4.4 Retrosketches #108 - You Are Loved

Hello everyone,

I wanted to create a card before I left for work. This card took me about 10 minutes to make.

I used Tim Holtz's Distress Inks to color the diecut leaves.

First time to use my sewing machine on a card. 

I had to repair a favorite comforter and the sewing machine was left out..... so this is the result. 

Pretty good. Maybe a smaller needle might look better on the card. 

I played along with retrosketches challenge. I hope you like my card!

Thanks for stopping by!

Materials Used:

Mama Elephant: Love from Above

Ink: Mememento, Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Dies: Memory Box, Large Marianna

Dare to be You

Hello everyone! Here's a card that I completed this morning for two challenges combined. Cas-ual Fridays and Retro Sketches.

It's not exactly Clean and Simple, but for me it is. 

Here are the combined challenges. 

The Cas-ual Friday challenge was to use craft paper and text. I wanted my patterned paper to match the craft paper so I added some beige tissue paper on top. 

I added glue to the paper and spritzed it with water. I used a brush with more diluted glue and smooshed the tissue paper to the patterned paper. Do you remember doing this in elementary school? The old school decoupage method. 

I let them dry on some clear acetate scraps and cut them out when they were dry.

I liked the Dare to be You sentiment. The card in a way is crazy, different and daring. 

Thanks for looking. Have a great day!

Materials used:

Paper: Kraft paper, cardboard, Colorbok (Beach House)
Stamp: Verve (Dare to be)
Ink: Stampin' Up (Baked Brown Sugar)

Misc: Yarn, Drops were from a grab bag from a scrapbook convention. Maker unknown. 

Happy Everything. Retrosketches 78

Happy Friday everyone. I made this card yesterday for the Retrosketches #78 Challenge. I actually made it yesterday and just posting it today. I know... pretty exciting news, huh. I won't be making any cards today because my creative desk is a total mess. Ooh, my sister would be very mad if she saw this because she organized it while she was visiting from New York. I bought some storage containers for my stamps and Copic markers so I'm going to work on that.

This is just one corner of my craft area. There are two more tables on the left. Um, I won't be showing you that side of the creative disaster.

Here is the great sketch from retrosketches. 

Here is my take. Looks like a filing organizer. Sorry, I don't know who designed the "happy birthday" stamp. I have a friend who likes to come over when I have a creative get together. She doesn't scrapbook or make cards, she likes to die cut and just stamp without any purpose. So I had her make a whole bunch of these so that I can just make a card with patterned paper and whip out one of these with dimensional tape and add it to the card. So if anyone recognizes it, let me know so I can give proper credit. Thanks.

I added dimensional tape behind the little papers to give it more dimension.

My boys complain that I don't make enough manly cards. Will make another one like this with more masculine colors. So picky...sheesh... hahaha.

Thanks for looking! Hugs ~ Lynn

Materials Used:

Paper: Basic Grey (kneehighs)

Die: MFT die-namics (framed greetings)

Ink: Memento (Tuxedo black), Stampin' Up (Peach Parfait)

Stamps: Verve (Happy Phrases), Papertrey (Little Bitty Bird), Unknown "Happy birthday"

Thinking of You - Retro Sketches #77

Hello World,

Here's a card I made for my son who just graduated high school. He needs to write out a lot of Thank You cards and I'm helping him out by making them.... One. At. A. Time.  Last I heard he needed 23 cards. 

 I used the #77 sketch from Retrosketches for inspiration. 

Thanks for looking!
Lynn

Supplies
Paper: DCWV (The Linen Stack)
Stamps: Stampabilities (Cute Border Mix)
Die: Butterfly (unknown...sorry)
Misc: Charm from wedding aisle in Michaels, Baker's twine