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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

whole lotta happy

This card I put together for the Stamptember blog hop Wednesday Challenge! I decided to go with a whole lotta happy kind of card for the challenge just cause thats what I think of when I think of Stamptember!

This card was pretty easy to put together!! I did a bit of masking with the balloons to make them into that cluster…stamped the strings, clear heat embossed over the happy a few times (got to say thats my fav technique these days! Just love how it turns out). Adhered that then added the words around it. Pretty simple card to to!!

Happy Stamptember to you all!!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: white, tempting turquoise
Ink: tangerine tango, rich razzleberry, wild wasabi, daffodil delight, tempting turquoise, black
Stamps: whole lotta happy
Accessories: clear embossing powered, happy trio die

retro birthday

Good Morning!! Its been a while since my last post and the sun was finally shining today so it was a good time to take some photos of a few of my latest creations. Todays card is taking you back old school!! Between the colours or even the layout (for me anyway…was a classic when I was first starting out)…

For this card I really had no idea where it was going. I was crafting with my friend Natasha and she was using these colours for a different card….I figured they were out on the table I should use them too!!! After I had the border all stamped I needed a fun image to go with the look! I pulled out this new Wplus9 set and smiled!!!! Love its retro yet fall look!!!

Hope you enjoy! And thanks so much for stopping by!!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: white
Ink: tangerine tango, crushed curry, cajun craze, chocolate chip
Stamps: strictly sentiments 5, rosie posie
Accessories: sequins, chocolate chip ribbon

Perfect Pear

Happy Monday everyone!!! So I have another card for you!!! Its for this weeks Clean and Simple sketch, make sure to go check it out!! Its awesome as always!! 

The first thing I did to make this card was die cut one pear and start water colouring it. I used a couple of distress ink. After the one was done, I realized I better do another one so it would go with the sentiment!! After I had coloured the pears I set them aside to dry and pulled out the dots stencil. I used my ink tool with some distress ink as well to add the yellow colour! Once that was done I decided to trim down the card front so I could add the border along the side! Just for a little more detail!! Once I heat embossed that I then adhered the white card front down. At this time my pears were mostly dry so I zapped it a little with my heat tool to make sure they were completely dried. Then placed them on my card front along with the "you" die cut so I knew where I needed to stamp the rest of the sentiment. After everything was adhered I had to of course add some sequins cause a card just isn't finished without them right??? And there you have it!! 

Hope you enjoy and please make sure to pop over to Clean and Simple Stamping and do this weeks sketch challenge!!

Thanks so  much for stopping by!!
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: white, early espresso SU
Ink: versa mark, early espresso, peeled paint, mowed lawn, scattered straw distress inks
Stamps: punny produce pears wplus9, border basics fresh squeezed stamps
Accessories: clear cut stacker pears, hand lettered thanks wplusp, clear embossing powder, pretty pink posh sequins, stencil

Happy Birthday scraps

Happy weekend everyone!! Hope its going good for you all! Today I thought I would post these cards I made a while back before I head into my craft studio and do a little bit of cleaning and maybe some more organizing!

These cards were pretty easy to make and the best part about them is its a 2 in 1 card!! I was going through some of my card stock and found all these scrap papers so I decided to cut them up into strips and add them to a card front. Once all the pieces were adhered I pulled out a couple of dies that I wanted to use. First was the labels framelits from Stampin Up! then a smaller butterfly from memory box to fit inside. I did this on both cards which made it possible for the 2 in 1…I then stamped the sentiment on the front and then popped it all up with dimensionals! Was a super easy super quick card to do with lots of detail!! Loved how they both turned out!!

Thanks all for today!! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Chera

Supplies:

Paper: wild wasabi, basic grey, midnight muse, so saffron, calypso coral by SU and white

Ink: midnight muse, versa mark

Stamps: strictly sentiments 1

Accessories: labels framelits SU, butterfly memory box, white embossing powder

Note of thanks

 

Todays card is brought to you by a mix of the techniques we've been learning over the past few days with the Stretch your Stamps online card class. I was out of town for a couple days so I wasn't able to play much!! Had fun with this card tho!!

