Mothers Day

Hey everyone! Hope your week is going great so far! I thought I would share with you a couple Mothers Day cards I created this year!!

I had so much fun with this one! I even demoed it for National scrapbooking day at my local craft store (using the Misti of course). I had gotten this newer flower set from MFT and it was so cheery I instantly thought of Mothers Day and spring! Pulled out my Wplus9 inks cause they are my ultimate fav! And last but not least just had to use my new concord and 9th stamp set! oh that font is so rocking my world!!!

My youngest son has an obsession with butterflies and whenever he is "helping" me in my craft room I have to stamp butterflies! Thats how this card came to be. He was still a little sad that they aren't purple but said it was ok! I on the other hand loved the colour combo! Once again some fabulous Wplus9 inks, butterflies are from PTI and of course that beautiful sentiment set from Concord and 9th! 

Hope you enjoy! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Chera

Mothers Day shaker card fun

Hey everyone!! Well its getting closer to that special month where we celebrate all you wonderful moms out there!!!

So for years now I've been making cards for Academy Florists in Winnipeg MB. They have some wonderful ladies in there are beyond talented when it comes to flower arrangements!! I'm always so honoured they want to share my cards with their beautiful creations!!! 

Mothers Day is a super buys time for them…heres a peek at one of the cards Ive recently made for the shop!!!

I recently jumped on the bandwagon of shaker cards and I can't seem to jump off!!! they are just so fun to do!! 

This one was pretty easy to put together! Using that butterfly frame die from Wplus9. I stamped the sentiment on acetate using white stazon ink…my first time ever and I'm in love!!!! Will for sure be seeing more of that!!!

Once all the pieces were die cut stamped and glued together,  I added 2 layers of foam tape on the back on the shaker box part…filled it with some fun sequins. Once it was on the card I added the silver butterfly just for some added depth to it!! A pretty clean and simple yet interactive card!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: smokey slate, strawberry slush, brushed silver
Stamps: strictly sentiments 4
Ink: white stazon
Accessories: pretty pink posh sequins, small butterfly frame die

partial die cut mom

Hey Everyone!! Hope everyones good today!! Here some more cards from the latest Online Card Class…I'm really liking these fun interactive cards!

It took  me a while to find the right die, in the video Julie Ebersole said that block letters work the best with this technique…however I don't have any big enough in my stash….but this one actually worked out really well, probably cause its all one  height. i did have to cut out the the space under the letters to make it proper tho!! (easy peasy with that good ol craft knife). I decided to use patterned paper for the card instead of stamping. I had an idea in  mind of how I wanted it to look and this was the easiest way for me to achieve that!!  

Anyway hope you enjoy and I hope you had as much fun in class as I did!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Chera~

Supplies:

Ink: black

Paper: white, patterned paper retired sale a brations from last year, calypso coral 

Stamps: mom and dad sentiment

Accessories: mom die, wink of stella clear pen, crystal effects

mothers day stencil

Since my may Simon Says card kit arrived with the distress ink and blender I've been trying out stuff! I pulled out this Heidi Swapp stencil (again, used it in another mothers day card with embossing paste) and just starting inking! I love how bold and eye catching it is!!

Hope you are all having a great day and wonderful week!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

Chera~

Supplies:

Paper: white, black, teal

Ink: peacock feather distress ink, versa mark

Stamps: strictly sentiments 4

Accessories: stencil, embossing powder

mom

I just seriously can't get enough of these Wplus9 flowers!! So happy to have this set in my collection!! This card was also my first card using embossing paste!! Something everyone should try!! I used a Heidi Swapp stencil I found at Michaels just to add a soft detail to the card!

I used distress ink on the flowers and leaves so I could do a tiny bit of watercolouring. I think I love distress ink!! Not sure thats a good thing or not…have enough stuff in my room already! 

Anyway, thanks so much for stopping by!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: wplus9 oatmeal
Stamps: spring blooms, strictly sentiments 4
Ink: fire brick, peeled paint distress ink
Accessories: spring blooms die, embossing paste, stencil

three thirds

I've been on a Wplus9 kick lately. Just recently got all her new inks added to my collection and a few new stamp sets as well!!! So yesterday I pulled everything out and started creating! 

