Holiday Wishes

 

This is my card for this weeks Freshly Made Sketches card challenge.

I haven't posted any cards for a little while because I have been concentrating on my studies to get my GED diploma. So far, I have passed the final exams for 3 of the subjects that are required. Now I am working on Math. If I can pass the practice test and then the final exam, I will get my diploma.

The other day during our zoom class, we were asked what we were thankful for this year. Well, most of all, I am thankful that God still has me alive to be with my wonderful husband and my precious chihuahua. Second, I am thankful for everyone at the GED center. They all have been very patient and understanding when it comes to my anxiety issues and they do their best to make accommodations when it is necessary. And last of all, I am thankful to have so many people being supportive of me and encouraging me as I do my studies and tests. 

With that being said, I will tell you about my card...

As you can see, I used a white card stock for the blank card. I cut it down to a 5 3/4" by 4 1/2" card. I used a rectangle die cut on white cardstock for the card base.

I used a banner die with poinsettia Christmas cardstock for the background image. Then I used a piece of watercolor paper with a diamond die for the front image and for my sentiment. 

The sentiment is a clear stamp from "Twas the night before" clear stamp set. I used embossing ink to stamp it onto the paper, then I sprinkled on some embossing powder and used my heat gun to bring it to life. 

The final touch is the poinsettia flower, which is cut out using a poinsettia die and then I used a yellow brad to attach it to the front below the sentiment, along with a little snowflake embellishment above the sentiment.

This completes my card for this weeks challenge.

Thank you for stopping by to visit.

 

Warm winter wishes

 

I made this card for this weeks Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I haven't posted any cards for a while because I have been busy with going back to school to get my GED.

I saw this weeks challenge and this particular theme just popped into my head and I decided to make it and post it on the challenge.

This is a 5x7 inch card that I themed with a wintery forest. 

Supplies used are :

Large Oval die cut

Christmas Trees Dies

Poinsettia Die

Clouds Thinlets

Ribbon Messages Die

Marina Mist Stampin' up ink

Bravo Burgundy Stampin' up ink

Black Ink (Sentiment)

Christmas Clear Stamps for the sentiment

Snowflakes embossing folder

Pink pearls

Silver gel pen

First I cut out the oval shape on a 5x7 inch white cardstock. And then I cut another piece of white cardstock just big enough to go behind the oval shape. Then I used my snowflakes embossing folder because I wanted to make it look like it was snowing behind the pine trees.

I made the snowy ground by using some clouds thinlet dies and then I highlighted the snow by using a little bit of Marina Mist ink.

For the Christmas trees, I used a shiny forest green cardstock and my die cuts. After adhering them to my card base, I used a silver gel pen to bring out the trees layers, hoping to make it look like the trees have snow on them.

I used my poinsettia die to make a poinsettia to add to the bottom corner. It is connected by a yellow brad.

For the sentiment, I used a die cut from my ribbon messages stamp and cut, which is highlighted with Bravo Burgundy. The sentiment is stamped on with black ink and is a clear stamp from one of my Christmas stamps. And lastly, I added the pink pearls.

Here are a couple more angles of my card...

I've noticed that when I stand back a few feet and look at this card, that it actually does look like a little forest that is covered in snow. It also kind of reminds me of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, only without the ornaments.

I hope you have enjoyed my card and thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you all are doing well and are staying safe during this pandemic. 

Thinking of you

I made this card for this weeks Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

My brother-in-law was in the Navy and was on one of the ships during the Vietnam war.
Sadly, he passed away in September 2019 at the age of 70. He was only 9 days away from his 71st birthday.
When I saw the layout design for this weeks challenge, I instantly thought that this kind of card would be perfect with the layout design.
My husband and I both miss Mario. He used to call us every night around the same time every night just to say hi and see how we are doing. And he would come over to visit at least once a week. We miss the phone calls and the visits. I was thinking about Mario when I made this card, which is why it says "thinking of you". RIP dear brother!! We love you!!

