Glitter and Die cut

I picked up this die on a whim while on a day trip with hubs.  I love flowers, so they always pull at me. I pulled out the Be Creative tape and the Glitter Ritz glitter and a couple Spectrum Noir markers.  I glittered the daisy background, center, stem and leaves, leaving the petal outline plain.  I colored the center, stem and leaves. I so love these glittered cards! Sentiment is from Hero Arts Butterfly and Flowers Set CL750.

The die is 901-Daisy from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

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Outline vinyl sticker

On our recent outing, I also picked up some Elizabeth Craft Designs stickers. These stylized tulips did not look too appealing, but I though I'd give them a shot. I am SO glad I did.

This is a mini card, the image itself is about 3.5 inches long.  This is a mini card 3 by 4.25 inches.  I started with 1/2 of a Distress Watercolor sheet (yes, I am addicted to this stuff!!)  I pulled off the vinyl sticker from the sticker sheet (6 main images for about 2 bucks) and placed it UPSIDE DOWN on my work space.  Because it is a vinyl sticker it can become pulled out of shape when placing on your card surface.  I then placed my paper over it lightly tapping the center, I turned it over to check placement...It took 3 tries to get it to the right spot.

I used distress markers to color the flower Fired Brick and Mowed Lawn , and blended out with waterbrush. The image was outlined in Tumbled Glass and then in Victorian Velvet to create the back ground. I like the bit of glow the blue provides. I dabbed on wink of stella (thanks for the tip-Kristina Werner)  to get some shine and I think I captured a bit of the shine in the photograph.

The sentiment came from the Hero Arts set CL567 - You and Me.  I used super sticky double sided tape to adhere the panel to the card base. Next time I will heat emboss the sentiment, to make it match the vinyl sticker gloss.

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Happy Father's Day

Hubs and I both have wonderful fathers.  I always make similar cards for them for Father's Day.  Here is this year's edition, featuring a watercolor panel to hold the stamping.  Hoping you are able to spend some quality time with the Father's in your life.

 

Stamps and patterned papers by Stampin Up.

Punny love

More cards for hubs while I was away.  They are silly punny ones from Stampin Up.  He likes a simple card and these are simple. The blender and the lava lamp both have glossy accents on them to give them a bit of a liquid-y feel. Hope you are all enjoying the early June weather.  Thanks for stopping by!

Pink Birthday

A quick birthday card to have on hand. Seems like birthdays are sneaking up on me this year.  I am not as on the ball as I used to be with them.  Stamp and papers by Stampin Up.

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Once in a lifetime

Another card sent to hubs while in California.  Stamp by Stampin Up.

That's what meeting hubs did for me!
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Grey Skies

Another card sent to hubs! Embossing folder by Darice, Stamp by Stampin Up.

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A new stamp set

While in California visiting, I made and sent Hubs some cards.   I wanted to remind him of our courtship, I used to send him a card weekly.  That was before I was making them. The next few posts feature a stamp set from Stampin Up.

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So Happy for you

Over our Easter break, hubs (mostly) and I had the chance to relive our college days...well not in the way you might think. Our niece had asked if either of us recalled our Chemistry from college.  She was prepping for exams and was looking for input.  Hubs completely ROCKED it.  I was so impressed.  I was okay for the first bit, but then it was just lots of air swooshing over my head!  Chemistry was more than 30 years ago for the both of us, so his recall and understanding of the concepts just blew me away.

We just heard that the session paid off, and I made this card to send to our niece.  I have limited drawing skills (they usually involve rulers) and I found some images online of beakers, flasks, and test tubes.  I traced them from my Ipad with the screen super bright.  I added some distress markers and blurred it out will some water.  The outlines were then traced again with a silver pen. Sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.

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Happy Anniversary!

Hubs and I are celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary.  I usually give hubs more than one card. We also give each other a letter we have written reflecting on the last year. I have to say, Hubs usually ROCKS the letter, so I do look forward to them.   

Two of my cards will have a sweet sentiment, the third will house my letter.  I made the sentiment for the watercolor card using my Silhouette Portrait, and the second card has another sentiment from the Silhouette library. The third card features die cuts from Paper Smooches, Sentiment from Hero Arts and a Tim Holtz key.

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