Magical Birthday

Tomorrow is my neighbour's 5th birthday. I call her "Miss Magoo". She is an adorable, opinionated, happy, full energy little lady who makes me laugh almost every day. She, her brother and their dog are usually waiting at the window to wave, stick their tongue out or make a funny face at me when I get home from work or return from walking my dog. 
I chose to make a CAS (clean and simple) card for her birthday and also so I could include my card in a challenge. She loves dirt and mud but also, princesses and ponies so the Magical Ponies set from Your Next Stamp was perfect for her card. 

It is hard to take a picture that catches all of the sparkle on this magical pony! She is coloured with sparkle pens and a wink of stella pen - her mane and tail are super sparkly and her wings are filled in with Stickles. Miss Magoo does love her sparkle
I hand fussy cut around the pony leaving a thin white edge and added a touch of alcohol marker to the hooves. The sentiment is from the stamp set and I combined two sentiments by masking them to make one sentiment. The stars in the background are cut using a Tim Holtz die and some magical striped patterned paper from Your Next Stamp is peeking through them. 
I find CAS cards extremely challenging but I am also glad to have a challenge to play along with that forces me to step out of my comfort zone. Leaving so much white space just feels wrong to me but I am happy with how this one turned out even if I am sitting on my hands.........

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Magical Ponies - Your Next Stamp

Sentiment: Magical Ponies - Your Next Stamp
Patterned Paper: Fairytale Magic - Your Next Stamp

Spectrum Sparkle Pens, Wink of Stella, Twinkle Stickles, Swirling Stars die - Tim Holtz 

Spectrum Noir Markers: IG1 IG3 IG5 

I am including this card in Fun Friday Challenge #112 - Clean and Simple at Your Next Stamp

I hope you have enjoyed my post! Thanks for stopping by! 

Poinsettia Challenge Card

I made this card a couple of weeks ago for a sketch challenge.

 I decided to challenge myself to do a card with something that was not coloured. 

I have a growing collection of dies......probably second only to my patterned paper and stamp collections so I decided to use a die or dies for something different. I have to admit it felt weird not to colour something for a card first! 

Here is what I came up with

The Sketch 

Card Recipe

Sentiment - Sm. Christmas Script- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Brick Stencil - Whimsy Stamps

Build A Poinsettia die - Whimsy Stamps

Fish Tail banner die - Your Next Stamp

London Fog ink - Memento

Gem - stash

This card was entered into the Bazzill Basics Paper monthly challenge on Facebook for the November challenge.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day! 

Magical Friendship

Every once and a while as time permits, I like to play along in a challenge when I have creative block.The sketch and colour challenge at Your Next Stamp is one of my go to challenges to participate in.

I have had my eye on the Magical Ponies set from Your Next Stamp for a while now and a couple weeks ago was able to purchase it at a local show. This set has ponies, sentiments and fun decorative elements all in one set. I decided it was the perfect set to play along with the Your Next Stamp Sketch and Colour Challenge #89. 

The Sketch 

After colouring my stamp with alcohol markers I hand fussy cut it leaving a thin white edge - I really do need to get the matching dies! It is hard to see in the photo but the pink mane and tail are coloured with a sparkle pen. I also added some polka dots to the bow with a white gel pen just for fun.  

I cut puffy clouds and inked the edges to create the lines on the sketch instead of using patterned paper. I added some fun stars (from the set) to help give my card a magical feel and cut my slider piece using a mini slider die.

I masked each word in the sentiment (it is in a long line) to be able to stack it. 

Card Recipe

Stamp: Magical Ponies - Your Next Stamp

Dies: Stitched Rectangle, Puffy Clouds Border, Mini Slider - Your Next Stamp

Patterned Paper: Watercolour Wash Brights - MFT

Pink Champagne Spectrum Sparkle Pen, Memories and Stampin Up ink

Spectrum Noir Markers: MB1 MB3 MB4 IG2 AB1 AB3 PP3 PP5 DR3

I hope you have enjoyed my card today! Thanks for stopping by!

Garden Birthday

Welcome back Whimsy fans! Our challenge this month is Anything Goes!

My grandmother is a "master" gardener. I can remember her coming to plant the flowers at our house every Spring. My job was to fertilize each plant as she put it in before she put the dirt back around it. I took this job very seriously and I loved spending time with her and watching her meticulously plant each flower. 
Her 95th birthday is coming up later this month and my mom asked me if I would make a card for her - of course I said yes! I knew it had to be flowers and the Friendship Garden 2 Sentiments set was perfect for my card.

Grandma is bed ridden now but she still loves her flowers! 

I started by printing my digital stamp to the size I wanted for my card and coloured it with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. I cut it out using a classic circle die and added some stitching marks. the circle and paper edges are all inked with antique linen distress ink. Some cotton lace ribbon, a wooden heart and some enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamp: Friendship Garden 2 Sentiments - Whimsy Digital Stamps

It's A Party Enamel Dots - Whimsy Stamps

Have you got your Whimsy stamps and dies out yet? Here is the link to come play along!

Don't forget to pop by the Whimsy Stamps website to see all of the amazing products they have to offer!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Friends Are The Magic

July 1 is Canada Day and the first of the month which means a new challenge here at One Crazy Stamper.

Our Challenge this month is "Christmas In July". I went through my stamps and found these cuties from High Hopes Rubber Stamps called "South Pole Pals" How cute are these two friends! 

The day I made this card, we are having the warmest day of the year where I live, so it was fun to do a cold/winter themed card. I coloured my image with alcohol markers and cut it out using a stitched rectangle die. The sentiment was created on my computer and it is from a pillow a good friend of mine gave me. 

A ribbon and bow, snowflakes, a silver bell and some gumdrops finish off my card.

Card Recipe

Stamps: South Pole Pals (R147) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Misti, Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Copic Xpress It Cardstock.

Bell: Christmas Splendor Craft Essentials

Patterned Paper: from my stash 

Sentiment: Lucida Handwriting, Calibri - computer

Ribbon: Celebrate It

Dies: Journalled Weekly 3x4 Die Set, Stitched Rectangles - Your Next Stamp,

Snowflake Border Die - Whimsy Stamps

Silver Tinsel Gumdrops - Your Next Stamp

Spectrum Noir Markers: CT4 GB5 OR1 BG5 BG7 BG10 BT2 1G1 1G2

If you need High Hopes Stamps or crafting supplies you can find them at 

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

Looking forward to seeing your creations in this month's Christmas In July Challenge - here's the link to come play along. 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day! 

I am entering this card in the Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Add A Ribbon