FEB SID- Glittery clovers

 Hello all and welcome to my card and post for Stick it Downs Feb sketch. I like the repeat pattern on the sketch and it could be used with so many different shapes. I was going to do hearts, but had made something like it that I done a while back and didn't want to repeat it, I'll link them here and here if you are interested. 

I decided to pull out a Simon Says Stamp stencil with shamrocks that I got last year. I started by blending some oxide ink on the card panel, then used some glitter gel over it for the sparkle. For the back panel I ran my VersaMark pad across an embossing folder, before running it through my machine with piece of dark green cardstock. Once it was embossed I brushed on some Perfect Pearls in gold. I layered the little panel on more of the dark green card stock before adhering it to the embossed panel. Added them to a card base and called it done. 

I couldn't find a sentiment I liked. I even was going to just die cut some letters that said lucky, but I didn't think the fonts I had worked with it... so, I just decided to leave it blank. 

Hope to see you over at Stick It Down with your card based on the card sketch or one of our scrapbook layouts! Love to see how you use the sketches. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

I heart you

Another day and another post... wow two days in a row! Today's card is another Valentine's day card for my hubby, so I kept it simple no frills for him. This card is part of a twofer, the card I posted yesterday was the other I made with the same die cut panel from Simon Says stamp.

For today's card I took the hearts that were punched out of the panel and glued them in place. I colored one heart and adhered it with foam tape for a little dimension. The I and the U are die cut using Lawn Fawns Cole ABC's out of black cardstock and adhered to the hearts. I did add some glossy accents on the letters and heart.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge- Clean and Simple 

Addicted to CAS- Hearts

A java valentine!

Hello everyone! Today I'm posting a valentine card I made and sent to my folks in TX and adding to some challenges (it's been a hot minute since I've played along). I'm hoping its the start of more now that I'm settling into a new job. (Fingers crossed I stay active with creating and sharing!) Anywho... my folks and I are some coffee drinkers, so thought this would be a cute one for them! Also this the first card I've shared that isn't for a design team in a long time.

I used distress oxide inks to create the blended background. The coffee cups colored to coordinate are from Lawn Fawn (Love You A Latte Stamps & Dies). I used the chunky heart panel die from Simon Says stamp for the white layer and an older Hero Arts Die set for the sentiment and little black hearts. Covered the black hearts with glossy accents and added some sequins and gems to finish the card with a little a bling! I loved how it turned out!

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day! 

Monica

#StayCrafty challenge

Happy Little Stampers- Anything goes with dies
DiesRus Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge- Love is in the Air

TicTacToe- Red, Free, Die Cut (diagonal) 

SID NOV- Happy Thanksgiving

Hello all and welcome to my post for November Stick It Down card sketch! I can't believe how fast this year has gone by and Dec is here next week. 

I decided to make my card a Thanksgiving card since the post goes live the week of! I stayed pretty true to the sketch this month, just changing a few minor things to make it for the supplies I pulled out for the card. I finally used some items in my stash for the first time. Which made me happy, since I buy things like but then don't always use them right away. I know I'm not the only one! ;-)

 Hope to see you over at Stick It Down with your card based on the card sketch or one of our scrapbook layouts! Love to see how you use the sketches. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

AUG SID- summertime

 Hello all and welcome to my card for Stick It Downs August card Sketch. Aug... wow can't believe we are already over halfway through 2021, I swear the years get shorter and shorter! ;-) Here is a look at our card sketch this month...

For my card I decided to stencil the decor across the background. I wanted to angle it a little more like the sketch, but my stencil (MFT) wasn't wide enough for that. I still like the look of the various distress ink in blues created. I used the summer time die (SSS) for the sentiment and then just added some sequins and stars for sparkle and a little more color. 

Hope to see you over at Stick It Down with your card based on the card sketch or one of our scrapbook layouts! Love to see how you use the sketches. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

Edited to add:

A second card I made using the same sketch, this time I used Arteza metallic water colors for the background with a Simon Says Stamp Die cut sentiment for the focal point on the card. Love the shimmer the metallic water color added to the back ground! I will be adding this to the Die Cut Diva's Challenge blog... it's been too long since I've played along with another challenge. 

May SID- Happy Mothers Day

Hello welcome to May and to my post for Stick It Downs May sketch challenge!

I stayed pretty true to the sketch this month, playing with some alcohol inks and ink remover. It leaves a little ghosting of the stamped image on the alcohol ink. Playing with the ink was fun, but I think I still have some practicing to do to get the look I'm looking for! 

Hope to see you over at Stick It Down with your card based on the card sketch or one of our scrapbook layouts! Love to see how you use the sketches. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

MAR SID- Happy Birthday

Hello all welcome to my post for Stick It Downs March card sketch! Have you played along yet? If not I encourage to play along, it's fun to see how everyone uses the sketches every month!

For my card I used the sketch basics, I thought about adding something to it like the butterfly in the sketch, but changed my mind after using the Stickles glitter gel. I ended up not want to cover all the fun gold sparkles and didn't want to do too much to since the card is from my youngest boy. He's my St. Patrick's day boy and loves anything St. Pats for his birthday, so I know he'll forgive me for using glitter!

Here is a closer look at all the pretty sparkle, I had to impulsively get all the gels when they came out last year and this is the first time I've used any of them. Gotta say I LOVE them!

 

Hope to see you over at Stick It Down with your card based on the card sketch or one of our scrapbook layouts! Love to see how you use the sketches. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

MLC #11- season of Joy

Hello all, I'm here with a card for the June Merry little Christmas challenge! As always it's anything goes! I decided to go clean and simple... with is one of  my favorite styles! I just use some distress oxide to create an area of color to layer my die cut on. I popped the die cut on the card base and added my sentiment just below. 

Be sure to check out what my teammates of created this month on the blog here and don't forget to play along with the challenge. We always love to see what you all create! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Halloween FMS #304

My second post for today... I'm on a crafty roll this morning! I think I'll break for lunch and maybe some chores after this. ;-) I made a halloween card with the Freshly Made Sketches sketch.

I wanted to play with some of my pattern papers from an old Recollections Halloween paper pack called Haunted Manor. I didn't add a sentiment since my pattern paper has so many words already on it.

I will link this card up to the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #304

and 

Joy Clair Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

Supplies:

Simon Says Stamp- stitched circles

Recollections- pattern paper (retired)

Stampin' Up- stamps (retired)

VersaFine- Onyx black ink

Me and My boys!- scrapbook layout

I'm popping in with a scrappy post that is a combo of using more of my August Counterfeit Kit 

and a sketch form Stuck?! Sketches.

My finished layout uses a picture of me and my boys taken on my youngest's 8th birthday. He wanted to go to the Childrens Musuem in Indy, to see the Dinosaurs. He had a great time, so did his brothers even though they are starting to get  a little old for the place!

I saw a lot of beautiful die cuts on the DT inspiration, but didn't know what I wanted to use for the diagonal. I didn't want it to be to frilly since it's my boys, so I used the Air Vent die (retired) from Simon Says Stamp ( It's been awhile since I used it). 

The yellow background paper had arrows on it and I wanted to carry on the theme with the border strip. Luckily my kit had coordinating arrow stickers that I stuck down to point towards the picture.

I loved the alpha that was part of the same sticker sheet the arrows were on and used them for my title. It helped to bring the rest of he colors to my mono-toned yellow background.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Yellow Rose

Today's card was a quick card that I made for the march CCC and my last card of the month for the Die Cut Diva's.

I used this image from Bugaboo and colored it with copics. Used some stitched circle dies from Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!!
Monica 

Cup of joy

I'm stopping in with my last card for the Warm and Cozy Challenge over at the Die Cut Diva's. A huge thank  you to our sponsors Bugaboo and One Happy Cut!

I printed my image and colored it in with some distress markers. I then took a circle die to cut out a focal point. I adhered the colored panel without the circle to my card base. I added the die cut circle with some foam adhesive to give a little dimension to card. 

You can see it a little better in this picture...

Thank you for stopping by and have a Happy New Year!

Monica

Supplies:

Bugaboo- Christmas Teddy Cocoa

SimonSaysStamp- stitched circle dies (You could use any circle die or other shape you may have)

Ranger- Distress Markers

Misc- Cardstock and cardbase

Sept CCC

Stopping in today with my card for the Sept CCC. For this month I followed the color theme,

and the sketch

My card...

I started with stamping the feathers and then colored them with my copics. Before die cutting I stamped the friend sentiment so it would be just below the sentiment. I layered a few of the die cuts together to add some deminsion. I layered my stamped panel onto a card base and then added some stickles to the die cut.

Here is a little close up to see the sparkle...

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!!!
Monica

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- Dream and Feathered Friends (SSS stamptember 2014)

Avery Elle- Hello die

Misc- Copics, cardstock, and stickles

#STAMPtember, Be Merry

Hello all! I'm stopping to share a card I made using a STAMPtember item from Simon Says Stamp and Clearly Besotted. This my first set from Clearly Besotted and I was so excited to get it! There are so many wonderful companies out there it's hard to pick which set to get sometimes. I'm giving you a glimpse at the collaboration set for STAMPtember.

I used silver embossing on the card and added a few rhinestones to the stamped snow flakes. 

Here is a closer look, so you can see the silver bells...

I am adding this to the Merry Monday Christmas challenge this week.

Going to work on packing stuff up for a night of camping, hoping there aren't anymore storms tonight.

Thanks for stopping by, have a fantastic week! 

Monica

Supplies:

SSS/Clearly Besotted- Holiday Banners (collab stamp)

SSS- A2 side fold card

misc- memento inks, silver embossing powder, twine and rhinetsones

Lifesaver

Hello everyone! Just thought I drop in with a quick post. I made this card today with the CASology challenge in mind.

I love nautical themed things! Its the theme of our family room too.

Here is the quick shaker card I made...

Here is a closer look at the tiny beads, glitter and sequins inside...

I stamped my image and colored it with copics. Used a stitched circle die left over from another project for the shaker portion. I did stamp the sentiment after getting the shaker part done. It would've been easier to do it first! ;-)

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!!!
Monica

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- Float My Boat stamps and Let's Polka paper

Simon Says Stamp: Stitched circle dies

Misc- Copics, sequins, glitter and micro beads