thinking of you

I decided I better pull out the Simon Says Stamp card kit for this month before the new one arrives!!! Its such a lovely kit I can't wait to use it more!! 

I just love this colour combo!!! I really need to experiment more with some others but this one is so pretty to me!!!.. This card as per my usual was pretty quick to come together as well! I had my good ol craft mat out and smooshed the distress inks down, two side by side and one underneath. then spritzed it with water, added my watercolour paper to it and moved it side to side ever so slightly. I did want the colours to mix but not to much! Once it was dry I then added the drops of water to it so the ink would react, after that was dry I then added the sentiment and the stars from the stamp set of course spritzed it with shimmer mist adhered it to the card base….

Hope you like todays creation! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: white card stock, water colour paper
Ink: broken china, picked raspberry, dusty concord distress inks
Stamps: hand lettered winter wishes
Accessories: stitched mats, shimmer mist

love potion!

Today I'm coming at you with some Valentines fun! A nice clean and simple card for you!!! That was super fun to make might I add! 

This card is pretty self explanatory as for how it came together!! I did some die cutting stamping adhering and called it good!!!! Hope you enjoy! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: white
Ink: regal rose, real red SU
Stamps: love potion
Accessories: stitched mats, love potion die

shaped cards

Good day everyone!! So I had a moment last night to make some cards! I wanted to get inky so I pulled out those fabulous distress inks and went to town!! Well sort off…didn't get to adventurous with the colour combos but was fun non the less!! I was also inspired to do a circle card after seeing Kristina Werners the other day!!! Which then of course turned into making a square card to!

Gotta say making a different shape card then the good old standard size was fun!!! Will pull out the envelope punch board and make me some pretty envelopes to go with!!

For both cards all I did was apply 3 different distress ink colours to my craft mat, spritz with water and placed the water colour paper in it moved it around a little. Once it was dried I went back in to get some of the add more colour around on there. Once I was happy with all the spots I then took some water to pull the colour out some more…dried it with my heat gun then added the sentiment over top! And of course spritzed it with some shimmer cause you can never have enough shimmer in my books!!!! I then took out my dies and started die cutting away!  For the square card I die cut the sentiment a bit to small for my liking so I matted it onto anther square, and just took my distress ink and added colour around the edges… Put on a few sequins and called er good!!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Chera

Supplies:

Paper: water colour paper, white card stock

Stamps: make a wish

Ink: concord grape, broken chine, picked raspberry (circle card); crushed olive, squeezed lemonade, ripe persimmimmon (square card)

Accessories: framelits circle collection, framelits square collection (SU), shimmer mist, ppp sequins 

go on and celebrate!!

This year I've set some new goals for myself in my world of card making…one is to make some to do lists with different products or ideas I have!! One of the things I've wanted to do for some time now is make a card with stars…Its not a normal go to for me so I pulled out some stuff and went to town with stars!!!

This card was pretty quick to to do! My favourite kind!! I pulled out some distress ink colours I wanted then placed the star stencil over my card stock. Started with the lightest colour and went to the darkest. I wanted to keep it simple and the this big bold sentiment was the best way to add detail without adding a lot more to the card!! I did shimmer mist the card front (can't tell in picture unfortunately). After the sentiment was on there I thought it needed some different stars to add some interest so I took this little bundle from the same stamp set and stamped them in black! After wards added some sequins for a touch more detail, mounted it on some black card stock and this is the finished product!!! Hope you enjoy todays card! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Chera~

Supplies:

Paper: white, black

Ink: squeezed lemoande, spiced marmelade, wild honey distress inks, black

Stamps: make a wish

Accessories: stars oh my stars stencil, pretty pink posh sequins, shimmer mist, blending tool

its gonna be ok

Today I'm taking part in K & R designs challenge she has on  her blog!! Every week she has a Friday Inspiration File on Pinterest!! So for this challenge you are to go through the File pick something and case it!! For my card I'm casing Nichol Magourik, its an older card but one I've actually wanted to attempt for awhile now!!!

All the steps for this card are very similar to Nichols other than a different colour pallet and different accessories!! It was a quick card to put together!! and I like how it turned out!!! So make sure to swing over to Nichols blog for her video tutorial!!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Chera~

Supplies:

Paper: white, kraft

Ink: coastal cabana and bermuda bay SU, peacock feathers, evergreen borough, gathered twigs distress 

Stamps: love this 

Accessories: twine, shimmer mist, blending tool glossy accents, heart punch, fanciful feathers

oh butterfly!

I'm a sucker for all things butterfly!! I discovered this while labelling all my dies the other day!! Heres  a new one I recently got from Stampin Up! (available January 6th).  

