The Pen Stops Here

I really like washi tape, but until recently, I hadn't used it more than a handful of times.  So I've been trying it out. Sentiment from Stampin' Up Lovely As A Tree set Hero Arts Operation Write Home sentiments Supplies: Recollections Washi Tape Spellbinders Die D-Lites Sentiments 5 Spellbinders Die D-Lites Love In Flight Tsukineko Brilliance Pigment Ink Galaxy Gold

I had gotten a new reverse die (and I love them, let me tell you) so I was testing it out.  The first card didn't come out the way I wanted it to.  I didn't cut the background out the same size as the foreground, so you can see the outline of it.  It bothers me!   Autumn leaves die from  Serendipity Stamps The second one came out better.  I like it.  I ended up making a few of these with the punched out leaves placed if various areas, but this one is my favorite. Sentiment from Stampin' Up set Lovely As A Tree I did stamp it before I added the sentiment, which I'm seeing I should have placed the leaves then stamped it.  Still, I like it a lot despite that. Ink used: Tim Holtz distress oxide  Spice Marmalde Tim Holtz distress oxide  Fossilized Amber Tim Holtz distress oxide Scattered Straw Color Box pigment ink Chianti

More birthday cards!  The first one I had colored with colored pencils.  I only recently got some alcohol ink pens, but I haven't really learned how to color with them.  Everything comes out badly when I try to use them. On the copper colored Birthday Wishes card, I didn't have any circle stamps.  So I made some circles with cork and used them as stamps.  I like the effect the cork made.  I own circle stamps now, though.  I never know when I need something until I go to make where I want it to have specific features.  I had passed up circle stamps for ages until that card, then I realized that I really wanted them.

Not that long ago, I found some really great tutorials on making night skies.  I like the ink blending ones better than I do the watercolor ones, but I'm working on getting better working with the paints.  My favorite one is the one with the moon. On the last card (below), I had tried out a perspective card, based on one that I found on Pinterest.  I really like how it came out.  This was also one of the first night skies I have ever made.  This isn't actually a card, it's just an A2-sized piece of cardstock. Tree stamp by Stampin' Up: Lovely as a Tree set

It was a pretty decent card-making day yesterday.  I like the red & black Birthday card the best. Don't think I like how the Christmas card came out.  I'm still not at a place where I can just churn out cards.  It took me all day to make these.  

So as I've mentioned, birthday cards are some of my favorite to make.  Probably the ones I am most comfortable with making.  Plus, I find myself making them often, since there are many people in my life (spoiler alert - they all have birthdays). Birthday card made for my best friend's son I liked how this card (above) had come out.  I had found a similar design on Pinterest, but I can't seem to find it to link it - apparently I didn't add it to any of my boards.  The black stars are from the center of the die-cut image on the front.  After painting the stars with the clear-silver Wink of Stella, I added clear acrylic to give them some dimension.  The starburst die is from Stampin' Up Birthday Blast bundle, and the silver stars are brads from Recollections. The blue and white birthday card was made for my sister using a boarder die from Spellbinders small August Die-of-the-Month Club.  I really LOVE the Die-of-the-Month club. The die...