Card Patterns 118

What a fun sketch! When I saw it I immediately thought landscape. 

 While I was moving things around last week I ran across my stash of rarely used felt from PTI. Lightbulb moment :)  

I freehand cut the felt grass, as well as the paper grass.  The bird is punched from an SU punch. The circle for the sun is also. Those little buttons are SU too.   

 The "thank you" is Unity, as is the frame. The base of the card is PTI Vintage Cream. I wanted more muted colors, and the colors of the felt and buttons worked perfectly. 

Thank you for looking :)  I hope you all have a fantastic day!

Congratulations CPS Card

Congratulations to my sister-in-law who is graduating from college on Friday! I know how hard it is to be an adult college student since I'm one myself. It's a lot of work when you're raising a family. But she finally made it through, and she'll be a teacher now :)

 I love the sketch at Card Positioning Systems this week. It's something I never would have thought of on my own. The papers I used are from October Afternoon. I sponged the edges of all of the papers and the doily. I decided to use the paper ribbon like in my previous post. The sentiment is from Unity's January, 2011 Kit of the Month.  

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Have a glorious day!!!

Girlfriend Card

 Deconstructing Jen has another Deconstructed Sketch on her blog. I flipped it to accommodate this gorgeous Unity Stamp from the May, 2009 Kit of the Month (an oldie, but goodie).

The paper is from Pink Paislee's 365 Degrees. 

 I love the little paper ribbon :) It turned out just how I envisioned. It's hard to see in the pics, but after stamping the image I went over it with black and clear Copic Spica Pens. It leaves a nice little shimmer. 

The Prima flower also has some shimmer. It was very pink, and I needed a more red flower, so I sprayed it with Peppermint Stick Glimmer Mist. The rhinestones are from the Lush line by My Mind's Eye. 

The perfect touch :)

Thank you for popping in! 

Have a most fantastic day!!!

Mojo Monday Sketch

Crate Paper's Restoration Collection is full of gorgeous papers, but I rarely use them. After seeing the Mojo Monday Sketch I decided to make a concerted effort to use it. I am so glad i did! It is such beautiful paper!

 This is a great sketch too! Very fun to do. The end result is great, no matter how you may try to mess it up ;)

 The stamp is from Unity's November 2010 Kit of the Month, Picture Perfect. The inside says. "like how much you mean to me."

I added some Prima Flowers too. I messed with them a little so they didn't look so perfect since the paper is a little shabby. The pink flower wasn't the shade I wanted, so I sprayed it with Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist to tone it down a little. The ribbon was white, and I sprayed it with the Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist also.

The little metal brad is from SU.

Thanks for stopping by! I love company ;) 

I'm off to a grad party. Have a fantastic day!

Happy Card!

 A fun happy card for today. I used the sketch from Card Positioning Systems. 

I know I've said it before, but this Echo Park "For the Record" paper is my fav at the moment! The awesome stamp is UNITY, of course :)

 I sprayed these crocheted flowers with Glimmer Mist. The flowers and buttons are from SU. 

Thanks for stopping by! Feel free to leave a comment ;) 

And have a great day!!!

Original Canvas :)

When I get stressed I go to my craft room. Yesterday was one of those days :/ I was in a really bad mood. I don't know how I created something so bright and cheerful while I was in such a yucky mood, but I did :)

I really enjoyed making this. It's an 11x14 canvas so I was a little nervous.

The papers I used are My Mind's Eye - Bloom & Grow and Fine & Dandy, and Cosmo Cricket - Material Girl.  

The background was done using Faber Castell Gelatos over tissue paper for texture. I used various acrylic paints over the papers. Everything was outlined with a Pilot Permaball pen, and highlighted with a Sharpie Poster Paint Pen in white. A little shading on the stems and leaves were done with a Copic marker. I almost forgot, I used the Unity Worn Grid and Distressed Dots Backgrounds for added texture. And of course, Mod Podge over everything :)

Thank you for looking :) I really enjoyed creating this, and couldn't wait to share it with you!

Have an awesome day!!!

My Unity Place Butterfly

 

My Unity Place has a challenge to make your own background. So I found this butterfly in the February, 2011, Kit of the Month and went to work. I colored the butterflies with Copics (B000, B00, and B02), and went over the outlines with the clear Spica pen. I also went over one entire butterfly, and the sentiment, with the clear Spica.

I cut out the die cut with a die from PTI, then traced the die on black cs and cut the shape out with scissors.

The awesome scroll punch is EK Success.

                                      

 This card is for a sweet friend's graduation :)

Thank you for stopping by. Have a phenomenal weekend!!!