Fall cards

Here are some fall-ish cards I made in last couple weeks.  I love fall colors and love this time of year; the air is crisp and it's not too cold yet!

On this first card, I used stamps from Simonsaysstamp.com and colored them with Copic markers.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

For this next card, I used Ranger distress ink to create the background.  I die cut a bunch of leaves with dies from mftstamps.com and outlined the veins on the leaves with Copic markers and used a die for the sentiment.  Pretty quick and easy card!

And this next card is my favorite fall card so far.  I love the bright flowers against the brown background.  I used a Hero Arts stamp for the background, then colored these beautiful flower stamps from altenew.com in fall-ish colors with Copic markers.  I finished it off with a sentiment from wplus9.com and some enamel dots.  I hope you enjoyed these fall creations and are inspired to create some of your own!

Mother's Day cards

Hi crafters!  I started this post a few months ago; my pictures are not uploading from my phone anymore.  It's probably something so simple; I just haven't figured it out yet.  Anyway, here is a Mother's Day card I made months ago with the Wonderful Women stamp set and Wonderful Words dies from concordand9th.com.  The font on the dies and stamps is beautiful!!

For the card below, I stamped the flowers from the Doodle Buds set from wplus9.com and colored them with Copic markers.  The sentiment and "lovely" die is from the Concord and 9th sets.  I used green foil paper to cut the "lovely" word.  I finished the card off with some sequins from prettypinkposh.com.  Really quick coloring on this card!

Color Throwndown challenge

I decided to create a card for the #ctd379 challenge on colorthrowndownchallenge.blogspot.com.  I love the flower stamps from thetonstamps.com and coloring them is so relaxing.  I colored them with Copic markers and used sequins from prettypinkposh.com to give the card a little sparkle.  I used shiny gold cardstock for the "fabulous" die cut from thetonstamps.com.  I used the little strip of black cardstock to offset all the pink on this card.

Here are the Copic markers I used for the flowers and leaves:

I hope to make more cards tomorrow and will try to post more often.  Have a great night!
Judy

Funny Ladies

I love these stamps from the "Girlfriends" collection at Artimpressions.com.  I made a couple cards with them last weekend for the #dailymarker30day challenge.  I colored both with Copic markers and used either sequins from prettypinkposh.com or enamel dots to add that extra touch.

It's hard to tell from the photo, but I also added Glossy Accents to the wine.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

For this card, I cut out a couple hearts to match the background paper and added a little Wink of Stella to brighten them up a bit.  The sentiment on this card is from a mftstamps.com set.  Hope you enjoy both cards and can get some ideas from them!
Judy

Morning Glories

I was so happy to get this new Morning Glories stamp set from thetonstamps.com and was finally able to create a couple cards with it last weekend.  For this first card, I thought a light blue background with a little white around the main image would look nice.  I masked off the first morning glory and stamped the second over it; then masked the second one and stamped the third over both and used the same masks to add the leaves.  I used Copic markers to color the image and added the fabulous word die cut from foil paper.  (It actually is shinier than the picture shows.)  I finished off the card with a few sequins from prettypinkposh.com.

Here are the Copics I used:

For the second card, I wanted to try and color some pink morning glories.  I used the same stamping and masking technique to overlap the flowers and leaves.  After the flowers and leaves were all colored, I used a sentiment from averyelle.com and finished the card off with some sequins from prettypinkposh.com.

I'm sure I will get alot of use out of this stamp set.  The flowers are so pretty!
Hope you enjoy and have a great day!
Jude

Blue roses?

I'm not sure if there's such a thing as blue roses, but I wanted to try a blue combo for flowers.  It was freezing outside again today, so it was nice to have the day off and stay inside and color.  I colored these roses from Thetonstamps.com with Copic markers and the sentiment is from Averyelle.com.  I added a few sequins from prettypinkposh.com and the card is done.

 

Here are the Copic markers I used:

I think the blue is striking, even if blue roses don't exist.  I'll definitely be using another blue combo on future cards.  Hope it inspires you to do a little coloring.
Jude

More roses

Here is another card using a stamp set from Thetonstamps.com.  I planned on entering this one into the Color Throwdown challenge, but thought the deadline was later tonight -- oops!  I guess there's always next week.  I like the gray, yellow and orange combination.  I colored the roses using Copic markers and the sentiment is from creativetimeforme.com.  I added a few sequins to finish the card.

Here are the Copics I used:

 

It's nice to stay inside and color pretty roses when it's so cold outside!  Hope you like the card!
Jude

Valentine Card

Quick and easy card -- I made this card this weekend using the Kiss Kiss stamp set from rightathomeshop.com.  Smaller hearts are from wplus9.com, sequins from prettypinkposh.com and sparkle from a Wink of Stella pen.

Kiss Kiss

Here's a Valentine's Day card I made using the Kiss Kiss stamp set from rightathomeshop.com and heart dies from My Favorite Things.  The sayings for the candy hearts are cute and remind me of exchanging Valentine's Day cards in school many years ago.  Many possibilities with this stamp set.  The picture is a little gray; the card is much brighter.  Have a great day!
Jude

Rose-y Valentine

Happy Monday!  I made this card yesterday and used the roses from the Modern Blooms stamp set from thetonstamps.com.  Sitting and coloring flowers is so relaxing to me and gives me more practice with Copic coloring.  I also love the pretty font from the Kiss Kiss stamp set from Rightathomeshop.com.  I finished the card off with some hearts from a wplus9.com stamp set and some sequins from prettypinkposh.com.  Hope you like it!
 

Here are the Copics I used:

Pretty roses

I love this stamp set I got for Christmas from Thetonstamps.com!  A little coloring, a few embellishments and you have a beautiful card.  Sentiment is from a Simonsaysstamp set.

Newbie

Well, here goes.  I have wanted to start a blog for some time to share my handmade cards.  I have gotten inspiration from other cardmakers' blogs, and I hope to inspire others as well.  I started scrapbooking years ago, then became interested in making my own cards and have been obsessed with paper, stamps and dies ever since.  It is a very relaxing hobby and keeps the creative juices flowing.  I hope you enjoy what you see (once I figure out how to post a picture)!