Layered Arches Flower Card

 Hello friends!

I've got another project up on Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog today.  Click HERE to go to the post.

This card has a textured background that's very easy to do with Adhesive Sheets and crumpled tissue paper.  All the directions are on Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog post.

I've added dimension to the arches with 3D Foam Strips.  The painted watercolor flowers also have dimension with 3D Foam Circles under petals and leaves.  

Stamped and fussy cut or die cut flowers could easily be used instead of a hand painted watercolor flower.

I hope you find some inspiration for your creative journey!

Thanks for stopping!

Judy

Materials Needed:
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®

E-Z Runner® Ultra Strong Refillable Dispenser

3D Foam Strips

3D Foam Circles White Mix

Adhesive Sheets 6 x 12in.

Other: Stamp: Hampton Arts (SC1034), Stampers Anonymous (Tim Holtz Dearly Departed); Ink: Ranger Ink (Distress Vintage Photo, Distress Archival Ground Espresso, Distress Archival Black Soot); Craft Dies: Hero Arts (Nesting Arches); Kraft, White Cardstock; Watercolor Flower and Leaves; White Tissue Paper

Cards with Mixed Media Painted Strips

 Make these easy cards with mixed media painted strips.  It's like your own one of kind faux washi tape!  

I've posted directions for making the painted paper and cards HERE on Scrapbook Adhesives Blog today.

I applied Distress Paints using an old credit card and then added stenciling and stamping with black and white Distress Paints.  Once the paper was dry, I applied Adhesive Sheets 6x12 inch to back and cut paper into various width strips.  The strips are like stickers with adhesive on the back.  Simple pell away the liner and fasten to a card.  Add a simple greeting popped up with Thin 3D Foam Squares White Mix to finish each card.  So easy!  

I made a several sheets of painted paper to have on hand for a quick card.  Plus it's so fun to make!

Check out more details at Scrapbook Adhesives Blog today.

Thanks for stopping

Judy

Materials Needed:
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®

Adhesives Sheets 6 x 12in.

Thin 3D Foam Squares White Mix

Other: Ink: Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko (Versafine Onyx Black); Stamp and Craft Dies: Hero Arts (Message Strips Stamp & Cut XL); Stamp: Stampers Anonymous (Tim Holtz Grunged); Paint: Ranger Ink (Distress Paints - Shaded Lilac, Lumberjack Plaid, Uncharted Mariner, Carved Pumpkin, Kitsch Flamingo, Saltwater Taffy, Black Soot, Picket Fence); Stencils: Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz(Mini Stencils from Set 1,8,13) White Cardstock; White Drawing Paper or Cardstock

Birthday Card for a Guy

 Hello!

I'm back with another card.  This Birthday Card for a Guy features papers from Photo Play "For the Love of Winter" Collection pack.  I'm not wanting to think of winter right now but I sure like the blue color papers in this collection and they seemed appropriate for a guy card.  

I posted many step out photos and all the directions to make this card on Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog.  Click HERE to see post.

Thanks for visiting!

Judy

Supplies:

Adhesive Dots Small

E-Z Runner® Petite Permanent Dots Refillable Dispenser

Adhesive Sheets 4x6 inch

Dual Tip Glue Pen

Buttons Galore and More (buttons), Hero Arts Stamps (Sending Love Mail), Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko Versafine Clair (Medieval Blue), PhotoPlay Paper Co. (For the Love of Winter Collection), Ranger Ink (Distress Glaze-Uncharted Mariner), Spellbinders Paper Arts (Yanna's Layered Script Sentiment), Thread or Crochet Thread (Cream), Cardstock (White, Scrap of Black)

Mixed Media Background Card

Hello everyone! 

Here is a mixed media background card that can easily be used for many occasions.  Simply keep some greetings on hand to add as needed.  

The background is fun to make with E-Z Dots® Repositionable Refillable Dispenser and Distress Oxide sprays and Distress ink.  Once the paper is dry, simply rub off the repositionable adhesive.  Add more color as desired.

In the photo the adhesive has been removed and reveals the paper color underneath.  I added Uncharted Mariner ink over and misted with water for the final background.  

Find all the details with step out photos on Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog HERE

Thanks for visiting!

Judy

Supplies:

E-Z Dots® Repositionable Refillable Dispenser

E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Dispenser

E-Z Runner® Ultra Strong Refillable Dispense

• Thin 3D Foam Squares Black Mix

• Hero Arts (Sending Love Mail Stamp Set); Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko (Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad); Ranger (Clear Embossing Powder, Distress Oxide Sprays (Villainous Potion, Saltwater Taffy, Distress Ink Pad (Uncharted Mariner); Cardstock (White, Black)

A Merry Christmas Reindeer!

Here's a card I created with some of Spellbinders newest holiday die templates.  The reindeer and swirly die cut are from S4-287 Fanciful Holiday.  I cut them out of felt using dark brown for the deer and burgundy for the swirl pattern. The corners and the burgundy ring around the deer are felt, too.  It cuts quite easily with 1 or 2 passes through the Grand Calibur.  I also used S4-292 Beaded Circles to create a frame for the reindeer.  The beaded edge is cut with #4 (the largest) in the Beaded Circles set.  To get the scalloped inside edge I used #3 Beaded Circles in the center, a great edge and it matches perfectly!   The card base is dark red card stock with Aged Mahogany rubbed along the edges.  The lighter area around "Merry Christmas" is the actual color.  The greeting is from Hero Arts Holiday Sayings, stamped and embossed with white EP.   The embossed paper under the deer was first sprayed with Mint Chocolate Chip Chalkboard Glimmer Mist.  Chalkboard Glimmer Mist is opaque with a subtle sheen compared to regular Glimmer Mist.  It was embossed over Spellbinders 12-1006 Floral and Stone Impressabilities.  Actually, it's debossed, meaning that the pattern in impressed into the paper versus being raised above the paper.  I used the same paper under the swirl die cut at the bottom of the card.  Each is matted with light blue paper the same color as the Beaded Circles frame. I used part of the smaller ornate swirls from Spellbinders Fanciful Holiday set for the corners.  The final touch is a tiny jingle bell on the reindeer.  

This is a little different twist on traditional red and green for Christmas!  I like the change!

Be sure to stop back on Thursday, November 18th!!! 

I'll be participating in Spellbinders Holiday Hoppin' Blog Hop!  Be ready to be inspired by all the Spellbinders Design Team as well as designers from cross promotional companies.  There'll be lots of eye candy for sure!  Plus prizes!!! Just leave a comment on my blog that day to be entered! Only 1 comment per blog, please!  You may leave comments on all the blogs to have more chances to win.  Two big days of Holiday Hoppin', November 18-19! 

Check out the Spellbinders blog here for all the details!

Let's create!

-judy

Fun Birthday Cards!

 I have 2 birthday cards to share today!  I put these together over the weekend for my grandsons who are celebrating their birthday this week.

Happy Birthday Josh and Logan!

I used a Spellbinders Grand LF-161 Labels One to cut the DP background for both cards.  If you haven't seen these Grand die templates, check them out on the Spellbinders website!  They're awesome!  I used the largest (#6) of the six die templates.

The robot is from an older Hero Arts clear set called Far Out Holiday.  I think it worked great for a birthday robot!  The greeting said "have a far out holiday".  I masked off "holiday" when I inked the stamp, then stamped just "have a far out".  From the Hero Arts Happy Greetings set, I stamped "birthday".  I added the exclamation point with a black marker.  DP is from Cosmo Cricket. 
I used Spellbinders Labels Eight for the robot and Labels Eleven for the yellow mat.  The darker DP mat is simply a rectangle with the corners rounded.
THe buttons and ribbon on both cards is from Fancy Pants.

For the Dino card, I chose stamps from Penny Black's Dino Party transparent set.  Such cute little characters for a boy!

I stamped them with Memento Black Tuxedo ad colored with Copic markers. The photo shows all the colors from both cards.

I cut around the dinos with Spellbinders Labels Seventeen.

The red mat behind is Labels Eleven. 

The greeting is from Hero Arts Happy Greetings set.  I freehand cut the shape and added a red mat.

Both cards are 4" X 7 1/8". I used a 1/2" corner rounder on the corners of each card base.

In this photo, you can see where I made the fold on the Grand Labels One.  I folded the shorter section to the back of the card.  The Labels One shown is the largest in the set.  The other sizes would work for smaller cards!

Look for the Grand Spellbinders to be in stores soon! 

I hope I've inspired you in some way today!  Have fun creating!

I'm so happy to be back in my creative mode!!! 

