CAS Colours & Sketches #365

Do you know what day it is?  Me either.  LOL!  Oh wait!  It's Tuesday which means we have a new challenge up at the CAS Colours & Sketches blog today.  Our hostess for April is Patricia and she's starting us out with a color challenge. 

The idea is to create a card using the three colors illustrated above it.  As always,

 you may use whatever brand of ink, cardstock, markers, etc you have in your stash

as long as they're similar to the Stampin' Up ones named above.  You are also free to 

add neutrals but this trio of colors should be the only other ones used on your card.  

I decided on a very non traditionally colored rainbow for my card today.  Rainbows are happy and I think the world needs a bit more happy right now.

I die cut the simple rainbow and clouds and then applied three colors of Distress Oxide inks to color in the arches.  I die cut the front panel, added a stamped sentiment and a few enamel dots, and this card was done.   

Supplies:

MFT Once Upon a Rainbow set

MFT Inside Out Diagonal Die

MFT Kind Words stamp set

I hope to see you in the gallery this week!

Stay healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules

Seize the Birthday #186

Today's card was created with the current Seize the Birthday challenge in mind where the theme is Kids. 

I do make quite a few birthday cards for children however this time I made a personal challenge to myself....No Sharks.  LOL!!!  

I pulled out a "never seen ink" stamp set and went to town and am rather loving the result!

Ordinarily I do not put this much coloring effort into a card for a child who is just going to crumple it up and throw it aside but right now, I ain't got nothin' but time.  Right???  

All images were colored with Copic markers.  The swimming pool is ink blended with Distress Ink as is the soft yellow card panel.  The sentiment was stamped and heat set in white onto black cardstock.  I added a few clear dots to finish it off.  

Supplies:

MFT Swimming Pool die

MFT Sunshine and Friendship stamp set  (I believe this was a gift from MFT at last year's Colroing Road Trip)

Stay healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #157

With everything going on in today's world it's important for us to maintain a sense of humor and Edna certainly has a great attitude.  This week she's rocking to the tune of Retro.  And damn, she's sporting some finely defined legs there.

SOSS Challenge #157 R is for Retro

Retro can mean a lot of things to a lot of people, especially ones of different age groups.  I had several ideas but in the end decided to shop my stash for something that will be appropriate to some crafters.  

Funny little personal story....

One of my son's favorite t shirts as a teen had a logo of a 45 rpm spider, also referred to as an adapter.  Remember these?

He had bought the shirt himself and so one day I asked him if he knew what the logo was.  Nope.  Not a clue.  He just thought it "looked cool."  I felt very old explaining the concept to him.  LOL!!  

Ok...back to my card.  :-)

I stamped and colored the turntable image with Copic markers and Polychromos pencils before fussy cutting it out.  I used a wave background stamp to create the white embossed image onto black cardstock.  I did a bit of creative masking on the sentiment.  The original says "relax, vintage is totally cool right now."   I taped off the word "vintage" before stamping and heat embossing in white.  I then stamped in the word RETRO in the blank space and heat embossed it in teal.  I added some enamel dots and really love how it turned out.  

Question....do any of you still own your LPs/45s?  I have four LPs displayed on craft room wall.  I also still have my 45 collection which includes the original Bohemian Rhapsody/We Will Rock You by one of my favorite bands ever, Queen.  And me being the OCD nerd then that I still am today, I have each and every album/single labeled in Sharpie with my initials and month/year that I bought them.  Yep.  I was born this way.  ROFL!!

Supplies:

Neat & Tangled - For the Record stamp set

Hero Arts - Irreverent Birthday stamp set

Hero Arts - Ocean Waves Background stamp

Honey Bee Stamps - Sentiment Alpha set

Stay healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules

Inspired By Yellow

I will be honest.  Yellow is one of my least favorite colors so this card was a real challenge for me.  But I faced it head on and think in the end that I may have gone a little bit overboard.  You decide.

Here's the the current inspiration piece over at the Inspired By Challenge blog.

And here is my very yellow card.

I started with a cup/saucer/floral stamp and die set which I colored with Copic markers.  I cut a panel of Neenah Solar White cardstock and did some Distress Oxide blending in two shades of yellow, concentrating most of the color on the bottom right portion. I added a die cut background piece over top of the background and adhered the cup/saucer/floral die cuts over the top.  I adhered this whole thing to the front of a light grey card front.  To finish it off I added the tiny stamped sentiment and some clear sequins.  Too much yellow???

Supplies:

W Plus - Hello and Thanks stamp and die set

MFT - Split Chevron die

Simon Says Stamp - Tiny Words stamp set

Pretty Pink Posh - sparkling clear sequins

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules

CAS Colours and Sketches #364

As March would have it, there are five Tuesdays this month so guess what?  We're doing a double the fun challenge at the CAS Colours and Sketches blog.  Here's the current challenge...

So the idea is to create a card using both the sketch and the three colors illustrated above it.  As always, you may use whatever brand of ink, cardstock, markers, etc you have in your stash as long as they're similar to the Stampin' Up ones named above.  You are also free to add neutrals but this trio of colors should be the only other ones used on your card.  

Here's my card.

I chose to use large patterned circles as my focal design and stamped them out using three colors of Distress Oxide ink.  (Spiced Marmalade, Dried Marigold and Bundled Sage)  I heat embossed my sentiment in white onto a piece of white cardstock that I colored in with the Bundled Sage.  I thought my card front needed just a bit more so I took the liberty of cutting the panel down and adhered it centered vertically onto the card front. I added a line of Liquid Pearls along the edges for another little touch of interest.  

I hope to see your card in our gallery!

Supplies:

Lil Inkers - Spiffy Spots stamp set

Penny Black - Million Thanks stamp set

Distress Oxide

Liquid Pearls in Gold Pearl

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules

CAS(e) This Sketch #365

If you have little ones at home you're probably finding yourself stretched pretty thin right about now.  That's no longer the case for me so I've suddenly found myself with all of the time in the world but little mojo.   Is anyone else finding it hard to stay focused?  I turned to a sketch from the CAS(e) This Sketch challenge blog to get the creative juices flowing. 

I knew immediately that I wanted to flip the sketch upside down and use the V patterns to create a spotlight effect. 

I colored and cut out my little people and then placed them onto piece of Neenah Solar White measuring 4" x 5.25"  to determine the ideal width of my spotlight band.  To create the background I first masked off the outer edges of the panel using low tack painters tape.  I did some ink blending in the upside down V area with Distress Oxide ink in the color Bundled Sage.  I then masked the panel in reverse (protecting the green area) and blended that out in the color Faded Jeans.  I stamped the sentiment in the lower corner as per the sketch, adhered the happy little people and then glued the whole panel onto the front of a light grey card. 

I thought this would make a cute "just because" card to send to a friend during this crazy time of ours.  Stay safe and stay healthy my friends!

Supplies:

Waffle Flower - Hello stamp set

Distress Oxide inks

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules

Less Is More Challenge #415

My card today was created with the current theme over at the Less Is More challenge blog in mind.  Their prompt is to use the colors raspberry, red and grey which is one I can totally embrace.

In keeping with their Clean and Simple philosophy I kept my card elements very minimal.

I did some stamp masking to create depth and Copic markers for the coloring.  Hardly gets simpler.

Supplies:

Memory Box - Love Grows stamp set (mushroom)

Ellen Hutson - Snaile It stamp set (sentiment)

Stay healthy my friends!  

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Thank you for visiting my little crevice of the crafty blogosphere.  Your time, comments and friendship are much appreciated.  

Happy Crafting!

Jules