Freshly Made Sketches #733

Jen T's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches gave me the perfect excuse to use some of the patterned paper that's taking up space in my craft room.

The Penny Black paper was the basis for the color scheme, adding it to a gray card base with a yellow rectangle.  Sunrise Stem from SSS was cut from white and colored with Distress Ink.  The sentiment is a BetterPress from Spellbinders.  

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The Flower Challenge #106 - Sketch

We have a fun sketch for you for The Flower Challenge. 

This card went off to my son and daughter-in-law.  She raises orchids.  These are from Waffle Flower, arranged on a panel that has been cut with a hemstitch die from SB and embossed with SU's Timeworn Type folder.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts. 

The Design Team has some wonderful cards to inspire you.  I hope you'll check them out and then make a card for the challenge. 

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Color Hues #111 - Coral and Green

Finally!  A color challenge with green so I don't have to make funny colored leaves. 😬  Thank you, Sheri, and Color Hues.

I was waiting for my Honey Bee Layered Rose to arrive to make my card.  I know it looks more red in the photo but I used Abandoned Coral Distress Ink on it and Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness on the leaves and stem.  The background is a coverplate from Lawn Fawn backed with light gray.  The sentiment is 'You are Everything'  BetterPress from Spellbinders.  I can't wait to make this rose in other colors.  

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ETA:  I totally forgot to send my rose to Darnell's NBUS challenge.  She is celebrating her 75th challenge to inspire us to use our hoarded not yet used products.  

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Double D - Red

I saw the roses on the mood board at Double D and knew I had the perfect thing in my Bits box.

The background from MFT was stamped in red on kraft.  This was something I did at Michele's eons ago and it sat in my box waiting for just the right challenge.  Penny Black's Classy Frames was cut from red twice, stacked and laid back into the panel over the roses.  A scrap was platinum heat embossed with sentiment from The Greetery and die cut to fit.  I wish I had embossed the red panel but didn't think of it until after it was glued.  

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The Flower Challenge #94

We have a color challenge for you this month at The Flower Challenge.

Watercolor paper was used to emboss Altenew's Pressed Flowers.  The flowers were painted with Distress Inks in Abandoned Coral, Salt Water Taffy, Squeezed Lemonade and Shabby Shutters. The panel was trimmed and added to coral cardstock.  The foiled sentiment is from Spellbinders. 

The Design Team has plenty of inspiration for you on the blog.  Be sure to check them out and make a card for our gallery using at least three of the colors in the photo. 

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Inkspirational #312

Hey there.  I'm so glad you dropped by for a visit. 

All white cards are a challenge but they can look stunning when you have the right products to use.  Inkspirational is looking for white on white cards and I took on the challenge.  I'm not sure how stunning my card is but I'm happy with it. 

I knew I wanted to have some embossing for texture and pulled out this Altenew Bamboo that was one of the products I received when I did a guest design spot.  I didn't know when I'd ever use it but decided it would be great with Waffle Flower's orchids.  The panel was trimmed down and popped up before the die cut flowers were added.  My daughter-in-law raises orchids so I thought I'd make this an anniversary card for them using a sentiment from The Greetery stamped in light gray.  

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Just Us Girls #686 - Color Week

Elizabeth would like you to use only pastel colors on your card for Just Us Girls this week.

I want to welcome Kristin Sluhan as our guest designer this month. 

I don't often use pastel colors but I had fun with it.

The stencil is Botanical Bunch from Pinkfresh Studio colored with Altenew inks.  I needed an anniversary card so I added a foiled sentiment from Spellbinders. 

I look forward to seeing all the pretty pastels in our gallery this week.  Need inspiration?  There is  plenty to be had from our design team and guest Kristin Sluhan. 

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Color Throwdown #745 and NBUS #51

I'm happy that my play time with new dies the other day fit the colors at Color Throwdown.

I have been wanting a lemon/lime die set and settled on the one from Lawn Fawn.  I cut them all from Bristol cardstock and colored them with Altenew inks. The plaid background is an embossing folder from Spellbinder. I didn't bring any fun/punny sentiments with me but I do need an anniversary card and thought I'd write the punny part inside.  I white heat embossed the sentiment from Hero Arts and colored it with the same ink as the leaves. 

