The Flower Challenge #98

We'd like you to add sparkle to your The Flower Challenge cards this month.

There are many ways to add sparkle.  For my card I chose sparkly cardstock.

The ancient pieces of red and green were just begging me to use them so I cut Honey Bee's poinsettia and added it to a panel embossed with Altenew's Poinsettia Cluster folder.  This close-up shows the sparkle a little more. 

The Design Team has some sparkly cards for you to see.  We hope they inspire you to make a card for our gallery this month.

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Color Throwdown #822

I happy to announce that I am designing at Color Throwdown this week.  I won their #820 challenge with this card and they invited me to be their guest.  Here are the colors for this week.

This was a no-brainer for me.

I absolutely love this large poinsettia from Alex Syberia.  It comes with stencils that make it easy to color and I used Distress Inks in Lumberjack Plaid, Barn Door, Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness.  The Barn Door faded back more than I would have liked and as you can see I didn't use the second layer of stencils but added shadows on my own.  It was stamped on GinaK Ivory and partially die cut along the side.  The sentiment from SSS was cut from black foil from C9.

Whether you do a Christmas card or these colors spark a different idea, we hope you will join us in this challenge.  There is wonderful inspiration for you from the Design Team on the blog. 

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Color Throwdown #821

Whenever a color challenge includes green, you can be pretty sure I'm going to do a floral card.  Such is the case for this week's Color Throwdown.

The flowers are from Altenew's Lush Garden layering stamp set, colored with Altenew inks.  The stitched background is from Honey Bee and the sentiment is a Betterpress from Spellbinders. 

I'm so glad you dropped by.  If you celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope your holiday weekend gave you a chance to be with family. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #664

I almost did what a lot of the designers at Freshly Made Sketches did - use trees.  But while looking at a tree stamp from Reverse Confetti, I found another one in the DVD case that would work just as well.   

The candles are colored with Altenew artist markers with a little WOS on the flames and Pico Embellishment on the drips.  For the background, I partially debossed the rays die, also from RC, and inked it with Citrus Burst.  The bottom half is a swipe of Limestone and the sentiment is from PB.

Thanks for taking the time to drop by.  Have a wonderful weekend.

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Just Us Girls #755 - Stencil Week

It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls and Lisa is our host.

This will be our last challenge of 2024 as the Design Team takes December off.  We hope you'll join us in January 2025 for a new year of challenges.  

My card is made with a hot foil plate from Spellbinders called Full Bloom Poinsettia and comes with stencils.  Since I had my Glimmer Machine out, I ended up making four cards with different foils and color ways.  Three of them were colored with Altenew inks and the last one with Distress Inks except for the pine cone.

These were so easy to color and it makes me happy to have four more cards for my stash.

We'd love to see your stenciled card in our gallery.  For inspiration please check out the Design Team and our guest Jenn's cards on the blog.

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