CTS #290

I'm slowly but surely getting back in the groove of this creating thing.  I may have finished this card in the nick of time for this challenge but it did get done, right?  ;)  I just couldn't help but get something made of this week's CAS(E) this Sketch challenge...it is my sketch after all.  Ha ha!  Here's what I created:

I started my card with a card base from Concord & 9th's Dip-Dyed Cards & Envelopes.  I then added a stamped circle from Right at Home's Happy Mail stamp set.  Next, I got to work layering the pieces of my flower which I cut using the Fantasy Floral 3D Die Set from Altenew.  It was a pretty simple card to create so I created several.  I debated adding some bling but liked it best nice and simple.  Here's a closer look:

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and checking our my card.  I hope I'll see you over at CAS(E) this Sketch.  Have a great day!

CTS #237

Good morning, everyone!!!  I hope you are having a lovely week and are ready to join us at CAS(E) this Sketch this week.  It's one of my sketches this week and I have to admit to being a little stumped at first.  Then I got to experimenting and I ended up loving my creation and making multiples!  Here's what I came up with:

I used the Neat & Tangled Scandinavian Prints Christmas stamp set to create the focal point of my card.  The Catherine Pooler Inks were the perfect choice for stamping my solid images for a bold and modern look.  I'm slightly addicted to these inks!  I used a combo of sentiments from a Right at Home stamp set called Simple Sentiments.  The font was just perfect with the clean modern look of this card.  Here's a closer look:

I hope you enjoyed my take on the sketch and will join us this week at CAS(E) this Sketch!  See you over there.

CTS #234

It's another lovely Thursday here and I'm excited to share my card with you today for this new sketch.  If you haven't checked it out already, head on over to CAS(E) this Sketch to see this week's challenge and the team's amazing inspiration.  You won't want to miss it!  Here's the card I created for the week:

My card this week started with a little crazy stamping while playing with the Right At Home Let Love Grow stamp set.  I was playing around with different color combos and ways to use the stamps in the set when I stamped out this cute little plant and pot.  I knew it needed to be on a card right now.  So I looked at the CTS sketches and got to work.  I went with some polka dot paper for my background to echo the dots I added to the pot.  I cut a Stitched Circle Frame from My Favorite Things to help capture the sketch layout and provide a great landing spot for my plant.  I popped both elements up with foam tape and then added a sentient stamped on a piece of vellum using the Simple Sentiments stamp set from Right At Home.  Here's a closer look:

Thanks so much for checking out my card!  I hope you'll come join us at CAS(E) this Sketch!  See you there!

Happy Mail with Right At Home

Good morning and I hope you are getting ready for an awesome week.  We have the Iowa State Fair starting this week and we always enjoy our trip down to explore the fair.  This year we are going to go down for the concert opening night and spend the night so we can hang out at the fair the next day.  I'm excited and am ready to get down there now.

I actually had so me time to create this week and I had some fun with some new to me products!  I have always loved Right at Home Stamps and took advantage of the awesome sale Nicole had a little while ago.  Here's one of the cards I created with my loot!

I started by stamping a yellow piece of cardstock with the Watercolor Background Stamp with a similar color ink to create a fun tone on tone background for my card.  Then, before I knew it, I got layering this patterned paper with this solid and I had a fun angled card front ready for stamping.  I stamped my sentiment from Simple Sentiments as a border along my yellow edge and then added some teal glitter tape and thin piece of black cardstock with foam tape to add another fun layer for these adorable flowers from Happy Mail.  I scattered my flowers and created dimension by layering and adding foam tape.  I loved how it looked but wanted a little more black so I got to work with my copic multi-liner.  I added dots around the top side of my tape and around my flowers.  I loved the finished look!  Here's a closer peek:

 
Thanks so much for checking out my card today!  I hope you have a fun day and I'll see you tomorrow with a new card!

Right At Home National Craft Month Blog Hop

I'm so happy that you are joining us today for the Right At Home National Craft Month Celebration Blog Hop.  I was so excited when Nicole asked me to be part of this hop celebrating this amazing hobby of ours.  Hopefully, you are enjoying the hop and are coming to my blog from the amazing Jill's blog.  You won't want to miss all the amazing projects using the new Right At Home Make Something Beautiful Stamp Set released today in honor of this hop!  Here's what I created with this adorable set:

I had this awesome piece of paper that looked like water colored shapes and I thought it would be perfect with the paint and paintbrush stamps in this adorable set.  I stamped those along with the heart button and heart onto paper before coloring them with copics in colors that coordinate with the background paper.  I didn't want the paint and brush on the same layer so I cut some black and white papers in strips and layered them with foam tape keeping the paint tube on the main cardfront and the brush elevated on the solid black strip to add a little dimension.  I thought this sentiment was perfect for this card and decided to have it sneak in from under the raised layer but not extend the full l length of the cardfront.  I thought this gave it a fun artsy look.  Finally I added my stamped and colored hearts along with some enamel hearts to finish off the look.  Here's a closer look:

Nicole is going to give away this amazing new stamp set to one lucky commenter along the bloghop.  So keep hopping and commenting and you could win this adorable set. 

Thanks again for stopping by my blog and I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop.  You are off to  Lisa's blog and I'm sure you'll be super inspired by her creation!  Have a great day and get your craft on.