Freshly Made Sketchesd #748

Verena is hosting Freshly Made Sketches and her sketch made me think of my Houseplants die set from Altenew.

The polka dot paper scrap was the jumping off point and I made the pot in matching gray with pink flowers and added a pink strip accent.  The background is the Subtle folder from SU and the sentiment is from Altenew's One-Go Birthday.  

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Inkspirational #364

I'm slipping in under the wire for the Inkspirational challenge.  They want a clean and simple card and those are fun and easy to make.  

The stenciled daisies are from PFS Beautiful Blooms and they are sitting on Altenew's Ornate Nesting Die.  The sentiment is also from Altenew - their One-Go Birthday Greetings.  I resisted any embossing to keep it CAS.

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Just Us Girls #813 - Die Week

Sue is the host for Die Week at Just Us Girls and this time she has a specific topic.

She wants you to include either something green, something referring to luck or maybe a combination of both while using your dies.  

I want to welcome Milla as our guest designer for the month of March.  Be sure to stop by her blog at Mustesormi to see her wonderful coloring.

I smooshed a panel with Rustic Wilderness, Mowed Lawn and Bundled Sage Distress Oxides and cut it with Penny Black's Classy Frames.  Their Ascending die was colored with Distress Spray in Rustic Wilderness and they were both splattered in gold paint from Altenew.  The frame was cut three more times, once in gold and layered around the panel.  The gold embossed sentiment is from Honey Bee's Gently Squeezed.

There are a lot of greens and die cuts over on the Just Us Girls blog post to inspire you.  We hope to see you in our gallery. 

I'm also sending this to Color Hues for their green and gold challenge.

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Color Hues #119

My friend Marcia picked the colors for Color Hues and they work beautifully for this time of year.  Somewhere I saw a wreath made of gourds and wanted to make one for this challenge.

The dies are Honey Bee's Fall Bounty colored with Distress Inks in Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber and Rusty Hinge along with Altenew's Warm Sunshine, Honey Drizzle and Red Jasper.  The biggest gourds also have a spritz of Fossilized Amber Distress Spray.  A Honey Bee sentiment and Burlap embossing folder complete the card. 

I'm still trying to get my stuff organized after unpacking all I took to Michigan (plus things I bought while there) and in trying to make labels my printer quit.  I guess they're not supposed to last longer than 10 years.  😖  I'm researching new ones and when I decide I'll be back in business. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #684

This week's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches is similar to last week's which I think is a great design to use.  

I went looking for some patterned paper and found one from Honey Bee that I love.  The fancy edge is from Spellbinders cut in black, which is the color of the background but it looks much darker.  Trying to match black is as difficult as matching white. 😒   The flower is Grateful Heart from Altenew and the sentiment is from Honey Bee.  

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Time Out #270 - Photo Challenge

What a delicious photo we have for you at Time Out for this next challenge.

You may remember my card from the last challenge.  Strawberries.  Ring a bell?  Well I have another fruit for you today.

Look at my lovely basket of blackberries.  The stamp is from PTI.  For the basket I cut the Honey Bee picnic basket and embossed it with Wicker Texture from Altenew, inking one side to give a little more definition and dimension.  I found some ancient PTI polka dot paper that was the same color as the leaves and added it as a border.  

Graciellie Designs is out sponsor and will award the challenge winner a $25 store credit.  Some see what fruit the Design Team has chosen.  I hope they inspire you to make a card for the challenge.

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The Flower Challenge #92

We have a sketch for you to base your card on at The Flower Challenge .  

That center panel leaves it wide open for embossing or patterned paper to show off your flowers. 

I went with a brightly colored paper behind my Altenew Spring Daisies.  They were stamped on Bristol and colored with Zigs. 

The Design Team has some lovely cards to inspire you so please go take a look.  We'd love to see your card in our gallery.

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The Flower Challenge #82

Happy Independence Day to those of you in the US. 

It's time for another challenge at The Flower Challenge and this month the theme is CAS.

I love making CAS cards and it's even better when I find a flower already colored and filed in the stamp package. 

This one is from Pinkfresh Studio and is colored with Altenew artist markers.  The heat embossed sentiment is from Hero Arts. 

The design team and our wonderful guest designer Therese Calvird from Lost in Paper have some exceptional examples of CAS cards for your inspiration.  We hope you'll join us for this challenge.

