The Cincinnati Waterfront

Hello there!!!

Have you tried AI (Artificial Intelligence). Well I have been dabbling into AI and thought I'd share some cards from time to time made using AI. My AI card design posts will be interspersed with my cards that I have made using stamps, dies and the like.

I hope you get some enjoyment from my projects. 

So this image is a scene of Ohio river with Cincinnati as background looking from the Kentucky riverbank. 

I know, I know,  you're thinking  "I have loads of stamps and use them on an ongoing basis, and don't need another thing to learn."  I hear ya. I have lots of stamps as well.  However I thought I'd try something new. This AI stuff has peeked my interest LOL. So I thought I'd add the image to a card and see what this looks like. 

I hope you like this card and maybe it will inspire you. And I will continue to use stamps and dies and the like but every now and then you will probably see some AI cards pop up in my posts.

The AI image on my card was inspired by me going to the Ohio river bank and kind of daydreaming for a few minutes. 

I printed the image on 65# CS and trimmed it . Next I decided to frame it with a Martha Stewart border punch using a navy blue CS. Just received a embossing folder from Spellbinders so I used that on the tan layered piece. The sentiment is from me and I thought going to different places in life (even if they are in your area) is an adventure of sorts. 

Thanks for stopping in today and checking out my latest.

I will be back soon.

Merry Little Christmas challenge

 Hello All. 

Time for the September/October Merry Little Christmas challenge.  I don't know about you, but I love making Christmas cards. I have seen these card designs and decided to give this a try. Definitely easy!!!

My card is a little under a 5X7 folded so it will fit in a standard 5X7 envie.

Card front

Card inside 

Card inside open all the way

Products used:

Poinsettia Corner - Spellbinders LetterPress

Magic of Christmas Frame - Spellbinders LetterPress (Sentiment only)

Alphabet Letters - Recollections (Michaels)

Crosshatch Design Die - Rubbernecker (now Brass&Bliss)

Green CS, Gold CS, Watercolor Paper

I hope my card gives you inspiration for a card you want to make 

Thanks much for stopping in today

I will be back soon

Just For You

 Hello there

WOW!!! September is here and we are getting ready to welcome in fall. That means its time for another Birthstone Challenge. I decided to use a Sapphire color and I added a pretty holographic Stardust paper border as an accent (it reminded me of opals) .

The current Birthstone challenge is being sponsored by All Dressed Up, and even though  fall is around the corner, I just couldn't resist making a card using this cutie. This is Seashells and I have the perfect accents to go along with her.

Products used:

Seashells Digital Image - All Dressed 

Beach Chairs & Umbrella  - Spellbinders Large Die - Summer Vacay

Sapphire CS, Holographic paper, White CS, Black CS 

Inks - Memento - London Fog, Nautical Blue

Tiny Shells

Markers & Pens - Staedler triplus fineliner, Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Hope you enjoyed my project and gives you some ideas. 

I'll be back soon

Life is a Song

Do you believe it!!! it's September 1 already, and time for another Love To Scrap Challenge. 

Love to Scrap is a scrapping challenge blog welcoming all types of scrapped projects - cards, scrapbook layouts, ATCs, mixed media, altered items, 3-D projects, etc. - using bits of leftover items in your stash or new stuff! That about covers it all, LOL

For this card, I used stamps that I received in an older publication of Creative Stamping. The magazine always includes stamps and sometimes an embossing folder or a stencil. So I was looking around thru my saved Creative Stamping mag's and this one was begging me to use the stamps. So using some of the stamps I replicated the card that appeared on the cover of the mag. 

This card is a 5X7 

The stamps included in this mag issue are the Music and Song set by Stamps by Me. There are approximately 8 images and 11 sentiments in this set. 

Products used:

Stamps - Stamps by Me - Music and Song (Included in a Creative Stamping magazine)
White CS
Dies - Spellbinders - Ovals

Inks - Memento - Dandelion, Tuxedo Black, Angel Pink, Bamboo Leaves, Summer Sky

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

• Crafts Galore Encore (M, P1, E3) Always Anything Goes
• DL.Art Linky Challenge (M, P1) Always Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Hope you enjoyed my project and gives you some ideas. 

I'll be back soon