60 Candles Birthday Card

This 60th Birthday card looks plain on the front, but when its opened there are 60 candles on the inside!  I designed this card using my Cricut and images available in Design Space.

The following was used to make the card:

• Cricut Self-designed card with candle shadow
• Mama Elephant - Make a Wish Stamp Set
• CTMH - Curlicue Alphabet Stamp Set
• MFT - Old Friends Stamp Set
• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink, various pale shades

To make the card, the card was designed in Cricut Design Space and all pieces were cut.  The card was assembled making sure to vary the candle designs.  On the outside of the card, "60" was stamped all over in varying pale shades of ink.  The Happy Birthday sentiment was then stamped.  A sentiment was added to the inside form the Old Friends stamp set to complete the card.

 

Ghostly Halloween

Its become tradition that I make Halloween cards for the Grandkids.  For these cards, I am using my favorite Halloween sets from Mama Elephant and Lawn Fawn:

For the Purple card, I used the following:

• Gina K - Wild Lilac Ink and Card Stock
• Mama Elephant - Boo-tastic Stamp Set
• Lawn Fawn - Spooktacular Stamp Set 
• A Colorful Life - Ghosties Stencil
• Gina K - Small Circle Dies

For the Orange card, I used the following:

• Gina K - Sweet Mango Ink
• Mama Elephant - Boo-tastic Stamp Set
• Lawn Fawn - Spooktacular Stamp Set and Matching Dies
• Copic Markers - C5, C7, C9, Y15, YR12, YR14, YR18, R01
• Wink Of Stella Clear
• A Colorful Life - Ghosties Stencil
• Gina K - Small and Large Circle Dies

To make the cards I first created the background by stenciling the Ghosts. The background was then trimmed to size and matted with black card stock and added to the card base.  The sentiment was added.  The 3 ghosts were stamped and die cut.  These were added to a black circle and added to the purple card with foam squares to complete the card.  The witches hat was stamped, and then masked to add the ghost.  The hat was colored with Copic markers.  The image was cut with a small circle die, and matted with black.  This was added to the orange card with foam squares to complete the card.  

The Purple card was entered in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Spooky. 

Jigsaw Puzzle Bithday Card

So, my grandson loves puzzles, the harder the better!  When I saw the Impression Obsession Puzzle Background die, I knew I needed it for his birthday card.  Of course, I only started the puzzle, and left the remainder for him to complete!

To make this card, I used the following:

• Impression Obsession Puzzle Background Die
• Mama Elephant Make a Wish Stamp set
• Stampendous Detail White Embossing Powder
• Versamark
• Glossy Paper
• Ranger Alcohol Inks

To make the card, I used a background I had made several years ago, using glossy paper and alcohol inks.  I heat embossed the sentiment on the background.  This was then cut using the puzzle die.  I also embossed the die on the front of the card, as a guide for the puzzle.  To start the puzzle, I permanently attached several pieces.  The remaining puzzle pieces were run through an Xyron, with repositionable tape.  These will be mailed with the card.  

Wreath Builder Thank You card

The Wreath Builder is so much fun to use!  I can see that I'll be make many cards using it!  For this Thank You card, I used the Holiday Wreath Builder stamps.  I kept it simple for this card.

I used the following to make the card:
Gina K Wreath Builder Template
Gina K Holiday Wreath Builder Stamps
Mama Elephant Hand Lettered Thanks
Lawn Fawndamentals Wild Rose Ink
Memento Cottage Ivy Ink

Halloween with Lawn Fawn

When I first saw the "How You Bean" stamps and dies by Lawn Fawn, I thought - cute, but I have enough Easter realted stamps.  Then they came out with the Candy Corn add-on.  I knew I had to have that, which of course made me get the "How you Bean" stamps and dies as well!  I mean I can always use more Easter stamp - right?

But for Halloween - this set is great!  Here some of the cards I made:

I used the following to make the cards:

• Lawn Fawn - Candy Corn add-on, stamps and dies
• Lawn Fawn - How You Bean, stamps and dies
• Lawn Fawn - Perfectly Plaid Fall Paper
• Mama Elephant - Bootastic Stamp set
• Copic Markers- C0, C1, C3, Y06, YG07
• Memento - London Fog and Tangelo
• Acetate
• Sookwang double sided tape

To make the cards, I stamped the candycorn in London Fog ink, and then colored them with the Copic Markers.  These were then cut out with the matching dies.  On a piece of light orange paper, I stamped the jar for the How You Bean set.  The lid for the jar was stamped on white paper, colored with Copic Markers and cut with the matching die.  I added double sided tape to the acetate, and cut the jar out.  I then added the Candy Corn to the jar, added the jar cut from the acetate, then the lid to the jar.  The individual Candy Corn was added last.  The panel was then cut to size and added to the plaid background.  The entire piece was added to the card base.  I then stamped the Sentiment from the Mama Elephant Bootastic set to complete the card.

Close ups:

Mama Elephant Halloween Card and a Galaxy Background

Here is the last Halloween card I made with the Mama Elephant Bootastic Stamp Set:

I used a lot of different items to make this card!

