Friendy Flip Card (is "friendy" a word?)

Some blues were the inspiration for my card today, and specifically the inspiration from Inkspirational.

I had a card kit that had a pattern that came right to mind.

I do go a bit from the blue to a bit of blue violet, but tried to keep my elements all in blue!

And I do love this inside sentiment! I want to sing it to a particular tune. 

Lots of Pink & Main supplies for this card. 

Get creative!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Hello My Sweet Friend Flip Card

Stamps and Dies: Circle Flip Card Die and Hello Sentiments (Pink & Main); Everyday Sentiments Banner (Lawn Fawn);

Ink & Embossing: Mardis Gras, Fiesta Blue, Suede Shoes,  and Serenade (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: White Cardstock, Watercolor Pattern Paper and Specialty Paper (Pink & Main); White Glitter Cardstock (Close To My Heart);

Other: Exclusive Confetti Mix  (Pink & Main); Frostbite Astro Base (Ranger Simon Hurley);

Meow!

The inspiration photo at the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge made me super hungry. Well, maybe not hungry, but wanting to get some cookies to stock up on for Valentine's Day. I love a good frosted sugar cookie.

Here is my card . . . 

And here is the inspiration . . . 

I used that heart shape and the colors to create my card today. I created my own background with ink blending, stamping and some glittery die cut images. 

What's not to love about a card inspired by cookies? 

Debbie

Supplies Used - Meow

Stamps and Dies:  Heart Frames Dies, Newton's Antics Stamps, and Woof Pack Dies (Newton's Nook);

Ink & Embossing: Rockin' Red, Cotton Candy, Pixie Dust (Catherine Pooler Inks); Jet Black (Lawn Fawn); Copic Markers

Paper: White Cardstock (Scrapbook & Cards Today); Black Glitter Cardstock (Spellbinders); various scraps of glitter cardstock from my scrap stash

It's Snow Time

My card today was inspired by Just Add Ink. The prompt was to:

Snow and a skiing bunny . . . that's certainly seasonal!

I stamped tone on tone on my card base. My torn, snowflake background was created using some shaving cream and reinkers, along with some metallic paint. I do love this technique, but it's a bit messy. Winter is messy too! 

My skiing bunny was a watercolor image from Catherine Pooler Designs.

I hope you find some time to get messy and inky!

Debbie

Supplies Used - It's Snow Time

Stamps and Dies:  Bunny Slopes Stamp Set and Dies and Cuddle Weather Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight, Mint To Be, Melon Ice, It's a Boy (Catherine Pooler Inks); Elementary Midtones and Hair & Skin Tones Highlight Pigmented Watercolor Pencils (Nuvo); 

Paper: Coastal Cabana Cardstock (Stampin' Up); Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler); Watercolor Paper (Canson);

Other: Snowflake Stencil (Pretty Pink Posh); St. Cloud  Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);  

Happy Everything

Monochromatic cards are a favorite of mine. The color combination at Color Dare hooked me right in, and I got inky quick. 

For this card, to get some shades in, I used white pigment ink. I love the results here. It allowed me to get several shades.

For this card, to get some shades in, I used white pigment ink. I love the results here. It allowed me to get several shades. The depth of the embossing folder contributed to the contrast.

Try your hand at something monochromatic. Never a disappointment.

Debbie

Supplies Used  - Happy Everything

Stamps and Dies: All Together Happy Occasion Stamps and Dies, Bits and Blooms Stamps and Dies (Taylored Expressions);

Ink & Embossing:  Coral Cabana (Catherine Pooler Ink); Versafine Black Onyx Ink, Clear Gloss Embossing Powder (Wow); Yeti Ink (Lawn Fawn);

Paper: White Cardstock (Scrapbook & Cards Today); Cantalope Cardstock (The Stamps of Life);

Other: Fluttering Friends 3D Embossing Folder (Taylored Expressions); Gems (Spellbinders);

Encouraging Cards

Today's card is an encouragement theme, inspired by the prompt at Just Us Girls.

I pulled out some old supplies from a Simon Says Stamp kit (purging the boxes in the new year) and on of my favorite sets for encouraging sentiments from Catherine Pooler Designs. I couldn't stop at one, of course, because my goal was to empty the box of cardstock and pattern paper. I have three cards today, all of them centered around encouragement and using the sentiments as the focal points, stamping on pattern papers. 

I used similar layouts on these cards, merely swapping out the patterns, colors, sentiments and stamps. 

Love a good stripe as a border, so for this one used the black and white "words" pattern with the colorful rainbow pattern above that. 

