The Greetery and CAS Stencil Challenge

Hello friends.  I recently spent an afternoon playing with one of my new stamp sets from The Greetery called Fleur Impressions and stamped oodles and oodles of different color combinations and then had fun making some cards with some of them.  This month's challenge over at CAS Stencil is looking for stenciling over a colored background, so I incorporated some of the flowers with a stencil for one of my cards for the challenge.

I apologize in advance for the poor lighting on my photos's, but Spring and sunshine just don't seem to want to come to Michigan this year...grrrrrr!

I started by blending Lemon Tart ink onto the card base and then stenciled over the blending with a Penny Black stencil (Petite Blossoms) with the same Lemon Tart ink.  It's very subtle, but I love the monochromatic look of the yellow on yellow!  Then I simply added the white die cut terrarium, a few of the flower images from Fleur Impressions and the sentiment from Sentiment Suite: Thinking Of You (The Greetery).

These next 4 cards are just playing with the different color combinations of the same florals, along with sentiments from Comforting Commands (The Greetery).  My background on this card uses Berry Sorbet ink and one of Picket Fences Life Changing Blending Brushes (I LOVE THESE!!!) and then I embossed over the blending with MFT's All Lined Up background stamp with white embossing powder.

Once again I blended my background first with Tumbled Glass DI and then die cut it using PTI's Scalloped Stackers: Medium Die before mounting to a white card base.  I added even more flowers and finished with a double stacked banner using one of the sentiments from the Sentiment Suite: Thinking Of You (The Greetery) and a small piece of crochet thread.

I love the vividness of the bright orange flowers against a black card base and center, with a white Pierced Feature Frame (PTI) to ground against all the black.  The sentiment is embossed in gold (Comforting Commands - The Greetery) and I finished off the card with some gold cording, a few gold sequins, and a black die cut butterfly from SSS (Stitching Butterflies).  Here's a closer up of the butterfly:

And my last card...

I started by blending another Lemon Tart piece that I die cut into an oval (Gina Marie Designs Dies) and inset into a white layer and then attached both to a white card base.  I love purples, greens, and yellows together...definitely makes me think Spring, even though it isn't quite here yet!  The sentiment on this card is also from the Comforting Commands (The Greetery) set, and then I finished off with some white crochet thread and a few light purple enamel dots.

If you stuck with me through this loooooooong post, thank you!  And if you would like to see some BEAUTIFUL inspiration using stenciling over colored backgrounds, check out the CAS Stencil Challenge right HERE...this challenge is open till the 24th.

Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!

CAS Christmas May 2019 - STOCKING

Hello friends.  Little cool here in my neck of the woods, so a perfect day to share a couple Christmas cards for the current CAS Christmas Challenge, where they are looking for STOCKINGS!

I have 2 cards to share today because I usually stamp 2 images in case I mess up one of them, and if not, then I have 2 to go into the Christmas stash!  I used a sweet stamp from Avery Elle gifted to me by my dear friend Bonnie called Stockings.

This was such a simple card to do, but I'm really happy with the non-traditional colors and how it turned out!  I simply colored the stockings with my Copics, and then fussy cut and pop dotted to a brick embossed panel.  My 2nd card is the same except I switched up the order of the Copics on the stockings.

The stamp set came with 2 sentiments, so I used them both.  Elegant Eggplant is the color cardstock I layered with and embossed my sentiment banners on.  Easy peasy CAS!  Here's both of them together:

This challenge is open till the 24th, so check out all the wonderful inspiration from the DT and then play along right HERE.

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Laurie's Fabulous Favorites Challenge

Hello friends.  Playing along with the current Laurie's Fabulous Favorites Challenge over at PTI, and Laurie is asking us to make a card using our favorite card layout.  That's an easy one for me since I feel like I use the same one over and over and over again!  A top folding card base with some type of die cut frame and a spray of flowers with the sentiment in the center.  So here's my same old, same old (layout) but pretty card:

I started by doing a little ink blending with Autumn Rose ink on my card base and then added a bit of water splattering.  I love using all the Bold Border Frame dies on my cards, and for this one I used the Bold Border: Polka Dot frame die to give a soft white on white look with the card base.  Last week Kelly Lunceford made a couple cards using Some Like It Hot and I realized I hadn't shown that stamp set any love for quite awhile, so stamped up the large and small flowers using Autumn Rose and Scarlet Jewel inks and tucked them into the corner of the frame along with a few leaves from the set and also a white die cut leaf branch from the Songbirds set.  Little hard to tell here since we haven't had any sunshine in a week, but the die cut "hugs" (from the Bold Border: Polka Dot) is cut from gold mirror cardstock, and the "sending" is from the Big Hugs stamp set.  Here's a closer up:

I'm loving the soft pink background, and for a same old, same old card layout, I think this turned out very pretty!

