August Rudolph Days - Graphic 45

Hi, Friends.....

Here I am with my entry for Scrappy Mo's August Rudolph Days Challenge. I used a couple of different Graphic 45 collections and some wonderful gold glittery bells from my crafty pal, Karen Ladd. (THANKS, Karen!!)

I am also entering this in the Winnie & Walter August Color Combo Challenge - Any Palette Goes. For this card I chose this pretty inspiration piece:

 

 

Products used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set
Graphic 45 - "Place in Time" collection and "Twelve Days of Christmas" collection
Distress ink in Walnut Stain
Core'dinations cardstock in cream and kraft
Glittery bells
Gold-edged ribbon from my stash

You still have a few days to join in the Rudolph Days challenge, so I hope to see you there!!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Scrappy Mo's August Rudolph Days - Anything Goes Christmas
2. Winnie & Walter August Color Combo Challenge - Any Palette Goes
3. Christmas Cards All Year Round August Challenge - Use Hot/Warm Colors
4. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper August Challenge - Use Patterned Paper
5. Mod Squad Challenge - Anything Goes
6. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
7. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #400 - AG Christmas
8. All Sorts Challenge Week #482 - Music
9. Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #17 - Blast from the Past (play any of their 2018 challenges) (I chose Challenge #15 - Machine Die-cutting.)
10. Word Art Wednesday Week #350-351 - Anything Goes

Embossed Roses Kindness Card

Wouldn't it be fun to live in have one of these?!!!  :)

Hi, Friends.......

I am here with a card to share with you for a couple of Winnie & Walter challenges:

1. Winnie & Walter Rerun Challenge #33 - Picture Perfect - I don't own the featured rerun set so I took inspiration from the colorful splashy background of Shay's card HERE. My card uses one of my leftover Easter Egg dye watercolor backgrounds that is probably a little too wild for the sedate stamp set I used, but I think I managed to harness it. You can let me know in the comments.

2. Winnie & Walter August Color Combo Challenge Any Palette Goes - this time I used an inspiration photo in the colors of my background. I was inspired to add some baker's twine. Fun!

So do you think this background is just too too too much? I actually like it with the silver embossing and Wink of Stella (can't see it too well in the photo) over the roses.

Products used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set
Winnie & Walter - Kindness with Evelin T Designs stamp set
Winnie & Walter - Mini Scenery: Bed of Roses stamp
Versamark ink
Ranger - Embossing Powder Silver Ultra-Fine
Baker's Twine from a W&W package :)
Zig - Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen
Leftover Easter Egg dye watercolor background
Canson - Mixed Media Paper Spiral Bound Notebook
Core'dinations cardstock
Scrap of DCWV Mercury Glass cardstock in silver for butterfly

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you liked my card.

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter Rerun Challenge #33 - Picture Perfect
2. Winnie & Walter August Color Combo Challenge Any Palette Goes
3. Creative Knockouts Challenge #260 - Use Twine
4. Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #17 - Blast from the Past (play any of their 2018 challenges) (I chose Challenge #14 May Flowers)
5. Mod Squad Challenge - Anything Goes
6. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
7. Joy Clair August Challenge - Anything Goes
8. Off the Rails August Challenge - Tribal inspired (I was inspired by the splashy colors of the paint and used a leftover Easter Egg dye background. Also inspired by the botanical panels with the structural outlines defined.)

Before I formed you.......

Hi, Friends......

I am here with an encouraging masculine birthday card to share. I had this card partially put together with this background for a long time and didn't know whether to add more things or not. It's a large format card and has lots of room for lots of stuff, but I finally decided for a guy card....keep it simple and let this interesting background using Walnut Ink Crystals take center stage. (These crystals are super-fun to play with...kind of like Brushos or ColorBursts, only chunkier.) So I tied some twine and added the focal panel and said....finished. :) Now that it is done, I am still not sure if I should go back and add something else or not! Ha.

Here's a close up of the focal panel......

"Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.  Before you were born, I set you apart." Jeremiah 1:5

And here's a shot of the fun variations you get with these Walnut Ink Crystals. I stamped over the background also with a MFP Crackle stamp.

