The Flower Challenge #104 - Color Challenge.

For the month of July, The Flower Challenge wants you to be inspired by the colors in the photo

The flowers are Golden Days by Altenew, stamped in Peach Perfect, Caramel Toffee and Paper Bag with the leaves in inks from the Cool Summer Night collection.  The background panel was spritzed with Salvaged Patina Distress Spray and covered with a plate from Concord and 9th.  The sentiment is a SB Betterpress done in Paper Bag.  A micro pen helped define the stamens. 

For inspiration please be sure to check out the fantastic cards the design team has made using the colors.  We'd love to see your card in our gallery. 

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Just Us Girls #782 - Die Week

Carol Mc is our host for this week's Die Challenge at Just Us Girls and she wants us to use a summer die.

That leaves it wide open for so many ideas but I went simple with my card.

Honey Bee's Flippin' Fabulous flip flops were cut from some of their DSP and the straps colored with an artist marker in Rose Quartz to match.  The same DSP was used for a border behind the 'sand' that was made using Antique Linen Distress Spray.  As you probably guessed, the sentiment is from the same set.  

I'd like to welcome Donna Mikasa as our guest designer for July.  She and the Design Team have some wonderful summertime cards to inspire you to enter our challenge.  I hope to see your card there. 

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The Flower Challenge #102 - Reminder

You still have time to make a card and my team mates and I have more inspiration for you at The Flower Challenge.

My last card featured stripes so I went with spots for this one.

The flowers are from Altenew's Watercolor Garden, colored with Distress Sprays that have been manipulated on watercolor paper.  The polka dot paper is an oldie from my stash and the sentiment is BetterPress.  

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AAA Cards #286

The prompt at AAA Cards is "Follow My Lead" which basically means CASE the card that Kristin made.  (see below).  Here is my take on hers.

It all started with some watercolor paper and Distress Sprays.  Once the panel was dry, it was cut with Altenew's Hanging Garden, cut again in white and the colored pieces inlaid.  The sentiment is a BetterPress from SB.  

When you do a card like this you have leftovers so I made a second card.

This time the colored outline was attached to a trimmed panel of Gina K Moonlight Fog and inlaid with the white pieces. I thought it would make a great sympathy card so another BP sentiment was added. 

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Christmas Kickstart #92

Today's card is for Christmas Kickstart - Three Wise Men.  I only have one wise men stamp and hadn't brought it out this year.

Since it's a silhouette, the question was "what to do for a background?"  I usually ink blend but this time went with Distress (Villainous Potion) and Mica Sprays (Hocus Pocus and Winter Frost).  I dabbed after spraying to get a softer look.  I had to stamp the Woodware stamp three or four times to get a good black and then clear heat embossed.  The sentiment is from MCS (oob) and the star is from a PB stamp that I did a little surgery on.  

I'm so glad you dropped by.  Happy Thanksgiving to all my US followers.

  

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Just Us Girls #738 - Color Week

Carol Mc is our host for Color Week at Just Us Girls.

It's a new month and time to welcome our next guest designer, Bonnie Klass.  She and the Design Team have used these hot colors in such cool ways.  Be sure to check them out for inspiration.

It was time to get out my flip flops dies from Paper Smooches.  I cut them with the requisite hot pink and orange, embossing the soles and adding a little flower for decoration.  This is a Monarch card (3.5 by 7) to fit them with a sentiment. That part was easy.  Not so with the sandy background.  

It took me four tries to get what you see on my card.    From the top down:  Sand embossing powder which looked perfect before I heated it.  It turned gold.  Next I tried colored textured paste.  Another no. I got a little closer with the third one which I think is Frayed Burlap Distress Spray with too much spray.  I lightly sprayed it again for the final card, wiping it up with a paper towel for a lighter appearance and then splattered with Gathered Twigs.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee. 

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Color Hues #80 - Guest

I was lucky enough to win Marcia's challenge at Color Hues and invited to guest design for this week's challenge.  I have been playing at Color Hues for most of their 80 challenges so I had to say yes.  These are the colors.  Very February-like don't you think?  And what about their new graphics?  Perfect for a color challenge if I do say so myself. 

MFT opened their vault recently and I jumped at the chance to get the Candy Jar dies and Companion stamps. 

The jars are layered three times with some light inking around the top one - not very visible in the photo. The rest was a matter of stamping and cutting out the peppermints and inking paper with Kitsch Flamingo and cutting out the hearts.  I just happened to have Kitsch Flamingo spray so I used it on a scalloped panel from Neat and Tangled for the background.  The sentiment is on a jar label included in the set. 

