Waves, Bubbles, and Turtles

It has been a bit chilly so I am ready for some warmer beach time.  I’m thinking waves, bubbles, and sea turtles.

This card starts with the Loopy Loop Memory Box Die.  This was cut from white cardstock and layered on a large blue circle, cut with a Spellbinder’s Circle Nestability Die.

The Just for Fun Sea Turtle Seascape was stamped on decorative paper, then die cut with the Loopy Loop Die.  The center section was added to the center of the white die cut on the card front.

The same decorative paper was used for the card background.  The Voice of the Sea sentiment, also from JFF,  was stamped on the bottom of the card.  Some Hero Arts sequins from my stash were added.

Hope you have a fantastic week.

E. Marie

Just For Fun December Challenge

I know we just celebrated Thanksgiving, but December has snuck up on us and it is time for a new challenge at the Just For Fun Blog.  It will be so easy to enter this challenge with the theme of “Happy Everything - Holiday of your Choice”

I am in the Christmas spirit, so I am sharing a Christmas card.  Just for Fun Rubber Stamps has this new image, Silhouette Pines, and I had two Snowflake Ring Memory Box dies I couldn’t wait to use.  Both size ring dies were cut from white cardstock.  The pines image was stamped and heat embossed with detail white embossing powder on blue cardstock.  This was cut out with a Spellbinders’ Classic Circle die and the large Snowflake Ring was layered on top.  The sentiment, from the JFF Sentiments1 Unmounted Sheet, was stamped with Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink onto the white center of the smaller Snowflake Ring.  This was inserted back into the die cut.  Additional ink was lightly sponged on both die cuts.

The blue cardstock for the background was run through a Sizzix Holiday Knitembossing folder.  The edges were sponged with white ink.  Both Snowflake Rings were added to the front and this was added to a dark blue layer and the white card base.

Head on over to the Just For Fun Blog to be inspired by more holiday cards and find all the details for the challenge.  I will be looking for your creations.

E. Marie

Perk Up Soon

 

The 2017 Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop started yesterday and since I am a loyal coffee drinker, I have been working on several cards for this event.  I will be sharing these with you in the next few days, starting with today’s card. 

I used this fun, older set from Whimsey Stamps that I purchased during the last hop.  I used a variety of coordinating cardstock to create the little flags and layered them on sparkly green polka dot cs.  All the edges were inked with a mix of Abandoned Coral and Festive Berries Distress Ink.  This was also sponged on the edges of white cs to create the layer and to color the Memory Box Loopy Loop die.

I enjoyed creating this colorful coffee themed Get Well card.  Check back tomorrow for more.

E. Marie

I entered this project in the following challenge:

SummerCoffee Lovers Blog Hop – Coffee/Summer

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge – Use Patterned Paper

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenges #344 – Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #288-#289 - Anything Goes

Grey Heron at Waters Edge

When I visit my daughter, we have a favorite restaurant we like to go to.  We ask to sit by the window so we can watch the waterway.  We always see lot of wildlife, including many seabirds.  Today's card uses images and dies with a seabird theme and also uses one of my favorite color combos – blue and kraft. 

This card features the Grey Heron at Waters Edge from Just For Fun.  This image was stamped with Faded Jeans Distress Ink on the upper section of a piece of light blue cardstock.  Vintage Photo Distress Ink was sponged around the edges.  

A torn piece of kraft paper, sponged with ink on the edges, was layered on the bottom.  JFF's The Voice of the Sea sentiment was stamped in Vintage Photo in the bottom left corner.  Two of the birds from Memory Box’s Elegant Shorebirds dies were cut from dark blue cardstock and added to the right corner.  This was all layered on dark blue and the white card base.

There is still time to enter JFF's May Challenge with the theme “A Mother’s Love”.  Get the details here.

Have a great week.

E. Marie

Seahorses In Seaweed

Yes, I know it is fall and the cooler weather has finally arrived where I live.  However, this is the time of year that my family loves to visit the beach.  October isn’t usually as humid and definitely less crowded.  This explains the card I am sharing today.

I love seahorses and the Seahorses In Seaweed from Just For Fun is such a great image.  Light blue was added to a piece of watercolor paper.  Watercolor markers were used to paint directly to the rubber stamp, then it was lightly spritzed with water and stamped.  Layers of copper and blue green were added.

