A Glittery {Have a Lovely Day} Card...

Hey guys!  I've been holed up in my studio watching Bachelor Pad (I'm way behind) and cranking out cards for DT projects.  It's really the perfect thing to do on a rainy day.  I've been stamping, masking, coloring, and cutting all morning.  When I had enough done to work on a card to share today, I just wanted to keep it clean and simple.

I used strips of pink paper (different widths, lengths and shades) but they are all cut at the same angle and I think that's why this card works.  The strips are so different, but they are all the same in one way.  KWIM?

Okay, that's it for me today!  Thanks for stopping by!!!

{Have a Lovely Day}

Stamps: Beauty Secrets II (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: A Blanc Check, I'm a Princess Pink, Paint the Town Pink, Coral Necklace (CSS)

Ink: A Perfect Black Dress (CSS)

Accessories: Simple Adhesive (CSS), Iridescent Glitter

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A {Get Glammed Up} Card...

 

Happy Friday!  I have fun little number to share with you today.  This card was created using the new stamp set of the month (Beauty Secrets II) by Clear & Simple Stamps.  I've really started to like coloring with my copic markers.  I don't have many trios yet, but I'm having a good time with the ones I do have.  

The kraft card base uses two Labels 9 (Spellbinders) die cuts, they are adhered together at the top.  I used the a smaller Labels 9 die for the patterned paper.  I stamped the cosmetics image on A Blanc Check card stock using A Perfect Little Black Dress ink.  I colored the image with copics making sure to outline the image as well.  I cut it out with scissors and adhered it to a pink oval die cut using foam dimensionals.   

I really like the sentiment placement.  There really wasn't anywhere else to put it, but I like that it's over the image but not really covering up anything important.  

Hope you all have a great weekend.  We have a busy one coming up.  The end of July and the beginning of August is filled with birthdays.  My daughter's was earlier this week and mine is tomorrow.  Throw in a brand new nephew and things are getting interesting.  It's going to be fun though.  Have a great day!   

{Get Glammed Up}

Stamps: Beauty Secrets II (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, A Blanc Check, Paint the Town Pink (CSS)

Patterned Paper: Gertie (My Mind's Eye)

Ink: Your Style Blue Me Away, Perfect Little Black Dress (CSS)

Accessories: Foam Dimensionals,  Oval & Labels 9 Nesties (Spellbinders), Pink Rhinestone, Brown Marker, Stamping Sponge

Copic Markers: B93, B95, B99, W3, 0 Colorless Blender, 100 Black

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A Colorful {Have a Lovely Day} Card...

Hello!  I made this card pretty early this morning and just kept getting distracted.  I'm glad I'm finally getting around to posting it.   I've been seeing a lot of rainbow cards lately and thought I would give it a try.  My intention was for the stripes to be narrower and only go across the bottom part of the card.  I cut my strips too wide.  It all worked out in the end though.

I don't know if you noticed, but my rainbow stripes are arranged like a real rainbow (I still remember the acronym Roy G. Biv from grade school to remember the order).  I used some sticky tape and glitter for the glitter-y strip above the red stripe.

I love my tiny bow!  It's threaded through a red button.  How could someone not have a lovely day after receiving this card?  It's so bright and cheery!


Have a great day!

{Have a lovely day}

Stamps: Beauty Secrets II (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: A Blanc Check, Dare to be a Diva Red, Orange You Fabulous, Say Yellow to All Your Friends, Glamazon Green, Trendsetter Blue, Your Style Blue Me Away, VIP Purple (CSS)

Ink: Dare to be a Diva Red (CSS)

Accessories: Red Button, Corner Rounder Punch, Sticky Tape, Iridescent Glitter, Glue Dots, White Sheer Ribbon (Offray) 

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Clear & Simple Stamps: Group Project

Welcome to another group challenge from Clear & Simple Stamps!  In the spirit of this month's newest stamp set Beauty Secrets II, our group challenge was to do a card make-over.  In this post you'll see how the stamped images look before and after they are "dressed up".  


Here's the before and after of my images.

You can see that I stamped the images using Perfect Little Dress ink on A Blanc Check card stock.  Pretty boring, huh?

I then stamped the same images again, but this time on patterned paper.  

I did a little coloring with a fine-tip black sharpie just to add a little detail.

I used a copic marker to outline the images so that they would pop off the page a bit.

The I adhered the patterned paper images to the images on the white card stock.  I drew in some wavy lines coming out of the hair dryer, just thought that would fun.

I finished the card off with a sentiment on Kraft Like a Rockstar card stock and some brads along the side.

I hope you enjoyed today's group project.  You won't want to miss the other delightful creations from the design team.  Check out the Clear & Simple Stamps Blog so you don't miss a project.

{Have a Lovely Day}

Stamps: Beauty Secrets II (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, A Blanc Check (CSS)

Patterned Paper: Gertie (My Mind's Eye)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress, Green With Envy (CSS)

Accessories: Black Fine Tip Marker (Sharpie), Corner Rounder Punch, Stamping Sponge, Black Brads (Making Memories), Foam Dimensionals

Copic Markers: W1

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Clear & Simple Stamps: July 2011 Release

Hello!  It's stamp release day at Clear & Simple Stamps.  This month's set is called Beauty Secrets II and it is for the girly girls in our lives.  This is such a fun set!  As you'll see by my samples this month, there's so many things you can do with these beauty items.  You can color them in with markers, pencils, pastels or you can paper piece them, which is always fun.  Here's a look at Beauty Secrets II:

Do you ever make a card and love it so much you don't want to give it away?  Well that's how I feel about this card.  I don't know exactly what it is, but this card is sooo me, and I'm not really a pretty in pink girly girl, I just love how it turned out.  

I started with a base of Paint the Town Pink, layered it with a panel of cork.  I stamped the "beauty words" background stamp using Paint the Town Pink ink on a piece of I'm a Princess Pink card stock that was cut using a labels 9 die.  The edges are also sponged.

I cut a strip of On the Catwalk Cream and stamped the horizontal brush using Perfect Little Black Dress ink.  I masked the brush and then stamped the smaller brush in a diagonal direction.  I colored the brushes using copic markers, outlining them with a shadow.  The sentiment is also stamped using Perfect Little Black Dress ink.  I slid the ends of the strip into a circle punch to round each of the edges.

I wrapped some pink embroidery floss around the top of the labels 9 panel and then added some pink rhinestones at the bottom of the card.  

What do you think of this month's stamp set?  I'm loving it so far and can't wait for you to see the other cards I've made.  Be sure to check out the rest of the design team creations at the Clear & Simple Stamps Blog.

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

{Just Gorgeous}

Stamps: Beauty Secrets II (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Paint the Town Pink, I'm a Princess Pink, On the Catwalk Cream (CSS)

Ink: Paint the Town Pink, Perfect Little Black Dress (CSS)

Accessories: Cork, Labels 9 Nestabilities Die (Spellbinders), Stamping Sponge, Pink Rhinestones, Circle Punch, Foam Dimensionals, Pink Floss

Copic Markers:  100 Black, R85, W1, W5, 0 Colorless Blender

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