Be My Valentine Heart Confetti

I love mixing colors together, and the color combination at The Paper Players was so friendly, I just had to play along. 

I did pull in some additional shades of two of the colors for some contrast in my hearts. 

Fabulous combination of colors!

I hope you find some time to create today.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Be My Valentine

Stamps and Dies:  Two Part Hearts Stamp Set and Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Glitz, Uptown, It's a Girl, Party Dress, Black Jack, Aquatini, In the Park (Catherine Pooler Ink);

Paper: White Cardstock (Scrapbook and Cards Today);

Other: Rehoboth Beach Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs) and Unicorn Stickles (Ranger); 

Sending Love

Red and pink were the Inkspirational prompt, and it indeed inspired me. Queue the red and pink inks with my balloon stencil!

A simple card with layered balloons and the added element of a few balloon dies.

Happy creating!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Sending Love

Stamps and Dies:  Hello Cupcake Stamp, Die and Stencil (Photoplay Say it With Stamps for Let's Stamp Together SCT Magazine); Everyday Sentiment Banners (Lawn Fawn);

Ink & Embossing:  Salt Water Taffy, Worn Lipstick, Lumberjack Plaid Distress Ink (Ranger); Versafine Black Onyx; White Gel Pen (Gelly Roll);

Paper: Daisy White Cardstock (Close To My Heart);

Other: Clear Gloss Regular Ink (Wow); Silver Diamant Thread (DMC); 

 

Good Coffee . . . Great Friends

 I do adore my creative time with shaving cream and ink . . . consider it like the cream in my coffee!

Today's card was inspired by the challenge at Creative Friday - Cafe. No matter what coffee shop I go to, the warm cup and sleeve are so inviting to grab, and amazing coffee brewing smells are incredibly comforting. 

I just love the look of those coffee beans, which is where the shaving cream and inks came into play. When I do this technique, I always wish I did it more often. It's a messy one, but it's so fun to see the marbled results.

My coffee cups made me want to hit the local coffee shop for a latte. Yum!

Make some coffee or make something crafty. And have fun!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Good Coffee

Stamps and Dies:  Joe to Go Stamp Set and Dies (Taylored Expressions);

Ink & Embossing:  Grass Skirt, Rockin' Red, Icing on the Cake and Orange Peel (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Solar White and Desert Storm Cardstock (Neenah);

Other: By the Beans Stencil (CAS-ual Fridays); Iridescent Preo Gold Acrylic Paint (Pebeo Studio); Celebration Confetti Mix (Pretty Pink Posh); 

Monochomatic for Color Dare

I love purple, so the opportuntity to create something in those hues makes me happy. Purple was the color at Color Dare Color Challenge. 

My inks are a bit more muted, as I used the Spa Collection of inks from Catherine Pooler. But they're so beautiful together!

I do love that the Catherine Pooler paper pack and inks work so beautifully together.

Nothing like some monochromatic goodness.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Thinking of You

Stamps and Dies:  Flourished Butterflies (Catherine Pooler Designs); Stitched Frame (Lil' Inker);

Ink & Embossing:  Merlot, Serene, Crushed Violet (Catherine Pooler Inks); Embossing Pad and Halo Embossing Glitter (Wow);

Paper:  Premium White Cardstock and Paper Hearts Pattern Paper Pack (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Other: Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Sending "Puffy Hearts" Your Way

I love an opportunity to create my own dimensional elements. Today's card was inspired by the Inspired By challenge, where "puffy hearts" were showcased.

My hearts may not be stuffed with fluff, but I do love to bulk items up with Glossy Accents from Ranger, and then sprinkle on the glitter. It gives so much dimension.

They remind me of plump sugary gum drops. Puffy hearts!

Make someting puffy!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Sending a Little Sunshine Your Way

Stamps and Dies:  April Showers and Notes of Love Stamp Sets and Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Uptown, Aquatini, In the Park, Glitz, Party Dress, It's a Girl (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock and Lots of Love Pattern Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Other: Glossy Accents (Ranger); Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (Stampin' Up); 

Waving Hello

I was inspired by Alphabet Challenge to create an underwater element on my card today, so while the fox and the chick are floating about on the water, the fish are below them doing their own version of floating. I'd like to think they are sharing in the fun. 

I used pattern paper in my scrap pile for this card, and pared it up with an adorable Avery Elle stamp set.

Create your own scene today! 

Debbie

Supplies Used - Waving Hello - Fox and Chick over the Fish

Stamps and Dies:  Outside In Scalloped Stitched Rectangle Dies and Everyday Sentiments Banner (Lawn Fawn); Make a Splash Stamp Set and Die (Avery Elle);

Ink & Embossing:  Cummerbund and Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks); Jet Black (Lawn Fawn); Copic Markers; Clear Gloss, Black and White Gel Pens (Sakura);

Paper: Lily White Cardstock (Bazzill); Solar White (Neenah); Scraps of pattern paper from stash;

Other: Cloud Stencil (My Favorite Thinks); Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs); Crystal Stickles (Ranger);

CAS Thanks Card

Sharing a clean and simple floral card using minimal supplies. The card was inspired by the challenge at CAS on Friday. 

I love this set from Scrapbook.com. It's a simple set, but it packs a punch.

I don't do CAS often enough. Love how this one turned out.

Go find something to create! 

Debbie

Supplies Used  - Thanks

Stamps and Dies:  Hello Blooms Dies (Scrapbook.com)

Paper: White Cardstock (Scrapbook & Cards Today); Tropical Teal, Emerald Isle, Cheeky, Bubble Gum, Citrine, Orange, Cobalt (The Stamp Market);

Other: Sparkling Clear Confetti (Pretty Pink Posh);

Just a Little Bling

 I pulled out some old sets to add "just a little bling" to my card, which was the challenge prompt at Just Add Ink.

I kept my bling in my glitter embossed background and my sequins.

And while it's hard for me, I left some white space!

So hard.

Go leave some white space somewhere, and add a bit of glitter.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Hello

Stamps and Dies:  Kaleidoscope Background Stamp, Sealed With a Kiss Stamp Set and Dies, Stitched Rectangle Die, and  Ways to Say Hey Dies Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks); Copic Markers; Embossing Pad and Iced Silver Embossing Glitter (Wow);

Paper:  Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); White Daisy Cardstock (Close To My Heart); Black Cardstock (Hero Arts);

Other: Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs); 

You Are So Sharp

Today's card was created using the inspiration from Lawn Fawnatics Lots of Heart challenge prompt.

I created a heart meadow background for my critters today. 

And I revisited the porcupines from last year . . . was it last year? The critter arrivals all blend together. 

I do love the background this stencil produced.

I hope you find some time to get inky today.

Debbie

Supplies Used - You Are So Sharp

Stamps and Dies:  Outside In Stitched Rectangle, Everyday Banners, Porcupine for You and Porcupine for You Add-on Stamp Sets and Dies (Lawn Fawn);

Ink & Embossing:  Jet Black (Lawn Fawn); Copic Markers; Lime Rickey, Cummerbund and Party Dress (Catherine Pooler Inks); Versafine Black Onyx Ink;

Paper:  White Cardstock (Scrapbook & Cards Today); Solar White (Neenah);

Other: Crystal Glimmer Enamel Stickers (Honey Bee Stamps); Simple Grassy Hillside Border and Heart Garden Stencils (Lawn Fawn); Cloud Stencil (My Favorite Things);

Taking the Positive with the Negative - Take 7

Positive and negative image designs are some of my favorites to play around with. I'm often asked if I ever create multiples of cards. This is about as close as it gets. I just love to create a background and have the output be two completely different cards. 

I created the background piece using a piece of watercolor paper and my rediscovered stash of Ken Oliver Colorbursts. Once happy with the background, I was inspired to use a die by the Crafty Calendar Challenge and pulled one out that I knew could get me a second background with the negative images. 

And so my positive image card for Crafty Calendar Challenge. . . 

I love that the powders provide more intense colors in some spaces. The die does a great job breaking it all up. 

And now the fun began, because creating the second card is like putting a jigsaw puzzle together! Once my images were down, but sentiment was inspired by the Alphabet Challenge prompt which was T is for Thank You.

 It's been quite some time since I posted a positive/negative card. I hope you enjoyed and find some time to create some of your own.

Debbie

Supplies Used - You Always Make Me Smile

Stamps and Dies:  Retro Star Cover Die  and Magnetic Messages Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Samba (Catherine Pooler Inks); Samba, Limoncello, Suede Shoes Colorbursts (Catherine Pooler and Ken Oliver);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); Watercolor Paper (Canson)

Other: Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler)

Supplies Used - Thank You

Stamps and Dies:  Retro Star Cover Die and Jolly Thanks Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Carnivale Color Burst by Ken Oliver (Catherine Pooler); Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); Watercolor Paper (Canson);

Other: Celebration Confetti Mix (Pretty Pink Posh); 

Paper Pieced Stamped Image

I'm a huge fan of paper piecing. Whether it's stamping and fussy cutting, or it's die cutting and creating pieces to layer . . . COUNT ME IN! It's like a puzzle to me.

I was inspired by Little Red Wagon's challenge suggestion of "piece" which was paper piecing. And so today I'm sharing this card that is a combination of paper piecing dies, and paper piecing stamped images. 

The background is paper piecing some pattern paper pieces into a background die. The images of the scissors is cutting and pasting the scissor blades and the handles, which were stamped and then layered onto the solid die cut image. I colored that image with a blender pen and coordinating inks. I just love the pop of dimension.

Do all the piecing and have fun.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Our Friendship is a Cut Above

Stamps and Dies:  Xanadu Coverplate Die and Desktop Treasures (Catherine Pooler Designs); Nesting Circle Dies (Hero Arts); Mini Slimline Die (Pinkfresh Studio);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight, Be Mine, Tiara, Lime Rickey and Fiesta Blue (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Accent Opaque Cardstock; Sketchbook Pattern Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs); Brushed Silver Cardstock (Spellbinders); Black Cardstock (American Crafts);

Other: Onyx Pearls (Pretty Pink Posh); 

Black and White 50th Card

Happy New Year!

Creating along with the Color Throwdown challenge. 

What's not to love about black, grey and white. I'm often reminded of the opening scenes in Wizard of Oz, but I do find it's fun to create in black and white.

I used an old set for this one with the balloons that you could only imagine being much more colorful. Balloons are usually always colorful, unless you're celebrating a milestone birthday. 

I used a mix of supplies for this one! I hope you can get your mix going and create something.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Don't Let Turning 50

Stamps and Dies:  Happy Birthday Stamp Set and Die (Photoplay for Scrapbook & Cards Today); Aging Stamp Set (Stampendous);

Ink & Embossing:  Jet Black (Lawn Fawn); Copic Markers; Embossing Pad and Diamond Splash Embossing Glitter (Wow);

Paper: Accent Opaque Cardstock; Solar White (Neenah); Pattern Paper (The Stamps of Life); Disco Ball Paper (Reminisce);

Other: Motor City Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Design);