Thankful for you

 Hello and welcome to the Weekend!

It's a new month, filled with hopes and dreams...and potentially a lot of chances to be creative

I am slowly trying to catch up on the Mother's day cards list, so today I am joining in with this card of Gratitude.

There was this desire to play with watercolors today. So I did. I combined the technique idea from The Happy Little Stampers Gals with the soft pastel colors and spring theme of the Card Concept inspirational photo. I used those elaborate Butterfly silhouettes, who came to life with some colors under their wings.The result was this one layer clean and simple card. I used the color swatch is from the FabFriday Challenge.

CC#134

HLS-Anything Goes 

FabFri188 

Addicted to CAS- Silhouette

Stamps: Sizzix (Tim Holtz Alterations), Heidi Swapp (Thankful)

Paper: Recollections(white, orange)

Ink: Versafine (black) 

Accessories: watercolors, pearl stickers

Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2

Golden Christmas

Happy Thursday Y'all!

Inspired by the colorful wreath from the card Concept blog I created this CAS card. I used a beautiful poinsettia image for my focal point but I decided to be a rebel and use pink instead of the traditional Christmas red. And gold to finish the festive feel to it. 

 Paper: Recollections (white)

Stamps: Altenew (poinsettia)

Ink: Ms.Sparkle &co (gold), Versafine(black)

Tools: PTI (merry), Altenew (poinsettia)

Accessories:  gel pencils, pearl stickers, washi, 

comic markers, pencils

SIze: 4 1/4" x 5  1/2" 

 CC#82

Fusion-Red Christmas

GDP#115

Simon Says-Anything goes

Color Throwdown Guest Stamper

Hello and Happy Wednesday!

I am beyond thrilled to join the Ladies of the Color Throwdown for this week's challenge!

It is fall season (even though that's not the case in LA with 104F today) so I had to try and do something appropriate... for the season. The colors for this challenge are eggplant, olive and rust, so I immediately thought-autumn leaves. I created a sectional background with some stamps, watercolors and pencils. Focal point opposite from it- and there you have it. Even though it seems like it has a lot of elements I still consider this card Clean and Simple.

I hope you enjoyed it!

Be sure to stop by the Color Throwdown Blog for more inspiration from the Design Team.

Paper: Recollections(white,olive green, vellum)

Stamps: Heidi Swapp (Magnolia Jane),TPCStudio (Autumn Harvest),Studio112, Inkadinkado

Ink: s.e.i.(cayenne,cumquats), Versafine(black)

Accessories:  watercolors, pencils, pearl stickers

SIze: 4 1/4" x 5  1/2"

CTD#466

CC#80
HLS-watercolour

Fab Friday on Wednesday

Happy Fab Wednesday!

I am desperately trying to catch up on cards for Mother's day and birthdays, so here's one of them. 

I was inspired by the oh, so fun photo from the Card Concept blog. The flowers grabbed my attention and I wanted that to be my focal point. So I created this clean and graphic take on the challenge using the soft colors from the Fab Friday Gals. And despite the mishap with the color palette they had I think it's still pretty fabulous ( the color combo that is :)I'm joining  Картичкофуриите so we can celebrate this colorful month with this card.  

Enjoy the rest of the week!

Stamps: Altenew( Botanical garden) Verve (Because of you)

Paper: Recollections(white)

Ink: Versafine (black)

Tools: Echo Park Papper (flourish die)

Accessories: pencils, pearl stickers, watercolors, washi tapes, comic markers

Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

FAbFri#110

CC#72

Simon Says-Anything goes
Картичкофурии-многоцветно

Welcome little star

I'm starting the week with this cute little card I made

 for my friends soon to be new nephew.

The Card Concept gals asked for Lime and Aqua and what better colors to use for baby boy-simply perfect. I guess you can categorize it as a clean and layered or kids whimsical-chick card :) Whatever the style is I'm pretty happy with the result.

I started with rubbing the moon image on a cardstock (even though the moon did not wanted to imprint at all...lol). I followed the sketch from My Favorite Things blog and I used a die cut to frame my image. A cluster of buttons to finish it and that's that.

Stamps: Rubber Stampede(Little star), Rub-on()

Paper: Recollections(ivory,aqua), patterned paper

Ink: Versafine (black)

Tools: Spellbinders (label#18)

Accessories: Pearl stickers (Recollections), bakers twine, buttons, washi tapes

Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

PP#334

MFT#322

CC#68

CAGI-Kids

Vintage global design

Happy Sunday! 

I'm joining in today with a modern vintage card I made for the Global design Project, using their sketch.  

Since the PTI are celebrating 10 years of creativity, I decided to join in on the festivities.

