Catching up with posting many cards

I everyone! It's been awhile since I blogged, so I thought I would share all the "just for fun" and challenge cards cards I've made in the last few months. For those of you who want to check out my work more regularly, I post all my cards immediately on my Instagram page. I'm not even sure anyone reads blogs anymore -lol!

You can follow me on Instagram here: mwoerner

Here is one I made for a Simon Says "stitching" challenge. 

Stamp set: Farmhouse Christmas by Stamp Simply; Dies: Layered Poinsettia by Spellbinders, Floral Cluster and Twigs by Stamp Simply

This card was for a Unity Stamp Co challenge to use a stencil.

Stamp set: 3 Little Butterflies by Unity Stamp Co.

Here is one I made just for fun!

Stamp set: Where You Should Be by Unity Stamp Co.

Here are 3 cards I made for WCMD sketch challenges from Queen and Company

Kit used: All Bundles Up

Kit used: Fright Fest Halloween Kit

Kit used: Stamp set from the retired Snow Globe Kit

Here's a card I made just for fun

Stamp set: Owl Warmhearted by Unity Stamp Co

Last but not least, here are 2 cards I made with some washi tape I picked up at Tuesday Morning. Not that I needed any more washi tape -lol!

Stamp sets: All Occasion Sentiments 2 by Stamp Simply Clear Stamps

That's it for today! Leave me a comment and let me know you still stop by and read my posts. If you want, follow me on IG -I'd love to see you over there.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Sending a cozy hello

Hi everyone! I have another fun coffee card to share. This one is from Unity's set One Sip at a Time. I just LOVE this cup with the flowers. Be still my heart!

I was able to get more copic coloring practice in with this. I colored them using the red markers, R27, R35 and R22 -this is one of my go to "coral/red" color combos. Turned out so pretty. I may try this again with blues. That would be a challenge as I have yet to make blue flowers!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Other supplies used:
Kaisercraft Rosabella 6.5 x 6.5 paper pad
FSJ black/white twine
Little Bee 1/8" washi tape
sequins
copic markers

Mug of Hugs

Hi everyone! I have a fun card to share playing in the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I loved this sketch, it lends itself nicely to a variety of card images.

I used the Mug of Hugs itty bitty stamp set from Unity Stamp Co. which is so cute! I colored the mug with ombre colors I pulled from the patterned paper which is from Echo Park Coffee 6x6 pad. I used the markers R32, R12 and R01 for the mug.

It's kinda hard to see in the photo, but I embossed the rectangle die into the image panel giving it an illusion of an additional layer.

Here is the sketch if you want to play along. I kept my card relatively clean as their challenge is to use their sketch AND to keep your card fresh with clean lines!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Other supplies used:
A2 Matting Basics sets A and B by Spellbinders
Soft Stone cardstock by Papertrey Ink
Copic markers
May Arts Burlap String in natural
Wild Orchid Crafts open rose 10mm
Memento Luxe Rhubarb Stalk ink

Just for you -a little copics and a little water coloring

Hi everyone! I had a lot of fun with this card. I just LOVE this image from Unity Stamps -it's from an older kit of the month from 2014 called Botanical Bliss, but it's always been a favorite of mine.
It's been awhile since I played around with my Unity stamps, but I still have some older sets in my stash so I'm happy to say they will be getting some love now.

I colored the image with my copic markers but wanted something fun in the background and played around with some water coloring. This was only my 3rd attempt, so that's improvement! lol!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Other supplies used:
Spellbinders Standard Circles dies
Ranger Super Fine White embossing powder 
VersaMark Watermark stamp pad
sequins
Pretty Excellent Water color palette

FWF Hugs shaker card

Hi everyone!  It's Friends With Flair time!  I haven't had time to play along with Unity's Friends with Flair in such a long time, so I busted out my Unity stamps and played along today.

Everything OLD is NEW again, right?  Case in point, shaker cards are all the rage right now and here's a link to my first shaker card back in 2007!  Shaker parts can be both large and small.  I made my shaker part the entire card front using my Circle dies, but I have something in the works using smaller butterflies.

Not gonna lie, shaker cards are kind of a pain to make and after several hours of fiddling with my beads and sequins I remembered WHY I didn't make many all those years ago!  I cut my foam squares in half and started to line the inside of my card frame.  After placing the small pieces down, I switched to cutting larger pieces from my foam tape roll to cover more ground.

 Next I peeled the backing of the bottom portion only and stuck it to my card base.  My thought was to hold the top open and pour in the beads/sequins and then seal up the rest of the circle.  Wellll... I ended up with way too many beads, so I had to pry the top open and pour some of the beads out. Which created a hot mess with beads stuck to the adhesive pieces all over the circle.  I fixed it eventually, but I am pretty sure there is an easier way to make shaker cards.  Any tips are welcome!!

Back to my card, the image is Mug of Hugs which is from Unity's Stamps of the Week collection and I think it's ADORABLE (not sure what set the sentiment is from).  I colored the mug with Copic markers.  I used another of my charms and even used one of my purple beads match.  Go me!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  Here is a close up picture.

Card Deets:   
Spellbinders Dies: S4-125 Classic Scalloped Circles SM, S4-114 Standard Circles LG and S4-116 Standard Circles SM Nestabilities®; S2-132 Pretty Petals C Shapeabilities®
Stamp: Unity Stamp Co, Mug of Hugs
Other Supplies: White, Kraft and Pistachio Pudding cardstock; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Lavender baker's twine; Rhinestones; Charms and beads
Adhesive: Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares  
NOTE: You can also find Spellbinders dies at the The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Friends with Flair -new feather dies

Hi everyone!  I have a fun card to share today which uses some new feather dies from Spellbinders and some adorable stamps from Unity.  I haven't had time to play along with Unity's Friends with Flair in such a long time, so I am playing along today.