This second one is my favorite, I think because of the bright yellow background. I'm also a fan of those hexagons that were stamped on the background.

And then this final one is basically a portrait flip of the first one. Instead of rainbow colors across, we have them running down the card. 

All super easy and fun cards inspired by encouragement sentiments. And I have an empty box out of my craft room. But the big question . . . did I free up space or just make room more new stuff. 

I'll never tell.

I hope you find some time to create some encouragement today.

Debbie

Stamps and Dies:  Fearless Pursuit Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Cardstock (Simon Says Stamp); "Believe" Collection (Bo Bunny);

Other: Charcoal Sequins and Marigold Jewels (Pretty Pink Posh); 

Winter Greetings

My card today was inspired by the "fence" prompt at Creative Friday. There is something about fences that I just love, especially a good picket fence. It's like a home sweet home thing. 

For this card I started with my fence die and some other items that came with it. I let my pattern papers determine my colors. The strip down the left side matches my birds perfectly. 

One thing I love about Catherine Pooler's pattern papers, they match the inks just perfectly. No guessing required.

Such a fun scene . . . it's reminding me that we need to bring our bird feeder out for the season. 

I hope you have some fun playing with inks and paper!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Winter Greetings

Stamps and Dies:   In Every Season Stamp Set and Dies, White Picket Fence Die, Seasons of Love Sentiment Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Macchiato, Wintergreen, Matcha, Apricot and Spruce (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock and Painted Butterflies Pattern Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs); Dark Brown Woodgrain Cardstock (Lawn Fawn);

Other: Wintergreen Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Snow-rific Birthday, Inspired by "Cold"

A chilly winter card inspired by the Inkspirational challenge. The prompt there was cold, and what's colder than snowmen and snowflakes.

Lots of sparkle and shine on this card. I used a Catherine Pooler set that was perfect for winter birthdays. 

Included a window to capture the inside sentiment. 

Challenge for your day . . . create something sparkly and cold! 

Debbie

Supplies Used - Snow-rific Birthday

Stamps and Dies:  Snow-rific Party Stamp Set and Dies, Frosted Window Die, Party Tags Die, (Catherine Pooler Deisngs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight, Party Dress, Rockin' Red, In the Park, Something Borrowed (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs); Blue Glitter Cardstock (Stampin' Up);

Other: Diamond Stickles (Ranger); Mykonos Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Until We Meet Again . . .

My card today was inspired by the color inspiration at Color Dare. I had used a stencil to create a bullet journal page, and when I do that I like to spray the panel with water and try to create a watercolor background fitting for a card. I never want waste all that excess ink. This particular stencil was lengthy, so I created a slimline card. 

I turned this one into a sympathy card for a pet, as it seemed like the perfect rainbow bridge card. I'm always needing some of those, and while I don't love the occasion, I do love how this card turned out. 

I love how the sweet little dog is just sitting on the cloud. I may have to intentionally create some additional panels like this one. 

Give this a try when you have your next inky stencil. It will often surprise you.

Debbie

Until You Meet Again Slimline Watercolor Rainbow

Stamps and Dies:  Rainbow Bridge Stamp Set; Top Dog Stamp and Die Set (Pink & Main and 2Cute);

Ink & Embossing:  Versafine Black Onyx Ink; Party Dress, Orange Twist, Tiara, Lime Rickey, All That Jazz, Flirty Fuchsia, Twilight (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: White Cardstock (Scrapbook & Cards Today); Watercolor Paper (Canson);

Other: Clear Confetti (Concord & 9th); Rainbow Confetti (Pretty Pink Posh); Over the Rainbow Stencil (Catherine Pooler Designs); Diamond Stickles (Ranger); Silver Shimmer Trim (Close To My Heart);

Let's Have a Ball

I needed to break out of Christmas card mode, so I made a winter themed birthday card and knew just the stamp set to make that happen. The colors and snowy theme were inspired by Cupcake Inspirations. 

This little snow dude is surrounded by snowflakes and loads of glimmer which I tried to capture below.

Who wouldn't want a juggling snowman to celebrate a birthday?

Glitter something today!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Let's Have a Ball

Stamps and Dies:  Snow-rific Party Stamp Set and Dies, Party Tags Die, Snow Many Flakes Dies (Catherine Pooler Deisngs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight, In the Park, Something; Borrowed (Catherine Pooler Inks); 

Paper: Premium White Cardstock and Snowday Birthday Pattern Paper Pack (Catherine Pooler Designs); Glitter Cardstock (Close To My Heart); 

Other: Diamond Stickles (Ranger); Mykonos Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs); 

Holly Jolly Christmas

My card today was inspired by the colors at Color Dare. 

