Rainbow is my Favorite Color

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great week. I had a fantastic week. It was Spring Break here. We didn’t go anywhere this time, but we sure enjoyed resting. I have a fun card today, I hope you like it!

This card makes me smile, I hope it makes you smile too. Well, I have been interested in stitching for some time. My Mother in law cross stitches all the time and makes frameable projects all the time. So I broke out a square stitch die retired from Paper Smooches. I’m a Newbie so I chose to do a simple sun, and sky for my background using a paper needle from my stash and embroidery floss. I used white cardstock and ran the die through my Spellbinders Platinum die-cutting machine. It was so relaxing!

I cut my stitched panel with my paper trimmer. With white cardstock I cut a rainbow arch and clouds using Concord & 9th Rainbow Stitches & Strings Die. I then chose to Copic Color it to bring in all the colors of the Rainbow. I used sentiments from Taylored Expressions Mini Strips Rainbow and Mini Strips Asymmetrical die. Now it was time to put my card together. Foam tape was added to the back of my stitching before added to a A2 card base. I glued my Rainbow Arch with liquid glue and added foam tape to the back of my clouds. Foam tape was added to the back of my sentiments before being added to my card. Lastly, I added some glitter glue to my clouds. I took the photo wet of course I couldn’t wait so in person it looks sparkly. Well that was so much fun and I will have another stitched card to share with you soon. I hope you like my card.

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March 24, 2023March 23, 2023 by Von Marie Categories: vonmariedesignTags: cardmaking, Concord & 9th, copicmarkers, cross stitch, embroidery, Rainbows Everywhere, stitching, Taylored Expressions, Von Marie, vonmariedesign 2 Comments

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge

Hi everyone! I’m super excited to participate in the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge The theme for March is Coffee+Green.

Aren’t these the cutest Gnomes? They are called Gnome For Christmas by Sugarpea Designs. I had to use them for this challenge. I had stamped the gnomes and trees and cut them out for me previously and never got around to using them. Does that happen to you? I believe they are stamped on Neenah Solar White 80lb. with Memento Tuxedo ink and cut out with my Brother Scan N Cut. I colored them in with my Copic Markers and Ohuhu Markers. Later I stamped the coffee cups and fussy cut them out.

Next, I used the Gina K Designs Diagonal Stripes Rubber Background Stamp on colored cardstock with Simon Says Stamp Lucky ink. I love the green ink with the Diagonal stripes pattern. I then cut out some white cardstock for my snow. My diagonal stripes and white paper cardstock was cut to 4x 5 1/4. I glued them to a green heavy weight side folding card base. I glued my gnomes and trees with their coffees. One of my gnomes coffee has a foam square. I think they all need the coffee to stay warm in the snow. I used a gray copic to dray some snow lines. I stamped a sentiment from My Creative Time Let’s Venti with the same Lucky green ink and cut it out with the coordinating die. I die-cut 3 more to layer for dimension. I then adhered with liquid glue. Lastly, I added some white gel accents and white liquid drops. I hope you like it. It was a fun card to make.

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March 21, 2023March 20, 2023 by Von Marie Categories: UncategorizedTags: Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge, cardmaking, Christmas card, copicmarkers, Gina K Designs, ohuhu markers, sugarpea designs, Von Marie, vonmariedesign 4 Comments

Shenanigan’s

Hi everyone! I’m back with some more St. Patrick’s days Memorydex Cards. I had to use The Greeting Farm Good Luck Anya and A Colorful Life Designs Stencils for my projects today.

On my 1st Memorydex card I used the retired Hedi Swapp Memorydex card dies. I cut it out with white cardstock about 3 times. I like them sturdy. I ink blended it with Lucky ink from Lawn Fawn using A Colorful Life Designs Shamrock Spray Stencil. I then splattered it with some gold paint from Gansai Tambi Starry Watercolors. I had colored up this cute Digital Good Luck Anya from The Greeting Farm printed on Neenah Solar White using my Copic Markers. I sized her a little smaller to fit my Memorydex card perfectly. I then fussy cut her out. I glued my Memorydex card together and glued some glitter green washi tape for fun. I added Anya and my sentiment strip with foam tape. Lastly, I added sequins and white gel accents. I love how it came out!

On this Memorydex card, I printed this SVG that I had in my Cricut Explore Library. I printed it about 3 times. One using this pinkish cardstock. I used a large Shamrock from a die set from Stamps Of Life. I cut it out in green cardstock and used the Shamrocks Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs. I splattered it with some more gold splatter and used my fan brush to paint the ends of my shamrock. I colored Good Luck Anya with my Copic Markers and chose to match her to the cardstock choices. I love pink and green together and always use that combo this time of year. I glued my Memorydex cards together and I glued my large shamrock with liquid glue. I added Anya and my sentiment strip with foam tape and glued some embellishments. Lastly, I added some white gel accents. I hope you like my cards. I like how my Memorydex cards came out. If shopping Stencils use my code VonFan10 to save 10% off your A Colorful Life Designs purchase.

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March 17, 2023March 14, 2023 by Von Marie Categories: A Colorful Life DesignsTags: A Colorful Life Designs, cardmaking, copicmarkers, Digital Stamp, ink blending, Memorydex Card, st patricks day, stencil, The Greeting Farm, Von Marie, vonmariedesign Leave a comment

Happy Easter!

Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well. I have my last card sample for this month from A Colorful Life Designs Newest Release. Hard to believe. I will have more cards I’m sure and definitely for Next Months Release. As always Supplies and a coupon code will be down below for you.

On this card I used the New Happy Easter Stencil. I used white cardstock and ink blended with Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink, and Warm Lipstick Distress Oxide ink. When I was done ink blending, I cut out my background with a Circle die.

I then used some Pattern Paper from Pink & Main Warm Wishes and cut it to a A2 size. I used a copic marker to color in my leaves a little for some interest. I added my circle background to my pattern paper with foam tape and then added it to my card base with liquid glue. Lastly, I added some pink sequins. I hope you like it. It was so much fun to make. Use my code VonFan10 to save 10% off your purchase. It would be great to mass produce some cards using this stencil. Visit A Colorful Life Designs here

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March 15, 2023March 14, 2023 by Von Marie Categories: A Colorful Life DesignsTags: A Colorful Life Designs, cardmaking, copicmarkers, easter card, ink blending, stencil, Von Marie, vonmariedesign Leave a comment

St Patty’s Day!

Hi everyone! I have some St. Patty’s Day projects today using stencils, dies, and SVG Files. I’m not Irish at least I don’t think so but I have always loved the fun theme of green, shamrocks, Leprechauns, Rainbows, and Pots of Gold.

For my first project I made a A2 card. I started out with white cardstock. A card panel smaller than a A2 size 4×5.25. I used the Shamrocks Stencil and Shamrocks Spray Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs. I ink blended with Lucky Clover and Bundled Sage Distress Oxide ink. I used the Shamrocks background stencil on top and the Shamrocks Spray towards the lower part of my panel. I then splattered my card panel with some Gold Paint from Gansai Tambi Starry Colors using a Fan brush. I also painted the ends of my panel for fun. You can use a gold brush pen to achieve this look too.

I then had these mini strips sentiments in my box of sentiments that I added with foam squares. I die cut the ampersand die 3 times from a Spellbinders Club kit Small Die Of The Month using white cardstock and glues it with liquid glue. Lastly, I added my panel to a green heavy weight card base and added some sequins. I love how it came out.

I’m getting into Memroydex cards again or maybe you know them as Rolodex cards or files. I recently did a Live over on my friends YouTube channel LV Handmade and we made Memorydex cards. So fun. It’s smaller than a card and definitely a fun way to make someone smile when they receive it. I ink blended using the Shamrocks Stencil and Lucky Clover to this Memorydex that is a SVG file that I cut out using my Cricut Electronic Cutting Machine. Another thing on my list was to use my Cricut, Cameo Silhouette, and SVG files again. I also used my fan brush to apply gold paint to the ends to match my card.

Another SVG I had cut out was this Pinch Proof Shamrock using my Silhouette Cameo that I colored in with my copic markers. I love that it had this banner. Unfortunately my machine didn’t like the font of the sentiment included with the file. I did use a mini strip sentiment from my stash and glued it to the center of my banner. I glued my Memorydex card to another white Memorydex card to make my memorydex stronger. I then added my Pinch Proof Shamrock to my Memorydex card with foam squares. Lastly, I added some green sequins. I hope you like both my card and Memorydex card and perhaps it got you inspired to make something green. If shopping stencils shop A Colorful Life Designs and use my coupon code VonFan10 to save 10% off your purchase.

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March 10, 2023March 9, 2023 by Von Marie Categories: A Colorful Life DesignsTags: A Colorful Life Designs, cardmaking, copicmarkers, Cricut, ink blending, Memorydex Card, Silhouette Cameo, stencil, Svg File, Von Marie, vonmariedesign Leave a comment

It Is Time To Bloom

Hello everyone. I have a Spring Card today using A New Stencil and Stamp Set from A Colorful Life Designs. I will have supplies and a coupon code for you down below.

