Water Lilies

 Yesterday I made this card up and wanted to share it with you.... It went together very quickly so know I'll be making more.

 

Now isn't that an easy card..... I stamped the Water Lilies at the bottom of some Bristol and then colored it with with ZIG pens, cut away the bottom part and popped that up to give some poff. Then  placed a small piece of blue CS at the bottom with the, "thinking of you"embossed with white.  and that's it....

 

Here's another view....

 

and the inside I used the same blue CS and stamp.....

Will what do you think... Easy or what???

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Mindscapes......

Will now this is a bit different for me.... I've had these little creatures made since April of 2012.. as you can see below.....Now you might ask, why did I never finish the project... I started to several times but never liked the look that I was creating... so there they sat in a bag....

Yep, you guessed it I just happened on them this week and though I really need to do something with these little guys... so here we go.
The stamp set is by Inkadinkado called Mindscapes-99121, and used it several times with great success. Here's my try for today;

If you visit often you will notice I changed my background and foreground.... not sure if I like that or not...

but here are all the little creatures all colored up bright with markers and ready to be seen. With all of them I went with a clean look all white background with just a strip of colored paper to add interest.  Then just added the words to each one. 

The white paper is pop up with fun foam, and used dimensionals under the wings and places that need lift.

Sorry for the washout coloring on all these... I think it's the white background setup that I changed..... 

and here can you see the birds in the wings and body of the dragonfly???

Can you see the butterfly wings on this humming bird and even a little butterfly in the tail???

on the butterfly it's got fairy's in the wings and body.......

and this little Ladybug has a little dragonfly near the head of the body....

These are so much fun to look and play with I know I'll be using them again.

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Poppies....

I should have posed this around Valentines but some how it slipped by.... I had the pic ready to post even thow I already gave the card to my Mom...
Here we go;
Mom LOVE's Poppies and needless to say she really Loved her card........

I did not have a TRUE red... now how could that be you ask....will I though it was RED but when I started coloring it just looked pinkie to me but I kept adding and this was as red as I could make them.  

I stamped & colored them twice because I wanted to pop some of them up after fuss cutting them.  

The stamp is by Inkadinkado called "Poppies" H97896, the embossing folder is Sizzix-Loving Thoughts-657667, and the die is Spellbinders Lattice S4-210.  

here you can see the poppies popped up a little, as will as the Lattice die. 

the inside I stamped the a bamboo color and cut the border using Lattice S4-218. and stamped a short verse about Money and Chocolate.... two of Mom's favorites topics. 

She had a good laugh at the verse and loved the card too... she still has it sitting out in fact. 

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Goofy Things....

Morn'in All....
I've been working on some fun cards that could be used for Men or Ladies... or at least that was what I was going for, let me know if you think the same or not..
Here's a close up of my little Ducky....He's from an old CTMH stamp set called Makin' Waves (C1365) there are 5 different ducky's and I love them all.  I stamped him on Watercolor paper and used SU Watercolor Crayons to color him.  But the background blue I bought my 1st Distress Ink pad called broken china, and tried to watercolor the background.... when it was dry i went over it with a clear Wink of Stella pen..I tried several shots to let you see the shine but no luck.

 

Here's the whole view of the front, I even used some sequins here and there.... on the little ducky face mask and bubbles I put Glossy Accents but it's not showing up either...

The saying is from Art Impression call Goofy things (UMF2637).

 

Here's another view......

 

and this is the inside....

here I used 3 different stamp sets...

The Celebrate came from-Inkadinkado-Birthday Cupcake 97628,

next the Life is better is from-Cloud 9-Simple Thoughts Laughter,

and then the HB is from CTMH-Happy Birthday (C1257)

Even thow they are all different I think they work well together.

So what do you think, please let me know.

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Cut Away Hydrangeas

Today I'm posting a card I made using a beautiful stamp by Inkadinkado, there was no name on it but had the number 97776-P By Cynthia Elmore 2007.  I bough this stamp second hand but looks just like brand new... I'll have to change that......
I'm also using a style by Maile Belles here's the post I got the idea from.  Just love the look of the card with feathers she has here......For mine I used the Hydrangeas, and was just going to used the green CS, it just did not look right so I matted it with brown and it looks much better...

 

 

 

 Here' s a close up of the cut away I did... I did not have a die like Maile used so I just eyeballed it and used a straight edge and X-acto knife. I think it turned out quite nice if I must say so myself...

 

 

 and here's the inside... I did just a small panel at the bottom the same way. 

 

Haven't decided what kind of card to make it yet so just left it blank for now... I'm sure that won't last long........

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Get Well

Todays card is for a friend that's recovering for surgery.... All went well but though he could use some cheering up. I wanted to make something cute and doggie and this stamp set from MFT fit the bill... I used the little boy and dog from MFT-Dog Gone Cute and the saying form MFT-Puppy Girl.

 

On the inside I used another saying from MFT-Puppy Girl and an OLD stamp set I had from Inkadinkado-Round Frames..... I stamped the same little dog on the inside and on the envelop too...



Our dog Belle and there dog Mann are boyfriend and girlfriend long distance.... when they see each other it's like puppy love all over again... so so cute!!!

I'm going to make this out now and go drop it in the mail so maybe I catch the Mail-lady!!!

By!

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Sweet Birthday Wishes !!!!

Last night I finished up this card that our neighbor wanted for his niece, she's turning 19 I think... so hope this card hits all the right buttons. It's PINK, it's prissy, and it's spunky on the inside too!

