CAS rower

 

Kayaking is a favorite vacation activity of mine, but I don't have a kayak stamp so I went with a canoe. The image is black embossed on a white snippet. Various distress inks were sponged on to create a glowing sunset, then the image was cut out with a stitched circle die, The sentiment is white embossed on a dark blue snippet cut to fit on a card.  Because of the simple, peaceful image, I decided to keep the card very clean and simple. (I considered adding sequins in the upper right, but they just didn't look appropriate.)

This card is entered in these challenges:

Paper Funday Challenge #68 -- Vacation

Die-cut Divas --  emboss (image and sentiment heat embossed)

Word Art Wednesday #663 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2434  -- anything goes

Double D -- use a shape (circle)

Pattie's Creations #221 -- use an image 

Snippets Playground #487 -- use snippets

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday --- anything goes

Sunflowers

 

How about a fall-ish card?  Not because it's feeling like fall yet,, although the leaves are showing a little red (probably due  to stress from 4 inches of rain one week, then none for a couple weeks).

I started by grabbing some snippets in green and yellow, as well as white to stamp on. (see photo on left; I pulled a couple of shades of each color so I could choose what to work with.) The sunflowers are from Clearly Besotted, with the flowers stamped in Chalk inks and the leaves in dye ink. The sentiment uses the same ink as the center of the sunflower.

The green layer is embossed with a leafy folder, and the yellow layer is stamped with a background pattern stamp in the same yellow ink used for the sunflower. Added a fall-ish ribbon and sentiment to finish it off.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Snippets Playground #468 -- use snippets

Die Cut Divas -- use embossing

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- add a sentiment

Can You Handle the Pressure -- machine embossing

Word Art Wednesday #661 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2432 -- anything goes

Paper Funday #68 -- anything goes