Double D Challenge - Pretty in Pink

Double D has a Pretty in Pink challenge and I wanted to play with some new products and used their challenge as inspiration. 

It started with Pinkfresh Studio's Beautiful Branch, stamped in light gray ink and stenciled with Gina K Light Carnation, adding it darker in the center.  Altenew Frayed Leaf and Forest Glades colored the leaves. I cut a panel with PFS Blanket Stitch Ovals but wanted to pop it up so a piece of cardstock was folded to make the mechanism.  To frame it all, pink cardstock was embossed with SSS Flower Frame.  The sentiment is a BetterPress. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #751 and NBUS #89

My friend Michele is the host at Freshly Made Sketches and has given us a great sketch to base our cards on.  I made another Halloween card.

I wanted to do something other than squares and the NBUS Penny Black Ripple frame die was on my desk and I used the centers to put my image and sentiment on.  The bat from Unity's Creep it Tweet was stamped on light gray and edged with Black Soot.  The sentiment from the set is white heat embossed on darker gray, edged in white.  To add more fun, I glued the two circles together and popped them up with a paper square.  They fold to the right for mailing. 

The first time with the dies and this image means off my card goes to Darnell's NBUS challenge.

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Just Us Girls #810 - Word Week

The word of the week is Valentine chosen by Carol, our host at Just Us Girls.

I needed some valentines for my youngest great grandsons and this was the perfect opportunity to get them made.

This little fellow is from Concord and 9th's Monster Love, cut in Gina K Key Lime. The patterned paper was a leftover piece in my stash and I paired it with some C9 Pebble cardstock embossed with the SB Cross My Heart folder. The heart was heat embossed with a sentiment from The Greetery (perfect size for small areas) and put on a paper pop up.  

There is another monster in the set so they'll each get one.

He was cut from Sea Glass and colored with artist markers.  The patterned paper was an older piece from my stash and the heart is heat embossed with another sentiment from The Greetery's Love Sentiments Suite. It's on a paper pop up.  

This is a good chance for you to get your Valentines made if you like to send them.  The Design Team and our guest Denise Morgans have some fabulous inspiration for you on the blog.  We hope to see you in the gallery.

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Just Us Girls Challenge #788 - Word Week

What an easy word Elizabeth has chosen for Word Week at Just Us Girls. 

We all need birthday cards and there should be a lot of different ideas for inspiration in the gallery as well as from the Design Team.

This card is for a great grandson.  The truck is from Penny Black, colored with Altenew artist markers.  The star paper is an oldie from my stash.  The center was cut with Hero Arts rounded rectangles and that portion glued to the inside of the card. A smaller rectangle was cut from white and pieces of paper cut and folded to make it pop up.  Here's another view.

This was so much fun to make and we have a number of young great grandsons so I'll be making more with other cars and trucks. 

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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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