Daisies on the Fly

Daisies
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

Well, it's Tuesday night and you KNOW what that means, right?? NCIS NIGHT! I had about an hour before NCIS started so I decided to make a quick card. I was surfing around Splitcoast Stampers and found a pretty card....and OF COURSE mine looks nothing like it! =D I guess that just means I'm 'creative', right??? LOL!

Here are the details, pretty simple:

Halcraft ivory card blank
Paper: Funky iridescent paper from a scrap pack (from Scrapbook Creations)
Ink: Walnut Stain, Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Chalks: Soft Tones Blending Chalks, Inkadinkado
Stamp: Sketch Flower 2, Stampabilites
Ribbon: Brown, Bobbin Ribbon
Embellishments: Chocolate Delight Pearls, Queen and Co.
Adhesives: Glue Runner and Glue Dots

Stamped the flower four times across the card, chalked the leaves and flower center. Adhered ribbon on designer paper. Adhered paper to card. Adhered Pearls. Sat down in front of TV to enjoy NCIS, NCIS LA, and The Good Wife. The End! ;-)

~Cynthia

CASEd Again!

CASEd Again!
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

As I am finally beginning to grasp...every time I try to CASE a card (that means Copy And Share Everything), I end up going in a totally different direction!! =D

I just bought the paper at Hobby Lobby this morning. All of their rubber wood mounted stamps are 50 PERCENT OFF! ;-) So I grabbed some paper while I was there too. And then I made this card. It's interesting, not something I would normally think to do, but I like the use of color and white space on this one. Plenty of room for a sentiment when needed.

The Supply List:

Paper: Bazzill--white; Hobby Lobby--mulberry; My Mind's Eye--Penny Lane Collection (Leaves of Love)
Flower Stamp: Inkadinkado--Garden Delight set
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink--Black Soot; Marvy Markers for flower color
(pale yellow and pale pink)
Cuttlebug: Victoria embossing folder (for mulberry paper)
Punch: Marvy Circle Punch (blue); circles distressed with seam ripper

And that's it!

Thanks for looking and I hope you have a great day!!

~Cynthia

An Amy Butler Challenge

Well, it was a challenge to ME, I mean! Call me crazy, but I'm not a big Amy Butler fan. So I challenged myself to use some Amy Butler paper I got in a scrap pack from Scrapbook Creations. This picture makes it look a bit greeny, but it's really on an ivory card blank. It's kind of simple--not much grunging, which is way more my style, but I think it turned out OK. I also got to use a Nestabilities set, which is always fun.


The Details:
Paper: Amy Butler Lotus Faded China Collection--Geisha Fans; gray Card Stock
Stamp: Hero Arts Thinking of You set (that's the little butterfly in the top right)
Ink: Weathered Wood--Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Nestabilities: Large Label
Embellishments: Rhinestones from Michael's, Gelly Roll Glitter Pen (on the butterfly)
Adhesives: EK Success 3D Dots; Glue Runner

Thanks!

~Cynthia

CASEing the Watering Can

CASEd Green Card
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

Once again, I saw a card I really loved and decided to CASE it. (This stands for either Copy And Share Everything...or...Copy And Selectively Edit.) Of course, it looks nothing like the original! That's OK. I like my card anyway!! ;-)

The Details:
Paper: black cardstock, Whitewash Collection: Watering Can (Core'dinations), white Bazzill
Cuttlebug: Floral Fantasy embossing folder
Stamp: Garden Delight set (Inkadinkado)
Punch: Marvy Purple Scallop Oval
Ink: Black Soot and Pine Needles (Tim Holtz Distress Ink) and Dee Gruenig's Markers to highlight the flower and parts of the stems
Black ribbon from my stash
Adhesives: Glue Runner, Glue Dots

I began with a Halcraft card blank. I cut a rectangle of black CS, then a smaller rectangle of Watering Can. I ran the Watering Can through the Cuttlebug, sanded the design lightly, then wrapped black ribbon over the Watering Can. I sandwiched all that and attached it. Then I cut another piece of Watering Can and flipped it over to the green side, attached that on top. I punched 2 scallop ovals--one from black CS, the other white CS. I stamped the image (in Black Soot) on the white oval, added some color, inked the edges a bit with the Pine Needles, and then cut the black oval. I added 1/3 of the oval to the top of the white oval, the rest to the bottom. Then I attached that on top of the stack.

I left the bottom green section blank for a sentiment.

In retrospect, I probably should have done something to the rectangle of the green side of the Watering Can paper. Maybe make it thinner, so it doesn't show up at the top. Oh well. I do like the color combination. Very sharp. Better in real life. ;-)

Thanks for looking!

~Cynthia

Blue Daisy

Happy Sunday, everyone! I got inspired after I left worship this morning, so I spent a few hours playing when I got home. I pulled out an old 8x8 paper pad I stashed some time ago. I loved the colors--all kraft and dusty blue. This is a simple card, not much going on, but I really like it.



The Details:
Paper: Deja Views--Butcher Block--Sky and Sage Block (Designer Paper and tag)
Flower: Calypso Tim--Trini Bright; white brad in the center
Ribbon--Navy blue from my stash
Ink--Walnut Stain (Tim Holtz Distress Ink)
I also distressed the edge of the Designer Paper with a seam ripper.

The tag was left blank, awaiting an occasion.

Thanks for looking--enjoy this day of rest!

~Cynthia

Tribal Peacock

Tribal Peacock
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

I saw the tutorial for Scallop Edge Medallion on Splitcoast Stampers. It's the same old story...I saw it...I loved it...I tried it...it came out cool but no where near the original.

I cut out the waves using a Fiskars border punch. Then I noticed that the square I used was too large for a card, so I cut the punched borders off, to make the square smaller. I attached the medallion. It looked lonely. I attached 2 of the cut-off borders. It had a kind of tribal flair going on. Then I rooted through my stamps, found a majestic peacock and thought...yep. So I stamped him with clear Versamark and embossed him. The bird looks white in the picture, but really he's shiny, glassy, glossy black on black.

Oh shoot! I meant to add a few Nightfall Pearls to it. Better get on that.....

~Cynthia ;-)

Bullseye

Bullseye
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

This card started out slllllloooooowly. It didn't seem to want to get its act together. Ever have one of those creative moments??

First I stamped a Hampton Arts/Michael's Dollar Bin-find stamp on a Kraft card blank randomly with Martha Stewart Snowflake ink. Then the card sat on my desk for a day or so.
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Then I got the bright idea to stamp the Hampton Arts flower again, this time with clear VersaMark on Fiskars Inspirables (A Simply Weathered Look) Red Antique Crackle. I really LOVE this paper--the weathered paint has TEXTURE. Then I embossed it, cut the flower out and used a Glue Dot to affix it. Then the card sat there.
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Then I got the bright idea to use two Marvy circle punches (the pink and the blue) to cut out a circle within a circle. Then I used some tiny Glue Dots to affix the circle, kind of like an off-centered bulls eye. I affixed the punched-out inner circle to the inside of the card.
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There.
All done. ;-)

~Cynthia