Tag: Card Making

  • Paper Players 356

    Paper Players 356

    Monday already huh?! Another weekend zipped by! I did end up going to the beach with Heather in the morning yesterday, we stayed for a few hours and then ran a some errands. She made me a turkey burger for dinner and then her and George had to go to a wake so I headed back to my house. Later on Taylor came by and we watched TV for a bit. This morning I have a bunch of things to get finished on the computer and it’s supposed to rain so it will be the perfect day for it! 😀

    I made a quick card late last night and it’s for this week’s Paper Players challenge…

    To begin my card I stamped the Concord & 9th Tree Ring Background Photopolymer Stamp onto a piece of Smoky Slate with Doe Ink and used my Scissors to cut it out. For the greeting I heat embossed one from the Concord & 9th By Your Side Photopolymer Stamp Set in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder. The card base is a piece of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with a piece of Desert Storm 80lb adhered to the front. I used Fun Foam and E-Z Runner to adhered the tree ring to the card. The little tree rings are from the Concord & 9th Cozy Up Photopolymer Stamp Set and are stamped randomly in Yeti Ink onto the background. To finished the card I added Pretty Pink Posh Marshmallow Sequins! As you can see from the picture that Tree Ring is a very well loved stamp! I hope that you like my card for this week’s Paper Players Challenge! Thanks for starting your week off with me! Have a marvelous Monday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Sets: Tree Ring Background, By You Side and Cozy Up Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

    Ink: Doe and Yeti (Lawn Fawn)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and Desert Storm 80lb (Neenah) and Smoky Slate (Stampin’ Up!)

    Embellishments: Marshmallow Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

    Adhesives: E-Z Runner Ultra Strong (Scrapbook Adhesives) and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Heat Tool (Hero Arts), Scissors and Fun Foam

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  • Aloha Pineapple Thanks

    Aloha Pineapple Thanks

    Hi there! The gloomy morning yesterday did turn into a nice sunny afternoon so I did get to enjoy the yard for a while. Heather came by and we ran to BJ’s. I saw my buddy Anthony there. Haven’t seen him in way too long. We are going to make plans and go out to dinner soon. After BJ’s Heather came back to my house for a bit. Later on Taylor stopped by and my Brother and Erika came by my Parent’s with the kiddos! I walked around the yard with Tristan for a while, she is really trying hard to say uncle! The evening ended with a little TV. This morning I think I’m going to go to the beach with Heather for a bit! That should be fun! 😀

    I have a simple and fun card to share with you today! My base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with a piece of paper from the Concord & 9th Aloha Fill-In Patterned Paper Pack covering the front. The images and greeting are from the Concord & 9th Pop Art Pineapple Photopolymer Stamp Set. I stamped the pineapple in Sunflower and Doe. The leaves are stamped in Jalapeño and then just edges in Noble Fir. My greeting is stamped in Black Licorice and then they are all cut out with the Coordinating Dies. I used some 3M Foam Tape to adhere them to the card and added some Pretty Pink Posh Lemon Drop Sequins to finish the card. I love the nice dark paper with the bright pop of the pineapple! I hope that you like today’s card! Thanks for stopping by! Have a simply amazing Sunday! 🙂

    Products used:

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

    Ink: Black Licorice, Noble Fir, Jalapeño, Doe and Sunflower (Lawn Fawn)

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

    Patterned Paper: Aloha Fill-In (Concord & 9th)

    Dies: Pop Arts Pineapple (Concord & 9th)

    Embellishments: Lemon Drop Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

    Adhesives: E-Z Runner Ultra Strong (Scrapbook Adhesives), 3M Foam Tape and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot

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  • Magic Unicorn – Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th

    Magic Unicorn – Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th

    Another productive day yesterday! I got a lot of things checked off my to-do list and enjoyed the weather. It’s supposed to be rainy here this morning but clear up by the afternoon. Last night was a relaxing TV and read a book kind of night. Today I have some more around the house things to do and then when the weather clears up I think I will go and take a ride somewhere! 😀

    It’s time for my Solo Post over on the Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th Blog! You can also see this post over on the Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th Blog at 11:00AM today. Be sure and stop by there too! It’s Concord & 9th’s 2 year anniversary this month so they will have lots of fun things panned! Look forward to celebrating along with them!

