Uplifting Mojo

I've been enjoying the lazy summer days, and being able to create more often. Not having to get kids from school, to after school activities, and homework, has really opened up some free time! I made this card for someone who's been really sick a lot lately. He keeps landing in the hospital, and DR's are having a hard time figuring out what exactly is the problem. I figured it would be nice to send a little bit of encouragement to him. Being this is for a dude, so I went easy on the embellies. I paper pieced my tree, and hot air balloon. I'm trying to use up some of my stash of papers, so used my Basic Grey's June Bug pack.

I really fell in love with Verve Stamp set that they recently released called Blue Skies. It has some wonderful sentiments, and several grabbed me when I first saw this set. I purchased it right away! I want to cut one of the sentiments out with my cricut and vinyl and put it on my wall. I'm saying, I really love that set! I used the blue skies are coming your way sentiment because I thought it went perfectly with the hot air balloon from their Up, Up and Away set. I sponged the background to look like skies, but I guess I used too soft of blues, cuz ya can't tell in the photo! I played along with the sketch at Mojo Monday 149.

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Supplies: Verve stamps, Basic Grey paper, nesties,

Fun and Bright Lily!

Goodness, how cute did she turn out?! I just love how this card looks! Even used colors I don't normally use...orange. But love it! Anyhow, enough tooting my own horn! LOL! I used the sketch from Eat, Sleep, Stamp. Saw my blogging friend, Rachel, was their guest. She makes some lovely cards, so big woo hoo to her! I'm also entering this in the Flutterby Wed cuz I love to play along there too. It's an open challenge too, so means you only need a butterfly, angel or fairy on your card. I cut out my froggie, flower on her wand, and front flower petals. I dabbed her with stickles. I layered the lily pad and part of the petals with smooch. Just to give it a little shine. I tried to add some spots to my frog with a deep shade of copic green. I like how that turned out too. I love when Amy, from A Thousand Sheets of Paper, does that type of things to her images. She's done it with her mermaids, and I swear, I kept looking for a stamp to see if it was a stamp! But I think I've decided she's using markers to get the look. You can see what I'm talking about on this card here. I think it just looks so cool, and adds just a light touch on the images.

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Supplies: Nesties, Pink Cat Studio, stickles, smooch, Basic Grey Going Green, SU cardstock, and ink, copics, Martha Punch, primas.

Subdued Sympathy

I always struggle with making sympathy cards. I'm pretty pleased with this one. Nice and soft tones, and the image is very calming. My friend's Mom passed away Sunday after a long battle with cancer. I followed a sketch at Diva Coffee Break Designs. It's a nice layout, that went very well with not over doing a sympathy card. I used a paper pack sent to my by my sweet friend, Tammi. I even decorated the inside of the card. Not something I normally do, but it really does look nice. I used a stamp set from SU for the main image. The sentiments are from Paper Trey Ink's sympathy set, as well as the butterflies, and grass. I used Tim Holtz ink pads, vintage photo, and tea.

Supplies: nesties, copics, stickles, SU cardstock, SU Peace Within, PTI With Sympathy.

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Party Time Tuesday #9.

It's Tuesday! You ready to make a birthday card?! Mine is uber bright! Fun colors, huh?! I think you might need shades to check it out today! Today is an open challenge at Party Time Tuesdays. Means just make a birthday card, with sentiment on the front of the card. Than link it up at the blog so we can come by and give you some love! Make sure you check out the other team members, by either clicking on their names on the right of my blog or going to the Party Time Tuesdays blog. I love seeing all the different cards each week! And let me say, nice not to have to run around like a crazy woman to make a card when there's a birthday party to go too for the kids or I've forgotten someone's birthday, and need to get one in the mail. If you know you have someone's birthday coming up, it's nice to have it made ahead of time just for them! No matter your reason, just make sure you join the party!

For my card, I used a bunch of neglected stash today. I got this pack of paper last year from Michaels. I'm not sure if I've even created with this darling stamp from the Greeting Farm. She seemed summery and French. Kept saying Ooo-la-la when I was coloring her! I cut out her bow, her cute self and popped them out. Added stickles to her dress, and hat. All around fun card! I tried out sketch from Mercy's Blog. This is her sketch 82.

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Supplies: Copics, nesties, Martha punch, SU punches, TAC sentiment, primas, SU cardstock, PTI cardstock, paper pack from Michaels.

Feathering Lily The Mermaid

I was playing the other night. Trying to figure out how to do the feather technique with copics. Didn't master it on Lily, but I think I almost got it on her tail fins. She turned out so cute regardless of me not getting the technique down. I just had to make a card out of her. If any one has some tips on that technique I'd more than appreciate it. I love how it looks when I see hair done colored with that technique. I mean some of folks make it look like real hair! In the mean time, I'll keep practicing. I tried on Fairy Lily too, but my purple to yellow.....SCARY! I keep thinking of Dory singing, "Just keep swimming...." I'll keep coloring, clicking on blogs and see what else I can learn from all those other wonderful crafters out there.

Thanks for stopping by. A friend came in town, so I'm excited to spend some time with her and her boys. We haven't seen them in a year. They moved across the country.

Supplies: Copics, nesties, primas, stickles, paper pack from Michaels, Pink Cat Studio stamp, Martha Punch, PTI cardstock, SU ink pad.

Raise The Bar #28 Guest Bar-Tender

I was so excited to get picked to be a Guest Bar-Tender at Raise The Bar. They liked my sweet cupcake card from their challenge for baked goods. I was so excited they picked me! Anyhow, the challenge is Distressed, Torn, Ripped, Broken (cards, that is, not hearts!!!). Here's my card for their challenge! I used some papers that sweet Tammi sent me. I had a lot of fun making this card, and that style is getting easier for me. I sprayed my heart with pearl ex to give it some grunge. Tore my papers, and dusted them with choco-chip ink. I stamped my sweet Tilda in brown memento instead of black. I had over filled my Eooo, and it kept leaking so I had to use some different colors, E50, E51, and they looked wonderful with the brown. I followed a layout, but it's escaping me at the moment, since I made the card earlier this week. She's colored with copics, topped with stickles.

Thanks for stopping by, and make sure you swing by the Raise the Bar blog to see the other guest Bar-Tenders, and what their new challenges is for this week!

Fluttering Mercy

Today was a calm day! Meant had time to stamp! Today is Wed, so meant I get to play Flutterby Wed. The challenge there today is Christmas In July. Mercy had a wonderful sketch up yesterday, so I tried my hand at it too. I pulled out Cosmo Cricket's Holly By Jolly pack. Hadn't used it yet. Such pretty soft colors! Grabbed a digital image from CC Designs that I printed last year. Colored her with copics, topped her off with stickles, smootch, and popped out her ornament. Even used my Amy R's Winter sentiments, which hadn't been cut out yet!

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Supplies: copics, SU ink, PTI cardstock, nesties, stickles, EK punch, CC Design, Amy R sentiment,