Wednesday, September 30, 2015

So thankful for you!

I'm here with my last Die Cut Diva post for September. Thanks to our wonderful sponsors  
We had sketch challenge this month and I choose the following sketch for today's card.
Here is my card...

I adore this turtle from Bugaboo, he's are so stinkin' cute! I printed the turtle on cardstock and colored him with copics. I trimmed all the panels to size and adhered them together on the card base. I die cut the little leaves from the cardstock and distressed them before adding them to the card. Added the sentiment last since I wasn't sure where it was going. Not a hundred percent on it's final placement, but I think'll work.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great!!!
Monica

Supplies:
Impression Obsession- Small Leaf Set
Lawn Fawn- So Thankful
Misc- copics. cardstock and pattern paper

Monday, September 28, 2015

House Mouse Thanks (HMFMC #204)

Hello all! I'm stopping in with a card for the HMFMC #204. The theme this time is fall/Halloween. I hope you head over to the House Mouse & Friends blog to see all the wonderful cards from the design team. Don't forget to play along for a chance to win some prizes!


I couldn't help but use this image, the mouse floating with the leaf is too cute!!! I wanted the leaf to be vibrant with fall colors, I love the way it turned out!

I stamped the image and colored it with copics. Cut out the leafy square and matted the image panel on top. Added an oval die cut with the sentiment and a few enamel dots to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!!!
Monica


Supplies
Stampendous- Fall Float House Mouse
Spellbinders- leafy square die
Lawn Fawn- sentiment
Misc- Copics, cardstock, and enamel dots

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Happy Birthday

Today's card is a quick one that I made for my hubs birthday! I love the Layering trees set from Hero Arts, I can see myself using it many times through out the year! 


For the card I used some tape to mask off the square before adding color using distress inks. Once the inking was done I stamped the tree, leaves and sentiment letting each hang off the edges. Keeping it simple makes for a nice masculine card.


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Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Supplies:
Hero Arts-Color Layering Trees (CL886) and sentiment (CL582 older set)
Misc- Blueprint Sketch, Dried Marigold and Milled Lavender distress inks
   

Monday, September 21, 2015

Trick Or Treat

Hello all here I am with my second post for the sketch challenge on the Die Cut Diva's blog. Today I went with this sketch...

Today I decided to represent One Happy Cut.. Our other sponsor is Bugabooand you see can see my first card here that show cased both sponsors.

My card...


I started my card by die cutting the jack-o-lantern face twice, then inlaid the yellow bits into the orange pumpkin. Stamped the sentiment and added some clear wink of stella to the yellow pieces. I adhered my layers onto the embossed base. To finish the card I added some washi to the opposite corners and added a bow to follow the sketch.

Here is a closer look at the little details...

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

Supplies:
MFT DieNamics- Peek-a-boo paper bag 
Lawn Fawn- Trick or Treat
Misc- pattern paper, cardstock, washi tape, twine and Wink of Stella



Friday, September 18, 2015

#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

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Fall,Family. Blessed...

Hello everyone! Today I'm stopping by with a fall card I made with The AAA card challenge mind. The AAA card challenge  I love the little image they included, I want to sit on one of those benches snuggled in a sweater and drinking a coffee. Who's with me?


Here is the card I made...


The image was inked with tape over the colored letters, since I wanted them different colors. Once I stamped in brown I carefully inked the other words in the colors and stamped the image again. I die cut the leaves and colored them with distress inks.


I added some stickles to the letters for a little more texture and fun on the panel.

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


Supplies:
Lawn Fawn- Stitched leaves dies and orange pattern paper
Close to My Heart- Sentiment panel
Doodlebug- woodgrain paper
Ranger/Tim Holtz- distress inks and stickles
Misc- memento inks, ribbon, cardstock

Monday, September 14, 2015

Entwined- HMFMC guest spot post

Hi all, I'm here today with my first card as a guest designer for the HMFMC blog. I'm super excited to be a guest designer for September and October. Head on over to the blog if to get all the details and play along with the fun challenge!

Here is the challenge inspiration...

For my card I decided to follow along the bottom row...

I used the sweet mousey image with the entwined tells. I stamped the image and then die cut it before coloring with copics. I then took some black cardstock and die cut it with a larger oval, next I ran it through my cuttlebug with an embossing folder. I added some twine to two panels and then decided I liked the look of the embossed oval tucked under the twine as well. I added the layers to the card base and used some dimensional to adhere the colored panel on top.


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

I'm also entering this into the NBUS challenge. This was the first time I'd used the stamp, oval dies and twine.


Supplies:
Stampendous- Tails Entwined
Lawn Fawn- stitched oval dies
Misc- Copics, twine, embossing folder and pattern paper