AHSC #90 Mother's Day Card

Wow, these past 2 weeks have really taken there toll on me.  I'm just completely exhausted, and was in need of some rest.  So I apologize for being extremely late in posting my creation for this week's sketch. However on top of creating for this weeks sketch, I also have created projects for 2 blog hops.

Here is this weeks sketch:

Here is my creation:

I started with a piece of patterned paper from the Brushed paper packet and Canary Cardstock.  The sentiment and flowers are from the stamp set Flowers for Mom (B1473) found in the 1st edition of Seasonal Expressions.  The mat for the sentiment is Pixie cardstock.  To achieve the look of the smaller flowers peeking out behind the large ones I stamped the larger flowers on some scrap paper, trimmed them out and layered the so that they look layered.  This is one way in which to do the masking technique. The flowers in the stamp set have 2 types of stamps, the outline and the filler.  The outline is stamped in black, and for the filler I used Pixie and Hollyhock ink.  The 3 flowers off to the side are in the same colors, however, the top one is stamped in 2nd generation Hollyhock.  The flower centers are stamped in Canary.  The mat and flowers are all popped using 3D foam tape.

I hope you will now hop on over to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and see the creative talents of our design team.

With Love for AHSC #89

This week I've started creating for Valentine's Day, and I wanted something that maybe had a bit of a masculine feel to it.  Something that isn't red, purple or pink.  I played around with some colors and really liked the combination. I hope you like my choices too.

Here is this week's sketch:

Here is my creation:

I decided to leave off the bow, as I didn't want to dress it up.  I used a 5 1/2" square card base, and layerd Kraft paper, and then patterned paper from from Pathfinding.  I cut my squares and tacked them down and created the background.  Then I stamped the flowers and fussy cut them out.  They are adhered using 3D Foam Tape.  The sentiment is also adhered with 3D Foam Tape.

I used Goldrush and Olive ink to create this card.  The flowers are stamped using both a detail and background stamp.  The detail is stamped regularly, and the background is stamped in second generation. The stamp set used is Someone Special (C1607) found in the Seasonal Expressions Catalog.

I hope you take the time to head on over to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and check out all the fabulous creations from our Design Team.

Just a Little Note with AHSC #88

Wow, can you believe that today is the last day of 2014?  This past year has been a whirlwind of activity and we've had lots of amazing artwork created from the sketches found on Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

So without further rambling on my part here is this week's sketch:

Here is my card:

I used embossed cardstock from a promotional paper package and small Black Flourishes to help me create this cute card.  The stamp set used A Little Note (A1171) that is found in the Seasonal Expressions 1.

I colored the image using the ShinHan Touch Twin Markers, blending colors together to create the mix hues.

I hope you will now head on over to the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and check out the fabulous creations from our amazing design team, and we also have a guest designer this week, the fabulous Lisa Stenz.

2014-2015 Cardstock Club Kickoff

I am so happy to be able to show you the new collections for this next round of Cardstock Club.  Our catalogue is now year long, with 2 Seasonal cataolgues being released in December and April.  These 2 catalogues will have all NEW products featured inside and will run for 4 months, and will include 2 NEW paper packages.

I've gone through the paper collections and selected this round of Cardstock Club very carefully.  In the 2014-2015 Annual Inspirations Catalogue you will find 9 beautiful paper collections.  Adding 4 more with the Seasonal Expressions makes 13 paper collections in 12 months.   I decided to let you have a choice in September between Scaredy Cat and Pathfinding, (or you can choose both for $60 and get the stamp of the Month for FREE as a bonus).

Pictured below is the 9 collections that are planned out, leaving room for the collections that will come from the Seasonal Expressions(unknow at this time).

The new catalogue goes live for customers on August 1st, and current items are disappearing quickly.  Don't delay, order your favourite items now before they are gone. You can find the retiring items here.

To learn more about my Cardstock Club you can visit the tab at the top of this page, or just click here.