-judy

OWH Blog Hop

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Today I'm participating in Operation Write Home's Memorial Day BlogHop!  If you're not familiar with OWH, check out their website .http://operationwritehome.org/  They collect handmade cards and send them to deployed servicemen and women to use to write home!  It's a wonderful service!  If you're a card maker, please consider making a few cards to send to OWH!  You can find all the details at Operation Write Home. 

If you're visiting from the Spellbinders blog, you can get in on the Blog Hop, too!

Red, white and blue, missing you is the theme for today.  I stretched the traditional colors for my card.  The red, white and blue are there but the blue is not flag blue, but rather a pretty aqua blue.

I chose to make a quick card because my week has been so busy.  I've had lots of deadlines to meet.....   I hope you find some inspiration from it.

I cut the frame out of We R Memory Keepers card stock using Spellbinders Polka Dot Frame S5-016. I also embossed it.  THen I stamped the verse from Hero Arts, part of the set Huge Hugs CL417, with Espresso ink and clear embossed it.  I layered the frame over the verse....fits just perfectly.... and added a dark brown Bazzill mat.  I cut Spellbinders Petite Ovals SM #5 out of the dotted paper from PinkPaislee's Cupid collection. The stripe paper is from the same collection.  I added a narrow dark brown mat to the oval and positioned it horizontally across the stripe paper.  I trimmed both ends even with the edges.   I added a piece of sheer aqua and polka dot ribbon across the oval and fastened the ends on the back of the stripe paper.  I tied the dotted ribbon around it.  I fastened it all to a white card which is 3 1/4" x 5 3/4".

Thank you for stopping!  May you be greatly inspired as you visit all the blogs!

You next stop is Anita's blog, Cards and Coffee.  You'll find lots to see there!  She'll have a link to the next blog...........so you can keep hopping!

Happy Memorial Day! 

May you take a few moments to remember all those who've helped to preserve our freedoms! 

Thank you to all you veterans! 

Holly Foil Card

This is a simple Christmas card I created using a holly 5 x 7" embossing folder from Provo Craft.

I started by embossing a piece of green craft foil. I then trimmed it to this size. It could easily be cut first and placed in the folder to get just this pattern.

To remove the color, I lightly rubbed Ranger's Solvent stamp cleaner over the raised pattern. I swiped the cleaner top on a paper towel occasionally to clear off the color. A word of warning, if too much cleaner gets on the foil it will run into the debossed areas and remove color there as well. By swiping it on a paper towel, it cleans off the color as well as dries the cleaner top slightly. It's a simple technique to try on all colors of foil! There are no scratches as with sanding.

For the card front, I used Core'dinations Whitewash paper. I sanded the color off with a large emory board. I like the subtle holly pattern that accents the foil yet doesn't detract from it.

The foil is layered onto red and white cardstock. A simple knotted ribbon and greeting tag complete the card. The verse is from Hero Arts Holiday Sayings set.

..........hoping to find more time to stamp soon!

Colorful Congrats!

I stamped a few quick graduation cards this week.......

For this card, I chose a colorful paper from Basic Grey's Lime Rickey 6 x 6 pad. These condensed versions of the papers are great for cards! I stamped the "congratulations" band with Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink. The stamp is from Hero Arts Everyday Sayings. "You did it" is also from that set. The tag was cut with a Spellbinders die. I added the pink edge with a Copic marker. A couple flowers, big brad & a narrow grosgrain ribbon to finish it!

Supplies:
Basic Grey Lime Rickey 6x6 paper pad
Memento Rhubarb Stalk
Hero Arts Everyday Sayings
Copic marker
Bazzill Silk Flowers
Imaginisce brad
Grosgrain ribbon
Stampin Up Scallop punch

Enjoy!
judy

Another Wisteria card......

In my quest to use my Basic Grey Wisteria Rub-Ons, I created another card........

.......a Get Well wish.

I used the large moth rub-on with a few tiny flowers added for my focal image. I used Spellbinders dies to cut the circles & scalloped circle. The card opening is offset so the circle extends beyond the edge. I used a border punch to add scallops with 3 green Hero Arts Pearls for accent. The message is stamped in Memento Sweet Plum.

...the inside says "soon".

Supplies:

Spellbinders Circle dies

Spellbinders Large Scallop Circle die

Basic Grey Wisteria paper & rub-ons

Hero Arts Everyday Sayings

Hero Arts Pearls - Green
Stampin Up Scallop border punch

Memento Sweet Plum

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Thank you for visiting!!!
Smiles
-judy

Thinking of You

Good Morning!

