Looking back in time challenge at Double D challenges blog spot: http://daranddiane.blogspot.com/ asked that we use their mood board as inspiration for a card. I came up with this one. Don’t think it is one of my best cards but it has grown on me since yesterday. The little book has these words inside “keep breathing as long as possible” and came from a store bought card that I received one birthday. I kept it and was going to throw it away but as you can see didn’t. Used PP from my stash and added a frame to it and then adhered to Gina K kraft card stock. Stamped the typewriter twice in distress Vintage Photo ink. Fussy cut both out and popped one on top of the other. Don’t know where the stamp came from – had it for ages and never used till now. The design still needed something so I used some small alphabet stamps from Hero Arts and created two strips – one just lettering for behind the book and the other a word for the typewriter. Didn’t like the stamping so went over it with a gold pen. One I figured out placement of the images and glued them it still needed another touch. Added the key -because the word can denote the typewriter keys – and a little bit of bling which seemed to finish the card.

Made for the ModSquad challenge to use patterned paper and also for a friend whose daughter has had twins. I cut out a large heart for the background and then using a Spellbinder die called Layered Happy Birthday, I cut out some balloons from other PP and added them to the heart. Using an unbranded double stitch rectangular die I cut the main panel and added a small scrap of marbled paper on top. I fussy cut two matching little bears from another small piece of PP, after stamping them and colouring in certain parts. I popped them up onto this and added a small fussy cut fairy above. Stamped the sentiment which I also fussy cut out. Added a few small gems here and there. Stamps and card stock all from Gina K. Designs my main go to place for ideas and purchases.

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Used another of my gifted stencils to create this one. First brushed colour in circles using distress oxides. Sprinkled a bit of water and let dry. Using Mowed lawn I sponged through stencil to get design. When dry I added nuvo glimmer paste through stencil. I used a versamark pen and ruler to draw a line around edge of card stock and then added an old glitter embossing powder on top. heat embossed to give the shine at edge. Added sentiment to a piece of vellum and heat embossed in black. Two black gems added to each end. added entire piece to turquoise sea card stock.

I’ve been thinking about creating a blog for over a year now and am finally getting around to actually doing it. In order to showcase some of my cards I needed a place to upload them and display them for others to see so here is my first card for the year.

This card has been created for the monthly challenge at Gina K. Designs. We have to showcase a sentiment and cannot use others stamps on the card.

I stenciled Distress Oxides in several pinks using a lovely hand made heart stencil given to me by a great on line friend. I first masked off the area where the sentiment heart is. I stenciled the butterflies using another stencil from the same friend. I stamped the sentiment onto the die cut heart and traced over it with a gelly roll pen to add a bit of sparkle. I popped it up slightly offset over a black heart which I then glued in the masked off space. Added a few tiny bling gems in places. I added main panel to a black piece of card stock and then adhered it to the card front.