Bandanna Technique

Today's featured technique on SCS is really an easy one, all you need is a white gel pen.
For the first card I used the retired Pretty Paisley background stamped on Pretty In Pink. Highlighted with white gel pen and pink marker. Anya rock star image was colored in Copic markers, added Dazzling Diamonds to guitar. A Little Somethin' sentiments were embossed in silver.
The red, black and white card was one I had done earlier in the year. I used a glossy white cardstock, stamped random images using black StazOn and then brayered in Real Red before adding my gel pen highlights. You can use just about any stamped image for this technique which is one of the things I like about it.

Flower Pot card

This is for my niece's first Mother's Day. She is just the cutest little new mama, it really warms my heart to see her with that sweet little baby.
I used the flower from Simple Friendship colored in markers, the flower pot is Really Rust with taffeta ribbon, sentiment from All Holidays, baby feet stamp clear embossed (by Stampcraft). On the back of the card I stamped the sentiment from Artful INKables:
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away."

Friends 24-7 and Oval All

This is a combination of a few challenges today, the first is the sketch layout from SCS, I made this a 4 1/4" square card. The second is our Creative Belli Challenge to use the colors of Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery, and Cameo Coral. Please feel free to join in and substitute similar colors if you don't have these exactly, it a pretty combo for this time of year. The third challenge was for our Doubledog Dare Challenge (DDC) to use lots of flowers and a little bit of sparkle.
I started by stamping the brocade image in Celery on matching cardstock. The image was stamped in StazOn black and colored in with Copic markers R22 Light Prawn, YG03 Yello Green, and YG95 Pale Olive. This was mounted to the Saffron and Coral panel that was edged using the SU eyelet border punch. Added some saffron eyelets to this edge. Sentiment is from Occasions mini called Oval All, I cut out a flower from this image and added some Dazzling Diamonds. White satin ribbon is from the mini also. Silk flower is from my stash.

Picket Fence Card Holder Box

This was a super simple project I made using the Martha Stewart Embossed ZigZag punch and white cardstock. For the wood grain I swiped my Bashful Blue and Going Gray ink pads down the front and added lines with a black Stampin' Write marker. Leaves are in Old Olive (SU Embosslits Little Leaves), Three Flower Punch in Banana with clear microbeads in centers.
Cardstock measurement for box is 5 3/4" x 11". Score at 4 3/4 and 6 1/4". Cut a strip to run lengthwise and adhere to box bottom and side with some added tabs. This box is perfect for holding A2 size cards or whatever else you can fit in there!

Cardmaking For Kids

This is a kit I made up as a gift for a young girl who has expressed an interest in cardmaking. I made up a pack of 8 cards for her to color and decorate. Also included in her kit are matching envelopes, ribbons, glitter stars in a jar, rhinestones, buttons, and Primas. The card size is 4" x 3 1/4".

Mother's Day Blossoms

This blossom stamp is an unmounted one and I can't find the packaging to tell you who the maker is. When I find it, I'll come back and edit the info.
I colored this in Copic markers using R11 Pale Cherry Pink, RV21 Light Pink, R20 Blush and B00 Blue Frost (must haves), YG95 Pale Olive, YG67 Moss, Y17 Golden Yellow, and YR24 Pale Sepia.
I embossed the leaves from the Stampin' Up hostess set God's Beauty using Versamark and clear powder. I've been doing this a lot lately, it gives the card a bit of texture while still keeping it flat and mailable. This card is on it's way to NJ for my husband's Nana. Sentiment is from SU's All Holidays stamped in black.
Cardstocks used were Whisper White, Basic Gray, and Blush Blossom.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Happy Friday!!