Happy Good Friday!!!
I'm here to share a super adorable card using some images from our most recent Sami Stamps release.  While these images were meant for Easter, I thought they looked super cute together for a wedding card.

See!!  Aren't they adorable!?

I've been obsessed with ink blending lately so of course I did that through a stencil for my background.  I used some Worn Lipstick and Hickory Smoke to create a super gorgeous swirl pattern.

Then I arranged my images - Little Miss Fancy Chick and Mr. Gentleman Chick - the way I wanted them (I really wanted them to look like they are holding wings :) ), printed them off and colored them in with my colored pencils.  Of course I had to use the roses from the image I used in last weeks card.  I love Sami's flowers, and these rose vines are no exception!  I trimmed 2 images apart so that they would create an arch above the happy chicks.

The image was framed with a scallop cut piece of vellum and I mounted that over a piece of gorgeous lace.  Then used a few Winnie & Walter stamps from the Big Bold You and Sparkle sets to create my full sentiment.  I scattered a few Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins around the card and added little black dots to the centers.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
    Fab n Funky #297-Flowers
    Inkspirational #104-Pink and Grey
    The Challenge #65-Photo Inspiration (I loved the bright pink flowers!)
    Word Art Wednesday #222-Anything Goes

I hope you have a fabulous Easter weekend!  Thanks for visiting! <3

Hi Everyone!!  Happy Tuesday!
Are you ready for another fun challenge at Tuesday Throwdown!?
This week we have an amazing color challenge for you!  I fell in love with the colors in the image as soon as it was shared with me!  I know you are going to absolutely love it as well!  But first, let me share my card with you.

I tried a new technique on this card...can't say it turned out exactly the way I wanted it, but it was still pretty.  It's a technique that Jennifer McGuire shared a few weeks ago called Watercolor Lifting.  Now, I didn't use watercolors for my card (shocking, I know!) but I used distress inks and blended them onto my watercolor cardstock.  Once they were blended the way I wanted them, I clear embossed some gorgeous flowers from the Hero Arts Flower Garden set around my panel, making sure to fill the whole space.

After heat setting those images, I took a baby wipe and wiped away some of the color, but the clear embossing helped protect the ink underneath so those areas stayed nice and dark.  It's a gorgeous technique and I know I will give it another shot someday, I'm just not sure it totally worked on this card.  Maybe I didn't fill enough space with the images so the washed out background takes over too much?  I'm not sure...

But to help pull it all together, I blended the same blue I used on the background around my sentiment and then mounted that onto a scallop cut black frame.  I lined the back of that with some fun foam and then did a little silver string nest underneath before securing it to the card front.

Since there is so much clear embossing on this panel, I decided not to add any more embellishments since I feel it would have over cluttered the card.  I mounted all of this onto a black panel and the card was done.

I hope you will join us at Tuesday Throwdown for this fun challenge using these colors and neutrals:

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
    Creative Fingers #105-Anything Goes
    The Crazy Challenge #218-Flowers
    The Paper Players #287-Clean and Simple

Thanks so much for visiting!! <3

Happy Friday!
How has your week been?  Do anything super fun for St. Patrick's Day??
It was super chill here at our house.  I threw a corned beef brisket in the crock pot and let it do it's thing for the day.  So stinkin delicious!!  Plus, it was a gorgeous day here yesterday so I was able to get out into the yard a bit, which felt wonderful!  I love it when the sun shines!

So today we have another super adorable release from Sami Stamps to share with you.  It's called Chicks and Eggs..total cuteness!

I've used the image Easter in Roses.

This image is so gorgeous!  I loved coloring in those sweet little roses and the egg was the perfect frame for a sentiment.  I chose one that fit from Create with TLC and printed them off together.  I wanted to keep the egg white, so I did some light grey shading around the edges, and then colored in my roses to be a reddish pink.

My background was created using Pretty in Pink Stampin Up ink through a chevron stencil.  I first inked up the whole background panel, then did a second layer through the chevron stencil.  Then I shifted the stencil and applied some white pigment ink to make the whole thing look like there are 3 different shades of pink on the background.  I absolutely love how it turned out!!  It's soft and subtle for the background, which is exactly what I wanted.

I paired that with a light blue patterned paper from Lawn Fawn and cut the pink chevron paper to fit on an angle in the corner.  I took some jute that I had on my desk and pulled out one of the strands.  Usually jute has about 3 strands wrapped together, so I pulled one out to make it just 2 strands and then wrapped that around the card to tie it into a bow.

To finish the card off, I added shimmer brush to the roses and a few glossy accents around the image to add some more shine.  Funny thing about those dots...don't put a card in the sun to dry...the glossy accents turn cloudy!  I had no idea that would happen!  So they don't sparkle...but they still look cool on the card.

