Hello- JAN SID

Hello everyone and Happy New Year! I swear the years are getting shorter! ;-) 2022 seemed to come to an end extra quick this year, but a lot of things seemed to come up so it was as relaxing or enjoyable as it usually is. On to the card, since that's what we are here for! Here the Stick It Down card sketch by the talented Laura Rumble....

For my card with everything going on I decided to keep it pretty simple... but who am I kidding CAS is probably my favorite style of card to make. I started by going through my stash of Washi. My first pick was the thin rainbow with a gold strip, then I just grabbed some that coordinated with it. I placed them down on my card, I did add some liquid glue for the glitter tape since it wasn't wanting to stay down. Die cut the hello form some white cardstock and glued it over the washi. 

It's a pretty simple card and a great way to use the washi I have, I don't use it enough and I've collected a lot of it! Below is a closer look at the gold foil as well as the gold glitter washi tapes. I think they are so pretty. 

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- OCT Noel Wreath

 Welcome to Oct and my card for Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog! I kept things pretty simple this month and created a wreath using a branch from a Christmas set. It isn't a perfect circle because I had to stamp it multiple times... I tried! Once the wreath was stamped I used a light green copic to give the leaves a little color and added some small bling for the berries. I stamped Noel in the center and added a simple twine bow to finish it.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see on the MLCC blog sharing what you make for Christmas this month! Have a great day!!!

Monica

NOV SID- Thanks

Hello and welcome the Stick it Down Nov Sketch!!!

I loved the ink drip look on the Sketch this month and new I wanted to use a set I got from Hero Arts a year or two ago. I thought it was perfect for the sketch and this time of year! Since the stamp set is a layered set I started by stamping the more solid letters using distress oxide inks and then spritzed them with water, letting the water help the color drip down. Once it was dry I took the outlined layer of the letters and stamped in a dark brown... as well as the smaller parts sentiments. I then trimmed my sentiment panel and adhered it to my card base. Love the look and the Thanks take the stage on my card so to speak. ;-)

Hope you play along with us this month and every month over at SID, we have 3 new sketches every month... 2 for scrappers and 1 for cardmakers! I can't wait to see you take on the sketches this month. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

ATSM #341- Anything Goes

Hello everyone! Here is a card I made for Mother's Day which was celebrated Sunday in the States. I used the newer dino set from Lawn Fawn called Rawrsome. Love the adorable dinos  and sentiments in this set!

I stamped the volcano and hearts directly on the cardbase, while the dinos we stamped on a scrap piece of paper and then fussy cut. To add color to the images I just used copics and outlined the images. Love the subtle look of color it gives the images. I stamped the sentiment on black cardstock and embossed with white and cut them out to look like labels. I adhered the labels directly to the base and the dinos are popped up with foam tape. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! 
Monica

ATSM #329- CAS

Today is I have a Clean and simple card to share with  you for Addicted to Stamps and More! Be sure to stop by the blog to see the other designers inspiration and to play along!

I used a succulent stamp from Hero arts as well as a sentiment to create simple card. I just love a pop of color on a mostly white card! I stamped my image and used the coordinating die to cut it out of my panel. Then I trimmed down the panel so that it wasn't as wide as the image and adhered it to the cardbase. I stamped my sentiment and popped my colored image in place with foam tape for added dimension.

I'm also adding this to CAS Mix It Up challenge

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Your Kindness...

I've been paying around in my craft room today. I made this card with some challenges in mind, but I really just wanted to make a card using the set (and the challenges inspired me to do so). I picked up the Altenew Carnation from SSS a few weeks ago when they had their St. Pat's day sale. Carnations are my favorite flower, so I was super excited when Altenew had one in a recent release.

I will link my card to the following challenges:

A2Z Scrapbooking-

House of Cards-  Floral corner

Color Throwdown-

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Altenew- Build a Flower Carnation

ink-Wild Wasabi, Flirty Flaming and Watermelon Wonder ( Stampin' Up)  Peachy Keen and Freshly Cut Grass ( Lawn Fawn) and Onyx black (VersaFine)

Cardstock- white, black and red cardbase (Recollections)

Joy Clair- April challenge

It's the first of the month, which means a new challenge on the Joy Clair blog. Be sure to stop by the blog to see all the inspiration from the team and to play along for a chance to win the prize!  Below is the inspiration photo. I just loved the colors and all the tea cups!

I started stamping the mugs from Christmas Coffee, using a light blue ink to stamp the mug outline and colored them with copics. The patterned mug was stamped in two shades of blue on a seperate sheet and then cut out. I stamped the steam for the pattern mug in gray ink and stamped off for the lighter versions. 

To finish the card I adhered the pattern mug with foam tape, added the sentiment from Christmas Cocoa and used copics to create shadowing under the mugs. 

Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment or follow me for blog updates! Have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Christmas Coffee and Christmas Cocoa

Hero Arts- Cornflower, blue and Soft Granite

VersaFine- black

Copics

Cardstock

ATSM #284- CAS

It's time for a new challenge over at ATSM, this week we are doing Clean and simple. I decided to make three mini CAS cards. These will be good to have around for a quick card to add to a gift bag or to give as a thank you. I'm a boy mom and funny enough don't really ever have anything by ready! I don't seem to send out a lot of masculine cards, but never have any ready when I need them. 

My cards measure 3x3 and were very quick to make. I stamped the three images each in a different color then used the same sentiment with gray ink. I know there isn't a lot to them, but love how they turned out all the same! 

Don't to stop by the blog and play with this weeks CAS challenge, I can't wait to see what you share with us. Thanks as always for stopping by! Feel free to leave a comment and follow the blog for updates with new posts! 

Monica

Supplies:(Stampin' UP Products listed, unless noted otherwise)

Epic Celebrations (Sale-a-bration stamp set)

inks- Bermuda Bay, Pumpkin Pie, and Lucky Limeade

Gray ink ( Close to my Heart)

Lucky to have.

I've got a quick card to share that I will be linking up to a few challenges, they will be listed down below. It's a very clean and simple card that would be easy to remake.

I stamped the sentiment in my go to hybrid ink by MFT and the clovers in Distress inks Old Paper for a tone on tone look. Then I used my Prisma colored pencils to color the clovers green. 

Linking up with the following challenges...

Addicted to CAS- Luck/Lucky

Less is More- Monochrome

House of Cards- Color pencil on color cardstock/ or colors



Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Monica

ATSM- #274 You're so charming

More exciting news from me today... I'm now apart of the Addicted to Stamps and More DT!!! I always have loved a good challenge to help jump start my inspiration. Today we are challenging you to create a clean and simple project, one of my favorite styles! Stop by the Challenge blog to see more inspiration and play along with the challenge!

For my first card used this adorable dragon and matching die ( that my hubby bought me for Christmas). I stamped the image on a scrap piece of cardstock and did a second generation stamp on the cardbase, before cleaning the stamp off and stamped the sentiment. Then I used some distress inks on the card base to add color over the stamped image. 

After I die cut my dragon and added coordinating color using copics I popped him on the card using foam adhesive. 

Don't for get to check out everyones card for our CAS challenge this week and play along!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica 

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- Critters ever After Stamps and dies

Distress ink- Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron

Copics- Y003, YG11 and YG03