Just Us Girls #602 - Color Week

Nancy is our host for Color Week at Just Us Girls and the colors she has chosen are wonderful together.

What did I make?  You probably have a good guess.

Of course I made flowers.  My NBUS Altenew Cistus to be exact.  First I ink blended CP inks in Tutti Fruiti and Tiki Torch on my main panel.   On another panel I used Tiara going from light to dark to cut the Cistus layers.  With all that bright color, I thought the sentiment from Altenew's Statement Flowers worked well.

What do you think of when you see those colors?  I wonder what the Design Team thought of?  Why not check out their cards and that of our guest designer Loll Thompson to see and get inspired to join the challenge.

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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.

Thanks for dropping by.  Have a great weekend!

Altenew April, Color Hues and Fusion

I've made quite a few cards lately (when the inspiration strikes you have to go with it) and rather than do one post a day and take the chance on missing a deadline, I'm posting three cards today all using Altenew stamps.

First up is my card for the Altenew Monthly Challenge.

I colored Weekend Doodles with Zigs, added the sentiment from the same set, and layered it all up with the Deckled Dies from Honey Bee.  You can see the inspiration photo below.

My next card is for Color Hues using the Pantone colors of the year - yellow and gray.

I stamped four of the Fabulous Florets in gray on my card base with the layers in several shades of yellow.  The larger flower was die cut and popped up over the others. Although it looks black, the heat embossed sentiment is on a strip of gray.  (I must give credit for this design to Altenew as it was suggested in their layering guide.)

My last card uses the Poppy Craft-a-Flower and it will be going to the Fusion Challenge.

To fit everything on a card I needed to make a mini slimline.  I used a Honey Bee stencil for the shiplap background, inking every other line, and then coloring in below the bottom line with Distress Ink.  The pitcher from The Greetery and the poppies are all cut from paper with a chalky finish that my daughter had and used for an art project.  They look a lot like large paint chips and work great for all the Craft-a-Flower dies.

That's it for me today.  I'm sure I'll be back tomorrow with more of my creations.  See you then!