I hope you will check out what the Design Team has made in red and pink and play along in the challenge.  

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Just Us Girls #689 - CAS Week

It's CAS Week at Just Us Girls and our host Ina has a theme for our cards.

I pulled out an old, old set from Papertrey Ink for my trio.

It's so old that their Topiary Trees are not available any more.  The tops were cut from cardstock colored with Distress Sprays.  I love the dimension the leaf cuts give.  The pots are from Desert Storm, edged with Distress Ink.  The sentiment is from also from PTI.

What three items will you put on your card?  It doesn't have to be an image like mine.  Let's see what the Design Team and our guest designer Kristin have used shall we.

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Just Us Girls #687 - Word Week

Nancy has a great word for the challenge this week at Just Us Girls.

I was inspired by a card from Kristie Marcotte using all things HoneyBee. 

I started with my go to for sand - Frayed Burlap Distress Spray then added Tumbled Glass for the sky.  The seashells are colored with Zigs with part of them loaded into the wooden crate. The sentiment is from their Flippin' Fabulous set. 

I can't wait to see what you do with the word of the week.   There is plenty of inspiration from the design team and our guest designer Kristin Sluhon on the blog. 

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Just Us Girls #684 - Photo/Moodboard Week

Vicki is our host for Photo Week and has a summery looking photo for this week's challenge at Just Us Girls.

I'd love to have a little cabana on the beach 

but since I don't, this is what I do.

I sit under an umbrella. This one is made from an MFT die and a scrap of PTI polka dot and TH woodgrain.  I tore paper for a mask to make a beach with Frayed Burlap Distress Spray.  The clouds are courtesy of an MFT stencil and Broken China DI.  The flip flops and sentiment are from STAMPlorations. 

How does this photo inspire you?  The Design Team and our guest TK have a variety of ideas for you on the blog.  Check them out and make a card for the gallery.  You may have a chance to be a guest designer. 

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The Flower Challenge #81 - Reminder

There's still time for you to play at The Flower Challenge using your favorite flower.  The challenge closes on June 25.

Here are more daisies just like I promised. 

This one is from Altenew called Spring Daisy.  They are colored with Zigs and placed on a Lawn Fawn coverplate that has been spritzed with Lost Shadow Distress Spray. 

Have you made a card yet?  Get inspired by the Design Team's cards and then join us in the challenge.  We'd love to see your card in our gallery.

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Just Us GIrls #681 - CAS Week

It's time for a clean and simple card at Just Us Girls and Lisa E has chosen silhouette as our theme.

The Design Team and our May guest Claire Apostoloff have some wonderful CAS silhouette cards to inspire you.  Here's mine. 

I started by spraying a panel with Salvaged Patina.  While it was drying, I cut two panels with the LF Scalloped Square for dimension and stamped the sentiment from PTI.  The flower silhouettes are from MFT.   

I hope you will make a card for this week's challenge.  If you are chosen as the winner,  you could be a future guest designer. 

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Less is More #481

It's been a while since I've played at Less is More.  They have an "anything goes" challenge going on and since I needed a sympathy card I used their challenge as my inspiration.

I was also inspired by my friend Bonnie who did some beautiful iris cards that you can see here.  I cut the iris blossom from a panel in my bits box and the entire die from paper that I spritzed with Distress Spray.  the background was masked in the corner, colored with Distress Ink and stamped with an ancient sentiment from My Pink Stamper. 

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Just Us Girls #633 - Color Week

I'm hosting Color Week at Just Us Girls and this is what I've chosen.

I definitely had something in mind when I chose these colors and this is what I ended up making.

The images and sentiment are from a NBUS set from HoneyBee.  I masked off the bottom of the card panel and colored it with Frayed Burlap Distress Spray.  I wanted that sandy look.  Then I masked the sand and colored the sky with Speckled Egg.  The flip-flops were inked with Salt Water Taffy, the straps colored with an artist marker and then clear heat embossed.  I think this will be fun for a summer birthday.

What do those colors conjure up for you?  Come see what the Design Team and our guest designer have made.  I'm sure you'll be inspired to make a card for the gallery.

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Inkspirational #262

There's a lovely floral photo over at Inkspirational and I was inspired to make this card.

My daughter-in-law is a potter and I've been the recipient of a few of her wonderful pieces. Instead of glass vases like the photo, I decided to make pottery jars by using Distress Oxides on photo paper and then wiping it off until I liked the results.  The TH Wildflower Stems were cut from paper that had been colored with Distress Sprays.  Some High White embossing powder made the little pussy willows. 

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