Coffee cup

Today's card is an attempt at watercolor. Occasionally I follow along with the watercolor challenge at SCS, and this week's challenge involved creating a top-down view of a coffee cup, using shadows to outline the exterior. I traced a jar for the circular coffee portion of the mug and lightly sketched in where the handle would go. The rest was all painting.

To create the coffee rings, I brushed paint on the bottom of  a small jar and stamped.  I did the same on the envelope and added some splatters. (I love matching envelopes and usually forget to make one when I'm working on a card.

The Hello sentiment is a Stamplorations die.  I used Espresso alcohol ink to color the sequins that are scattered about.

This card is for these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- card and matching envelope

Word Art Wednesday #509 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2138 -- anything goes

Watercooler Wednesday -- All things masculine

Autumn fun fold

Today's card features another fun fold I discovered on SCS. I think they call this one a pull-out panel fold? I wanted to make a fall-themed card, and I thought I had a bunch of snippets of patterned papers with fall leaves on them. Once I went digging, I didn't find as many as I thought I would, but I managed to find four different patterns to use. (If you look at the photo with the card extended you see a light-colored almost impressionistic leaf print on the first panel, a mutlicolored fall leaf pattern in the oval, a monocolored print in the third panel, a different monochrome print in the final panel, which is matted on another snippet of the paper used in the third panel. 

The "fall" is from Purple Onion and is white-embossed.  On the fourth panel, there's a small border of maple leaves from a set by The Alley Way.  I think the maple leaf die is from Memory Box, and the oval and scallop are good old Nesties.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Double D Challenge -- leaves

Die-Cut Divas -- anything with die cuts

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- lots of layers

Pixie's Snippet Playground #412 -- use snippes (all the patterned papers)

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge -- use patterned papers

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2138 --anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #509 -- anything goes

Cutaway corner

 

Today's card features a technique I found on SCS, called cutaway corner -- and the name tells you everything you need to know about this technique.  It's a great way to feature a pretty paper. 

Fittingly enough, I was making a card for the Butterfly Challenge, and I'm pretty sure the patterned paper I selected was part of a  prize packet from Mrs. A. It's certainly lovely paper featuring butterflies. I used a stitched circle die to cut away the lower right corner, and adhered the patterned card stock to a pale pink card.  

I used a snippet of off-white to cut the solid butterfly, and a snippet of medium gray that was barely big enough for the filigree butterfly and sentiment. (Things got a little nerve-wracking when I tore the sentiment while cutting it, and I had just enough of the snippet left to try one more time with the sentiment.) The sentiment (from The Alley Way Stamps) is white embossed. The beautiful butterfly dies are from Simon Says and they are popped up on foam tape.

This card is for these challenges:

The Butterfly Challenge #161 --Level 2 (faux stitching around circle and shimmering pink.)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- lots of layers

Die Cut Divas -- anything goes

Pixie's Snippet Playground #411-- use snippets (butterflies and sentiment)

Word Art Wednesday #509  -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2137  -- anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge -- use patterned paper