A CHEERFUL HEART

I am combining two challenges for my card,  The Paper Players #145 and MFTWSC124.

 

My card base and the MFT Heart Doily are SU Raspberry Ripple.  The DSP is Gumball Green and Midnight Muse.  The white panels are Canvas Corp Heavy Cardstock and the large panel is embossed with SU Fancy Fan EF.  I love this sentiment from the new MFT Cheerful Blessings set and stamped it in Midnight Muse.  I also added a little flourish from SU Simple Friendship (retired) stamped in Midnight Muse and added some of the hearts cut from the Heart Doily.  I was going to add a flower for the little circle element, but thought the hearts went better with the sentiment.  I also added some Baker's Twine around the sentiment panel.

 

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Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Congrats Grad

The Dynamic Duos Challenge blog is celebrating their one year anniversary.  To participate you can make a card with any of their previous color combos.  I chose DD#49, Basic Gray & Basic Black to make this graduation card.  The image is by Stampabilities and I colored the tassel with marker.  The chevron paper is My Mind's Eye and of course I used SU Basic Gray and Basic Black CS.  I embossed the Basic Gray panel with  Quikutz Polka Dots EF.  I added some Basic Black grossgrain ribbon across the seam of the two papers.  The sentiment is done on my computer and cut out with MFT Fishtail Flags Stax Die-namics and Layers. The card base and banners are Canvas Corp Heavy Weight CS.

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Seize The Birthday #16

Here is my card for this week's Seize The Birthday #16 challenge.

The card base is SU Pink Pirouette CS.  The white panel is Canvas Corp Heay Weight CS and is embossed with SU Lacey Brocade EF.  I used the debossed side.  The MFT Upsy Daisy is cut from SU Pink Pirouette CS, the center is Soft Suede and the leaves are Certainly Celery.  The ribbon is some retired Soft Suede dotted ribbon.  The sentiments is from SU Itty Bitty Banners stamped in Soft Suede ink and matted on Soft Suede CS.  I cut both out by hand. 

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Thinking of You Makes Me Happy

This is my card for this week's MFTWSC#123.
The sentiment is from MFT You Make My Day.  For such a sweet sentiment I wanted to add some cheerful papers so I chose all the DSP from Simple Stories Summer 6x6 pad.  The card base is SU Crumb Cake CS and all the mats and sentiment panel are MFT Whip Cream CS.  The flowers are made from the smaller flower in MFT Blueprints 3 Die-namics.  I cut between each petal and shaped them with my fingers.  I also sponged SU So Saffron ink around the edge of each petal. The center of the flowers are also cut with the Blueprints 3 Dies from some cork looking paper from the same pad.  The banner is cut with MFT Fishtail Flag Stax.  I added the faux stitching around the sentiment panel with my Zig pen and a ruler.

I have started making cards for Operation Write Home and this card will be going in that box.  They make cards to send to our military men and women overseas so they will have cards to send home to their loved ones.  You can check it out here.

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Graduation cards

 

Here are two graduation cards I made last week.  I used these two sweet digital images from Bugaboo Stamps and use blue and white which are our school colors.  Both images are printed on X-Press It Blending Card and colored with Copics. Card bases are Canvas Corp Heavy Cardstock from Hobby Lobby.

 

Boy Grad:  After coloring the image, I cut him out and mounted him with foam dimensionals on a Spellbinder's Classic Oval die cut from MME DSP.  The light blue DSP is some older paper I have.  The blue mats are SU Brilliant Blue CS.  The sentiment on both cards is from SU Itty Bitty Banners stamped in Brilliant Blue ink and cut out by hand.  I added a Metallic Dots from JoAnn's to each corner of the BB CS strip.  I stamped each number individually in the "2013" with MFT LLD-Journal It Calendar Basics.

 

Girl Grad:  After coloring the image with Copics, I cut her out with Spellbinder's Classic Ovals and matted her on SB Scalloped Oval.  All blue mats are some older DSP from my stash, the other side is a print.  The large white panel is stamped in Basic Gray ink with SU En Francis background stamp.  The decorative strip is made with SU Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch.  I added 4 rhinestones colored with a Copic in the 4 corners.  Again, the 2013" is stamped with MFT LLD-Journal It Calendar Basics in Mememto Tuxedo Black ink.

 

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Freshly Made Sketches 85 - Happy Father's Day

 ETA:  Yea, my card won Queen of Clean at Freshly Made Sketches.

I have been busy with family stuff this past week and was taken out to lunch yesterday for an early Mother's Day, but was able to get a few cards done.  I made this Father's Day card following this week's Freshly Made Sketches but turned it sideways.  I like the circle with the flags sticking out.  I used a new stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs called The Waves on the Sea for the boat image and the sentiment.  I stamped the image in Mememto Tuxedo Black ink, colored it with Copics and cut it out with MFT Circle Stax 1 & 2.  I used a white Signo pen to color the waves around the boat and also a few places in the water.  I used a punched scallop circle and sponged the clouds with SU Bashful Blue ink.  For the sentiment I masked each word and stamped it in Mememto Black ink and cut out each one with MFT Fishtail Flags Stax and Fishtail Flags Stax Layers.  The image and flags are both mounted with foam dimensionals.

The card base and white panels are Canvas Corp. Heavy Cardstock and the DSP is from the MME Moments 6x6 pad.  Card size is 4-1/4 x 5-1/2.