    My card starts with a base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I heat embossed the Concord & 9th Sunshine Turnabout Photopolymer Stamp with Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder onto a piece of Soft Sky and trimmed it to cover the front of the card. The unicorn is from the Concord & 9th Unicorn Awesomeness Photopolymer Stamp Set and is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black. I colored in the horn, mane, tail and hooves with Copics and used the Coordinating Dies to cut it out. My clouds are cut out with another one of the Dies from the Unicorn Set. I adhered the back one with E-Z Runner and the top one with 3M Foam Tape. The unicorn is added and the greeting, also from the Unicorn Set is stamped in the lower left. That unicorn really is a great image and I especially like him with the sun rays and clouds! I hope that you like the card for my August Solo Post for the Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th Blog! Don’t forget that you can follow us on Instagram and Facebook! We are getting ready to start our next challenge on August 9th, be sure to come back to see what the rest of my talented teammates have to inspire you for that one and help us celebrate two years of fantastic and innovative products from Concord & 9th! Thanks for stopping by! Have a super Saturday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Sets: Sunshine Turnabout and Unicorn Awesomeness Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: Gold (Hero Arts)

    Markers: Copic

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

    Dies: Unicorn Awesomeness (Concord & 9th)

    Adhesives: E-Z Runner Ultra Strong (Scrapbook Adhesives) and 3M Foam Tape

    Tools: Big Shot, MISTI and Heat Tool (Hero Arts)

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  • Fab Friday 118

    Fab Friday 118

    Hooray for Friday! The weather was just about perfect here yesterday again, we have been so lucky lately! I had some computer stuff to do in the morning and so I took the laptop and sat outside. I squeezed in a little cleaning and a few other household things in the afternoon. After dinner I headed over to Heather’s for Thirsty Thursday. We had a few errands to run and met Stephanie at Target before heading back to Heather’s. George spent some time with us when he got home, we always have so much fun! Today I have some more computer stuff to do, hopefully outside again! 😀

    It’s a Fab Friday week and we have some nice bright colors for you…

    I pulled out the Hero Arts Color Layering Flamingo Set, haven’t used that one in a while, and made a one layer card! The base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. Across the bottom I used my Mini Ink Blending Tool to add some Soft Pool. The card is then placed in my Mini MISTI for the rest of the stamping. The flamingo is stamped in Soft Pink for the first layer and then Ultra Pink for the second and third. I stamped the legs, beak and greeting in Soft Granite. The grass is stamped in Lime Green with the water ripples added around them in Tide Pool. I added a little Black Glaze Pen to the eye and a few Pretty Pink Posh Ballerina Pink and Sparkling Clear Sequins and the card is done! I do love a one layer card and the sequins again come in handy for filling in some of the space around the image! I hope that you enjoyed my Design Team card for the Fab Friday Color Challenge! Stop by the BLOG to see the rest of the Team’s cards and enter your take on the colors in the gallery! Thanks for coming by and checking in with me today! Have a fabulous Friday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Color Layering Flamingo Photopolymer (Hero Arts)

    Ink: Soft Granite, Soft Pool, Tide Pool, Soft Pink, Ultra Pink and Lime Green (Hero Arts)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah)

    Embellishments: Ballerina Pink and Sparkling Clear Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh) and Black Glaze Pen (Sakura)

    Adhesives: Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Post-it Tape, Mini MISTI and Mini Ink Blending Tool (Ranger)

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  • Freshly Made Sketches 299

    Freshly Made Sketches 299

    That was a very quiet Wednesday. I guess they are good to have every so often. Taylor did come by in the evening and we watched a movie. This morning I do have a bunch of things to do and some errands to run. What are you up to today?! 😀

    Another thing that I did do yesterday was make my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge…

    To start my card I adhered a piece of Desert Storm 80lb to a card base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. On the left is a piece of paper from the Crate Paper Story Teller 6×6 Paper Pad cut into strips to match the sketch. The large you is cut from a piece of Black 110lb using the Simon Says Stamp Big You Die, it’s adhered to the card with Multi-Matte Medium. Onto another piece of Black I heat embossed the hello from the Simon Says Stamp I See You Photopolymer Stamp Set and adhered that to the card with 3D Foam Squares. A simple card with one of my favorite types of pattern paper, a map! I hope that you like my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge! Thank you for coming by! Have an amazing Thursday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: I See You Photopolymer (Simon Says Stamp)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

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

    Patterned Paper: Story Teller 6×6 Pad (Crate Paper)

    Dies: Big You (Simon Says Stamp)

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

    Tools: Big Shot and Heat Tool (Hero Arts)