I was very intrigued with this months CAS-ual Friday challenge. Three things on 1/3 of a card front. So I started die cutting out the flowers and stamping away!! I'm very happy with this clean and simple creations!! Three flowers with a three word sentiment on 1/3 of the card seems to be complete!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

Chera~

Supplies:

Paper: wplus9 oatmeal cardstock

Ink: sweet gelato, cranberry crush, appletini, old gold, black

Stamps: spring blooms, strictly sentiments 4

Accessories: spring blooms die

gold sparkle

Here is another quick mothers day card I made using the Stampin Up! sale-a-bration goodies I got! The hardest part was picking the colour combo to use! All I knew is that I wanted to have a gold butterfly for some sparkle on there!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: white, champaign sparkle
Ink: calyso coral, kraft, daffodil delight, cherry cobbler, black
Stamps: my mother, petal parade
Accseeories: butterfly punch

mothers day and gelatos

Today I was really wanted to use my Faber-Castell Gelatos…I've had them for a while now and have hardly played with them! So I pulled them out and created this beauty!

So with this card I took a 3 by 4 1/4" paper, white heat embossed the flowers and leaves on it then coloured with the gelatos spritzed it with water and took a paint brush to blend it all in, let it dry then wipe of access with a baby wipe (Instagram pic below showing each stage). Adhered it to the old olive paper then onto the eggplant. Once that was done I heat embossed the sentiment over top... 

This card is a fav of mine…so many easy elements to give it that classic look!!

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!!

Chera~

Supplies:

Paper: elegant eggplant, old olive, white

Stamps: cutting garden PTI, something to celebrate SU

Ink: versa mark

Accessories: green light purple and dark purple gelato, white embossing powder 

stripes

Taking a look out there on Pinterest, its obvious that stripes are the thing! So I figured why not take a stab at doing one of my own!

It was a really easy card to make, I pulled out my PTI watercolour wonder stamp set (closest stamp set I had to making stripes) and a few of my fav colours and this is what was created!!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: white, crisp cantaloupe
Ink: costal cabana, soft sky, so saffron, crisp cantaloupe, black
Stamps: PTI water colour wonder, Wplus9 mothers day bouquet
Accessories: iridescent white sequins 

Mothers day Begins!

When I was making this card I wanted it to have a soft and serene feel to it as well as some hints of trendy. Not to sure if I fully succeeded, you can be the judge of that I suppose!

The trendy aspect of this card is from the Wplus9 trend watch challenge. I did a little misting and used some really tiny and soft looking sequins as well as I white heat embossed the feathers on water colour paper then did a little water colouring over top! 

The colour combo is from this weeks Colour Me…! challenge. This is the reason for the soft and serene look to the card!!

And thirdly I used the Retro Sketches challenge which is where the tag on the card came to be!

              

Hope you all had a great weekend!!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Chera~

new product play time!

Yesterday my new Stampin Up! goodies arrived. I was a good girl and kept the order simple, new paper sampler and inks...oh and of course the new embossing folder! Couldn't resist!!  

With all this new paper staring at me I thought I better cut right into some! 

For whatever reason this new "in colour" from Stampin Up! caught my eye!! I love it...can't wait to order more of it! Its so crisp and clean looking to me!! 

Anyway hope you enjoy! Have a great Friday everyone!!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Chera

Supplies:
Paper: pistachio pudding
Stamps: all holidays (SU retired)
ink: baked brown sugar
Accessories: kraft seam binding ribbon, doily, itty bitty shapes punch, pearls, modern mosaic embossing folder

RetroSketch 61

Was web surfing today trying to get some creativity flowing. And came across this weeks RetroSketch and thought I would try it on out...with a Mothers Day card of course!!! And thought I would use some of the card stock I found the other day too! So happy times!!

I'm loving the bright pink and was very excited to use the Elizabeth stamp too...forgot all about it! Joys of things still being packed up I suppose!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Chera

Supplies:

Paper: melon mambo, whisper white

Ink: versa mark, melon mambo

Stamps: Elizabeth, fillable frames #4 mini stamp

Accessories: black embossing powder, SU embossing folder

FTL 238 Moms Day

Yes I'm still in mothers day mode over here!!! Its a couple weeks away and I still haven't made the perfect card for my mom!! 

For this weeks Clean and Simple I was excited to use some paper I found yesterday while unpacking a couple things looking for our last years tax return. Of course I didn't find it but  the 5 packages of card stock and pretty designer paper made up for it!!! 

This weeks sketch....

Hope you are all having a wonderful week!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Chera

Supplies:

Paper: taken with teal, whisper white, daffodil delight, DSP summer smooches

Stamps: unsure of the name from Michaels a few years back

Ink: island indigo

Accessories: doily, butterfly punch, rhinestones, SU buttons

Honeycomb addict!

Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend!!!! Another mothers day card for you! This one is nice and simple...using my favorite embossing folder! Can't get enough of the honeycomb!!!!

Thanks again for stopping by!!

Chera

Supplies

Paper: rich razzleberry, pool party, crumb cake basic white

Ink: basic black

Stamps: unknown, got from Michaels a few years back now

Accessories: buttons, flower punch

pretty butterflies

Well due to lack of card making going on this week (hubs is away working and I've been busy doing a wedding shower invite order) I will post another one of the mothers day cards I made a while back!! Even tho I really want to create something....Possibly for the CAS-ual Friday blog...cause its all about glitter. Maybe tomorrow! Who knows it could happen!

Hope everyones week is having a great week!

Thanks for stopping by

Chera

Supplies:

Paper: SU whisper white and basic black PTI raspberry fizz mix 

Ink: SU basic grey and basic black

Stamps: I can't remember...they are from Michaels a few years back now

Accessories: SU butterfly punch, rhinestones

More Mothers Day surprises!

Think I've mentioned already that I'm working on Mothers Day cards for a local flower shop back home!! Heres another peek at a creation I made for her to choose from!!!

I really love this flower set from PTI. Took me a while to come up with the proper color configuration for the card. Wanted it bright and classic!! Think I pulled it off?!@ I bumped up the stamped paper and the sentiment is sunken behind to give a different effect. And the ribbon...well I couldn't resist!! Hope you enjoy!!

Thanks for stopping on by!!
Chera

Supplie:
Stamps: PTI cutting garden, boutique borders
Paper: SU whisper white
Ink: SU rich razzleberry, calypso coral, gumball green
Accessories: SU calypso coral ribbon, PTI boutique borders die

Chevrons and Flowers

So I'm in the progress of doing some mothers day card prototypes for a flower shop back home...been putting it off (mostly due to kids home and spring break). Today I am back on a roll! Pulled out some stamp sets and went with it! 

After making some cards I came online and noticed that this weeks CAS-ual Fridays challenge was chevron and flowers!! What are the chances?? :D  So here is my creations!!

Thanks for stopping by 

Chera

Supplies

Paper: SU natural white card stock

Stamps: SU Oh Hello & Punched Posies Wplus9 Mothers Day Bouquet, 

Ink: SU tempting turquoise, regal rose, lucky limeade, midnight muse

Accessories: rhinestones 

Retro Sketches 56

Yes this is my second post for today...but I had this card and wanted to get the sketch in on time. What can I say?? I'm enjoying these fun challenges over the past week! I thought my mojo was gone then I look around and yet another creation to be made!!!

So this card challenge is from the Retro Sketches blog I came across while doing the ColorQ challenge in my previous post!! I really like this sketch too and thought I could pull out some fun textured things..well 1 textured material anyway! I bought this burlap and its been on my desk staring at me! Was so happy to finally use some of it!!!

So again Happy Easter to you all!! I promise no more posts today!!!! 

Chera

Supplies

Stamps: PTI Boutique borders; mothers mini stamp set

Paper: SU basic black and whisper white card stock

Ink: SU tempting turquoise, real red

Accessories: washi tape, burlap, PTI boutique border die, SU buttons

Mothers Day!

Hey everyone and happy Friday to you!! Todays card is for a couple of challenges with the first one being for Clean and Simple blog FTL 234..this week is my first ever to be a contributor to the blog (other than in my own time) so make sure to swing on by there!!! Secondly I decided to partake in the ColorQ 182 challenge for the first time ever too! Thought I would continue with the firsts :)

I also decided to try something a little different for me...I wanted to keep it simple but wanted there to be the portion in the middle with a little bit of texture. So first off I stamped the Happy Mothers Day then used versa mark and clear embossing powder of top. Just a nice little subtle detail there!! Also for whatever reason I've been into making my own flowers! I like the way they look!!

Anyway thats all for now! Hope you all have a great Easter weekend!!! We are just starting our spring break here with the kids! Enjoying the great outdoors and wonderful weather!!

Thanks for stopping by

Chera

Supplies 

Stamps: SU Summer Silhouettes, Wplus9 Mothers day bouquet

Paper: always artichoke, pool party wisteria wonder, naturals white SU card stock 

Ink: always artichoke, vera mark

Accessories: SU lucky Limeade ribbon, PTI leaf die, clear embossing powder