Color Hues #56 - PINK & RED

Hello friends.  It's time for another challenge at Color Hues and this time we would like to see PINK and RED.

These colors definitely make me think Valentine's Day, but I really needed to work on my depleted birthday card stash!  This card could totally be used for a Valentine's Day birthday though, so I guess you could say I'm combining the two!!  I used a favorite die set from Spellbinders that I bought this past Fall called Parcel & Post Mailbox and came up with this...

I know that I'm not the only one that thinks this is a FABULOUS die set because I've seen many, many people out there using it, but this color combination of pink & red was just too perfect not to use on this card!  I started by embossing my background with a new Spellbinders embossing folder called Heart Blooms and then built my mailbox and leaves and blooms from red, pink, & white cs.

I also used red ink to sponge around the edges of my mailbox and a few of the leaves and the envelope too.  The sentiment was embossed in white using Spellbinders Parcel & Post Sentiments stamp set, and then I finished the card with some red and clear Stickles, and also a few red & pink sparkling gems from PFS.

We have a lot of inspiration for you using these colors and would LOVE to see you in our gallery right HERE.  This challenge is open till the 29th @ 9:00AM, so come and join in the FUN!!

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Peace On Earth Challenge #31

Hello friends.  Hope you're not tired of seeing Christmas cards?!!  I slacked off quite a bit last year and ended up having to make last minute cards and am bound and determined NOT to do that again, so you will be seeing Christmas cards every couple of weeks!  The Peace On Earth Challenge is a great one to keep me on track and they have a wonderful mood board that inspired me to pull out a PFS stencil and NBUS stamp/die combo.

I was inspired by the trees in the bottom right photo (minus the red wagon...wish I had one!!) and all the trees the DT used on their inspiration cards!  Here's what I came up with...

I used PFS's Wintry Forrest stencils and light, medium, & dark Spruce inks (Gina K) to make my graduated tree lines (stenciled 5 times).  The sentiment is from Penny Black and is a stamp and die set that I've had for years and never used.

I added a strip of torn white cardstock to the bottom of my card to add my sentiment to so that it would show up better than stamping over the tree line.  I die cut the "mountain" twice for a bit of dimension and also added some TH Distress Glitter to the torn edges for a bit of snowy sparkle.

Had to show you the inside of the card so you could see the rest of the words to one of my favorite Christmas songs...it's one of those melodies that gets stuck in your head!

There's lots of beautiful inspiration from the DT that you can find right HERE if you'd like to play along.  Better be quick though as this challenge closes on the 12th @ 8:00PM.

Also adding this card to Darnell's NBUS Challenge #46 since it took me over two years to FINALLY use the sentiment stamp/die set!!  

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Double D Challenge - HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY!

Hello friends.  I'm playing along with the Double D Challenge where they are celebrating their 7th BIRTHDAY!!

Don't you just love how colorful, happy, and FUN this mood board looks?!  How could you not resist playing along?!!  And since I need to replenish my birthday card stash, this challenge came at just the right time!!  

When my sweet friend Loll was clearing out some of her older stamps last year, she shared a few with me including this adorable Penny Black  image called Bear-y Wishful.  Here's what I made with it...

 Isn't he a cutie?!  I colored him up with my Copics (W1, W2, & W4) and then die cut him out.  I also colored the candles included in the set with some colorful Copics and added Glossy Accents to the flames.  (When I stamped and colored the bear image, I also stamped a 2nd image and fussy cut just the arm so I could pop it up for some dimension where he's holding the one candle to blow it out.)

I also used a favorite die of mine right now from The Greetery called Ribbon Maker: Pinked Stars Die and centered that onto my top folding card base.  I used the same color Copics that I had used on the candles to color the punched out stars before gluing them back into their spots...love how it added some more color to this fun and whimsical card!

A little hard to see, but I did add some WOS to the colored stars and candles to add a little bit of sparkle to my card, and then finished with the sentiment that's included in the set and a piece of black & white baker's twine.  Pretty simple card, but I think that CUTE little bear steals the show and will definitely bring a smile to someone's face!!

