Pinks & Pearls

I'm excited to share that I am the guest designer at As You See It for their Pinks & Pearls challenge.  It seems that the design team over there liked one of my cards recently and invited me to be a guest designer!  I always get a goosebump or two when I get recognized for one of my cards!

It's no secret that I tend to gravitate towards clean and simple cards so I love a challenge that has got lots of elements to it.  I get to stretch my creative wings!  For my card I embossed the background and sponged on some color to give it a little depth.  Then I added two layers cut with a deckle die set in shades of pink.  The top layer was cut in white with the same deckle die and sponged on the edges to create an aged look.  Then it was stamped with a simple branch.  The blossoms on the branch were colored with different shades of pink.  I added a few pearls and I was done!  I love how this came out!

Thanks again to the design team at As You See It for inviting me to play along with them!

Supplies
Stamps:  Artfully Asian (Stampin' Up!)
Paper:  Whisper White, Rose Red, Pink Pirouette (Stampin' Up!)
Ink:  Crumb Cake, Rose Red, Regal Rose, Strawberry Slush, Pink Pirouette (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  Weathered embossing folder (Taylored Expressions); Deckled Rectangle dies (Spellbinders); Basic Peals (Stampin' Up!)

Addicted to CAS - Guest Designer

Happy Saturday!  I am super excited to being joining the team over at Addicted to CAS once again as their guest designer!  The code word for the challenge is "fishy" and that had me pondering and then some!  Ultimately, I turned to Etsy and the plentiful supply of digital images there to fulfill my fishy quest!

There were actually quite a lot of digital fish images to choose from, which kind of surprised me, until I saw that many were being used as fisherman themes for screen printed t-shirts or vinyl decals on vehicles.  

But there were also some cute fish clearly made for card-making and scrapbooking.  I chose this image because I loved the long swoosh behind her (which I took to be the movement of water but now that I look again maybe it's part of her tail???) and her pursed lips.  I colored her in shades of blue then I then hunted around for some fish-appropriate sentiments and settled on this one that I simply printed on regular paper, cut, mounted to some cardstock for stability and stuck down with foam tape. 

All in all this went together pretty easily!

Thanks for stopping by!  And I owe a huge thanks to Kylie and everyone at Addicted to CAS for liking my cards enough to invite me to play along with them for this challenge.  I can't thank you enough!

Supplies
Stamps:  Pretty Fish (2cuteink)
Paper:  Ultra Smooth Premium White (Spectrum Noir)
Ink:  Copics

Global Design Project - Guest Designer

Happy new year - a few days late!  I haven't been active on my blog for a couple of weeks but you may have seen me around Instagram.  I've been busy adding to my crafty stash - not that I actually need anything - and I've been trying out some new things.  But using well-loved items that I've had for ages is also good for the soul!

Today I'm excited to join the design team at Global Design Project as their guest.  The challenge features some beautiful colors that made me think of flowers.

I didn't have the exact green and pink colors but what I did have is pretty close, I think.  The background is simply two layers of a diagonal coverplate die that I layered together and the flowers and leaves make a simple spray in corner.  My "thank you" card stash is just about depleted so I figured I better get going making some more!

I want to thank the design team at Global Design Project for inviting me to play along with them this week.  They are a crazy-talented team of crafters so it's a real treat to join them!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies
Stamps:  Summer Silhouettes (Stampin' Up!); Simple Sentiments (Avery Elle)
Paper:  Whisper White, Night of Navy (Stampin' Up!); Mint Julep (Papertrey Ink)
Ink:  Sweet Blush (Papertrey Ink); Night of Navy (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  Diagonals Plaid Cover Up die (Lil' Inker Designs); Songbirds die (Papertrey Ink)