World's Greatest What? {Avery Elle}

Hello friends,

Popping in today to share with you a funny card featuring the World's Greatest stamp set. Literally, it's the greatest! It's not every stamp set that includes a "farter" sentiment, so my inner 4th grader and I couldn't resist using it on a card.

I stamped, colored and die cut the trophy image from World's Greatest and added the sentiment (hee hee). Next, I added some little bunnies to the mix from the Party Pals stamp set.  They are the perfect size for fitting inside and next to the trophy. 

I die cut the Star Frame Elle-ments from white card stock and added color with a few shades of Distress Oxide inks.  A frame cut created with the Pierced Mats Elle-ments holds everything together.

Supplies: 

World's Greatest Clear Stamps

Die: World's Greatest Elle-ments

Party Pals Clear Stamps

Die: Party Pals Elle-ments

Die: Pierced Mats Elle-ments

Die: Star Frame Elle-ments

I hope this card made you giggle. I have the perfect "farter" I mean "father" in mind for this one!

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Hipster Father's Day Card {AE Challenge}

Hola friends and Happy Friday!

I am back today with another Avery Elle I {heart} U Challenge.  June is drawing near, so this challenge is for the boys... or men in your life.

I am not sure why, but masculine cards cards are a real challenge for me, so after a LOT of thought and a few false starts, here's my card:

I used some of the accessories from Hipster-Potamus and What's Up? to create the hipster man.  The martini and olive are from We Go Together.  I colored in the olive and the hat band with a Copic Marker.  

Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from Handwritten Notes before trimming the card panel and adhering it to a dark green card base. 

Be sure to stop by the AEI{heart}U blog for even more inspiration from the design team and to link up your take on this week's challenge.  I can't wait to see what you create!  

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Dad, You Rock Card {Paper Smooches SPARKS}

Hello friends!

It's time for another Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge and this week is a sketch challenge, or as we love to call it, a Designer Drafts challenge.  Here is my take on this week's sketch:

First I made a card from white cardstock.  Next I die cut the wavy border from the Borders 1 die set and stamped the stereo lights from Beboppin' in red, orange and yellow inks.  I stamped and embossed 'You Rock' from one of my very first Paper Smooches sets- Sentiment Sampler- on a strip of black cardstock.  

The record is a Silhouette cut file and I stamped DAD using Mini Monograms. Some enamel dots and a couple music notes from Beboppin are the finishing touch. 

Here is a look at this week's inspiration sketch: 

Now it's your turn!! You have until 11:59 PT on Saturday, May 31 to link up your take on this week's challenge to the Paper Smooches SPARKS blog for a chance to win a $30.00 gift certificate to the Paper Smooches store. Woot woot!  

Be sure to check out the amazing inspiration from the other members of the SPARKS design team playing along with this week's challenge: 

Isha

Rachel

Taheerah

Trisha

Savannah

I can't wait to see what you create! Thanks for stopping by! :)

Katie

 

Father's Day Card {Waffle Flower Crafts}

Hi friends!

Happy Saturday!  I am just popping in to share a Father's Day card that I created with Waffle Flower Craft's Hey Mr. stamp set.   Hey Mr. is such a great masculine set, and I adore the graphic tool set that Nina designed.

Using the tool images, I was able to stamp a pattern that looks just like a piece of patterned paper and I snapped a few pics along the way to show you how.

First I arranged the tools on my craft mat in a block formation.  I used the gridlines on my mat to ensure that the tools were straight and squared up.  Next I placed my acrylic block on the stamps and picked them up.

Next, I pressed the stamps into an ink pad and stamped them repeatedly.  I started in to bottom right corner and moved left before moving up the card.  I took care to stagger the stamped image to create a more interesting pattern.    I used a piece of printer paper under my project to catch the stray stamped images. 

I stamped the sentiment on a green bordered label that I had in my stash.  I trimmed the stamped panel and wrapped some twine around it in an "X" formation before adhering it to a kraft card base.  I trimmed the edge of the label and adhered it to the card with foam tape. 

Well that's all for me today!  Thanks so much for stopping by!  

Katie