ICAD 2018

Day 3

Pretty fun flowers to enjoy a nice quite Sunday!

ICAD 2018

Day 2

This weeks images are going to be flowers.  The inspiration for these cards is both real flowers and Victorian drawings.  In order to break up some of the negative space in the background, I am adding some different types of shapes.  Pencil smudging for my shadowing gives the image some depth.

I had a lot of fun creating this card!

ICAD 2018

Day 1

Index Card A Day starts today!  This is going to be my third year participating in the challenge.  This year I am keeping it simple.  I am just going to do a drawing with pencil and ink.  I will add some shadowing by smudging the pencil.  My focus is on the drawing and composition.  

Each card will be numbered and there will be a frame of some type surrounding the main image.  The images are going to be kept loose, so I am not going to use any rulers for perfect straight lines.  

I plan on creating a mini-album to house all of this year's cards.  The challenge is for all of June and July: 61 days.  I decided to make a cover page for my first day.  

Supplies List:

Index Card

Mechanical Pencil with #2 Graphite

Pigma Micron Pens in 005, 03 and 05

Smudging Tool - Large

Join and have fun creating for two full months!

GCW - Week 5

Greeting Card Wendnesday!

I was inspired by a YouTube video by Mandi Mance for Unity Stamp Co. She stamped her image and then cut it into three equal parts with a sentiment at the bottom.  Simple but beautiful card you should check out by clicking on her name above.  I took a little bit of twist on it and cut the stamped images into three different sizes.  This is an A2 card size. 

Product List:

-With Her Own Wings Stamp by Unity Stamp Co.
-Tombow Markers: 933, 946, and 055
-Vellum PrePrinted Sentiment
-Green Cardstock
-Fun Foam
-Tombow Mono Tape Runner












The little butterflies are beautiful stamped in the three different colored markers colors.  A bunch of butterflies always remind me to live joyfully, so I had to use that sentiment.  It was long enough for me to fold over the green cardstock and tape on the back. 

Have a Joyful Day!

GCW - Week 4

Greeting Card Wednesday

This was a quick card for a quick blog post.  I took inspiration from the CAS(E) this sketch! blog challenge #264. This sketch can be used in so many ways.  I took scraps from a previous project to make the lines.  I had colored the Cheeky Fairy from the Greeting Farm ages ago.  I was practicing some monochromatic coloring with my colored pencils.  Her blue hair and dress just coordinated with the papers perfectly.  I popped her up with some fun foam. 

Product Used:

• Citrus mat stack 4.5 x 6.5 inches by Die Cut With a View
• Greeting Farm Digi Stamp Cheeky Fairy
• Soho Colored Pencils
• Stickles
• Tombo Mono Tape Runner
• Fun Foam from Dollar  Tree

Relax - Craft - Repeat!

GCW - Week 3

Greeting Card Wednesday

Scrap Attack!

March sure has roared its wintery best today.  We had a winter mix of snow and sleet rain down for most of the day.  This calls for a nice springy card to brighten everything up.

I dug through some of my scraps and created this playful card in a standard A2 size.  The designer paper all came from the same paper pad. I love to layer my pattern paper with a neutral color. I think it gives the card a more professional finished design, but sometimes it can make the card very heavy.  I decided to use white for my layers in order to make this card bright and light. I also used a white card base.  This way I element a layer, by using the card base as the bottom white layer.  Then I cut the bee pattern paper 1/4 of an inch smaller. This really helps to keep the card light. 

I took some baker's twin and wrapped it around the honey comb layer three times, and then tied a bow.  The main daffodil image was a cut apart in the paper pack.  I brought in some blue textured cardstock to help it pop off the card.  I also popped up the daffodil image with some fun foam.  Lastly, I added some Glitter Pen to the daffodil flowers to give the card some extra sparkle.  

Products Used:

• Garden Party 6x6 Paper Pad by Pebbles from 2013
• Blue Texture Cardstock
• White Cardstock
• Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter Pen
• White and Gold Bakers Twine
• Tombow Tape Runner

The card just screams spring to me.  I hope today was the last of the sleet and snow with warmer days are on the way. Along with the some pretty flowers!

GCW - Week 2

Greeting Card Wednesday

Today's card is a yummy ice cream cone card. 

This card came out very cute.  The color scheme is very neutral that makes this a great card for either a male or female recipient.  It is a standard A2 card size, so there is plenty of room for a message and a treat (such as a gift card) inside.

Products Used:

• Light brown and Cream Cardstock 
• Stampin' Up Frozen Treats Framelits Dies 
• Stampin' Up Marbled Die
• Stampin' Up Tangelo Twist ink (Retired)
• Craft Smart Embossing Folder from Michaels
• Spectrum noir Clear Glitter Brush Pen

I first stamped the Marble die onto some white cardstock.  Then I positioned the die over a part of the stamp that I liked the swirl and cut it out.  I also cut out from the die set an ice cream cone.  This particular die both cuts and embosses at the same time.  I then embossed a piece of cream card stock, which was cut down to 4 x 5 1/4. This embossing folder is very cute and works so well with this die set.  

*Note: I have a Sizzix Big Shot machine.  The first time I used this embossing folder with the normal sandwich, it actually cut some of the shapes out of the paper.  I had to play with my sandwich to get a good embossing without it cutting through the paper. 

The square pieces are 2 1/2 and 2 1/4 inch squares that I just turned on it side.  The only part of the card that is dimensional is the ice cream swirl.  I popped it up with a piece of fun foam.  All the rest of the pieces I adhered flat. This way you get some dimension without it being to hard to mail.  

Lastly, I added some sparkle to the ice cream with a the glitter pen.  I did have to be careful with the glitter pen, because the Stampin' Up ink is a die ink. It will react with water.  If you quickly dab with the pen instead of swiping, you can add the glitter without moving to much of the ink.  I think it just adds that extra punch to the card.  

Happy Wednesday!