Sugar Pea Mix-up #19

I don't have many Sugar Pea stamps and I know it's not necessary to use them to enter their challenge but when I saw the photo for challenge 19 I figured I could use a flower from Enchanted Garden to make a wreath.

The background is embossed with the Distressed Stripes folder, the tag is colored using MFT's burlap background and the flowers and sentiment are stamped using the new Altenew Rocky Shore ink. Here's the photo that inspired me.

I'm off to check out more challenges and get some inspiration for other cards.  Thanks for dropping by.

Just Us Girls #363 - Word Week

This past week went by fast and now it's time for the next challenge at Just Us Girls.

Leaves are so beautiful this time of year so I couldn't resist making a card with some colorful ones.

I cut my NBUS Lively die from PB from watercolor paper and slapped it around in some Rusty Hinge Distress Ink.  Loll warned me about how flimsy this branch can get when it's wet and she was right.  I added another layer behind it to give it some stability.  I also put some gold Perfect Pearls on the ends of the leaves.  Using my MFT Burlap stamp I added some Cup O' Joe to a large panel of Desert Storm and then cut a smaller panel to put my leaves on.  I rescued the dark brown from my scrap pile and gold embossed a sentiment from HA on it.

What kind of leaves would you make for this challenge?  Don't just think about it.  Do it!  Check out what the rest of the Design Team and guest designer Jaydee have done to inspire you.  We'd love to see you in the gallery.  You could be chosen Chic of the Week with a chance to be a guest designer like Jaydee.

The Challenge #46

I had quite a productive day yesterday, card making wise.  Today I'm featuring the one I made for The Challenge, using red, yellow, rust and kraft.

Neenah Desert Storm is the base, stamped with MFT burlap in HA Soft Brown.  The wreath is WPlus9 and the sentiment Clearly Besotted, both on a panel cut with PTI's Tipped Tops.  A little gold /yellow twine makes the perfect bow to finish it off.

I'm so glad you dropped by.  Don't forget to leave a comment so I know you were here.

JUGS #280

I'm just squeaking in at Just Us Girls for their burlap challenge.  I'm also cheating.  Sort of.  It didn't say you had to use real burlap.  I don't have any but I do have the MFT burlap stamp.  Next best thing IMHO.

I stamped some kraft cardstock in HA Soft Brown with the burlap stamp after cutting both layers with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles.  The flower die is from Memory Box colored with liquid watercolor.  The watercolors were given to me by my art teacher granddaughter several years ago but I wasn't quite sure how to use them until I saw this video by Jill Foster on the Penny Black blog.  A tag by SSS with a sentiment from PB and a little "burlap" string and my "on trend" card is complete. Or as my Dad would say "Not bad for a quickly thrown together _____."  He usually said "meal" but I think card applies.  ;-)

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