I got inspired by Lizzie Jones flowing flowers card. I incorporated those in my design and combined it with some cracked glass technique to give it a vintage look.

I hope you like my creation.

Stamps: PTI (Framed out),Recollections(LA-St.Valentin)

Paper: Recollections(white,kraft,cayenne)

Ink: Recollections(chestnut), s.e.i.(cappucino)

Tools: PTI(Framed out),scalloped scissors

Accessories: ribbon,pearl stickers, button, embossing powder

Size:4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

GGP#74

CC#67

PTI-2013

Time flies

Time flies! 

I hated when my Mom would say that when I was a kid. Now I know what she meant by that.

The festivities for Papertrey Ink continue and today we're honoring the year of 2013. 

I am joining with a semi vintage card representing flying time. Here is to more careless hours of crafting and enjoying amazing crafting possibilities.

Stamps: PTI (Hands of Time )

Paper: Recollections(ivory, orange, gray), 

Ink: Versafine (black), S.e.i (cayenne,blue,cappuccino, willow)

Tools: Martha Steward Punch (3 in 1 classic butterflies)

Accessories: Pearl stickers (Recollections),bakers twine

Size: 4 1/4" x 4 1/4"

PTI-2013
CC#67

Roses in love

Hello and happy Monday!

The Gals at The Paper Players blog are tempting me to do a card for someone special. So I decided to do a card for my Mom.

This is a very simple card , but elegant and perfect for a few challenges- The Card Concept and the Simon Says are calling for the color of love and romance. So I grabbed the sketch from the As you see it Blog and because I get inspired by all the little things I made a love card with roses :)

Stamps: Altenew(Bold Blossom), PTI (Love Tags Vol.4)

Paper: Recollections(white,red), 

Ink: Versafine (black), s.e.i (silver)

Accessories: pencils, baker's twine, button

Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

CC#66

ATLT#42

AYSI#142
PP#330

Lady bug

Happy Sunday!

I am joining in the Fusion festivities with this adorable card.

I have this ladybug image from Bugaboo stamps, that is simply adorable. So I incorporated it in the Fusion Blog sketch and since Valentine's around the corner I made it a romantic one with my XO sentiment. That way I can participate in the Card Concept, Inspired by the little things and Simon Says challenges which all have love and romance in the air.

Stamps: Recollections(LA-St.Valentin)

Downloadable Image: Bugaboo Stamps

Paper: Recollections(white, velum), Pattern Paper ()

Ink: s.e.i.(red)

Accessories: pencils, ribbon

Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Fusion

CC#66

Simon Says-Color of Love

ATLT#42

Square card

Hello everybody!

Today I'm joining in with a ... different card.

It's February, Love is in the air and  I keep promising (to myself) to do more cards so I can send them to friends and family. Well, it's a start:)

The Gals over at the Mojo Monday are doing a square card challenge, so I decided that I want to try it. It was not as easy as i thought it would be. The delicious color combo is from The ColorThrowdown blog. And of course the Love theme comes from Simon Says and the Card Concept.

I hope you like it :)

Stamps: American Crafts, PTI (Love Tags Vol.4)

Paper: Recollections(pink, chocolate, velum), 

Ink: Versafine (black), S.e.i (red)

Tools: EK Success Punch (Heart)

Accessories: Pearl stickers (Recollections),bakers twine

Size: 4 1/4" x 4 1/4"

CTD#428

CC#66

Mojo#482

Simon says-color of love

Happy Thanksgiving! (For real)

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

President Obama did his final turkey pardoning today, so I was inspired to create something in the same line.

The little baby turkey is a downloadable image I bought from Etsy. Sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and Thanksgiving theme from the Card Concept. Simple recipe-delicious card (no pun intended)

Stamps: Inkadinkado(Thanksgiving), 

Downloadable image:  Drawn by Krista

Paper: Recollections(white, kraft, beige, orange), 

Ink: Versafine (black)

Accessories: Pearl stickers (Recollections),pencils

Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

TCC#62
FMS#264

Thinking of You Concept

It's the WEEKEND! Woooooohooo!

I am joining in today with a very clean and very simple card. 

The inspirational photo from the Card Concept stole my heart and I had to play. I got a box with new pencils (a doodle box lol) and I was eager to put them to use. I grabbed the classic sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and while I was debating what my sentiment should be, SimonSays blog came to the rescue, so it turned out to be a thinking of you card.

Stamps: Verve(Thinking of You), 

The Rubbernecker(Cala Lillies)

Paper: Recollections(white, kraft), 

Ink: Versafine (black)

Accessories: Pearl stickers (Recollections),twine, 

Comic markers( V01,RV00,G82,YG03,YG63), pencils

Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

TCC#61

FMS#261

Simon Says-Thinking of You