The Paper Players #802

The Paper Players has a candle challenge this week and I made a card

What do you think of this for a bright and happy birthday card? The dies are from SB's Just Add Cake kit cut from scraps.  The sentiments are from MFT.  I added some Nuvo drops to the flames and Pico Embellisher to the cherry for a bit of shine.  The background is embossed with the Tasteful Textile folder from SU and the frosting with SB Crackle Paint.  

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Time Out #321 - Theme Challenge

The theme challenge for this fortnight at Time Out is

It took me a while to figure out what to do for my card, until I remembered a sale item I got a while ago.  

That item was the box of popcorn from SSS.  The film strip from PPP was cut from SB Matte Black Treasured cardstock and I found some patterned paper from Paper Rose to fill the centers and make it seem like a negative.  The rule of threes meant I had to add the admission ticket from My Craft Spot, one of the oldest sets in my stash.  It was all placed on a panel embossed with Tasteful Textile from SU.  

This challenge is sponsored by STAMPlorations and the winner will receive a $25 store credit.  

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Inkspirational #368 and Krafty Chicks #822

I had been waiting for a good golf set and Taylored Expression's new release featured just what I was looking for in Par for the Course.  Inkspirational and Krafty Chicks are both looking for masculine cards so I'm sending my card to their challenges. 

This is a die and stencil set that makes a golf course.   After stenciling the card base with the greens, water and sand traps with Altenew inks, I die cut the fairways in dark green, embossed it with Tasteful Textiles from SU and laid it over the top before adding the trees and flags.  The sentiment was printed on the computer. I also got the golf cart, bag and club sets so you'll be seeing those one day.   

I was so excited to post this card that I totally forgot to add it to Darnell's NBUS challenge, a place where all Never Before Used Stuff is welcomed. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #723

The sketch from Freshly Made Sketches has me going back to one of my older Concord and 9th stamp sets and a play with Zigs that I hadn't done for quite a while.

The Happy Day cake was stamped on Bristol, colored and die cut.  Though not the same size, I thought the cake plate looked like the oval in the sketch.  To emphasize that, the dark gray was cut with a SSS curved die, stamped with a sentiment from My Sentiments Exactly and embossed with SU Tasteful Textiles.  When June comes I need a number of anniversary cards so this will help fill my quota.

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Just Us Girls #805 - Word Week

Elizabeth is our host again for Word Week at Just Us Girls and this is what she chose:

I saw Jennifer McGuire use a cute set from Pinkfresh Studio and had to add it to my stash, partly for the sentiments that include dies.

It's called Get Well Soon and the bundle includes the stamp, die, and stencil.  You can't tell but I used Lisa Horton's gold for the handles, spout and stripes on the saucer.  The background was partially embossed with Tasteful Textiles from SU and colored with Kitsch Flamingo, leaving the bottom smooth for a Hickory Smoke 'table'.

Laurel and the Design Team have some wonderful words of encouragement for you to see.  We hope to inspire you to make a card for the challenge.  

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Color Hues #114 and NBUS #76

I had the perfect NBUS die for the Color Hues challenge - yellow and green.

It's Concord and 9th's Spring Print Dies.  This is actually my second try.  The first one I cut in white and inked but I didn't like the look.  I didn't want a lot of leftovers so I cut my yellow and green cardstock into pieces just large enough to cover the areas I needed.  I also didn't do inlay.  I embossed a panel with Tasteful Textiles and then with the die plate so I could see where to place the pieces on top.  It smooshed down the first embossing a little but I still like the texture.  The sentiment is from a Betterpress.  

NBUS means 'never before used stuff' so off this goes to Darnell's gallery.

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AAA Colourful #16

I played around with the colors at AAA Colourful and while I'm not really happy with my card I'm going to post it anyway.  

The board shows purple, yellow, white and black.   I took a chance that yellow leaves would work with my Altenew Delicate Garden stamp and stencil.   I chose Maple Yellow hoping it wouldn't look like dying leaves.  😬  The black is Classy Frames from Penny Black, layered three high, the background insert is embossed with the Tasteful Textile folder from SU! and the sentiment is a BetterPress from Spellbinders.  

That's it from me.  I'm off to make a few other cards since the weather is overcast and a little cool.

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Color Hues #110

Pink and Plum.  Those are the colors Karen picked for the Color Hues challenge.  Perfect for flowers, don't you think? 

 

In this case the flowers are Peony Dreams from Altenew, cut from the best pink and plum paper I could find in my stash.  The medium plum one is textured and I'm not sure where it came from.  It's the only mid-range one I had.  The background is Tasteful Textiles from SU! and the sentiment is a BetterPress from Spellbinder's 'You Are Everything' which happens to be on sale half price as of this post.

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Freshly Made Sketches #685

There are so many ways you can use Linda's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and after a bit of thought about what a the main focus would be, this is what I came up with.

I was gifted some washi tape from PFS a while ago and the roll was still sitting in my drawer.  The largest image worked great for the center panel.  Gold foil embossed with the same Tasteful Textile folder as the C9 Briar Rose background and a simple foiled sentiment finished it off.  

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Freshly Made Sketches #679 and NBUS #72

Today's card is for Karren's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  

I was looking for a flower to put in the middle of my 'banner' when I saw this Sweet Violet from Altenew that I totally forgot about.  It must be one of their older Craft-a-Flower sets because it doesn't have the keyhole system.  Probably why it was on sale at a good price.  I picked four purples from my scraps, darkening one with Villainous Poison Distress Ink, and two greens.  The banner is from Spellbinders Modern Ovals, embossed with SU's Tasteful Textiles and the background is Altenew's Chain Link Fence.  I was amazed at the dimension I got with that folder.  I forgot to add the Pinkfresh sentiment before I embossed the banner but it worked to stamp it on afterwards.  

Both the embossing folder and violet dies are never before used stuff so I'm also sending my card to Darnell's NBUS. 

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