I love Donna Mikasa's sketch over on the CAS(E) This Sketch blog and decided to pair it with the current Anything Goes theme for the Where Creativity Meets C9 challenge #12. I wanted to wish a happy 2nd birthday to Concord and 9th stamp company...one of my fave new up and coming companies! When I was browsing through my C9 stamps, I came across this Love Always stamp set which I never inked up until now! So many stamps...so little time - lol! For the circle element, I
stamped the large rose (Picked Raspberry distress ink and Rose Red - SU) and leaves (Lucky Limeade - SU) from C9's Hope stamp set. The MISTI was a lifesaver to stamp the large falling hearts, stripes and sentiment stamps.
Gotta run...need to head out to work shortly! Have a terrific Thursday everyone!
The new challenge for Where Creativity Meets C9 is to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) one of the design team member's cards. Melissa Bickford's card for challenge #6 caught my eye and I knew it would be perfect to use Concord and 9th's Floral and Flutter Dies with a sentiment from their Give Thanks stamp set. You can see Melissa's card HERE that inspired me.
I already had a water colored panel on my leftover pile that used a number of Ranger distress inks blended together. I cut out 3 floral dies and I quickly had a thank you card to add to my stash.
Thanks for stopping by...
After seeing Jennifer McGuire's new video tutorial today on new versions of emboss resist, I knew I wanted to try out a new Tim Holtz blending tool and enter the Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #5 to "Try Something New". What's pretty impressive IMO is that I created this card while babysitting a 2 year old and 6 month old! Gotta love my grands and their nap times!
I used PTI's white cardstock and clear embossed the images from C9's "Wildflower" stamp set. I then added distress inks - Cracked Pistachio, Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon - using the TH blending tool. I previously always used sponges for blending, but this tool definitely gave better and smoother ink coverage! The sentiment is from C9's "Love You, Mean It" stamp set.
Clean and simple yet a classy design that I will be using again and again! Thanks so much for stopping by...
Good Saturday morning blog friends! I created this card for a brand new challenge - Where Creativity Meets C9 - and the theme is "celebration". I am also playing along with The Challenge where it's color week. Check out their gorgeous color palette...LOVE!
It's so easy to create your own patterned papers with C9's Wildflower stamp set (along with the splatter stamps from their Brushed Blossom set). I embellished with
a trio of coordinating flower dies (don't you just love the open, airy design?!). I was limited in my sentiment choices until I thought about the many friends I've made over the years and decided to celebrate a friend.
Here's what I used...
STAMPS: Wildflower, Brushed Blossom and Wonderful Women stamp sets by Concord and 9th.
PAPER: Perfectly Plaid Fall by Lawn Fawn.
INK: Pool Party, Crisp Cantaloupe, Daffodil Delight by SU; Versafine Onyx Black.
DIES: Wonderful Words, Floral and Flutter by C9; Edge Essentials (tiny scallop) by Reverse Confetti; Stitched Fishtail Flags Die-Namics by MFT.
I'm heading out to work soon with my Virginia Tech scrubs all ready to roll! Big game tonight with Tennessee at the Bristol raceway with a record-breaking crowd predicted! Go Hokies!
stamped the large rose (Picked Raspberry distress ink and Rose Red - SU) and leaves (Lucky Limeade - SU) from C9's Hope stamp set. The MISTI was a lifesaver to stamp the large falling hearts, stripes and sentiment stamps. 
