August color challenge at Archiscraps

We have a fabulous new challenge over at Archiscraps...this month is a bit of a color challenge. I have to admit I have a really hard time with color challenges..haha mostly I avoid them LOL but here is what I came up with!

For this challenge we ask you to

use these colors plus a CLOCK and GOLD somewhere on your entry.

I hope I inspire some of you to join in the challenge over at Archiscraps challenge blog!

Birthday Bounce!

I needed a boy's birthday card, you have no idea how hard that is for me LOL I have issues with masculine cards and boy cards...I practice a lot on family members LOL

Most supplies used can be found at Scrapsalot and if you don't see it in the shop contact Debra and she can help you out! (stamps,ink,paper, foam dots,stamp shammy)

so for this card, we used the happy birthday paper pad from Echo park the colors were perfect they may be a little busy (since I've used most of the subtle ones already LOL) but they are cute so it makes up for it!

 I used this cute stamp set from Lawn Fawn called Really high five. I just love the look of these critters and you can use them in different ways, they can be floating with balloons, jumping on a trampoline for doing high fives.

 I think the hardest part was curving the text to go around the circle LOL thank heave for clear block...it's not perfect by any means but all in all I think the recipient will love it especially since he loves his trampoline!!

 thanks for stopping by...hope you have a fabulous week!

Items from scrapsalot
lawn fawn stamps-really high five
lawn fawn stamps- stamp shammy
Echo Park Paper Co.- happy Birthday paper pad
Echo Park enamel dots
 Catherine Pooler- Midnight ink
dimensional foam

Christmas in July

I don't know about you but I normally make at least 1 Christmas card a month gradually adding more to my stash for the upcoming holiday well that's not how this year worked...everything seemed to get all screwy but I di manage to make two cards recently LOL I figured Christmas in July! Most supplies can be found at Scrapsalot so make sure you go and check out the shop.

I started with a plain white card base added a 4x5.25 greenish panel then laid my die panel on top... I used the Hero arts fancy die called Holiday confetti that's the white background...the little dots made me think of holly berries so I used a sparkle red gel pen to color the ones that came in three's ...the stamp set is also from Hero Arts color layering Nordic tree. It's really simple to line up these layering stamps.

I didn't have the die set for these but they are fairly simple to fussy cut...if I was making more I would have stamped a bunch then scanned and cut with my silhouette portrait (sometimes I forget to do that LOL) I stamped using Catherine pooler's lime rickey and Rockin red. I popped my sentiment and tree up on some dimensional foam....added some enamel dots! hmmm let us call the card finished LOL


Items from Scrapsalot
Hero Arts stamp-color layering Nordic tree.
Hero Arts-Holiday confetti
Catherine Pooler-lime rickey
Catherine Pooler-Rockin red
Carta Bella enamel dots
archival ink -Jet Black
lawn fawn stamp shammy
score tape


Thank you for coming by and checking out my latest card!

Hang in there!

so as you can see I am still loving the alcohol inked backgrounds this is another one I made in that batch, I mixed up my colors a bit I used a little ranger lemonade, sailboat blue  some splendor <---- this one is alcohol pearl so pretty then I switched to Brea Reese Kelley green and then some straight rubbing alcohol for more movement > inks, background die, and Heffy doodle stamps can be found at Scrapsalottamps.com <

I did a stamp and cut on my silhouette portrait (LOVE to do that when I remember to do it lol) I did a super quick coloring job they turned out so cute...

 I used the same card layout I used last time but to me, it just has a different feel.

Items used from Scrapsalot shop
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink    Lemonade
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink    Pearl Splendor
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink    Sailboat Blue
Brea Reese Alcohol Ink    Kelly Green
Heffy Doodle    Chimply the Best Stamp Set
Waffle Flower    sun Shine Panel Die
Catherine Pooler  Midnight ink

Happy Birthday

So as I said in my last post I received several things to play with from Scrapsalot and alcohol inks were one of them, I've always wanted to play with them but just couldn't get my hands on any...until now....and I have to say I love them and will be playing with them often!
 for my project this week I combined the newly done alcohol inked background with this super cute stamp set from Lawn Fawn...

the set is called really high five and it's absolutely adorable! I added the Waffle Flower Sun Shine Panel Die 

 I really loved the bright colors in the background... every time I look at this card I just smile.

