A Bit Floral, A Bit Shabby, and a Bit Challenging!

Hiya, folks!  It's FRIDAY!  WOOT!   WOOT!  Today I have another card to share with you.  Our homework from yesterday's lesson at Summer Card Camp 2 was to go outside of our usual style.  *sigh*  Okay.  Fine.  I'll try this shabby thing.  HA!

I am a CAS kind of girl.  I like clean, I like graphic, and I REALLY REALLY like simple.  BUT, I am always up for a challenge, so  I stepped up and gave this layered and shabby look a shot.  It's not a ton of layers, but I did include a few.  I also decided to toss some florals into the mix because I pretty much NEVER do florals.  I kinda suck at 'em.  HA!  I don't have a ton of floral stamps and precisely ZERO floral dies, so I found some cute flowers from a Simon Says Stamp set and fussy cut them.  Yup.  Kickin' it old school all up in here, folks.  HA!



I went for a sort of shabby garden shed window look.  Did I hit that?  I hope so.  HA!  Can I tell you something... creating cards like this takes a LOT of planning.  I mean, you have to KNOW where you are going before you start gluing, stamping, etc.  It's a little crazy-pants, if you ask me.  Just sayin'.  I don't know how those shabby layering awesome folks do it!  You need like time and forethought and planning and...  well, I guess I'm just all kinds of willy-nilly and such.  HA!



I used a die cut banner to create the 'windowsill' and then cut out the leaves and flowers by hand and popped them up with foam dots to give them dimension.  That part was kind of fun to put together.  That's another thing I don't normally do... scenes... again, with the planning and forethought and such, but this was a lot of fun and I think it turned out kinda cute, if I do say so myself!

So...that's my card for you today.  I hope you like my little diversion from my usual CAS style.  AND... I hope you have a happy dappy weekend!  I have some posts coming up for the weekend.  That's a little unusual, too, but it happens from time to time, so stop on by and say hello!  Hopefully I'll be at the beach!  HA!

Have a Happy!!!

Brushstroke Butterflies

I have another card today inspired by the awesomeness over at the Online Card Classes Summer Card Camp 2!  I am loving this, you guys!  For reals!  For this one, I used markers to color some punched butterflies that I added to my card.  I used dye ink markers (Momento) to achieve a really pretty brushstroke look on them.  I love how that worked!  I never think to just use my markers for these types of things!  I'm always reaching for the colored cardstock or patterned paper, so this was a fun diversion from my norm!



I used the awesome Thank You Heart die set from Simon Says Stamp for the focal point sentiment on this one.  I LOVE that die!!!  Lots.  The butterflies are actually punched instead of die cut.  Yup.  With a good 'ole Martha Stewart Classic Butterfly punch.



I used a lot of white with the color combo again.  I have to admit.  It is easier to do the brown tones with the purple and blue tones if you add a lot of white.  I like white, what can I tell ya?  LOL!  I gave it a bit of texture with the Cuttlebug Seeing Spots embossing folder.  I like that one a lot because it is super versatile!

Anyway... color your die cuts or punched pieces!  It's a neat trick and super easy to do.  AND...you then have something that is the color you want instead of whatever close-to-what-you-wanted color you could dig up in your stash!  That's ALWAYS a good thing!

Have a Happy!

Find the products I used for this card in the links below!  Woot!

This Is My Happy Place, These Colors, However....

Well, let's just say they are not colors I would normally combine. Actually, I rarely pick up purples of any kind and I never would have thought to combine them with brown tones. So, while it may not be my happy place of comfort inside a pretty little box... I am excited to have tried these fun colors out! I like how they play together! They came from this week's Online Card Classes Summer Card Camp 2 color scheme. I am definitely going to try to stretch and use them a few more times this week!


This sketch intrigued me, as I tend to forget about the diagonal. I loved the look, so I gave it a shot! Totally fun, dudes. And it's not even remotely difficult to achieve, so that makes it even better! I added the dark purple and the white glitter tapes for some definition and a bit more color in the design. I like how they peek through the letters of the die cut chipboard! YAY!


I did a bit of background tone on tone stamping with a great bubble stamp and a fun hexagon background from The Stamps of Life. I love these backgrounds!!!

Like I said, I hope to play with these colors a bit more and I am loving the sketches from class this week, so I will be pulling out a couple more of those, as well! Sometimes it's good to step OUT of your happy place and try something new! Who knows? Maybe you will discover that you CAN work with crazy colors! HA!

Have a Happy!

Find the products I used for this fun card in the links below!