Time Out #266 - Photo Challenge

Welcome to the challenge at Time Out.  This week it's a photo inspiration.

I'm glad it says 'inspiration' because I have nothing in the way of stamps that look like the photo.  I was inspired by the color of the sky and clouds.

My 'clouds' are actually dogwood from Honey Bee.  I got the soft background by using my long neglected Clarity brushes with Broken China Distress Ink.  Since I seem to have a heavy hand using regular blending brushes those have come in handy lately. The flowers are done in Altenew Pastel Sunrise and the embossed frame is SSS's Blossom Field.  

Lawn Fawn is the sponsor of this challenge and they will award the winner a $25 store credit.  We're being joined by Joyce Mehrberg as the winner of challenge #262.  Please check out what she and the rest of the Design Team have made for your inspiration.

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Freshly Made Sketches #593

I'm sure I'm not the only one who saw Jennifer McGuire's pop-up card video and thought that it would work perfectly for Karren's challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.  

First I went looking for a die that would be wide enough to cover the bridge and found it in Honey Bee's Dogwood.  Then I looked for some patterned paper and thought this lacy look from Honey Bee would go well with the dogwood and make a nice anniversary card.  The stem is colored with Zigs and the flowers are accented with colored pencils. I doubled it up but it still needed something more for stabiity so I added the label die from Altenew cut from the same patterned paper, layered and stamped with a sentiment from Hero Arts. 

I hope to make a few more of these when I have more options for dies to bridge the gap and more patterned paper to decorate with. 

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The Card Concept #194 and NBUS #50

I was honored with a win at The Card Concept with this card.  I always try to play in the next challenge when I have a win or honorable mention so I have a clean and layered card for challenge #194 "Spring Bouquet".

I recently got the bird's next from Honey Bee Stamps and when I saw the nest in the challenge photo I knew it was time to use it.  It was cut from dark brown and kraft and splattered with Distress Spray and white gouache.  The little eggs were colored with what else but Speckled Egg DI.  The dogwood is also from Honey Bee, colored with a combination of Zigs and Spun Suger DI.  It's all on Soft Stone that has been embossed with a fabric folder. 

The nest is new so I'm sending my card to NBUS. 

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Double D and Triple B for April 2023

I have a card to share today that fits both the challenge at Double D "Things that Fly" and the one at Triple B which is always Birds, Butterflies and Blooms.  I had to buy the birdhouse and bluebird after seeing a video from Dawn at WPlus9.  I used the house on an earlier card but the bird is making his debut. 

The birdhouse was cut from TH Woodgrain cs and then I ran an ink pad over it to bring out the details. The bird was cut from white and ink blended to look like a bluebird.  The ones I have at my feeder are much darker but he was done first. I needed something to perch him on and went with Dogwood from Honey Bee.   The 'sky' is Spring Rain from PTI, embossed with a coverplate from STAMPlorations. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #579 and Inkspirational #286

I made a card for Freshly Made Sketches and didn't like it at all.  Fortunately I had cut a second set of the Dogwood from HoneyBee so I made a similar card that I like much better.

The blossoms were cut from a Brusho panel I found in my Bits box, the leaves from a scrap I sprayed with Twisted Citron, and the branch from Bristol so I could color it with Zigs. The background is Altenew paper embossed with SSS's Blossom Field.  I embossed a white MFT oval with the SU Subtle folder and placed it on a brown scalloped oval also from MFT.  The sentiment is from HoneyBee's My Favorite Flower. 

Inkspirational has a mood board with what looks like these flowers so I'm sending my card to them too.

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