Houses Built of Cards

Friday, August 18, 2017

Go Wild Party Animal - Neat and Tangled Birthday Party

Good morning! I'm sharing another card today with a new birthday set from Neat and Tangled - I just adore this darling Wild Ones stamp set, and wanted to squeeze all the cute critters from it onto one card!

I used my MISTI and stamped them on watercolor paper, leaving it looking like they are peeking into the center of the card, then added my sentiment in the middle. Colored them in with watercoors, and added some accents with a white gel pen. Finished off by matting with different colors of cardstock!

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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Bears and Hearts

Good morning! I'm sharing another couple of cards I made with a fun die from Simon Says Stamp One of a Kind Release, the adorable Picture Bear Wafer Dies, again cut from felt! {{{I used these same dies with different colors of felt in THIS post HERE}}}

This time I cut the bears out of two shades of brown felt, and again swapped out the pieces in reverse.

I added a die cut heart using Wonky Stitched Hearts, and added a sentiment from Loving Heart to each one.

Added some fun pattern paper die cut with Wonky Rectangles and a bit of jute twine to finish these off!

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Galaxy and Giraffe - Neat and Tangled New Release

Good morning! Have you been seeing all the darling projects with some of the new Neat and Tangled Birthday Release?!?!? Well...last week I made a few galaxy backgrounds while at a friend's house crafting, so I decided to put one of them to use with that darling little giraffe from the new Wild Ones stamp set!

(((NOTE: I have had MANY requests to do a video tutorial for galaxy backgrounds - I promise I will do that soon! I didn't get it done before getting my 3 year old niece for the week, so filming videos is a little tougher right now - but I plan on working on it next week for sure if possible!)))

I am so addicted to galaxy backgrounds right now - SOOO fun! I don't know about anyone else, but I feel like I am totally screwing them up the entire time I am doing the watercoloring. Then, you get to the part where you add the splatters of white and gold - and all of a sudden it is AMAZING!

I colored the giraffe from Wild Ones with Warm Gray Copics so it would look like it was standing in the dark in the shadows, and die cut it with the coordinating Wild Ones Coordinating Dies. I added some stars from part of Seeing Stars Dies, and a sentiment from Origami Map heat embossed on a strip of white cardstock. The giraffe is mounted with foam adhesive, as well as the sentiment. A few white gel pen accents on the giraffe finish this card off!

Monday, August 14, 2017

SSS September Card Kit - Magical Unicorns!

Hello! The new "Best Birthday" September Card Kit for Simon Says Stamp is live! It really is quite a magical card kit! I couldn't seem to quit with this one, so here are a couple more cards I made with it:

This first card mostly focuses on the fun Doodlebug Pattern paper - not to mention that DARLING sentiment from the included stamp kit - Best Ever! I die cut a square from one of the pieces of pattern paper, mounted it over the stamped sentiment on a Stitched Banner, then added some silver thread wrapped around the top and a few of the enamel heart stickers.

And then there was this one piece of pattern paper that I just couldn't help using, and it almost made the card all on it's own!

I trimmed the pattern paper down, leaving a slight border so it would fit on a 5x5 card, then stamped a sentiment from Best Ever on the bottom. I then added Glossy Accents to the clouds, purple portions of the castle, and the trees - and sparkly Stickles to the rainbow, unicorn hair and hooves, the brick road, and portions of the castle as well. It was a simple way to make your pattern paper stand on it's own, but have a little more flair than just a plain piece of paper slapped on a white cardbase. Haha!

Here is a look at the entire kit contents - you can find it HERE:

Winnie and Walter August Color Challenge

Good morning! It's that time of month - my newest Color Challenge at Winnie and Walter Starts today! Here is a little peek at the card I made for it - check out the details and play along HERE:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sunday, August 13, 2017

SSS September Card Kit - Lots of Hearts!

Hello! The new "Best Birthday" September Card Kit for Simon Says Stamp has released! It really is quite a magical card kit! Here are a couple cards I made with it:

For the first card, I featured one of the fun Jillibean Soup Shaker Tags with an included insert in the kit - filled with lots of fun Pretty Pink Posh sequins. Stamped some sentiments on the tag using the included stamp kit - Best Ever, added a bit of pattern paper, some of the enamel heart stickers, and a bow of jute twine to the top, then mounted with foam adhesive over a kraft card base with some white paint splatters.

The next card is as bright and colorful as they come!

I started off by using Wonky Stitched Hearts to die cut a negative of part of a heart in the front of a white card base, then added some of the fun Doodlebug Pattern paper behind the window. Sentiment from Best Ever was heat embossed in white on a small Stitched Banner in black, then I added lots of the fun little enamel stickers to embellish!

Here is a look at the entire kit contents - you can find it HERE:

Saturday, August 12, 2017

Reverse Confetti Birthday Sale!

Good morning! I'm stopping by to tell you about a fabulous and fun BIRTHDAY SALE happening right now at Reverse Confetti to celebrate owner Jen's birthday! And while it's her birthday, you get the presents - 20% off your entire purchase!

The DT is all hopping with projects to show you - but due to an unexpected emergency with a friend (all is well and she is okay) - I didn't have the chance to create something new. Soooo...I'm looking back on a few of my favorite projects using Reverse Confetti - a couple very new, and a few from nearly a year ago! I have a link under each photo to the original post if you want more details on the Reverse Confetti products used on each one (aka: enabling as you shop the sale!).