Flower Shop with Petite Flowers with Work of Art and Gorgeous Grunge

Well, instead of just saying "maybe I'll make that card another day", I actually did make that card today!!!  I often say that in my posts that I want to redo a card or make one a little different and I rarely do.  Yesterday I said I may give the regular size card a try and I did!  Fortunately for me I had stamped and punched out all the flowers.  I just had to stamp the background.  I did manage to get 4 images off one inking.  It ran with it!!!  

This card was done much like yesterday's card.  Stamping with the Gorgeous Grunge and Cherry Cobbler ink.  You can look at yesterday's card for more details.  This card was also made by Dorte.  Check out her blog to see the original card.  

This card went together very quickly.  Perhaps it was because all the flowers were cut out already but then again, it wouldn't take long to stamp and punch the images.

I did get the wording a bit crooked and I'm going to have to figure out some type of layering to get the wording covered.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Work of Art Meets Gorgeous Grunge and Flower Shop and Petite Petals

I have not made a legal envelope size card in a long time.  I found this fun card on Dorte's website.  I loved the colors and of course I loved that it was a long card.  Those are fun to make now and then, and who doesn't have legal size envelopes at home???

This card was made by cutting a piece of Crumb Cake card stock 8-1/4" x 9".  The Cherry Cobbler piece was cut 4" x 9", and the Whisper White piece was cut 3-3/4" x 8-3/4".  

The part I found the most difficult was getting that stamped image to stamp 6 times before it disappeared all together.  I didn't have any luck with that so I had to cheat.  I stamped the top part with Crumb Cake ink, I moved the stamp down a little and stamped again and again.  By that time the ink on the stamp was spent.  I ended up re-inking and stamping off on some scrap paper and then going back over the third stamped image (lightly) then moving down and continuing to stamp down the row.  I had to re-ink my stamp again and stamp off a couple of times to get it all to blend in.  That was a lot of work!!!  But I do like how it turned out.  I may have had trouble due to the ink pad. I'm still using the older ink pad.  I don't know for sure if that is the solution to the problem, I won't know that until I can try it with the foam pads.  Anyway, I got it to work and I'm happy with the results.

Next I stamped the flower from the "Flower Shop" set using Cherry Cobbler ink. I punched it out and set it aside.  Then I stamped the little flowers using the "Petite Petals" set.  I punched them out.  

The words are from the "Wetlands" set.  I did stamp the "Gorgeous Grunge" dots before I added the words.  I wanted to make sure I had the right spot to place the wording.  

I took some linen thread and and wound it around my fingers to get it to form some loops.  I set that in place using a Glue Dot.  

I used Dimensionals under the large flower.  I added pearls to all of the flowers.

What a fun card this was.  I also saw a regular size one that I may give a try. It didn't require me to try to get 6 images from one inking!!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Work of Art

I'm having some fun with this new "Work of Art" stamp set.  I thought I would play with it again today.  I had sat at my worktable and I saw a card front with the two blue colors on it.  They were going to be the water and sky in the ship card I made yesterday.  I am not sure what went wrong with this piece that I had set aside.  Maybe it was that the blue colors were moved up too high.  I don't remember.  That was a whole day ago!!! LOL

I added a Blackberry Bliss image on the left side, and I added 3 round Daffodil Delight round images at the top.  I was just having some fun and I liked what I saw.  So I thought I would use the "Another Thank You" set for the wording.  All the colors on here were added after stamping off once.

The base of this card is a half sheet of Daffodil Delight.  Such a quick and simple card to make and I was able to use that piece of card stock I had started and set aside!  Such a deal!!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Traveler Meets Work of Art Masculine Card

A few days ago I had made a card using the Wetlands and the Work of Art set.  It made a nice beach/sunset scene.  I thought I would give it an oceanic try!!  I'm still trying to figure out if I like it or not.  I did try it with the straighter image but it looked odd.  I didn't get that feel of moving waves.  The arched image looked better for that.  