You really cant tell but the frosting is done up with Liquid Pearls and then I sprinkled glitter on it while it was still wet.  Looks really good but cant tell from my pics. 

I even stamped a little Cupcake on the envelope too!

Here's a side view so you can see the layers.....

and of course the inside... I just LOVE this saying;

Be the kind of Woman

that when her feet hit the floor each morning

the devil says,

"Oh crap, She's up!"

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Late Birthday........

Hi Everyone!!

We're all guilty of sending a late card for someones birthday, I know I am..... So I finally made a card to say Sorry!!

I used the same Dragonfly stamp from the Inkadinkado set Mindscapes-99121, and cut it out and then popped the wings up a little.  For the coloring I used my CTMH pens and then added some gold around the edge and spots on the wings and body too. 

Here you can see how I popped the wings up better and the Gold too. 

and this is the inside.

Will that's it... I'm going to take it easy for the rest of the day  and maybe work on card from the sketch on Jen's site here's here link....

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Deep Sympathy

Hi Everyone!!

I'm doing much better this week with my hurt shoulder, it's still not working quit right but MUCH better!!  Thanks to all you girls that sent me Get Well wishes!!

Today I'm show a Sympathy card I did to look a little shabby... Hope I didn't overdo things with it since it is a Sympathy card.  I'll let you be the judge of that?

Here's the front, I used my :Hug Snug" Seam Binding for the first time and put some Glimmer Mist-Wheatfields on it and the card too.  I always liked the seam binding all the girls used on there sites and I finally made the plung when on of the gals I follow sent me the link, Thanks Glenda!

The Dragon Fly is from the Indadinkado stamp set Mindscapes-99121, I just colored it in using my CTMH markers. The border is a Martha Stewart called Raindrop. 

Here's a close up of my bow and border.....

and here's the inside, the saying is from the CTMH set called Best Wishes (C1318), then i used the Raindrop border punch again with a little scrap paper I had left over from the front.

I forget to mention I spunged all the edges of everything with Desart Sand too.

Will that's it for this one... I'll be posting another card I'm working on using the same Dragon Fly stamp.... maybe later today.

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Humming Bird

Hi Everyone!!

A few weeks ago I went shopping with a Girl Friend and of course we went to the Craft Stores..... I got a few new stamp sets that I just could not put down once I had them in my hands..... This is the Humming Bird from the Inkadinkado-Mind Scapes-99121 set. When you really look at this bird it's made up of butterflies and flowers... just so pretty. Every time I colored it, it's different. On this one I used water pencils and a blending pen.... I'm just starting to try coloring and reached out to a few of my Blog friends and received all kinds of help and advise. I'll be working on my coloring and can tell this is something I'm going to enjoy exploring and finding my niche.

Here's the front, look at the border I did, I used Martha Stewart's border punch Laurel Leaf across the top of the border and then I turned the Laural Leaf corner punch to do across the bottom of the border.  I Like this look with both borders together, almost like lace.

Side view

Close up of border...

Inside, I stamped the butterfly from the same set using CTMH inks-Sweet Leaf. The saying is from Cloud9-Simple Thoughts-Laughter.

Will that's it for today... I'm working on a Lady bug should have that posted by tomorrow I hope. 

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Splish, Splash...A Citrus Bath

Morning Everyone!!
I've been working on these little guys taking a Citrus Bath for a few days now.... Dont' thing you can see it good but I used Crystal Effects on the liquid in the glass. In person it looks wet and you have to touch it, very slick looking. This card with the saying inside "You only live onec Make it count." is for any occasoion, birthdays, Celebrations and Having a good time.


This is the Lemon Splash!

Lemon Splash inside.

Here's the Lime Splash

Lime Splash close up,

Lime Splash inside

Orange Splash you can see some othe Crystal Effects on this one....

Orange Splash inside

Will that's it for now.

This card cost 3.50/each, like anything hand made no two will be alike, maybe very close but can't promise.

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Items Used

• Paper-Creative Memories
• Punches- Stampin' Up, Martha Stewart border
• Stamp-Stampabilities/HMUR1060, Close-to-my-Heart-Make/ It Count, Inkadinkado/ 97628
• Colored with- Stampin'Up Water Color Crayons and Aqua Pen.
• Spellbinders-Fancy Tags

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Dotty A

Poppies Birthday

Hi Everyone!!
In just a few days it's going to be my Mom's 87th birthday..... so for her card I made here something she loves.... Poppies!!!!
First a close up of the front.


Here's a shot of both the front and inside...... Yes I had to make 2, I just loved how it turned out and know I'm going to use this again. ....


And here's a close up of the inside. I just restamped the poppies on the inside using Sweet Leaf green-CTMH. It's just enough to see but let me stamp my saying over the top of it too.

Will that's it for today.

This card cost 3.50/each, like anything hand made no two will be alike, maybe very close but can't promise.
Hope you Enjoyed!

Things used:

• Inkadinkado/Poppy on wood block stamp
• Cloud9 Design/Laughter stamp set.
• Spellbinders/ Small Labels, Lattice.
• Stampin'Up/Label punches, and Watercolor crayons-Earthy Elements and Bold brights.
• Close-to-my-Heart/Ink pads
• Ribbon/From my stash???
• Creative Memories Papers/ Yellow, Black, Brick.
  
  Hope you Enjoyed!!
  Dotty A