I'm also sending my card to NBUS since the die is new.  

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Freshly Made Sketches #539

The sketch at Freshly Made Sketches was an easy one for me and I think it took about half an hour to make this card.

I googled Dahlias and saw a gorgeous multi-colored one that inspired my coloring of PTI's Dahlia die.  The cuts were colored with Distress Inks in Mustard Seed, Salt Water Taffy and Abandoned Coral.  The leaves are Twisted Citron.  Which sentiment and what color are always a dilemma for me but I knew I'd need an anniversary card and since a strip of gray was laying on my desk I went with it, embossing the Hero Arts stamp in white. 

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Just Us Girls #605 - Trend Week

Sue has a wonderful trend for us this week at Just Us Girls and the results can be stunning.

There is a video link to the technique on the blog and you should definitely check it out if you haven't see this done.  You will also find plenty of inspiration from the Design Team and our guest this month, Nora Noll.  

I recently got the Altenew Project Kit called Hello Beautiful and this 3D embossing folder was part of it.  I inked the flat side with VersaMark, ran the folder through my machine, poured Altenew Rose Gold embossing powder all over and heated it.  I only wish I had some colored powders but I thought the gold would make a great anniversary card paired with GinaK navy cardstock.

Will you be adventurous enough to try this trend?  I hope to see you in the gallery.

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The Three R's

We all remember the three R's from school days but in the cardmaking world, the three R's are ribbons, rhinestones and rosettes.  To use all three is the challenge at Die Cutting Divas. 

This card started as a leftover.  I had the pink cardstock printed on the front for another card I didn't use.  I added the coordinating print to cover it up and then was stuck.  This challenge was just what I needed to finish it.

I'm not much of a rosette person but I thought it fit in well with this card.  I made it from the same pink cardstock then added the heart cut from George and Basic Shapes.  I ran a ribbon down one of the stripes and put rhinestones on all the aqua colored dots.  Sometimes things just come together.

Anniversary card #1

Yesterday was my son's anniversary and today is my daughter's.  It was just coincidence that they are twins and got married a day apart - and a few years, thank goodness.  I made entirely different styles of cards for them.  I'll show one today and one tomorrow.

This is another Monarch card (3 1/2 by 7).  The card base is cream, with a tan cardstock layer and then a printed cream and tan, each 1/4" smaller than the next.  The photo makes the top layer look almost blue but it's not.  There was an all over design of round flower heads printed in white on light tan, almost lacy looking. It reminded me of their wedding colors.  Using Straight from the Nest, I cut the blackout version of the birds from cream and the top layer from the tan.  I only glued the main body together so there would be some dimension.  There is added dimension with the foam mounts. 

There were 3 holes on the bird's body and I filled 2 on each with varying sizes of tanish pearls.  I wasn't sure about how to do the sentiment and it ended up this way as a mistake.  I printed the sentiment on the computer but didn't leave enough space around it.  I didn't realize this when I ran it through the Cuttlebug with a Nestability oval die.  This is the shape that came out and it seemed to fit so I hand cut the tan to go under it.  There are no mistakes, just happy accidents. :)

I only had time to enter one challenge this week.  I'm hoping that this next week is easier and I can get to my paper stash more often.  My Cricut Design Studio is still not working and I miss it.  I would like to do some shaped cards and need DS to weld.  At least I have my new Expression.  I can do more things with it than my personal Cricut (I love how the actual cut shows on the screen) and so I'll plug along.  Maybe one more phone call will resolve the CDS issue.

Happy Anniversary

I love the look of the silhouettes on A Child's Year and decided one would make a great anniversary card.

I used plain white cardstock for the A2 card base and printed the sentiment directly on the front from my computer.  The background paper is from a black and white stack by Making Memories.  The oval and it's shadow are also cut from A Child's Year; navy for the shadow and white for the top layer which is cuttlebugged with Divine Swirls.  I had some matching (thankfully) navy ribbon that I ran across where the background ended. 

I'm sorry the photo quality is not very good.  I need to work on lighting.