• Martha Stewart Happy Halloween Stamp Set
• Mama Elephant Bootastic Stamp Set and Matching Dies
• MFT Small Brick Backgroup Stamp
• Various Distress Oxide Ink
• Versamark
• Stampendous Detailed Black Embossing Powder
• Various Copic Markers
• Lawn Fawn Hippo Ink

To make the card, I first created the Galaxy background for the card.  I made this using a technique shown by Jennifer McQuire (click here to see the details).  While that was drying, I then stamped the small brick background, using the Hippo Lawn Fawn ink.  This was then colored with Fired Brick Distress Oxide Ink.  I then stamped the images from Bootastic, colored them with various Copic Markers, and cut them out with the matching dies.  To the front of an A2 sized card, I added a strip of dark green card stock.  A small portion of the Brick wall was then added.  The Galaxy background was added to the top of the card.  The images from Bootastic were added.  To complete the card, I stamped the bats from the Happy Halloween stamp set, along with the sentiment in Versamark.  Embossing Powder was added and heat set to complete the card.

Another Mama Elephant Halloween Card

Her is another card made with the Mama Elephant Bootastic stamp set and Distress Oxide Inks:

To make this card, I used:

• Distress Oxide Ink
• Mama Elephant Bootastic Stamps and Dies
• SSS Stitched Circle Dies
• Lawn Fawn Spooktacular Stamp set (sentiment)
• Various Copic Markers
• MFT Diagonal Stripes Stencil

To make the card, I stamped and colored the images from Bootastic.  These were then colored with Copic Markers, and then cut with the matching dies.  The card base was made using the MFT stencil and Distress Oxide Ink.  I then changed the direction of the stencil and repeated the process.  The white of the base was a bit to bright, so I added additional Distress Oxide ink over the stenciled areas. A circle was cut using the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Circle Dies, and the sentiment was added. The circle was added to the card base and then the images added to complete the card.

Halloween Card with Mama Elephant

I've used the Mama Elephant Bootastic Halloween stamps several years now. They are perfect for the cards I make for the grandkids.  I also just got the Distress Oxide inks and had to play with them. Here is another card made with these stamps:

I used the following to make the card:

• Mama Elephant Bootastic Stamps and Dies
• Various Copic Markers
• Martha Stewart Happy Halloween Stamps
• Distress Oxide Ink
• Versafine Black Onyx Ink
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

To make the card, I stamped the images from the Bootastic stamp set, colored them with various Copic Markers, and then cut the images with the matching dies.  Distress Oxide Inks were used for the background. The fence, bats and bird from the Happy Halloween stamp set were then added with Verafine Black Onyx ink.  The sentiment was added, and the Bootastic images were added to complete the card.

A Creepy Halloween Card

Here is the last card I made for Halloween this year.

I used the following to make this card:

• Recollection - Halloween Phrases
• Mama Elephant - Bootastic
• Kuretake Gansai Watercolors
• Versafine Black Onyx Ink
• Zing Clear Embossing Powder
• Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles

To make the card, I created the background with the Kuretake watercolors.  I then cut the image with the Stitched Rectangle die.  The sayings were then stamped with Versafine Black Onyx Ink, and then the clear embossing powder was added and heat set.  I used some of the smaller images from the Bootastic stamp set to fill in some of the blank areas.  The entire piece was then added to a card base to complete the card.

Water Coloring Stamped Images

Day 5 of the Watercolor for Card Makers (at Online Card Classes) was water coloring Stamped images. I had a lot of trouble with one of the techniques, and after several tries, I gave up.  I figure once I am more comfortable with water coloring, I'll go back an try it again.

Here are my versions of the cards from Day 5 of the class.  I won't go into specific of how the cards were made (for this you should take the class), but will provide the supplies I used. Here are the 2 cards I made using the techniques from the class.

Card 1:

Card 2:

For the first card, I used: 

• Penny Black All Over Pattern Stamp
• Distress Markers: Mowed Lawn, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon, Peacock Feathers
• Lawn Fawndanmentals: Wild Rose
• Versamark
• Stampendous Detailed White Embossing Powder
• WPlus9 Hand Lettered Thanks Stamp set
• Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles

For the second card, I used:

• Kuretake watercolors #52, #61 (for the background)
• Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils
• Stampendous Wishing Well Stamp
• Mama Elephant - Make a Wish stamp set
• Versfine Black Onyx Ink

Last Halloween Card for 2015

For this card, I used a variety things, CTMH Artbooking Cricut Cartridge, Mama Elephant and Lawn Fawn stamps, and Distress Ink.

