birthday invite

Last month, I needed some quick invites for my son's birthday party so I created multiples of this little card.  I punched some large blue circles.  Then, I  stamped and embossed the stars (background stamp from Hero Arts) using some gold embossing powder.  Then, I stamped the adorable rocket image and the face from the Half Pint Heroes set from Waltzingmouse Stamps.   I colored the image with copic markers and cut them out.

I added some glossy accents to the image and let them dry over night.  Then, I adhered them with some foam adhesive and stamped the sentiment (also from the Half Pint Heroes set).

Have a great day!

Niki

October Afternoon November Guest Designer Week 2

Welcome to Week 2 of my guest designer posts for October Afternoon!  I have a couple more cards to share with you.  In case you missed my edit from last week's post, I messed up my post date last week.  (What a dork, right?!)  Anyway, you can find their post and answers to the questionaire they sent over on the October Afternoon blog today.  (If you're looking for my Rocket Age card, you can find my post from last week here.)

For both of my cards today, I used some goodies from the new Farmhouse line.  You can see the whole line of papers, stamps, and embellishments here.  On the card above, I chose a couple patterned papers from the 8x8 pad.  I dyed a piece of crocheted lace from May Arts using the Red Wagon Sprinkler (spray ink).  After it was dry, I stitched my layers.  The chair stamp and sentiment are from the Farmhouse stamp set.  I sponged some antique linen distress ink around the edge of the oval after cutting it out with a nestability die.  I added a few Farmhouse buttons using baker's twine and then assembled the rest of the card.

For my second card, I used more patterned papers from the Farmhouse 8x8 patterned paper pad along with a journaling card.  I stitched the layers and wrapped some crocheted lace around it before adhering it to my card.  Then, I embossed the doily stamp using the Big Bossy pad from Ranger and some white embossing powder.  I hand cut around the doily.  I stamped the silhouettes from the Farmhouse stamp set using london fog memento ink.  Then, I added the doily and silhouette image using foam adhesive.

Have a great weekend!

Niki

Summer Daydream

Hi Everyone!  I have another card to share featuring one of the new images from Lili of the Valley.  (The new stamps will be available on November 10th.)  This image is called Daydream and features the new Summer character.  The image comes with the sentiment I used on my card.

I used some patterned papers from My Mind’s Eye’s Stella & Rose paper pad.  I stitched my layers and die cut the image with a rectangle nestability die and the sentiment with a petite oval nestability die.  I added some pink pearls and a couple white buttons.  I finished off my card with these flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts: 25mm pink tone open roses set b, 4mm baby pink closed rose buds, 15mm pink tone open roses set b, and 15mm white open roses.

I colored the image on copic x-press it cardstock with copic markers.  I used these markers: BG000, G82, G85, BG01, BG09, R20, R21, R22, E000, E00, E11, E13, R00, R02, E31, E33, E35, E37, E29, colorless blender.  (Sorry for the fuzzy photo.  It was the best of the lot.)

I used a pink copic marker to fill in the letters in the sentiment that comes with the image.

Have a great day!

Niki

Autumn Fun

Hi Everyone!  Are you enjoying fall weather where you are?  The leaves are almost all off the trees here and the days have been chilly.  (We even have snow already!)  I have a cute little Autumn card to share today using the Autumn Fun image from the Laurence Collection from Stampavie.  It’s such a cute image!

I stamped the image on copic x-press it cardstock with tuxedo black memento ink.  I colored it with these copic markers: BG52, W3, Y35,YR23, YR24, YR12, YR14, E08, E09, C3, R24, BG000, E31, E33, E35, E37, E21, E23, E25, E27, E29, YG95, colorless blender.

I wanted the image to really shine on my card so I didn’t add a lot of embellishments.   I used some patterned paper from Imaginisce and stitched them together before adhering them to my card.  Then, I added my image using foam adhesive.  I finished my card off with a little twine and a wooden button from CTMH.

Have a great week!

Niki

October Afternoon November Guest Designer

I can't tell you how excited and surprised I was when I received an email from the October Afternoon Design Team Coordinator asking me to be their November Guest Designer.  October Afternoon is one of my all time favorite scrapbook companies.  I love every line they put out.  It definitely didn't take me long to say yes! (I'm afraid the Design Team Coordinator might have heard my excited cry from here! lol)

For my first card, I pulled out some patterned papers from the Rocket Age paper pad along with a sticker from the Rocket Age collection, some Rocket Age buttons, and some Mini Market Alphabet stickers.  I stitched cut the square background for my card along with some rectangles in the smaller patterned papers.  Then, I hand cut the slopes and stitched my patterned papers together. I stitched some buttons in place and added my sentiment using the Mini Market alphabet stickers.  Last, I added the little boy using some foam adhesive.

Hop on over to the October Afternoon blog to read my answers to the questionnaire they sent over. (Okay, so like a dork I messed up my date for my first post and got my stuff sent over to OA too late for their post.  I'm so sorry, Jennifer!  Um, yeah, I definitely feel like a dork.  The OA post with the questionaire will be until next week.)

Have a great weekend!

Niki

All Our Dreams

Have you all been keeping up with all the sneak peeks (over on the Ideas to Inspire Blog) of the new images releasing next week from Lili of the Valley?  Do you have any favorites yet?  There are so many adorable new images to choose from that I don’t think I could pick a favorite.  I always love the LOTV babies, though, so I’m really excited to see some new ones.

My card today has the new All Our Dreams image along with the sentiment that comes with the image.  I absolutely love this adorable image!  I used some patterned paper from the Stella & Rose paper pad from My Mind’s Eye.  After coloring my image, I stitched all my patterned papers.  Then, I added some baker’s twine and stitched on some buttons.

I colored the image with copic markers on copic x-press it cardstock.  I used these markers:
skin: E000, E00, E11, R00, R02
hair: E33, E35, E37
baby blanket: B34, B37
jammies: W1, W3, G82, G85
bunny: BG10, BG11, BG13
swing: YR04, YR07
leaves: YG93, YG95, YG97, YG99
hearts: R29
sky: BG000
colorless blender

Happy Stamping!

Niki

CASE Study October Muse Week Three

Hi Everyone!  It's time for the new challenge over on the CASE Study Challenge blog.  I'm the muse for this month so I'm playing along with the design team.

This is the card that Chupa chose as the inspiration card for this week.  You can find my original blog post with all the card details here.  What I love most about this card is the CAS sketch and the great colors.

I love blog surfing and admiring all of the amazing card makers out there. Most of the time when I really love a card, the first thing I am drawn to is the stamps and the sketch.  I've found myself CASEing the sketches each week as I'm playing along with the CASE Study challenge and this week is no different.

This is the new card that I created for the challenge this week.  I decided to pull out my Back in the Saddle and Way Out West stamps from Waltzingmouse Stamps.  I stamped the card base using the woodgrain stamp from Way Out West and some chocolate CTMH ink.  Then, I rounded the corners using my corner chomper.  I stamped the sentiment from Back in the Saddle using black CTMH ink, stitched the piece to a red mat, and added some copper brads before adhering it to my card with foam adhesive.  I created the accent piece using stamps from both sets as well.  The rosette is a background stamp that I stamped on white cardstock using crystal blue CTMH ink.  Then, I cut the two strips apart, scored tthem, folded them, and assembled the piece.

Come join us in the challenge over on the CASE Study blog.  I loved revisiting this sketch so much that I even created a second card that I'll try to get post later this week.

Have a Happy Thursday!

Niki