What's your favorite go-to card layout??  Just like Laurie, I'll be looking for some new ones too!  You can check out Laurie's favorite card layout and all the others in the gallery right HERE and then play along for a chance at a $100 gift certificate to the Papertrey Ink Store!

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My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #435

Hello friends.  Had some time this morning to play along with this week's My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge...

Using Piggy Pebbles and the All Lined Up Background stamps, I came up with this birthday card to add to my stash:

I think these little piggy's are so stinkin' CUTE and I hadn't had a chance to play with them yet, so seemed like a good time to break them out for this challenge!  I started by blending my background over the embossed (with clear) All Lined Up Background with some green inks.  I stamped the piggy's in black and clear embossed those also, and then used Melon Berry ink and one of my Picket Fence Blending Brushes to blend the color in.

I used a few Copics on their hoofs and for the flower and flowerpot.  I die cut 3 white circles to follow the sketch and then added the piggy's...pop dotting the middle one for some dimension.  The sentiment also comes from the Piggy Pebbles set and I added some foam tape behind the banner and finished with an enamel dot and some baker's twine at the top.

Check out the inspiration from the gals over at MFT HERE and play along for a chance at a $50 gift certificate!  :0)

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Tag You're It Challenge #86 - Selective Coloring

Hello friends.  Playing along with the current Tag You're It Challenge where they are looking for SELECTIVE COLORING.

The DT has some BEAUTIFUL examples using the selective coloring technique and you can check it out right HERE.

I used an Altenew stamp set called Handpicked Bouquet and a Reverse Confetti Tag die to come up with 2 tags:

This tag was stamped on Soft Stone cardstock with black ink and then embossed in clear.  Next I stamped just the leaves with a couple Gina K green inks, added a sentiment banner (SU!), enamel dot, and some twine.

This tag was made the exact same way but with white cardstock instead of the Soft Stone, and I used a piece of black scrap to emboss my sentiment on for the banner.

Here they are together so you can see the slight difference in cardstock colors.  Such a simple but fun and I think elegant looking technique!

There are still a few days to play along with this challenge, so check it out HERE and play along!

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CAS Watercolour May 2019 - For A Child

Hello friends.  Karen is hosting this month's challenge at CAS Watercolour and it's a FUN one...she's looking for cards FOR A CHILD.

The only hard part about this challenge for me was which stamp to choose...I have so many CUTE stamps that would work well for a child!!  In the end I chose a newer one (to me) from MFT called It's A Mice Time To Celebrate.

My simple little card started with a bit of smooshing with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink on the background panel and then when dry, die cutting it with a Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangle die.  Next I die cut from black cardstock the Happy Birthday circle (SSS) and offset it just a bit on the right hand side of the panel and then attached to a white card base.  My happy little party mouse was water colored with my Zigs and an Aqua Painter and then pop dotted inside the birthday die cut.

We can't wait to see all your CUTE water colored images in our gallery this month...what a fun and happy place it will be!  Remember that the challenge is open till the 24th and to check out all the adorable inspiration from the DT and our special GD Bobby right HERE to play along.

Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #9 - Christmas Bunnies

Hello friends.  I'm playing along with the current Christmas Kickstart challenge where they are looking for BUNNIES on our Christmas cards.

I used MFT's Snuggle Bunnies stamp set and SSS's Holiday Frames die to come up with this simple card:

I cut the Holiday Frame from white cardstock and backed it with a piece of navy blue that I had splattered with white acrylic paint to resemble snow.  I layered that with a piece of silver holographic snowflake cardstock and then attached it all to a white card base.  I colored the bunny with my Copics and WOS (for the white stripes on his sweater to make him look a little more festive!) and then fussy cut him out and pop dotted him to the frame.

I finished with a simple piece of white bakers twine at the top.  Pretty CAS but that seems to be my style lately!  :0)  Check out all the adorable cards from the DT and play along right HERE.

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