Dotty Watercolors // Throwback Thursday

I've never made a Halloween card, so I don't have any to show you in anticipation for it, but today's card, from April 2013, does use Halloweenish colors.

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Yeah, I felt pretty proud of myself on this one...;)

What I did here was heat emboss the image, mask of the edges, and then go to town (get it? ;)) with inking up the back of several small, circular clear stamps and then stamping the little splotches on the paper. I thought the effect was kinda interesting - I don't think I'd be a good judge of the overall card though, because I'm just happy with the fact that I got my hands "dirty" for once.

Thanks so much for stopping in and God bless!

SUPPLIES

Cardstock: Strathamore, Core-dinations
Stamps: Hero Arts, Paper Smooches
Ink: Versamark, Distress Inks
Other: embossing powder (Martha Stewart), gems (Doodlebug)

Tool: heat gun

Thanks so much

I'm popping in with an "old" card today - I have a ridiculous amount of drafts gathering dust right now. I used to write up posts as soon as I had taken pictures of the card, and then just post when I needed to/felt like it, but since school started last fall, I just couldn't keep up.
So the fact that I have around 200 written drafts (combined with the cards I never wrote posts for) should give you an idea of how many cards I haven't blogged yet.
It's pretty ridiculous.
Anyways, here's that card...

This was made for a fabric call a good while back.

Mmmm, just love these Doodlebug gems (and I don't typically go for gems)

Thanks so much for stopping in today and God bless! :)

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Cardstock: LSS
Stamp: Hero Arts "Made with Love"
Ink: Stazon
Other: gems (Doodlebug), fabric (Joann Fabrics)

Tools: sewing machine

Beautiful sky

...I was gonna talk about how amazing it looks outside (sun is out! leaves on trees!), but my brain is so dead from staying up too late last night, that I'm just gonna cut right to the chase.

Or the card.

Hm....

I'm not gonna lie, the fact that I used ink blending on this card is a pretty big deal for me.

I made this card almost a year ago, thus the poor image quality.

Also, I'm not usually a fan of gems, but I find myself really liking the Doodlebug ones - not sure why it's their gems in particular I've taken a fancy to. ;)

Anyways, thanks for stopping, and if you're as tired as I am right now, may you be blessed with a nap sometime in the very near future!

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Cardstock: Strathamore
Stamp: Hero Arts "Made with Love"
Ink: Papertrey Ink, Tim Holtz
Other: gems (Doodlebug)

Tools: Tim Holtz ink blending tools, Fiskars cloud punches

Throwback Tuesday #2

In case you haven't seen yet, I'm having a little monthly challenge here on the ol blog-a-roo!

The deets: every Tuesday, I will post a card that has been sitting in the draft closet too long. At the end of each month, I will randomly select a winner from all the valid challenge entries!
The challenge: link up an old papercraft related blog post, card photo, or post one of your old drafts/pictures! An additional entry will be given to those who comment on the Throwback Tuesday posts for that month.
The prize: a big ol' box stuffed with scrapbooking goodies!

Ladies and gents, I present to you, Throwback Tuesday #2!

I try to make cards with subjects I would actually use...a welcome or home card is not something I, as a college student, would really use. However, the sentiment absolutely applies to me - I am such a homebody. ;)
Anyways, as to analyzing the card - first off, you can't tell the in the photo, but this card was very loosely adhered together as I was running out of adhesive at that time. Plus, the adhesive was rather crummy quality (I didn't know it at the time), resulting the in the card falling apart shortly after. If there's one pet peeve I have  when it comes to cardmaking, it's cards that fall apart! So, that set aside, I have to say, the only thing I would change about the card is round the corners of the card to soften it up a bit.
While this card is definitely not something I would be proud of making at this stage, I really don't see a lot technically wrong with it...or maybe it's just me being so out of the cardmaking loop at this point, that I'm blind to all errors. ;)

Enter your links below! :)

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Card recipe
Cardstock: Craft supply, Bazzil
Patterned paper: Doodlebug Designs
Sticker: Doodlebug Designs
Ribbon: Offray

Tools: trimmer, adhesive, sandpaper, scissors