The supplies I used are :
Woodgrain Neutral paper pack
Anchor Stamp and cut Set
Anchor hand punch ( 2 tiny anchors )
Anchor craft ribbon,
Hemp cord
Stitched Circle Die cut

Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog. I hope you like my card.
I also hope you all are doing well and are staying safe.

Lucky Clover

#638-2020-03.

I thought that I would try a little something different and go outside of my comfort zone. I usually don't use my die cuts this way. I usually just use them for my sentiments.

As you can see in the second picture, I used the clover die from this set of holiday dies. The other die I used is from Ribbon Messages by Hero Arts stamp and cut.

I cut a piece of St. Patrick's Day paper and adhered it to the back of my card front after using the ribbon die. Then I used a double sided sticky circle to adhere the clover and added some sequins and a green gem.

The sentiment is a wood mounted St. Patrick's Day stamp.
The third picture is the same card, however, I replaced the green gem on the clover with a yellow-gold one. I think it looks better than the green one and it brings out the clover better.

I am posting this card on this week's freshly made sketches challenge.
It is also posted on my Fort Chestnut Designs page on Facebook.
Please feel free to check out my Facebook page and like and follow it.
You can follow my blog as well if you like.

Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.

Laugh, Believe, Hope

#637-2020-03.

Supplies used are :

Banner embossing folder,

Embellishments,

Cloth flowers,

Multi leaves dies.

I used the banner embossing folder as the background.

The sentiment words are from some embellishments that I've had for quite some time now. I haven't been able to figure out what kind of a card to make to use them until I saw the layout design for this week's freshly made sketches challenge. 

I added some cloth flowers that I've had in my stash of stuff I haven't used in quite awhile. The leaves are from my multi leaves dies set.
While making this card, I was thinking Laugh often, Believe in yourself and in Jesus Christ, and Hope for a brighter and better tomorrow!
There's not really anything else I can say about my card, so I'll just simply say...

Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog..

And thanks in advance for your comments.

Enjoy Everyday

#636-2020-03.

The second picture is a few of the supplies that I used for making this card.

The butterfly is a hand punch. I glued some super tiny gems on it. 

I also added the pink pearls with the sentiment.

I used a banner embossing folder.

I used Rich Razzleberry stampin' up ink (pictured above) for both parts of the sentiment.

For the Iris and its stems, I used ink from StudioG.

The stamp and cut set that I used for the sentiment is called "Conforms to" by Hampton Arts.

Thanks for stopping by to visit. Comments are appreciated and welcomed.

Flamingo love...

#634-2020-02.

Here is another card for this week's freshly made sketches challenge.

I was at our local Joann's craft store today and they had a bunch of their stamp and cuts on clearance and their embossing folders were 40% off.

So, I bought this tropical border embossing folder.

The flamingo and the leaves are from the Fiskars Tropical Getaway clear stamp set. The sentiment is from the same stamp set.
The flamingo is stamped onto white paper and colored in with copic markers. Then I cut it out and used double-sided adhesives to adhere them to my card base. I used a green ink from StudioG for the leaves. After stamping it on white paper, I cut it out as well and used adhesives to adhere it.

Supplies used are :

Pastel pink cardstock,

White cardstock,

Tropical Getaway clear stamp set,

Tropical border embossing folder,

Rainbow ribbon,

Black ink.

Thank you for stopping by to visit.

Your comments are appreciated!

Thankful for you everyday

#633-2020-02.

I made this sweet but simple card for this week's freshly made sketches challenge.

Supplies used are :

White cardstock,

StudioG inks,

Pink gems,

Handwritten sentiments clear stamps,

Fabulous Florets rubber cling stamps.

I stamped the leaf directly onto the card base and then stamped and cut out the flower, which is adhered onto the leaf with a double-sided adhesive circle.

The sentiment is from Hampton Arts handwritten sentiments clear stamps.

Then I added a few gems to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.

Just a note...

#631-2020-02.

I was on Facebook and I saw a card that was made by Tami White and she gave a brief description of how to make a perfect circle on a card. So I gave it a try and here is the result.

