Stamper's Best Heartland Rubber Stamp

This card was made using a Stamper's Best rubber stamp called "Heartland". Here is a link to where you can find it:
https://www.stampersbest.com/product.php?productid=175&cat=0&page=1

I colored it with Spectrum Noir pens and used the blender pen to make the barn look weathered.  The Spectrum Noir pens are alcohol pens and give you the ability to blend colors so nicely. I found them here at my favorite on-line craft store:
http://www.shopbeecreative.com/Pens-Stamping_c_11.html

After stamping and coloring the image, I cut out the image along the top of the barn/tree/land and darkened the edge with a black marker.

Then I used some blue ink from a stamp pad triangle set to create the blue sky on white card stock. I attached the colored image to the sky, cut it into a rectangle shape, and layered it on brown card stock. It is hard to see here, but it gave the tree/land/barn edge a little extra dimension.

I also cut strips of red paper (by Recollections at Michaels, it has little brown specs in it), and I distressed the edges of each strip in a dark brown ink. The strips are adhered to brown card stock, then layered on cream paper. A little more layering with brown and red, a few bronze colored bards in the corners, and a little brown polka dot ribbon finished it off.

Trucks and Cars Birthday Card

This card was made using some cool truck/car paper from Reminisce and some great car stickers.

Our Daily Bread Designs May Challenge for Operation Write Home

The ODBD's May challenge is to use any five elements (to celebrate Cinco De Mayo) so this card was made using 1.)layers of paper, 2.) ribbon, 3.) a die-cut circle, 4.) a brad, and 5.) birthday stickers found on my favorite craft supply website here: http://www.shopbeecreative.com/Sticker-Sheet--Happy-Icons-Words_p_113.html

Thinking of You Owl

This card was made using a rubber stamp from Stamper's Best "Hoot Owl Set", colored with Spectrum Noir colors. The "Thinking of You" stamp is from Hero Arts OWH set found here: http://shop.heroarts.com/products/productdetail/Year+Round+Sentiments/part_number=CL582/1571.0.1.1.1007703.0.0.0.0?pp=12&

Stamper's Best Ciara in Camouflage

This card was made using Operation Write Home's mascot Ciara with a rubber stamp from Stamper's Best. The "I Miss You" sentiment is from Hero Arts OWH stamp set.

Pretty as a Princess

These two cards were made using cool stickers found on shopbeecreative.com You can find them here: http://www.shopbeecreative.com/SALE-Sticker-Sheet--Princess_p_116.html

Patchwork Quilt Style Cards (using Scraps!)

These cards were all made using the little bits of paper that I just could not toss. As long as I can cut a one and one sixteenth inch square out of it, I can use it.

I start with a regular A2 size card front, often out of paper that is not my favorite, but sometimes just with white card stock (the heavier it is the easier it is to stitch through.) I take all my scraps and select five or six that coordinate somewhat, and I love ones that look like an old time fabric. I cut the scraps into squares that are 1 1/16th inch and then the fun begins with arranging them on the card front.

I keep the idea of a grandmother's quilt from long ago in my mind for inspiration (when they used to use up old clothing scraps.) I use adhesive to attach the squares to the card front. I try to put the squares close together so the paper below does not show through when it does not match, but sometimes it is nice to see a border around all the squares when it does match.

Then I use my piercing tool to poke holes all around the outside edge of the card, about an 1/8 inch from the edge. I also pierce holes around all the squares so that I can stitch between them (again thinking of the olden days doing hand stitching, so it does not have to be perfect.) The more holes you pierce, the more detailed the card will be.

Then I use embroidery thread to hand stitch around the whole thing. I love the variegated threads (if they match the papers somewhat) because seeing the lighter and darker shades of the thread adds to the texture of the card.

Have fun using up your scraps!

Through the trees...

This card was made using scraps, my favorite thing to do (just don't like wasting paper.) Everything was layered with olive green and trees were stamped on top of the tree paper.

Birthday Cards

Here are some birthday cards.

This one was made for a friend who loves "Greeple", Green and Purple.

Cricut "Going Places"- Envelope

This card was made using a Cricut to makes the envelopes, printed wood grain paper, and some eyelets. The Cricut cartridge "Going Places" has the envelope outline and once cut, I glued the outlines onto contrasting papers. Operation Write Home asked for "Brown cards", so this was one of my creations .