Neat and tangled

Hello again.
Today I have a couple of cards I made using some neat and tangled products (thanks to my sweet friend Emily) :). I am part of a group of girls who get together once a month or so to get crafty. One of the upsides to this is, we get to use each others crafty supplies and therefor try things we don't have in our own stash. In the beginning we would spend so much time talking that very little crafting got done, however, we are finally getting the hang of things and even though we might not have time to finish anything, we do cut and stamp stuff that we can finish later. Both my cards that I am sharing today were started at our last gathering two weeks ago. I finished them last week but had a house full of sick people (myself included) so they never got photographed or posted. Anyway...without further ado, here you go:

For this card I stamped the solid image from the 'Paper cut flowers' set onto white cardstock using Altenew inks in various colors (sorry, I used my pal Ardyth's inks so I don't have the names, but they are AMAZING, and they will be coming home to me sometime in the near future :) )
I then added some accents and texture with copics and pencils to add some interest. I colored the background with a light grey and then sprayed the whole piece with a studio calico shimmer spray. At this point I liked the card but I wanted to kick it up a notch so I added some gel pen dots. The sentiment is from the 'Kindness matters' set and is heat embossed with silver pearl EP onto black card stock using a stitched frame die (of Tracey's) from PTI.
What I love most about this card is that, as you can see, I have used something that I borrowed from each of the girls. Sharing is caring! :)

On to my second card:

This card is a fun, simple shaker card. For this one, I stamped the 'punchinella" stamp onto white cardstock using Hero Arts ombre inks. (also from Ardyth :0 ) I created the window and frame with PTi dies and mounted it onto stone grey cardstock that I dry embossed with the PTI linen plate. The sentiment is from Neat and Tangled's 'everyday labels' set. I stamped it on white cardstock with  momento tuxido black ink. I trimmed and mounted them onto the front of the shaker with foam tape. ;)

Well, that's all from me for today folks. Thanks for stopping by.
Here is a pic of us at our last get together.

Yes...that was as much fun as it looks ;) 
peace and love
Natasha :)

Robot Earth

 I'm Back! With another card for the MFT Card design superstar challenge.

 

Once again, I need to apologize for the poor quality of the photograph. I really need to insest in a light box or whaever it is that enables one to take photos at night :)

This card was fun to make. I wanted to do something different with the robots. I wanted them to look like they were metal and shiny. (as robots usually are ;) )So I die cut a piece of silver sheet metal that I have had from Quick kutz from years and years ago. :)   I then heat embossed the image ( thanks Emily ;) ) onto the metal die cut with black EP.  I used yellow, red and blue EP to add some color to the little dude. I set him aside and went to work on the earth. I die cut the 'you mean the world to me' centerpiece die from white cardstock and colored it in with copics. Once again I used my trusty wink of stella and glossy accents to give it some magnificent shine and dimension. I die cut the silver circle from from the same metal sheet material as the robot. I added some nail heads to finish it off.  The sentiment is from the same Robot stamp set, and is perfect for the occasion, since this card is going to a sweet little boy whose party my Son is attending on Sunday.

I just love how the wink of stella makes it look like those are stars in the sky. :)

That's it from me. Good luck to all who entered. I look forward to browsing the gallery and being inspired to try some new ideas.

Tasha :)

MFT Card Design Superstar

Hi there!

Today I have two cards that I am entering into the MFT Card Design Superstar contest.

First up I have this card:

For this card I randomly stamped the flowers from the Blissful Blooms set and colored them in with Copics. I added some wink of stella to add some shimmer and then cut a stitched circle to add my sentiment which is from the Label Maker Sentiments set. This was stamped using Black versafine ink. I added some gel pen highlights to add more contrast.

Next up I have this card:

For this card I used the the current sketch challenge as my inspiration, as well as the color scheme from the current RIC challenge to get to this.
I started by die cutting the abstract cover die using white card stock. I then used a circle die to cut out a circle.  I colored all the pieces in with copics and added some wink of stella shimmer. I then pieced all the pieces together and adhered them on to a sold circle. I added a layer of glossy accents to give it shine and dimension.  The sentiment was heat embossed with red EP using the labels sentiment set.

I am working on one more card to enter this contest so I might be back later with another card :)


Thanks for stopping by :)
Tasha

Runway inspired #91

Hola!
So, it's been a little while since I got inky, and I am in one of my slumps  as a result. I decided to try and get the juices flowing by trying my hand at the current Runway Inspired challenge.