I did the waves using Lost Lagoon and stamping off once and then stamping on the paper twice.  Then I used Indigo Island for the "sky" layer.  That is where I should have used the straighter image from the Work of Art set.  It may have given the look of a horizon.  I would have still kept the sun and the cloud reflection the way they are.  I think it really needed a more defined horizon.  

The base of the card is Lost Lagoon with a layer of So Saffron on top, and then the Whisper White layer. The Modern Label punch was used on the bottom right corner and the words are from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" set.  

This was a fun card to make, and easy too!  And it's a masculine card.  I always have to buy the masculine sets.  There aren't very many of them.  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Too Kind Get Well

Today I decided to play with lots of layers.  I have not done a card with lots of layers in a very long time.  It was fun but lots of pieces.  These are not quick cards to make.  But it was a fun card to do.

I used Daffodil Delight decorative paper. I also used Daffodil Delight ink and Crushed Curry ink for the flower.  The stem was done using Wild Wasabi ink.

Two step stamping is fun to do because it gives you that depth you need with little effort.

The words were done on the computer.  This card was simple enough but it took more time that I have been spending on cards because of all of the layers.

I actually made two when I made this card.  I needed to send one to a friend and I thought I would keep one in my stash.  I think I may becoming a card hoarder!!!  YIKES!!  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Hardwood and Thoughts and Prayers

I found this card on Pinterest. You can see the original card  made by Jackie here.

This was a very simple and quick card to make.  Well, once you get the oval window thing right.  I used the oval dies and cut one out on a piece of think cardboard.  It didn't work, the image was so small.  So I cut the same oval out using card stock and much to my surprise, the oval was the same size as the cardboard one.  I had no idea what I had done wrong.  SO, I cut out a larger oval and I got the same results!  UGH!!!  Then I decided to ink my stamp and place my oval on top and then the card stock on top of that and rub with my hands to get the ink to transfer.  Viola!  It worked!   I had used Crumb Cake ink to do this.

Then I stamped the butterflies from the Papillon Potpourri set and punched them out.  Yup, ya gotta love those punches.  NO fussy cutting!!!  I used Cherry Cobbler to stamp both the butterflies and the words.  And the words came from the "Thoughts and Prayers" set.  I didn't need a sympathy card but this was such a great looking card that I just HAD to make it.  I will put it in my card stash in the event that I would need one.  But then again, you know me. I will make a fresh new card before I would ever take one from my stash!!!  What's up with that??? LOL

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Wetlands Meets Work of Art masculine Card

I found this fun card on Pinterest.  It was made by Marsha at Stamping with Marsha.  I thought it was a fun card and of course I did change it a little.  I did not add the Baker's Twine around the bottom.  Instead I added the Pumpkin Pie Modern Label punched piece and the birthday greeting.  The words came from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set.  My favorite "go to" set!!

The base of this card is Whisper White. The next layer is Pumpkin Pie and then So Saffron, with the focal piece being done on Whisper White.  

I first stamped the sand using Baked Brown Sugar (stamped off once) and then Marina Mist.  I stamped it twice and both times I stamped off before stamping on the Whisper White.  

The "sun" was done using SO Saffron and the sunset "cloud" was done using Pumpkin Pie (stamped off once).  I stamped the birds from the "Wetlands" set using black StazOn.

This was a very quick and easy card to make.  I think it would make a great Father's Day card too.  Oh and a great masculine get well card.  What do you think??

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Flower Shop Meets Work of Art Birthday Card

Oh my gosh, I thought I posted this card yesterday.  I didn't post anything yesterday!!!  I'm losing it!!! LOL

I found this card on Pinterest.  I am sorry but I do not know the original artist of this card.  I had it on a board on Pinterst and once I got it made I deleted the link.  Don't ask me why I did that!!  UGH.  Anyway, if this is your design or if you know who made this card, please let me know so I can give them credit and a link back to their beautiful work.  (7-17-14 The original card was made by Nikki at "My Sandbox."  Check out her card.  I LOVE the leaf stamp she used.)

I did change the card a little.  I didn't have the leaves that were used on the original card.  I wished I had, they are really pretty. I used the "Fabulous Flourishes" set.  And I also used the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" happy birthday words on my card.  Oh and I added some pearls to the center of each flower.  Other than that it's pretty much the same exact card.

