Wild & Punny Makes a Cute Birthday Card

I love the Wild and Punny stamp and thin cut set. As it turned out it is perfect for me because it has a Happy (belated) Birthday sentiment with it and a very cute, sleepy sloth. Since the sloth is from the rain forest, I decided to use the discontinued papers, Chelsea Gardens. 

This card is for a friend that enjoys pretty things and Chelsea was one of our especially beautiful paper packs. Of course, she likes anything shiny also, so I am also using a glitter paper and I'm pretty sure it is Julep. I love making shaker cards and I just got the new silver star confetti, so they got added to the Julep Sequins. I worked with this woman for decades and she is definitely one of a kind! The funny little chameleon and his pun were THE PERFECT addition to the envelope! I colored the sloth and his branch with the Tri Blend markers. I really enjoyed making this card thinking how much she will enjoy it when she opens it up. I can hear her laughing now! :-)  

Supply List:

• Tri Blend Markers
• Julep Glitter Paper
• Julep Loose Sequins
• Silver Star Confetti
• Shaker Windows
• Wild and Punny Stamp and Thin Cut set
• Intense Black Ink Pad
• Glacier Ink Pad 
• Value Pack Cards and Envelopes

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO

Dots

A Combo Challenge Using New Colors For Me

This card is a combination of the Color My Heart Color Dare and Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. 

So, here we go. 

Color my Heart Color Dare 382:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge:

Here is my interpretation:

Supply List:

• Lilac cardstock
• Eggplant cardstock
• Lilac Ink Pad
• Intense Black Ink Pad
• February Stamp of the Month
• Tri Blend Markers 
• Wisteria Shimmer Brush
• Clear Shimmer Brush
• Stitched Rectangle Frames Thin Cuts
• Value Pack White Daisy cards and envelopes

 I distressed the edges of the card front and sentiment with Lilac ink using my new fav (a make-up brush from a store front called Daiso) The bristles are so fine that you get a very soft edge. Think I'm going to go back and get more of them. Understand this is an import place and the brushes are $1-4 depending on the size. You can't tell from the image but all the berries and leaves were colored with one or the other shimmer brush. Since I could only use purples, I didn't color the leaves green.

Not a pretty picture...but here it is.

The February Stamp of the Month is a good one. Cards for all your female relatives can be created with this stamp it is great!!

 Didn't I tell you it was a good stamp. February 29, 2020 is the last day.

Thanks!

XOXO
Dots

February Sketch Challenge from Creative Scrapbooker's Sketchy group

I'm enjoying the sketch challenges from the Facebook Creative Scrapbooker Magazine group. This is the second of the pages I'm putting together as my hubby and his friend are starting a plane build in our garage. The Urban papers work perfectly but are discontinued. I should have gotten many packs when CTMH did a Bring Back My Pack. What was I thinking!?

Here is the sketch. There is a lot of latitude to interpret so it is up to you to work it. 

Other February Specials are running till the end of the month include:

Stamptacular Sale  this is fabulous! Check it out! Huge savings!!!

Be Mine an adorable wooden banner.

All Around Creativity  Create a beautiful, wooden décor piece with these easy-to-use wreath kits!

Oh My Heart   Feel the love with this exclusive paper packet and stamp set, made especially for Valentine’s Day! I have used it for non Valentine's pictures like my son with his little bunny pet Bun Bun. It is perfect with this paper!!

Thanks!!!

XOXO

Dots

Mojo and Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenges for February

I purchased a manly stamp for my husbands cards. It will be available March 1. It is called Dreams take Flight. I used it for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. 

My interpretation

Here is the Mojo Monday sketch:

For the Mojo Monday challenge I used the February Stamp of the Month. 

Here are a couple of ideas from CTMH:

Here is my Mojo Monday card 

I always decorate my envelope to match my card so I used a portion of the bouquet and stamped it in Ballerina. The bouquet was colored with the TriBlend markers using the various shades. 

Supply List:

1. February Stamp of the Month
2. Mix-in Papers
3. Tri Blend Markers
4. Dreams take Flight stamp and thin cuts
5. Black Shimmer tape
6. clear Shimmer Brush
7. Intense Black Ink Pad
8. Pewter Ink pad
9. Pebble Ink Pad

The Mix-in papers are so easy to put together and the quantities are running low since it is the end of the catalog this week.

Other February Specials are running till the end of the month include:

Stamptacular Sale  this is fabulous! Check it out! Huge savings!!!

Be Mine an adorable wooden banner.

All Around Creativity  Create a beautiful, wooden décor piece with these easy-to-use wreath kits!

Oh My Heart   Feel the love with this exclusive paper packet and stamp set, made especially for Valentine’s Day! I have used it for non Valentine's pictures like my son with his little bunny pet Bun Bun. It is perfect with this paper!!

Thanks!!!

XOXO

Dots

A Better Spinner Card Demo

So I read over the instructions included in the Spin Card Thin Cuts set. I found one misleading item regarding the placement of the words on the spinner (not a big deal but it could be confusing). The reason for the 2 small disks actually makes the spinner more spinable (is that a word?) and makes placing the front piece onto the card base easier. The way I did Jim's card worked but placing the front piece was very awkward and clumsy looking.

In addition to creating a better spinner, I used the Color Dare Color Challenge #381 as an inspiration for my color choice.

Supplies Listed:

1. Rainbow Wishes
2. Card Front Spinner Thin Cuts
3. Nectarine Ink Pad
4. Lemonade Ink Pad
5. Glacier Ink Pad
6. White Daisy Cardstock
7. Value Pack Cards and Envelopes

Thanks for watching!

XOXO

Dots

A Close To My Heart Rainbow Spinner Card

I am making a spin card for my hubby, who is in the process of building a plane in the garage, again! With the rainbow and clouds stamp set it is a perfect backdrop for a plane. I just got both of the stamp sets Rainbow Wishes and Dreams Take Flight and wanted to use them. As per usual I read the instructions after the fact and found I was supposed to make 2 of the small round disks to put in front of and behind the larger disk. I don't seem to have a problem with the spin cycle of my card, though. Below is a list of everything I used. If you click on the links, you will be taken to my shopping website.

Supply List:

Front Card Spinner Thin Cuts

Rainbow Wishes

Dreams take Flight

Carolina Ink Pad

Linen Ink Pad

Pebble Ink Pad

Carolina Cardstock

White Daisy Cardstock

Value Pack Cards and Envelopes

TriBlend Markers

XOXO

Dots

Spruced Up Cards from the Jan-Feb 2020 Catalog

The cards shown on page 6 of the Jan-Feb 2020 catalog uses the Spruced Up paper and the Spruced Up Cardmaking and Thin Cut Stamp set. The cards are lovely and perfect with these papers. I'm so glad one of my club groups decided they want to make them because that means I HAVE to make them. I love them. I show you how to make them including the sizes of the cut pieces.

The Original Cards

My Cards

Coordinated Cardstock

Spruced Up Papers and Sticker Sheet

Supply List

1. Spruced Up Paper pack
2. Spruced Up Coordinating cardstock
3. Intense Black Ink
4. Fern Ink Pad
5. New England Ivy ink pad
6. Espresso Ink pad
7. Spruced Up Cardmaking Stamp and Thin Cut set
8. White Cards and Envelopes
9. Adhesives