Products used include:
Clear Dollar Stamps - Set Apart stamp set (discontinued)
Tsukineko - Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa
DCWV Burlap Paper Stack
Distress Ink in Walnut Stain and Rusty Hinge
Sizzix - Fancy Labels die set
Mark's Finest Papers - Background Fun stamp set (discontinued)
Tsukineko - Walnut Ink Crystals
Canson - Mixed Media Paper Spiral Bound Notebook
Core'dinations cardstock
Twine from my stash

Hope you enjoyed this card. Thank you so much for stopping by!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Creative Knockouts Challenge #260 - Use Twine
2. Penny Black and More August Challenge - Begins with a "B" (I chose Browns, Burlap, and Birthday)
3. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Fall/Autumn
4. Word Art Wednesday Week #350-351 - Anything Goes
5. The Cat's Pajamas Challenge #349 - Birthday
6. Craft Stamper TIMI August Challenge - Anything Goes with Stamping
7. Artistic Stamper August Challenge - Anything Goes with Stamping
8. Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #17 - Blast from the Past (play any of their 2018 challenges) (I chose Challenge #15 - Machine Die-cutting.)

Sparkly Happy Birthday

Oh, lol.....TOO close to home!!!  "Life in an Aspy house!" is all I can say.  <3 <3 <3  (Google that phrase, if you don't know what I am talking about, and you will pull up my blog post!  Ha.)

Hi, Friends.....

I am here with a pretty floral card I made with some new stamps a friend gave me. I don't have the matching dies, so I left all the flowers in one piece and used it as a background stamp.

I am entering this card in the Winnie & Walter August Color Combo Challenge - Any Palette Goes. Here is the beautiful palette I used for my card colors:

I used one of my leftover Easter egg dye backgrounds in blue and pink then stamped and colored over the top of it. Finished off with Wink of Stella for non-stop sparkle!!   LOVE!!

I am also entering this card in Power Poppy Creative Confetti Challenge - Use your birthstone color for a card. My BD is in February and my birthstone is an amethyst. So I used purples in my card....which I adore!!!

Supplies used include:
Heartfelt Creations - Sun Kissed Fleur stamp set
Tsukineko - Memento Ink in London Fog
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set (has scallops)
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Spectrum Noir markers
Chameleon - Color Tops
Wink of Stella pen
Glitter from stash
Canson - Mixed Media Paper Spiral Bound Notebook
Winnie & Walter - Scenery: Bigger Bang Confetti stamp set (limited edition, no longer available)
Winnie & Walter - In a Word: Happy stamp set
Versamark ink
WOW! Embossing Powder - Opaque Bright White Regular
Core'dinations cardstock for card base

Hope you enjoyed my card. It was fun to color the flowers using my Chameleon Color Tops. I had experimented around with them but this is my first card using them. I am still getting the hang of the technique. Thank you so much for stopping by today!!!

<3
Janis


Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Power Poppy Creative Confetti - Use your birthstone as inspiration (Mine is the lovely purple amethyst.)
2. Winnie & Walter August Color Combo Challenge - Any Palette Goes
3. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes Challenge #62
4. The House That Stamps Built - A818 Tic Tac Toe (I chose Friendship, Watercolors, and Bright Colors.)
5. The House that Stamps Built - A2218 Anything Goes
6. Joy Clair August Challenge - Anything Goes
7. Artistic Stamper August Challenge - Anything Goes with Stamping
8. Word Art Wednesday Week #348-349 - Anything Goes
9. Penny Black and More August Challenge - Begins with a "B" (I chose Blossoms, Blues, and Birthday)
10. Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #17 - Blast from the Past (play any of their 2018 challenges) (I chose Challenge #14 May Flowers)
11. Craft Stamper TIMI August Challenge - Anything Goes with Stamping
12. The Cat's Pajamas Challenge #349 - Birthday
13. Double Trouble Challenge #8 - Summer Happy BD I'm also participating in Thing 2 (Pause, Dream, Enjoy Challenge) and Thing 3 (Add Sparkle)
14. Pause, Dream, Enjoy - Summer Birthday Party
15. Time Out Challenge #116 - Bright
16. HeARTful Stamping - Anything Goes + a Stamp

For a Special Mother with Stripes :)

Couldn't resist posting this adorable picture of "a special mother with stripes".  Awwww...

Hi, Friends.....

What I really meant in the title to this blog post was that I made this card for a special mother and that the card has a striped background.....but "for a special mother with stripes" is the first thing that came out! :)

I usually use this stamp for Mother's Day cards, but my dear mother-in-law had an alarming health scare this last week. I wanted to send a pretty mom card to her and thought this would fit the occasion. I love this older DCWV Chateau Lavender stack that I used here.

