Freshly Made Sketches #674

The sketch at Freshly Made Sketches is perfect for using some of our beautiful patterned paper.  

This one has been in my stash for a long time - from Crate Paper. Gina K Ivory was cut with a Memory Box scalloped word edge.  I had to partially cut it and move the die so that it didn't include the tail.  Flowers from Spellbinders were cut to mimic those in the DSP.  

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Color Hues #92 and Freshly Made Sketches #647

It's not often I can combine challenges but while I was awake in the middle of the night, this card came to me.  It uses the colors of Color Hues with the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. 

I picked up the patterned paper from the local craft shop knowing it would come in handy as a background for flowers.  I masked it off and colored with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink, going darker on the bottom.  The flowers from TH were cut in colored cardstock.  All the pieces of each flower are one die so the darker bits are colored over with Altenew inks.  The sentiment is from The Ton, something I had on hand that I thought worked well.  

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Just Us Girls #602 - Color Week

Nancy is our host for Color Week at Just Us Girls and the colors she has chosen are wonderful together.

What did I make?  You probably have a good guess.

Of course I made flowers.  My NBUS Altenew Cistus to be exact.  First I ink blended CP inks in Tutti Fruiti and Tiki Torch on my main panel.   On another panel I used Tiara going from light to dark to cut the Cistus layers.  With all that bright color, I thought the sentiment from Altenew's Statement Flowers worked well.

What do you think of when you see those colors?  I wonder what the Design Team thought of?  Why not check out their cards and that of our guest designer Loll Thompson to see and get inspired to join the challenge.

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Color Hues #17

Red and orange.  That a bright and cheery color combination and one that Color Hues wants us to use on our cards.  I aim to please.

I just had to have this three layer stencil from The Greetery and only used it once so thought it was time to get it out again.  It was inked using Distress Inks: first layer Crackling Campfire, second Carved Pumpkin and the third a lighter version of the first.  No need to tell me the darkest color should be the overlap.  I just didn't plan the colors well but I loved the results so I carried on. A couple of die cut flowers layered up and a sentiment on an Altenew label die was all I needed to finish it off.

 

Altenew April, Color Hues and Fusion

I've made quite a few cards lately (when the inspiration strikes you have to go with it) and rather than do one post a day and take the chance on missing a deadline, I'm posting three cards today all using Altenew stamps.

First up is my card for the Altenew Monthly Challenge.

I colored Weekend Doodles with Zigs, added the sentiment from the same set, and layered it all up with the Deckled Dies from Honey Bee.  You can see the inspiration photo below.

My next card is for Color Hues using the Pantone colors of the year - yellow and gray.

I stamped four of the Fabulous Florets in gray on my card base with the layers in several shades of yellow.  The larger flower was die cut and popped up over the others. Although it looks black, the heat embossed sentiment is on a strip of gray.  (I must give credit for this design to Altenew as it was suggested in their layering guide.)

My last card uses the Poppy Craft-a-Flower and it will be going to the Fusion Challenge.

To fit everything on a card I needed to make a mini slimline.  I used a Honey Bee stencil for the shiplap background, inking every other line, and then coloring in below the bottom line with Distress Ink.  The pitcher from The Greetery and the poppies are all cut from paper with a chalky finish that my daughter had and used for an art project.  They look a lot like large paint chips and work great for all the Craft-a-Flower dies.

That's it for me today.  I'm sure I'll be back tomorrow with more of my creations.  See you then!

Just Us Girls #577 - Photo Week

In honor of Spring, Vicki has a lovely photo for the Just Us Girls challenge this week.

My card uses the Altenew Craft-a-Flower Tulip and Rustic Linen background stamped with Antique Linen Distress Ink.

The HA sentiment is stamped in dark green to match the leaves.

Please check out what the Design Team and our guest designer Shawna have made inspired by this photo, then enter a card of your own to our gallery.  You may have a chance at being a guest designer.

I'm also going to send my card to Inspired By.  They have a photo that works well for this card.

The Flower Challenge #52

It's a new year and time for a new challenge at The Flower Challenge.  This month's challenge is

Embossing gives you a lot of options for your card but please remember that flowers need to be the focal point.  I chose to do heat embossing on the background of my card.

On Soft Stone cs from PTI, I clear heat embossed a stamp from The Stamp Market and the sentiment from Hero Arts, then added the die cut tulips from Altenew.  

I hope you will join us for the challenge.  Need inspiration?  The Design Team and our guest designer Jyoti have some wonderful cards to share.  

I am sad to announce that Shona will be leaving the team.  I've enjoyed your wonderful creations, Shona, and hope that when life is less crazy you will come back to us.

Viv made collages of our favorite cards of 2020.  They are posted on the main blog but also on each designer's blog.

Thanks for dropping by my blog.  Please do go check out The Flower Challenge and all the designers' blogs or Instagram accounts.

Just Us Girls #501 - Color Week

It's color week at Just Us Girls and Ina is our host.  She has a wonderful combination for us to play with.

I had the striped background in my drawer and combined it with the die cut flowers from Altenew.  A few splatters and label sentiment from N&T finished it off.

The design team and our guest Tristan Dawes have some colorful cards to inspire you.  Check them out and then make a card for our gallery.  We'd love to see you there.

Addicted to Stamps and More #320

I knew right away what I was going to do for this photo challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.  I was inspired by this card from Judy.

The TH Wildflowers were cut from watercolor paper and colored with Distress Inks.  I used Press 'n Seal to hold them all together once I had them where I wanted them, turned it over to apply the glue before putting them back in place.  I put them on an embossed background that was in my WTDWT drawer.

There is lots to inspire you in the photo.  We hope to see your card in the gallery.

Just Us Girls #450 - Color Week

It's Color Week at Just Us Girls and here's what Lisa picked for her colors.

Now I have to admit (1) that color challenges aren't my easiest challenge to do and (2) I usually Google the color combination and you'd be surprised what ideas you can get.  I did get an idea and it evolved over time to this.

It looks like an old fashioned antimacassar.  What? you say.  You know.  Those crocheted doilies that your grandmother, or in the case of most of you your great-grandmother, put on the back of the chairs.  No?  Well take my word for it, they looked just like these dies from Frantic Stamper only bigger.  I did some smooshing on mixed media paper with Distress Ink and then cut the flowers from it.  The sentiment is from Verve.

Wondering what beauties the Design Team and guest designer Julia Aston have to inspire you?  Head on over to Just Us Girls to find out.  There you'll see the information about being our Chic of the Week if you enter a card.

Time Out #110

I'm going back to my roots for this one.  Back to a time when I used a lot of DSP and die cuts.  Here is the Time Out photo that is my inspiration.

I knew I had some paper that looked similar to that wallpaper and went digging for it. 

Once I had it in my hand I wasn't sure what to do with it. I found some flower dies that I could use to replicate the flowers in the paper, sort of. ;)  Not my favorite and probably why I have a large stash of DSP that I rarely use.   

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Just Us Girls # 436

It's Trend Week on Just Us Girls and our host Lisa has chosen this:

Black and white stripes can add a dramatic effect to any card and I hope you will find a way to incorporate them into a card for this week's challenge.

I die cut the diagonal stripes from white and placed it over black after stamping the sentiment from PTI.  The flowers are from SSS, heat embossed in white and colored with Zigs.  This set doesn't have any leaves so I used some from W&W.

The Design Team and our guest Designer Karren Johnson have some wonderful cards for your inspiration.  Check them out and then make a card for the challenge.  If you are chosen Chic of the Week you will have a chance to be a guest designer in June.