 

I really wanted to use the stamped words in an image. So I decided to to do the that but in a different way. I die cut the feather out, then on a scrap piece of white paper I traced out the feather image so I knew where I would have to stamp over. Once done stamping the sentiment repeatedly I adhered it in behind my die cut feather. For the other 2 feathers I die cut them out and heat embossed them. And for some added detail I went in a coloured them with the very limited amount of distress markers I had. I was going to use colouring markers for it but I wanted a more softer look. So once I was done colouring I misted the paper to have the distress ink do its magic, then added some white twine to tie them together!! I added the Thank you sentiment with the same embossing powder I used for the feathers. Once I had that card front adhered to the white panel I decided to do add the black piece on the back. I took a border stamp and clear embossed the image on it so it was subtle but still there!!

And thats my card for the day!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Chera~

Supplies:
Stamps: wplus9 fanciful feathers, banner basics
Ink: versa mark SSS fog gray, distress markers tattered rose, peacock feather, everygreen bough
Paper: black, pool party, white
Accessories: ranger liquid platinum embossing powder, fanciful feathers dies, white twine

faded hello

Hey everyone!! Back again with another card I created for the Online Card Class!! Having a fun time playing around with new ideas!!!

So for this card I decided to do the faded look. 

For the background I had to yet again my my own using a border stamp from Fresh Squeezed stamp. I heat embossed it in clear then pulled the 3 shades of grey from Simon Says stamp and worked my way up the card darkest to lightest. After that was done I adhered the panel to black card stock. I decided due to the monochromatic background I needed a pop of colour, waffled over a few and went with this coral. I then punched out the flower shape and circle as well as the hello die. Wanted to give the hello a pop so I inked it over with grey then added some sparkle embossing powder over it. After the card was put together thought it still needed a little something so out came the clear wink of stella pen for some added sparkle!!

So Thats my card for today!! Thanks so  much for stopping by!

Chera~

Supplies:

Paper: white, black, calypso coral

Ink: smoke, fog and slate gray simon says stamp, versa mark

Stamps: background check 

Accessories: hello die (wplus9) iridescent ice and clear embossing powder, dies PTI

you're so cool

Heres a quick card I made using the August Simon Says Stamp card kit. My oldest son is going to a birthday pool party so I thought this was the perfect fit!!!

Was a pretty simple card to put together. I stamped the images on the water colour paper and used distress inks mixed with water to to colour in the images. I decided to leave a gap in the paper and white heat embossed the sentiment and under it stamped happy birthday. Took me a few tries on the placement of the summer snacks but I think it works!!

Now on to stretch your stamps day 2 homework!!
Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Chera~

Supplies:

Together forever

Today is day one of the Stretch your Stamps online card class. Today they gave us some new ideas on how to use background stamps. While I was digging through my stash of stamps I realized that I don't actually own a background stamp….how is this possible?? Anyway, I did find some border stamps and decided to create my own background!

I pulled out Wplus9 quilt prints and on water colour paper (cause I was originally going to pull out the distress inks) I white heat embossed the pattern diagonally across the card front I had. Once it was all said and done I decided that I was going to spritz it instead of doing the water colouring. Took a while for it to saturate into the paper. Once it was dry I removed the original heat embossing I had done with my iron and a scrap paper! Gave it a clearer outline to where I had actually stamped. The mist didn't really resist as I thought it should!

For putting this first card together I decided that with the gold it needed to be an anniversary type card. Just seems classy to me! So I die cut the word together and then covered it with glossy accents and set it aside to dry. Then I cut a panel of my paper I created and place it on. Originally I only had 1 piece there but it didn't look right, thats when I added the second piece and put the small gap between. I then stamped forever add it to a black card base and once the glossy accents was dry added it to the card front! 

For this card I took the leftover piece I had from the first card and die cut together. I just love the inlaid die cut look! Can't go wrong. So after I had die cut out of the water colour paper as well I glued down that piece onto the black card front. Pieced the words all together. Had thought about stamping something different but the forever just looks so right! I then trimmed what was left of the piece I had and add them to the card as well just for some extra detail!! 

