The Flower Challenge #96

There's still time for you to make a card for the stencil challenge at The Flower Challenge.

I was filing away the cards I had with me at the lake back into my regular boxes and saw one made with Altenew's Dancing Sunflowers.  I had forgotten about that set and was anxious to use it for this challenge.

I'm not very fond of the second and third layers of floral stencils, preferring to shade them myself on the first layer like I did here using Distress Inks in Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey and just a touch of Aged Mahogany.  The center is Brushed Corduroy which is also what I used to stamp the image and the leaves are Peeled Paint and Forest Moss.   After die cutting, the sunflower was layered onto a panel of Warm Cocoa from GinaK, embossed with the Tasteful Texture folder from SU.

There are more cards from the Design Team over on the blog.  We hope they inspire you to make a stenciled card featuring flowers for our challenge. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #657

I'm way behind on getting my Christmas cards made so I decided to use the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches to get a couple done.

The patterned paper and Smoky Shadow cardstock were cut together and pieced onto the card base.  The vellum tag has a heat embossed sentiment from PB and is decorated with boughs and a pine cone from The Greetery.  I also have a duplicate of this to add to my stash. 

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Color Hues #96

I've been working on Halloween cards and thought the colors at Color Hues warranted another one.

I cut a circle to mask the moon before blending the background with Distress Inks.  A background stamp from Penny Black and some bats from Winnie and Walter made my spooky scene.  

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Just Us Girls #748 - Word Week

Stephanie is our host for Word Week at Just Us Girls and she has chosen 

This should be a colorful gallery considering that the leaves are beginning to turn in the northern US.

I must confess that I made this card back in early May before coming to the lake and didn't write down the dies I used.  I went back through a lot of my blog posts and it seems that I may not have used this die before.  Asking Google to identify it didn't help so I'm thinking they're no longer available.  The outlines are cut from texture gold cardstock and layered over pieces covered with Mica Sprays.  The rust background is embossed with the Tasteful Textiles folder from SU.

The Design Team and our guest Kerry have some colorful cards for you to peruse.  Hopefully they will inspired you to make a card for the gallery.

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Time Out #274 - Photo Inspiration

We have a fun photo for you today at the Time Out Challenge.

A lot of people will probably go with the coffee theme but since I'm not a coffee drinker I went with the sign board instead.

The sentiment is an ancient one from My Craft Spot (out of business), stamped in white on black and framed with a die from Waffle Flower.  The background is patterned paper.  EZPZ

The Design Team has some great cards to inspire you so check them out and then make a card for our gallery.  The winner will receive $25 store credit from our sponsor Newton's Nook. 

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