I used the New Wildflowers Stencil and The New Happy Stamp Set for my card today. I started out with some Hammermill cardstock I then ink blended with Twilight Pawsitively Saturated ink from Simon Says Stamp. I then used Copic Markers G12, YG11, RV00, and Y23 to color in the white spaces. It was fun and relaxing to do.

I then cut out my background with a Scalloped Square die. I glued it to a square Kraft Card base. I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment onto kraft cardstock using Versamark ink and white embossing powder and the New Happy Stamp set. Lastly, I added some pink sequins to match. I hope you like it. Use my code VonFan10 to save 10% off your purchase. Check out the New Release here

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March 7, 2023March 6, 2023 by Von Marie Categories: A Colorful Life DesignsTags: A Colorful Life Designs, cardmaking, copicmarkers, ink blending, simon says stamp, spring card, stencil, Von Marie, vonmariedesign 2 Comments

Warm Wishes-BYSH Cardmakers Sketch 30

Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well. I have a card today using BYSH Cardmakers Sketch 30. I am loving this new sketch for February. I hope you love it too!

I used this beautiful stamp set from Unity Stamps called Cozy Vibes Coffee from Unity Stamps and Illustrated by Graciellie Designs. I stamped the coffee image onto Neenah solar White cardstock 80lb. I then colored it in with my Copic Markers and then fussy cut it out.

I used a Christmas Pattern paper pack 12×12 from Michaels as well as white cardstock to stamp my sentiment onto. I rounded the corners from my We R Memory Keepers Paper Trimmer. I then glued my papers and my image onto a white A2 side folding card base using liquid glue. I hope you like my card using this months challenge. I hope you’ll participate. There is always a great prize from Crystal.

Come join us in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Facebook group to play along with the {BYSHC} Sketch Challenge 30!! We’d love to see what you create using the February sketch!

The sketch challenge is open for the entire month of February. Entries must be added to the challenge album in the {BYSHC} Facebook group to be eligible for a prize. The winner will be chosen randomly from the entries and announced in the Facebook group. Join in the fun and start building your stash of holiday cards now. Can’t wait to see what you all create!

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February 15, 2023February 13, 2023 by Von Marie Categories: BYSH CardmakersTags: BYSH Cardmakers, cardmaking, copicmarkers, Von Marie, vonmariedesign, Winter card Leave a comment

Lots Of Love

Hello everyone! I have my last card sample for the month and it’s a Valentine card. These are older stencils but are some of my favorites. You might have noticed it I used them recently called the Woodplank Stencil as well as the Marvelous Masks Heart Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.. I will have a coupon code and Supplies listed down below for you!

On this card I ink blended the Woodplank stencil with Doe ink from Lawn Fawn. I usually keep the negative stencil in tact while I place the Woodplank over it and ink blend my background. My Marvelous Mask heart stencil #3 was ink blended with Lobster ink from Lawn Fawn. I used a rectangle die to cut my panel out.

I cut out my word and shadow die with red and kraft cardstock. I also had this cute gnome colored up in my stash from Mama Elephant. I assembled my card using liquid glue. My panel was added to a pink heavy weight notecard. Lastly, I added some white gel accents using my white Gelly Roll pen. I hope you like it. Use my code VonFan10 to save 10% off your purchase. Check out the Newest Release here.

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February 12, 2023February 9, 2023 by Von Marie Categories: A Colorful Life DesignsTags: A Colorful Life Designs, cardmaking, copicmarkers, ink blending, stencil, valentine card, Von Marie, vonmariedesign Leave a comment

Kissy Kissy

Hi everyone! I have a Valentine Slimline Card today using the Kissy Kissy Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs. This is a older stencil but I love it. I will have a coupon code and Supplies listed down below for you!

Isn’t this Kissy Kissy stencil fun? and fun to use all year round. I used Lawn Fawn ink in Lobster and Simon Says Stay Pawsitively Saturated ink in Bubblegum on white cardstock. When I was done I cut it out with a Spellbinders Hemstitch Slimline die set. I then cut out a heart die using a retired heart die set by Essentials by Ellen.

This cute bear was already colored up for me in my stash from Simon Says Stamp called Happy Mail. I stamped a sentiment from a retired stamp by Colorado Craft Company in black ink on white cardstock and I cut it with my paper trimmer. Next, I assembled my card with liquid glue. My panel was added to a Slimline Notecard. I then added a few small embellishments. I hope you like it. Use my codeVonFan10 to save 10% off your purchase. Check out the New Release here.

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February 10, 2023February 9, 2023 by Von Marie Categories: A Colorful Life DesignsTags: A Colorful Life Designs, cardmaking, copicmarkers, ink blending, Kissy Kissy, simon says stamp, slimline card, stencil, valentine card, Von Marie, vonmariedesign Leave a comment

Warm Wishes-Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge

Hello everyone! I have a fun card that I made for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge. The theme for February is Coffee+Hearts. Definitely one of my favorite challenges to enter.

