Swings, Flowers and Birds

This card was made using the following items.

Memory Box
98463 Set of Swings
98187 Woodland Branch
98451 Contempo Circle Border

Cheery Lynn Designs
B265 Build A Flower #3 Embellishment set
B126 Grass Border

Kaiser Craft Chocolate Pearl strips
Sitting Birds and Flying Birds brads from EyeLet Outlet

Hoppy Easter 2013

At SweetStamps blog today our theme is Easter.  Please join us for a chance to win $20.00 in FREE stamps by entering your Easter creation in our challenge.  If you enter using a SweetStamps stamp you will be entered twice in the drawing.

For this card I started with the CS25 Center Step card die.  The dies used are Memory Box 98191 Grapevine Wreath, Cherry Lynn Designs B202 Celtic Chain, B263 Tags #4 and B171 Bunny and Chick Border.

The stamps are all from SweetStamps.com, 2017 Pop Up Bunny, 2011 Striped Egg, 877 Eggs Duo, 2008 Egg-stra Special Easter, 2012 Hoppy Easter.  Inks used Brownie Shades Dye ink and Memento Tuxedo Black.  Eggs were colored with Spica Glitter Pens.  Twine was from my stash.

Don’t forget to join us next week when our challenge will be 

Spring Pastels 

Reindeer Christmas 2012

Here's two of the cards I made for Christmas.  The following products were used.

8003 Reindeer embossing folder from cArt-US
98166 Deer Trio and Pixie 6x6 paper pad from Memory Box
960 Merry Christmas Happy New Year stamp and Brownie Shades Dye ink from SweetStamps.com
Red Pearls from Kaiser Craft
1/8" Super Sticky Tape
Candi Fix Foam Dots, Raffia, A2 and A6 cream cards

Black Magic/Chalkboard

At SweetStamps blog today our theme is Black Magic/Chalkboard.  Please join us for a chance to win $20.00 in FREE stamps by entering your Black Magic/Chalkboard creation in our challenge.  If you enter using a SweetStamps stamp you will be entered twice in the drawing.

Use white dye ink or white EP, then color over the white areas. Here are two splitcoast tutorials: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/blackmagic/ and http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/chalkboard_technique/

Background paper is Bo Bunny Country Garden.  I stamped the 4003 Bold Blooms Tall Corner stamp from SweetStamps.com on black card stock using Distress Embossing Ink and heat embossed it with Fine Detail White EP.  Pitt Pens were used over the embossing to add color.  I used the same technique on the one of the butterflies from the S600 Fanciful Butterflies set.  Delicata Golden Glitz ink applied with a course pouncer on the black card stock for added color.  Black photo corners were used to attach the colored piece to the background paper.  To finish the card I added pearls and used Krylon Adhesive Spray to attach the 98256 Pepita Border from Memory Box.

I hope you enjoyed this weeks blog challenge at SweetStamps.com, please join us next week when our challenge will be Christmas.

Thanksgiving 2012

There's a card I made for Thanksgiving.

For this card I used the Memory Box dies 98300 Orchard Tree and 98297 Debutante Frame, Cheery Lynn Designs B240 Fall Pumpkins.  French Roast Shades Dye ink and 9048 Happy Thanksgiving stamp both from SweetStamps.com.  Patterned paper is Bo Bunny Apple Cider.  I also used Krylon Adhesive Spray, Micro Glue dots and foam dots.

Halloween 2012

Here are the cards I made for my Grandkids and Great Nephew.

The supplies used were:
Memory Box dies 98300, 98297, 98421 and 98409
Memory Box stamps G1882, B1886
Inks-Shades Dye Ink Nightfall and French Roast
Center Step Die-CS25
Cheery Lynn Designs die B195
Papers-Memory Box Nightfall and Blackbird, Bo Bunny Apple Cider, Authentique Enchanted
Bottle Cap Images Halloween Craze and Bottle cap
Halloween Buttons, Google Eyes
Micro Glue dots, foam dots, Adhesive Spray
Misc stamp BOO

Hope you enjoyed the cards, I really enjoyed making them.

Birds of a Feather

This card was made by embossing the Crafts Too 3055 Scrollworks Embossing Folder on a piece of Tim Holtz Kraft Core Nostalgic card stock.  The following Shades Dye inks were applied by sponging and applying direct to paper-Nightfall, French Roast, Brownie, Cream of Wheat, Vanilla Cream, Latte, Sandcastle and Beach.  The Memory Box dies used were the 98160 Perched Reedbird and the 98187 Woodland Branch, I cut the bird twice so I could layer one on top of the other for dimension.  The hanging metal birds were made from black Vintaj Art Metal small rectangles that were embossed using the Woodland Birds Sizzix Vintaj embossing folder.  After embossing the metal it was painted with Aged Metal Vintaj Patina, once it dried the paint was partially removed sanding it with a Vintaj Reliefing Block.  The metal pieces were attached to the branch with black wire.  The ribbon was colored with Nightfall ink to tone down the shiny color (it was a shiny rusty color).  the black bottle cap was covered with a Vintage 1" Bottle Cap Image and attached to the card.

It's a Perfect Night for Halloween 2012

Here's one the Halloweens cards I made for this year.  All the printed paper is from the Blackbird 6x6 paper pack from Memory Box.  I used Krylon Spray Adhesive to attach all the the dies to the card.

The front of the card was done using 98374 Dancing Skeleton and 98408 Creepy Web Frame dies, B1886 Perfect Halloween stamp and Blackbird 6x6 paper, all from Memory Box.  The bottle caps were topped with Halloween Craze 1" Bottle Cap Images.  The frame with the sentiment is the MFD014 Rectangle #3 die from Nellie Snellen.

The left inside of the card was done using the B191 Spooky Tree, B195 Creepy Gate, B197 Pumpkin Swag and DL191 Celtic Chain Rectangle Reflections Boutique die all from Cheery Lynn Designs.

The right inside of the card was made from the MFD014 die from Nellies, the 98376 Ghost Trio and 98409 Swooping Bats from Memory Box and the B173 Lace Corner Deco H die from CLD.