Products used include:
Mom stamp from my stash
Versafine ink in Sepia Brown
Verve - Sprightly Sprigs die set (discontinued)
DCWV Chateau Lavender stack
Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
Pretty lace ribbon from my stash
Core'dinations Kraft cardstock

Hope you like my card and that my mom-in-law will, too. We are all so thankful that she is okay. She's in her mid-80s and needs to start acting her age!!! lol.... <3 <3 <3 Thank you for stopping by today!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Power Poppy Creative Confetti - Use your birthstone as inspiration (Mine is the lovely purple amethyst.)
2. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes Challenge #62
3. Word Art Wednesday Week #348-349 - Anything Goes
4. The House that Stamps Built - A2218 Anything Goes
5. Joy Clair August Challenge - Anything Goes
6. Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #17 - Blast from the Past (play any of their 2018 challenges) (I chose Challenge #14 May Flowers)
7. Crop Stop August Linky Party #42 - Anything Goes + Opt Twist of striped background (I used Distress Ink, Tsukineko Versafine ink, and Core'dinations cardstock)
8. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper August Challenge - Use Patterned Paper
9. DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #234 - Summer
10. HeARTful Stamping - Anything Goes + a Stamp

G45 Masculine Card with Embossing

Hi, Friends.....

I am here with another Graphic 45 card especially for a couple of challenges:

1. UnstampaBelles Challenge - Use embossing with an optional Make it Masculine Twist.
I used my Graphic 45 Cityscapes collection again for this masculine card. Emboldened by the one I made HERE, I embossed and tore the cardstock again for a peeling wallpaper effect. At least, that what it reminds me of! :)

2. Winnie & Walter August Color Combo Challenge - Any Palette Goes. Here's the color combo I chose for this card. Love the autumny hues of these berries!

Products used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set 
Graphic 45 - Cityscapes collection
Sizzix - TH Texture Fades - Notebook embossing folder
Core'dinations Cardstock - Neutrals
Distress Ink - Black Soot
Scraps of black cardstock
Ribbon from my stash

Unrelated to cardmaking.....I have good news to report. We have had cool temperatures and rain with no thunderstorms for the last couple of days!! We are so thankful for this gentle change of weather that helps reduce our immediate fire danger. Our nights have been in the low 50s and high 40s, so autumn is certainly on its way. Whew!!! That's always a relief.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you are all well and safe from all the fire and weather-related problems so many areas are experiencing.

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. UnstampaBelles Challenge #84 - Emboss with optional twist of Make it Masculine
2. Winnie & Walter August Color Challenge - Any Palette Goes
3. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Fall/Autumn
4. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper August Challenge - Use Patterned Paper
5. DL.ART August Linky Challenge
6. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes Challenge #61
7. Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #17 - Blast from the Past (play any of their 2018 challenges) (I chose Challenge #16 - Embossing.)
8. Word Art Wednesday Week #348-349 - Anything Goes

Kinda Retro Christmas Cards

Hi, Friends......

I am here with a couple of Christmas cards in deep shades of some bright colors. I love this color palette that I chose for entering the Winnie & Walter August Color Combo Challenge - Any Palette Goes.

Digging around in my stash, I found these scraps of DCWV 12x12 paper with a really long Merry Christmas and just had to use them for long format cards. Can you tell that I did some sparkly tone-on-tone embossing on the backgrounds??? For the first card I used a W&W stencil and on the second one I stamped some W&W stars. I scattered glittery stars and snowflakes here and there......made from scraps, of course!  Bonus: I kept these very flat for easy mailing.  Yay!!

I couldn't decide which color of card base to use, lavender or hot pink, so I made one of each.  Which do you like better?  I like the pink one.

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Big Bang Confetti Cutaways die set
Winnie & Walter - Scenery: Bigger Bang Confetti stamp set (limited edition, no longer available)
Winnie & Walter - Buffalo Check Creative Screenings
Distress Ink in Walnut Stain for edges
Sweet Dixie - 4 Layering Snowflakes die set (from the lovely Di Wray...THANKS, Di!!!)
Tsukineko - Versamark Ink
Scraps of DCWV patterned paper and glitter cardstock
Clear Sparkle Embossing Powder
Core'dinations card stock for bases

Hope you enjoyed this kinda retro and non-traditional color combo for my cards. Thank you for stopping by! I appreciate your comments so very much.

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering these cards in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter August Color Challenge - Any Palette Goes
2. Christmas Cards All Year Round August Challenge - Use Hot/Warm Colors
3. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - AG Christmas
4. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper August Challenge - Use Patterned Paper  
5. HIMCR Challenge #366 - Use Die Cuts
6. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes Challenge #61
7. Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #17 - Blast from the Past (play any of their 2018 challenges) (I chose Challenge #16 - Embossing.)  
8. Word Art Wednesday Week #348-349 - Anything Goes
9. DL.ART August Linky Challenge 
10. Crop Stop August Linky Party #42 - Anything Goes (I used Distress Ink, Tsukineko ink, and Core'dinations cardstock)
11. The House that Stamps Built - A2218 Anything Goes 
12. Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #333 - Use Snippets 
13. Joy Clair August Challenge - Anything Goes
14. Time Out Challenge #116 - Bright