Hello there! I hope everyone is having a great weekend! Today I am sharing a card that I made for this week's CASology and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenges.

To make this card I started by making cloud masks for the background. I don't own any cloud dies, stamps, or stencils so I sketched my own clouds and cut them out of some blue painter's tape. I knew I would need something different than the masking paper I normally use because I wanted to use the smooshing technique to watercolor with. After I got my masks where I wanted them I added two shades of blue distress ink to an acrylic block, sprayed with a little water, and pressed it down on to the paper. When it was dry I popped it onto a white card base using some foam tape. To finish I die cut and stamped a sentiment and decided to adhere a piece of vellum behind it.

My Supplies:

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words

Dies: Simon Says Stamp Small Hello, My Favorite Things Fishtail Flag Stax

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans

Paper: Strathmore Bristol Smooth, Papertrey Ink Stamper's Select White, Papertrey Ink Sheer Basics Vellum Patterned Paper Collection

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Something New

Hi there! Today I am posting a card that I made for the Simon Monday Challenge. It is my first attempt at a one layer card using masking and my first card created with the January Simon Says Stamp January card kit.

I had so much fun making this card and I learned a lot of new things while I was making it. I started out by stamping my penguins and quickly found that Memento Tuxedo Black doesn't work very well on Bristol Smooth cardstock but it was what I had so I went with it. I made masks for my penguins and then stamped the igloo. I used distress inks for the ink blended background and some shading in the snow. You can't see it all that well in the picture though so I will practice shading so I'm more comfortable with adding color. I used a small paintbrush to flick white acrylic paint mixed with water onto the background. I used my Zig Clean Color markers to color and add shading to the penguins and the igloo. Last, I stamped the snowflakes with Versamark ink and heat embossed them with white embossing powder. 

My Supplies:

Stamps: SSS January card kit

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon, Salty Ocean, and Chipped Sapphire; Zig Clean Color markers in Blender, Deep Red, Wine Red, Scarlet Red, Orange, Pale Gray, and Cool Gray 1

Paper: Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock

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Happy Birthday Wishes

Hi there! One of my good friends is having a birthday tomorrow so I used this week's Freshly Made Sketches sketch to create a card for her.

I loved making this card! I started out by trimming a piece of white card stock and stamped the cake and Happy Birthday sentiment onto it. I die cut the strawberries and stamped those. Next I trimmed a piece of red card stock and red and white striped card stock to layer behind the white piece. To finish I die cut a small banner and stamped the rest of the sentiment onto it. 

My Supplies:

Stamps: PTI Just Desserts/Just Desserts Sentiments

Dies: PTI Just Desserts, MFT Fishtail Flag Stax

Ink: PTI True Black, PTI Pure Poppy, PTI Soft Stone, PTI Dark Chocolate, PTI Blueberry Sky, PTI Bright Buttercup, PTI Green Parakeet

Paper: PTI Pure Poppy, PTI Pure Poppy & White Basics, PTI Stamper's Select Whtie

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Tag You're It! Guest Designer

Hi there! Today I am thrilled to be the guest designer for the Tag You're It! Challenge. Nancy has designed a beautiful tag for today's challenge!

For my tag I took inspiration from the umbrella, flowers, and birthday sentiment.

I started out by die cutting the tag, umbrella, and bouquets. I did a little bit of ink blending on the tag (unfortunately it's hard to tell from the picture) and stamped the bouquets. I stamped the sentiment, adhered everything to the front of the tag, and added a few silver sequins.

My Supplies: 

Stamps: PTI Tick Tock (sentiment), PTI Fresh Floral Wraps

Dies: PTI Scattered Showers, PTI Fresh Floral Wraps, PTI Bookmark 2

Ink: PTI Lovely Lady, Hibiscus Burst, Bright Buttercup, Harvest Gold, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Spring Rain, Green Parakeet, True Black

Paper: PTI Soft Stone, Stamper's Select White

Thank you so much for coming by! I hope your weekend is fabulous!