Found a Use!

Found a Use!
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

...or...Card Revisited!

I made this card earlier and posted all the details, but I decided this would be a perfect Easter card! The "He Has Risen" stamp was only $1 at Michael's. I stamped that in Tim Holtz Distress Ink--Peeled Paint--on BoBunny's Calypso Love (the more calmer backside!) On the inside of the card I have stamped "Happy Easter", also a dollar stamp from Michael's...with Peeled Paint on Calypso Love.

Enjoy the full moon tonight--if the weather is clear in your area--and root on Team USA in their Gold Medal Hockey Match!!

USA USA USA!!!!!!!

~Cynthia :-)

Flowers on Flowers

Flowers on Flowers
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

I just got this paper from a store in Landrum, SC, called One Scrappy Chick. The stores near my house don't carry October Afternoon paper, so I was excited to find it. This paper is from the Farm Fresh Collection and is entitled South Forty. Cute, eh?

Here's what I used:

Kraft card blank (The Paper Studio)
Brown cardstock (Bazzill)
Bronze pearls (Queen & Co.)
Retro Flower punch (Paper Shapers)
Dried Marigold Distress Ink (Tim Holtz)
Rectangle Nestability
Sheer green ribbon (The Paper Studio)
Lots of Glue Dots ;-)

Choose Joy!

~Cynthia

Spots and Dots

Spots and Dots
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

See..what *happened* was...

I saw this really cool card on Splitcoast Stampers and decided to CASE it...Copy And Share Everything. Alas, my card took a turn somewhere and came out like this...and no where near the original.

It gets points for originality, right??? ;-)

The Supplies:

Paper: KaiserCraft--Sublime/Majesty (both sides)
Stamp: Stampology--Flowers
Ribbon: Bobbin Ribbon
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink--Black Soot

I stamped the flowers, cut them out, and stuck them over the layers of paper and ribbon. Easy peasy. Weird, but easy.

Stamp happy!

~Cynthia

Sympathy Card

Sympathy Card
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

Not at all a great picture, but I couldn't get the light to work. This is a sympathy card for a friend who lost her former mother-in-law, the grandmother of her 2 boys. I like the calm, natural feel of the card. It looks way better in person.

The Details:
Paper: The Paper Studio--kraft card blank; K & Co.--Addison Blue and Green; Bazzill blue cardstock; Unknown kraft cardstock
Stamp: Stampendous--Encouraging Words set and Thoughts and Prayers (inside sentiment)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink--Walnut Stain
Punch: Martha Stewart--fern leaf punch
Buttons: Foof-a-la--Summer Collection
Bow: Darice hemp twine

Happy stamping!

~Cynthia

Blue Skies and Copper Suns

Blue Skies and Copper Suns
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

I got a bit funky on this one. I think it's the paper--it just cries out for a bit of funkyness! ;-)

Supplies:

Paper: My Mind's Eye--Jen Wilson's 29th Street Market, Fresh "Brothers" Grass Green; kraft and black cardstock; Halcraft--ivory card blank
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink--Walnut Stain; Ranger--Perfect Pearls, Perfect Copper
Stamps: Rubber Stampede--Soleil; Inkadinkado--Blue Skies; Stampology (Autumn Leaves)--Flowers
Punch--Marvy blue circle punch; Fiskars corner rounder
Bling: Recollections--Pearl Stickers
Making Memories Paper Distresser

Wow! I didn't realize I had used so much product on this card until I listed all of it! In retrospect, I probably should have used a blue paper instead of the green--that would make more sense with the sentiment. But, it's a cheerful card nonetheless. I seriously like the grunge. ;-)


Thanks for looking and have a sunny day no matter the weather!!

~Cynthia

Note the Time

Note the Time
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

I really had planned to do something else with this paper, but when I glued it to the card blank and added a bit of Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Antique Linen and Walnut Stain) to the edges....I really didn't want to touch it. It is just too cool as is. Sometimes the simplest cards are the most awesome. :-)

Paper: Graphic 45, Time Nouveau Collection, Hip to the Jive

Thanks for looking!

~Cynthia

Time for Something

Time for Something
Originally uploaded by HikerCynthia

A bit of simplicity here! This is only a card topper at the moment. I used mulberry Bazzill and Graphic 45 paper (Times Nouveau Collection, Hip to the Jive). I distressed it with Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Walnut Stain. Retro Flower punch from Paper Shapers (3 shapes, layered) and a brad from Hobby Lobby...punch border using a Fiskars border punch...and TADA! An easy card topper, awaiting a use!

Thanks for looking and GO TEAM USA!!

~Cynthia