The Card Concept #193a

After reading the definitions of the acceptable card styles on The Card Concept I wasn't quite sure where my card fits, if at all.  It's either clean and layered, although I have no white space, or Freestyle Collage? Anyway I love this baby card that I created for my husband's grandson and his wife who are expecting a little one this summer.

That fox from HoneyBee's Heart Hugs is so cute I couldn't resist using him on my card.  He's cut from white and inked with Altenew Dusty Rose.  The background is a stencil from Winnie and Walter that was turned 90 degrees after the first inking to make a plaid.  The sentiment was stamped on Soft Stone that was cut with a Waffle Flower dome and then embossed with a quilt folder.

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Inspired By #166

When I see a quilt on a prompt, I just HAVE to make a card.  Especially when the photo is as cute as the one at Inspired By.

I cut up little squares from age old paper packs to make my card.

I glued them onto copy paper and ran it through my Big Shot with a quilt embossing folder.  The images are from MFT and were stamped for me by a friend.  Thanks, Angie.  Unfortunately I had to fussy cut them and I'm not very good at that but a black pen around the edges helps.  I colored them with PolyChromos pencils, gave the sentiment from the set a little aging with Antique Linen DI to match the Rustic White cs from PTI and done.

Thanks for dropping by.  I appreciate it when you do.

Just Us Girls #575 - Trend Week

I'm the host for Trend Week at Just Us Girls and I've chosen to use an embossing folder. 

When I thought of this as a trend, I had in mind to color an embossing folder with ink and then transfer the color to my cardstock.  After several tries with not much success I went an entirely different way.  

I used a Gina Marie die to make a quilt and then a quilting folder on it.  Here's a close-up so you can see the 'stitching'.

I love a warm cozy quilt and thought the Altenew sentiment went well with this paper one.

I hope you'll give a try with different techniques using embossing folders but either way we'd love to see your card in the gallery.  Maybe the Design Team's cards will inspire you.  Take a look.

Inspired By #111

How could I not make a card for a challenge featuring a quilt?  Look what Inspired By has for their photo.

I used my Gina Marie die and similar colors for my card.

After gluing the papers to a square, I ran it through a quilt embossing folder before adding to the card base stamped with a PTI sentiment.

I'm so glad you dropped by today.  Please leave a comment to let me know you were here.

Just Us Girls # 481 - Wild Card Week

It's Wild Card week at Just Us Girls and the option Sue chose for us is

I know you all have some so there's no excuse not to make a card for our challenge.  The Design Team and our guest designer Greta have some wonderful inspiration for you and here are the details of mine.

I had been wanting this Altenew Garden Picks die set for quite a while and took advantage of a Blitsy 60% off sale to buy it. It came just in time for me to make this card.  I die cut all the pieces from watercolor cardstock and colored them with Distress Inks.  The background is a quilted embossing folder and it's on Soft Stone cs, using the same for the sentiment.

We hope to see you in the gallery.  You may be our Chic of the Week and a future guest designer.

Twofer Card Challenge #8

Things have been hectic around here with travel and being the substitute secretary at the church this week and again on Monday so I'm glad I had a little time today to make cards for the Twofer Challenge. In fact these may be the first cards I've made just for fun in quite a while.

I looked at a number of stamp sets that would work but settled on my WPlus 9 Quilt Prints.

Both cards have the stitched quilt strip stamped repeatedly on white cardstock with Smoke.  On the prayer card I stamped the diamonds in the centers with Altenew Ink and then ran it through a quilted embossing folder.  The double layer sentiment is from SSS cut from Smoke.

On the birthday card I used my NBUS frames from PTI stacked three high from Smoke cs.  The tulips are are from Altenew. 

I'm so glad you dropped by.  I hope your summer is going well. 

The Card Concept #92

Any time there is a challenge featuring a flower I am inspired to join in.  The bold bloom at The Card Concept caught my attention and here is the result.

I started with the flower from Altenew stamped in shades of red.  I wanted to mimic the slats in the blinds so I stamped the MFT pinstripe background in HA Wet cement.  I used the same ink for my leaves and a similar color to heat emboss the sentiment on.  All that was left was a panel to place the flower on and I went with a quilt embossing folder. 

It's physical therapy this afternoon for a neck problem and then my daughter arrives tonight to spend Mother's Day weekend with me while her husband goes further north to spend the weekend with his mother and dad.  I think Lisa has an outing planned which will include some shopping and dining.  And of course a lot of  sharing and laughing. Plus I just got a text from my granddaughter-in-law that she and my grandson have sent a package of goodies for us to share.  I'm one lucky lady.

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope you all have a great weekend and if you are a grandmother, mother, sister, aunt or mentor then you are truly blessed.

CASology # 230 and The Heart Desires #8

Cold is the perfect cue word for CASology as it is bitter cold here in Michigan.  It brings to mind mittens and hats and heaters and warm blankets.  Yes, warm blankets and snowmen. Not for them but for me and my card. ;)

A little Stampendous snow person colored with Zigs on an embossed quilt with the perfect sentiment from My Craft Spot (closed).  I think he looks a lot like the snowman on the mood board at The Heart Desires so he's off to their gallery too.

Thanks for dropping by and keep warm.