Inspired By Cracked Glass

It is Friday night and surprisingly I am still awake.  I decided to get a jump start on Saturday's Inspiration Challenge at SCS.  This card came together very quickly compared to some of the time consuming, lack of mojo, cards lately. 

I love how this turned out.  Here is my inspiration piece-

I stamped a piece of Whisper White CS in Black Craft ink with the Sanded Background stamp and then clear embossed it.  I sponged Pool Party and then Island indigo at the bottom, So Saffron and More Mustard in the middle and then Cajun Craze at the top.  The panel is mounted on Basic Black CS and has a narrow band of black CS with the sentiment from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set stamped in Black craft, clear embossed and then sponged with So Saffron and More Mustard layered on top. 
All products are Stampin Up. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a blessed weekend!

Lee Ann

CAS Veggie!

Happy Friday and Happy Last Day of November! 
It is hard to believe that the Christmas Season is upon us; I have been making Christmas cards for so many months now that it felt like it would never come.  But here we are on the eve of December 1st and the weekend at that!  It was a rough week at work for me-can you say head lice??  Yes, I am the school nurse and the name of the game this week was bugs.  So I am thrilled that it is the end of the week and am happy to play in SCS's Free For All Challenge today, which is to use fruits or veggies.

I just love this happy beet!  Nothing complicated here-  I used the out of the box technique with my beet greens, scored around the white mat and scored along the bottom of the card. 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and have a fabulous, blessed weekend!

Lee Ann :)

Supplies used-
Stamps-Punny Fruits and Veggies-Sweet N Sassy Stamps
Ink-SU Real Red, Concord Crush, Lucky Limeade, Stazon Black
Paper-MFT Sweet Tooth CS
Other-SU Simply Scored, dimensionals, aquapainter

Cool Poppy

Hello Everyone!  I have a card for you tonight that is for the sketch challenge at SCS this week.  I am actually getting a little burned out on Christmas cards, so decided to do a generic floral.

This card is pretty straight forward. I just received the Poppy image from ODBD and could not wait to try it out. The poppy is stamped in Stazon Black and watercolored with the aquapainter.  I used a Versamark marker to apply ink to portions of the flower center and then heat embossed it with black ep.I distress inked all of the edges with Van Dyke Brown.  I inked up the debossing surface of an embossing folder with the Van Dyke Brown ink and ran it through the Big Shot.  This also gives the paper an aged/distressed look.  The card has a Linen Thread bow with an Always Artichoke colored button to finish off the card. 
I hope I have inspired you; thanks so much for stopping by!  You have been a blessing!

Lee Ann :)

Supplies used-
Stamps-Poppy from Our Daily Bread Designs
Paper-all SU-Basic Black, Cool Caribbean, Naturals White, Sale-a-Bration retired dsp, First Edition Specialty dsp
Ink-Stazon Black, Poppy Parade, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Old Olive, Van Dyke Brown, Versamark
Other-black ep, embossing folder, Linen thread (SU), button (retired SU), Spellbinders

Inspirational Stamper

Hello everyone!  I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend-it was beautiful here again in St Louis and I was able to get some much needed yard work done. But that doesn't mean I didn't get to stamp!  This card is for the featured stamper challenge on SCS today.  Allison, the FS, has a wonderful gallery so I cased a couple of her cards.
Here is the first of my cases-

This image is from Sweet n Sassy Stamps and is embossed in black, then watercolored using an aquapainter.  It is fussy cut and then popped up on dimensionals on the smaller circle.
 
And another case from Allison's gallery-

 Thanks so much for visiting my blog!  You are greatly appreciated!

Lee Ann :)

Products used-
Card 1-
Stamps-Poinsettia Sweet N Sassy Stamps; Sentiment Greetings of the Season Stampin' Up
Paper-SU Basic Black and Naturals White; dp is Basic Grey and Mambi
Ink-Versamark, Stazon Black
Other-various green SU reinkers; Cherry Cobbler and Primrose Pink reinkers and Aquapainter, SU pearls, Copic marker to color pearls, dimensionals, Spellbinders Scallop Circles, MFT Circle Stax, SU brad, ribbon(unknown)
Card 2-
 Stamps-Happiest of Birthdays
Paper-Early Espresso, Naturals White, retired dsp
Ink-Stazon Black
Other-Top Note Die, Chevron and Stripes EFs, Baker's Twine White, More Mustard reinker to dye baker's twine, Apothecary Framelits, brad (from Saleabration)

Inspirational Saturday

Hello All!  I hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving and if you were one of the ones out looking for a bargain or two this weekend, I hope you found it!  I found all of my online at some of my favorite crafting sites :). 
Today's Inspiration Challenge at SCS is an interesting site called Gelaskins.  I am not posting a picture of my inspiration piece so as not to upset any artist, but here is a link to the inspiration I chose.
And here is my card, based on the inspiration-

I used the "kissing" technique for  my stamped images (except the sentiment).  I inked up by Canvas background stamp and then stamped the leaf stamp onto the background stamp, to transfer the canvas print to the leaf.  I then stamped my leaf onto my paper.  For the roses, I inked up the canvas background and just stamped the paper and then die cut my roses from that stamped paper. 
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and have a wonderful weekend!

Lee Ann

Supplies used for this project-
Stamps-Stampin' Up Canvas Background; Verve Bloom and Grow
Paper-Naturals Ivory Stampin' Up
Ink-Calypso Coral, Summer Starfruit, Island Indigo, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Gumball Green
Other-Verve leaf die, MFT rolled roses die and circle stax dies, Sizzix woodgrain ef

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 Saturday, 5:45pm
I have not participating in too many challenges lately, due in part to lack of time but also lack of MOJO.  Thankfully, I have found at least some MOJO, in part due to one of my favorite new products, masks.  I used the Aspen Trees mask for this card which is for CAS(E)  this Sketch challenge.  It is also for the Addicted to Cas challenge, with the theme being "snow". 

 

Here is my take on these 2 challenges-

I find Basic Black and River Rock to be a fabulous color combo; I think it works great on this card, giving a cas, mostly black and white card a touch of elegance.  The trees are done using the Aspen Tree mask and Mister Huey's Calico White spray.  I have scored above and below the center embossed band to define it more.  The sentiment (popped up on dimensionals) is a new one from Verve and is heat embossed in silver, although you cannot tell that in the picture.  As usual, I just cannot capture metallic on "film".  I wonder if there is a photography class specifically for photographing cards?? ;) 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog; hoping you have a blessed weekend!

Supplies used for this card-
Stamps-Verve(sentiment) Holiday Greetings
Paper-Stampin' Up River Rock, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink-Versamark  
Other-Crafter's Workshop Aspen Tree Mask, Stampin' Up Polka Dot ef, Mister Huey's Calico White Spray Ink, Simply Scored, dimensionals, silver ep, Verve's Mini Vintage Oval dies   

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just a quick post this evening as I wait for the "bird" to cook.  Yes, we are eating late as I decided to spend some time at Missouri Botanical Gardens this afternoon. 

It was a glorious way to spend the afternoon-enjoying all God's creatures and creation instead of worrying about food, cleaning and sales!
So I have made one card while waiting for this turkey; it is for today's Way to Use it Challenge at SCS-black and white with a splash of 1 color-

I crafted a snowy winter's night with my Aspen mask from Crafter's Workshop; The "snow" is misted on with Mister Hueys Calico white ink.  The Real Red, Basic Black, and Whisper White Paper is Stampin' Up; the Stamps are from Verve-Glad Tidings. The sentiment is cut out with Verve's Mini Vintage Oval die.  The snowflakes are also cut out with Verve's matching snowflake dies.

Thanks so much for stopping by, especially on this day of Thanksgiving!

Blessings, Lee Ann  :) 

Wanted: MOJO

I seem to have misplaced my MOJO.  Have you seen it?  And while you are at it, if you see any creative bones out there, let me know because I don't seem to have a creative bone left in my body!
As this is the week of Thanksgiving, it seems a good time to ponder things I am thankful for.  I am thankful for my son and our home-that we even have a home and that I have been blessed with a good job. I am thankful that God loves me even though I do such a lousy job of loving Him.  I am thankful that he has faith in me even though I usually rely on me rather than Him. I am thankful that He has given us the ability to be creative.  And I am thankful for this community of crafters/stampers in blogland and at SCS; who knew we could have so much fun sharing with people hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles away?!
Now on to stamps!  The Shining the Light Challenge at ODBD this week is to use silver or gold on our card.  Sounded easy enough, but without MOJO, not so!!

Edit-11/18/12-5:50pm
I have been having a rough time getting good pictures of cards lately, so I was playing with the settings on my camera to see if I could brighten up the photos.  Here is a retake of the one above-it may be too bright!  At this point my eyes are so blurry from looking at pictures I don't know what looks good and what does not!

 I wanted to make an easily mailable card, so that meant it would be flat.  I seem to be gravitating to nature lately, enjoying all of the beauty that God has for us, so I chose pine branches to frame my scripture verse.  My background is embossed in silver and my pine branches are glittered with silver Stickles, but it really is not showing up in the photo.  The scripture verse is stamped in Bravo Burgundy craft and clear embossed.  Though simple, I still like how his turned out.   

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Enjoy this week of Thanksgiving and the official start of the Christmas Season!

Lee Ann :)

Supplies Used-
Stamps-ODBD Worship the Lord, Stampin' Up Watercolor Winter and Sanded
Ink-Versamark, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgandy
Paper-Whisper, White, Bravo Burgandy, True Thyme
Other-silver ep, clear ep, silver stickles

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This card is for the Featured Stamper challenge at SCS.

  I just LOVE the dsp that comes in the Holiday Mini Scrapbook kit!  Gray and cream are sooo pretty together. I scored around the edges of the white card base and highlighted the edges of the Pool Party panel by heat embossing it with silver ep. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up)-
Stamps- Teeny Tiny Wishes, Serene Silhouettes
Paper-Basic Gray, Whisper White, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, dsp
Ink-Versamark, Basic Gray
Other-white and silver dsp, Window Framelits, Simply Scored, Polka dot ef