CAS Card - Sponging a Layer

I saw a tutorial on Gina K on this technique for a fast one layer card - Sponging a Layer. It was quick and easy.  I used Ancient Page Sage ink for the sponged background. Flower stamp from Hero Arts, Leaves from Magenta, and saying from Great Impressions all stamped with Memento ink. Copic markers to color the flowers and leaves: Y35, YR04, YR09, and G24.  Ribbon is by Dashes Dots and Checks (Michaels).  Such a fast, CAS card, give it a try, it was a lot of fun! Mailed this one to my mom for no reason, just a surprise card!

Ducks

We were sitting on the deck yesterday and our favorite ducks came by so we went out on the dock and they hung out with us for about 20 minutes.  When we moved here there was one white duck on the lake, and none of the other ducks had anything to do with him.  This past fall another white duck appeared and now these 3 ducks are always together. Aren't they beautiful?  If any other ducks come close the mallard chases them away.  Fun to watch.  Thanks for stopping by.

Archiver's Class Cards

I took at class at Archiver's with my good friend, Shirley, and we made some amazing cards.  I put them in the order of my favorites.  Did not care much for the last one. What I liked was that we learned a lot of techniques that were new to us. When you've been stamping over 20 years new techniques are wonderful. We did muti-colored embossing, added glitter on top of embossing,  used distress stain on a combined clear and holographic embossed background, ribbon, and flowers, gathered ribbon on a card (can you believe I did not know how to do this, so simple - love it!).   Lot's of new things to add to my stamping!  I also played with  cropping my cards so you should be able to see details of my cards much better now, I'm amazed at how much the glitter shows up on these cards in the pictures. Let me know if you can see the difference compared to my previous posts, I did redo the picture on my last post. Enjoy the w/e and keep warm.

Blossoms & Blessings

 I sent this card to my chemo patient this week.  I just became a chemo card angel and the requirement is to send at least one card a week.  My good friend Shirley has been doing this for over 5 years.  My goal this year was to do something positive with my cards and this sounded like a good idea.  If you would like to find out more about being a card angel you can learn about it at: Chemo Angels: http://www.chemoangels.net/index.htm.  It is a great way to help someone through a difficult time.
Copics : R05, R29, E02,E55,Y15,YG03,YG63,YG67

Kitty in a Cup

I'll be sending this card to my Daughter-in Law.  I hope she likes it.  I colored it in her favorite colors and to look like Ellie, her adorable kitten.  She also looks like Ellie's big brother Scooter.  They are both very entertaining and fun when we visit.  I used my pink Copics: RV00, 02, 06. and R20, E31, and E33.  That's it.  The set is retired from The Angel Company but maybe it will be one of the sets available on Red Rubber Designs  when it opens online in February.  Wishing you a great week.

My Husband's Birthday Card

Tomorrow  is my dear husbands birthday.  He enjoys the outdoors so I made his card using a  Northwoods Stamp.  I used Copics B000, B24, B32, YG03, W3, E15 E35,E55, E57, E74,Y28, and YR24. I hope he enjoys it as much as I creating it for him.

Six Fold Card

I wanted to post a Hello for the New Year and wish everyone a happy, healthy, and blessed New Year.  This card is a new technique I tried today, a six fold card.  It was fun to make.  Instead of card stock I used a heavy two sided patterned  paper and the pieces I cut off were usable for the inside patterned pieces. The flower stamp is by Hero Arts, Just Saying Hello by TPC Studios, paper is Zen Garden by g c d Studio.  You can find the pattern if interested on Splitcoast Stampers or just by googling Six Fold Card.