Bright and Cheery Mother's Day Card featuring Faber-Castell

Mother's Day will soon be here! With this card a rare thing happened. I made the card base using Bazzill cardstock. Next was a superb Color Me Card Topper by Hot off the Press, fussy cut at the bottom and colored with Wink of Stella and Gelatos by Faber-Castell. Accents include a dimensional sticker from my stash, Recollections bling and stamps by Stampin' Up! in Versafine onxy black ink.

Two stamps were displayed within. I'm sure this card would brighten any mothers' day!

Thanks for stopping by!

La-Vie

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• Craftin Desert Divas - Mother's Day
• DLART - May Linky Challenge

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It's National Scrapbooking Day!! And today starts the countdown to Mother's Day!!

Happy National Scrapbooking Day! I hope you'll be entering challenges and singing up for giveaways and shopping for all those crafty goodies today!

I have started the countdown to Mother's Day today and wanted to share some cards for the occasion all week. Don't forget to stop back to see everything! Or subscribe and you won't miss a thing!

I'm crazy for Hot off the Press these days! Here's one of their color me card toppers. It is beautifully designed to take any color medium you love. I got busy with Gelatos and Wink of Stella.

After coloring I used a chipboard dimensional Mom sticker from my stash and a flower from Prima and bling/pearls from Recollections. The inside of the American Crafts card base was lined with text weight paper from The Paper Cut. I combined two sentiments - you are the greatest mom is from Clear and Simple Stamps and the other sentiment is from my stash. Both were stamped in memento tuxedo black ink.

Thanks for stopping by! Tell me how you are celebrating NSD!

La-Vie

Challenges:

• Craftin Desert Divas - Mother's Day
• DLART - May Linky Challenge

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Fight like a Girl

I'm back with a cancer encouragement card featuring a Color Me card topper colored with Gelatos by Faber Castell, sentiment from My Pink Stamper stamped in Hero Arts neon pink ink, and a card base made from 100 lb. cardstock from Recollections. This card is bound to make someone smile!

I love this sentiment and ribbon from My Pink Stamper.

Thanks for stopping by!

La-Vie

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• TBD

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Happy Birthday Card using Gelatos, Wink of Stella, Color Me Card Toppers and Tim Holtz Distress Ink

I've been playing with an American Crafts card base, Gelatos by Faber-Castell and Wink of Stella brush glitter markers! This 5 x7" happy birthday card was made with a Color Me Card Topper and sentiment, Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Recollections bling!

I've watched many videos that show how easy it is to work with Gelatos and a baby wipe applied directly to the project. I found it easy to do in large areas, however, the smaller areas were more challenging and didn't lend well to my design aesthetic. So I remedied the situation by using Wink of Stella. I also applied Gelatos to a craft mat and picked up the color with a fine paintbrush dipped in water to add in the confined areas. I liked that much better.

Have you tried Gelatos? What's your experience, tips and tricks?

La-Vie

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• Lil Patch of Craft Friends
• Robyn's Fetish 
• Scibble and Scrap
• Stamping Sensation 
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Lunchbox love note - Get Inky! Stamps

It's my day to post at the Get Inky! Stamps blog to inspire you to enter Challenge #11 Bugs!

Have you ever sent lunchbox love notes in your kids' lunchbox? I got a few last year as a test and my daughter really enjoyed them. She's been asking for more so I thought... I have plenty of scraps and Get Inky! Stamps. I can DEFINITELY make much cuter lunchbox love notes that the ones I bought on clearance at Hobby Lobby! Here's what I came up with using the Love Bugs available on Etsy.

Supplies:

• Get Inky! Stamps - Love Bugs stamp set
• base card stock from Jo Ann's 3 1/2" x 4 1/2"
• DCWV Endless Summer cardstock
• Recollections - Super star embellishment
• Ribbon from my stash
• Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• Faber Castell PIT big brush artist pen - yellow

Here's a couple more views. I plan to make different ones so that I can send her a note a few times a week. I believe it will brighten her day!

Challenges:

DL.ART THANKFUL THURSDAY CHALLENGE #116 Back to School

La-Vie