Color Hues #108

I decided to go clean and simple with my card for Color Hues and add to my sympathy stash.

The side and bottom were taped off and inked with Salvage Patina DI.  The iris from Penny Black was cut from Bristol and colored with Zigs.  The sentiment is from Penny Black, stamped in gray.  

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Color Hues #81 and NBUS #59

Hey there!  I'm glad you dropped by.

I knew right away what I would use for the mint and lilac challenge at Color Hues.  It is a new die from PTI that has been waiting for me to pull it from the NBUS box. 

You'd think that irises are one of my favorite flowers since I already have a small PB die and an Altenew stamp set.  Not so, but I loved the realistic look of this die so it came to live with me.  The blossoms are cut with a scrap of purple and inked in the center, which dried much lighter than I wanted.  The stems were also inked to give them some shading.  The flowers sat on my desk for a couple of days while I waited for a new embossing folder that I had coveted a while ago that was retired from SU.  I found it on Etsy and quickly ordered Tasteful Textile to use as my background.  The sentiment is from Penny Black. 

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Less is More #481

It's been a while since I've played at Less is More.  They have an "anything goes" challenge going on and since I needed a sympathy card I used their challenge as my inspiration.

I was also inspired by my friend Bonnie who did some beautiful iris cards that you can see here.  I cut the iris blossom from a panel in my bits box and the entire die from paper that I spritzed with Distress Spray.  the background was masked in the corner, colored with Distress Ink and stamped with an ancient sentiment from My Pink Stamper. 

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Less Is More #445

I finally had a good crafting day and got a number of cards made.  Today I'm posting the one I made for Less Is More in yellow and pale blue.

The iris are from Altenew and I colored them with Zigs.  So easy since I didn't even have to mask. ;)  The sentiment is from Sunny Studio.

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The Flower Challenge #34

I've been encouraged by all the wonderful entries into The Flower Challenge.  It's time for another one and this one features

I've seen some gorgeous irises blooming lately 

so I thought I'd put some on my card.

The stamp is from Altenew and I colored them with Distress Inks.  It took  me longer to arrange them than to color them.  I also added some color to the background and a sentiment from another Altenew set.

The Design Team  and our guest designer Michelle Lupton have some wonderful pastel cards to inspire you.  And if that's not enough, we have Uniko as our sponsor this month. Bev will award the winner any stamp set in stock.

Will we see your lovely pastels in our gallery?  I hope so.

CASology #330

I'm trying to use some of my older stamps and found a perfect one for the CASology challenge - bouquet.

Two irises do a bouquet make, right?  They're from PB, colored with Inktense pencils. The sentiment is also from PB stamped with the new purple from Altenew.

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CAS Mix-Up Challenge July

I really like the CAS Mix-Up challenge this month.

Coloring die cuts is such a simple request and the results can be fantastic.  Plus it gave me an excuse to use my Dr. Ph Martin's liquid watercolor.  I've had them for years and rarely use them.

The PB iris was cut from watercolor paper and layered on two other die cuts to give it stability.  I stamped the sentiment from PTI, added some splatters and a frame cut from Royal Velvet cs. 

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Less Is More #365

Less Is More is still celebrating their birthday month with more guest designers and prizes. This challenge calls for for dry embossing.  It has to be a CAS card so the embossing has to be partial and I had the perfect way to handle it.

I had admired this embossing folder of Bonnie's so she sent me several embossed panels.  Thanks again, Bonnie.  It makes a beautiful frame for my iris die cut from glossy paper on which I used Brushos, starch and plastic wrap.  I have plenty of the panel left to make more flowers - or backgrounds.

I hope your day is going well and I'm so glad you took a little time to drop by today. 

Addicted to Stamps and More #249

It's time to see your clean and simple (CAS) cards at Addicted to Stamps and More.  Here's mine.

I used my Brushos on watercolor paper, selecting where the colors would go according to my PB iris die.  I embossed the die into the cs and then offset the iris.  The border is a MCS die lined with purple glimmer paper and the sentiment is from CP's SOA.

The Design Team has some beautiful cards to inspire you so check them out and the join us in the gallery.