Wash Day

 

Hello!  I am guest designing for Gerda Steiner Designs today.  These busy kittens are from the new stamp set called Wash Day.  When I first saw this set, I thought that I would turn the washing machine into a little shaker.  It is tiny for sure, but I think it turned really cute.

For the background on this card, I used a 1.75" piece of white woodgrain cardstock dusted up with a little Lost Shadow Distress Oxide Ink.  I glued the woodgrain cardstock strip to a piece of turquoise cardstock cut to 5.5" x 4.25".  I cut two pieces of coordinating patterned paper on top leaving a border around the outside.

To make the shaker element, I stamped the washing machine on a piece of white cardstock and hand cut it leaving a thin border. I laid the cut out on top of another piece of paper and cut out around it; this will be the base of my shaker.  I used a small circle die, to cut out the the center of the washing machine door.  I used the stamp that has the kitten behind it (bottom left corner) to stamp out the laundry that will be the background for the little shaker pieces.  I glued my "laundry circle" on the shaker background using the stamped image to line it up in the door opening.  I used 2mm foam tape to build the well for the shaker pieces.  I also added foam tape to make sure that the rest of the stamped machine was supported.  I sprinkled in some Transparent Pastel Shaker Pop in the well.  Once I applied a small piece of acetate to the door, I adhered the stamped machine to the background to seal everything up.

I colored my little friends with Copic markers in the following colors:

• BV11, BV13, BV17 - Purple
• R81, R83, R85 - Rose
• Y00, Y02, Y08 - Yellow
• C00, C0, C1 C3, C5 - Gray
• YR20, E21, E53 - Basket
• BG0000, BG000, BG53 - Washing Machine
• YR21, YR23, YR24, YR27 - Kittens

Once I had my friends colored and cut out, I glued them to the washing machine and then used 2mm foam tape to fill in the gap between them and the background.

I used one of the sentiments from the stamp set for the front of the card.  I stamped it out, trimmed it and the glued it to another piece of patterned paper to frame it out.  

To add a little bling, I glued Sparkle Spots, by Trinity Stamps, in Watermelon, Celeste and Blue Sky to the top of the card front.

I think this card turned out adorable.  I love the little shaker element, it just adds a fun extra detail.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope that you have a great day!

Sandy

Begrudged Pissy Puppy

 Oh dear...such a grumpy puppy.  I created this card for the Layers Of Unity Challenge for the FaceBook group by Unity Stamps.  

The challenge was to create a card based on the sketch below:

For my card, I used the Begrudged Pissy Puppy Stamp and their All The Good Boys 6x6 Paper Pack and A Little Tenderness 6x6 Paper Pack.

I used Copic markers in the following colors:

• E42, E57, E59 - Puppy
• BG96, G99, E21, E33 - Hat

I don't know about you, but I have a number of pissy puppies in my life that this card would be perfect for.

Thank you for stopping by!

Sandy

#305 - Craft Roulette Challenge - Indispensable

 

Hello!  This is a card that I submitted for the current Craft Roulette Challenge. I love the way this get well card turned out - it is so cheerful not to mention colorful.

This weeks parameters were:

• Project:  A Joyfold Card
• Colors:  Cartoon Colors
• Element: Starts With "I"

To make the Joyfold card, I started with a piece of cardstock cut at 5.5" x 8'5" scored at 4.25" and folded in half.  I cut front of the card diagonally from the top left corner to the bottom right corner.  I cut a piece of patterned paper that was cut at 4.0" x 5.25" diagonally from corner to corner.  I glued on of those diagonal cut pieces on to the diagonal cut of the card front.  

I cut another piece of patterned paper to 5.25" x 4.0" and glued it to the inside of the card.  

Next I cut a piece of card stock to 3.5" by 8.5".  I scored it at 4.25" and folded it in half.  I glued the piece to the inside of the card making sure that the smaller piece when folded would clear the diagonal fold when shut.  I cut another piece of patterned paper to 3.0" x 4.0" and glued it to the smaller cardstock piece on top.  I cut another piece of white cardstock to the same measurements for the sentiment on the inside of the card.  

  For the outside of the card, I stamped and colored the little bottles from the Trinity Stamps Indispensable Stamp Set with the following Copic colors:

• BG0000, BG01, BG45
• YR12, YR04, YR18

I cut them out using the Indispensable Coordinating Die Set.

I used the sentiment that comes with the stamp set to finish this card.  

This really turned out to be a quick card because not only because of the unique Joyfold project, the patterned paper and the images that are so quick to color.

Thank you for stopping by today. 

Sandy

#304 Craft Roulette - Go Wild by Gerda Steiner

Hello!!!  I don't usually do two cards with the same stamp set so close together, but one of the parameters on this weeks Craft Roulette Challenge was "Go Wild".  I still had my stamps and markers on my work surface, so I jumped right in.

This weeks parameters are:

• Project: Drop Down Card
• Element: Go Wild
• Colors: Mahjong Colors
• Random: Hand Drawn Border

Supplies:

• Go Wild Stamp Set - Gerda Steiner Designs
• Tropical Leaves Stencil - Lawn Fawn
• Tropical Leaves Die Set - Lawn Fawn
• Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink
• Twisted Citron Distress Oxide Ink
• Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide Ink
• Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink
• Lime Sparkle Spots Confetti Embellishment - Trinity Stamps
• Orange Sparkle Spots Confetti Embellishment - Trinity Stamps

Copic Markers Used:

• E97, E99, Y04, Y19, Y26 - Giraffe
• YG61, G24, G94 - Jeep Body
• Y11, Y06, Y15 - Headlights
• T3, T5, T7 - Tires 
• T1, T3, T5 - Fender
• E000, E00, E11 - Skin
• E40, E41, E43, E44 - Outfit

The inside of this card is just as fun as the top.  I am going to have to use this drop down style again.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today!!!!

Sandy