OCT SID- Gnome I'm here for the candy

 Hello all and welcome to my card for the October card sketch for Stick It Down! This is fun sketch and I can see me using it again with dies, stencils and or more pattern papers for other seasons. Also if you've ever thought about being on sketch design team we are having DT call, check out the detials here!

For this months card I started with an image that I had previously watercolored and then found a pattern paper I wanted to use with it. Loved the various words and colors on this pattern paper (Recollections) that has been in my stash for quite a while! I then took some water color paper that had been cut the same size as my card front and tore it to create the design of the sketch and distressed with some black soot. When the paper pieces were adhered to the the card base I use the black soot to distress all the edges and stamped my sentiment.

I then added the gnome with an action wobble so that he is popped up and wobbles for more fun. Reminds me of the old Weeble toys.... you know they wobble but don't fall down. ;-) I added some nuvo drops and a couple of clear adhesive stars that I colored with copics to coordinate to finish the card.

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

JULY

 Hello all and welcome to my post for the Stick It Downs July card Sketch! I think it's a fun sketch and thought it would be a great one to use up some pattern paper! Here's the sketch...

... and here is my card which I used a a couple pattern papers from my stash! I love fall and sometimes can't help but pick up a 6x6 pad of fall papers, so I have a few (even a double or two). I need to use them more and this was a start. I loved being able to use one of the sheets with a scene on it for the main focal point of the card and then accent it with some smaller coordinating patterns. 

I stamped my sentiment on some coordinating cardstock. Stamped, colored and die cut the pumpkin and leaf for embellishing. To finish the front I added a little strip of washi tape between the pattern squares, as well as some brown sequins and a few Nuvo dots. Made for a pretty quick card, once I decided what paper to use. ;-) 

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

It's world card making day with Joy Clair!

It's world card making day and we are celebrating all day. This morning I was part of a hop sharing our crafty spaces and mine was shown in it's messy glory! This post is part of a project blog hop and with some special guests as well as the current team. 

For the card I decided to mix some new and old stamps. I wanted to use the feathers from Dream Big so I started laying them on the card panel. I used all of the feathers from the set, but kept them all to one side. I used my Misti so I was able to layer the colors of yellow, orange and red so they faded into each other. I then layered the panel on colored cardstock. Stamped the birthday from Hello Sentiments, while the rest of the sentiment is from New Year New Me. Cut out the panel for my sentiment and layered it with black as well. 

To finish my card I added some sequins and dots of Nuvo Drops. 

Joy Clair Blog 

Jowilna Nolte

Martha Lucia Gomez 

Melissa Andrew

Donna Idlet

Elina Stromberg

Lindsay Adreon

Kassandra Tousignat

Jenny Fruchey

KyriakosPachadiroglou

Monica Maier

Nancy Nickel

Helen Gullett

Betz Golden

Ceal Pritchett

Annie Collins

Angie Cimbalo

Steph Ackerman

Roni Johnson 

Jessica Kaiser

Hope you are having a wonderfully creative day and enjoying all the blog hops and crafty posts! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

Supplies:

Joy Clair- New Year New Me, Hello Sentiments and Dream Big

Catherine Pooler- Shea Butter, Orange Twist, Rockin' Red

Nuvo Drops

Sequins 

cardstock- white, black and yellow

Finding the Calm and Hello Summer with Joy Clair

I have two more cards for the Joy Clair blog today. This first card uses the two of the sets from the most recent release. The sentiment is from You Got This while the lines are from Doodle Lines. 

My second card uses a sentiment and citrus slices from Life Is Sweet.

Check out the blog Here for the details of the cards.Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment or follow me for blog updates! Have a great day!

Monica

ATSM- #296 Anything Goes

Time for a new challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More!

I used a new Catherine Pooler stamp set and  some inks I picked up at a local stamp shop while visiting my parents. I just stamped the images around the edge of the card bade to create a decorative border. Added the sentiment and some coordinating Nuvo Drops.

Be sure to stop by the blog and see everyone's inspiration and to play along! Thanks for stopping byt and have a great day!!!

Monica

Supplies:

Catherine Pooler- Wonderful WildFlowers, Polised, Shea butter, Sea Foam and Skylight

Scary Cat

Today's is my day to post for the Die Cut Diva's. This month we are hoping you are inspired by the mood board we created  for October. Our sponsor is Bugaboo

This is my first card for our challenge, which started with printing 3 of the same image to fit on the front of my card. Once they were printed I used my copics to color the background of the images. I then trimmed the panel rounding two corners and did the same with the pattern paper I matted it on. 

For the background I used some distress inks to color the pattern paper so it matched the cat circles. Once it was colored I adhered it to the card base and then popped the smaller panel on using foam adhesive. My word is left overs from a background die that I used last year, glad I saved them they are coming in handy. ;-) After everything was adhered I added some glow to the cats eyes using Nuvo dots.

Linking to-
Casology- 3 images

DoubleD Challenges


the hearts desire



I hope you are inspired by the mood and I can't wait to see what you share with us Die Cut Diva's this month. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Happy Halloween Cat
Distress ink- twisted citron, ripe persimmon and seedless preserves
Poppy stamps- Scarey background
Copics
Nuvo drops- Banana Split (glow in the dark)

A2Z- You're truly...

Here's my card using just one layer of the layering Peacock stamp from Hero Arts. Please see the full how to at A2Z Scrapbooking! Join the team in anything goes challenge, we love to see what you make!

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Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Supplies:

CM126 Color layering Peacock

PW118 White satin embossing powder

Distress Oxide ink- Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron

Nuvo Drops- Caribbean Ocean

Wink of Stella