Stars & Cocktails

Today's first card is for two Hero Arts related challenges:  A Blog Named Hero has asked us to Make the Sentiment the Star and a2z Scrapbooking wants a CAS card using Hero Arts products.  I wanted to play with my embossing paste so I mixed my paste with some yellow ink and used a Stampin' Up star stencil to create the background.  The background was just perfect for this sweet sentiment and with it's different fonts and little stars it has enough personality to carry the card.  I embossed it onto blue cardstock to mimic the night sky and added a few yellow gems.  Super simple!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Night of Navy) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from CL582) Hero Arts

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Seafoam White) Ranger

Die:  (Stitched Rectangles) Lil' Inker Designs

Stencil:  Stampin' Up

Gems:  Recollections

This second card is for The Friday Mashup and I'm using both parts of the challenge - a project with food or drink on it and it's coloured with markers.  I stamped, coloured and cut out these adorable drinks and sunglasses from Paper Smooches and pieced them onto the card base - some flat and some with dimensional adhesive.  The washi tape is a new Duck Washi that I got while I was on vacation and I thought the ocean vibe of it went perfectly with the tropical drinks.  That's it for now - it's time to head off for my first day back at work but I'll be back tomorrow.  Have a wonderful day!   




Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (All from Get Outta Town) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Markers:  (R22, R35, YR04, YR31, Y17, Y38, YG95, E04, E29, E33, E35, C1, C3) Copic

Washi Tape:  Duck Washi

Gems:  Recollections

A Quartet of Cards

Hi there!  I had a productive couple of hours in the Craft Cave today.  I made some special order cards and also managed to play along with some challenges.  First up is this card that I made using the Paper Smooches Sparks sketch.  The spaceship and sentiment are from the PS Space Cadet set.  To make the moonscape I used some splatter stamps from Stampin' Up' Gorgeous Grunge.  I love how it turned out!  I'm also going to enter this in the Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes challenge and the Addicted to Stamps and More Anything Goes challenge.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Pumpkin Pie, Night of Navy, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Rocket & sentiment from Space Cadet) Paper Smooches, (Splatters from Gorgeous Grunge) Stampin' Up

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Nestabilities Standard Circles Large) Spellbinders, (Stars) Mama Elephant

Gems:  Recollections

Markers: (Y08, Y17, YR26, B39, C3, C5) Copic

Next up I'm playing along with The Challenge's theme of celebrating teachers.  I think all of the sets I used here are either retired or from companies that are no longer in existence.  The apple is Unity, the sentiment is Sweet Stamp Shop and the background is Market Street Stamps.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Apple) Unity, (Sentimetn from School's Out) Sweet Stamp Shop, (ABC Background) Market Street Stamps

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Soft Granite) Hero Arts

My third card was inspired by the Joan Bardee's Muse card.  I liked the sketchy look of the birthday cake and it made me think of this Hero Arts cake that I've had forever and has never seen ink.  The sentiment is also from an old Hero Arts set so because of this I decided to join the a2z Scrapbooking Supplies Anything Goes challenge (using Hero Arts).  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Cake from CL139, Sentiment from CL340) Hero Arts, (Circle from Beautiful Blooms II) Papertrey Ink

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Bubble Gum, Butter Bar) Hero Arts, (Tempting Turquoise) Stampin' Up

Gems:  Recollections

My final card is a special order card that I'm entering in the Seize the Birthday Anything Goes challenge.  The skyline is cut from DCWV glitter paper.  I love that stuff especially for blingy, girlie cards!  It may be the first time I actually get through an entire paper pad at the rate I'm going.  :)

So that's it for today.  I have a couple more special order cards to finish tomorrow and hopefully will sneak in a few more challenge cards as well if the mojo sticks around.  Hope you're all having a fabulous weekend!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Daffodil Delight, Smokey Slate, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up, (Pink glitter) DCWV

Stamps:  (Birthday from Say What, Party from Good Times) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Super 2) Paper Smooches, (double Ended Banners) Papertrey Ink

Gems:  Recollections