One Step at a Time

A card made today for a friend who was diagnosed with leukemia and has gone through her first round of chemotherapy.  

Two stars were ink blended using a Brutus Monroe stencil and Gina K Applemint ink. The shoes and sentiment are from the Brutus Monroe set called Christopher's Shoes.  I colored them with alcohol markers and then gave them a brush of Wink of Stella for sparkle, fussy cut and popped up with foam. The sentiment was stamped directly on to the front panel.  I used a die from my stash to cut stars from purple and green mirror card stock for embellishments.  The card front was covered with some black and fine line striped paper from my stash and the white panel was popped with a layer of foam.

Inspired by sketch #514 at Freshly Made Sketches.

Merry Chiristmas

 

Happy Monday! See the new sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge today. My card is inspired by the sketch and by the inspiration photo at Just Add Ink.  See below.

I stamped a Hero Arts background stamp in black on School House Red card stock (SSS), and adhered it to a white panel that I ran through a Snowflake embossing folder. It's only one large snowflake but I moved it around to emboss in each corner.  The images were stamped and colored with Altenew inks/markers (Green Fields and Mountain Pine), and I added a bit of Glossy Accents on the berries.  The sentiment is from the same set - Hero Arts, Holly Says stamp & die combo. Black twine from my stash.

I was inspired by the Buffalo Plaid, white script on black, and 

the green tree boughs

CAS Very Berry

 Inspired by CAS Colours & Sketches #447, I created a thin strip using Altenew's mini Very Berry layering set stamped with Altenew inks of Firefly and Grass Field, CTMH Holiday Red and Cranberry. The sentiment is an older one from a CTMH set.  A touch of Wink of Stellar was added to the berries for a tiny shimmer.

Brrr Inchie

 

Found my inchies!  I stamped this tiny snowman in black, colored around him with alcohol marker, white heat embossed the 'brrr' sentiment, then used gel pens to color his scarf, heart buttons and add snow.  

A very fun challenge at AAA Card Challenge.

Peaceful Night

 

Inspired by sketch #512 at Freshly Made Sketches, and Color Throwdown #669

and linking to Krafty Chicks #586 CAS challenge.

Savvy Snowy Scene die cut, gold embossed stars from Flora and Fauna Cozy Cuddles set, and sentiment Simon Says Stamp Clean Line Christmas set.

Blue denim card stock and a narrow strip of gold mirror card.

Sketch Saturday #687

 

Good Morning!  New sketch this week for the Sketch Saturday challenge. My Design Team inspiration was created using the following products.

Stamps and coordinating dies: Gina K Perfect Ponsettia

Stencil: Holiday Foliage, Simon Says Stamp

Die Cut: Outline Clustered Leaves, SSS

Ink: Gina K Innocent Pink, Dusty Rose, Fresh Asparagus, Jelly Bean Green

Feel Better Soon

 

A get well card for a friend's husband inspired by sketch #532 at 

Try Stampin' On Tuesday..

The card front was debossed with an Altenew cover die, and the foliage cut with Altenew dies. All the papers, ink, sentiment stamp, and embellishments are CTMH products.