I used an old 6 x 6 Christmas pack from Bo Bunny. I matched my inks in my tree to the greens in the paper, attempting to get variation in color from one side to the other. 

Hoping stamps and dies are under my tree.

Hope your day includes some creating. 

Debbie

Supplies Used - Have a Holly Jolly Christmas

Stamps and Dies:  Falala Fringe Stamp Set and Dies (Concord & 9th);

Ink & Embossing:  Embossing Pad, Golden Glow Embossing Powder, Opaque Bright White and Pure Platinum Embossing Powder (Wow); Deck the Halls and Martini (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper:  White Cardstock (Park Lane Paperie); Mistletoe Pattern Paper (Bo Bunny); Gold Glitter Cardstock (The Paper Studio);

Other: Gold Smooth Disc (Spellbinders);

Chillin' With My Gnomies

The Inspired By challenge this week included a gnome. I pulled from an old stamp kit with a gnome die from Simon Says Stamp to create my card. 

I love paper piecing; like inlaid dies, I find it similar to a jigsaw puzzle and love putting all the pieces together. 

Who doesn't need a glittery beard on a gnome, and a gnome on an action wobble.

I hope you find some time to create today.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Chillin' With my Gnomies

Stamps and Dies:  Gnome for the Holidays Stamp Set and Little Gnome Wafer Die (Simon Says Stamp)

Ink & Embossing: Midnight (Catherine Pooler Ink)

Paper: Kringle & Co. Pattern Paper (Photoplay); Schoolhouse Red Cardstock (Simon Says Stamp); Solar White Cardstock (Neenah);

Other: Action Wobble Mini; Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (Stampin' Up); Black Shimmer Trim (Close To My Heart); 

Treats for Lawn Fawnatics Challenge

I love cookies! I think they are likely my favorite treat, even over candy, cakes and pies. So they were my pick for the current Lawn Fawnatics challenge. Since the holidays are upon us, I also decided to go with a holiday card. 

I crated a few cookies for inside my shaker, and I dropped a few "candies" in the jar as well. 

As much as I love cookies, I never make cookies. I feel like I never want to open that door to have them around. Every year I say I'm going to make them, and I never do. Perhaps this will be the year. 

My favorite cookie is the Russian Teacake . . . those little round snowballs of delicious salty/sweet. 

What's your favorite?

Debbie

Supplies Used - Peace Joy Love (and cookies)

Stamps and Dies:  How You Bean Stamp Set and Dies, How You Bean Christmas Cookie Add-on Stamps and Dies and Simply Wavy Banner Dies (Lawn Fawn);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks); Tuxedo Black (Memento) and Copic Markers; White Pen (Marvy);

Paper: Daisy White Cardstock (Close To My Heart); Knit Picky Fall Pattern Paper (Lawn Fawn); Gumball Green (Stampin' Up); Acetate (Newton's Nook); Red Glitter Paper (Close To My Heart);

Other: Very Cherry Sprinkletz (Buttons Galore and More); Merry Christmas Confetti Mix (Pretty Pink Posh); Cookies and Cream Twine (Catherine Pooler Designs); 

Sympathy Card Inspired by Little Red Wagon

Oh my - it's been a while! Just a day over four months. While I was away from posting, I wasn't away from crafting. I just had a bit of a cataract issue to deal with, and things were a bit blurry when looking at the computer screen.

Getting back into the swing of being challenged and today finding inspiration from Little Red Wagon. Sad songs, and so a sympathy card.

I embossed my design on white cardstock and then used the coordinating stencil to add some color to the images. I tried to keep things light so it would look a bit like watercolor. 

Hoping I can keep the trend going with posting regularly, and certainly hope anyone reading this finds some time to create today.

Debbie

Supplies Used - With Deepest Sympathy

Stamps and Dies: Floral Laurel Embossing Folder, Stencil and Stamps (Altenew);

Ink & Embossing:  Garden Party and Pixie Dust Ink (Catherine Pooler Designs); Pimento and Honeysuckle Ink (Concord & 9th);

Paper:  White Cardstock (Scrapbook & Cards Today); Kiwi Cardstock (Hero Arts); 

Other: Clear Confetti (Concord & 9th); 

Another Ruff Day Design

I had the critters still on my desk from a few days ago when I created another card, so a CAS card for CAS on Friday seemed to be right in front of me.

Similar pups and sentiment that I used the other day, but a completely different look. Dogs on parade commiserating with you about a "ruff" day - who doesn't need that? 

