Joyful Stars December Blog Hop - Happiness Never Grows Old - Valentine

 

Welcome to the Joyful Stars November Blog Hop.

If you've come here from Joyce's Blog, then you are on the right track. If you've just happened upon my blog, just keep hoping until you get right back here.

My card today was made using the CTMH December SOTM, Happiness Never Grows Old. The Flowers and the Sentiment were stamped with VersaMark Ink and Gold Embossing Powder. 

The flowers were colored with Copic Markers. 

The background was made using the Hearts Background Die cut out of White Cardstock and layered over Smoothie Cardstock.

The sentiments are retired. I just needed something to fit in the two hearts. 

Now Hop on over to Betty's Blog and see what fabulous artwork she has to share with you. 

Joyful Stars November Blog Hop - You Warm My Heart

Welcome to the Joyful Stars November Blog Hop.

If you've come here from Joyce's Blog, then you are on the right track. If you've just happened upon my blog, just keep hoping until you get right back here.

My card today was made using the CTMH, November Stamp of the Month, You Warm My Heart.

The background was made stamping one of the small stamps onto White Daisy Cardstock using VersaMark Ink then heat set with clear embossing Powder.

Candy Apple Ink was then lightly sponged over the entire background.

The Cup, Sentiment and candy Canes were stamped with Ruby Ink, which is retired, but I don't have the new Scarlet Ink yet, but I wanted three elements to be darker then the rest of the card. 

The sentiment was stamped onto a Stitched Scalloped Bracket Die. 

The lacy border was cut using the Fancy Borders Die which is in the Newest Core catalog that will be available through August 2021. 

Now Hop on over to Betty's Blog and see what fabulous artwork she has to share with you. 

September Joyful Stars Blog Hop - Spooky Gnomes

 Welcome to the September Joyful Stars Blog Hop

If you've come here from Joyce's Blog, then you are on the right track. If you've just happened upon my blog, just keep hoping until you get right back here.

My card today was made using the Spooky Gnomes Stamp Set for the New CTMH September/October, fall supplement. 

The background was made using Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot Distress Oxide Inks and the Clear Shimmer Brush.

The Gnome was colored in with Purple Blend, Light Green Blend, Ice Grey Blend, and Fair Skin Blend TriBlend Alcohol Markers. 

The Stars are from the Star Shaker Window Die.

Now Hop on over to Betty's Blog and enjoy her fabulous art work. 

August Joyful Stars Blog Hop - Sunflowers and Gnome

 

Welcome to the August Joyful Stars Blog Hop

If you've come here from Krista's Blog, then you are on the right track. If you've just happened upon my blog, just keep hoping until you get right back here.

My card today is  a combination of Two Close to My Heart Stamp Sets, Joyful Sunflower and Gnome Matters.

The clouds were made using a really old CTMH cloud stencil, but you can cut and make your own with just heavy cardstock. 

The colors I used are primarily Expresso, Paprika, Fern and Carolina.

The images were colored in with Specrtum Noir TriBlend Alcohol Markers.

Now hop on over to Joyce's Blog for her amazing art work. 

Garden Tags and Yellow Boots - 3rd Class Card for June

Here is the 3rd and last of my Class Cards for June.

This set uses a combination of FIVE different stamp sets. I think it's necessary to learn to use more then one stamp set on your projects. It gets you out of a rut you may be in when not feeling creative.

The first set of called Garden Tags. This is a BEAUTIFUL stamp set and is the June Stamp of the month. 
I used the single daisy stamp to stamp a background on Candy Apple Red Cardstock with Candy Apple Ink.  I also added the splotches from the "A Million Little Things" Stamp Set. 

Then I stamped the Boots from "Make A Splash" on the light side of Lemonade Cardstock with Intense Black ink, then stamped the dots with Ruby Ink. 

The flowers coming out of the boots are from the "Mason Jar Bouquet" Stamp Set and fussy Cut. This set does come with thin cuts to die cut them out, But, I forgot to order them. 

The Sentiment is from the "You're Not Getting Old" Stamp Set. 

Hello Ladybug - June Class Card #2

This card was made using the Hello Ladybug Stamp Set and matching Ladybug Window Thin Cuts. 
I was going to make a shaker card out of this for my class, but i'm still not open for holding classes. They just get the stamped images to put the card together at home. 

I used an old retired cloud stencil to make the clouds, but a stencil can be hand made to accomplish the same look.

The tiny ladybugs were cut on the Cricut using the CTMH Stitched Together Cricut Collection. 

Palm Paradise - June Class Card #1

Check out this Cute Parrot. Doesn't it make you just want to take off and head for the Islands!

This is a CTMH Stamp Set called Palm Paradise. 

The Parrot was colored with the Tri-Blend Alcohol Markers.

The flowers were stamped with Intense Black Ink, Heat embossed with clear embossing powder, fussy cut, then the edges were sponged with Smoothie Ink. 

Colors of Ink used are New England Ivy, Green Apple, Carolina and Smoothie.

June Joyful Stars Blog Hop - Sweet Hummingbird - Class Card #1

Welcome to the Joyful Stars Blog Hop

If you've come here from Krista's Blog, then you are on the right track. If you've just happened upon my blog, just keep hoping until you get right back here.

For my card today, I used Peacock Cardstock then a piece of Sweet Leaf that I dry embossed with a retired Floral embossing folder and swiped over it with Sweetleaf Ink. This piece was cut out using the Stitched Rectangle Frames Dies, 

The Stitched Oval was cut from Lilac Cardstock using the NEW Cricut Stitched Together Collection. 

The Stamps used are from the Sweet Hummingbird Stamp Set. I fussy cut all images out by hand, BUT it also comes in a Bundle with matching Thin Cuts, however, the thin cuts are almost sold out. 

The images were colored in using the Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Alcohol Markers.

Now hop on over to Joyce's Blog and see her amazing artwork. 

Stitched Together Father's Day Card - Club Card #3

Here is card #3 for my May Hostess Club.

The background of this card was done using the Woodland Embossing Folder and sponged with New England Ivy Ink. The sky was sponged with Carolina Ink.

The Wishing You, Father's Day and the Dragonfly was stamped in Peacock Ink

The Happy was stamped with New England Ivy and Die cut using the Stitched Together Stamps and Thin Cuts. 

Sending Hugs - Club Card #2

Here is the second of my three cards my Hostess Club is making in June. 

 

The card was designed using the Aurora Paper Pack and the Operations Smile "You Make Me Happy" Stamp Set. 

The Background was stamped with Sage Inks onto Sage Cardstock using 3 of the little Flower stamps in the set.