Happy Father's Day

I made this Father's Day card for a friend.  I used earth tone colours of cream, brown and shades of blue.  The ship is a rubber stamp from my collection of unmounted rubber stamps and the anchor is a stamp by Just Rite Rubber stamps. 

The ship was embossed with a brown embossing powder.  I found the textured brown paper in my recycle bin and I also used several layers of papers in shades of brown, cream and blue.

Thank you for stopping by.  Remember Creativity is contagious, pass it on.

Judy

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:


Inspire Me Fridays– Anything Goes!  

My Sheri Crafts  - Father's Day 
Brown Sugar – Father's Day
C.R.A.F.T. - Father's Day/make

Time for a Sketch at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges

It is my turn again to chose the challenge this week at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges and I picked a sketch challenge. This is the challenge sketch.

My card is pretty basic, I used some of my scrap Christmas Paper and die cut it into the shapes of the sketch, added a Just Rite Stamp sentiment, edged design with glitter, added pearls and bling and a ribbon to complete the card. I like the way the sketch pattern paper went together to make the card.  Hope you are having a creative day and that you stop by Holly Jolly and join in the fun.

Judy 

Plum Crazy

It is a colour challenge at Party Time Tuesday (PTT#  68) this week called Plum Crazy. 

The colours are orchid, violet,  lilac and white. I just love the colour scheme. 

I immediately thought of  this fairy digi I had in my stash by PollyCraft Digital Images.

The “Have a Lovely Day” sentiment is by Just-Rite stamps and I used a small Stampin Up swirl stamp in the background of the card to give the background some interest.  The fairy was coloured with my Copic Markers and the background was sponged with distressed inks.   To finish the card I added a ribbon and some bling. 

Hope you are having a creative week.  Thanks for stopping by. 

Judy

Happy Father’s Day Dad

This card was made for an upcoming Father’s Day card swap I am participating in.  I searched through my male themed stamps and decided to do a collage of stamps along with some layering, pop dotting and different textures.

The background faux stitching was done with my new toy, We R Memory Keepers Sew Stamper. The other stamps I used in making this card were by Just-Rite stamps (I would be lost...”), Hero Arts (dad) and Lasting Impressions by Panache (row boats).  No bling on this card but I did add some Magic Mesh and some Diamond Glaze for a watery effect under the boats.

Thanks for stopping by.

Judy

Have a Lovely Day - Card sketch

Tonight I worked on a card for a card sketch swap I was hosting for a Yahoo Groups I belong to.  This sketch has lots of layers of pattern paper that I think work well together.  The sentiment is by Just Rite Stamps. Most of the layered paper came from my scrap bin. It is good to see some of those smaller pieces getting used up.   I added the ribbon, butterflies and the bling to complete the card.   

Well back to my craft room maybe for some clean up or maybe I should just close the door and sorry about it tomorrow. 

Thank you for stopping by. 

Judy

Your So Sweet - Waterfall card

I had fun tonight creating this waterfall card for the Shopping Our Stash challenge #45, Circles or Dots. It has been a long time since I have made a card using this technique.

I used a variety of rubber stamps from my stash and an assortment of pattern paper from a pack called “The Pocket full of Posies Stack”. Some of the stamps used were from Hero Arts, Just-Rite Stamps and Stampin Up. I added a ribbon and a brad to complete this spring card.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day.

Judy

Another Card Sketch For Tonight

I really do like card sketches and love the layering of the papers, ribbons and images.  I also like the fact that I can use up some of those smaller pieces of card stock that I have been hording.   I hate to throw anything away.

To create this card I layered pieces of plain, patterned and embossed papers and then added the flower and sentiment stamp by Just Rite stamps and bling to finish the sketch. 
  
Thank you for taking a look.

Judy

Time For A Card Sketch

I really like card sketches and every month at the yahoo group Enjoy Michael Strong Stamps we have a new sketch challenge.  Come join in the fun. 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/enjoyMichaelStrongstamps/

I decided to use an old technique called faux leather to create the background.  You use masking tape in torn into pieces and then a couple of different dye based inks to colour the tape. The instructions can be found on the Split Coast Stampers web site.

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/faux_leather_with_masking_tape/

 I think the first time I did this technique we used shoe polish to colour the tape. 

The Cloisonné Fish stamp is by Michael Strong.  This stamp is made in two sizes and this is the smaller version.  The sentiment is from a set made by Just Rite stamps.   

Thank you for taking a look.

Judy