Something Fishy

Hello friends!  Something fishy is going on over at Splitcoaststampers this week...it's the Ways to Use It Challenge.  Carla challenged us to make an aquarium card with a dessert option to use something shiny.  My great-niece will be celebrating her 4th birthday soon, so I decided to make a fishy birthday card for her.

Creative Nugget:  Oxide inks were sponged through a wave stencil and then spritzed with water to create a background for the card.  My something shiny was a piece of acetate used to make this shaker card.  The sea grass was made with a stamp from the Scribble Flowers stamp set by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and the cute fish are from the Happy Ocean Friends set.  The sentiment was white embossed on black card stock to create the base for the little aquarium.  Seed beads were used to fill the shaker and dew drops and Bitty Sparkles were added to finish the card.

This card will also be submitted to the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #237 - Make Your Mark
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #177 - Birthday Party
Crafting From the Heart Challenge #154 - Anything Goes
Pile It On! #129 - Interactive Card
Tuesday Throwdown #338 - Something Clear

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a wonderful Easter!

Hugs,
Cathymac

Puppy Love

Hello friends!  I have just a quick card to share with you today which came together quickly as a result of combining two challenges.  On Friday, Jeanne, on Splitcoaststampers asked us to take a break from Christmas and make a holiday card…but not a Christmas one.  Right away I thought of Valentine's Day so out came Valentine Critters, the Sweet Perks Club Bundle on sale right now by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.  Then I saw the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, and got the idea to turn it into a shaker card.

Creative Nugget:  A few splatters from Grunge Elements and acrylic paint made a super quick and easy background for this card.  A heart embossed panel and seed beads were used for the inside of the shaker.  The adorable pup from Valentine Critters was colored with Copic Markers and popped onto the acetate.  Finally, the sentiment was make and stamped in one line rather than two to fit the hand cut banner.  I paws-itively love how this card turned out and hope you do, too!

The following stamp sets from the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store were used:

This card is entered in the following challenges:

FMS #165
Splitcoaststampers - F4A Holiday Twist

Thanks for stopping by…have a wonderfully blessed day!

Hugs,
Cathymac

A Little Bun in the Oven

Hello friends!  Well snow is on the way and DH had his school canceled for today, so it looks like we'll be spending a warm, cozy day at home…which is actually a good thing because I have some baking to do to get ready for Thanksgiving tomorrow.  Thinking of baking reminded me of this adorable sentiment from one of the new stamp sets recently released by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, Baked for You.  Using the Splitcoaststampers Sketch for today, I thought I'd take a break from creating Christmas cards to pop out this shaker baby card.

Creative Nugget:  Baked Brown Sugar, Pool Party, and some old Bo Bunny papers found in my stash were used to closely follow the sketch.  A little scallop border cut with one of the dies from the Bookmarks & More Die Set helped to separate the panels.  The circle panel on the sketch was turned into a shaker with the  bun in the oven colored with Copic Markers.  The white seed beads in the shaker were colored with Copic refills to match the DP.  The sentiment was embossed and buttons and Baker's Twine were added to finish the card.

Here are the supplies used to make this fun card:

To celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps will be having a Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale, so be sure to head on over to the store and check out the goodies on Friday!

Thanks so much for stopping by…have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Cathymac