Fun with Die Cuts

Hello crafters! Today I have a card to share that I made for the inspirational photo challenge at Paper Smooches.  I've been a bit obsessed with dies lately and challenged myself to try to use them in creative ways.  

And here is the inspirational photo:

To make my card I knew that I wanted to use my favorite Distress ink colors - Spiced Marmalade and Picked Raspberry.  I sponged it on my card front, then flicked water for the water spots.  

I used my Paper Smooches die "Linked Hearts" to cut the bottom of my card front.  I then cut it again using gorgeous shiny paper from Paper Temptress.  I then pieced some of the hearts back in and used my "Love" die to cut a sentiment also from the distressed paper.  

As a little surprise, I glued the remaining die cut from Paper Smooches to the inside of the card.  

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Paper Smooches Picture Perfect Challenge

Paper Smooches Guest Designer Search November

Marker Pop Challenge 79, Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Challenge Autumn in the Air

Thanks for visiting!

It's Fall Ya'll

Hello there~ Today I made a card using The Greeting Farms Frappe Anya. I added white snow puff paint to look like her whipped cream and colored her up with copies.  I am entering her in The Greeting Farm's October Farm Fresh Challenge, which is using purple, black and orange.  I don't make Halloween cards so I turned it into a Fall palette.  

I am also entering in the Marker Pop Anything Goes Challenge #79. Thanks for visiting!

Paper Smooches - Bear Hugs

Hello crafty ladies! Today I am sharing a card I made using the Paper Smooches set Chubby Chum Pals.  I really like coloring these little animals up because of their simple design, and I had so much fun using my Copics.  I stamped several copies of each animal and played around with the colors before I was happy with the end result and paper pieced the little guys out.  

In case your interested the Copics I used are Moose (Y35, YR14, YR15 and W4) and Bear (Y28, E44, E47, and E49).  

I wanted to focus on the animals so I used a plain white background that I dry embossed.  I also used the MFT Inside Out Dies for the diagonal cross stitch embossing.  Finally, I used a few hearts and enamel dots to round it out.  

I am entering this in the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge, Lawnscaping Challenge 115, Sentiments and the Paper Smooches Guest Designer for November challenge.  Thanks for peeking! 

Papertrey Ink Make it Monday with Stripes

Good Morning craft-a-holics! Today I made a card for the Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge #226 to use stripes on your card.  I chose to use the stripes to ground the image.

Stamps used are the sheep, grass and sentiment from Papertrey Ink and the heart lines are from Your Next Stamp.  Thanks for peeking!

Penguin Treat Box with Papertrey Ink

So I have a weekly roll on the Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge #228 and I'd like to see how long I can keep it going, since I love participating in the PTI challenges!  

This weeks challenge is make a Die Cut Shaped Box.  There is an awesome tutorial by Ashley Cannon Newell HERE.

For my project I used the Mason Jar die cut and stamp from Lawn Fawn.  The penguin, sentiment and snowflakes are all from the Papertrey Ink Winter Penguin Stamp set.  

I love the little treat box, but I am actually equally proud of my photography, since all of my photos are just shot in my kitchen on my iPad camera! I then clean it up with photoshop. 

I have always loved photography so Im sure I will have to cave in and buy a DSL camera one day, for now I say I have enough hobbies! 

Thanks for looking!

Coffee Lovers Fun...

 I am happy to join in on the fun of the Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop.  I created this card using Distress Ink and the Fishers coffee stamp set.  I colored it up with copies and added Fall colors to the card.

I just had to share my 2 favorite "oldies but goodies" coffee quotes:

A Penny Black "Snow Day"

I live in California where it's almost 90 degrees right now, so the idea of snow in September is a nice dream.  But I love Penny Black's little Mimi stamps.  She is so adorable and Im glad I got a chance to ink this cutie up.  I colored her with Copics and added Marvy puff snow to accent, paper pieced the curtains, and die cut the sentiment "Smile" with patterned paper.

Im entering this in the Penny Black Saturday challenge for September which is use 3 Designer papers.  

Thanks for peeking!