Make sure you stop by scrapsalot she carries a little bit of everything from scrapbooking, cardmaking a little bit of mixed-media!

Almost Fathers Day

So do you have your cards ready for Father's day? I've been working on mine...
I recently received some fun new things to play with from Scrapsalot  and these cute dies are just one of them

 This panda is perfect for fathers day but with you can add hats, a tie may be some bows LOL I used the tie and collar, and of course, I had to add the coffee cup!

 He's pretty simple to put together you cut a piece out of white and one out of black(you can use any colors you want, I wanted a black and white panda) and exchange the pieces you want like I took the ears, eyes, and part of the body of the black piece to add to my white one.

 I used colored pencils to add the pink to his cheeks and ears tI chose paper from the Echo parks Gone Camping paper pad (Scrapsalot also has paper pads) haha perfect fishing papers I cut the accessories out of the scraps I had from that pad, I love how I was able to get the lure on the cup...and his background looks like striped wallpaper...

So what do you think? Cute?

thank you for stopping by

things from Scrapsalot
Waffle Flower    Be A Panda Die
Waffle Flower    Be Accessories
SugarPea letter board die for the DAD
Echo Park Gone camping paper pad

Celebrate

Good morning to all the lovely crafters, I wanted to share a real clean and simple fun fold card using a couple sheets from Echo Park Happy Birthday Boy paper pad...It's very festive
 Inks, stamps paper and enamel dots can all be found at Scrapsalot

 I always need an extra birthday card so this was perfect and something a bit different than a plain card.

 See super simple but packs a colorful punch!

 celebrate die is one of Tim Holtz

I know things have been rough all around and things are starting to open up just in time for summer...just do me a favor and be careful...
I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend!


Items used from the Scrapsalot shop

• Ink on 3 sentiments from Magical unicorn set (happy Birthday on the inside)

• Pattern papers from echo park Happy Birthday boy

• Archival ink  (jet black)

• Stamp shammy

• Echo Park enamel dots easter wishes

Old time Jukebox

I was super excited when I received this set of stamps It's from Sugar Peas and its called Jukebox Jive...hehe how awesome is that!
all stamps and inks can be found at the scrapsalot shop Debra has a little bit of everything...

 I'll apologize right now I took a tin of photos...I was trying to get the sparkle of the gel pens that I used to make it look like metal, they were metallic and sparkly LOL

I thought this Jukebox would look awesome on a surprise pop-up card

 the top sentiment is from a Honey bee's set called for the record they blend perfectly with the sugar peas stamp set

I can see using this set a whole lot...there are so so many options and its great for masculine cards too

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my latest project, make sure you swing by scrapsalot and see what she has to offer. Have a wonderful week and stay safe and Healthy!

Beautiful Butterflies

I am so loving these foil mates...that make such stunning cards and are super simple to use... all items use on this card can be found at Scrapsalot Make sure you stop by there and check things out...

 I used the ones from Gina K designs the background is called butterflies and the sentiment is Happy day greetings I used deco foil pink melon and the papers I used are from the Honey bee paper pad called over the rainbow.

 So I am new to the whole foiling world LOL I used a simple hot laminator from walmart...wicked cheap and it seems to work well.

 so once I got started I just kept going...I did butterflies is a royal blue Oh Gosh I loved it....but I think the pink melon by far os my favorite!

thanks for coming by and checking out my card...I hope you head over to Scrapsalot and check them out also! Have a great week!

May Challenge

It's time for the May challenge over at Archiscraps challenge blog...

 Our challenge this month is to use brown and cream with ecru lace.
 here is our inspiration picture

I really hope you'll find some time to play along with us! Make sure you stop by the blog for more inspiration! Archiscraps challenge blog