Gold embossing with water color hydrangea card

   I did one more card for the Mod Squad challenge blog. I used a pretty hydrangea flower from Raisin boat stamps. I used versa mark ink to stamp it on water color paper and then embossed it with gold. I die cut a butterfly with a spellbinders die and then covered it with versa mark ink and embossed it with gold. I then used water color pencils to color the flower and used a aqua brush to blend the colors. This is really easy as the water stays inside the embossed lines. I used an oval spellbinders die and a pretty mat die they have to put out the colors of the flower. I added the butterfly to bring out the gold embossing on the flower. A very pretty card that was really easy to do.
   The person I cased is Katerina she has done this technique and I always wanted to try it.
   I hope you pull out your embossing powders and water color pencils and give this technique a try.
Donna
" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

Playing with my Heart die's

    I spent some time just cutting hearts from different papers and then played with layering them in different ways. I have always admired Lovely Linda Lucas and her spellbinder creations so I used her as a inspiration for some of the cards I made using my hearts. I am sharing 2 that I made but I am entering one of them in 2 challenges one is Mod Squad and the other is MFT sketch challenge.
   I used spellbinders dies Vines of passion and Lace Hearts and Annalee embossing folder from Couture creations for both cards and the red small hearts is a die from Top Dog dies, love is from paper smooches.
    I die cut the card with a accucut die and embossed the card front. The red hearts fit perfect in between the embossed design. I die cut the lace heart from some pretty aqua blue paper I had and the lace heart from cream.I cut the word love from the same red paper as the red heart stripe.I added a strip of the aqua blue paper under the scallops.
   The second card I used pearl paper and metallic paper.I love the way they look so elegant and it was so easy! I embossed the white pearl paper and then added a few dots of glitter pen by Viva to look like small flowers on the vine design. I layered the pink lace heart on the gold and then positioned the lace pink under at an angle.
   I hope you enjoy both cards and dig out your dies and your fancy pearly papers or play with some other color combo's like the aqua blue and red.
     Have a great day and I have a few more cards I will be posting later this week.
Donna
" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

A simple black and cream valentine

 

   I wanted to play with the stamp set I have from Raisin Boat called Free as a bird.  I wanted to keep it simple so I embossed the bird and cages with a pewter embossing powder and die cut it with a fun heart die from Nellie they fit nice as this is a longer style heart. I then embossed the bottom of my card  that I had die cut with an accucut die and added a black print paper from my scraps. I cut a small stripe of silver paper and added a black washi tape on top to pull the silver out a bit.I die cut the word love with a paper smooches die. I added a small stripe of the black printed paper under the scallop and I was done. Not your traditional Valentine colors but I do like the simplicity and the elegant feel of this card.
    I will be entering this in Raisin Boats Challenge # 30 Love is in the air and MFT sketch challenge Be sure to stop in and see the other wonderful cards that the talented paper artist have made at both of these wonderful challenge blogs.
   Thanks for stopping and I hope this black and cream card helps you to think out side the box for your Valentine ( Wedding/Anniversary) card making.
Donna

" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

Birds of A feather

     I love that Susan Opel has found a new place to land and share her talents over at My Favorite Things. I also love Challenges so here is my take on My Favorite things sketch challenge.
     I used a fun stamp from Raisin Boat Stamps called Perfect Partners.  I used water color paper and water color pencils to color the cute little birds. I went a little different with the black and white/off white theme.I used spellbinders dies to mat the birds. I used some color core paper and embossed it and sanded it to let the pretty design show through. To add a pop of color on the top and bottom and to go with the sketch. I added some delicate white lace and a skinny red dot washi tape. To finish it off I added a scalloped die cut heart and a metal love embellishment I had in my drawer waiting to be used.To be truer to the sketch I added the delicate leaves a My Favorite Things die that has been discontinued.
   I hope this gets you in the Valentine mood.Be sure to pop over to My Favorite Things sketch challenge to see all of the other wonderful cards the talented paper crafters have made for this challenge.
  Thanks for stopping.
Donna

" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

Sweet Tweet Valentine card

    I made one more card for MFT Sketch Challenge. For this one I used the Wood plank background stamp and used a corner rounder on the corners and then stitched it to the front of my card with red thread. I die cut the vine border from red paper and then added dots of blue pearl pen. I stamped the bird and saying from Raisin Boats Tree's Company stamp set I colored it with Copic markers. I then matted it with red and aqua paper I die cut with spellbinders  oval die.s
   This is a quick and cute Valentine card that is good for a male or female,boy or girl.I hope you like this cute simple card.Be sure to check the other great cards that people made for this challenge.
   Donna
" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

MFT sketch challenge baby card

    I was so happy for Susan Opel when I saw she got a new job over at MFT . I always loved seeing her posts when she was the editor over at Paper Craft Magazine ( Which will be missed) I don't have many stamps from them but I do have several die.s.
    This is my take on the MFT sketch challenge  I used one of the Mini doily's dies for the mat under the circle. I stamped the cute frog big from Raisin Boats Loads of love stamp set. I colored it with Copic markers and used Momento ink to stamp the image and the saying. The saying is from MFT set Clearly Sentiments about Babies.
   I hope you checkout the other great cards over at MFT Sketch Challenge.
Donna
 
" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

A Tractor card for a new baby boy

   I made this fun card for my Nephews new baby boy.Matt is an AG mechanic and grew up on the family farm.
   I used the tractor stamp from Raisin Boat Family Farm and Momento ink. I also stamped on the cotton ribbon for a little added interest. I hope you enjoy my fun farm themed card for my nephew's little Ayden.
   Homemade beef soup is cooking in the crock pot to warm our tummy's on this cold day here in WI. I hope you stay warm and cozy on this cold day.
   Donna

" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer