenew Peony Bouquet Photopolymer Stamp Set. I stamped the flowers in Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, Deep Iris and Midnight Violet and the leaves in Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades and Evergreen. They are cut out with the Coordinating Dies and adhered to the card with Dot Runner Adhesive and 3D Foam Squares. My greeting is from the Altenew Beautiful Lady Photopolymer Stamp Set and is heat embossed in Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder onto a piece of Solar White 80lb that is backed with some more Gold Mirror Card. I flagged the left side and adhered it to the card with more 3D Foam Squares. A little scattering of Pretty Pink Posh Gold, Amethyst and Lime Sorbet Sequins finishes off the card! I don’t know why but I’m completely addicted to purples lately and I think that the flowers from the Peony Bouquet Set look stunning in them!

Next up is my Pillow Box/Gift Card Holder. I cut out some Neenah Solar White 80lb with the Lawn Fawn Pillow Box Lawn Cuts and adhered the box together with Scor-Tape. Another die from the Spellbinders Damask Motifs set is cut out from some more Gold Mirror Card and adhered to the box with some more Scor-Tape. I added another one of the flowers and some leaves that I stamped along with the ones for the card on top of the die cut and added a piece of Glitter Light Purple Washi Tape across the bottom of the flowers to ground them a bit. Some more of the same Pretty Pink Posh Sequins as I used on the card are added and the box is done! What a fun way to give someone special a card with a matching gift card holder! Beats just sticking it in the card!

I hope that you enjoyed my card and pillow box for the OSAT Birthday Bash Blog Hop! You can click on the button below to continue on with the tour and you will go on to see what my fabulous friend Dena has come up with!! Thank you so much for stopping by to see me today. Have a thoroughly awesome Thursday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Sets: Peony Bouquet and Beautiful Lady Photopolymer (Altenew)

Ink: Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields Deep Iris, Midnight Violet, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades and Evergreen Crisp Ink (Altenew)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Gold (Hero Arts)

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

Specialty: Gold Mirror Card (The Paper Cut)

Dies: Peony Bouquet (Altenew), Damask Motifs (Spellbinders) and Pillow Box Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

Embellishments: Gold, Amethyst and Lime Sorbet Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh) and Glitter Light Purple Washi Tape (Eyelet Outlet)

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

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

September 5, 2016September 4, 2016

Mojo Monday 464

Happy Labor Day my friends! I had a relaxing and fun day yesterday! I got up very late, 10:00AM, did some computer stuff, took a shower and went over to spend some time with my friend Kim and the kiddies. After that I came home and made my card for today. I still love crafting in the Stampin’ Galley and with two days off I got to unpack most of the stuff that I lug back and forth to the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store everyday! My Parents went over to my Brother’s to see the kids and I went over to Heather’s to help her get ready for a wedding that she and George went to. From there I ran a few errands and then came home and relaxed. I had a Lean Cuisine for dinner and around 10:30 I headed out to pick up Heather and Geroge. Today I was planning on going into Manhattan but I have had a headache for the past two days, I think it’s alleges, so I started taking Claritin to see if that helps. I think that I will stay in and have a crafty day instead!

Its Monday and you know what that means! It’s time for this week’s Mojo Monday sketch…

I had picked up this 12×12 Paper Pad a while ago and have been meaning to use it so I did just that on today’s card! The base is Ivory 110lb Card Stock. I cut up some of the paper from the DCWV Minty Lace 12×12 Paper Pad and used them for my background layers. The really cool black one with the holographic foil is adhered to the card with Fun Foam and E-Z Runner. Next up is another piece of paper cut out with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Squares Lawn Cuts. I used some more Fun Foam and E-Z Runner to adhere it to the card. My flower is a combination of dies from the Spellbinders Makers Mart Monthly Kits. I cut the flower out of Solar White 80lb and Vellum with the center cut form Black 110lb. The leaves are cut from part of the 12×12 Paper and they are adhered to the card with a 3D Foam Square. My greeting is from the Hero Arts Many Everyday Messages Photopolymer Stamp Set and is heat embossed in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder onto a strip of Black 110lb with the right side flagged. I tucked it under the flower and added some Pretty Pink Posh Clear Droplets and Sparkling Clear Sequins to finish the card. I really love that Paper Pad, especially the holographic text sheet! I hope that you enjoyed my Design Team card for this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge! Don’t forget to stop by the BLOG and see the rest of the Team’s fantastic cards and let’s see your take on the sketch by entering your card into the gallery! Thank you very much for starting your Monday off here! Have a fun and safe Labor Day! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: Many Everyday Messages Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

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

Specialty Paper: 48lb Vellum (The Paper Cut)

Patterned Paper: Minty Lace 12×12 Paper Pad (DCWV)

Dies: Maker’s Mart Die of the Month Kits 7 and 9 (Spellbinders) and Stitched Squares Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

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

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

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

September 4, 2016September 4, 2016

Large Floral Thank You

Boy did I get home late last night! I had a lovely and very busy day at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store! My friend Antoinette, who I haven’t seen in a very long time stopped by and Marianne who always makes me laugh! My friend Linda was there too! After work I stopped by the house and dropped off my bags before heading over to George’s to get him and Heather so we could go over to our friend’s block party. We had a great time and got to see lots of other peeps. Patty was there with her new puppy. She is part Siberian Husky and part Shepard and so cute that I had to hold her for most of the night! On the way home we stopped at the Diner and I had some of Heather’s French fries with melted mozzarella and brown gravy! Haven’t had that in years! But the time I got home it was 1:00AM and I still had to make a quick card!

Thankfully I had one of the backgrounds left over from the Thank You cards that I helped Erika make the other day! The image is the Hero Arts Large Floral Background Wood Mount Stamp and it’s stamped in Soft Lilac. I adhered it to a base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. My thank you is die cut using the Hero Arts Thank You Pair Fancy Dies from a piece of Gold Mirror Card and then twice from some more Solar White 110lb. I adhered them to each other and the card with Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive. All that was left to do was to add some Clear Droplets, Sweet Pea Sequins Mix and Gold Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and the card is done! Sometimes a nice quick card is fun and I think these would make a great set of cards to give to someone stamped in different colors! I hope that you like my quick card for today! Thanks for visiting and have a happy Sunday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp: Large Floral Background Wood Mount (Hero Arts)

Ink: Soft Lilac (Hero Arts)

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

Specialty Paper: Gold Mirror Card ( The Paper Cut)

Dies: Thank You Pair Fancy (Hero Arts)

Embellishments: Clear Droplets, Sweet Pea Mix and Gold Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

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

Tools: Platinum Machine (Spellbinders) and Crystal Katana (Crystal Ninja)

September 3, 2016September 3, 2016

Freshly Made Sketches 252

Yesterday turned out to be a beautiful day, nice and sunny and not too hot! The second wave of MISTI’s arrived at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store in the morning and our friends Elyse and Nancy stopped by in the afternoon! I finished my cards for this month’s Card Class and will post a picture on the Stamp, Ink, Paper Instagram and Facebook pages tomorrow! I also played with my Crystal Katana Tool and I love it!! Dinner last night with my Parents was tacos! Yum! After dinner I came home and crafted for bit and then Taylor stopped by. We ran to Target to get a few “necessities” and then I just chilled for the rest of the evening. Today I want to see if I can get things set up for this week’s Magic of Vellum Class. We are closed tomorrow and Monday, yay for two days off in a row!

Before we get to today’s card I want to thank Linda for choosing me as her Prince for last week’s challenge! You can see the winners post HERE and my original post HERE! For this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge I made a super clean and simple card to share with you …

The card base is Ivory 110lb Card Stock. Across the bottom is a strip of White Gold Curious Metallic. I heat embossed the flower and leaves from the Altenew Magnolias for Her Photopolymer Stamp Set in Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder onto some Aches 140lb Watercolor Paper. They are colored in with my Gansai Tambi Watercolors and a #4 Silver Brush. After they had dried I cut them out with my Scissors and adhered the leaves with Dot Runner Adhesive and the flower with 3D Foam Squares. My greeting is from the Altenew Sentiments & Quotes Photopolymer Stamp Set and is stamped in Onyx Black and also heat embossed with Clear. A few Pretty Pink Posh Rose Gold Sequins add a little sparkle and complete the card! I played around with the watercoloring, adding some layers after it had dried and I love the effect! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge! Thank you for spending some of your Saturday with me! Have an absolutely awesome day! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Sets: Magnolias for Her and Sentiments & Quotes Photopolymer (Altenew)

Ink: Onyx Black (Versa-Fine)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Clear (Hero Arts)

Watercolors: Gansai Tambi 36 Color (Kuretake)

Card Stock: Ivory 110lb (Recollections)

Specialty: Arches 140lb Watercolor Card and White Gold Curious Metallic (The Paper Cut)

Embellishments: Rose Gold Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesives: Extreme (Tombo), 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives) and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

Tools: Heat Tool (Hero Arts), Scissors, #4 Silver Brush and Crystal Katana

September 1, 2016August 31, 2016

Paper Players 310

I saw a very funny post by a friend on Facebook yesterday, it said “I’m 100% sure that 70% of my work will not be completed today” and that was true for me! It was just one of those days where you have things to do but little motivation to do them. I think that we all need a not very productive day every so often. I’m sure that today I will wish that I had done more today but it will get done… eventually! I did help Elyse learn how to use her new Altenew Stamps yesterday. She stopped by the store with Nancy and we had a little mini lesson. Interacting with people and bringing out their creativity is by far the best part of my job! I know I say it a lot but the look on a person’s face when they do something that they didn’t think they could do is awesome! After dinner I did come home and make two cards, so the day wasn’t a total loss! We are supposed to get some rain today, we haven’t had any in a while so I guess we need it. Hopefully the long weekend will be good, the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store and Scrap-A-Latte are both closed on Sunday and Monday! Two day weekend! Woo hoo! LOL!