If you have a furry friend in your life, tell them I said hello!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Heard You Had a Ruff Day, Sending Pawsitive Vibes

Stamps and Dies:  Bow Wow Dies (Photoplay); Newton's Kite Stamp Set (Newton's Nook); Simply Celebrate Pets Stamp Set (Lawn Fawn);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Bow Wow Pattern Paper (Photoplay); White Cardstock (Park Lane); Licorice Cardstock (The Stamps of Life);

Other: Black Smooth Discs (Spellbinders); 

Masculine Shaker - Out of This World

Tonight's inspiration came from Little Red Wagon's prompt for a masculine card. For this card I pulled out a set from Pretty Pink Posh.

I kept my colors masculine, which is easy when it's space themed! I had fun with the little shaker windows. Shakers are always fun!

If you haven't created a shaker recently, you should definitely shift gears. They can be magical!

Shake it up! 

Debbie

Supplies Used - You're Out of This World

Stamps and Dies:  Stacked Squares Dies and Outer Space Stamp Set and Die (Pretty Pink Posh);

Ink & Embossing:  Jet Black (Lawn Fawn); Copic Markers; Black Jack (Catherine Pooler Ink);

Paper:  White Daisy Cardstock (Close To My Heart); Vintage Dots Pattern Paper (Simple Stories); Acetate (American Crafts);

Other: Clear Star Gel Pen (Sakura); Star Duo Stencil (Dare 2B Artzy); Starry Galaxy Mix (Pretty Pink Posh);

Ruff Day for Freshly Made

My card today was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches. I flipped the sketch for this one and went portrait (because I needed all the dogs). Here is the card . . . 

This particular card included paper and dies to match a stamp set. I only used the stamp set for the bone borders top and bottom. The rest of the card is all paper. 

I find that when working with matching paper/dies, you get a tremendous amount of dimension if you cut dies from white cardstock and stack your paper images on top. The images are sturdier, and it makes them pop. 

Love the message this card sends - perfect for dog lovers.

Go be creative!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Heard You Had a Ruff Day

Stamps and Dies:  Bow Wow Stamp Set and Dies (Photoplay);

Ink & Embossing:  Buttercream (Catherine Pooler Ink);

Paper: Bow Wow Pattern Paper (Photoplay); White Cardstock (Scrapbook & Cards Today);

Other: Washi Tape from Stash; Clear Sparkling Confetti (Pretty Pink Posh); 

Heat Embossing Goodness!

Another holiday card today, and this one was inspired by the challenge prompt at Christmas Card Throwdown. The current challenge is a technique challenge to use foil or hot embossing. I went with heat embossing for my card, and I used both gold and clear.

I have a number of sets with holiday lights. I used a Stampin' Up set in my stash that came with a punch. My gold embossing is in the center ring, in the base of the bulbs, the sentiment, and the edges of the cardstock panel. 

I used the clear embossing for each of my bulbs, stamping them with varying colors of ink and then triple embossing them with clear embossing powder to get the maximum shine.

Time-consuming, but worth the results for these bulps. 

Heat-gun goodness. Nothing more satisfying than melting embossing powder.

Debbie

Supplies Used - Friends Make the Season Shine Slimline

Stamps and Dies:  Making Christmas Bright and Making Every Day Bright Stamp Sets (Stampin' Up);

Ink & Embossing:  Embossing Powder, Clear Gloss Regular Embossing Powder (Wow); Cranberry Fizz, Martini, Glitz, Glam, Dress Blues, Uptown and Flame Ink (Catherine Pooler Inks);

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

Other: Christmas Bulb Builder Punch (Stampin' Up); Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Design); 

Joy to the World - Color Inspiration

Today's card was inspired by Color Dare Challenge, where the colors led me to a holiday card. I tried to keep the colors as subtle as the image and have more greenery than the pinks. 

Pinkfresh Studios has such a great suite of products, and these were from a holiday event a few years ago.

I really enjoyed creating with this set. I hope you find time to enjoy the sets in your stash.

Be creative! 

Debbie

Supplies Used - Joy to the World

Stamps and Dies:  Art Deco Frame, Christmas Sentiments Stamp Set and Dies, Snowflakes Die, Berry Brach Stamps Set and Dies (Pinkfresh Studios);

Ink & Embossing:  Embossing Pad and Cream on the Top Embossing Glitter (Wow); Rose Petals, Peppermint Scrub, Sage, Spruce (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: White Cardstock (Scrapbook and Cards Today); White Glitter Cardstock (Close To My Heart);

Other: Ballet Slimmer Dies (Pinkfresh Studios);