Aug SID - Flying by to say hi!

 Hello and welcome to August and Stick It Downs card sketch for the month!

I stayed true to the sketch to make a masculine style card for my dad. The sketch was a great way to use up some of my 6x6 paper out of the tons of packs I have! These weren't all from same pack, but they worked well together and it felt good using some by mixing and matching. I stamped and fussy cut out the paper airplanes (Lawn Fawn), adding a little shading with Copics. Then I decided to add some stars to go with the star pattern paper I used as the panel base. So I used Copics to color the stars to match.

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 SID- Sunshine and Rainbows

 Hello all and welcome to my post for the June card sketch from Stick It Down! It's summer, my kids are out of school and enjoying the break! I'm enjoying not running them around as much for school activities. :-)

I've had this soft rainbow watercolored background on my desk for sometime now and when I saw the sketch this month I thought it would be a perfect background. I die cut a sun using a stitched curve die out of yellow paper and added some distress ink to the deepen the color. Before gluing it down I traced the curve and heat embossed some rays for the sun. I then sprayed some shimmer spray on the panel before adhering it to the glitter panel and card base. Added my sentiment with a border of black cardstock and a little bit of vellum as well with some foam tape for a tad bit of dimension.

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

JUN SID- hats off to you!

Hello all and welcome to my post for the June card sketch from Stick It Down! I can't believe it is summer time already, and there has already been a couple of days that I wished we had a pool to cool down in!

Loved this sketch for the layered look and thought it would be great to use as a graduation card.... it is that time of year after all and I know a few grads. I kept the card pretty neutral as I wasn't sure of the school colors. I tend to like to use them if I know them, but like the basic black and white too it can be used for anyone! 

I stamped the cap in different directions to create my own pattern paper. I did stamp an extra to color and die cut because I thought it would be nice to add a colored one next to the sentiment. Below is a closer look at the hat and the foil cardstock used.

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

 

APR SID

 

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

Feb SID - Nuts about you

 Hello and welcome to Stick It downs February card sketch! Hope you are inspired by the sketch or one of my fellow design team members and join us!

For my card I didn't stray from the sketch, but did make it a standard A2 size, since I was mailing it to my in laws for Valentine's day. The panel was a watercolor image I had in my stash, that I colored with watercolors and a few metallic watercolors for a little shimmer. I layered the watercolor panel on some brown cardstock for a little pop of brown, before adding it to the card base with some pattern paper. Sprinkled on some sequins and gems to finish it.

Here is another picture so show the metallic watercolor areas a little better. 

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)