Stars, Stars, Stars

 The Papertrey Ink April release included two sets that I absolutely had to have, they are the Stargazer set , with all twelve of the zodiac constellations and each name with a two word personality description.  The Star Gazer Additions set includes a gorgeous complete constellation map and four sentiments.  Oh what fun I'm going to have.
I have this idea (borrowed from one of the design team members) to make a set of cards, one for each Zodiac sign to give as a gift.  Then I realized that it would be more fun to do a set of

more masculine cards and a set of more feminine cards.  This set is the masculine cards (as if you couldn't tell).  My base card and focal image card stock is Ellen Hutson Desert Storm ( love this card stock it is so smooth and takes color beautifully).  I stamped the large constellation map in Memento Rich Cocoa and the Zodiac stars and identifier in Memento Espresso Truffle. As a general rule  I am totally unable to make two cards alike so each of these cards is slightly different.  On some I have extra stars and some I don't.  The constellation map is stamped in different locations as are all of the stars and descriptions. 
Hope you like them and thanks for stopping by. 
(Now I'm off to come up with the feminine cards.)

Lighthouse in Blue

When I was coloring over the winter I had fun doing this lighthouse, doesn't it look like somewhere you'd like to be on a sunny morning?  I again used one of the card bases from Cut Cardstock, used a punch for my sentiment and mounted the image onto a dark blue scrap piece I had in my stash.  Another card made and many more images to do.  Fun times ahead.
Thanks for stopping by and hope you like it.

Playing with Fireworks

 While wandering through Michael's (or was it JoAnn's) I came across Fireworks by Imagine Crafts.  It is a set of little spray bottles of coordinating colors, one in blue and the other set in green.  I bought them and promptly forgot all about them (something I do more often than I like).  So I had some free time one day and decided to play with them, I had some glossy card stock so I just sprayed each of them across the card stock and let it dry.  They sat on top of my desk for awhile until my order from Gina K arrived that included The Northwoods set.  A card was born.  The card base is Fresh Asparagus, the matting Black Onyx and I stamped with Memento Paris Dusk.  The Fireworks spray have a bit of shimmer that doesn't show in this photo but is very pretty in real life.  Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Branch Tree

Yesterday I posted a card using this branch as a branch (go figure), now today I'm showing a card using it as a tree.  Boy those folks at Gina K are clever.  I first took a piece of torn card stock and made the "hills" using Memento Bamboo Leaves, then turned it around and did the sky with Memento Summer Sky.  Love doing things like that.  Anyway I then used Memento Rich Cocoa for the tree and the leaves are Memento Tangelo with a bit of daubing with Terra Cotta.  I used a dark chocolate card base with DP from the Gina k Sunkissed Autumn paper pack. I mounted my focal image on some more dark chocolate (also Gina K) stamped the sentiment and snipped out the end to make it a banner.
Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

A Happy Hello

This is another of the designs fro the Gina K Stamp TV kit Spring Parade using the Sweet Friend set.  The one thing I like about this particular stamp set is that the branch can also be a tree (I'll show you that tomorrow).  For this card a turquoise card stock is the base and the DP is from the kit.  The set has both hearts and leaves so it's a fun mix.  A very easy card to make but with enough layers to make it look complicated.  Hope you like it and thanks fro stopping by.