These bears are too cute. Can you believe this is the first time for me to use this stamp and die set from MFT? I have had it in my stash dying for me to use it. It’s called BB Cool Day. I loved that it had this heart image and of course coffee. I stamped my images onto Neenah Solar White 80lb with Momento Tuxedo black ink. I then colored them in with my Copic Markers. I cut them all out with the Coordinating dies.

For my background, I used Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock again and used the snowflake image and stamped that in Catherine Pooler Martini ink and then I stamped that cute heart image in Simon Says Stamp Twilight Pawsitively Saturated ink. I did that repeatedly until I was content. I then cut out my background with a retired A2 rectangle die from MFT. I stamped my sentiment in that cute sign and then glued all my images onto my panel. My panel was added to a A2 gray heavy weight notecard. Lastly, I added some gel accents with my Gelly roll pens in white and black. I hope you like my card, It was so fun and I enjoyed using this cute stamp and die set from my stash. I love that big cuppa too. These challenges are always so much fun. I hope I could inspire you in anyway.

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February 5, 2023February 5, 2023 by Von Marie Categories: Caffeinated Christmas Card ChallengeTags: Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge, cardmaking, copicmarkers, February Challenge, MFT Stamps, Von Marie, vonmariedesign, Winter card 4 Comments

Woodblock Wednesday!

Hi everyone! I’m participating in Woodblock Wednesday and I have a Valentine card to share. I love my wood block stamps and I love this challenge hosted by Amy Tsuruta.

Up above are the woodblock stamps I used for my card. I picked up some New valentine things at my local Michaels Store and I could not help buying the Critters stamp and the Valentine sentiment stamp while I was there. I may have grabbed a couple of others too ..they are too cute. The background is by using a older woodblock stamp by Hero Arts that I have had forever. I first started out stamping the Critters stamp on white cardstock with black ink and coloring with my Copic Markers. I then cut it out with a heart die die from Heffy Doodle. Next I stamped the background all over in Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink on white cardstock. I then stamped the other woodblock Valentine sentiment using black ink using a stamp positioner tool that I have had forever. It really helped or my sentiment would have looked really crooked.

I cut out my background with a retired rectangle die from MFT. I then glued it to a A2 gray heavy weight card base. I placed my heart image onto my background with foam tape. Lastly, I added sequins from Studio Katia in Majestic Fusion and some white highlights to my critters. I hope you like it. It was so much fun to make.

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February 1, 2023January 31, 2023 by Von Marie Categories: Woodblock WednesdayTags: cardmaking, copicmarkers, Michaels, valentine cards, Von Marie, vonmariedesign, wood block, woodblock stamps, Woodblock Wednesday 4 Comments

BYSH Cardmakers Sketch 30

Hi everyone! Today for February 2023 starts a new sketch for BYSH Cardmakers

This is Sketch 30. This is a really fun and I think easy Sketch.

Isn’t Sketch 30 a fun sketch? I started out with some red 65lb cardstock. I made that my largest panel and cut it the correct size using my paper trimmer. I then used a Christmas paper pack from Joann’s to cut my other pieces out. I used a circle die from Waffle Flower crafts to cut out pattern paper from the paper pack. Because my pattern paper seemed really thin I did cut out some red cardstock to layer my pattern paper on to make it a little more sturdy. On my paper trimmer I was able to round two of the corners like the sketch. You can easily trim it with your scissors if you don’t have a corner rounder tool.

I finally got to use this stamp set from Simon Says Stamp and Pretty Pink Posh’s STAMPtember from a couple of years ago called Skiing Bear. I stamped the cute mouse, tree, and sentiment with black ink onto white cardstock. I colored them in with my Copic Markers and fussy cut the sentiment. I use the coordinating dies to cut my mouse and tree out. I really wanted a girl skating for my image but I couldn’t find that in my stash. Maybe, this mouse was skating or watching the girl skate. Anywhoo I cut out another circle but in white cardstock. I cut it to look like snow. I then added foam tape to the back of it before gluing it onto my circle pattern paper die-cut. I put my card together with liquid glue and glued my panel to a white A2 card base. I added a little bit of foam tape to the back of my images. That finishes my card, I really had fun making it and I cannot wait to see your cards. Make sure to add them to the FB group to be considered for a prize.

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February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 by Von Marie Categories: BYSH Cardmakers, UncategorizedTags: BYSH Cardmakers, Card Sketch Challenge, cardmaking, copicmarkers, sketch 30, Von Marie, vonmariedesign Leave a comment