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  • Paper Craft Crew 254

    Paper Craft Crew 254

    Another fabulous day! I actually ended up having a lot of stuff to do yesterday! I forgot that my car was supposed to be inspected at the end of July so I got that done… oops! I also had a few projects that I helped Jim with, keeps my mind sharp! He came by after work and we watched a movie and just relaxed. What a nice way to end a Tuesday! 😀

    We are mid-week so it’s time for a new Paper Craft Crew challenge…

    I can’t believe it but I couldn’t find anything more backyard BBQ than flowers! LOL! My card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I used my Mini Ink Blending Tool to add Jellybean to the bottom and Surf Blue to the top. To mask off the areas I used a piece of Post-it Tape. My flowers are from the Simon Says Stamp Artful Flowers Photopolymer Stamp Set. I atamped the flowers in Black for the outline and added the centers with Duckling. My stems are stamped in Jellybean and they are all cut out with the Coordinating Dies. The stems are adhered with Multi-Matte Medium and the flowers with 3M Foam Tape. My greeting is cut from a piece of Gold Glitter Card Stock and Black 110lb with the Simon Says Stamp Painted Summer Die. I used Multi-Purpose Spray to adhere them to each other and the card. A few Pretty Pink Posh Gold Sequins fill in some of the space around the flowers and the card is done! I do love a nice simple crisp card, I think this one fits the bill! I hope that you enjoyed my Design Team card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge! Stop by the BLOG and see the rest of the Team’s cards and enter yours in the gallery! Thank you for visiting! Have a wonderful Wednesday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Artful Flowers Photopolymer (Simon Says Stamp)

    Ink: Black Jellybean, Surf Blue and Duckling (Simon Says Stamp)

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

    Specialty: Gold Glitter Card Stock (American Crafts)

    Dies: Artful Flowers (Simon Says Stamp)

    Embellishments: Gold Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

    Adhesives: 3M Foam Tape, Multi-Purpose Spray (Elmer’s) and MM (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot and Mini Ink Blending Tool (Ranger)

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  • SIP Challenge 110 – Primary Colors!

    SIP Challenge 110 – Primary Colors!

    Another Monday for the books! I was relatively productive, got a few things done in the morning, did a little cleaning and some reading. After dinner I ran to BJ’s with Heather and bumped into Andrew’s Parents. So nice to see them! I have no idea what’s on for today but I’m sure that it will be a good time! 😀

    It’s Tuesday so time for this week’s Stamp, Ink, Paper challenge…

    I went with a shade of one of the colors! My card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I used my MISTI to stamp the large and small hearts and greeting from the Concord & 9th Cuddles & Hugs Photopolymer Stamp Set on the inside and outside of the card in Bubblegum and Black Licorice. I also stamped an additional greeting on the inside. To cut out the heart on the outside I used the Concord & 9th Heartstrings Dies. All that was left to do was to add Pretty Pink Posh Ballerina Pink and Watermelon Sequins! A simple card that is stepped up with the negative die cut on the front! I hope that you like my Design Team card for this week’s Stamp, Ink, Paper Primary Colors Challenge! We hope to see your card in the gallery so stop by the BLOG for a little more inspiration! Thanks for visiting! Have an interesting Tuesday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Cuddles & hugs Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

    Ink: Bubblegum and Black Licorice (Lawn Fawn)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah)

    Dies: Heartstrings (Concord & 9th)

    Embellishments: Ballerina Pink and Watermelon Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

    Adhesives: Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot and MISTI

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  • Paper Players 355

    Paper Players 355

    As predicted most of yesterday was quiet. I read a little in the morning and then around 3:00 I headed over to Brian & Kim’s to celebrate Kim’s brother Kevin’s birthday! Heather and George were there so I spent most of my time with them. We had fun and it was good to see everyone! Taylor came by and spent the rest of the night with me, we watched a little TV. This morning I’m going to get some cleaning done! Ahh… Mondays! 😀

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

    I went diagonal from top left to bottom right. My card started by me using the Concord & 9th Aloha Fill0In Stencils and some Sunflower and Lobster Ink to color the Concord & 9th Aloha Fill-In Patterned Paper. I trimmed it to 5 1/2 x 4 1/4  and then used the Simon Says Stamp Nesting Circles to cut out a piece from the left side. It’s adhered it to a card base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. Then I placed it in my Mini MISTI and stamped the greeting from the Concord & 9th Aloha Friend Photopolymer Stamp Set in Sunflower inside the negative space of the circle. A few Teresa Collins Red Enamel Dots complete the card! I love the Fill-In Papers and how you can make them any color that you want! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Paper Players Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge! Thank you for starting another one of your weeks off with me! Have a magnificent Monday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Aloha Friend Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

