It's Mario!

I'm just so excited to share my card for The Friday Mashup this week. I've finally made a card with the Mario set I carved using the Undefined set.

I've been waiting for the 'perfect' opportunity, and this week's challenge at FM from Holly IS perfect!

Mario, the star and the goomba are stamps I carved and then coloured. I fussy cut them and popped them up on some dimensionals. The pipe is just a few rectangles and some shading. The ground is done using the Adorning Accents edgelits and the clouds using the top of the cupcake punch!

I threw in some Daffodil Delight (for the star) and some Pacific Point (for Mario's suit)... They aren't part of the challenge, but they were absolutely necessary and they are shades of the challenge colours, so I thought I could slip them in under the radar ;)

Check out the challenge this week:

1. Create a project using the colors "Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi and a Neutral of your choice"
2. Create a project for "a Child"
3. Or Made is Up and create a project with the "Above Colors for a Child"

We'd love to see you playing along this week! :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara

xox

Supplies:

Stamps: Mario (Undefined, carved by me)

Ink: Real Red, Pacific Point, Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin PIe, Smoky Slate, Wild Wasabi, Black Stazon, White Gel pen

Paper: Chocolate Chip CS, Whisper White CS, Real Red CS, Tempting Turquoise CS, Wild Wasabi CS, Daffodil Delight CS

Tools: Adorning Accents edgelit, Cupcake punch

Miss you!

It seems like forever (and a day) since I've played along with any challenge... least of all one of my favourites - Freshly Made Sketches.

I'm anxiously awaiting my new goodies from the Spring/Sale-a-Bration preorder (that's right! Go ahead and get excited!) so I'm trying to distract myself with some sets I haven't used nearly enough. "Moving Forward" is quickly becoming a go-to, it's just to cute and fun! Check back tomorrow for another card made with this set :)

I had a lot of fun making this card. The waves are made with the Adorning Accents edgelit dies and Tempting Turquoise and Pacific Point cardstock. I had done something similar before with the scalloped edge (used the negative) and it was really cute, but I wanted some 'fuller' waves this time.

Here's the wonderful sketch from FMS this week:

Thanks for stopping by!

-Tara
xox

List of Supplies:
Stamps: Moving Forward, For the Birds
Paper: Crumb Cake CS, Pacific Point CS, Tempting Turquoise CS, Calypso Coral CS
Tools: Adorning Accents Edgelits, Chevron Embossing Folder
 

Monthly Card Class cards from July 10th

Stopping in for a quick post today to show you the cards we made last night at my Monthly Card Class. If you're in the Ottawa area, why don't you join us next month on August 14th? :)

Stamps: Elements of Style, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Colours: Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Paper: Comfort Cafe DSP

Tools: Blossom Punch, Boho Blossoms

Embellishments: Pearls

Stamps: For the Birds, Petite Pairs

Colours: Real Red, Summer Starfruit, Basic Black, Whisper White

Paper: Real Red DSP

Tools: 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Argyle embossing folder, Big Shot

Embellishments: Linen Thread

Stamps: Reasons to Smile, Bring on the Cake

Colours: Basic Gray, Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White

Tools: Adorning Accents edgelits die, Big Shot, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Embellishments: Summer Starfruit stitched sating ribbon

**I CASEd this card, but can't find the original source

if this is your design, please let me know so that I can give proper credit!**

Gnome Sweet Gnome

I was laying in bed last night thinking about the Freshly Made Sketch challenge (I know, I'm kinda crazy like that), and I couldn't shake the feeling that I had missed something really obvious with my last entry into the challenge. Then it hit me... a window with shutters!

The Gnome Sweet Gnome set was gifted to me from a friend (thank you!!), and I LOVE it. I honestly still laugh every time I use it.

there's no place like gnome

 Materials used to make this card:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Wild Wasabi
Paper: Just Add Cake DSP
Stamps: Gnome Sweet Gnome, Gnomenclature
Inks: Wild Wasabi, Rich Razzleberrym Basic Black
Tools: Big Shot, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Decorative Label punch, Square punch, Stripes embossing folder,

This was the fun sketch I was working with:

And here is basically how it was made:

1. The shutters were painstakingly made by cutting and sponging 1" x 3/4" pices of Wild Wasabi and layering them on the panels. 

2. The Whisper White piece is embossed using the Stripes embossing folder, to give them illusion of siding.

3. To make the windows, I punched out 4 pieces of scrap paper using the 1-1/4" punch and placed them on a 3"x3" piece of cardstock. This gave me my template... even still, I managed to make them all a little uneven.

4. The curtains and valance are made using both the edgelits dies

5. The sentiment is punched out using the Decorative Label punch and cropped to make it look like a flower box. The flowers are from the Gnome Sweet Gnome set as well (the sentiment is from the set Gnomenclature").

6. The little lady gnome was stamped in Basic Black, then coloured with blender pens and cut out. I adhered her to the inside of the card, so that when it's open you can still see her, and it makes her feel as if she's not painted on the window :P

Until next time - Happy stamping :)

-Tara

xox

Hello!

Hi all :)

Thanks for stopping by! Today, I'm playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I'm getting back into "work" these days, and have planned and even started the prep for my card class on the 26th. But, in the middle of  all that cutting and sorting, I stopped to make a little hello card.

Hello

Here was the sketch for the challenge. Love the symmetry and simplicity of this sketch. I kept the layout the same, but rotated the card!

Materials used in this card

Cardstock: River Rock, Basic Black, Very Vanilla

Paper: Timeless Portraits DSP

Stamps: Elementary Elegance (SAB)

Inks: Riding Hood Red, River Rock

Embellishments: Pleated Satin ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, Edgelits, Large oval punch, scallop oval punch, perfect polka dots embossing folder.

So, "Hello"! ... and now, goodbye ;)

Until next time - Happy Stamping!

-Tara

xox