Hope everyone else enjoyed day one as much as I did!! Looking forward to so much more inspiration!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Chera~

Supplies:

Paper: watercolour paper, black

Ink: versa mark, black

Stamps: wplus9 quilt prints, wonderful words together

Accessories: heidi swapp colour shine bronzer and gold, together die (pit), glossy accents

Christmas Bliss

First off I just have to say that I am so excited for this new Wplus9 release happening in a couple days!! The sets are just amazing and I can't wait to get my hands on them!!! And I'm also loving how they are doing their release!! They have a video technique each day that they showcase a new set. This card was inspired by the first day sneak peak here doing the bokeh made easy technique!

There were a couple things I did a little different on this card with regards to the sentiment. I had originally just stamped the black on the background once I was finished. However I didn't think it popped enough so I went over the image again with versa mark ink, then added clear embossing powder to give it a little more shine and bump it up!! 

Please make sure you go and check out Dawns wonderful video it is worth it! I just love all the detail this card has and how easy it was to achieve!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Chera~

Suppies:
Paper: watercolour paper, wild wasabi
Ink: rangers archive black, versa mark, white pigment ink
Stamps: christmas bliss (stampin up)
Accessories: water colour paint, brushes, sequins, clear embossing powder, homemade stencil (like in Dawns video)

Hello embossing!

Hello everyone!! Hope everyone had a great week and is looking forward to a lovely weekend! I know we are! Nice and hot here!!

Todays card has a couple of inspirations. First off this weeks Clean and Simple sketch that I design for as well as this wonderful video from non only that Jennifer McGuire. 

This card took  me a few attempts…I was moving colours around to see what worked..then on this last one I decided to grab which ever ink was closest and work my way out! Turned out not to bad I don't think ;) There was really no rhyme or reason to where I stamped or decided to over lay I just went for it!! After all the stamping of the triangles was done I wanted to matt this piece so instead of digging through my stash of paper I decided to use the purple ink I had used in the triangles. So I got out an ink blending tool and inked up the sides of the paper then adhered the top piece. In the clean and simple sketch there is a bow over top of the sentiment..I wasn't really sure that a bow would work with the geometric look I had going on, so I grabbed my white twine and started wrapping a left over piece I had. Then added a small bow…now onto the sentiment. My first attempt at the sentiment it was grey and I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder, but once I had glued it onto the card it didn't pop again. And I used some pretty heavy duty adhesive so she wasn't coming off..so I took another die cut hello inked it black then did the same thing with the clear heat embossing and glued it on over. This card is also for the this weeks Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. But when it was all put together I looked it over and thought it needed some more embossing to it! So I took out the single triangle stamp from the set and picked a few random ones to clear emboss over! Its a very subtle detail but I love when it sparkles in the daylight.

I hope you enjoy todays card! Thanks so much for stopping by

Chera~

Supplies:

Stamps: wplus9 just geometrics

Ink: wplus9 appletini, blossomberry, lake house, sweet gelato, sweet nectar, black

Paper: white, smokey slate

Accessories: hand lettered hello die, clear embossing powder, white string

Happy Anniversary!

I've been working on some anniversary cards for an order. And I don't know what is it about them that I get all worked up about. Suppose it could be the fact that the majority of cards made are birthdays and thank yous, so this one seems ever so intimidating!

I decided I wanted to make my own background by stamping. I don't have a whole lot of options for this so I pulled out an oldie from Fresh Squeezed stamps (sadly they are no longer around). I really like the way this stamp gives the paper a textured look! after stamping the first stamp in the middle of the card front I then pulled out the anniversary stamp. I could have made stamping that much easier by cutting the words apart but I'm just not brave enough yet to do that!! So I covered the word I wasn't stamping with washi tape inked up and stamped er down. After both happy and anniversary were stamped I knew where to stamp the about background leaving the white space there. Once that part was done I die cut the flowers and leaves stamped on them, then adhered it to the card base. Looks like a lot more work then it really was!!

Hope you enjoy and thanks so much for stopping by!

Chera~

Supplies:

Paper: white, old olive

Ink: appletini, cranberry crush, silver lining, old gold, wild mango, bloomsberry Wplus9

Stamps: spring blooms, basic banners, background check

Accessories: spring blooms dies