Lots of FABULOUS inspiration from the DT, so if you need to work on your birthday card stash, hop on over right HERE and play along!  And wish the Double D a very HAPPY, HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY while you're there!  I sure do!!!  :0)

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Color Hues #55 - Light Pink & Gold

Hello friends.  Happy New Year and welcome back to another fun and exciting year at the Color Hues Challenge!  I am just tickled Pink to tell you that I am ONE of the new DT members for the Color Hues Challenge, and our amazing leader Nancy is hosting this 1st challenge of 2023 with the colors LIGHT PINK & GOLD.

I am from Michigan and right now it is definitely WINTER, so my first thought with these colors was to go with a snowflake theme.  Since I am not too thrilled with the weather outside right now though, I decided to follow my first love, and that is FLOWERS!!  Other than Christmas stamps, I think 90% of my stamps are florals!!  So, I pulled out a favorite from Pinkfresh Studios called Magnolias and came up with this...

I started by gold embossing my flower and leaf images and then stenciling just the floral images in Ballet Slipper and Sparkling Rose inks (PFS).  I die cut my images twice so I could stack them for just a bit of dimension.

I gold foiled my background using The Greetery's Deco Triangles Hot Foil Plate, and then matted it to a layer of gold mirror cs, and then adhered both layers to a top folding white card base.  I arranged my flowers and leaves and then added a die cut sentiment from Memory Box's Just a Note Posh Script using more of the gold mirror cs.  (I also added a few more die cut layers for a bit more dimension on my sentiment.)  I finished off this soft and pretty card with a few Glitter Drops: Blush from PFS.

So which way will YOU use these two colors??  Make sure you check out all the FABULOUS inspiration from the rest of the talented DT (including the other 2 talented newbies Jules & Steph), and then play along with us right HERE.  This challenge ends on the 14th @ 9:00AM.

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Last Card of 2022

Hello friends.  Just wanted to share a quick card today that really made me feel like an artist after being gifted a couple Penny Black stamps and dies from my sweet friend Sue for Christmas.  This card is almost a complete CASE of Jill Foster's card (see video HERE) with the exception of ink colors, sentiment, and the PTI cardinals I used.  Take a look...

 Jill does amazing videos that are so easy to follow, and I just kept pausing the video as I worked right alongside her, using some of my SU! markers and Gina K ink cubes directly to the stamp. (40-880 panorama)  

   I used the same stitched circles (51-551) dies as Jill too as I just LOVE how it finishes off this card!  My sentiment comes from the butterfly garden (30-558) stamp set and my 2 little die cut cardinals are from PTI's In the Meadow die set.

I am adding this card to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge where it's anything goes with the option of Christmas this month.  

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Double Stamped Vellum

Hello friends.  Been having fun this week just playing with NBUS and trying techniques that I've just never gotten around to...like the Double Stamped Vellum technique that Bonnie and Loll have been showing on their blogs recently.  Chrissie Stokes has a wonderful video HERE that shows how fun and easy this technique is!  My first attempt is very simple, but I'm happy with how it turned out.  I will definitely be trying it again and using more color!  For today though, here is take one...

I started by embossing in white on my heavy weight vellum (PTI) an image from The Greetery called Lovely Silhouettes.  Next you simply turn the vellum over and stamp either the same image or a different one (I used 2 more images from the same Lovely Silhouettes stamp set).  I used Jelly Bean Green (Gina K) ink to randomly stamp on the backside of my vellum.

Next I created a frame using PTI's Pierced Feature Frame Dies and adhered my vellum to the backside of the frame.  On my card base I taped off all 4 edges with some skinny washi tape and then used an old SU! background stamp called En Francais and Smokey Slate ink (SU!) to stamp directly onto the card base to add a bit of interest to my background.  

To finish my card I used a sentiment strip from Gina K and also a few Disco Ball Sequins (also Gina K).  I think this technique makes such a classy CAS card and will definitely be making more, and like I said earlier, using a bit more color.  Such an easy and fun technique...thanks Bonnie and Loll for getting me started!!  :0)

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REJOICE...A Savior Is Born!

REJOICE...A Savior Is Born!

Merry CHRISTmas!!

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