Inspired by all the little things 86

Hi Friends, It's time for another Inspired by all the little things challenge! We have some lovely stained glass feathers in the photo. You don't have to use feathers, though. Be inspired what ever way you'd like. 

I had to find a way to add interest to my Simon Says Stamp feather die. I did so by water coloring some distress inks on Bristol paper. I made sure to put different colors next to each other to get multiple colors together. I die cut the feathers after I had let the paper dry and after I splattered with water and white paint. 

I decided to make this my husband's Father's Day card, even tho it's not the most masculine colors. I used an Inky Antics stamp set for the sentiment (white heat embossed) and on the inside I stamp Happy Father's Day also. 

Our guest this month is Erica A-B. The design team has some beautiful samples to check out so come on by!

Kim

Seize the Birthday-Teal and White

Hey Friends, Seize the Birthday has a great new challenge for us! "The Toppings" is to use the colors Teal and White. Who doesn't love a pretty teal, aqua turquoise-y color? It's my favorite after pink. 

I used a Newton's Nook "Newton's Birthday Bash" stamp for this. It only occurred to me after the card was done that I should have put some clouds or ground at the bottom to give him a reference point. Oh well! (Rookie move, haha)

I colored the image with Zig watercolor markers, masked it with masking paper and sponged on some distress ink in an ombre fashion. I then splattered it with water and more distress ink, set it on a teal card base and added some sequins and tiny MS confetti. Lastly I added a healthy dose of glossy accents on the balloon. 

I had so much fun with this card esp. pulling the mask off and seeing the image and background together. It never gets old! 

Come play with us this week, won't you? 

Kim

The Toppings are Teal and White! or you can always use Anything Goes. Your choice.

I'm guesting for March and April! WooHoo!

Inspired by all the little Things #65

Hi Friends, We've got challenge #65 for you this week at Inspired by all the little Things. The mushrooms and the forest inspired me to use my SSS Birch tree diecut and Lawn Fawn's Gleeful Gardens stamps and dies. This card was fun!

I diecut the background and sponged on distress ink in an ombre style, then splashed with water. I colored by images with Copics and adhered to the bottom, except for the cute bird. I stamped a sentiment from the set and tied on some Lawn Fawn natural and gold bakers twine.

Amanda Bodine is our guest.

Come join the team this week, won't you?

Kim

PS: My Mom came up for a visit in late august and has been in the hospital ever since. I've been absent from blogging except for these weekly posts. I hope to get back to some more card making soon.

Simon Says Stamp Wed. Challenge-Pop it up My background has foam tape to lift it from the card base.

Inspired by all the little things #58

Hi Friends! I just love this weeks photo for Inspired by all the little things! I pulled out this very old Hero Arts stamp set that I'm pretty sure is retired. I heat embossed it with VersaMark and white powder. After inking up 3 ink blending tools with Abandoned Coral, Picked Raspberry and Fossilized Amber, I starting blending the ink. 

I made a boo boo with the order in which I used the colors! Following the colors on the pretty bottles, I meant to put Pink on the bottom. :) Oh well, I still like it. 

For the sentiment I die cut with white card stock a 3 layer word from Simon says stamp and added the second part by heat embossing the rest on a vellum heart. The fun part was dotting the "I's" in the word wishing with white Nuvo drops. 

Our guest this week is Donna Mikasa and the team has some wonderful inspiration for you so come on by for a visit!

See you next week.

Kim

Inspired by all the little things #48

Hey Friends, Welcome to Inspired by all the little things challenge # 48. Glad you stopped by.

 This week we have a pretty sky photo inspiration that you can interpret however you'd like. I chose to do a galaxy background with sponged Distress Ink.

 After watching a few You Tube videos I gave it a try. I used some yellows and purples and finished the edges in Chipped Sapphire.

Then I splatted with water and with Copic White. Some vellum clouds were cut with Lawn Fawn Clouds border dies and I white heat embossed the sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Believe Stamp. 

Leanne Elliott is our guest this week. I hope you join the design team and I by making a card for yourself!

Kim :)

Inspired by 44

Hey Friends, February is rolling right along. Time for another Inspired by all the little things challenge. We're up to #44. Do you like Ferris Wheels? I do unless there are gigantic.

 I colored up this cute Lawn Fawn Ferris wheel with Zigs markers, fussy cut out and placed it on a distress ink sponged panel. I used a grass punch to make the grass which was also distress inked with Mowed Lawn. How appropriate! 

The ticket stamp comes with the same set and was stamped on the kraft card base with Momento Lady Bug ink. Each little car on the wheel has a tiny red gem on it and one in the middle. Nice and simple for quick mailing.

Come on by the blog and visit our guest Becca Whitman and the rest of the team this week!

Hugs, Kim

Inspired by all the little Things 29

Hey Friends, How's your October going? Flying by, right? Today for this weeks' inspiration I used a Simon Says Stamp stitched leaf die to cut my wood grain paper. Underneath I placed a prepared piece of watercolor paper. 

