CAS Stencil May2020

I have quite a few stencils but not many with large images that I thought would work for the layered stencil request from CAS Stencil.  Then I remembered the one I had that came with a PB flower.

I inked the flower with Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink, masking off the flowers to do the stems.  Then I laid a mesh stencil over the flower and inked with Abandoned Coral.  I cut the panel and the Coral Reef border with an MFT die and added the sentiment from PTI to finish it off.

I'm glad you dropped by.  I love it when you do.

The Flower Challenge #41 - Reminder

February is half gone already and the Design Team has more cards to inspire you to join us at The Flower Challenge before the 24th deadline.

Violets have quite prominent leaves so I decided to use the Sweet Violet set from Altenew for my card.

I used Altenew ink on this layered stamp set and placed the flowers and leaves on a PTI cut panel over a purple card base, adding the heat embossed sentiment in the middle.  Remember when you make your card that even though you've added leaves, the flower must be the focal point.

I hope to see you in the gallery.

Happy Little Stampers Christmas - December

We're getting near the end people.  It's December and I'm offering you a chance to make another Christmas card for Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge.  This month the option is Candy Cane. 

Did I go with the option?  You know I did!

I watercolored the RC candy canes with Zigs and then wondered what to do with them.  I went searching for some DP and found this cute one in an ancient paper pack.  The background is not white or cream but when I put this pink against it, it looked perfect.  I cut the panel with a RC die and stamped it with a CP sentiment.

Get busy finishing up your Christmas cards and enter one into our challenge.  The Design Team and I would love to see you in the gallery.

Just Us Girls #514 -Color Week

It's Color Week at Just Us Girls and Angie has chosen

I'm not particularly good with color challenges and it took a couple of tries to come up with a card that I liked.

I started with the darkest teal from Altenew and stamped the Wallpaper Art leaves.  I found two papers from Core'dinations that went well together with each other and the ink color.  In fact in the photo they like the same color but the leaves are really darker.  The panels are cut from an MFT die with a little white between to brighten it up and tie into the white leaves.

The Design Team and our guest designer are waiting to inspire you.  Check them out and then make a card using the challenge colors.  You may end up being our Chic of the Week.

Addicted to CAS #160

Angie is our host for this challenge at Addicted to CAS and she has chosen an appropriate word for this time of year.

Had I thought ahead I would have done my card in different colors but since I don't have any family graduates this year I ended up using the local high school colors. (my alma mater).

The images from Sunny Studios were randomly stamped and the panel cut with an MFT die.  A larger die was used to cut a second panel from vellum.  The sentiment from PTI was stamped on ribbon (one of the ones you get from ordering from Ellen Hutson) and wrapped around the die cut.  I'm pretty sure I will use this design again as I will have three college graduates in the family next year.  Hmm do I have any maroon ink?

The Design Team would love to show you their graduation cards and also to see yours. 

TIME OUT #117

This quote is the inspiration for the TIME OUT challenge.  I focused on the 'let us be grateful' part.

I send Thanksgiving cards to our homebound church members and this will give me a head start, especially since once I had my inks out I made a second card like it.  The background is layers of Distress Inks, the die cut panel is Reverse Confetti and the sentiment is Neat and Tangled.

I'm so glad you dropped by.  Please leave a comment if you're so inclined.  They make my day.

CAS Mix-Up - May

I'd hate to say how long ago I purchased my Gelatos and then never used them.  I'm glad I had them though because they're the focus of the challenge at CAS Mix-Up. 

Using the wildflowers from Altenew, I colored directly on the stamp, gave it a spritz and pressed it down.  I love the soft look it gives. My choice was to use the die cut panel. The card base is really more the color of the flowers but no amount of photo editing would make it appear that way.

Thanks for dropping by.

Twofer #4

The new Twofer challenge is up and it's going to be a fun one because Darnell wants to see pets on our cards.  If you're not familiar with the challenge, you have to use the same stamp on two cards for two different occasions.  Over the years my children have had dogs, cats, birds and the occasional hamster or snake.  I'm cheating a little because while we've never had pet bunnies that's what I'm using on my card.  I just HAD to since getting these darling ones from Gerda Steiner.

The bunnies on both cards were colored with Zigs.  The birthday card includes a balloon (covered with Glossy Accents) and a sentiment from the set with a background made with Distress Inks and a Clarity brush. 

The valentine has the bunny blowing hearts on a die cut panel with a sentiment from PB.

Aren't they just the cutest critters?  I couldn't resist them.

Thanks for dropping by today.