Sending You Sunshine

Life has gotten in the way of cardmaking for the last few months. I don't put personal things on my blog so I will leave it at that. I will say things are getting back to normal.

I signed up for the new Online Card Class - Clear and Sheer. I finally had some time to make a card and of course I started with the most difficult one first. It is a called a Magic Slider Card.
The first photo shows the card as the recipient would see it when opening the envelope:

The next photo shows the photo when pulling up on the cloud pull:

This photo shows what the card looks like as the recipient is pulling the slider:

The image is by Paper Smooches and the sentiment is from a PaperTrey set. The image was colored with Copic markers.

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Shakin' It With Darnell and Kim!

Today I had a lot of fun - I went to breakfast with Darnell and Kim and then went back to Darnell's house to play with Darnell's toys. She showed me how to use the Fuse tool for making shaker cards. I used her kite dies from Paper Smooches to cut out the kite and then I ran the panel through the Big Shot using the Sizzix cloud embossing folder. I used a part of an Avery Elle plastic sleeve to create the shaker pouch. I didn't have time to finish making the shaker at Darnell's but I brought it home and broke out my Fuse tool. I think I put in too many star sequins because they don't really shake but that Fuse tool is really cool for making 4 compartments for the sequins - you can't see the fused line because it is behind the positive parts of the die cut kite. I cut two tails and glued them together for more dimension. The sentiment is from Winnie & Walter. I picked these colors because I made this card for the SCS color challenge today which is silver, gold and black.
I've tried making shaker cards with the foam tape, foam adhesives, etc and really had a lot of problems with that and acetate so I think I will stick with the pouches and Fuse tool.
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A Break from Holiday Cards

I am so glad to be done with all holiday card making now.  I took advantage of the SCS color challenge for this week - black, white and honey.  I made the first card with the CASology challenge in mind - cue card LIGHT.

I had a few of the Paper Smooches skyline die cuts left over from my last project so I used them here and cut the sun from PaperTrey patterned paper.  The sentiment is from Altenew.

This next card is a case for the SCS Featured Stamper from this week.  The stamp set is from Technique Tuesday and I paper pieced the chickies with patterned paper from PaperTrey.  I think these chickies are so cute!!

Yesterday I had lunch with my blogging/stamping friends Darnell and Kim.  It was very fun as always.  These two keep me laughing!  Here's a picture of us:

Darnell, Me and Kim

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Loads of Thanks

This card was created with a few challenges in mind:

Color Throw Down 312:

Simon Says Stamp: Transport It:

Addicted to Stamps and More:

  

I used some images from Newton's Nook Designs and used my Copic markers to practice for my class.  The tag die is from Pretty Pink Posh and the banners are from Paper Smooches banner die.

The pumpkins are covered with Wink of Stella clear glitter brush.marker - love that stuff!

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Watercoloring Backgrounds

This was so fun to create!  This is watercoloring stamped backgrounds with Distress Markers.
Off to play some more!
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Thank You

This card was created for the CAS challenge at SCS this week - to use red and white.  I have to make about 20 thank you notes and I still need to finish making holiday cards to send out this year.  With Hanukkah coming so early I am behind on the Christmas cards!!
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Happy Hanukkah

This is one of the designs I created for this year's Hanukkah cards.  This past weekend my temple had a Hanukkah Faire and Boutique (fundraiser) and I sold cards, gift tags and framed stamped art.  This particular card was a sell out!  The banner was made with some digital paper I purchased last year from a shop on Etsy.  I used Paper Smooches Banner die.  The cat in the box is from Simon Says Stamp and I paper pieced the box with more of the digital paper and colored the rest with Copic markers.  The sentiment is from PaperTrey.
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DTGD13 Sending Birthday Wishes

I created this for one of the SCS Dare To Get Dirty (DTGD) challenges.  I also created this for the Play Date Cafe Challenge:

The paper I used for the kite is as neon as I have - it is brighter in real life than in this photo!

I am also submitting this to Seize The Birthday - Anything Goes.

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Dynamic Duos 47

I really love this image for paper piecing - besides the fact that it is so cute!  Anyway I created this for the Dynamic Duos 47 challenge:  Pool Party and Cherry Cobbler:

I stamped the Paper Smooches image onto the PTI light blue patterned paper and then onto patterned paper from Farm House and white card stock for paper piecing the kite and the clouds.  I left room at the bottom for a sentiment when I decide what I am going to use this for.
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CASology Honorable Mention!

I had submitted this card to the CASology challenge this week and was awarded Honorable Mention!  It was also created for the SCS Featured Stamper challenge and for the Less Is More challenge to use Lime and Black.  The kite and clouds image is from Paper Smooches and the sentiment is from PaperTrey.  I paper pieced the kite and tails.
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Soaring By To Say Hi

Wow another post in the same day!  There are a few challenges out there in blogland that I have been wanting to play in and I made this card for three of them:
Cas-ual Fridays:

Dynamic Duos (with dessert):

and Less is More:  Up In The Air - For this we would love to see aircraft, rockets, balloons etc, although if you have none of this sort of image then we would like to see how inventive you can be with the theme.

I used a new to me stamp from Paper Smooches that includes the clouds and the kite and I paper pieced it with PaperTrey patterned paper.  The sentiment is also from PaperTrey.

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