Wedding Cards

 So, this morning when I got to work I was informed I "need" to bring Wedding Cards to work on Thursday... and I have a few but, not much and the person who wants to pick through them has already seen the ones I have left over from the last booth so... the things laying around the table got pressed into quick cards this evening. the Mr & Mrs is from Kaiser Craft Something Blue set and the special day is from My Favorite Things Birthday Greetings set. 
 Both of these sentiments were stamped with Versafine on Neenah and die cut a long time ago.
The Peony is from the Ellen Hutson Mondo Peony set stamped with some Avery Elle Pixie and Lemon grass pigment inks and colored with Polychromos pencils. The circle is an Lawn Fawn stitched circle frame die and the printed woodgrain paper is from a My Minds Eye pad. This is 6" square in real life.

 A closer look at the coloring, what I like about the blooms in all the mondo sets I have so far from Ellen Hutson is, I think when I color it is very easy for me to do that Flicking swishing type coloring so, its easier to leave a white space for a highlight on things like petals when you have a bigger space to begin with.

 Now this is how it ended up because during the flip it over and glue phase my first 5 sequins decided to move... so when I pried them up to move them back... the wrong spots were visible... so the save was to just dump more sequins on... ( I am laughing, they always look silly to me when I do them and OK when other people use them) these are from the Lucy's card line from the color called vintage chic.

 This is an Emma Background from Simon Says Stamp heat embossed with WOW gold on an old piece of Basic Grey printed paper and colored slightly with a couple of ( white and pink) pencils and a white gel pen the other day) the sentiment is from the Avery Elle oh happy day set. die cut with a Lawn fawn every day sentiment banner die. The white bumps on the edges are from Recollections. This one is also 6" square in real life. And then I thought you know you really should have at least one white on white card in the stash, its always so elegant...

 And so, I heat embossed a few of these Prickley Pear butterflies with WOW gold powder on some PTI vintage cream card and cut them with scissors. I later traced around the edges with some gold krylon pen to cover the exposed edges knowing I would most likely only glue down the bodies and not the wings.  I did a wedding card a few years ago as a gt assignment for Prickley Pear and it was one my favorite things I made for them. ( you can see that here) so, I wanted to do something similar but, not the same. And I pulled out this Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Scandinavian Background Die ( you can see below) and this Penny Black best wishes die... and it just did not quite fit so, then I pulled out this Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles die and just cut the oval from the center from that set because, its a smidge longer than the center of the Sue Wilson die and that worked.

So, the frame is up on foam pop dots and the gold pearls on the butterflies bodies are from Recollections. and this one is very shimmery in real life, the base is a pre-made Carmel shimmer ( A-7) and the lacy background was cut from some Stardream Opal and the best wishes was cut from some Bazzill mirror gold paper. and hopefully this will give that lady something she is happy to send out to her niece. The flowers on the butterflies were colored slightly with a couple of zig clean brush markers.

WOYWW # 414 {possibilities}

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I have been slightly better during this round of house remodeling with spending some time up here when the opportunity presents it self. So, I have actually been making a few cards here and there but, some of them sit like so for a while before that free time happens. I think sometimes the longer you have to think about things and or push the pieces around sometimes in my mind those become better cards that I do than ones I hurry through. not every time but, mostly with tricky challenges you know what I mean? So the one on the far left, its what I started out doing when I made the other card last week with the darker colored peony. the flag just has those die cut sitting on it as a possibility and the Emma background was something that was colored real quick after work a couple of days ago. the white gem had fallen off the package and was upside down on the table by that (dotted washi I am using up I hope holding dies in place mostly) and oh, do you see that little piece of metal near the tape? ( that is a star die off an Avery Elle set that when I cut it apart it when flinging out into the universe... I have searched for months for it and given up and have vacuumed many times since then... the other day it was just sitting on the top of the carpet over by the closet door.
so, just one of those funny things eventually I do find things I have lost in this mess although I really don't lose that much. The kitchen is down to the studs, (except the ceiling tiles are still up) and the demo is moving to the outside walls tonight ( the existing siding has to come off for the insulation foam sheets to go up and such, with new siding replacing it.) the new windows should go in this weekend. then elect. & plumbing ( minor changes) and then you know drywall, putty, paint, flooring then wait on the cabinets. then wait on the sink, then the counters, then the appliances. so,hubs says we are ahead of schedule right now. ( which is good since he is doing the bulk of the demo and I am more of the helper) It's still exhausting though. So, thanks for stopping by and playing along with this hop each week its a nice vicarious mental trips into creativity for me when I can steal the time right now.

