Just Because

Just a card to show you today. Sunday I had some play time-yahoo! While waiting for some paint to dry on another project, I made this card. I rather like it even if the red tape is a bit too red.

Yes the card itself looks a bit rough on the edges-it is suppose to. I used pan pastels to color the white card stock background, and then I sanded it down. 

I used a new Impression Obsession background stamp on some printed paper for the deer background. Deer are an image from Designs by Sheena. I used Twinkling H2O's to color. The words are from Flourish rubber stamps and there are 2 layers of paper tape to add a little bit of color.

I was looking to make a fall card, which is where the inspiration for this card came from. I wanted something a little different for me, which is why I chose the deer image.

That's all for me. 

Thanks for stopping by.

A Fall Flashback

Some simple cards from a few years back.

I love looking back so I can see what I was up to at that time.

Plus I can get a few ideas to reuse and revamp too.

I like the plaid backgrounds.

I like using owls too. Wonder why owls are used so much in the fall but not as much other times of year?

Owls are very cool.

Stamps used in these are from Rubber Stamps of America, Cornish Heritage Farms (Paper Smooches), Inkadinkado and Tim Holtz.

Do you ever look back for inspiration?

Discovery

I used to embroider a lot. And I have a project I wanted my threads for, and so I went to dig them out from storage in a spare dresser. And look what I found when I went into that  bureau drawer.

This was like being a kid on Christmas.   I knew I had some of those googlely eye things someplace. And sequins...and other baubles I kind of forgot about. Glad I found them!

So yesterday we were having a pretty low key Sunday, and I decided hang out for a while in the studio. Working a bit on some canvases and journal pages and making a couple of cards to send off to my mom in the next few weeks.

 Putting some of those sequins to good use.

(stamps-Hero Arts background, Flourishes flowers and saying)

I also used this Little B die cut to make the background piece and surprised myself but turning the die 45 degrees so instead of the points being on the north/south.east/west axis, the little indents were at these point.

Wow. I do like this.

(stamp Inkadinkado, die cuts Spellbinders)

I used some Dylusions spray inks in water brushes to make the background- lots of scribbling-and then I rubbed some mango ink over that to tone down the brightness a bit. Lots of die cut images-this time sprayed with Dylusion's or colored with Copics, and then for the center background I die cut a piece out of an old phone book.

I think both of these cards pop a little bit with those newly discovered sequins.

I know I'll be using them on some other projects too since they are a lot of fun!

Have a great day and stop by again soon.