To prepare it, I sponged Ripe persimmon, Mustard seed and maybe Peeled paint ink on the paper then splattered some watered down Copic white. I added a Avery Elle vellum die cut banner that was heat embossed in gold. (Hero arts) 

As a final touch I added clear dew drops to mimic the raindrops in the inspiration. I kept it simple so this card could be used for multiple reasons.
I hope you come by the Inspired by all the little Things blog and see what the other inspiration awaits you! 

Some other challenges I will link to are:
Fussy and Fancy Challenge 175 -Shades of Autumn
Moving along with the times -Trees and or leaves
DRS Designs Color challenge
The Crafty Addicts Challenge 26 -Anything goes/Autumn Colors

Thanks for visiting! Kim

Inspired by all the little Things 23

Hey Friends, Welcome to Inspired by all the little Things challenge #23. Who doesn't love black and white? And a little gold and pink! 

I started my card with some loose water coloring on Ranger distress water color paper with spun sugar ink. ( I think that's what I used) I used the same ink to splatter as well as some black ink. I used a Neat and Tangled heart die to cut vellum and gold glitter paper.

A white Hero Arts sentiment was heat embossed on a scrap of black card stock and hand cut into a banner. Some Doodlebug sequins and a strip of striped paper finish it off. 

We have a new Challenge Creator Karren Johnson and a super Guest Karen Davis so come over for a visit and make a card with us. 

Entering this into Simon Says Stamp Wed. Challenge -Stamp it

Thanks for visiting! Kim

Inspired by all the little Things #22

We're baaaacck! Back from our summer break, Crafty Friends! We at Inspired by all the little Things have a pretty Sunflower inspiration photo for you all this week. Here's my take.

 I used a retired image but you can find something very similar and equally as pretty at Power Poppy Stamps. I heat embossed the sunflower in white, colored it with Zig markers and fussy cut out. It was the very first time I used them. I need a little practice! 

I used a Simon Says Stamp set called Flip Flop Season sentiment stamp embossed in gold to make an encouragement card. The background was sponged on water color paper with Distress Inks. I totally forgot to put some water splatters on it but that's ok. :)

Our inspiration photo is super fun! Come join us this week. 

Thanks for visting.

Kim

Some other challenges I'm submitting to are:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge -Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks 314 -Fussy Cutting

Aud Sentiments Challenge 163 -Anything Goes with Sentiment

Inspired by all the little Things #19

Hi Friends, Jeanne chose a gorgeous water color photo with purples and greens to inspire us this week at Inspired by all the little Things #19. I had an older wood mounted Inkadinkado Hydrangea stamp hidden in my stash so I dug it out for this card. (Love using older supplies so not to waste the money I spent!) 

I stamped the images on water color paper with distress inks and lightly spritzed them to let the ink run slightly. If you put too much water the flowers turn into blobs! Hahaha.

I then die cut the paper into a tag with SSS tag dies. I die cut a SSS hello die from black card stock and black fun foam intending to layer them but I ended up just using the foam cut. It looks cool and different for a change. I mounted the tag on a piece of grey patterned paper and added twine and sequins.

I hope you play along with us this week! Thanks for visiting!

Kim

Inspired by all the little things #18

Hey there friends, Thanks for visiting and taking a peek at my card for Inspired by all the little Things #18. I love these colors and the pretty photo inspiration. If I could have a wedding do over, I'd pick these colors!

I started with Wplus9 Stamps Beautiful Bouquet: Ranunculus water colored with many Distress Inks on Strathmore Bristol paper. I then cut it on a diagonal but fussy cut the shapes above the diagonal line. I dry embossed a separate navy card stock mat and mounted the piece with black craft foam on a navy card base. 

I tucked a piece of doily under the diagonal line, tied a piece of gold twine around with a bow and added gold sequins. A Hero Arts sentiment was heat embossed with detail gold embossing power before adhering it all together. 

This is a fun one, why don't you join us this week?

Kim

Inspired by all the little Things # 17

Hi all! It's Memorial Day weekend in the USA. We've got some unseasonably warm weather and it's perfect for a holiday. Feels like summer! 

For this weeks Inspired by all the little Things #17 Challenge, I went with the spike-y looking  flowers in the inspiration photo along with the colors.  

I heat embossed the Inkadinkado image (set is called "meadow") with white embossing powder on Ranger water color paper. I laid down a wash of clear water then dropped the darker colors close to the images. Those colors were Picked Raspberry and Seedless Perserves Distress inks. Then I added Milled Lavender and Spun Sugar in the outer wet edges and let them do their beautiful spreading magic. To help the spreading process along, I spritzed clean water from a mini mister. For me, this is key to getting the look I want. Then let AIR DRY. 

The rest is obvious, white heat embossed Hero Arts sentiment on a piece of heavy weight torn vellum, a couple of punched butterflies adorned with PPP sparkling clear sequins adhered to a dusty green mat and white card base. No foam tape for easy mailing. 

Thanks for visiting and please come play with us this week! 

Kim :)

Also submitting to Simon Says Stamp Wed. Challenge -Anything goes