Distressed Flowers

Distressed Flowers
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

I saw this cute little thank you card by Jennifer McGuire on the Hero Arts site. I loved it. I decided to copy it. Does it look ANYTHING like Jennifer's??? NOPE. HA! I got the basic idea right, but nothing else! Jennifer had one flower, punched out, then another smaller flower stamped and cut out in the center, which was then matted by a little yellow circle.

Check.

Aaaand that's where the similarities ended. ;-)

The Details:

Halcraft blank ivory card
The remains of a kraft card blank which went awry.
Nestabilites rectangle die cut
Miscellaneous yellow paper run through Fiskars Crimper

Flowers:
Paper Shapers Retro Flower punch
**Punched from miscellaneous blue paper
Hampton Art flower stamp for centers
Mats from miscellaneous yellow paper, sized by tracing Canadian dime

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Walnut Stain (on the kraft card) and Faded Jeans (on the flower petals)

Uni-ball Signo pen used for white stitching

Adhesives: Glue Dots and Glue Runner

In retrospect, I probably should have done something along the outside border of the kraft paper. Maybe another strip of the yellow paper. This is awaiting a card-needed event, so there's plenty of space beneath the 'window' for a sentiment. The inside is blank, but I saved the Nestabilities rectangle die cut to finish the card off.

Have a great, distress-free day...unless it's DISTRESS INK! ;-)

~Cynthia

Flowers and Swirls

Flowers and Swirls
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

I hope this happens to other people too....I saw a card online. I loved it. I decided to copy it. The end product looks NOTHING like the original!! LOL! But I really love this card. The colors are, as always, way better in real life. Here are the deets:

Core'dinations Black Magic Pad--pale green Card Stock
Cuttlebug--Swirls
Lightly sanded the swirls

Flowers: My Mind's Eye--Jen Wilson's 29th Street Market
***Fresh "Brothers" Vine Scroll (front of Designer Paper)
***Queen & Co. Nightfall Pearls in center of flowers
***Paper Shapers--Retro Flower

Ripped Strip: My Mind's Eye--Jen Wilson's 29th Street Market
***Green Grass (back of Designer Paper)

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Peeled Paint
Nightfall Pearls in upper right corner

This is going to my "waiting for an event that needs a beautiful card" box. ;-)

Thanks for looking in!

~Cynthia

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

This is just a card top for now. I just bought the Cake Stamp. It's from Studio 18 (AKA Michael's Dollar Bin). It's stamped in Tim Holt's Distress Ink, Dusty Concord. The Happy Birthday stamp is from Stampabilities, also stamped in Dusty Concord. The Ribbon is from The Paper Studio. And the bit of bling is from Studio 18 as well. I ran the card through the Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder.

Lesson Learned: Swiss Dots show through ribbons. Ah ha ha ha! I still like it....even that way!

Thanks for checking this out!

~Cynthia

Moonlit peace

Moonlit peace
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

This is one of my first forays into landscape stamping. I really like how it turned out. I purposely made the scene look like a lake-side or sea-side view from a forested mountain. I had an issue with the blank black space on the bottom. I did that on purpose, but after the card was made, it looked TOO blank. It took me a while to decide how to use that area to my advantage. When in doubt, STAMP SOMETHING!! LOL!!! Peace seemed an obvious choice! ;-)

The Deets:

Halcraft White Card Blank
StampScapes Inc--Pine Tree, stamped in Black Soot (Tim Holtz's Distress Inks)
Distress Inks--Broken China around the moon, Faded Jeans blended from around the moon to the edges, then Black Soot in the lower left corner, across the bottom and up the right hand corner slightly.
Moon Mask was created with Scrap Brick shape by Colorbok, Pastels Collection
Scotch Repositional Tape used to hold moon in place
Peace stamp (Recollections Stamps, AKA Michael's Dollar Bin. WOOT!)
VersaMark for the Peace stamp, then heat embossed

Thanks for having a look-see!

~Cynthia

Inside Peace

Inside Peace
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

Here's the inside info:

Distressed Ink (Broken China) on edge of blue Card Stock from stash
NEW stamp (Stampabilites: Psalm 91:1) from Stamps and More by Eleanor on white Card Stock
Distress Ink (Black Soot) used for stamp

~Cynthia

French Roasted Something

French Roasted Something
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

This is one of those 'I'm not really sure about this card' card. :-) I debated on embossing it. I debated on the buttons. I debated on everything! I'm not sure about it yet. The flowers look like a face to me, which is kind of disturbing. Oh well. Here's what I used:

Core'dinations French Roast Card Stock
Cuttlebug Swirls embossing folder (I used the reverse side of the paper)
Sanded the swirls a bit
Unnamed Designer Paper from Stamps and More by Eleanor
Buttons from stash
Darice Hemp Cord
The Paper Studio Kraft card blank
Flower Stamp from Hampton Arts

Seriously, I had a whole other image in my head!

Thanks for looking!

~Cynthia

Happies

Happies
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

I LOVE Graphic 45's papers!!! This one is called Bee's Knees from the Times Nouveau Collection. I cut out several of the cherries and a leaf, and secured them using 3D-Dots by EK Success (1/8 inch thick). The stamp was a clearance find at Hobby Lobby--PrintWorks Collection. I cut out the little sentiment rectangle and distressed it with Tim Holtz's Fired Brick. The edges were rounded using a Fiskars corner rounder. A Marvy Uchida Bright Red marker filled in the little heart at the end of the word 'happies.' The red ribbon behind the rectangle is from my stash.

Thanks for looking--enjoy your day!

~Cynthia