Say Something Nice #2

Here's my second card for the JustRite Say Something Nice Challenge.

I used the following JustRite Stamps:
Black-Eyed Susan Vintage Labels Two  (floral image)
Grand Sentiments (Dear Friend)
Ticking Stripe Background Stamp
Burlap Background Stamp

This is the other image from the Black-eyed Susan set and I painted a few of these. What you can't see is that I painted over the top with Shimmer Spritz then covered the image with TH Distress Glaze. OMG! I love that stuff! Now I don't have to worry about the paintings getting wet ( me spilling stuff) and getting ruined. I also added some distress Stickles to the flower centers. (My other card had no sparkle, I can only control myself for so long! )
You also can't really see the Burlap B'Ground stamp, I used Antique linen ink for it. I just wanted it to tone down the white. It's hard to tell from the photo but the card is not as bright in person, so I was really pleased with the way that stamp worked.
Thanks for looking, and please join in the next JustRite challenge!

Say Something Nice

The JustRite challenge is " Say Something Nice". I actually managed to get two cards done, which as usual I am posting at the last minute. No matter how much time I have, I always seem to wait until the end !

I am a bit obsessed with one particular JR stamp set lately, Black-Eyed Susan Vintage Labels Three, it is so much fun to watercolour the images from it. I also combined two other JR stamp sets to make my sentiment, Grand Sentiments and Extra Grand Sentiments. I used Spellbinders Diamond Effects to make the card front.

Thanks for looking!

Thanks!

Just a quick card that I almost forgot to enter in the Impression Obsession Give Thanks challenge. I just did a regular Thank-you card as Thanksgiving is in October here.

I used watercolor crayons and IO's Floral Lace Heart ( DIE054-S). I hand cut a banner to put the Thanks diecut on. The "Thanks" is from the IO Greetings die set ( DIE174-W).

Feeling Blue -Roses

I like stamps that you get a lot of use out of, and Impression Obsession's Beauty Rose (F8842) is a stamp I love to use. This time I used it for the IO "Feeling Blue" colour challenge.

I love watercolours and this time I used Reeve's and Faber Castell watercolour pencils to colour my blue roses. I used Peerless paints to watercolour the background. I cut a frame with Spellbinders Romantic Rose die and also used that set to cut the card base out of 100 lb Navy blue card stock. The base is a top folding card using the hinge method.
Thanks for looking!

Feeling Blue - Christmas

I can't spend much time on the computer, I think it contributes to my migraines, but I still like to see what Impression Obsession has for a challenge. I also haven't been doing much crafting, but this latest IO challenge really appealed to me, and now that I can use two hands again, I made a few cards.
The challenge is called "Feeling Blue" and it's a colour challenge. I love blue, so this was easy!

My first card is a Christmas card.

The card front is made from watercolor paper, which is painted with Twinkling H2O's. The colour is Ocean Wave, and I painted it from light to dark, and added water drops and sprinkles of white paint. I die cut the sentiment from the IO Holiday Top Word Edgers set (DIE232-M). There is a piece of acetate behind the words joining the two front pieces together. The front is raised on foam tape, so the acetate provides support for the letters.
The larger deer was cut out of the front and inlaid back in white. I had meant to inlay the tree as well, but I got distracted and forgot, so I ended up cutting the deer shape out of the tree so I would get a perfect fitting tree around the deer. The second deer is raised up. The deer are from the IO Small Deer set (DIE117-C) and I never get tired of finding ways to use them. The tree is from the IO Evergreen Trees set of three (DIE217-E).
All in all, a pretty simple card that will be easy to mail.

Feeling Blue - Patterned Paper

I LOVE patterned paper, and it is #1 on my No Buy list. I have way too much and I don't have a clue as to what I'm ever going to do with it! I have piles of 6x6 pads, that I thought I would make beautiful cards with, and I almost never use it. I actually prefer to make my own backgrounds. Every card I make with patterned paper has been a struggle. I love the papers, but I really just don't know what to do with them! I am determined to use up some of paper. I swore I would use patterned paper on all my Xmas cards, so naturally the first Xmas card has a painted background. *sigh*
I have a sweet Impression Obsession die set that I hadn't used yet, and I decided it would be perfect to use with patterned paper for the Impression Obsession colour challenge "Feeling Blue". I am quite pleased with the way it turned out. (Although that may not be about the finished card, it could just be because blue makes me happy!)

 I used a very old K&Co paper pad and cut all my patterned pieces from it, including the coffee pot and cup from the IO Coffee Set (DIE198-Q). I reversed the direction of the cup, so I could get the flower on the paper to be right side up and match the pot, but it would normally face the other way. The coffee beans were cut from that same die set. I was going to add a sentiment, but I think I'll hold off until I want to use this card. I have too many cards that don't work for what I want them to.
Judging from the miniscule amount of paper I used on this card, I'm going to need to live another 100 years in order to make enough cards to put a dent in my stash!