clean & simple 285

For clean & simple 285, I pulled out my SU owl punch and borrowed a Lawn Fawn branch stamp/die. Then I found my DeNami sentiment stamp I bought over a year ago to use with the owl punch! The branch and sentiment were stamped with Fresh Ink Chocolate. The owl was punched out with kraft and a piece of polka dot A Muse. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background. The addition of googlie eyes and some Triveni bling finish everything off.

clean & simple 283

I love the look of this card. The clean & simple sketch 283 was perfect for an easy Mother's Day card. I used a Spellbinders heart die on some Bazzill then my Scor-Buddy to make the lines. The dots are dabs of silver Pearl Pen. I did a simple banner for the SU sentiment and edged it in the same color of SU Rich Razzleberry.

Christmas CAS

I was going through some challenge blogs today and found three that work well together. The first one comes from Sparkle Creations to make a Christmas card and use heat embossing if you want. I didn't heat emboss because I couldn't find my silver embossing powder. The second challenge from CAS-ual Fridays is to use two shades of grey and the third challenge is sketch 282 over at clean & simple.

I used a piece of grey DeNami card stock for the background and two shades of grey ribbon. The turquoise paper is SU and so are the stamps. The grey ink is Memento and the turquoise is SU. The bling is JoAnn Craft Essentials. To make it a Christmas card instead of a possible birthday card, I put a Penny Black sentiment inside that reads: May your holiday be wonderful and wonder-full.

Ray of Sunshine

One of my friends has asked if our craft group could send some uplifting cards to her sister who has cancer. This is the one I made for her. This cute MFT Flopsey bunny always makes me smile. I did some paper piecing and colored the bunny with a Copic marker. The clouds have some pale blue Copic streaks in them. Both polka dot papers are Bella Press. The clouds are a Fiskars punch. I'm also entering the card for clean & simple 281.

Happy 29th?

For this card, I used clean&simple 274. It's been awhile since I've made birthday cards, so I thought this would be a great sketch to use my SU cupcake punch. The cupcake bases are SU papers, as are the inks used for the sentiment and cupcake tops (Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Pacific Point). I used two different embossing folders the the background and cupcake tops. The sentiment is also SU. 

My socks love you!

I used Clean & Simple 266 for this cute card. I found the Graphic 45 Joyous Noel patterned paper on clearance at an LSS and paired it with brown, red and white card stock. The Lawn Fawn main image and hearts embracing the sentiment are stamped with Memento Lady Bug and those little hearts on the socks are colored with a Copic. The sentiment is also Lawn Fawn and stamped with Fresh Ink Chocolate. I also used Chocolate around the image circle to soften it a bit. The image shapes were done with Nestabilities.

Please pardon the blurry picture...it just didn't want to focus.

Enjoy yourself today!

Thanks so much

Today I have Clean & Simple sketch 256 for you. I started with a small Fiskars hexagon punch to make my mask. Using Distress Ink Spun Sugar and Tea Dye with a dauber, I filled in the three rows. I wanted a bit more flare and found my Fiskars Dot flourishes. The ink is Brilliance Galaxy Gold and takes quite awhile to dry. My Inkadinkado Thank You Words set fit my idea perfectly. I places the sentiments on the card where I wanted them and then places the block over the top to mount them. They're stamped in Fresh Ink Chocolate. Since I'm used to layers on my cards, I still needed a bit more texture and added some Recollections Pearls. The ribbon on top is from my stash.

Enjoy your day!

Clean & Simple 248

Here's a card based on Clean & Simple 248. I really love the background clock paper by DCWV. It goes so well with the Hero Arts stamp set. The brown paper is Bazzill and the white is card stock. American Crafts makes those black brads and a Martha Stewart border punch did those holes. The circle and scalloped circle are done with Nesties.

I'm trying to branch out from using only Operation Write Home sketches which I love because they have measurements on them. Other sketches make me think and I'm enjoying that lately!

Flag Day!

It's Flag Day and I have a red, white and blue card to help celebrate! I used the new sketch from Clean & Simple for the layout.

The patterned papers are Doodlebug and the red/blue are Bazzill. The white is basic white card stock. The background is embossed with my Cuttlebug and the layered stars were cut with Nestabilities. That white brad is from American Crafts. The sentiment is by Hero Arts.

 

Have a fabulous weekend!

 

Cherie