Time Out #269 - Inspired By Words

It's August already and Time Out has an appropriate Inspired by Words challenge.

I went an unexpected way with my card for this challenge.

One of the things I love about summer is strawberry shortcake.  Not that you can't get strawberries year round but they seem better in the summer somehow, especially when they are locally grown.  The berries are from Honey Bee and are growing in a barrel from TH that was covered with Mica Spray.  The background is a PFS coverplate that was foiled with pewter.  Yes it is true you can foil with a coverplate. 

This challenge is sponsored by Varada Sharma who is awarding our winner a $25 store credit. 

There is plenty of inspiration from the Design Team and our guests so be sure to check out their cards on the blog.

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The Flower Challenge #93

This month's The Flower Challenge should be the easiest one ever.  

That's right.  All you have to do is make a birthday card featuring flowers.  Here's mine.

The geraniums are from The Greetery, colored with Altenew (Pink Pearl and Coral Bliss) and Distress Inks (Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness).  They are potted in a barrel colored with Scorched Timber DI.  The background is from The Stamp Market, stamped in CP Twilight ink as is the sentiment from Hero Arts.

There is plenty of inspiration for you over on The Flower Challenge blog.  The Design Team has done wonders with their birthday cards. 

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Double D - Pink October

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month the the gals at Double D want us to use pink on our cards to support the cause.  I love the mood board and just had to make a Halloween card.

And a sparkly one at that.  The shoes and hat from MFT are cut from glitter paper.  The barrel is on loan from a friend and was colored with Mica Spray. The sentiment is from EbyE.  I'm having so much fun making Halloween cards.  One more and I'm done.

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Tic Tac Toe #217

I had been playing with my strawberry dies from Honey Bee and made a card that works with the top row of the challenge at Tic Tac Toe.   

The dies were cut in white and colored with Distress and Altenew Inks.   The barrel is from Tim Holtz, cut from patterned paper, with the bands cut from silver and antiqued. The embossed background is Altenew's Organic Linen and the sentiment is from Hero Arts. 

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Color Throwdown #748

I don't know what's gotten into me.  I normally have trouble with color challenges but this is the third time in four weeks that I've played at Color Throwdown.  Last week I was guest designer. 

I took advantage of a Concord and 9th clearance sale and got the Plaid Card Front dies.  This is the thin one cut in blue.  The barrel and flowers are on loan from a friend after I commented on a card she made, asking where the barrel came from.  

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