Sandie's Card Garden: Stickles Star Dust

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Friday, July 7, 2017

CropStop.com Guest Designer Wedding Card

This week I have the privilege of being a Guest Designer for CropStop.com!
***Special Note: the Cropstop website is down because of technical issues and hopes to be back up and going very soon!*** Yes, they're back!

My hubby and I recently attended the wedding of a young relative so, of course, I had to make a special card! I really enjoy making wedding cards because I have the perfect excuse for frills and flowers and elegance! ( I actually kept this one kinda tame.)

To create this card I chose some pale pastel card stock called "Boogie Board" from Bazzill Basics Paper and I punched the Martha Stewart "Doily Lace" borders from both the pale blue and the ivory. The embossed layer was created using a Cuttlebug folder called "Poppy" by Anna Griffin (one of my very favorites!) The sentiment, a Bildmalarna stamp, is stamped in Memento "London Fog" dye ink and die cut using the Spellbinders "Labels 20" die. The flowers and leaves are a combination of four punches: McGill "Birch Leaf" and "Star Flower", and Martha Stewart "Flower" and "Frond". I like to "cup" the flowers a bit so I used my McGill shaping tools and mat. The final "tweaks" are the Ranger Stickles "Star Dust", Doodlebug Designs "Sprinkles" glitter dots, and lightly sponged color on the die cut. For that I used one of my many Tsukineko sponge daubers (another favorite!). Many of these products are available at the CropStop shop! And please check out their blog to see all of the DT's lovely cards this week!

Challenges I'm entering this card in:
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #290-291 AG
http://www.scrapyland-blog.com - #69 AG
http://mustardseedfaithchallenges.blogspot.com - Choose Joy
http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com - #192 Tic, Tac, Toe (Gems, Stamps, Die Cuts)
http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com - July Elemental Inspiration

(The elements I used: pastels, wedding, flowers, sparkle)
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk - #134 AG
http://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.ca - #172 Photo Inspiration (wedding)

http://paperplaysketches.blogspot.com - #46 Sketch:

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Come again soon!

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

A Fishy Hello

Yes, there's something fishy going on here!

The inspiration photo at House of Cards makes me think of an underwater ocean scene, probably because of the lovely aqua color and the glass ball...tropical beaches, waves and fishes come to mind. Love it! Here is the photo:

And here is my card:

And here's my list of items I used to make this card-

Card stock: Bazzill (aqua), Paper Studio (white)

Stamps: PrariePeddlers "Angel Fish", Inkadinkadoo "Angel Fish",

Stampin' Up "Hello"

Adhesive foam: Scrapbook Adhesives

Watercolor pencils: Crayola
Die: Spellbinders "Labels 3"

Punch: EK Success "1" Circle"

Sequins: FSJ "Blue Skies"

Glitter: Ranger Stickles "Star Dust"

Challenges I'm entering-

http://houseofcardschallenge.blogspot.com - Blog Hop

http://www.cropstop.com/blog - #29 June Challenge
http://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk - #48 At the Beach
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #286-287 AG

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Happy Mother's Day, Mom!

This card is for my 91 year old mother. I sure had fun making another "girly" card with lots of flowers, sparkle and ribbon! I hope she likes it!

To create this one I only used one stamp: "Happy Mother's Day" from SweetStamps.

But I used several different dies:

From Spellbinders- Majestic Oval, Foliage, Rose Creations, & Golden Corbels;

from SweetStamps- Elegant Leaves; from Cheery Lynn- Olive Branches; from Sizzix- Tattered Flower Garland.

The floral cardstock is from K&Co called "Merryweather" Die-Cut Mat Pad, and the rest is from my shamefully large stash.

The glitter sticker dots are from EK Success; the handmade bow is a lovely sheer thin ribbon I picked up at a garage sale! And, as always...plenty of Stickles!

I'm entering this card in a few challenges:

http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com - Sketch #401

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #280-281 AG

http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.com - #163 Mother's Day

https://craft-deebowz.blogspot.com - May Challenge, AG w/handmade bow

http://www.cropstop.com/blog - April Challenge, AG

http://www.scrapyland-blog.com - #65 AG

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Spring is Coming!

I'm sitting home today with the flu, so I guess its a good time to catch up a bit on my sadly-neglected blog. I can hardly believe I used to post something several times a week!

The beginning of 2017 has been a pretty busy year. We (hubby and I) took an unexpected trip in January to Arizona. My only sister, Judy, was very sick and did pass away in January. I helped my brothers sort, pack and distribute her belongings; then we drove home with a car full of treasures for my kids...her nephews and nieces and grands...including a bunch of scrap-booking and stamping supplies...for me! I put her initials on all her stamps so I think of her each time I use them.

I'm still having card-making classes at my home once a month and I'm on jury duty. AND I have a new grand baby...a little girl named Willamina Jude! Her mom and dad said they'll call her Willa.

So...I've even gotten kinda bad about taking pictures of my cards so I only have a few more to post.

These are the cards we made for my class last month.

Willa's baby card

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Ready for Valentine's Day!

Well I'm really not ready...this card is not for MY Valentine, just one of about a dozen I'm making to put in a friend's new shop. I made two of the same card at the same time...saves a lot of time!