Come Sail Away With Me!

Happy Father's Day everyone!

I made this yesterday for my darling husband for Father's Day who obviously loves sailing!  I used my Klic n'Kut machine to cut all the pieces and then added some fun stitching.  So easy and I love how it turned out!  All the patterned papers I used came from the Fancy Pants Design "Down By the Shore" collection - I just love those little whales and octopi.

~ Ally ~

Supplies:

cardstock: Bazzill
patterned papers:  Fancy Pants Designs
die cut shapes:  Spellbinders

tools: Klic n'Kut

other: thread.

Designer Focus: Nautical Sunsets

 

Good morning everyone!  Happy Hump Day to you!

Have you taken a moment to check out one of Flourishes' newest challenges?  It's all about getting to know the Flourishes Designers; it's called Designer Focus.  Each Friday, when it's not a release week challenge or a Reveal Day, a new Flourishes Designer is interviewed and she shares some of her favourite creations.

This week our Designer Focus is on Christine Okken. This challenge began actually last week but I didn't get a chance to play along as I was feeling under the weather most of last week. The challenge is to take one of the designer's many creations posted with the intro and CASE it!  I know... super simple and SO many incredible pieces of inspiration to choose from!!!

I finally decided upon CASEing this stunning card by Christine.  Something about the design just called to me!

And here is what I created...

Nautical Sunset

First I created the pattered back ground using the fabulous Fancy Pants Designs' "Down by the Shore" paper collection.

I die cut the paper ring from Flourishes Classic White Cardstock using Spellbinder circle dies and then I scored it to resemble a life preserver.  I cut another same sized piece of cardstock to back the ring and then stamped the lighthouse scene from the stamp set, "A Guiding Light" using Memento "Black Tuxedo" ink.

I then created a mask for the lighthouse and water and airbrushed my sunset using my Copic markers.  I removed the mask and coloured in my image.

I assembled my entire card including the "Happy Father's Day" greeting and the sailor's knot, as from the "A Guiding Light" stamp set, adding some cut airbrushed buttons from Flourishes and my card was born!

I hope you enjoyed my nautical inspiration today.  Make sure to check out the interview with Christine (and also of Julie Koerber from last week too!) and come and play along!!!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC.

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (A Guiding Light)
cardstock: Flourishes Classic White, Bazzill
patterned papers: Fancy Pants Designs
die cut shapes: Spellbinders
ink: Memento, Copic
buttons: Flourishes
tools: Copic Airbrish
other: thread.

LCTS: Oh Winged Things!

Hello everyone!  It's time for another fabulous card sketch over at Let's Capture These Sketches!  It was my turn to share a sketch this week so here it is... with a challenge too!

 Sketch #40

CHALLENGE:   Create a card using something with WINGS!

Here is the card I created using Kimberly's sketch and the challenge...

Wishing You Peace & Joy

For my card I used some gorgeous stamps from Flourishes.  I used the pine boughs from the "All That Glitters" stamp set and for my greeting, I used the retired stamp set, "Holiday Greetings".

All the pretty patterned papers are from the Fancy Pants Designs collection "Home for Christmas". And that fabulous little 3D cardinal sticker is from K & Company.

And our prize for this month...

This month we have a fabulous set of Flourishes stamps, "Sentimental Favorites", as a prize for one lucky random participant.  PLUS... the winner will join us for TWO sketches in December!!!  So link up your card sketch creation HERE and we'll pick a random winner from all the card sketch entries for the month of November (from a total of 4 sketches).  Our November prize winner will be announced with our first December sketch.  Good luck!!!


Supplies: 
stamps: Flourishes
cardstock: Bazzill, Flourishes Classic White Cardstock
patterned papers: Fancy Pants Designs
bird sticker: K & Company
die cut shapes:  Spellbinders 
inks: Stampin' Up!, Ranger, Memento
accessories: gold twine.
 

World Card Making Day - Sketch!

Hey everyone!  Hop, skip and jump on over to the Let's Capture These Sketches blog today and celebrate World Card Making Day with us!

It's my turn to post a challenge so I'm posting a sketch challenge for you today!  Here is your sketch...

And check out my card example...

Each Day...

 Come on out and join us!

Supplies: 
stamps: Flourishes 
cardstock: Flourishes Classic Ivory
patterned papers: Fancy Pants Designs
inks: Memento, Ranger
accessories: thread, ribbon.
 

Love Birdies

Love Birdies

supplies: stamps, myStamp BOX; patterned papers, Fancy Pants Design; die cut shapes, Spellbinder's; ink, Color Box, Ranger, Stampin' Up!; gems, Dollarama; embossing powder, Stampendous!; glossy accents, Ranger; cardstock, Bazzill; other, thread.

Just a fun share of a Valentine's Day card today!

I used the fabulous stamps from myStamp BOX (No Place Like Home, Birthday Balloons, Tree for All Seasons).

Pinwheels, Clouds and Dreaming...

Happy Sunday everyone... time for a new challenge over at Mission to Create!

This week we have the lovely Zoe Nembert joining with us. She has added the fifth part of this week's challenge...

Deborah - use lyrics from the song,
'The Climb' (Miley Cyrus)
Jocie -use brackets/parenthesis
Nicole - pinwheels
Vanessa - use matted circles
Zoe - blue

Here's what I came up this week using all 5 concepts on my card creation...

Dreaming

supplies: stamps, mystamp BOX; patterned papers, Fancy Pants Design; cardstock, Bazzill; die cut shapes, Spellbinder's; embossing powder, Hero Arts; brads, Making Memories, My Mind's Eye; star pin, Maya Road; ink, Stampin' Up, Versamark; tools, Klic N'Kut machine; other, thread.

Here are few close up shots of some of my card details...

I used the super fun "Wishing You Sunshine" stamp set from myStamp BOX on this card. I was perfect for the "dreaming" part of the lyrics from the song I put on my long tag.

Come and join the card team or the layout team and create something using a minimum of 3 of the 5 concepts and you could win a prize package from Pixie Dust Paperie! Woohoo! See you ever at Mission 2 Create!

Come and check out what my fellow card team did with this week's concepts! See it HERE!

Oh Yes! Oh Yes! Oh Yes!

I'm joining in on the fun over at the Your Next Stamp challenge blog today. This week's challenge is a fun sketch.

This is the card I cam e up with...

Oh Yes!

supplies: stamps, Your Next Stamp; myStamp BOX, Hero Arts; cardstock, Bazzill; patterned papers, stickers, Fancy Pants Design; ink, Memento, Copic; pen, Sakura, Copic; die cut shapes, Spellbinder's; edge punch, Fiskars; other, thread.

This is the first time I've used this new stamp and papers so I'm entering it in with the Copic Creations challenge #42 this week of "What's new?!".

I even decorated a bit of the back of my card...

To add some dimension to my little girl, I paper pieced a few parts of her... her hair, her shoes, her shirt collar, the table and scrap bag. I also used my Copic Spica and a glittery Sakura pens to add some touches of sparkle!

I used the "Bold Blocks" stamp set from myStamp BOX to put the sentiment across my card.

Come and join me in some sketchy fun over at Your Next Stamp today!