    Ink: Sunflower and Lobster (Lawn Fawn)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah)

    Patterned Paper: Aloha Fill-In (Concord & 9th)

    Stencil: Aloha Fill-In (Concord & 9th)

    Dies: Nesting Circles (Simon Says Stamp)

    Embellishments: Enamel Dots (Teresa Collins)

    Adhesives: Dot Runner (Tombo)

    Tools: Big Shot and Mini MISTI

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  • Sweet Blackberry Birthday Wishes

    Sweet Blackberry Birthday Wishes

    What a nice Saturday I had! It rained for a little while in the morning but stopped by 10:00. I took a ride over to Jim’s to drop off some things and we ended up working on another project. This time we took two old wooden crates that he had in the garage and sanded the paint splatters off of them. We did a wash of a grey paint and then he had the genius idea of going over it with some black shoe polish to darken it up a bit! Here is what they looked like before we started…

    And here is the finished product…

    We just need to put legs on it and then it will be an end table for his den! I love the way the piece turned out! Who knew that refinishing furniture could be so much fun?! 😀

    I was inspired by the color of the wood from yesterday’s project for today’s card! The background is a piece of Smoky Slate that I stamped the Hero Arts Designer Woodgrain Background on in Black. It’s adhered to a card base of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. My images and greeting are from the Hero Arts Color Layering Ice Cream Photopolymer Stamp Set. I stamped the cone in Soft Brown and Cup O joe and the ice cream in Passion Flower and Grape Juice. They are cut out with the Coordinating Frame Cuts. My greeting is heat embossed in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder onto a strip of 65lb Vellum and adhered behind the background. I added the cone and ice cream with 3D Foam Squares and a few Pretty Pink Posh Amethyst and Sand Sequins to finish the card! I love the fun gray woodgrain with the neat ice cream cone! I hope that you like today’s card and the end table! Thanks for stopping by to see what I have been up to! Have a simple Sunday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Color Layering Ice Cream Photopolymer and Designer Woodgrain Background Wood Mount (Hero Arts)

    Ink: Soft Brown, Cup O Joe, Passion Flower, Grape Juice and Black (Hero Arts)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

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

    Specialty: 65lb Vellum (The Paper Cut)

    Embellishments: Amethyst and Sand Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

    Adhesives: E-Z Runner Ultra Strong and 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives)

    Tools: Big Shot and Heat Tool (Hero Arts)

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  • Orage You Sweet 16

    Orage You Sweet 16

    Another nice day yesterday but some rain this morning. I went over to Heather’s early and spent the day with her catching up on some things while she worked. Around 5:00 I headed over to Brian & Kim’s, they needed a ride to a wedding so I drove them over to Floral Park and then came home and watched TV. Today will be a quiet day I hope! 😀

    One of my friends asked me to make a card for a sweet 16 so this is what I came up with. It was inspired by a card that I saw on the Concord & 9th site! The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock I stamped the Sweet from the Concord & 9th Orange You Sweet Photopolymer Stamp Set in Carrot Ink. The crate is from the Concord & 9th Petals & Palettes Dies. I cut it from a piece of Desert Storm 80lb and stamped the woodgrain in Doe. The leaves are from the Petals Set and are stamped in Noble Fir on Noble Fir Card Stock and cut out with the Coordinating Dies. I stamped the oranges in Carrot on Fake Tan and cut those out with the Coordinating Dies. I adhered the crate, oranges and leaves to the card leaving room in the crate to stick in a gift card. The 16 is cut from more Fake Tan with the Hero Arts Classic Numbers Frame Cuts and adhered to the lower right on the crate. A few Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear and American Crafts Orange Sequins finish the card! I love the sweet 16 with the oranges, a different take on a birthday card! I hope that you like today’s card! Thanks for coming by! Have a super Saturday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Stamp Sets: Orange You Sweet and Petals & Palettes Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)

    Ink: Doe, Carrot and Noble Fir (Lawn Fawn)

    Card Stock: Solar White 11olb and Desert Storm 80lb (Neenah), Fake Tan and Nobel Fir (Lawn Fawn)

    Dies: Orange You Sweet and Petals & Palettes (Concord & 9th) and Classic Numbers Frame Cuts (Hero Arts)

    Embellishments: Orange Sequins (American Crafts) and Sparkling Clear (Pretty Pink Posh)

    Adhesives: E-Z Runner Ultra Strong (Scrapbook Adhesives) and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)

    Tools: Big Shot

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