Just Us Girls #483 - Trend Week

Angie has a fun one for us this week at Just Us Girls.

There are a number of ways to do this and you will see many wonderful examples from the Design Team and our guest Christine.  Here's mine.

I marked the 4.25 inch mark on my card and stamped the Altenew daisy half over the top.  It was partial die cut, folded on the mark and the bottom trimmed.  This way it fits into an A2 envelope.  The flower was masked to stamp the stem and then colored with Zigs.  Distress Ink and spatters filled in the background before a sentiment was added.

We hope to see your card in the gallery.  You may be chosen Chic of the Week with a chance to be a guest designer.

Addicted to CAS #154

Stephanie has chosen this as our Code Word for the Addicted to CAS just before St. Patrick's Day.

I didn't do the obvious though because I have no stamps or need for a St. Paddy's day card.  Instead I played with Brushos and made a sympathy card.

I must admit I'm not great with Brushos.  I either get them too wet or not wet enough.  Or maybe I'm just too impatient to let the colors develop.  I ended up painting over the leaves with all those wet powders that I also used to spatter the card.  That is such a skinny stem that I had to cut another branch from green paper and glued the painted one down on top only along the center.  The sentiment is from My Craft Spot (OOB).

The Design Team has a variety of cards featuring the color green, including two guest designers Beate and Claire.  Take a peek at those and let inspiration lead you to entering a card in the challenge.

Inkspirational #149

Inkspirational has a photo image to inspire us for this challenge.

One "out of the box" card under my belt and now I'm back to my old literal interpretations. 

I stamped the bottles from Altenew in Delicata gold and then watercolored them with the same gold and Seedless Preserves Distress Ink.  Some gold spatters and die cut sentiment from MFT and the card is done.  I decided this would make a nice anniversary card.

Thanks for dropping by.  I'm up to my ears in gift card holders for my grandchildren.  I'll post them when I'm done.

Inkspirational #146

This photo at Inkspirational

inspired me to make this card.

I noticed the bittersweet hanging from the basket which was a perfect way to use my PTI Fall berries.  A few leaves from HA, a sentiment from Jillian Vance and some spatters were all I needed to finish up another Thanksgiving card.

I'm so glad you dropped by.  I love it when you do.