Other than how fun and colorful the card was that attracted me to it, it was also the folded piece of card stock that was used as the "spine" of the card.  It's a 2" piece of card stock folded in half.  The front panel was taped to the top of that folded piece and the inside card part was taped to the inside of it.  The front panel was cut 4" x 5-1/4" while the inside part was cut 4-1/4" x 5-1/2".  I just love how that looks on the card.  It makes me want to make more cards like that.  You can also save a lot of colored card stock by making your cards like that.  It gives the card that bit of color while it mostly consists of a half sheet of white card stock!  Pretty cool.

This was a VERY fun card to make.  I LOVE the flowers, just stamp and punch!!! And the same with the butterfly!!  You know how much I LOVE easy cards like that!

Thank you ever SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Mixed Bouquet Altered Notebook Weekend Project

 Isn't it funny that anything you cover with whatever material is now called an altered item?  You slap a ribbon on a jar and it's an altered jar!!!  It just made me laugh when I read the word "altered" as I typed it.  Anyway, I bought a notebook at Michael's when they had them on sale.  I wan't all that fond of the cover (and I should have taken a before photo for you but I forgot) so I just figured I would cover it with some pretty papers so I could stand to look at the thing!  LOL

I used the Crisp Cantaloupe decorative paper to cover the outside.  Then I too the Mixed Bouquet stamp set and punch and stamped a flower using the Crisp Cantaloupe ink.  I punched out two more flowers out of scrap card stock.  I glued all three together with white glue and I set them aside to dry.  I did set something heavy on them so they would dry flat.  I used three flowers because I wanted that flower to be firm.  I knew I would be grabbing it to open up the top flap of the book.  I wanted to make sure I had something there that wouldn't rip.  Using white glue (when dry) makes the piece feel more like cardboard than card stock.  It has a nice firm feel to it.  The flap has a magnetic closure.  You can see the round piece on the cover in the second photo.  That's the magnet.  I just used my craft knife to cut around it after I glued the decorative paper to the outside.

Once they were dry I glued the flower in place in the center of the flap.  I added some pearls to the center of the flower and that was it.  

Now I'm happy with the notebook and I don't have any issues looking at it!!! LOL   And now I think it's too cute to use!!!  UGH!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Wetlands Birthday Masculine Card

Do I really have to even tell you where I found this card?  LOL Of course it was Pinterest.  You can see the original card here.   I did change it a very little bit. I did not have the same decorative paper that was used on the original.  I, once again, used what I had!!  I keep using what I have and I'm still not using it all up!  Does that mean I have too much stuff??  My husband would answer that with a "yes!"  LOL

This was a very fun card to make and it was very easy too.

I just cut my focal piece  4" x 5-1/4".  I cut the decorative paper 2" x 4".  I wasn't sure how wide to make it so I went with the 2". I could have gone narrower because I did cover a lot of it up with the "Birthday Greetings" panel.  

I used Memento ink on this card. I hadn't worked with it much at all.  I have had the pad for years but rarely used it.  Don't ask me why!!!  I tend to grab the StazOn ink pad instead.  The Memento pad stamped just as crisp as the StazOn and a  bonus,  it was a whole lot easier to clean!!!

To place the images, I attached the decorative paper to the white card stock.  Then I stamped and assembled the word panel but I didn't attach it to the card.  I set it in place to see where I needed to stamp the images.  Then I set it aside and stamped the goose first and then the weeds.  I stamped the left weed image first, reinked and then stamped the second one on the right.  I didn't pay attention but I had gotten ink on the edge of the stamp and of course, I pressed too hard on the stamp and it left and ink mark on the card. GRRRR.  Oh well, it is what it is!!

I did like making this card (except for the inked rubber edge).  I think it's a great masculine card!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,

Wanda

A World of Dreams Birthday

I'm not really sure why I got this "World of Dreams" set. I think it may have been to replace one of the retired silhouette sets.  I did find this card on Pinterest.  I did a search for "World of Dreams" cards to see if I could find one that would inspire me or one I would want to copy.