First, I made my own circle stencil by taking a circle die and cutting out a circle using a piece of poster board. Then I layed it on top of the piece of cardstock that I used for my picture. 

Then I stamped the lighthouse and cut it out and then I briefly taped it down so I could sponge on the sunset colors.

After doing this, I removed the temporary lighthouse that I used for a guide for the sunset and then I stamped the lighthouse on in place of the temporary one.

Then I used a yellow copic marker to color the door and the top of the lighthouse. I used a red colored pencil on the lighthouse.

The sentiment is from the stamp set pictured above. It's from M.S. Sparkle and Co. I stamped it and hand cut it out and the used double-sided adhesives to adhere it to the card. The birds are from a stencil that I have. The stamp set that has the lighthouse is called "Coastal".
I hope you have enjoyed seeing my card. I made it for this weeks Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog. 

Sending happy thoughts

#630-2020-02.

I sponged on the blue background after I stamped on the bird on a branch.

Then I used copic markers to color the branches and I used a black colored pencil to highlight the bird.
The sentiment is from a little clear stamp set that came with a banner die from M.S. Sparkle and Co.
Then I added the pearls and highlighted the edges of the banners.

The layout design for this card is from this week's freshly made sketches challenge.
I hope you've enjoyed my card for this week's challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Just saying hello

#627-2020-02.

The layout design for this card is from this week's freshly made sketches challenge.

The picture that I chose to use is a clear stamp. I stamped it on with a light blue ink from StudioG and then I used colored pencils to color it in.

For the sky, I used oil pastels. The ocean water is oil pastels as well.

I used a yellow copic marker for the sun.

The little anchors on the side is a little hand punch. I decided to use little anchors instead of bow with the baker's twine.

The sentiment is from Fiskars Essential Sayings clear stamp set.

I hope you like my card for this week's freshly made sketches challenge.

Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.

Thanks a ton

#623-2020-02.

Here's another card for this week's freshly made sketches challenge.

The sentiment is also from the whale stamp and cut.

The second picture is the inside of the card. I thought I would decorate the inside while leaving enough room for writing something on the inside.

Supplies used are :

Whale stamp and cut,

Waves embellishments,

Pastel blue blank card,

White cardstock,

Turquoise cardstock,

Whale's Whale's embossing folder.

I hope you like this card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Loving Valentine

#618-2020-01.

I tried other layout's for this design from this week's freshly made sketches challenge, but I finally decided on this one. At first, I was going to put a regular circle inside the scalloped circle. But it just didn't look right. Then I played around with other ways to use the printed paper which I used for my background image on this card. 

But the more I thought about it, I finally decided on using a heart over the scalloped circle instead.

The supplies I used are :

White blank card,

Red scrap paper,

Valentine printed paper,

Scalloped circle die cut on red paper,

Scalloped heart die cut on shiny white paper,

Roses in a vase embellishments,

Red hear gems.

The die cut that I used for my sentiment is from the die cut set pictured above. I'm not sure what the name is for this set of dies. The sentiment is from the free printables from papercraft inspirations.

I added the heart gems to give my card a little texture, along with using a little bit of Bravo burgundy ink on the edges of my heart and sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by to visit.

Love stretches the heart

#617-2020-01.

Here is another card for this week's freshly made sketches challenge.

Today I went to our local Joann's craft store because I wanted to see if they had any good deals going on. And sure enough, they had a bunch of their printed 12x12 sheets of scrapbook papers on clearance for 25 cents each. So, of course I couldn't resist buying a few sheets.

Other supplies that I used are a hearts edge frame die and a couple of hearts embellishments that have a circle adhesive on the back to adhere it to my card.

The sentiment is a wood mount stamp.

I am always very critical of my cards and I know that most of the time, my cards aren't near as pretty as those that are posted on the challenge. However, I still enjoy making my cards and posting them on the freshly made sketches challenge.

I appreciate it that you stopped by to visit my blog. Your comments are also appreciated!

Thanks.

Thinking of you

#616-2020-01.

For this week's freshly made sketches challenge, I made this floral thinking of you card. 

