PFS Create and Connect Class 3

I wasn't able to do the Create and Connect by Pinkfresh Studio in August as scheduled so I've just been doing the classes a bit at a time.  TK posted two cards yesterday and encouraged me to post mine. 

The class was taught by Heather Hoffman and included two cards using the Majestic Mountains stencils and Trees dies.

Also included in the kit was the Dotted Fancy Frames.   First you stencil the trees and hills on an A2 size panel that is then cut with the die.  The card base was lightly inked with blue and the sentiment from another set in the kit was added.   The hills and trees were arranged behind the die cut frame and then popped up on the base. 

This card used the mountain stencils which includes the stream, clouds, birds and sun.  The panel was cut with the largest frame and popped up on the base.  The trees were white in the directions but I lightly inked them with green after die cutting.  I left off a sentiment.  I love TK's blue and purple mountains and want to try that next time.

There are so many more goodies in the kit that I need to get to.  But first I need to watch the videos.  The other instructors include Lea Lawson, Dawn Woleslagle, Kim Kesti, Kristina Werner and Jennifer McGuire.  Stay tuned for more cards from these products.

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Time Out Challenge #246

It's time for another Inspired By Words challenge at Time Out.

The Chinese proverb says "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago  The second best time is now."  You can use any portion of this quote for your card.  I focused on the tree.

The background was colored through an MFT stencil with Distress Inks and the trees from Deep Red were stamped in the middle.  The sentiment is from Altenew's Wildflower Garden.  

Varada Sharma is the sponsor of this challenge and will award 2 $15 credits to her digital store.  For inspiration, please check out what the Design Team has made.  We'd love to see your card in our gallery.

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Time Out #228

This is the last challenge of the year for Time Out.  The next time I post there it will be as a design team member.  I'm looking forward to getting to know the rest of the team and seeing all the cards that you post to the gallery.  Until then I have a card for their winter holiday challenge.

When I saw Chilly and Freezy, the snowmen from Tim Holtz, I knew I had to have them.  I'm not really a "put together tiny pieces" card maker but they were so easy and cute to boot.  I had the Frantic Stamper trees in my stash and added snow with an embossing pen and High White embossing powder.  A little DI inking in the background and some torn snowhills for my HA sentiment was all I needed to finish off my winter scene. 

This card is for all of you who stop by my blog and leave comments.  I do appreciate it.

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Inkspirational #273

Yahoo!  Another Christmas card made.  This one is for Inkspirational and their repetition theme.

I had a foiled panel that didn't turn out very well so I cut it up using the tree die from Reverse Confetti.  The background is made with torn copy paper and Distress Inks.  The trees needed a topper so I went looking (remember I have limited stamps and dies with me) and found this tiny star on the PPP Candy Treats die set that I recently ordered. 👍 The heat embossed sentiment is from the same RC set as the trees. 

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Color Hues #30 - SIlver and Gold

Color Hues has a great combination for this holiday season - silver and gold.  I made this card a week ago but got busy and didn't post it.  I'm doing it now before the deadline creeps any closer. 

I used a variety of paper with the Reverse Confeti Triangle Trees die.  With all the shine it was difficult to photograph so I added more from different angles.

The center tree is gold printed acetate, the silver on the left is white flocked, and the plain gold is glitter.  The sentiment from the same set is embossed in silver.  

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Twofer Challenge #31

I didn't think I was going to be able to enter the Twofer Challenge because I didn't have any stamps with their theme with me.  

Then I saw a bag I threw some stamps and dies in at the last minute and in there was the answer to the challenge.  Reverse Confetti Triangle Trees.

First up - The trees as they are meant to be used.  For Christmas.

The three different trees were heat embossed in gold and then watercolored.  They are arranged on a panel cut with The Greetery's Crimped Frame that has been dipped in gold embossing powder.   

Here's a close-up of the tree that you will find on the other card.

This one is for a masculine birthday.

I stamped the tree in black around the center point of my cardstock.  All the circles were cut with MFT dies and the bottom two were popped up on fun foam and then placed on a black card front.  

So there you have it.  Two cards using the same RC tree stamp - one for Christmas and one for a birthday. 

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Just Us Girls #515 - Photo Week

Ready for winter?  I know I'm not but Maria has a wintery photo to inspired your cards for this week's photo challenge at Just Us Girls.

After seeing this I thought I need to get some cute snowman stamps.  I have a couple but they are too large for a scene like this.  Then I remembered the darling one I HAD to have from PB.  I mean I NEVER buy wood block stamps but Snowy is so endearing that I broke my rule.  He's still a little large for the scene but you can overlook that with his cuteness.

I started by stamping the trees from Deep Red (I love those trees!!) in HA Field Greens.  Snowy was colored with Zigs and some Puff ep added to his Pom Pom.  A little Snippet stamp from PB made a great sentiment.

Thanks for dropping by and have a wonderful weekend.

Happy Little Stampers Christmas - July

Have you started your Christmas cards yet?  You know it's July already, right?  Well here's a chance to get started.  Happy Little Stampers Christmas has a new challenge starting today and it features.

Who can resist that option?  Certainly not I.

The SSS Lined Trees were first cut in silver foil and then in green glitter paper and inlaid into the embossed panel.  The silver heat embossed sentiment is from HLS.

Why not check out the Design Team's cards and get inspired to start your own Christmas stash, sparkle or not.

Just Us Girls #469 - Word Week

We're back!!  Just Us Girls have a new challenge for you to begin the new year.

This will give you a chance to use some of those bits and pieces that are colored or cut but didn't make it onto a card.  Or in my case a background that I never used.

I don't even remember exactly how it did it.  I do know the Avery Elle trees were heat embossed and the sky is Distress Ink.  I trimmed the panel down, put it on some Gina K Ivory cardstock and added the cardinals from SSS and a sentiment from PB.

We have two guest designers with us this month, Janet Ribet (Swanlady) and Cindy Major.   You'll want to see their cards on the JUGS blog and then take a look at their personal blogs for even more inspiration.

We hope to see you in the gallery.  You could have a chance at being a future guest designer.

CAS(E) This Sketch #295

Sometimes the simplest sketches can be the hardest.  This week's CAS(E) This Sketch is a case in point.  So many options that it's difficult to make a choice on what stamps to use.  I finally decided on this.

The line of trees and the sentiment are all from Winnie and Walter stamped in Altenew ink with the aid of my MISTI accessory triangle.  To give it some interest I went with unconventional Christmas colors.

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Merry Monday #274

Although the snow is gone for now, and I'm not looking forward to more, I'm more than willing to make a snow card for Merry Monday.

I've had this HA Snowy Tree stamp for over a year and I think this is the first time I've used it.  I stamped a row of trees in the background and then stamped one on vellum, adding white embossed snow.  The snow fall and sentiment are also part of the set and were embossed.

I'm glad you dropped by.  Have a great weekend.

Merry Monday #267

Colleen has a color challenge at Merry Monday this week  - blue, green with silver/white/vellum.  There are so many blues and greens that you can get a variety of looks with these colors.  I went with whimsical using chartreuse and aqua.

The trees are from W&W and the silver embossed sentiment from PTI.  I wanted a colored border and didn't have the right color of glitter paper so I took some Aqua Mist and embossed the edges with Sparkling Snow Glitter.

I mentioned the other day that I was making Christmas ornaments for my grandchildren, something I do every year.  A few of you wanted to see what I was doing so I thought I'd share.

Here's a close-up.

I cut up crayons into small shavings and melted them in glass ornaments using my heat gun.  It took a little maneuvering to move the wax around and keep from burning myself.  I used two colors and they wanted to melt together so I had to keep adding and heating and moving.

Thanks for dropping by today.  TGIF!

Little Red Wagon #418 and 25 Tags of Christmas Day 1

This is my first time at Little Red Wagon but my friend Kate is the host and her choice for the challenge is "Owl About Me".  Now you know I could not pass up a challenge with owls in it.

These cuties are from Winnie and Walter and colored with Zigs.  I thought a little Glossy Accents on the ornaments was called for.

I also have a tag for Tracey's 25 Tags of Christmas challenge.  I saw this tag of Anita's on day one and jumped at the chance to CASE her.

I played with alcohol inks and cut my SSS trees from the resulting panel.  The Noel is from TH cut from foil cs.

I was out shopping today and got some metallic mixative and blending solution so I see more alcohol play in my future. While I was playing I also made my own blending pads from quilt batt.  I knew all those scraps would come in handy some day.

I'm so glad you dropped by.  I hope your weekend went well and you took some time for crafting.

Merry Monday #259

I depend on Merry Monday to help me get my Christmas cards done.  This week they want to see a Christmas tree on a card.  The difficulty is choosing which tree to use. 

I decided to go non-traditional and use the bottle trees from EE.  I cut a square frame, stamped a sentiment from the set and stenciled snow with glitter paste.  While it was drying I stamped the trees, masking off the bottoms to stamp later in black.  I added some gray to the bases and when that wasn't enough I added more stenciled snow to the top and glued glitter to and around the trees.  The top panel is popped up on fun foam. 

I'm so excited!  Michele is coming today!!! We'll be doing some sharing of crafty supplies so stay tuned to what we make with each others stash.

I'm so glad you dropped by.  It would be nice if you could drop in in person too.

Casology #231

Casology gave me another chance to use a NBUS die for their challenge "Forest".

I cut the TH trees two different greens and anchored them with a scrap of gray stamped with a woodgrain.  I know you can't see it but it's there.  The sentiment from PTI is embossed with white.

I'm glad you dropped by.  Have a great week.