The Memory Box die, Deep Sea Corner, was cut from copper and tucked under the image on the right side.  I even found some background paper with lovely fall colors.

There is nothing like a visit to the ocean, even in Fall.

Hope you have a wonderful week,

E. Marie

Scrapy Land Challenge #26

Today is a sad and happy day for me.  This is my last post as a Guest Designer for Scrapy Land.  I have really enjoyed it and hope to have the chance again.  They carry so many wonderful products and since I am truly “die-crazy” it is a great fit.  I am also excited to announce that I will be designing cards for Just For Fun Rubber Stamps.  I have known the owners for many years and am thrilled to be able to work with them this way.  Today’s project reflects products from both companies.

Scrapy Land Blog has a new challenge today.  Challenge 26 is “Add an Image (rubber or digi) and use any brand of die Scrapy Land sells.  Stamps and die cuts are a perfect combination and I use them together all the time.  This is a challenge you can’t resist!

My card begins with two pieces of watercolor paper. One was stamped with the Stamptangle Maple Leaf from Just For Fun, using Versamark Ink and heat embossing with Belgian Cream Opaque Embossing Powder.  Then it was colored with Color Bursts, using fall colors.  The second piece used darker tones and brown.  These were die cut with Memory Box Orchard Tree Frame and Debutante Frame and were layered on the card front.

The Stamptangle Maple Leaf was stamped on another piece of watercolor paper, colored with Color Bursts, and fussy cut.  After inking the edges with ink, it was curved and shaped and popped up on the card front.

Just for Fun’s Butterfly Trail was stamped on the background and covered with small brown pearls.  The Colorful Autumn Greetings was stamped and heat embossed with Indian Corn Embossing Powder and then cut out to look like a banner.   

Left over watercolor scraps were die cut with leaf dies from Sue Wilson Designs’ Finishing Touches Camellia Open Petals set.  These were slightly shaped and adhered around the tag and at the bottom of the card front.

Make sure you visit the Scrapy Land Blog to get the details on the challenge and prizes and see more inspiration from my fellow designers.

E. Marie

I entered this card in the following challenge:

Memory Box Challenge #4 Terrific Trees

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge –Die Crazy

Penny Black And More September Challenge - Anything goes

Simon Says Stamps Monday Challenge: Love This Technique (Heat Embossing with Color Bursts)

As You Like It Challenge - Favorite Die (& why) - Memory Box Orchard Tree Frame because it creates a large scenic background.

Crafty Catz Challenge #292 - AUTUMN COLOURS

Creative Card Crew Challenge 96 - Fall

Scrapy Land Challenge #25

Scrapy Land Blog has a new challenge today.  Challenge #25 is Anything Goes (using any brand of die Scrapy Land sells).  For my project I decided to create a layout, though I really do not scrapbook.  I tell myself that it is just a larger card with more room to play.

I created the look of water by heat embossing the wave flourish with white embossing powder on a square of watercolor paper and using Ultramarine Blue and Pthalo Green Color Bursts.  I die cut the Memory Box Oceana Corner several times from white cardstock and placed one in the upper left corner.  I cut the others apart and layered them across the “ocean”.  This is all added to dark blue and white cardstock, with the top and bottom punched with a border punch.

The photo is layered on blue and dark blue and Hit the Beach embossing powder was added around the edge.

To create the sand castle, Sparkling Sands flocking was added to adhesive on a piece of cardstock and the image was heat embossed on top of this.  I fussy cut it and added it to the layout front.

The dark blue base for the layout is intermittently stamped with a variety of shell images that are heat embossed with more Hit the Beach embossing powder.  Then bubble wrap was pressed into Versamark ink and “stamped” onto the background and heat embossed with Sparkle embossing powder. 

I let the wet wipes I used to clean up after the color burst dry and adhered them to cardstock.  I used this to die cut the seaweed.

The oval sentiment was heat embossed with Dark Night embossing powder and die cut with Spellbinders’ Classic Oval dies.  This was used to create a shaker pocket filled with die cut shells, sand dollars, and starfish.

Don’t forget to visit the Scrapy Land Blog to see more inspiration from the other designers.  Then get creative to enter your creation for a chance to win.

E. Marie