As you can see, the printed paper that I used is from a floral paper pad, which I purchased as a clearance item from our local craft store.

As a border, I just used a pastel pink cardstock.

The sentiment is from some clear stamp sentiments that I got as a free gift from scrapbooking.com.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit to my blog. Please feel free to visit again.

Hello

#615-2020-01.
Here's another card for this week's freshly made sketches challenge.

For the background, I used a Valentine printed paper that I printed up from paper craft inspirations.

The scalloped circle is a die cut along with the regular circle.

After cutting out the circle, I ran it through my bigkick using a hearts embossing folder.

The sentiment and the ribbon is from a stamp and cut set that I purchased at our local craft store.

The stem of roses are just one of the embellishments that I got from the dollar store in my area. I added the leaf dies to it to give it a little more so it wouldn't look so plain.

I hope you like my card. Thanks for stopping by to visit.

Thanks a ton

#614-2020-01.

Supplies used are :

Printed paper from Clouds and Grass paper pad

White cardstock

Baby blue blank card

Whale's stamp and cut by Hampton Arts

Aegean blue chalk ink

Night sky chalk ink

Navy blue colored pencil

Black ink

Mountains framelit die

For those of you who don't know, I like to keep track of how many cards I have made since I first started making them. So I always put a card number with the year and month it was made.

I used a printed paper from a Clouds and Grass paper pad, which has been cut with a mountains framelit die. Then I adhered it to a white cardstock and then adhered it to a baby blue blank card.

The sentiment is stamped on with black ink and is from the Hampton Arts Whale's stamp and cut.

I used Aegean blue chalk ink for the whale and water spout. And I used Night sky chalk ink for the swirled water below the whale. The water swirl is colored in with a navy blue colored pencil.

This completes my card for this weeks freshly made sketches challenge.

Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.

Just a little note

#610-2019-06

You will have to forgive me if I don't say too much about my card! I have been dealing with a few health issues that have been preventing me from being able to make any cards for the last few weeks.

I am hoping and praying that the good Lord will help me to find out what exactly is going on with my body and that He will heal me, so I can get back to my normal life again.

With that being said, I was at Joann's the other day to see what kind of new craft supplies they may have and I came across these little paper packs that I thought the paper in them were really pretty. The background paper on this card is from one of those paper packs. 

The flower and leaves are from a pack of embellishments that I found at the Dollar Tree.

The sentiment is a stamp that came with a stamp & cut set I found at Joann's. 

The banner is a die cut that I have had in my own personal stock for quite some time now.

I decided to make this card a 5x7 inch card instead of the usual 4.25 x 5.5 inches.
Thanks for visiting my blog. I hope you like my card.

Best Wishes

#606-2019-03.
My husband thought that a wedding card with pine trees would look cool, so I decided to make one. It just so happens that this week's freshly made sketches card challenge was the perfect layout design for it.

The supplies that I used are :

**Cardstocks : 

Earth tone Cool textured cardstock, certainly celery, textured lavender, Hunter green, light pastel yellow.

**Die cut framelits:

Christmas pine trees, scalloped ovals, stitched ovals.

**Stamp set :

Essential Sayings clear stamps (sentiment)

**Other :

Lace ribbon, 1/4" pastel pink ribbon, pearls, dots embossing folder, modern wallpaper embossing folder. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Friend... you're the Best

#586-2019-01.
I've made this card for the following 2 challenges :
Freshly Made Sketches and Color Throwdown card challenge.
I almost didn't make a card for this week because I found out yesterday that my dad passed away. But then I decided that maybe it would help me get my mind off of it to make it, so here it is.
The layout design is for the freshly made sketches challenge and the colors I used are for color throwdown challenge.
I used a patterned paper from my Dots, stripes, & plaids matstack, followed by a glossy black cardstock for a border behind the white front.
For my theme, I used black ink to stamp on the flowers and then I used copic markers to color them in. Both the flowers and the sentiment is from Petals from scratch clear stamp set by Fiskars.
I hope you like my card and have enjoyed your visit to my blog. Please visit again. Thanks for stopping by..