So I sat down yesterday and made this card:

For this card I used the MFT abstract cover up die with some PTI colored cardstock in limeade ice and hawaiian shores.The sentiment is from the new LLD Soda pop stamp set. I love how clean it is.

Now, where I don't HATE this one,  I'm not sure I love it. I have recently been VERY inspired by my dear friend Ardyth who in my opinion is the Queen of CAS. So looking at this, it just seemed a bit busy for what I was going for.  I do like parts of it, but I couldn't decide so I went to "the girls" for their opinions. Ardyth threw some ideas at me and then challenged me to make another card.  She also decided to make one too, so here we are.

This is my second attempt at this inspiration photo:

(Please excuse the poor photo, it's late and I have terrible lighting in my Condo.)

I must admit I personally like this one  more. Now, its not as CAS as Ardyth's cards usually are, but it's "me".  If you are as big a fan of Ardyth as I am, you'll notice the square card?  Yeah, I can't make square cards anymore without thinking of Ardyth, it's like her signature style :)

For this one I used the PTI hexagon cover plate and die cut it using white card stock, I colored the hexagons with copic markers and then attached them with foam tape to a 3X3 square. I added some wink of stella and some glossy accents to add some pizzazz! I mounted this to a black square to matt it and popped it onto a white base. The sentiment is the same as the card above and is popped on with foam tape. (LOTS of popping = LOTS of dimension.)
A funny thing about this is, those dark hexagons were actually colored using black and grey, but for some reason the glossy accents changed the color to navy. It looks darker in real life but you can still see a blue tint. 

Here is a close up that shows the shine and dimension a bit better:

Well,that's it from me, thanks for stopping by.
Natasha :)

Watercolor shaker

Helloooo again.

I'm back again today with a card to share (are you impressed yet? ;) LOL!) I'm trying to be more consistent with sharing my crafty creations. You see, I am a last minute Lucy...So I usually make stuff as I need them and am finishing it as I'm heading out the door. Sometimes, I get to snap a quick pic...other times, it's gone forever!LOL! Even when I do just create for fun, I usually figure I will photograph and blog it later...but later seldom comes before it's needed and gone too. ;)

Anyway... I have some cards I made recently that I plan to share. I could share them all at once...but that would probably mean I would not be back for another few months. So I'm going to go slow and hopefully get as addicted to 'sharing" my cards as much as I am to creating them.

OK, I've rambled on long enough...

Here's todays card :

For this card I pulled out some Altenew gorgeousness and got inky!  I started by die cutting a circle into a 3 3/4 X 5 1/2 panel of wood grain card stock. I also cut a piece of watercolor card stock to the same dimensions and water colored it with some peerless watercolor.  The butterfly is from the "Bejeweled" set and is also watercolored.  I fussy cut it out since I don't own the dies yet and added some glossy accents to make it shine.  I stamped the sentiment onto the watercolor panel and used foam tape and sequence to create a shaker card. I mounted it all to a grey card base and attached the butterfly to the front with foam tape too.
I didn't get a photo of the inside, but I water colored another panel that was attached to the inside. 

Well, that's it from me for today. I hope ou are having a good one.
Take care
Peace and love

Tasha :)

Bella Silhouette

Hello. I'm just popping in quickly to share a card.

The background was masked and inked up with distress inks. The image is an older one from Stamping Bella,  (I'm not sure if it's still around, I will try to find out and update this post) that was stamped using my MISTI and Memento Tuxido black ink.  The sentiment is from PTI and is also stamped with the same ink. The panel was then mounted onto a white card base using foam tape. I finished the card off with some rain drop beads also from PTI.

We are off to the Amusment park for the day.

Thanks for stopping by.

Tasha :)

Abstract cover up

Hello again ;)
Today I have a card to share with you that uses the MFT Abstract cover up die. The moment this die was previewed it was love at first sight. So when my box finally arrived after spending a full week at Canadian customs. (Perhaps they needed a bit of happy in their day too ;) ) I was very excited to get cutting.
I wanted the die to be the star of the show...

....So I went to work die cutting it using plain white card stock.  I then colored all the negative pieces out with copics, making sure to use a rainbow of bright and happy colors.  I then added some zig wink of stella shimmer to the colored pieces. To attach the pieces to the card base I used the frame as a guide. I attached the pieces with foam tape and then removed the frame.  To finish this card I heat embossed my sentiment in white onto a black die cut banner.

This card just makes me HAPPY!  I hope it does the same for you too. ;)

Have a great day
Tasha