Masking

Hello everyone! This month at training day with Close To My Heart we worked on the masking technique. I have seen so many cards in blog land with this technique, and have been wanting to try it. Oh course, it was a little challenging with a cast on my hand, but I got the job done and I think the finished cards turned out pretty well. I did all the masking and inking at our training session and finished them up at home. On the first one I knew exactly the stamp I wanted to use once I got the background done. I did have to cover up a boo, boo on this one. Can you see it? The second one took me a little longer to complete because I couldn't make up my mind on the layout, and then I couldn't decide which stamps to use and etc., etc., etc. When all was said and done, I went with my first original idea! Anyhoo, I had fun with this technique and I hope you enjoy! Thanks for peeking!

Supplies- First card: CTMH- Stamp "A True Thank You", All cardstock and ink, Shimmer Trim silver and black. Studio 112: Tree stamp, Bling from stash.

Second card: CTMH- "Moonlight" WOTG, paper, lamp post, spider and inside sentiment, Martha Stewart: Stamp "Elegant Witch", Bats and cauldron. EK Success: Bats border punch on inside frame.

The good and the bad!

Hey ya'll! Winner, winner, chicken dinner! I won the Magazine Monday's week 16 challenge from my last post! On top of that, I also won a giveaway from Papercrafter's corner of some of the new Tim Holtz product!!!! Yay!!! I'm so excited! I can't wait for my package to arrive! Whew! Now I will calm down enough to give you the bad news.
A couple of weeks ago I went to the orthopedic to see about my neck. He told me that there is a lot of arthritis in there and degeneration of the spine. To make a long story short, I can either have a nerve block done or have surgery to correct it, or continue to see the "chiroprackter doctor"( as my husband calls him) if it was helping me, which it is not! So nerve block it is! The other bad news is I had a small accident the weekend before I saw him, and I ended up 2 days later and a "doc in the box" visit with a hyper extension of my right thumb! Now I have a splint(cast) on my right dominant hand, and will most likely have to get another one for at least 2 more weeks! The ligament is torn away from the bone, and although it doesn't hurt anymore, I have not been able to make very many cards! I do have these two cards to show you that I made a couple of days prior to the thumb accident. They are short and sweet, clean and simple. I'm really getting into the "clean and simple" look lately! Not sure why. Ummmm. Halloween and Christmas card making are about to commence, so look out! Oh! I have figured out how to fussy cut with a cast on my hand! You just never know about small blessings!
 If you are still reading this, bless you! I have decided to give the cat card to my uncle who is turning 80 this Wednesday! I think he will get a kick out of it. Thanks for listening to me ramble and have a great weekend! 

supplies-Stampin' Up: cat and cake, "Giggle Greetings", Spellbinders: Label behind cat, "Labels One"

Be Strong

Hello everyone! I have a card for you today that was inspired by the Magazine Mondays challenge over at http://papercrafterscorner.com/.  I had already started this card when I saw the post for week 16, so I thought I would play along. I used Coredinations Black Magic for my card base with an embossing folder frame and it just kind of went from there. The saying was stamped on a piece of Chalkstock ATC with white chalk pigment ink. Turned out pretty good for a first try, don't you think?! I hope everyone has beautiful weekend! I'm looking forward to some much needed fun in the sun here this weekend. It has rained every day for a solid month! Although the rain is needed, I am sick to death of it now! Have a happy weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Supplies- Sentiment: Stampabilities "Be Strong", Striped mat: Scenic Route "Cape Town", Embossing folder: Paper Studio "Doodle Frame", Coredinations: Color Core "Black Magic".
 

Lemons

Hello everyone! I am still having some neck issues so I haven't been creating much, but I wanted to show you this card that was sort of a happy accident. I have been purging some of my stash lately and came across this stamp that I had never used. I think I bought it with the intensions of using it for fireworks. I got to playing around with it and came up with the background using only a portion of the stamp(middle) and different colors. The first one I didn't like so I did a second one and used it for this card. In this context it looks more like flowers to me, so I decided to keep this stamp in my stash! The jar is a Sizzix die and embossing folder set. I cut the jar in white then cut two more in vellum and acetate and embossed the top two layers. I used my Gelly Roll pens to color on the acetate. I hope everyone is having a glorious weekend and thanks for stopping by!

 Supplies- Jar: Sizzix Bigz  die and embossing folder "Mason Jar", Lemons: "Preserves"," Cricut cart, Background stamp: Hampton Art "Double Vision", Outside sentiment: CTMH "Pun Fun" occasions, Inside sentiment: "Just Because Cards" Cricut

Twisted

Hey Ya'll! Whew! I am so sorry for taking this long to get back to you! This week has been so hectic for me...Doctor's, dentist's, MRI's, my usual trip to Mom's once a week..... I haven't had time to catch my breath much less make a card! I have been having some neck problems and it hasn't been easy to sit at my table for a long period of time without pain, so I'm sharing a card that I made last month at a  Training Day session with Shirley Ross of Close To My Heart. She taught us how to make a Twisted Easel card with a window! I had never made one of these before and the window in it was a plus! We used tracing paper and Alcohol Ink markers from CTMH  to make our "window". Sit a battery operated tea light behind it and it glows. Added a seam binding bow with bakers twine and a wooden tag I had in my stash and Walla! Hope you enjoy looking, and maybe I can share a new creation with you in a couple of days! Till then... 

Supplies- Paper: CTMH  "Lucy", Seam binding: S.U. "Rose", Sentiments: CTMH "Love Life".

Happiness

Hello all! Just poppin' in to share this last patriotic card with you. This one reminds me of my childhood years and celebrating on the 4th.  Oh to be a child again... riding your bike through the neighborhood with streamers flying in the wind, or playing cards attached to the spokes making the rat-a-tat-tat noise as you zipped by. Lol, I truly miss those days when you felt so free and did not have to worry about anything in the world as long as you where home before dark! I hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July, and I'll be back next week to share. Thanks for peeking!

Supplies- Bicycle: Cricut cartridge "Independence Day", Card and words: "Stand and Salute", Card base: Basic Gray Dot embossed, Dimensions: 5x5.
   

Freedom

Hey Ya'll!  I just received a new stamp set from CTMH on Wednesday and couldn't wait to use it! Part of the proceeds from the sale of this stamp set goes to the USO. It has several images and sentiments in the set, and I chose the Statue of Liberty. My Grandson looked it up to see what it was made of and it is a metal alloy with copper. It said that the blue/green tint that it has comes from the water, so I tried to mimic that and mixed up three different colors of embossing powder to get the color. You can't quite see the blue/green too much in the photo, so if I do this again I will have to add more blue and green to the mix. I used Perfect Pearls to fill it in. I'll be back in a few days with another patriotic card that is in the works right now. Have a beautiful day where ever you are and thanks for looking!

 Supplies- Statue of Liberty, stars and sentiments: CTMH "Home of the Brave" constant campaign, Background paper: K & Co. "Americana", Perfect Pearls copper, Glitter ribbon: from my stash