MHKDesigns: April Inspiration

Hi, all!  I'm back today with some inspiration using products from the MHKDesigns store--and I went bright today!  I have been in a bright color mood recently, so I hope you like my offering today.  Take a peek...

This image is from the Birds & Branches digital stamp set from the MHKDesigns Etsy Shop.  I watercolored the image, and then   The sentiment is from the Mum's the Word digital stamp set and it was printed on vellum and then added to the image.

The card base was prepped with some paper from the Radiant Rainbows paper pack, a doily, and some ribbon.  I think the bold colors are super fun, and work well with the colors I used on the image!  I hope you like my creation, too!  Please leave me a comment below to let me know your thoughts!

Thank you so much for stopping by today, friends!  That's all I have for you today, but I will be back later this month with inspiration for our April release, as well as our next challenge.  Until then, I hope you join in the fun of our CURRENT CHALLENGE, and take a trip to the MHKDesigns Etsy Shop to grab these goodies!  HUGS and happy {digital} stamping, friends! :)

Project supplies:

Birds & Branches Digital Stamp Set | MHKDesigns

Mum′s the Word | MHKDesigns

Radiant Rainbows Papers | MHKDesigns

Technique Time Tuesday: Faux Silk

Ho, ho, ho!  Merry Christmas Eve everyone!  I've got one last card spotlighting a past technique we've had at Technique Time Tuesday--FAUX SILK!  I've used this fun technique to create a holiday card--to tell ALL of you Happy Holidays!

Here's the card~

I've used a snowflake punch by Martha Stewart, red gems by Recollections, a dry embossing folder by Sizzix, Spectrum Noir markers, and all other supplies are by Stampin' Up!.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you all have a Very Merry Christmas and a super FABULOUS New Year!  See you again soon!  HUGS and merry stamping!!!

Great Impressions: Ornamental, My Dear Watson!

Okay, before we start, will you re-read the title and tell me I'm witty, please???  I thought it up very late at night and I feel it is hilarious...I need validation. ;)  

Anyway, I've got another card for you today that uses a FABULOUS image from Great Impressions!  It's almost Christmas, so of course it's a holiday card...take a look!

Here's my card~

Detail~

Products used: H112 Decorative Bulbs, D469 Vintage Merry Christmas.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you join me again next week because it is a video tutorial week!  Hop over to the GI blog for a list of supplies that you'll need for it! :)  HUGS and merry stamping!

52CCT: Two Week Holiday Challenge!

Hi, friends!  We're getting closer and closer to the holidays and SO, we've decided to do things a little differently at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown for the month of December.  Instead of weekly challenges, we are going to have ONE TWO WEEK CHALLENGE starting today!  And the challenge is totally easy!  Just choose a past 2013 challenge and link your creation up with us! :)

ALSO--we're having a DT call, so if you're interested, just put "DT" after your name when you link up with us!  Get all your holiday cards done throughout the year--it is SO worth it! ;)

For our challenge, I chose a past color combo as my inspiration--RED, KRAFT, AND WHITE.

Here's what I've made~

Detail~

Inside of card.

I've used a sentiment from Great Impressions, an image from PSX (Personal Stamp Exchange), texture stamps by Bo Bunny, fabric flowers and a rhinestone brad from my stash, glitter by Studio G, rounded glass gems by Recollections, and all other supplies are by Stampin' Up!.

Thanks so much for popping by today to leave some love!  I get so excited to read all your kind words! :)  I hope you join us in our two week challenge and that you leave some love with the other amazing gals on this DT as well!  HUGS and merry stamping to you all!

Feeling so blessed!!!

Well, I am feeling incredibly blessed today!  I checked my email today and saw that I had won over at Hero Arts and I was BLOWN AWAY!!!  Thank you ladies--I was really nervous about entering my card and you've made my summer by choosing it as your Fresh Face Favorite! :)

And for some reason, the picture of my card 

looks better on their blog than on mine...

(I'm thinking it's the words at the bottom!!!)~

Thank you for indulging me in a bit of a celebration--I hope you don't think I'm full of myself!!!  And now onto other matters of business!  I was having a serious lag in my mojo, but then I decided that I needed to do a digi card...and make it an easel.  It's my new "thing" and I've been having so much fun learning how to do both of these things better!

Here's the card~

Details~

For these fabulous challenges~

Can You Digi It?: Day at the Beach

 

Digital Tuesday: All Tied Up

Tuesday Throwdown: Clear Elements

(I've used clear crackle accents and clear glass gems!)

This is kind of like another card that I made this past week, but I wanted to make it into an easel card!  That way, I got to create a sea floor!!! :)  To create my card front, I colored in my digi fish (found HERE and then added in Photoshop), sponged in some "water, stamped around the edges, added the crackle accents, a sentiment, and some purple glitter glue, and then lastly for good measure I added 3 purple rhinestones.  And then I tied it up...FUN!  I layered it onto two other colors of paper then added it to my easel.  To create the "sea floor," I made a strip of purple paper and scalloped the two edges, added some green and coral pieces of paper, then layered on punched out leaves and some clear glass gems and more purple rhinestones! 

Please forgive my awful grammar and run on sentences.  I hope you like my card--I had fun making it!!!  Thanks for popping over and saying hi, I'll see you and your creations soon!!!  Happy stamping! ;D