Anyhow, be sure to check the rest of this release out at Sami Stamps!!!  You don't want to miss it!!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
    AAA Cards #60-Easter
    Artistic Inspirations #152-Anything Goes/Easter
    Share Joy Challenge #27-Sketch & Tic Tac Toe (I used chevron, pink, twine)
    The Crazy Challenge #218-Flowers
    Word Art Wednesday #222-Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by! <3

Happy Friday!!
I hope your week has been fabulous and you are ready for the weekend!  We had a crazy day here yesterday.  Apparently a large wind storm blew through Washington Wednesday night.  We weren't aware of it...until Thursday morning around 6:30 when our neighbors giant tree cracked out of the ground and knocked over the power lines!  I'm not sure I've ever jumped out of bed that quick...ok maybe one other time because of a super large spider...

Needless to say, we were without power for about 15 hours...which made for a pretty boring day yesterday since it rained most of the day too so I couldn't work outside.  I'm so happy and thankful for our electric crews that I'm sure had an insanely busy day yesterday.  So very glad to have power back :)

With that, I wanted to share a card I created with an image from our most recent release with Sami Stamps!

I started my card by creating my background.  I had originally created this background on black paper with soft colored embossing paste.  It turned out okay, but the colors were much more muted than I wanted so I switched to a white background and sponged the colors on.

I've used Broken China, Squeezed Lemonade, and Spun Sugar to get that fabulous spring colored background.  It turned out so super cute, I just adore it!

After printing off my Easter Pile image, I sent it through my die cut machine to cut it into a tag shape.  Then colored it up with my markers.  I used chalk to get the blue sky since my super light blue ShinHan markers have dried up and I haven't had the chance to replace them.  I framed the tag with a scallop cut piece of vellum and then tied a few ribbons through the top.  I white heat embossed a fun sentiment on some black cardstock and added a die cut stitch along the top and bottom with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Borders dies.

A few Sparkling Clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and the card was done!  So super sweet!  I hope you will check out this release from Sami Stamps!  It just makes me smile :)

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
    A Gem of a Challenge #164-Spring
    Artistic Inspirations #151-Anything Goes
    Caseology #188-Laugh

Thanks so much for visiting!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend!! <3

Hello!!
Happy Tuesday!  I hope you've had a fabulous start to your week!

We have a new challenge starting today at Tuesday Throwdown - Create A Scene!  Our fabulous sponsor is Lawn Fawn and they have provided the DT with stamps to use for our projects.
I chose to use Snow Day for my card:

I have been gushing over this set ever since it came out but hadn't ever gotten the chance to purchase it, so I was thrilled when I got to pick it for this challenge!  Those bunnies are just too cute!

I decided to go with a birthday card theme for this challenge.  Even though the bunnies come in a "winter" themed set, they can really be used for anything.  That's what is so awesome with Lawn Fawn stamps...they are always versatile!

I started by getting my scene laid out.  The stitched circle was cut out with my Silhouette, and then I trimmed a few rolling hills for the background to fit into the circle.  The trees are double stamped to get a nice dark green color.  I colored in my bunnies with my ShinHan markers and cut them out.  Then worked on getting the right coloring for the balloons.  It took me a couple of tries to get the rock and roll coloring just right on them, but when I finally got it figured out, I was able to stamp a couple and cut them out.  I outlined all the images with a black marker, including the balloons so that they had some definition to them.

Once everything was cut out and adhered to my circle and scallop frames, I put the card together.  I used a piece of Studio Calico acetate that had a cloud pattern for the background and layered that onto light blue cardstock.  I die cut a thin strip of Lawn Fawn paper with a stitched scallop border and placed that along the edge, along with a super thin strip of black cardstock.  I stamped and trimmed out my sentiments to be banner shapes.  I tried to cut them so they looked like they were flapping in the wind :)

You can never go wrong with birthday's and bunnies :)

I'd like to enter this into the Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes challenge.

Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope you will join in this fun challenge and be entered to win an awesome prize from Lawn Fawn!! <3

Happy Friday!!
Oh boy...do we have a super cute release for you today at Sami Stamps!  It's called Round Easter Friends and adorable doesn't even begin to describe how cute they are!!

I've chosen to use the Sweet Carrot Bunny image for my card:

I decided to make a spinner card with this image!  He just looked like he needed to be on the move.  I started by first creating a watercolored background by just dropping some colors onto a wet piece of watercolor paper.  I'm a fussy painter so of course I couldn't just let it sit and do it's own thing.  I had to mess around and move the colors till I felt like they were how I wanted them.

Once that was dry, I took the Lots of Dots stamp set from Simon Says Stamp and created a bokeh look over top of the watercoloring.  This helped mute down the bright colors and give it more detail and texture.  I purposefully left some areas empty so that some of the bright color would peak through and add some variance to it all.

When that was done, I created my scallop frame with my Silhouette and cut out the openings from my card base and the watercolor panel.  I colored up my sweet little bunny with some pencils and then attached him to the string in the center of my window.  I learned that stronger thicker string works better...if the string is too whimpy, it won't stay nice and tight with the weight of the image.

I chose a fun sentiment from the For the Record stamp set from Simon Says Stamp and embossed that below my spinning bunny.  Then added a few dots of glossy accents and the card was done!

We are starting a fun new challenge today at Sami Stamps - Add Stitching (real or faux).  I hope you will join us!  Just be sure to use a Sami Stamps image!

Thanks so much for visiting!  Have a fabulous weekend! <3