I found this one but had to change it a bit.  I didn't have the dictionary wording background stamp that was used in the original card. I used the "En Francais" stamp set instead.  I don't have any plans on buying the dictionary one so I will be making due with what I have.  You are great stampers and you can give it a try with your dictionary stamp or something else that you have that will work just as well!!!  Even a fun textured background stamp would work.  

I colored the leaves on the image using Garden Green and the flower tips were colored in using the Blackberry Bliss marker. Normally I would have just stamped the whole image using the green and then taken a blender pen and removed the green on the flower parts but I just did markers for both colors.  It worked, I got the same result either way I went.

The words are from the "Wetlands" set and I stamped them using the Blackberry Bliss ink pad.

The base of my card is Whisper White and the layer is Blackberry Bliss.

The circle size is 2-3/4".  I die cut the circle on a piece of scrap card stock that measured 4" x 5-1/4".  The same size as the white piece you see on the card.  I stuck the pieces together using removable tape and then I stamped the background word stamp on.  I put that stencil in the "En Francais" stamp case in the event I may want to use it again some other time.

It was a fun card to make.  Quick and easy too!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Work of Art Patriotic Card

In lieu of tomorrow being the 4th of July I thought I would make a patriotic card. I don't usually do cards like this, so that means that I had to go out on the net for some inspiration.  I found a card made by Melissa at "The Stamp Doc" and I ran with it.    I did change it a bit.  I added a star to the center of the blue field and I also added the "hello" at the bottom.  The "hello" is from the "Label Something" set.  

I also used the Real Red and Night of Navy ink pads for my card.

My nephew is in the military and he now has an address where I can mail him.  SO I thought I would not only make the patriotic card but I would also make it a "hello" card to him.  Tomorrow afternoon I will take some time out to write to him and have it all ready for Saturday's mail.  

This was such a quick card to make.  There is something about the looks of this card that I just love.  Perhaps that is why I had to copy it!  Right?  LOL

I will not be posting tomorrow.  I am going to take the 4th of July off to kick back and enjoy the day doing other things that I love to do and a few things that I have neglected.

I hope you all have a fun and a very safe 4th!

Thank you ever SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Work of Art Rainbow Birthday Card

I found this fun card on Pinterest. It was made by Lydia from her "Understanding Blue" blog.  What a fun blog name!!!

I thought it was such a bright and cheery looking card.  Oh and simple to make too.  You have to wash the stamp after each ink color, which is no big deal but still, it slows you down!!! LOL

I would think making several of these cards would make washing that stamp with each ink color even more worth it!!!

I did change it up a bit.  At first I was going to use the "hello" stamp from the "Label Something" set and send the card to my nephew who is in the army.  But then I thought that maybe a rainbow for him might not be the way to go, so I opted for the birthday greetings from the "Wetlands" set.  My go to birthday greeting stamp!!!

I added a little butterfly to the top.  I wish I would have turned it more, it looks like I just stuck it in the corner.  Well, I did stick it in the corner but it looks pretty darn straight!  Oh well, it's on there now.  I used a dot of glue to hold it.  I often use glue when my card stock is textured.  I don't feel that the tape holds well enough.  

Anyway, I did like making this card.  It's fun, easy, and SO colorful!!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Work of Art Meets World of Dreams

Once again I thought I would play with the "Work of Art" set.  I found this beautiful card at "Card Creations by Beth."  I thought it was SO pretty that I just had to make it.  It seems to be a very versatile card to make too.  Because of it's colors, it would be a great masculine card, along with a birthday, sympathy, thinking of you, thank you, and a get well card.  

The image is from the "World of Dreams" set.  And the words are from the "Wetlands" set.  

I did change the paper panel on the left side.  I didn't have any of the new decorative paper other than the "in color" pack.  SO I was using what I had to make this card.  It worked and I like how it turned out.  

The colors used here are Sahara Sand, Lost Lagoon, and Black StazOn.  It was a very easy card to make too!!!  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda