Friday, July 26, 2024

Watercolored posies


 This is a very simple card using something I painted when playing with watercolors recently. I used a few snippets on the base card, then added the painting and an embossed sentiment. Can't get any simpler than that.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Double D -- basket of posies. (Just posies this time; I did a basket card earlier)

Simon Say Stamp Monday --Add a sentiment

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- beautiful blossoms

Word Art Wednesday #657 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2429 -- anything goes


Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Basket of Apples

It might be only the middle of July, but the school buses are out practicing their routes here, so I'm taking that as a sign that fall is on its way. And what says fall better than an apple?

I used a digi from Beccy's Place as the central image, colored with pencils and die-cut with a circle die and a bit of out-of-the-box cutting on the lower right side.  The red panel is embossed with a folder from Poppy Crafts. The sentiment is from Purple Onion.  A few small gems were added for a little sparkle.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Double D-- basket of posies: I just went with the basket option

Simon Says Stamp Monday -- add a sentiment

Can You Handle the Pressure? -- use an EF

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2429 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #657 --anything goes
 

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Dotty snowflakes


 How's that for a non-traditional Christmas card? I used non-holiday prints (polka dots), embossed the panel with snowflakes, and added an acrylic strip to have the die-cut snowflakes "floating",


This card is entered in these challenges:

Jingle Belles -- embossable

ABC Christmas -- N is for No stamping

Can You Handle the Pressure -- use dry embossing

Word Art Wednesday #657 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2428 -- anything goes


Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Sweet birds



 
These are supposed to be mourning doves -- I know, their necks are too thick, but this is the bird die I have, so roll with it. To create this scene, I die-cut the birds from a snippet of light gray card stock and die-cut the light blue circle from another snippet. (You can see the leftovers in the photo to the right, along with the last bit of the patterned paper snippet I used.) Among my envelopes full of shapes I've already die-cut I found some greenery and another, larger dark blue circle that worked well to frame the circle and create a little scene with the birds.

The patterned paper is an ancient piece from Anna Griffin -- I remember loving it when I first got it, and I was happy to stumble upon what's probably the last snippet I have of it.

The theme for Die Cut Divas this month is "your favorite die cut shapes." While I have many dies I like of all shapes, I have to say the circle is by far the most generally usable and versatile shape. I'm pretty sure the first dies I purchased were nesting circles, and I still use them regularly. I really like the stitched look, so this stitched circle is also one of my faves.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Die-Cut Divas -- favorite die cut shape

Snippets Playground #483-- Use snippets

Word Art Wednesday #653 -- anything goes

 Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2425 -- anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore #124 -- anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- anything goes


Thursday, June 20, 2024

Flowery minislimline



 I haven't been feeling creative lately, and sometimes I find that entering a challenge will give me the inspiration I need to make something. I find the push with the Double Trouble challenge to make a mini slimline care (something I rarely do) and use a floral image (something I like to do).

I chose an autumny-looking image from From the Heart (It has oak leaves and acorns), and  found a snippet of patterned paper that could provide some ideas for colors (since I knew I wanted a purple flower). The flowers are colored in pencils, and the panel was edged with lavender ink. Lavender baker's twine is wrapped the panel, which is popped up  at a slight angle on the patterned panel, which also is edged in lavender. For a little sparkle, there are three clear sequins on the bottom part of the card and three clear sequins on the top part.

This card is being entered in these challenges:

Double Trouble #169 -- slimline, flowers, partner site

Ellibelle's I Spy with My Little Eye #16 -- Something blooming lovely

Snippets Playground #482 -- use snippets

Pattie's Creations #219 -- use an image

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2424 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #653 -- anything goes

Friday, May 31, 2024

Father's Day card

Both my Dad and my FIL were big camera buffs. TBH, neither was a particularly good photographer, even though they invested in some good equipment. I decided to ignore the being a good photographer part in this card for my FIL (My dad is no longer with us or I'd make one fpr him, too.)

The card is a mini slimline. For the main panel, I created a sentiment on the computer,printed the sheet nd cut to size. Then I stenciled the herringbone pattern in Creamy Caramel and added the camera image on pop dots. (The camera is from Stamplorations, in a pack of camera die-cuts, some pre-colored and some not). I put photo holder corners on each corner of the panel, then attached to a kraft card.

This card is for these challenges:

Stencils are our Game -- Anything goes

Double Trouble #167 -- For the Blue challenge: masculine card (with kraft and entered in a partners challenge)

Paper Funday #65 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #649 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2421 -- anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- anything goes

 


Thursday, May 16, 2024

Reading girl


 I have a vast file of digi stamps in my computer, and sometimes I go looking through them to see what I haven't used before. I found this sweet image from Bugaboo of a little girl reading. As a reader myself, I thought it would be fun to use.

The image is colored with pencils. As the image is drawn, she's just sitting on a line, so I sort of stetched in some sort of bench/ottoman for her to be sitting on. I found some fun patterned papers for the background and added embellishments in the form of a couple mismatched acrylic dots and a snippet of ribbon. I used glossy accents on her glasses, but I think my bottle has gone bad. Instead of getting glossy, they look sort of milky. I guess that's what happens when something sits unused.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- patterned paper

Double D -- polka dots

Double Trouble #166 -- Unused and mismatched stash (image and dots)

Creative Inspirations -- feminine

CRAFT #720 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #647 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2419 -- anything goes

 


Watercolored posies

 This is a very simple card using something I painted when playing with watercolors recently. I used a few snippets on the base card, then a...

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