Cards, cards, cards …

Here are a few cards I’ve made over the course of the past couple of days.

This first one is my take on Weekend Sketch Challenge #100 on the Fresh & Fun blog. I don’t think I’ve ever used so many brads on a card before. It’s pretty masculine looking. Definitely heavy metal. I love the Autumn Flower Soft.

Materials & Tools: Colonial White, Barn Red, and Autumn Terracotta cardstock; Basic Grey Indian Summer 6x6-inch paper pad; Cocoa, Barn Red and Autumn Terracotta ink pads; Brown Bag marker; Flourishes Forest of Trees and Impression Obsession Sentiments I stamp sets; Retired CTMH Speckled Background stamp; Gold mini brads; Autumn Flower Soft; 1 and 1-1/4 inch circle punches; Cuttlebug w/Nestabilities Classic Circles and Labels 6 sets; Sponge dauber; 3M foam mounting tape.

This next card was one I created the other evening with my favorite cone flowers stamps. I colored the image with a blending pen and ink from my ink pads.

Materials & Tools: Colonial White and Pansy Purple cardstock; DCWV Indian Summer Fall Matstack; Black, Olive, Pansy Purple, Chocolate, Bamboo, and Twilight ink pads; Whipper Snapper Designs Blossoms & Butterflies and CTMH Thank You stamp sets; CTMH Retired Speckled Background stamp; Kaiser Craft pearl accents; Cuttlebug w/Nestabilities Classic Circles set; Sponge dauber; 3M foam mounting tape.

This last card was made using the apron stamp I love and Cosmo Cricket’s Early Bird paper. I was so happy to see Cosmo Cricket scale its 12x12-inch papers down into 6x6-inch Mini Decks for card makers.

Materials & Tools: Colonial White, Olive, and Twilight cardstock; Cosmo Cricket Early Bird Mini Deck; Black, Olive, and Bamboo ink pads; Lockhart Vintage Apron stamp and Hero Arts Anytime Messages stamp set; Twilight, Cranberry, and Olive mini brads; Fiskars Apron Lace border punch; Cuttlebug w/Nestabilities Classic Circles set; Piercing tool; Sponge dauber; 3M foam mounting tape.

I hope you’re having a great Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!

Vintage Apron

I've loved this stamp from the first time I laid eyes on it. I don't know why. Certainly, it's not because I wear (or own, for that matter) an apron. I'm wondering, however, if my paternal grandmother didn't have one that was fashioned something like this one. I don't know ... just that there is something that makes me feel almost connected to this stamp.

About my card, I stamped the apron image on Garden Green gingham with Olive ink. Then, I colored in the banding with a Garden Green marker. After cutting it out, I sponged on some Bamboo ink. The rest, I believe, is self-explanatory.

Materials & Tools: Colonial White and Cranberry cardstock; Let's Get Together paper packet; Garden Green gingham paper (retired); Olive, Garden Green, and Bamboo ink pads; Garden Green marker; Lockhart Vintage Apron stamp and Papertrey Ink Mixed Blessing stamp set; Stampin' Up buttons; Ecru crochet cotton; Cuttlebug w/Nestabilities Classic Ovals set; Round sponge.

After realizing that today is going to be a full day, I scheduled this post. I received an email from my sister last night asking what I was doing after work today and telling me that she, mom, another sister, and my great-niece are going to be in town in the afternoon. I'm going to try to leave work early again and spend some time with them.

This evening, Marv, Cameron, his friend Sarah, Bjorn, Mathias, and I (and hopefully, Dusty and Miranda, too) are going to a concert and movie in the park. The city sponsored this event for the first time last year, and it was hugely successful and lots of fun. We're going to have to dress warm, however, because the temperature by the time it's dark and the movie starts will be in the 50s. My fingers are crossed that it doesn't rain. Chilly is one thing. Cold and wet is another.

Rain or shine, I hope you had a wonderful day. Tomorrow is Friday! Yeah!! I'll talk to you again then!