My plan for this card was to make it look like stain glass behind the butterfly die! So I pulled out the water colours and went to town. Used some teal, purple, pinks green and a little bit of grey randomly on the paper (I made a total of 6 cards and they are all a little bit different in colour!) I just the grey panel then die cut the butterfly. Once that was done I then white heat embossed the sentiment underneath it. Once my water colour paper was dry I cut out a square and adheared it behind the opening of the butterfly. The first card I did I added a little wink of stella to the butterfly once I had adhered it. So for the rest I decided to shimmer mist them before had to make the process a little faster!! Once all that was done I added the panel to a white card base. 

Hope you enjoyed todays card!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: white, basic grey, watercolour paper
Stamps: keep it simple: sympathy
Ink: versa mark ink
Accessories: butterfly thinlit dies, watercolour paint, wink of stella, shimmer mist, white embossing powder

shaker fun!

So this is my first ever shaker card!! I was so intimidated to make it but when it came time to finally get it done, and it actually turned out exactly how I pictured in my head!! Thats always a bonus!!!

My boys are in a wedding this week and this is the card I made for them! (I know she won't be checking my blog today with getting ready and all…) When was thinking about this card I knew this memory box die would be perfect! I first got inky when my distress inks did the classic splatter with a few different mediums then I cut out the hearts. I then cut the hearts out of silver paper to add over top of the shaker part!! Needed to be done to complete the hearts!! Considering the detail thats in the card it came together rather quickly!! I love how it turned out!!! It also fits well with this weeks Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!! Theres for sure more than enough bling in there!! :)

Anyway, Thanks so much for stopping by!! Hope you enjoy and I can see more shaker cards in my future!!!

Supplies:

Paper: white

Ink: pumice stone, salty ocean, chipped sapphire distress inks, black archival 

Stamps: strictly sentiments 5, painted poppy

Accessories: memory box heart ensemble, sequins, shimmer mist, perfect pearls

clean and simple merry

Hey everyone!! Hope you are having a wonderful Monday!! Todays cards are brought to you by this weeks Clean and Simple sketch, make sure to head on over there and check it out for sure!!!

This card came together pretty quickly. I first started off by die cutting out the poinsettias. Once that was done I then stamped the image onto the die cut. At first that was my only plan for the card but I thought it needed a little more detail to it. So I decided to stamp the larger poinsettia imagine first in green to act as leaves behind the die cut image. Once they were stamped I then added clear wink of stella to all the flowers and small pearl just for some detail! I used some foam tape popped the flowers on top of the green stamped image. For the sentiment I die cut merry out of gold foil paper. I just loved the shine of it. Once that part was done I couldn't decide if I wanted to mount the card front onto some more gold foil paper to match or a different colour. I flipped flopped a lot but so happy I went with black and let the words shine on their own!! I also added some ink of stella to the black outline to pull it all in with sparkle!!! 

I really hope you enjoy todays card and please make sure to head on over to the Clean and Simple blog, we would LOVE to see your take on this weeks sketch!!!

Supplies:
Paper: white and black card stock
Stamps: bells and boughs PTI
Ink: cranberry crush, appletini Wplus9
Accessories: bells and boughs bloomers, hand lettered holiday die, wink of stella clear, pearls SU

falling snow

I was sitting in my very clean craft room last night wondering what to create!! So I pulled out the November Simon Says Stamp card kit and started to play. 

Was seeing a lot of rainbow type cards so I thought I would give that a try too!!

So really this card is quick to put together. I found some ink colours I liked and just started to stamp and see how they looked next to each other…I overlapped the bottom portion of the tree with each stamp as well!!  I then stamped the greeting in black and went over it with clear embossing just to have it stand out a touch more! After that was done the card needed a little something. Everyone has been using the falling snow stencil from SSS and I'm sooo sad I don't have it so I improvised a bit. I took the falling snow flake stamp from the set and inked it up with versa mark. My firs attempt was with iridescent embossing powder but I wasn't happy with that look, so I pulled out the perfect pearls. Give that subtle shine and a touch more detail!! After that was done I wiped off the excess trimmed the card front and added it to a white card base. 

Another pretty quick one to mass produce!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!!! 
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: white
Ink: wild mango, bloomsberry, mojito, sweet nectar (Wplus9) & audrey blue (SSS), versa mark
Stamps: be joyful 
Accessories: perfect pearls 

Merry watercolour

Hey Everyone and Happy Remembrance  day to you! Back today with some more Wplus9 !! Again I'm just loving this snowflake backdrop set!! So many great things you can do with it!!

For todays card I did a little bit of water colouring…I took 3 colours of distress ink and rubbed them on the stamp and made sure to overlap a little. Once I had the whole stamp covered I took my spritzer bottle and did a few spritzes over the stamp. Once I saw it was all wet I then stamped it down onto some water colour paper. I was impatient so I heat set it with my heat gun. Once it was dry I remembered on one of Dawns cards she had glitter embossed over the background so I gave that a whirl!!! I then white heat embossed the sentiment on the bottom of the card and was going to call it good…then I decided to pull out the deer dies die cut this one out of pink paper and then covered it with glossy accents! I was wanting the card to be extra bold and I think all that glitter and shimmer did just that!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!! See ya again soon!!
Chera~

Supplies
Ink: versa mark, picked raspberry, seedless preserves & dusty concord distress ink
Stamps: hand lettered holiday, snowflake backdrops
Paper: water colour paper, blackberry bliss SU, melon mambo SU
Accessories: glossy accents, white embossing powder, water mister, stag trio die

merry merry joy joy

Hello everyone! Sorry for the LONG break! Its been a busy couple of months with selling our house and moving! But we are slowly getting settled in to the new place and city for that matter!!