For this card, I used the following:

• Close to My Heart Aek & Shriek Stamp Set
• Close to My Heart Artbooking Cricut Cartridge
• Mama Elephant Bootastic Stamp Set
• Lawn Fawn Spooktacular Stamp Set
• Versmark
• Stampendous Detailed Black Embossing Powder
• Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder
• Distress Inks Forest Moss, Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire, Block Soot
• Glossy Accents

To make the card, I sponged the Distress Inks on watercolor paper.  I then spritzed it with water.  I cut the spider web from the Artbooking cartridge and attached it to the card.  I tamped the cat (from Aek and Shriek) and spider (from Bootastic) in Versamark and added Detailed Black Embossing powder and heat set.  I then stamped the tombstones and sentiment (from Spooktacular) in Versmark and added Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder and heat set.  The entire image was added to the card base.  Glossy Accents was added to the spider web to complete the card.

Mama Elephant Bootastic and Lawn Fawn Spooktacular Halloween Card

Here is another Halloween Card I made with the Mama Elephant Bootastic and Lawn Fawn Spooktacular stamp sets.   I found several layouts similar to what I used on Pinterest.  I found that both of these stamp sets work well together.

 

 

For this card, I used:

• Mama Elephant Bootastic Stamp Set and Matching Dies
• Lawn Fawn Spooktacular Stamp Set
• Copic Markers C1, C3, C5, R29, R59, E50, E53, Y06, YR14, E35, Y31
• Versamark
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Stampendous Detailed White Embossing Powder
• Spellbinders Square Dies
• Signo White Pen

To make the card, I stamped the images from Bootastic with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.  These were then colored with Copic Markers and cut with the matching dies.  I then cut 3 squares from a strip of black paper.  and backed the strip with white card stock.  The Halloween boys and girls were then added to the strip.  I stamped the sentiment (from Lawn Fawn Spooktacular) with Versmark Ink on orange card stock.  Detailed White embossing powder was added and heat set. 

 

The black strip, sentiment and spiders were then added to the card base.  I used the White Signo pen for the spider's web.

 

 



Mama Elephant Bootastic Halloween Card

Here is another Halloween Card I made.  This one using Bootastic from Mama Elephant.

For this card I used:

• Mama Elephant Bootastic Stamps and Dies
• Copic Markers C1, C3, C5, R29, R59, E50, E53, Y06, YR14, E35, YR 31
• Stampendous Detailed Black and Enchanted Aubergine Embossing Powders
• Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder
• Martha Stewart Halloween Stamps
• Distress Inks Forest Moss, Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire, Dusty Concord, Black Soot.

To make the card, I first crated the background.  I used watercolor paper and the distress inks like watercolors.  I then stamped the images from Bootastic on white card stock with Memento Black ink.  These were then colored with the Copic markers, and cut using the matching dies.  I added the images to the background I had created.  The fence, bats and sentiment were stamped with Versmark,  Enchanted Aubergine embossing powder was added to the fence, Detailed Black Embossing Powder used for the bats and Liquid Platinum added to the sentiment and heat set.  The entire image was added to the card base.

My first Shaker Card

I've recently seen many shaker cards and decided to make one.  The card is 5.5 x 4.25.

 

 

 

I used the following to make the card:

• Mama Elephant Make a Wish stamp set
• Stampendous Detailed Silver and Gold embossing power
• Spellbinders circle die
• Various colored sequins
• Martha Stewart Iridescent Hearts and Stars glitter

To make the card: 

1. For the front of the card, cut a piece of patterned paper to 5.5 x 4.25. 
2. Using the Spellbinders circle dies, select a die that is large enough for the stamp.  Decide where to cut the circle on the pattern paper, and cut the circle.
3. Stamp the sentiment on the card front (I used the pattern paper as a template as to where to stamp)
4. Back the circle with acetate.
5. From the Make a Wish stamp set, randomly stamp stars with Versamark, and emboss with gold and silver.
6. Using foam tape, tape around the circle, making sure that there are no gaps (or the sequins and glitter will fall out!)
7. I added the sequins and glitter to the card front, making sure that they were clustered around the sentiment
8. Line up the patterned patter to the front of card and attach it firmly.
9. Since it seemed that there was more needed to the front of the card, I added some additional sequins.

Happy Birthday with Mama Elephant

Here are 2 birthday cards I made using the Mama Elephant Make a Wish stamp set.

Both of these cards are 5.25x4.5 and were made with the following:

• Mama Elephant Make a Wish stamp set
• Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles
• WOW Metallic Brass Embossing Power
• Versamark
• Distress Ink Festive Berries, Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn (used for the lighter colored card)
• Pan Pastels 430.5 Magenta, 250.5 Dairylide Yellow, 640.4 Permanent Green Shade (used on the darker card)

To make the cards:

1. For the darker card, I randomly added the Pan Pastels to the card stock, making sure to overlap the color.  The Pan Pastels were then sealed. 
2. For the lighter card, I used watercolor paper, wet it and then randomly added the distress ink. 
3. Once both were dry, I stamped the sentiment with Versamark, then added the embossing powder, and heat set. Both were then cut with Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles.
4. A larger rectangle was used to cut the backgrounds. 
5. All pieces were then added to the card fronts. 

Halloween Card 2

This card was made using the October 31st Cricut Cartridge.  The card is 4 x 5.5

The ghosts and tombstones were cut at 3 inches.  The stamp is from Mama Elephant 'Bootastic' set.