One of my cards that I made last night is for this week’s Paper Players challenge. A nice simple sketch from Nance…

My card starts off with a base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock, the front is covered in a piece of Ballerina Pink. The patterned paper is a piece of Blazing Floral from the Echo Park Summer Party 12×12 Collection. My greeting is the Concord & 9th Beautiful You Die, I cut it from Solar White 110lb three times and adhered them together with Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive. It’s then coated in Versa-Mark and heat embossed twice with Hero Arts Copper Embossing Powder. The rest of the greeting is from the Concord & 9th Beautiful Words Photopolymer Stamp Set and is heat embossed in more Copper onto a piece of 48lb Vellum. I flagged the left side, adhered the beautiful to it with more Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive and then used Kool-Tak Clear Foam Tape to adhere the Vellum to the card. A sprinkling of Rose Gold, Sparkling Clear, Fresh Mint, Watermelon and Copper Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and the card is done! I love the way the greeting turned out with the dimensional beautiful and the rest heat embossed on Vellum! I hope that you like my card for this week’s Paper Players Challenge! Thanks for your visit today! Have a terrific Thursday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: Beautiful Words Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Copper (Hero Arts)

Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah) and Ballerina Pink (My Colors)

Special Paper: 49lb Vellum ( The Paper Cut)

Patterned Paper: Summer Party Blazing Floral 12×12 (Echo Park)

Dies: Beautiful You (Concord & 9th)

Embellishments: Rose Gold, Sparkling Clear, Fresh Mint, Watermelon and Copper Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

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

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

August 31, 2016August 30, 2016

Paper Craft Crew 209

Hello… it’s me! LOL! Love that song and Adele for that matter! How are you today?! We have made it to the mid-way point, yay! I had a nice busy day at the Stamp, Ink, Paper Store yesterday, so busy that when I looked at the clock it was 4:30! Where did that day go?! I did get a lot accomplished and that is always a good thing! Renee had her Home Decor class and they made the apple today, it came out really cute! I snuck out a little early again and after dinner I made my card for today and then ran to Target. You can never go in that store and just get what you went for! Do you have that issue too?!

So Wednesday and we are over on the Paper Craft Crew blog for this week’s challenge…

I choose the first column down! My card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. To make my background I created a mask with the Lawn Fawn Ocean Wave Borders and then used my Mini Ink Blending Tool to apply Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs for the sand and Tumbled Glass and Broken China for the water. I left the mask over the water and flicked some Heidi Swapp Gold and Bronzer Color Shine onto the beach and used my Heat Tool to speed up the drying. The panel is then adhered to the card base with E-Z Runner. Across the top is a piece of Vellum and I cut the bottom with the Lawn Fawn Ocean Wave Borders but reversed from the mask that I made. My greeting is the die cut you from the Hero Arts Thank You Pair Fancy Die, cut once from Ice Gold Curious Metallic and twice from Solar White 110lb. The rest of the greeting is from the My Monthly Hero Kit from May and is heat embossed in Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder. I adhered the three you die cuts together with Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive and then to the Vellum. Some Kool-Tak Clear Foam Tape is hidden behind the you and the Vellum panel is adhered to the card. The shells are cut from Ice Gold and White Gold Curious Metallic and adhered to the card with 3D Foam Squares. I added some Pretty Pink Posh Gold, Rose Gold and Pewter Sequins along with a few Wood Veneer Stars on the sand and the card is done! I love that Color Shine and Sequins on the sand, I look at the card and I’m at the beach! I hope that you enjoyed my Design Team card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge! Stop by the BLOG and check out the rest of the Team’s cards and enter yours in the gallery! Thank you for your visit today! They are always appreciated! Have a wonderful Wednesday! 🙂

Products used:

Stamp Set: My Monthly Hero May Kit (Hero Arts)

Ink: Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs, Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress (Ranger-Tim Holtz)

Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

Embossing Powder: Gold (Hero Arts)

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

Specialty Card Stock: 48lb Vellum, Ice Gold and White Gold Curious Metallic (The Paper Cut)

Dies: Ocean Wave Borders Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn), Seashells Die D-lites (Spellbinders) and Thank You Pair Fancy Die (Hero Arts)

Embellishments: Gold, Rose Gold and Pewter Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Gold and Bronzer Color Shine (Heidi Swapp) and Wood Veneer Stars (Studio Calico)

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

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