So to celebrate the move I ordered me some new goodies!!! Today I will be showing you some easy cards to mass produce with Wplus9 stamps.

I just loved this background snowflake die along with the aperture dies. My original plan was to just make it a one layer card…however I ended up trimming the top part down a little and popping it up on a white card base!

I also couldn't decide what colour I wanted to use so I pulled out all my W9 inks and stamped most of the colours..still not to sure which one I like the most!! They are all so pretty!

For the sentiment I also pulled out another Wplus9 set and heat embossed over top the snowflakes. I used 3 different colours just to add some variety, as well as some got joy and some got merry!!

Was super fun to make and a pretty quick card to mass produce for holiday cards!!

Have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by!!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: white cardstock
Ink: sweet nectar, blooms berry, appletini, mojito, sweet gelato, flamingo, lakehouse, nautical navy, ocean drive, cranberry crush, miami spice (all wplus9)
Stamps: hand lettered holiday hello, snowflake backdrops (wplus9)
Accessories: stampin up silver and gold embossing powder, ranger liquid platinum, holiday aperture die

CTS93

When I saw this weeks CAS(E) this Sketch online I knew exactly what I wanted to use to make this card!!!! And it turned out even better in real life than what I pictured in my head!! Love it when that happens!!

To make this card I started off running a piece of white cardstock through my bigshot using the PTI snowflake impression plate. After I did that I knew that I wanted to bump it up on another piece of plain cardstock so I trimmed it down!! I then die cut the square snowflake from Simon Says Stamp out of glitter card stock. I wasn't to sure what I should stamp the sentiment on…I first tried vellum but then decided to keep it clean and simple with the white across….stamped the Merry Christmas on there then added it to the card front. Same with the square die cut. After those were all in place I pulled out my PPP sequins and placed them on the card!!! And there you have it! Pretty straight forward!! Just love this sketch tho, so many opportunities with it!!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: white cardstock
Ink: momento black
Stamps: holiday hellos sss
Accessories: ppp clear sparkly sequins, peace be still impression plate, holiday frames craft die sss

you got this!!

I was going through different blogs this morning and came across the CASE Study Challenge blog. Ive seen the wonderful cards from this blog before but was always intimidated by it for whatever reason. Really after thinking about it, isn't this how us card makers make cards?? We see other cards and make our own version of it?? Well thats what I did today!! I had feathers on the brain so I ran with it!!!

I recently got these new feather dies and wanted to put them to use!! So to start I had actually die cut both sizes of the feathers out of scrap white paper and vellum, then decided that I wanted to die cut it out of the card front and do so inlaying. I angled it a little cause I wanted the feathers to look like they were tied. I thought the bigger white feather needed to be a little more poppy so I pulled out my perfect pearls and painted it. I did the same with the vellum feather as well!! I then added my sentiment with white embossing powder, then set the other feathers down on top once I had tied them together. Thought it needed a little something else and so I drew on the stitched markings. Not a norm for me but added that little detail I felt was missing. And of course some sequins!!! 

I rally like how it turned out and today for the first time wasn't initiated by this challenge!! Hope you all take the time to check it out!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Chera~

Supplies:

Ink: versa mark

Stamps: strictly sentiments 5

Paper: white, kraft

Accessories: ppp clear sparkle sequins various sizes, twine, white embossing powder, MFT feather die, perfect pearls

Thanks

Hey everyone! Happy Wednesday to you!!! Here is a card I made using multiple die cut words to give it that dimension!! I saw this technique from the one and only Jennifer McGuire (click here for video tutorial)…thought it might be to much work but just loved how it look!! And not gonna lie, was a tiny bit of work...don't know if it is a technique I will do often...but wow I love it!

So that is my card for today! Make sure to check out Jennifers video (she does a much better job of explaining then I ever could)...

Chera~

Supplies:
Stamps: rosie posie
Paper: white, blushing bride, wasteria wonder
Ink: lemon chiffon, green apple, lavender, cotton candy
Accessories: wet paint thanks die

kick ass birthday!

Hey everyone!! Heres a super quick and easy card I put together using Wplus9 So 80s set!! This set is fun to use, makes clean and simple masculine cards! 

For this card I did a bit of fussy cutting of the "kick ass" and "how your day is" adhered them after I had stamped the back ground image! Cut the paper down to make sure I had the grey side and that is all! Pretty straight forward card!! I love how it turned out!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: white, basic grey
Ink: nautical navy, silver lining, cranberry crush
Stamps: so 80s