Friday, March 22, 2024

Stencils and diecuts

 

I've had the idea for this card for a while, but I finally got around to making it this week.  I started by stenciling the stone fence on either side of the gate, using a mix of a slate-colored ink and a caramel colored ink. Then I sponged in the sky, added a torn piece of dark-green cardstock for the ground, and added the die-cut gate. The foliage on either side of the gate is die-cut in a variety of leaf and stem shapes, and the flowers were punched from snippets of dusky pink and daffodil yellow paper. For a sentiment, I die-cut a cloud and stamped the sentiment.  To the left of the gate, I stamped a butterfly.

 This card is entered in these challenges:

The Butterfly Challenge #194 -- die-cuts, 3 colors (dark green, dusky pink, daffodil), and butterfly-

Stencils Fun Challenge -- stenciled brick fence

Die-cut Divas -- Anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #639 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies 2411 -- anything goes

 


Monday, March 18, 2024

It's not easy being green


 It's beginning to look like spring with the grass and trees greening up, so I made a green card. I found this cute image of a frog and used it as a jump off point. The image is colored with pencils, with some Nuvo drops in the centers of the flowers for a little dimension. I used snippets of green patterned papers for the flags, snippets of orange to frame the image and the computer-generated sentiment, and a larger green green snippet for the card front.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Bit o' green

Snippets Playground # 476: snippets

Word Art Wednesday #639 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2411 -- anything goes

 


 


Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Never too much happy


 

Today's card was inspired by the inspiration photo The Inspiration Station has posted as Prompt #59. It is a scene from a St. Patrick's Day parade, and I was inspired by the bright colors and joyful attitude of the two people featured in the photo. My mind immediately went to this image, because what's more joyful than dancing? 

The image is black embossed and colored with watercolors. I mounted it on a patterned panel to frame it, then off-set that panel on a green card. The sentiment is "you can never have too much happy." I added lines with gold gel pen around the edges of all three panels and added some gold-colored gems as embellishments.

 

This card is entered in these challenges:

Inspiration Station #59 -- inspired by photo 

Double Trouble #161 --first two options -- green/ and gold/gold embellishments

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- add a sentiment

Word Art Wednesday #638 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2409 == anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore -- anything goes




Saturday, March 2, 2024

Fat cat


 

In my next life, I want to be a houseeat. How about you?

I created this scene by stamping, coloring and fussy cutting the cat from The Alley Way stamps. Then I set about creating a really comfy room for him to reign over, using patterned paper for the wood floor and wallpaper. The textured rug is an embossed piece of cardstock cut with an oval die. The ball of yarn is baker's twine. The sentiment is computer generated and die cut.  

This card is entered in these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday -- fur or feathers

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #637 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2408 -- anything goes

Pattie's Creations #216-- Use an image.

Monday, February 26, 2024

TXT XMAS


 Christmas challenges are such a great way to build up a stash of holiday cards over the year while allowing you to make lots of different cards.  This card was inspired by the Jingle Belles challenge to use mostly text. I let some patterned paper do all the work here, delivering a variety of text greetings for Christmas. The embellishment is a silk poinsettia and a little snip of ribbon.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Jingle Belles- Christmas card mostly text

Rudolph days -- anything Christmas

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2408 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #635-- anything goes


Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Hoppiness is a good pun



Sorry for the punny title, I couldn't resist.

I'm trying out a simple fun fold with this card. It's an easy one but it adds a little interest to the card.

For this card, I took a kangaroo die-cut and built a scene around it with a couple snippets of patterned paper. I torn the green print to create "ground" and used the blue print for the sky. Both pieces are adhered to a white snippet, with a similar sized white snippet on the inside.  The base card is black. For a sentiment, I used "hoppy" from one set and "birthday" from another, stamped them on a white snippet, trimmed them and stacked them in the upper corner.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Double Trouble #160 --(fun fold/hopping animal, enter with partner site)

Creative Creases #76 -- anything goes with a fun fold

Snippets Playground #474 (use snippets -- photo, bottom right)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies # 2407--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #635 -- anything goes


 


Friday, February 16, 2024

Birthday flowers


 Today's card features a stamp and die set that I've had for a while and rarely use. (It also has a sunflower stamp and die. I think I've used that, but I think this might be the debut of the roses.) The colors were inspired by the Mood Board at Beautiful Blossoms. I stamped and cut the pieces, then arranged them on a white panel embossed with hearts and cut with a stitched edge die.The lavender rose overlaps the red/pink one and is popped up to add a little dimension to the card. The sentiment is stamped in the same green as the leaves and edged with lavender ink. 

This card is entering these challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms #14 -- florals

Time Out #257 -- it's there 10th birthday!

Can You Handle the Pressure? -- use an embossing folder (red/pink optional)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2406 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #635 -- anything goes



Stencils and diecuts

  I've had the idea for this card for a while, but I finally got around to making it this week.  I started by stenciling the stone fence...

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