 

I inked the edges and spine of the feathers with Delicata GoldenGlitz ink, super shimmery IRL.  Notice the sentiment?  I cut that apart so I could stamp the "love is" part at the top, continuing the rest at the bottom.

Here are the Feathers On the Wind dies:

Here is the kit I used on my card.  I used one of the border stamps (stamped along the top in yellow ink) as well as the sentiment.  The washi tapes are from Stampin Up.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Deets: 

Spellbinder dies: IN-019 Feathers on the Wind Shapeabilities®; S4-114 Standard Circles LG and S4-116 Standard Circles SM Nestabilities®
Stamps - Unity Stamp Co, You are Simply The Best -3/13 kit  
Ink - Tsukineko, Delicata GoldenGlitz; Stampin Up, Baked Brown Sugar and So Saffron Paper: Papertrey Ink, White, Fine Linen and Lemon Tart cardstock;
Embellishments - Stampin Up washi tape and button Adhesive - Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares    
NOTE: You can also find Spellbinders Die Templates at the The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Amazing, Fabulous, Celebrate

Hi everyone!  I have a couple cards to share using dies from the Spellbinders Imperial Gold Enhancing line of dies.  These dies are a bit different, they are designed to inset details into your classic die and label shapes.

As you can see from the picture below, they don't actually cut the shape, but rather they emboss AND de-boss a pattern!  Pretty cool!

I used the Hexagons dies for the shape of my first card.  I love hexagons and don't use them enough.  I think I will leave the dies out on my desk as a reminder!  But I digress...I paired the Gold Circles One dies with my Standard Circles dies to make the circle ring.  

Both of my cards use my new stamp set from Unity called Everything Wonderful.  I love the fun versatile sentiments!  I stamped the circle ring image in turquoise ink and inked the stamp in both orange and black inks.  I added some stickles around the circle frame and added a small bow with thin chevron ribbon.

My next card uses the Gold Squares One die set paired with Classic Squares LG to cut the square out. I love how these Enhancing dies add so much detail and interest with little work!  I used more of the cute chevron ribbon.

Here are close up pics showing the embossing and de-bossing details:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Deets: Spellbinder dies: S4-114 Standard Circles LG, S4-116 Standard Circles SM, S4-368 Hexagons, S4-126 Classic Squares LG, S4-412 Gold Rounds One, and S4-410 Gold Squares One Nestabilities ®

Stamps: Unity Stamp Co, Everything Wonderful Cardstock: Gina K Designs, Turquoise Sea and White Ink: Tsukineko, Morocco and Tuxedo Black Memento Luxe ; Gina K Designs, Turquoise Sea Embellishments - Stamp Simply Ribbon Store: May Arts, 1/4" black/white chevron ribbon Adhesive - Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue and 3D Foam Tabs Other - Stickles in Stardust
NOTE: You can also find Spellbinders Die Templates at the The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. 

Summertime (I know, it's barely spring)

Hi everyone! I have a quick post sharing a card for today's Unity's Friends with Flair. 

The cute summer stamp is from the set, All Smiles.  It's such a fun happy image -I really love this kit.  It's almost 2 years old now, but it's still a goodie!  I colored it with copics and kept it pretty simple.  I made this card for magazine submission awhile ago, it didn't get accepted and I forgot about it.  I thought FWF would be a perfect time to share it.  And, yes, it does make me long for hot summer days!

The fun paper is from one of my favorite MME lines, The Sweetest Thing, "Tangerine" pad and is perfect for summer.  The orange/white striped piece on the left is the coordinating MME "Tangerine" washi tape, but you can find the same tape in their Decorative Tape orange/pink set.

That's if for now, thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!  Here is a close up picture.

Card Deets:
Stamps - All Smiles (Unity Stamp Co) 
Ink -Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko) 
Paper -White, Kraft and Carnival Yellow cardstock (Gina K Designs), The Sweetest Thing "Tangerine" 6x6 pad (My Mind's Eye) 
Accessories -Spellbinders™ E8-007 Classic Edges One scallop Edgeabilities® and Rectangles SM Nestabilities®; Copic markers; The Sweetest Thing "Tangerine" washi tape and Enamel dots (My Mind's Eye); Seam binding ribbon (Stamp Simply Ribbon Store)

A HAPPY Friends with Flair card

Hi everyone!  I have a card today for the Unity's Friends With Flair.  You can check out their blog for a link to all the Unity card goodness posted today. I made this card awhile ago and never got around to posting it.  This card just makes me HAPPY (yeah, I crack myself up)!  I LOVE the fun pattern paper (by Jillibean Soup) and the little hand made flowers.  The sentiment is from Unity's kit, To the Moon and Back.

I made the flowers by die cutting scallop circles from pattern paper, hand cutting them into spirals, and rolling them up. The tag shape is from the Grommet Tags set and I added lots of silver pearls accents from Recollections -which I can't seem to find anymore, I fear they are no longer made!  If anyone has a source please let me know!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!  I'll leave you with a close up picture.

Card Deets:
Stamps - (Unity Stamp Co) To the Moon and Back
Paper - (Gina K Designs) White and Dark chocolate cardstock, (Jillibean Soup) Blossom Soup 6x6 pad
Accessories - (May Arts) Burlap string, (Prima Marketing) brown scalloped lace trim, (Recollections) silver pearls, (Spellbinders Paper Arts) Grommet Tags and Scalloped circles SM Nestabilities, corner rounder