Freshly Made Sketches #570

I wasn't sure I'd have a card for Freshly Made Sketches this week until a new order arrived.  I was able to get a bogo deal on Altenew flower dies and used one for my card.

I have seen Therese Calvird make flowers from colorful paper packs and knew this Virginia Rose would look beautiful in the Gel Printing:Soft Wash papers from Altenew.  The Swiss Dots embossing folder was used for the background and a foiled sentiment added.

Thanks for dropping by.  It's a dreary day today.  Great for getting more crafting done.

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The Flower Challenge #72 - Reminder

There is still time to make a sparkly card for The Flower Challenge.  Just remember that flowers have to be the focal point of your card.

I went in a totally different direction with my reminder card.  I wanted  you to see there is more than one way to add sparkle to your card.

I did use a die cut flower again, the Peony from HoneyBee.  I thought the pink papers really popped on the dark gray card base.  I saw Nichol Spohr use Distress Foundry Wax on a flower and knew I needed some to gild my flowers too.  You can see Nicole's cards here.

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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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Tic Tac Toe #164

It's been a long time since I've played in the Tic Tac Toe Challenge.  I don't know how it slipped from my list but I'm remedying that today. 

I went with the first column down.  How can I resist flowers?  

The poppy is from Honey Bee's Lovely Layers Wildflowers.  For my spots I pulled out the PTI Bitty Dot Basics from 2008.  It's still as good today as it was then. 😉  The background paper is from Honey Bee's Team Tie Dye and the sentiments are from MFT.  I'm having a terrible time with stamping sentiments.  I use my MISTI but the first letters always come out squished even when I don't push on the lid.  Any suggestions? 

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CAS Mix-Up March 2021

This month is the watercolor challenge at CAS Mix-up and you need to make a  print with die cuts.  

I've seen cards with this technique and love the look so I gave it a go.

I used a poppy die from Memorybox and painted it with the new Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink.  Then I turned it over and let the ink paint flowers in the background.  I added a second layer to the die cut and glued it onto a stitched oval that was actually a leftover center to a PTI frame die.  After debossing the card base with Altenew's Dotted Starburst, I added the oval and a sentiment from The Ton.

I'm so glad you dropped by today.  I hope your week is going well.

CAS Mix-up is also celebrating their birthday.  Reversing the tradition, they are the ones giving gifts.  Thanks for the wonderful challenge and may you continue on for a long, long time.

Just Us Girls #485 - Photo Week

The colors in Ina's photo for color week at Just Us Girls are gorgeous.

I tried a couple of ideas that didn't work so I turned to my alcohol inks.

I placed the die cut panel on black cs, added a flower silhouette and a tag with a sentiment from TE.

The Design Team and our guest designer Christine have some fabulous cards using this photo as inspiration.  We hope you'll make a card and enter it in our gallery this week.  If you are the winner, you will have a chance at being a guest designer in June.

CAS Stencil - March

Boo!  This is a hint to this month's CAS Stencil challenge.

There are a couple of videos on the challenge site to explain how to do this so please check them out.  I did mine a little differently and got a surprise.

The mixed media paper was inked up with Black Soot DOX and covered with the TH crackle stencil.  I wet my paper towel and pressed it onto the stencil.  When I lifted it off I saw that the pattern on the paper towel left an impression on my paper.  Not what I was going for but I love it!  The PTI frame was added along with a TH wildflower die cut.

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Addicted to CAS #153

It's Bobby and I'm your host for this latest challenge at Addicted to CAS.

That's right.  I'd like to see a grid on your card.  Here's what I did for mine.

I heat embossed the grid from Hero Arts in white on watercolor paper.  Using Distress Inks on wet paper, I dropped the colors in working them around with my paint brush.  To keep my card CAS, I added a white PTI frame.  The PB flower is layered three times.

The design team has some wonderful cards to inspire you so why don't you head over to the blog to check them out.  We hope you'll want to make a CAS including a grid for our gallery.

CAS Watercolor - October

Congratulations to CAS Watercolor on their 2nd Birthday.  My how time flies.  I couldn't miss the chance to play on this special occasion.

I struggle with color challenges.  This is not my best work, which I shouldn't admit, because it's already in the mail to someone special.  Recipe: a popped up PTI frame, PB die colored with Distress Inks that were also used for the background.

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Just Us Girls #442 - Photo Week

Nancy is our host for Photo Week and this is what she picked for the Just Us Girls challenge.

I was as much taken by the background as the sunflower and made this.

The background was created with Brushos.  The PB die was colored with Zigs and layered to give it some stability.  I ran out of sympathy cards so this one, with a PTI sentiment, is already in the mail.

The Design Team and our lovely and talented guest designer Patti Kehl have some wonderful cards to inspire you.  Make a card based on the photo and you could be our next Chic of the Week and have a chance to guest design with us in July.

I hope to see your card in the gallery.

Inkspirational #190

It's purple and gold at Inkspirational.  A very regal combination I do believe.  My colors are a little more muted.

I did the alcohol ink background a while ago and added a popped up frame of Plum Pudding which matched perfectly.  Gold and purple foil were die cut into a dragonfly (with a little purple vellum under the wings) and flower and a sentiment added in black.

ETA: I keep forgetting about the challenge at The Cat's Pajamas.  This month they are asking for die cutting so I'm going to sent this card to them. 

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day.

Just Us Girls #434

It's Wild Card week at Just Us Girls and our host Angie want us to make CAS cards.

You can't get much more clean and simple than this.

A new die from AliExpress arrived in my mail box and it was perfect for this CAS sympathy card.  A little Zig coloring on the cuts, a stitched rectangle and sentiment from My Pink Stamper and it's done.

Are you a clean and simple card maker?  Why not check out the fabulous cards that the Design Team and our guest designer Stef Perry have made and then make one of your own.  If you are chosen Chic of the Week you will be eligible for a chance at being our guest in May.

We hope to see you in the gallery.