Thursday, August 25, 2016

Grateful: My Favorite Things Roses All Over

Hello everyone!

Some time ago, I got some craft products from My Favorite Things, but I haven't had a chance to use them until now. I was inspired by a few crafty friends I follow on Instagram to come up with these two cards:




I really enjoyed watercoloring these embossed panels. Here's a list of materials I used to make these cards:

- MFT "Roses All Over" Cling Stamp
- MFT "Grateful for You" Stamps and Die
- Tim Holtz Distressed Watercolor Cardstock 
- VersaMark Ink
- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder
- Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Spiced Maralade, Candied Apple)
- SSS Stitched Retangle Dies
- Ranger #2 Paint Brush
- Recollections Heavy Weight Black Cardstock 
- SSS Diagonal Stripe Stencil
- Black Soot Distress Ink
- Ranger Round Blending Tool
- Pretty Pink Posh Clear Seqins 
- Tombow Multi Medium Matte Glue
- Tombow Extreme Adhesive 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. I appreciate your kind comments!

Have a blessed day!!!

LISA

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

So very grateful: WPlus9 Beautiful Bouquets

Hello all!

Today is the last day of Kathy's 30 Day Color Challenge on her blog www.thedailymarker.com, so I came up with this card design inspired from Dawn at WPlus9 using a few of the Beautiful Bouquets stamp sets. 



I stamped each of the floral sets onto watercolor paper and heat embossed them using white embossing powder to color them with Zig Clean Color Brush markers. Here's a list of the products I used:

- Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock 
- VersaMark Ink
- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder 
- WPlus9 Ranunculus and Dahlias Stamps
- Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers 
- Ranger Fine Tip Waterbrush 
- My Favorite Things "Grateful for You" 
stamps and die
- Fun Foam
- Pretty Pink Posh Clear Seqins 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate your kind comments!
Have a blessed day!

LISA

Friday, July 29, 2016

Thank you so much: WPlus9 Doodle Buds

Happy Friday, everyone!

Sorry I've been away from blogging for so long. I haven't been creating for a while due to some health issues, but I have a card to share that I made a few months ago. I want to share it as part of Kathy's 30 Day Color Challenge on her blog, www.thedailymarker.com. Here's my card:



I did some ink blending and used a stencil for my background, then I added some flowers that I colored using the same distressed inks as the background. 
Here are the products I used:

- Tim Holtz Distress Inks Shaded Lilac, Twisted Citron, and Tumbled Glass
- Round Ink Blending Tool
- Prima Honeycomb Stencil 
- WPlus9 Doodle Buds stamps and dies
- VersaFine Onyx Black Ink
- Sentiment from Winnie and Walter
- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder 
- Darice Iridescent Seqins 
- Black and White baker's twine
- SSS Rectangle Stitched Dies

Thank you so much for stopping by! I appreciate your kind comments! Have a blessed weekend!

HUGS!!
LISA

Friday, June 17, 2016

Hello Dear Friend: Mama Elephant Organic Blooms

Happy Friday, everyone!

About a week ago, I was watching one of Kristina Werner's card videos using Zig Clean Color markers. The stamped flowers she colored were so pretty and vibrant that I was inspired to use my Zig markers as the color medium for today's card post featuring the Mama Elephant Organic Blooms stamp set:



Here's a list of the products I used to make this card:

- Mama Elephant Organic Blooms stamps
- Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock 
- VersaMark Ink
- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder 
- Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers 
- Ranger Fine Tip Water Brush
- WPlus9 Dahlias stamp set (sentiment)
- Mini Misti Stamping Tool
- Gray Flannel Memento Dye Ink
- Recollections Gray Cardstock 
- SSS Diagonal Stripe Stencil
- Hickory Smoke Distress Ink
- Ranger Mini Round Blending Tool
- SSS Stitched Rectangle Die
- Pretty Pink Posh Clear Seqins 
- Tombow Permanent Tape Runner 
- Multi Medium Matte Glue

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate your kind comments!

Have a blessed day!
LISA

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Love you lots, friend: MFT Funky Flowers

Happy Tuesday, friends!

My card today was made using the Funky Flowers stamps and the coordinating dies from My Favorite Things. These stamps are so cute! They're easy to color, and you can mix up a variety of colors to make them pop on any card or scrapbook design!



Here's a list of the supplies I used to make this card:

- MFT Funky Flowers 
- MFT Die-namics Funky Flowers 
- MFT Die-namics Striped Sentiment Strip Cover-Up Die
- Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Papz
- VersaMark Ink
- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder 
- Kuretake Zig Real Brush Markers
- Ranger Fine Tip Water Brush
- SSS Painted "friend" die
- Mama Elephant Organic Blooms Stamp (for the sentiment)
- VersaFine Black Onyx Ink
- Mini Misti
- Tombow Mono Multi Glue
- Multi Medium Matte Glue 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate your kind comments!

Have a blessed day!!😉
LISA

Friday, June 10, 2016

Hugs from me to you: SSS Spring Flowers

Happy Friday, everyone!

My card today was made using the Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers set. When the set was originally released it did not have coordinating dies, but now it does! 😃 I'm not good at fussy cutting and die cuts are very helpful. Here's my card:



Here's a list of the products I used:

- SSS Spring Flowers stamps
- SSS Spring Florals Shapes
- Lawn Fawn Stripey Backdrop Die
- Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock 
- Distress Inks (Mowed Lawn, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Carved Pumpkin, Wilted Viloet)
- SSS Painted Hugs Die
- WPlus9 Dahlia Stamp (sentiment)
- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder 
- Pretty Pink Posh Clear Seqins 
- Multi Medium Matte Glue 
- Tombow Mono Glue

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate your kind comments! 

Have a blessed day!
LISA

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Happy Birthday: Clearly Besotted Wild

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

I have a few cards to share using the Clearly Besotted "Wild Thing" stamps and dies. I thought they would make great kids birthday cards:




Here's a list of the products I used to make these cards:

- Clearly Besotted "Wild Thing" stamps and dies
- Sizzix (Lori Whitlock) "Happy Birthday to You" stamps and dies
- VersaFine Black Onyx Ink
- Tim Holtz Distress Inks
- My Favorite Things Wild Prints paper
- Altenew Peony Bouquet stamps and dies (leaves)
- Hero Arts white embossing powder 
- SSS Stitched Circle Dies
- Pretty Pink Posh Clear Seqins 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! I appreciate your kind comments! 

Have a blessed day!
LISA