I made this card for a co-worker as she just had a baby boy. Something simple and sweet for the new bundle of joy!

 I had a lot of fun creating this handbag although the cutting could have been a bit better. I blinged it up a bit with some Diamond Stickles, added some lovely Prima flowers and a Hampton Arts sentiment. Hope you're having a great day!

Pattern Play Day 4

 I combined some of the techniques from Day 2 and Day 4.

Pattern Play class card

 I made this card from the Day 1 lesson and it basically mirrors Jennifer's card format. Learning which patterns go together is quite a lesson!

 Having a lot of fun with some new stamps. The sentiment is by Funny Bones and the girl is Rubbermoon. The background is Lawn Fawn colored with chalk ink and the girl is colored with Memento markers and various Stickles.

 Oh, it's Friday! Time to kick back and enjoy the start of the weekend with these lovely ladies. Background hearts are Lawn Fawn, sentiment is Hampton Arts and the ladies are Art Impressions colored with Copics and are popped up with foam dots.

 I took a class last night with Cheiron and I created this card today based on her fabulous design. This is the first time I've used a stencil as an entire background and really cased her design using distressed inks. Thanks, Cheiron!

The sentiment is HA from the Love Every Day set, the magical girl is from Rubbermoon Stamp Co. She is colored with Copics and topped with a heart.

This was a lot of fun to create. Thanks, Cheiron!

 A sympathy card for a work friend whose sister-in-law passed away at the age of 49 and quite suddenly. It seems she went into cardiac arrest a number of times and it caused terrible complications. Anyway, I thought this card might be the right thing, not too sad and sort of uplifting. I saw a version of this in a magazine and I didn't have any of the right stamps so I followed the technique. Thanks for looking. I hope you have a great day.

 Nancy turned me on to Sherri Carol's velveteen stamping video and it's very fun to do and frankly, I really cased Sheri's card! I am trying to explore more stamping techniques rather than relying on using patterened papers, which I really do love. All of this stamping is helping me understand the different kinds of inks - dye, pigment, shadow, distress, mid-tone, etc. and how they work together...or don't! And, also learning which colors will work together, too.

It's a snowy Friday here and if work isn't too crazy, I may try and "play" today!

 This is for the March CCC. Shhhh. It's a surprise for Janet in Mauritius! :-)

Papertrey Dye inks, HA flower stamp and sentiment and some Doodlebug pearls.

 I just cannot put down these new Lawn Fawn stamps! Some Inktensils and glossy accents used with a small piece of green vellum, which Linda W gave me last year at Scrapfest!  I went with primary colors for the hearts as they are just so bright and colorful.

It's snowing here but we don't expect much of an accumulation, thank goodness. Work is quiet this afternoon so I got in some play time. I hope you're having a great day!

 I have 2 new Lawn Fawn sets and they are really sweet. The background was stamped repeatedly with the heart stamp using chalk ink and the cute popsicle was colored with Copics. Who could resist that smile?

 I made this card yesterday and used another card as inspiration. It was fun to make and easy, which suits me these days.  Work isn't allowing me too much crafting time.

 I was looking at a book filled with cards and came up with this cozy scene. The green blob is supposed to be a cushion since I don't have any chair stamps! Anyway, it seemed sweet to me!