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Tic Tac Toe #213

I was honored to be the winner of Tic Tac Toe #212 with this card.  Today I have a card for the current challenge at Tic Tac Toe using the middle column. 

I planned to use my Watercolor Stripes die but I guess I didn't bring it with me.  Fortunately I did have this one and cut and layered it twice before placing over my colored cardstock.  The flowers are Positive Vibes from Altenew stamped with their ink and layered three times.  The heat embossed sentiment is from Hero Arts. 

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Just Us Girls #682 - Color Week

It's the first Saturday of the month at Just Us Girls which means it's Color Week.  Vicki is our host and these are the colors she chose.

I want to welcome TK as our guest designer this month.  She is a fairly new card maker but has wonderful makes on her blog.  Please check her out and give her some love. 

I recently got the Cape Margerite Craft a Flower from Altenew and knew they would be lovely in these colors. 

The flowers were cut from SSS Lavender and inked with Chipped Sapphire DI.  The centers and leaves cut from gray and inked for dimension.  The backgroud is Altenew's Checkered Squares and the sentiment is from HA. 

TK and the rest of the Design Team have some wonderful cards using the challenge colors.  We hope you join us and make a card for the gallery.

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The Flower Challenge #79

It's April already and time for another challenge at The Flower Challenge.

This means you need background stamping in addition to your flowers.

I love ink smooshing so I did a big panel in pinks to make this Virginia Rose from Altenew.  And a green one too for the leaves.  The flower is on light gray cardstock that has been stamped in Versa Mark with  PinkFresh's Floral Shadow.  The same gray was used for the sentiment from Hero Arts. 

The Design Team and our guest designer Ishani have plenty of inspiration for you.  Please check them out and then make a card for our gallery.  We'd love to see you there.

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Color Hues #60 and The Card Concept #191

I am a thief.  I admit it.  I stole the idea for my Color Hues card from the photo image at The Card Concept where I will send my CAS card.  My friend Marcia is hosting Color Hues and wants us to use blue and turquoise on our cards.  This was serendipity at its best. 

The Mondo Gerbera Daisy from EbyE was white heat embossed on Bristol and colored with Zigs.  The Altenew butterfly was clear heat embossed over blue and the Zig was used to color it as well as the sentiment strip.  I struggled with the sentiment because I couldn't decide where to place it.  I'm still not sure that I shouldn't have just left it off.

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Just Us Girls #665 - Color Week

Lisa E is our host for this week's color challenge at Just Us Girls and she has chosen these:

It looks like a soft color palette in the gallery this week.  Won't you join us?

The Mondo Sakura from EbyE was stamped, heat embossed and painted with Altenew watercolors.  A panel was cut with Reverse Confetti lacy rectangles and backed with Desert Storm.  The sentiment was heat embossed on the same color. 

We welcome Karen Walker as our guest designer this month.  She and the rest of the team have some wonderful cards to share with you and to hopefully inspire you.

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Inspired By #189

I recently got back from my summer at the lake and have spent the last two days unpacking and reorganizing my craft room.  I took two bins of stamps and dies to work with and ended up buying a few more during that time.  Since I had to put it all away and make room for the new I decided a redo was necessesary.  Now I have a fresh start to make cards for the Fall and Winter seasons.

There are so many choices for the Inspired By challenge this week.  I was fixated on the Christmas photo but couldn't seem to make something come together.  I looked at the sketch and an idea popped into my head.  It's actually a fusion of the All the Peels photo and the sketch.  

I already had the apples from Sunny Studio stamped so that made the card even easier to make.  I was going to use the dome die from Waffle Flower for a basket but when I pulled it out I saw the little wood strip dies that I knew would make an even better basket or box. The gray piece was something in my Bits bin. I glued the slats onto copy paper and trimmed it to size.  One piece was used for the sentiment from Altenew.  The background is Rustic Linen cs from Papertrey Ink embossed with a folder from Lawn Fawn.  The photos are below.  Maybe they'll inspire you to make a card.

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The Flower Challenge #48 - Reminder

 The Design Team is back with new cards to inspire you to join The Flower Challenge this month.

We are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps and are using their digital images for our cards.  The winner of the challenge will receive $12 gift to their store.

I printed the sentiment when I printed the digital image which is colored with Distress Inks. 

The Design Team and our guest Lee Ann Barrett hope you will join us for this month's challenge.