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Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Merry Monday #61

Here is my card for this week's Merry Monday #61 sketch challenge at Always Playing With Paper blog.

I used SU Bravo Burgunday CS for the mats and Canvas Corp. Heavy CS for the white panels and card base.  The main panel is embossed with SU Vintage Wallpaper EF.  The poinsettia is from Flourishes Poinsettia and Boxwood.  I stamped the poinsettia and leaves in Mememto Tuxedo Black on some X-Press It Blending Card, colored them with Copics and cut them out.  I glued them on the embossed panel, cutting some of the left side of the poinsettia off. The sentiment is from SU  Contempo Christmas, stamped in Mememto Tuxedo Black ink.  It is mounted with foam dimensionals.  

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Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Another Mother's Day Card

Here is another Mother's Day card I made this week.  The card base and the top panel are Canvas Corp. Heavy Cardstock.  I used Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles to cut the white panel, added some Recollections Rhinestone/Pearls, SU Riding Hood Red Ribbon and a Prima flower.  The sentiment s from SU All Holidays stamped in Mememto Tuxedo Black ink.  The DSP is from MME, but not very much of it shows.  It does match the SU ribbon though.

 

I am entering this in the following challenges for Mother's Day:

 

Paper Players #144

Belli Challenge #169

The Pink Elephant #197

 

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Happy Mother's Day - The Paper Players #144

 

This is my card for The Paper Players #144 Mother's Day challenge.  The card base is Canvas Corp. Heavy Cardstock, next is a mat of SU Crumb Cake and then the SU Pink Pirouette CS.  The PP panel is embossed with SU Elegant Lines EF.  I added some SU Pearls to the little circles in the embossing.  The butterflies from SU Papillon Potpourri were stamped in SU Raspberry Ripple ink and sponged with some PP ink.  I cut them out and adhered them with some Tombow glue to just the body of the butterflies to leave their wings free.  Then I added 3 little pearls to the bodies.  The sentiment is from Verve's Love Deepens and is stamped in Mememto Tuxedo Black and punched with SU Curly Label punch.  I also punched 2 labels from Crumb Cake CS and cut one in half vertically and one in half horizontally to make the mat.

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MFTWSC122 Thank You

I made a teacher thank you card following this week's MFTWSC122.  Unfortunately my internet connection has been down and I am just getting my card posted.  I think I barely made the cut off time.

 

For my card I used the MFT ALM Apple For Teacher stamping her with Mememto Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It Blending Card and colored her with Copics. I paper-pieced her skirt & top with some of the DSP and SU Always Artichoke CS.  I cut her out and added her (with foam dimensionals) to a circle and mat cut with MFT Circle Stax 1 and Circle Stax 2.  The SU Naturals Ivory panel is embossed with the Tim Holtz Brick EF and sponged with SU Crumb Cake ink.  The sentiment is from the same set but I cut it apart to fit in my circle. It is stamped with Mememto TB ink on Naturals Ivory and sponged with Crumb Cake ink also.  The Riding Hood Red panel is stamped with a retired SU alphabet background stamp.  I thought it added some texture and went with the school theme.  The DSP is some I have had in my stash for a looooong time. :)  The mats are SU Always Artichoke & Riding Hood Red CS. The card base is SU Naturals Ivory.

 

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OWH NSD Challenge - Hey Dude

I am following the Operation Write Home NSC challenges today and on Paula's Blog she had a challenge to use a sketch and make a kid's card.  I used Bonus Sketch #1 from OWH.  For my card I used a new stamp I got yesterday at Hobby Lobby.  It is Skateboard Kiddo by Stampendous.  I stamped him on some X-Press It Blending Card with Mememto Tuxedo Black ink.  He is colored with Copics and Promarkers.  I paper-pieced the skateboard by stamping it on some wood design paper from MME Fiddlesticks 6x6 paper pad, cut it out and glued it on the stamped image.  I inked the edges of the image panel with some SU Bashful Blue ink, and inked the sentiment panel also.  I created the sentiment on my computer and it is mounted on foam dimensionals. The DSP are from MME Twinkle Twinkle Little Boy 12x12 pad and are textured and shiny, although it doesn't show up in the photo.  The white CS card base is Canvas Corp. Heavy Cardstock and the mats are SU Early Espresso.

 

That's it for my card.  Thanks for stopping by my blog.  I appreciate your comments.

 

Happy Stamping

JoAnn

Dynamic Duo Birthday Wishes

I made my card using this week's Dynamic Duos color challenge and last week's Freshly Made Sketches sketch.  I love the softness 0f Blushing Bride.  I wouldn't have thought of combing these two colors, but I think they make a pretty flower.

My card base is SU Crumb Cake and the mats are Blushing Bride.  I embossed the white panel with SU Vintage Wallpaper EF.  The leaves are stamped in Wild Wasabi ink and the 2 step flowers are stamped in Blushing Bride and overstamped with Calypso Coral.  I cut them out and mounted them with foam dimensionals.  The sentiment is from SU Occasional Quotes stamped in Calypso Coral.  It is mounted with foam dimensionals also.  I added the Blushing Bride ribbon across the center, added the Blushing Bride DSP panel, image panel, and sentiment,  and my card was done.

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Happy Stamping,

JoAnn