Tuesday Trigger Card

Here is the inspiration for the Tuesday Trigger Vagabond Challenge.

Here is my card.

I was inspired by the colors, geometric shapes and wire cages in the photo.

Tools & Materials for my card:

Big Shot
Tim Holtz Movers & Shapers Mini Bird & Cage Set
Glossy Accents
Scor Tape
Prima Flowers - Innocence Collection
Tim Holtz Ideology Fasteners
Tim Holtz Ideology Gears
Tim Holtz Custom Fasteners, Stickers and Epoxy
Echo Park Note To Self 6 X 6 Paper Pad
Basic Grey Little Black Dress  6 X 6 Paper Pad
Tim Holtz Ideology Chit Chat Stickers

Hope you enjoy the card.

Gellatos, Stamp Your Story and Kraft

I wanted to play with my new purchases; Tropical Gelatos and Hero Arts Stamp Your Story, My Favorite set. I was trying to come up with a way to use them both together and I decided to make
a card for the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge: Kraft

I used a Hero Arts tall Kraft card. I scribbled the four gelatos in the set onto the card and went over
them with my Tim Holtz water brush. Then I stamped the feather and butterfly images onto the card with Black Archival ink. I wasn't happy with just the black so I scribbled colors into the feathers and
butterflies with the gelatos and went over them with my water brush. I pulled different words from
the set and stamped them onto the card using the Black Archival ink again. When I was done
the card still didn't look finished so I added some Teresa Collins enamel dots. I was suprised
at how fast the card went together. I concentrated more on playing with the products than designing the card.

Hope you enjoy the card. All your comments are sincerely appreciated.

Congratulations Button Card

I made this card for Simon Says Stamp "The Button Challenge.

I had fun gluing down all the buttons for this card. I don't believe I've ever used so many
buttons on one project.

Materials for the card

Papers from the BoBunny Weekend Market 6 X 6 Pad
Neenah Classic Cream card stock
Buttons from my stash
MFT Star Stax Die
Lawn Cuts coordinating "Blue Skies" die
Barely Beige (E11) copic marker
Tim Holtz walnut distress ink
Micron Black marker

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 Card drive for Maddy

Over at Simon Says Stamp there is a card drive going on for Maddy. Maddy is a beautiful girl who has been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Please click on the link above to find out how you can send a card to Maddy and be entered to win a gift certificate from Simon Says Stamp.

Here is the card I made for Maddy.

I'm also entering this card into the Paper Smooches Sparks Trend Watch Challenge - Gold.

Ingredients for my card:

Neenah solar white card stock
Recollections gold glitter card stock
Paper Smooches I Heart Art Stamp Set
Lipstick Orange Copic Marker
Wink of Stella Gold Brush
Tsukineko Delicata Golden Glitz pigment ink
Recollections Red Heart

Brynn's Canvas

I made this canvas for my three year old niece Brynn. It's made of all the colors that she
loves: lime green, pink, purple, and sea blue. It's happy like she is most of time. And
she makes me happy all the time - there's nothing like unconditional love. I'm entering this
canvas into the Simon Says Stamp and Show Inspiration Challenge

The inspiration for Brynn's canvas came from a class taught by Shari Caroll that I attended.
Her class was based on the techniques she used to make a canvas for her Mother.  You can
see Shari's canvas here:  mom tribute canvas is complete .  During that class I made a canvas
for my sister Cathy who has since passed away. The colors on her canvas are a more subdued
version of Brynn's canvas.

Cathy's canvas

I would have taken nicer pictures had I known I'd be posting her canvas here.

You can read the words on Brynn's canvas but not Cathy's. On the various
chipboard pieces of Cathy's the sentence: "Sisters teach how to love without limits." is
formed.

The canvases are made of :

10 X 10 Canvas
Tissue
Book Pages
Bo Bunny Country Garden 6 X 6 paper pad
My Minds Eye Happy Go Lucky 6 X 6  paper pad
Authentique Petite Type Squares
Thickers
Mod Podge
Gesso
Various Acrylic Paints
Ribbon
Prima Flowers
Prima Leaves
Maya Zipper Trim
Maya Road Chip Board Pieces
Petaloo Chip Board Pieces
Hero Arts Pearls
Doodlebug Enamel Accents
Prima Say It In Crystals
Packaging from Prima products
Stickers from K&Company
Cut up cereal boxes

Thank you for stopping by.

Travel Tag

I created this tag for the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge: Passport to Fun.

Materials

Ranger #8 Manilla Tag
Hero Arts Antique Background
Tim Holtz Enjoy the Ride, Car & Admit One Stamps
Ranger Antique Linen Crackle Paint
Distress Inks:  Tea Dye, Brushed Corduroy, Aged Mahogany, Gathered Twigs and Black Soot
Distress Stain:  Gathered Twigs
Tim Holtz Ideaology Crinkle Ribbon
Tim Holtz  Ideaology Custom Fasteners
Adirondack Metallic Copper Paint Dabber
Old chain and PO Box Key from my stash

Thanks for stopping by.


 

Mother's Day Card

I made this card using the papers and stamp set included
in my May Simon Says Stamp Card Kit.

I stamped the images using Ranger Black Archival Ink and

colored them in with Tim's Distress Markers.

I misted the roses with Rangers Perfect Pearl Mist after they

were colored in.

I colored the chipboard heart with Tim's Spun Sugar Distress

marker and then covered it with the Pink Petal Perfect Pearls

that was included with the card kit.

Can't wait to make more cards using this kit.