An Inspired Egg

 

I was Inspired By a couple things for this Easter Card. I've seen entries my sister made for the #InspiredbyChallenge as well as a (much cuter) card with a detailed die cut used for a decorative egg by #sarahsstampinretreat. The lavender card stock, ribbon, background stamp and Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment was from Stampin' Up! The gold card stock came from my stash, the egg was another alcohol ink experiment that I finally put to use and the Momenta die was a bargain I found at Hobby Lobby.

Happy Birthday, Lawn Fawn!

I made this card for  Lawn Fawn Challenge #144 All Things Birthday, and originally posted it to my Instagram account, but couldn't get that to link up to the InLinkz group for some reason (I'm technologically challenged, and didn't want to ask my son for help since I plan to give him this card).  I put so much love into this over the past several days, it has to go to someone I love very much!

Supplies: Lawn Fawn Baked with Love, Not a Creature was Stirring and Love Poems (Look Inside) stamps, Lawn Fawn Magic Picture Changer and Oven add-on dies, Lawn Fawn Spiffy Speckles and Really Rainbow paper, Stampin' Up! Barely Banana card stock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Tim Holtz Fossilized Amber distress ink, various Copic markers, acetate, Wink of Stella clear glitter,  Liquid Pearls Onyx Black, Glossy Accents with random blue and silver card stock from my stash.

I can't get the video to load here, so check out my Instagram Post for the cool, magic baking cupcakes at:  https://www.instagram.com/georgia_jayhawk/

 

Always here for you

 I made this card for Simon Says Stamp's Things with Wings challenge. The large butterfly is one of my favorite stamps since it makes such a great card-filler and can be done in unlimited color combinations.  This time, I chose to emboss not only the details, but the colored parts as well, adding some embossing glaze, and layering the body to make it pop out. I decided to layer it on a pierced background I use for many occasions. There are always people who need some encouragement and I hope this card will brighten the day of one in particular.

Supplies: Pink & Main Dearest Friend stamps, Versafine Onyx Black ink, Simon Says Stamp Detail Ringlet Plate and black card stock, Studio 18 rhinestones, Stampin' Up So Saffron ribbon and card stock, Neenah Solar White card base, Copic markers, Tim Holtz Saltwater Taffy embossing glaze, Versamark and Ranger embossing pen. 

A Pizza My Heart

This Valentine's Day I chose to forego hearts, roses, and even chocolate (not in real life, of course)! My son was giving me a hard time for making more than one Valentine card, but I insisted that this holiday gave the perfect excuse to share my love for multiple people and I set out to make something really cheesy to express my heartfelt wishes for family and friends this season!  

One of the things I like most about paper crafting is the ability to tailor-make cards for each recipient. The one for my daughter included a huge chunk of cheese, my mom's card included a dimensional cookie jar on the shelf (also from Hero Arts), my son's pizza was plain pepperoni with a take-out box from Lawn Fawn's Pizza My Heart set, while my husband had mushrooms and green peppers on top of a heart-shaped pizza;  each to reflect their taste and our relationship. My brother even commented that he would keep this card on display past the holiday!

I combined some of my favorite stamp and die sets to create this one-of-a-kind card for my crafty sister and put lots of love into it in the process. The oven door even opens to reveal the pizza, ready to eat!

I spent so much time making cards for each recipient and attempting to get them all in the mail on time, that I forgot to take pictures of the finished products Thankfully, although her card took forever to arrive and I was beginning to worry it got lost,  my sister sent me photos of the card I sent her! (Thanks, Sis!)! 

I'm glad she did, since I wanted to submit it to Hero Arts' Stay Crafty Challenge.

Supplies: Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit (May 2022) cling background stamp and cover plate fancy die, La-La-Land Pizza My Heart stamps, MFT Stitched Square Stax, Wink of Stella (clear glitter brush) and various Copic markers.

A Big, Shiny Birthday Balloon!

 I made this for My Favorite Things' card challenge of the week.

The Three Mouseketeers (plus one)!

 My Favorite Things' Color Challenge #163 includes some mice from an old Penny Black set (before MFT came out with their cute baking mice) with an MFT background stamp.

Supplies: MFT Happy Birthday background stamp, Penny Black's Critter Party, Memento Tuxedo black ink, Copic markers, random card stock, Ranger glossy accents, Wink of Stella and silver thread.

Herd it's your birthday!

My Favorite Things' Sketch Challenge #532 presented a number of difficulties for me.  I opted to follow the figurative sketch pattern posted by Vanessa Menhorn on the MFT site rather than the shape-specific star design since I found her card so attractive and thought it might work with my farm animals. Then, I tried to figure out how to put everything together without doing a bunch of fussy cutting for physical layers. I first considered stamping the animals on acetate and laying that over the background stamp, but once I mastered stamping in StazOn on the ultra smooth surface and got all the animals masked and layered with a bale of hay and feeding trough,  I soon realized how crazy hard it was to color those images smoothly!  So, after what seems like a dozen attempts, I ended up with fewer images stamped on card stock, masked before adding the background stamp and blending the background, then coloring with Copics. I couldn't locate the balloons I wanted, so I used another set (even though these strings were not as long as I really wanted) and then I made the mistake of squirting way too much glossy accents on them. . .  I nearly didn't post this (ideally the chicks should be further down and the hen shouldn't have a speck on her body); but I spent too much of my Saturday to pretend this didn't happen! At least I learned something from the process and now have a card that is perfect for my friend, Sarah which are two things I appreciate about completing the weekly challenges!

Supplies: My Favorite Things The Whole Herd, Happy Birthday background stamp, Sweet Succulent sentiment, Bentley Bear by Adam Pescott (balloons), Ranger glossy Accents, Copic markers, Memento Tuxedo Black and Versamark ink, Neenah Solar white card stock, Stampin' Up! Marina Mist and Tim Holtz Salty Ocean distress ink, and Recollections Snow white embossing powder.