King for a Day? or just King me?

Another missed holiday- My dear husband really is the king of my heart and yet suffered through a Father's Day cardless.  I hope this went some way for making up for such things.

I have this set from Technique Tuesday that I bought specifically for him because he loves chess and most of the other games represented on the set.  I cut out the squares and created a border similar to a chess board for the background even drawing in a little gold border on the edge.

Recipe
Size 5.5 x 4.25 in
Cardstock - The Paper Source, Neenah
Stamps - Technique Tuesday
Ink - Memento
Color- Copics, Sakura

Anniversary or Birthday?

So you remember what I said about being forgetful and unorganized.  Yup! I didn't make him an anniversary card this year either.  SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!  Hopefully I made up for it with this little gem.

Inside I printed "Getting older with you is the best thing “I do”

And BTW don't replicate the punching effect it really took too much time for that little bit of cardstock.  Yeah, I like the way it turned out but it about drove me crazy to do it.  So if you do decide to go for it remember I warned you! LOL!

Recipe
Size - 5.5 x 4.25 in
Cardstock - Neenah, Wassau, The Paper Source
Ink - Memento, Brilliance
Stamp - See Dee's
Color - Copics, Stickles
Accessories - Cuttlebug embossing folder

“Welly” hope your birthday “rains” supreme!

 And so of course we are with our wet wishes for April.  Or just the general weather forecast for my friends in Britain.  I have to admit because the rain normally came with winds I never really bothered with an umbrella.  Add to that not being able to hold one whilst pushing a stroller/pushchair and although I love some of the beautiful brollies I have seen I have invested in a very long time.

I wanted to use a rainbow of colors to remind him that after rain there can be a rainbow.

Here's the card in full with a bit better lighting.  Love the little wellies from this set even if they are a bit girly.  I have a Welly stamp from Clear Dollar Stamp but I will readily admit to being lazy and not searching it out to use it.  Still I think this turned out kinda unisex and the sender is a girl I'm reliably told!

Recipe

Size - 5.5 x 4.25 in

Cardstock - Neenah, Wassau, The Paper Source

Stamps - Stampendous

Ink - Memento

Color- Copics

Accessories - Spellbinder's Nestabilities, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Irish you a happy birthday!

OK the pun is awful but you have to admit it is a clever use of a theme stamp as a birthday stamp!

Recipe
Size - 5.5 x 4.25 in
Cardstock - Neenah, The Paper Source, Recollection
Ink - Memento
Stamp - High Hopes
Color - Copics
Accessories - corner rounder.

I think this is my best CIC entry, do you?

This is my last entry for Clearly Inspired Challenge #18 - I think I finally made something within the rules and that I really like!

I stamped the Tree from the Tree-mendous Wishes set.  I stamped the tree with Versamark and then used detail black embossing powder.

The Owl is from the What a Pane set.  I stamped it, colored it with copics and clear embossed it with versamark and clear fine embossing powder.

I used a mask I made with Nestability circles do mask the moon and create the background first with a brayer and Brilliance Black and purple stamp pads.  Then I reverse masked and pounced in the orange full moon.

After all that was done I deckle cut the edges to give it an spookier feel.

Black, Orange and Purple!  Finally I think I got it!
Recipe -
Card size - 5.5 x 4.25 in
Cardstock - Neenah
Stamps - Clear Dollar Stamps
Ink - Versamark, Brilliance
Accessories - Brayer, Black and Clear Embossing powders, Deckle edged cutter.

Challenge try number 2

So I told you the story about my failed challenge attempt - I mean green is neutral right?  So I tried again.

This time I used my "Boo to you" stamp set and the colors of Black, Orange and Purple

I know I got it right this time and I like the card I produced with the set and colors, but that's it I just like it.  Hmmm... I think I will have to have another try.  No one warned me that challenges were addictive!

Recipe
Card size - 4.25 x 5.5 in
Cardstock - Neenah, The Paper Source
Stamps - Clear Dollar Stamps
Ink - Memento

Challenge - Clearly iStamp Clearly Inspired Challenge #18

Sometimes its so simple to say I love you...

Yeah I admit it there is no stamping on this one but when you are on a task to complete 12 cards for your dearly beloved sometimes less is more!  I promise however there is stamping on the next one!

Yup.  That's it Spellbinders Hearts and Scalloped hearts using my Archivers linen open stock red cardstock.  I thought about stamping and adding more and I just thought in this instance less is more.

Recipe
size - 5.5 x 4.25 in
Cardstock - Neenah, Archiver's open stock
Accessories - Spellbinder's Nestabilities