Thinking of You

Well, it looks like I'm going to be forced to get a new camera.  I'm not sure if it's the battery, the charger or it has simply worn out for all the use I give it.  I'm headed for the camera store in a day or two to have them check it out for me and I'm hoping it will be an easy fix, like a new battery.  In the meantime, I'm using my cell phone.  It's not doing too bad a job but I much prefer the camera.

My card today is a very simple one.  I used my Water Droplets stamp set by Designs by Ryn and stamped directly on the TE Sugar Cube card base using Marina Mist ink from Stampin' Up!  I cut a strip of Marina Mist cardstock and added it to the card front.  The sentiment was stamped on TE Sugar Cube cardstock using Poppy Seed ink from Taylored Expressions.  It's from the Colorful Seasons stamp set by Stampin' Up!  Next, I punched the ends using the Banner Punch from Stampin' Up!  The finishing touch was the Rhinestone Basic Jewels.  As I said, simple but I think pretty.  I love those water droplets.

The sketch I used is from the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge.  For all the challenge details and to share your project, click the image below.

Thanks for stopping by the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #228

Hello and welcome another great sketch from the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  And, it would seem I'm stuck on the Autumn theme for my most recent Design Team cards.  Today is no exception.  But, I promise, that my next card will be totally not one for Fall.

The other night I was playing around with my Distress Oxide Inks, making different backgrounds on watercolor paper.  I took two of those backgrounds and turned them into the leaves you see on the card.  What doesn't show up well is the fact that I painted them with Distress Crackle Paint to give them the crinkly look that leaves have once they dry and fall off the trees.

Here is a close up of the leaves with the Distress Crackle Paint but, as I said, the crackle does not show up well in the photo.

Stamp Sets:  A Season of Giving (Hero Arts), Colorful Seasons; Distress Oxide Inks:  Candied Apple, Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo, Wilted Violet; Inks:  Soft Suede, Timber Brown StazOn; Cardstock:  Watercolor Paper (Strathmore), Whisper White Thick; Patterned Paper:  Golden Grove (Kaiser Craft); Other:  Distress Crackle Paint (Ranger), Golden Harvest Glitter Drops (Nuvo), Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies. Stampin' Up! product unless otherwise noted.

For all the challenge details and to share your project, visit the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge by clicking the image below.  We'd love to have you join us.

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Anything Goes

Hi everyone!  It's time for another challenge from The Sisterhood of Crafters.  Vickie is our host this week and it's an Anything Goes.  I do love those anything goes challenges as you can share whatever you are working on.  So, create something beautiful and share it with us on the challenge.  We'd love to have you join us.

It's no surprise that I've once again used those addictive Distress Oxide inks.  I took an afternoon last week and created several different backgrounds so I'd have some ready to use at a moment's notice.  This is one.  I love the way those colors blended so well together.  With trees being a favorite of mine, I had to use a long neglected stamp set called Build A Tree by from Fiskars.  It has all the different little images for the four seasons so you just might see more of it in the future.

For this one, I decided not to make a card but put it in a frame.  I love the way it looks with the silver of the frame.  Now do I want to keep it for my desk or gift it to someone.  Decisions, decisions! 

Stamp Sets:  Build A Tree (Fiskars), Colorful Seasons - sentiment; Distress Oxide Inks:  Faded Jeans, Peeled Paint, Spiced Marmalade, Wilted Violet, Worn Lipstick; Inks:  Basic Black Archival, Garden Green; Cardstock:  Watercolor Paper (Strathmore), Whisper White; Other:  Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies.  Stampin' Up! product used unless otherwise noted.

For all the challenge details and to share your project at The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge, just click the image below.

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha