I am so Excited and I just can't hide it....!!!

 

I just ordered all sorts of fun new products and I am bursting at the seams!!!!

I am so excited, I just can't hide it..... and I did lose control, oops!!!

There are just so many great new products, I ordered the whole blendable alcohol marker set.

I almost bought the copics this winter, I am so glad I didn't!!!

Plus I ordered supplies for project life which Stampin Up just came out with!

You can tell I am a wee bit manic, by all of my exclamation's!!!!

Wow, lets see if I can come down enough to tell you about this card!

I like this card, very gender neutral but I will use it as a guy card!

For the background, I used a sponged with white craft ink on it and just rubbed it on the card stock.

I also sprinkled some white embossing powder on the background, 

just to give it a bit of a different look.

The, Happy birthday, is also embossed!

  Colors: Crushed Curry, Island Indigo, Early Espresso

Birthday X 7!

In the last week I have had 7 birthdays, wow!

Each of the ladies belong to the prayer group that I go to each week.

These ladies are beautiful woman and I really wanted to make nice cards for them.

Each lady has inspired me to grow closer to Jesus and trust Him more and more each day!

Here are a few of the cards I made.

I love using straight pins with beads on my cards, I love the dimension that it brings!

I actually curled my ribbon with a curling iron, never done that before, with all the other dimension the straight ribbon didn't look right!

The Flower is made by spraying it with water and then scrunching it up, I am always amazed at how once it dries it is firm and doesn't flatten.

For this card I tried doing a bit of mixed media.

I first of all ripped some patterned paper then glued it down to the card stock then covered that with Gesso.

This card is fairly basic, just added a bit of Gesso and some doodling here and there.

 



Window sheet card!

I haven't used window sheets for a long time, I don't know why because I love the effect.

You put the paper on top of the window sheet inside and on the top otherwise you would see the glue.

I love making matching envelopes makes the card even more special.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

 

Playing with clay!

This card was fun, I have been wanting to try the clay that I bought from the new SU catty!

The clay started of white and I added island indigo refill ink, you need to wear gloves while you knead the clay or you will look like a smurf!

The DS paper, ribbon and twine, I got from the clearance rack really cheap, so that always makes me happy!

A bit of This and That!

 

I have been soooo sick with a head cold and fever; so that is why I haven't posted the last couple of days! 

Lately I have been fascinated with Mixed Media art; which you do on canvas.  I am not quite brave enough to do the canvas yet, so I thought I would do the same sort of idea on a card.

 

The first thing I did was distress the edges with the distressing tool in the picture; I did this to all the pieces.









I then sponged the edges with Soft Suede, to give it a aged look.

I used the background stamp, French Script and Soft Suede ink, before I stamped the paper I removed some of the ink using a Kleenex.

Instead of pulling out my sewing machine, and I was going to do that, I used a white gel pen and did some faux stitching!  Also you may have noticed the lace doily is more oval then normal.  I actually cut the doily in half.
A few other things to note:
- I made the pattern with the pearls because they come individually or in a straight line.
-The flowers are sprayed with water before I formed them, when the are dry they keep the shape.

Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, summer Starfruit, Rich Razzelberry, old olive Card Stock and the designer paper from Sale-a-bration (2 more days to take advantage of the free products).
Ink: Rich Razzelberry and Soft Suede classic ink
Accessories: Labels Collection Framelits, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Bird Builder Punch (for the leaves)
Stamp Set: Hope Happens
Supplies used: