Globes & Doggies

Hi, friends!  It's coming down to the wire for us to leave, and so I am trying very hard to get all my cards posted!  You may hear a lot from me tonight...let's get started!  I'm doing 2 cards per post right now so I can show these things off! ;)

Here's my first card for this post~

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For these fabulous challenges~

CAS-ual Fridays: Color Inspiration

Simon Says Stamp & Show: What do you say?

Sentimental Sundays: Ink/Paint

I had TONS of fun with this card!   As soon as I saw the colors at CASF, I KNEW I had to use my new globe stamp sent to my from my dear blogging friend, Katy, from a Jillybean Soup set.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up!  I also knew I wanted to watercolor and use my homemade glimmer mist to add paint splatters.  A large layered pennant seemed appropriate and some dry embossed gears by Tim Holtz as a background and to add texture for the white on white, a bit of bling and there it is! ;)  And now onto another card!

Here it is~

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For these fabulous challenges~

Digi Haven: FREE Digi Doggies

(find this absolutely darling and FREE digi HERE)

The Stamping Boutique: Anything Goes

Paper Makeup Stamps: Endless Summer

This one was so fun to make--I colored the doggie to look like my sweet fur baby then added some glitter glue for some added interested.  Layered it onto fun summery paper and added a sentiment and some bling and there you go!

Thanks for taking some time out of your day to come and look at my cards--your kind words and encouragement mean the world to me!  Happy stamping, friends! :)

2 Patriotic Easels...

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY to all my American peeps!  Isn't our country grand?!  I just love it!  I've got 4 easel cards that are of a patriotic nature to share today and I'll do it in 2 posts!  I hope you enjoy them and have a wonderful celebration today!!! :)

Here's the first one called "Little Lady Liberty"
using an image from Dearie Dolls~

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For these fabulous challenges~

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays: Be Patriotic!

Ribbon Carousel: Independence Day 

(I've use silver elastic cording from a spool!)

And the second one called "Loved Land"
using an image from The Stamping Boutique~

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For these fabulous challenges~

Shopping Our Stash: Triple Threat

(I used flowers, punches, rhinestones)

Use It Tuesday: Be a Patriot!

(I've used up some of my huge flower stash!)

Cupcake Crafts: Lots of Layers

The sentiments on both of my cards were made by lil' ol' me and I'd like to share them as a 4th of July gift to you!  Just click on them to enlarge and then save them for future use!

Here they are~

EDITED TO REMOVE FREEBIE

Thanks for stopping by--stay tuned for 2 more patriotic easels! ;)  Happy stamping, friends!!!

14 Days of Valentines & Technique Tuesday!

Hello! So, I've got a dilly of a card for you today! :) It's a Valentine! And I made it especially for a special reason! :) Okay, so I have a feeling I'll be making quite a few Valentines in the next few weeks, and I don't have too many people to give them to, so I'll be doing a 14 days of Valentines for my husband! Basically, I'll be giving him a Valentine a day until the actual day starting on February 1st. :)

So, here's one of them~

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What do you think? I had a blast creating this one!!! I've used chipboard elements. But, I've done something a little different with them...I'll explain...

On the square piece, I added patterned paper over it, inked it up with Versamark ink and then heat embossed it with Kaleidoscope embossing powder. I did something similar with the heart--I just inked up the "naked" chipboard with Versamark and then embossed it in gold, then inked it again with Versamark and then embossed it with Kaleidoscope embossing powder. I'm sure it's already a technique, but I've decided to call it FAUX ENAMEL. So, there ya go! A new *kinda* start to my old Technique Tuesday! ;)

Doesn't it look neat?! I tried to get okay pictures of the shimmer, but they all turned out too dark. :( Just imagine how bright and shiny it is in real life in your head. Isn't it amazing?! ;)

I hope you've been inspired to create something pretty today! :) Happy stamping--and happy faux enameling! ;)

I'm submitting this into the following challenges~
*CASual Fridays~CAS plus chipboard

*Stamping Boutique~ 12 (I used 12 supplies to make my card: brown ink, white cardstock, ribbon, chipboard, dimensionals, patterned paper, Versamark pad, Kaleidoscope embossing powder, gold embossing powder, MONO adhesive, punch, and heat gun.)
*Tutorial Tuesday with Hope Studios~Tutorial on Faux Enamel