A bootful of thanks

Today I have two versions of the same card I found here. I started by stamping the SU boot in SU Real Red on kraft paper and fussy cutting them out. The brads are from Colorbok and didn't lay very flat so I added a couple of small pieces of dimensional adhesive to make the whole boot pop. The die shape is from Taylored Expressions and the embossing folder is The Paper Studio. Some ribbon from my stash and two stamps from Hero Arts (the flower/star and sentiment) finish the cards off.

I'm partial to the one on the right because of the shimmery Bazzill paper. Which one is your favorite?

 

Perfect Pear

I am truly loving my new My Silly Valentine stamp set by Lawn Fawn. It's so cute and easy to use for love cards. For this card, I used OWH sketch 197. The image is stamped in SU Old Olive and the sentiment is done with Memento Tuxedo Black. I used three different colors of card stock: white, black and dark green. The green stripes are Colorbok Sage Stripe. I used a new Darice embossing folder for the next layer and stamped my own paper for the bottom layer. The Triveni Craft bling gives the card a bit of pop.

 

Make some time today to tell someone "I love you."

OWH VCMP, Day 2

I hope everyone is enjoying all of the inspiration! I know I am and I'm looking forward to the challenges for day 2. Let's get started, shall we?

Challenge 6: This is a challenge we all know well, the Sunday sketch. The colored papers on this are Doodlebug, except for the grey which is DeNami. I used a random metal balloon embellishment I had in my stash. I didn't put a sentiment on it, so it can be used for any kind of celebration.

Challenge 7: This is a two part challenge, make a kid's card and follow the tic-tac-toe recipe. I chose things with wings, paper piecing and embossing. I used an adorable Fiskars penguin for my focal point. The scarf and boots are paper pieced from scraps and glued with Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive. The white is all SU Whisper White and the grey is DeNami. Everything is stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black. The embossing is the Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder gently tapped with an Encore Ultimate Metallic Silver.

Challenge 8: I really had to dig for some fall papers for this challenge. I used my last piece of "leaf" paper already. The patterned papers are all Colorbok. The SU sentiment is embossed in Recollections white. I used OWH sketch 186.

Challenge 9: This one calls for a bee and a "bee" sentiment. It was an easy choice since I only have one bee stamp from a Recollections set which I colored with Copics. The yellow papers are all from SU. I used the Cuttlebug Honeycomb embossing folder and typed the sentiment on the computer. The brads are by American Crafts.

Challenge 10: I loved this challenge, use the negative space of a die or punch, because I've had this idea in my head for awhile. The green stripe star is Colorbok and the red squares star is DCWV; all the stars were done with Nesties. All of the other papers are from my card stock stash. Both sentiments are Paper Smooches, the one on green is embossed with Recollections white as is the white star; the other one is stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black. For the faux stitching, I used a white Gelly Roll pen and black Copic Multi Liner. The embossing folders are Plaid by Darice and Diamond Plate by Cuttlebug. The brown and black layers are popped.

 

What a fun and amazing Virtual Card Making Party this has been to kick off OWH's birthday month. I hope you all had as much fun as I did!

Happy Everything!

For this card, I used OWH sketch 177. I'm always happy when a sketch uses a banner. Since purple is my favorite color and I rarely use it, I dug through my papers and found three different purple ones for this card. All together, I got six cards out of it all. 

The black background paper is Colorbok. The other two are so old they didn't even have a name on them. I used black and white card stock for layers and the sentiment square. The sentiment is Paper Smooches and the black brads are American Crafts.

Enjoy your day!

Miss You...sketch 168

I really like this week's OWH sketch. It was fun finding papers that went well together and I finally used my new flower stamps from Impression Obsession. The sentiment is Hot Off the Press and the patterned papers are Colorbok and DCWV.

 

 

Enjoy the weekend!

 

Cherie

MWT...Sketch 118 and 119

This week the OWH MWT is to make a love/hug card. And I have two of them for you!

The first is sketch 118. The green circles (cut with Nesties) and green stripes are from the same piece of Colorbok paper. The white square is Bazzill layered with black cardstock. The stamps are from Love by Little Yellow Bicycle. I used a white gel pen and my Copic multiliner to add a bit more detail to the circles.

 

The second one is sketch 119. I used the same Colorbok paper as well as some green Bazzill and some black pearl and silver cardstock. The stamp is from the same Love set and the circles were all done with Nesties. The silver embellishments are JoAnn Craft Essentials Metallic Dots.

 

 

Don't forget to visit the other blogs and check out their great cards!

 

Cherie

 

Sketches 114-117

Moving along with sketches today, I have four more for you. These all have the same basic elements. Green and white striped Colorbok paper. Purple Damask Recollections paper. Black pearl paper. Green and white Bazzil paper. Silver cardstock.

Sketch 114 and sketch 115: Love stamp set by Little Yellow Bicycle. Lavender pearls from Queen & Co.

 

Sketch 116: Love stamp set by Little Yellow Bicycle. JoAnn Craft Essentials Metallic Dots.

 

Sketch 117: I'm not sure where the stamp came from. I did two versions of this because I didn't like the first one which everyone else really liked. The first one has Recollections rivets. The second one has Studio 112 light green gems.

 

 

Enjoy your weekend!

 

Cherie