I worked with some of the new Basic Grey Wisteria paper to create this card. The flowers are one of the beautiful rub-ons from a collection of many that coordinate with the papers. The verse is from a new Hero Arts set called Everyday Sayings. It's full of lots sayings!

I'm off to work......no time to write more.

Have a great day!

-judy

A Bit O' Luck

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Here's wishing you a bit o' luck on this day!

I don't usually make St Patrick's day cards. I'm not Irish. In fact, I don't think I've ever made one until tonight. I started with a plan to make some four leaf clovers with Spellbinder's heart cut outs so I could post something here to celebrate this day. Once I had those put together, I needed a background to add interest to my photo. Well, that led to an actual card ....a very dimensional card.

What do you think of those four leaf clovers?

I cut small hearts out of green cardstock & added a bit of Distress Peeled Paint ink. I shaped them & glued them to green florist wires. The card top has a green & white oval behind the check paper. I used a small oval Spellbinder's die to trace the oval shape onto the check paper and cut it out with a scissor. The curved verse is from a Crafty Secrets set called "Home Sweet Home".

I used the only green ribbon I had to create the bow. It seemed a little big at first but I love how it looks on the finished card. The tag was cut with a Spellbinder's die out of white paper. I added Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed & Pine Needles inks to it after I stamped & embossed the greeting (Hero Arts Happy Greetings) . A mist of water blended the colors.

This card was so much fun to put together!

Stamps: Crafty Secrets Home Sweet Home, Hero Arts Happy Greetings

Spellbinders Heart & Petite Oval dies, Pinking Pierceabilities

Distress Inks: Peeled Paint, Pine Needles, Mustard Seed

Papers: Cloud 9 & Imaginisce

Martha Stewart punch

May luck be with you this day!

-judy

Just For You

Hello everyone!


This week, I'm working on my final submission for the Spellbinders Design Team. It's due on Sunday evening at 11:59 p.m. The requirements are to make one card along with instructions & a supply list. Just one photo, one card......so it's got to be good!


I have the card done......well, maybe a little tweaking left. I'm working on the directions. I think I'll wait until Saturday to photograph it so I can have good natural daylight. I plan to submit it Saturday evening or Sunday morning.


In the meantime......since I haven't created anything new to post....here's a card that I submitted with my original application.


I used Spellbinders dies for the dotted mat with cut-out as well as the bird & various leaves. The heart was cut with 2 QuicKutz dies. The red branches, flowers & birds are from a Hero Arts Poinsettia background stamp. In fact, the dotted and swirl papers are holiday designs from Cloud9. The little verse is from CHF Essential Expressions.

Enjoy!
Happiness is stamping!
-judy

A Birthday Coupon

Here's a fun birthday card using all Hero Arts stamps.

I started with the coupon stamped on craft paper & colored with Copic markers. I added the little "happy birthday" in order to pull in more color.

The printed paper was actually stamped repeatedly in brown ink with a "happy" definition stamp. I added some flourishes in a pale aqua & underlined the word "happy". The scrolly background was made with a Cuttlebug embossing folder using Core'dinations paper and sanded to reveal the under color. Several flowers from Hero Arts, dotted ribbon, a button and some pearls finish it off.

Hope you're inspired to create!

judy

Happy Valentine's Day!

Some cute little Valentines for my grandsons.....

Both little dogs are Penny Black images from different clear sets colored with Copic markers. I found the "XOXO"s on a little Hero Arts set. The "love you" is from Technique Tuesday. I cut the big red hearts & the tiny pink hearts with Spellbinders Nestabilities as well as the scalloped card. Fun to make!

For my little princess....

....paper & accessories from Imaginisce. The little chipboard paper dolls stickers are soo cute!

A Little Bird

Thanks for comments on the hummingbird photo. This little gem visited my petunias just outside my kitchen door one late summer day. My daughter spotted it & took several photos with my camera. I was amazed at the incredible clearness of this photo.

A special thank you to my friends who inspire me to create & motivate me to expand my horizons. You keep me smiling!

Here's a glimpse of a card I just posted on the Fond Memories blog.......

This was a fun card I put together with Cloud9Design papers & a coordinating sticker, 4 different Spellbinders dies, a little tag die from Cuttlebug, "Merry Christmas" verse from a tiny Hero Arts set & some needle punching. Amazingly enough......I did not distress it at all! Oh...I did add Stickles glitter glue to the berries.

-judy