Happy Birthday, Mama (Giving Tree)

Hi, guys! Hope all is well!  For today's card, I am sharing a birthday card I made for my friend Christine's mother.  She mentioned a lot of wonderful qualities her mom possessed and one of the notes mentioned how giving she was.  She said she was really a "giving tree," so I knew what I wanted to do for her.  I used this great tree image by Hero Arts for the focal image.

The stamps for both the sun and grass are by Claudine Hellmuth.  I just love her fun, artsy, and quirky style.  I feel they went great with the fun and funky tree. Red gemstone hearts were added to the inside of the tree.

I am submitting this card to the following challenge: http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com

Wishing Christine's mother a blessed birthday!

Until next time!

Home Is Where the Heart is

Hi, guys! A friend of mine has moved into a new home.  This called for a card to be made! I used one of the whimsical houses from Claudine Hellmuth.  Yes, I used more of my Scrabble tiles on this one as well.  I normally don't do round cards, but thought it would be a fun change.

Supplies:

Stamps Claudine Hellmuth

Paper: Studio G Notecard, Gina K Designs (White), Kaiser Kraft

Inks: Memento Black, Distress Ink, Distress Markers

Misc.: Mini Scrabble Tiles

Wishing Lynne all the best in her new home! 

Until next time!

Not Bob, But Lee The Builder

Hi, guys!  Hope everything is well. I am really looking forward to some R & R this weekend.

I thought I would share a card I made for a friend's brother.  My friend asked me to make a special card for her brother Lee, as he is currently building her a house and she wanted a special "thank you" to him. She fondly refers to him as "Lee the Builder," so I wanted to make sure I included that.  I went through my stamps and found a whimsical house set by Claudine Hellmuth that had some great images that I knew I had to use.  I watercolored the sky and grass with Distress Inks, and used my Distress Markers to color all the images.

Supplies:
Paper: Stampin' Up
Stamps: Claudine Helluth Studio
Inks: Distress Inks, Black Archival, Distress Markers
Misc.: Memory Box Cloud Dies, Tim Holtz Ribbon

This was a fun card for me to make.  I haven't had time lately to watercolor and it was so relaxing to do.

Hope you have a great weekend!   I hope you find time for some fun and relaxation!

July Design Team Submissions III- The Finale

Hi, guys!  Hope all is well.  Today I will be sharing the final cards for the July Design Team Submissions of The Ink Pad NYC.

The first card I am going to share with you today incorporates both stamping and using dies for the butterflies.  I used images from Stampers Anonymous from the Nature's Discovery Set.  I also sprayed Dylusions spray inks on paper and cut out tiny butterflies using The Memory Box Die Butterfly Delights. They are so adorable!  Using the spray this way made them all different.   The background was embossed using the Tim Holtz embossing folder Honeycomb.

For the last card, I decided to use black glossy cardstock for the base.  I used Maya Road Stamps for the butterflies.  I am really enjoying the new Summer Distress Ink colors, so I used them for the images.  I used twine for the butterfly trails.  To make them stiff, I used Claudine Hellmuth Matte Medium.

My four-month term on the design team is ending this month.  I want to thank The Ink Pad NYC for allowing me to be on their first design team.  It meant a lot to me and I hope you enjoyed my creations. It sure was a lot of fun for me.

Hope you find a few moments in your day to do something you love!

My May Submissions for The Ink Pad Design Team

Hi, guys!  Hope all is well.  I just finished my 6 cards for this month for The Ink Pad Design Team.  I thought I would share two of them with you today. The image cracked me up.  I know a lot of us feel like this woman sometimes.  So, I thought I would use her in two different ways.  This first one I thought I would have her reacting to all the bad news in the newspapers.  The vintage Bazzill papers are great.  The stories on them are so fun to read, too.  I would need a margarita after reading them!

The next one I thought I would use the ledger paper and distress it  and have her thinking about all the work she has to do (haven't we all been there?).

I hope you enjoyed them.  I will be sharing some more cards featuring other stamps tomorrow.  I am enjoying this opportunity as it is great using supplies you normally wouldn't grab necessarily and have fun using them.

Hope you find some time today to do something you love!