a little Sheep-ish

 Just a couple more quickies from things that have been laying on the table... the lamb is from Whipper Snapper designs called This bud's for you. She was colored with pencils a few weeks ago and cut out with scissors. The sentiment is from the dylusions set called shut up and color. just because, the bloom looks like a straw hanging out of her mouth and seriously if you toss anything that blooms ( weeds or what not ) over the fence into the pasture the sheep will stampede to get to eat the blooms first off of what ever you tossed them before they will touch the stems so this is funny to me to see it hanging out of her mouth like this. The frame up on foam dots and is a scrap that was die cut with an Avery Elle postage stamp die a while back during the VSN this is the drop piece from something I made during that time frame. It finished out at A-6 in real life.

 A closer look at the coloring, done with some pencils.

 Now this one was a surprise. the image is from Stampington & Co. The name of the stamp is Leave them alone they'll come home. and I think its retired but, I found it on Amazon a long time ago and was so excited to see a "new" sheep image I jumped on it and then was very surprised on how small it is after it arrived... So, it sat for a long time. This is an A-7 sized card in real life. the image was colored with some pencils and has some glitter gel pens around the stars but, its sat here a long time because, it really is small and I really have no clue about what kind of a card it will be so, most likely it will go into the "note card" section and head to the booth.

A closer look at the image and yes, it does have some wax bloom going on I was trying to deepen the colors and got carried away with adding the layers. This panel is up on foam pop dots. This image has been waiting so long to be used I have forgotten its real name and I have to search for it, as it is also not in the ever note file yet either ( sorry ) and yes, I spent a bunch of time looking for it... I will find it eventually and edit this post.

Warm & Fuzzy Feeling

 A while back I had colored this lamb with some pencils one day at work. It's from the My Favorite Things farm friends set and today when hubs snuck outside to go play in his greenhouse it became a quick card... I used the waffle flower lacy layers A-7 dies to cut it and the mat under it. the printed paper is an older one from Daisy D's, the ribbon is from May Arts and the mulberry paper is unknown, I tore the bottom edge to give it that real flyaway fuzzy feel to reinforce the sentiment. This one finished at A-7 in real life.

A closer look, this image is really only slightly larger than a quarter in real life. I did give it a traditional Suffolk color combo. brown face and legs, which is hard for me because, when I try to get even close to the color the sheep are in real life, the images lose the definitions of their faces.  So, its something I work on once in a while the part of my brain that wants things real but, still wants it to be understood and not a brown blob.

Healing Prayers

It seems like there has been more than normal requests for prayers and get well wishes lately all over. knowing that I decided to turn some of the images I had colored last week into a card this evening. this one finished out at 6" square in real life, the printed papers are from the scrap bin, so I no longer remember who made them. The circle frame die cut is from lawn fawn stitched circles frame. The sentiment on this is from the Our Daily Bread Designs Healing Prayers set. Stamped with some black versafine and the Peony is from the Ellen Hutson Mondo Peony Set. stamped with some Avery Elle Pixie & Lemon Grass inks.

A closer look at the Polychromos pencils coloring. The bloom & leaves were all stamped on Neenah solar white and cut with scissors. Thanks for stopping by.

WOYWW # 413 {flags}

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 I had a couple of hours to my self last sunday afternoon and I had been asked to do a RAK with patriotic sentiments a while back so, I started out that day with those stamps on the table. and then I came across this card  and this card that I loved in the featured stamper challenge from Kandie's gallery. so, it all kind of morphed in my head and I ended up with the card below.

 but, when ever I make something messy ( I make a stack of them for later to save some time) these flags are from Unity Stamps ( Ragged old flag) and Our Daily Bread designs old flag background,  and stars and stripes heart they were all done on the misti with watercolor crayons and an aqua brush and a water mister bottle. ( so I did the colors one at a time on each one of them trying for less running of the colors)

 This was how my featured stamper CASE turned out I kept the clean look of the first card and the scored frame of the second and will be popping it in the mail to J today.
We had to take J back to the airport last week and he has successfully moved bases and such and so, it was a whirlwind pit stop for him to be home (as usual) so, the spare room ( that is getting the windowseat and bookshelves) is completely empty and the kitchen I have maybe two more boxes of dishes to pack and the coffee pot and microwave to take out of there and that room is empty also ready for gutting.
we were going to cook in the garage and on the barbecue a lot in our heads but having all the stuff stacked in the garage is already irritating on day one so, the new thought is to put the camper on Tim's truck so we have a mini kitchen to function in while the mess happens. Thanks for stopping by :) your comments really do make me smile.