Pink? PINK!

Pink? PINK!
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

Welllllllll, I'm not too sure how I feel about this card.

I mean...it's pink and stuff.

I'm not sure that the colors actually GO together either.

I like the sketch of it though. I might try the sketch again with different colors.

Basically, I used a pink cardblank and some cream colored cardstock with a bit of ribbon. (That ribbon is actually seam binding--way cool stuff to work with. Here, I used the binding as-is. I didn't dye it at all, just crumpled it.)

The background is a script stamp, stamped using Antique Linen ink. Then I stamped over that with an Agapanthus Cluster stamp, using Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint and Bundled Sage ink. I stamped it off once before I stamped the final image.

Lastly, I brushed the edges of the Top Note Die Cut with more Antique Linen and a bit of Worn Lipstick.

I should have skipped the Worn Lipstick.

I punched two holes in the Top Note and threaded the seam binding under the Top Note and around the cardblank front. Then I used 3D Dots to pop it up.


Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill (cream cardstock); Die Cuts With a View (pink cardblank)
Stamps: Inkadinkado (script #8347); Stampendous (Agapanthus Cluster)
Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint, Bundled Sage, Antique Linen)
ETC: Stampin Up (Top Note Die Cut); The Sewing Place (rayon seam binding)

This card might stay in my "I'll Fix This Later" Box. Maybe it's the pink that's throwing me off. Maybe if I distress it a bit more.................


~Cynthia ;-)

Hi There Competition!

Hi There Competition!
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

This was such a fun card to make! I was over at my Mom's house (she has a cooler craft room!) and we decided to have a little competition. She had printed out a picture of a card she liked and wanted to make. I said we should both make a card inspired by the card she liked.

And this is my take on it!

It's got tons of layers, which I usually don't do, but I do like the way it turned out.

I shredded the twine to get a wispy effect. I think it works with the wispiness of the stamp.

I distressed the chipboard tag, but I honestly don't remember using green. It looks kind of like old, tarnished gold in real life. I'm pretty sure I only used browns.

Also, if you squint really hard, you'll notice a grasshopper on the bottom of the background paper. I didn't realize it was on there at first, but then I cut it so the grasshopper would end up there. It's kind of subliminal. ;-)

Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill (brown and cream cardstock); Cosmo Cricket (Fleuriste: Vineyard); The Paper Studio (kraft cardblank)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Walnut Stain and Antique Linen and maybe some Black Soot on the sentiment--I don't remember what I used.)
Stamp: Inkadinkado (#97205, unnamed wheat); Her Arts (Thinking of You set)
ETC: Darice (twine); K&Co (Die-Cut Chipboard Tags)


In the end, my mom and I decided that both our cards were winners and we declared a tie! It was very interesting to see the differences between our two cards. :-)

Happy Monday to ya!

~Cynthia

Happy, Cheap Fish

Happy, Cheap Fish
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

Ha ha ha!! I LOVE this card!

Sure, it's just a bunch of fish, but they're really CHEAP fish!

I like to stop in at Big Lots every once in a while because sometimes they have crazy cheap scrapbooking/card making stuff.

They did not let me down on my latest trip.

When I saw this Cuttlebug die cut, I knew I had to have it. Sadly, it didn't have a price tag on it so I wasn't sure of the cost.

When I took it up to the register, after a moment of conversation with her supervisor, the cashier rang up another item, just to have something to scan.

Turns out that 'something' was only ONE DOLLAR and also a food item, so it was TAX FREE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' 'BOUT!!!

Cheap fish make me happy.

=D


Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill (orange and blue cardstock); Die Cuts With a View (blue cardblank)
ETC: Cuttlebug (super cheap goldfish die cut!)


Happy weekend, y'all!! I'm currently enjoying some sweet 50 degree sunshiny weather!! :-)

~Cynthia

Pretty Crooked Flowers...All in a Row

Pretty Crooked Flowers...All in a Row
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

Yeah, OK. My only excuse is that this was an experimental card anyway. Therefore, I truly cannot be blamed for the crooked aspect of it....RIGHT?

=D

I was playing around with the ScorBuddy (the ScorPal's little brother) and wanted to make a perky, flowery card.

I used an embossing folder for the flowers and highlighted them with a bit of yellow chalk in their centers.

A bit of ribbon adds pop.

In retrospect...I should have trimmed the white paper a bit to make the scene more even (left to right). I also should have lowered the ribbon, to cut across the bottom of the white paper, or cut the paper longer to hide the stems beneath the ribbon.

Supplies:
Paper: White cardstock (from stash); Die Cuts With a View (yellow cardblank)
Ink: Inkadinkado (Blending Chalks)
ETC: Cuttlebug (flower embossing folder); The Paper Studio (Ribbon Trends ribbon)


Happy Friday, everyone!

~Cynthia