CAS Whale

 Hello Friends!  

I hope everyone had a wonderful and patriotic 4th of July!  We had a bit of storm damage here with a huge tree limb going down, but once power was restored, it wasn't anything to lose sleep over.  

I was intrigued by the inspiration photo for this week's Inspired By Challenge.  I came up with this CAS card.  

Here is the inspiration photo~

The whale is a Lesia Zgharda design; sentiment is from Creative Worship Stamps.  I used some Altenew Brass Shimmer Relief Paste with a stencil from A Colorful Life Designs for the background.  A few white sequins finish the card.  

I am also linking up to the Alphabet Challenge- E is for Embossing, wet,

as well as Addicted to CAS, Pattern   

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Lee Ann  

Pink Trellis

 Hello All and Happy Fourth of July Week! 

With it still being furnace-like outside, I am once again inside crafting.  It has been quite some time since I participated in an Altenew Challenge, but since I just got some Altenew goodies, I wanted to play along.  

I was inspired by several parts of this picture.   Of course the pink flowers, but also the pale blue curtain and the Moroccan style white lattice.  I was also inspired by the brass items and embossed the 'thanks' in brass.  

I used the following products~

Altenew Cascading Flowers Stamp Set

Altenew Dainty Leaves Die Set

Altenew Sulfur Cosmos Stamp Set

Altenew Rustic Charm Propject Kit

Sizzix retired cover plate die

Copic Markers

Tim Holtz Speckled Egg Distress Spray

I am also linking up to the following 

-Just Us Girls Challenge- die week

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed July 4th!  

Lee Ann  

 

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! 

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, 

and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

 Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

Isaiah 9:6

Products used

• Creative Worship Stamps Poinsettia Greetings 
• Creative Worship Stamps Christmas Pine
• Penny Black Baroque embossing folder
• Watercoloring- Ken Oliver Colorbursts

I am linking my card up to the following challenges~

Word Art Wednesday

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (I turned the sketch)

Sparkle and Shine Challenge- Poinsettia

The Flower Challenge~  

Wishing you a blessed and peace filled Christmas!

Lee Ann  

Fresh Flowers and a Celebration with Freshly Made Sketches!

 Hello Friends!  

If you have been around a while, you may remember that several years ago I had the pleasure of designing for one of my favorite challenges, Freshly Made Sketches.  This week, they are celebrating their 700th sketch!  Past designers have been invited to join in and of course, I was honored to say yes. 

Here is this week's sketch~

We are also sharing the very first card we made as a member of the FMS design team.  I still love this monochromatic baby card!

Back to today's card.  This floral image from Penny Black was a 'must have' and I colored it with Copics and fussy cut it out.  The background panel was embossed with a Penny Black embossing folder.  I then layered die cut squares and a die cut circle on top.  I finished off with the flowers, adding some dimension to the flowers.  The sentiment is an oldie but goodie from Creative Worship Stamps.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you get a chance to join in the fun at Freshly Made Sketches!  

Lee Ann

Geo Giraffes

 Happy Summer Crafty Friends!  

Do your summer plans include crafting?  Travelling?  Projects around the home?  I am ready to catch up on all the things.  

Baby cards are on the agenda so I pulled out an oldie, yet never used stamp set from Altenew.  I was inspired by the Festive Friday Challenge~

I used masculine colors, textured cardstock, and geometric design for this card.  

Mostly I did a lot of fussy cutting after stamping the image on 3 different colors of cs.  I used an old, old SU embossing folder and the sentiment is a retired SnSS set.  

I am also linking up to Can You Handle the Pressure- Zoo Animals and Inkspirational Challenges- Celebrate.  

Thanks for stopping by! 

Lee Ann  

Rose on Black

 Hello, Hello!  

The crafting rut has struck so I am really relying on challenges and techniques, etc that I have not done in a long while.  I loved the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and for a while there it was very trendy to pop up parts of a background and use the negative space.  That fit this week's sketch perfectly. 

I added some yellow in the way of patterned paper behind the background panels and rose.  This card was a 'bits and pieces' card- things leftover from prior projects.  The rose has been in my stash for about a year.  The leaves are probably about 8 years old-yep!  The patterned paper scrap, well, we all have those stashes of little bits of paper hanging around.  

The rose is from Creative Worship Stamps, the leaves are from Heartfelt Creations (no longer in business) and the embossing folder is my newest one, from Penny Black.  

Some gold threat and sequins finish the card.  

Here is the Freshly Made Sketches sketch~

My colors are from Color Dare Challenge~  

As well as Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes.  

Thanks for visiting!  

Lee Ann

Red Tulips

Hello Crafty Friends, 

I am making lots of cards- flower and more flowers.  My friend asked for thank you cards, so that is what is on the craft table.  

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday.  

I took liberties with the diagonal strip and instead used a die cut with a diagonal edge at the bottom.  

I am also linking up to Can You Handle the Pressure and The Four Seasons Challenge- Spring.   

My image is an old Power Poppy image (thank you Marcella for a beauty) which is colored with Copics and fussy cut out. I used a MFT edge die along the bottom of the blue panel and then embossed the panel with an old SU ef.  The flowers were added to a banner and the sentiment, which is from The Ton, was stamped with Versaclair ink.  

I am not getting fancy with photography these days, so the picture is not the best.  Less time with camera= more time crafting! 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Lee Ann  

Black and White Beauty

 Hello, Hello! 

I needed to add a few sympathy cards to my stash so I grabbed my SSS Beautiful Flowers Stamp Set.  I opted for a very clean look, so kept the card black and white.  

The image was heat embossed with using Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink and clear embossing powder.  The image was then fussy cut out.  The background panel was embossed with and ef.  I popped the floral image up with some scrap cardstock.  

The sentiment is 3 layers of die cuts made using the Avery Ell Sympathy die set.  A few sequins in black and white finish the card.  

I am linking up to Festive Friday~ 

as well as Can you Handle the Pressure- anything goes. 

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed weekend!

Lee Ann  

Mom's Butterfly

 Hello Friends! 

Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms out there! 

I started with the Simon Says Stamp Delicate Flowers Stamp Set and stamped and colored the flower and extra leaves with Copics.  The butterfly is from Sweet n Sassy Stamps.  After coloring, all images were fussy cut out.  

I created a window in the white panel with a retired PTI Die.  The pink background panel was heat embossed with the SnSS Typewriter Text Background Stamp and clear embossing powder. I determined the placement of my leaves and flowers, then determined the placement of my sentiment.  The sentiment was stamped in my MISTI with Versafine Claire ink.  

The white panel was popped up and the foliage was adhered to the card.  A few SSS Moonshine sequins finish the card.  

I am linking up to ~

The Flower Challenge- 

Double D Challenge- Pretty Florals for Mom

Color Dare Challenge- 

Triple B Challenge

Thanks for stopping by! 

Lee Ann  

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers SSS | Blick	3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS	Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins SSS
EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors SSS | scrpbk	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink SSS | scrpbk	Versamark Ink SSS | scrpbk
Embossing Buddy SSS	Gina K Connect Glue SSS | scrpbk
Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne SSS | scrpbk	Wagner Precision Heat Tool SSS
SSS Delicate Flowers Stamp Set SSS	MISTI SSS

Classic Colors

 Hello, Hello!

A friend of mine requested sympathy cards, so I pulled out some oldies but goodies.  

 The background was embossed with a Tim Holtz 3D embossing folder that I had inked up with Altenew Cloudy Sky Ink.  I then spritzed it with water to get the speckled look.  

Once the panel was dry, I used a Delicata Gold Glitz Pigment Ink and lightly passed it over the raised areas of the embossing.  I cut the panel to size and backed it with some yellow cs.  

The flower was all die cut from white cs using Altenew's Peony Dream 3D Die Set.  I used some distress ink in Scattered Straw and Fossilized Amber to add a bit of color to the flower.  Everything was assembled including a small sentiment strip.  Last but not least, some SSS Moonshine Sequins were added.  

I am linking up to Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge- Make your own background

The Flower Challenge- Add Layers

Triple B April Challenge

Four Seasons Spring Challenge

Thanks for visiting!  

Lee Ann  

Supplies used in today's project(s)

3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS	Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS
Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins SSS	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
Mini Distress Ink Pad, Fossililzed Amber SSS | scrpbk	Canson XL Watercolor Pad SSS | Blick
Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer SSS | scrpbk	Gina K Connect Glue SSS | scrpbk
SSS Tim Holtz 3D Botanical embossing folder SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Scattered Straw SSS | scrpbk
Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne SSS | scrpbk	Altenew Peony Dream 3D Die Set Altenew
Altenew Tranquility Cub Inks Altenew	MISTI SSS
Delicata Gold Glitz Pigment Ink SSS | scrpbk