Hydrangea Haven

I have combined a sketch challenge and a color challenge for today's card. TGIF Challenge #410 provided three colors perfect for Spring flowers. The colors are Highland Heather, Pear Pizzazz and Blushing Bride. Amy's sketch from Sunday Stamps Challenge #304 helped me narrow my focus and led me to my paper choices. I tried a new to me technique for this card. I heat embossed on watercolor paper.

I started by cutting a 4 1/4" by 5 1/2 " piece of the Highland Heather Hydrangea Hill DSP (ret). I attached it to a Pear Pizzazz card base. I used the Stitched Rectangle dies to cut another piece of the DSP. It was layered onto a 2 1/4" by 4 1/8" piece of Pear Pizzazz cardstock. I glued this to the covered card base.

For the flowers and leaves, I used the Hydrangea stamp set and dies. I started by heat embossing them on watercolor paper using white embossing powder. I them used the Water Painters to color them with the challenge colors. when dry, I cut them out with the dies. I arranged them into a cluster on the card front.

The sentiment from the Hydrangea stamps was embossed with white powder onto Pear Pizzazz cardstock. I layered it onto some Blushing Bride Grosgrain Ribbon (ret) then attached it to the card front with dimensionals.

A few Pastel Pearls were added to finish the card.

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Timeless Tulips

Hello All,

 Happy International Women's Day. Although I didn't plan it,, it is fitting that today I have a Mother's Day card to share. My card was inspired by the As You See It Challenge #293: Recipe in Pinks and Pearls. For these challenge they gave you 5 elements that you must use. 

I used the Timeworn Type embossing folder with a 4" by 5 1/4" piece of white cardstock. I roughed it up with a bone folder and scissors and then added just a bit of Flirty Flamingo ink on a sponge dauber. This was glued to a Soft Sea Foam card base.

I cut a 2 1/4" by 4 1/4" piece of the Flirty Flamingo Rain or Shine DSP and layered it onto  2 3/8" by 4 3/8" piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock. This was glued to the right side of the card front.

I cut a vellum and a Soft Sea Foam tag using the Tailor Made dies. The tulips were cut from Flirty Flamingo and Blushing Bride cardstock using the Tulip dies. I blended the flowers with Flirty Flamingo ink to add some depth of color. Then folded and glued the tulips.

I cut the leaves and stems out of Sea Foam Green cardstock using the Tulip dies. I arranged the flowers onto the vellum tag then layered this onto the Soft Sea Foam tag. The whole thing was added to the card fron with dimensionals.

The sentiment from the Flowering Tulips stamp set was gold embossed onto white card stock and attached with dimensionals. I added a gold Simply Elegant Trim bow and some Heart Pearls. 

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Delightful Slimline

Retro Rubber Challenge #201 had a Tic Tac Toe board to work from this time. The elements I pulled from their board were DSP, layers and slimline.  Colour Inkspiration #138 had a great color challenge to play with and create.

For today's card, I went with a stamp set from 2020, Thoughtful Blooms and its coordinating punch, Small Blooms. I combined it with some current products.

I started by making a Daffodil Delight slimline card base that measures 8 1/2" by 3 1/2". I found this card sketch at Stampin Pretty. It is so fun, I loved the diagonal front. To cut the diagonal pieces, I started with a rectangle measuring 8 1/4" by 3 1/4", then cut corner to corner. 

I saw a very helpful YouTube video about how to emboss large pieces without getting an unsightly seam by StampHappyNZ Genius! I used the Hive 3D embossing folder on the Daffodil Delight triangle. After embossing it, I glued it to the bottom portion of my card. 

I cut a Daffodil Delight piece of Design A Daydream DSP the same as above and glued it to the top of the card front. 

I cut an the largest oval from the Stiched Shaped dies (ret) from white cardstock. I stamped the leaf bundle from the Thoughtful Blooms stamp set (ret) using Granny Apple Green Ink. I stamped the dots with Tahitian Tide ink. The oval was glued to the center of the card front.

The two-step flowers were stamped with Highland Heather ink. Stamping off with the fill stamp. These were cut out using the Small Blooms Punch (ret). I attached these with dimensionals. I colored some Classic Matte Dots with the dark Daffodil Delight blend and attached them to the flower centers.

The sentiment from Special Moments stamp set (ret) was stamped with Granny Apple Green ink onto a 1/2 inch white strip. I flagged the ends and attached it with dimensionals. I added a Tahitian Tide Baker's Twine bow.

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Green Shamrocks

I have another St. Patrick's Day card to share today. This one is inspired by two challenges, one for colors and theme, the other for the sketch. At Just Add Ink Challenge #642, Kim has a sketch challenge to play with this week. Shades of Green and St. Patrick's Day is the theme and colors from Stampin' Up! Only Challenge #321.

I picked two greens from the Flowers and More Host DSP. I started with a 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" piece of the Parakeet Party DSP. I glued this to a thick white card base. 

I cut a 1" by 5 1/2" strip of the Shaded Spruce DSP and glued this to the left side of the card front.

Using the Stylish Shapes dies I cut a Shaded Spruce square using the next to the smallest die. I used the Stitched Greenery die to add some texture. I cut this square in half and glued one half to the card front. 

I cut a white square with the smallest die. and stamped it with the small shamrocks from the Lucky Clover stamp set using Parakeet Party ink. I glued this square to the Shaded Spruce Square.

I stamped the middle sized shamrock using Shadded Spruce ink and fussy-cut it. I attached it to the whits square with a dimansional.

The sentiment was stamped with Shaded Spruce ink and cut with the Stylish Shapes dies. I cut a banner out of Shaded Spruce and layered it behind the sentiment. I glued it to the card front.  I added a clear Elegant Faceted Gem to the banner.

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Playing in the Rain

Hey All, It is Sunday and that means it is time for a great challenge over at The Paper Players. This week is a Theme Challenge brought to us by Joanne. The theme is Easter. For the layout of my card I went to Freshly Made Sketches #575. Karren provided a versatile sketch to work with. 

The Paper Players team have some very creative cards to give you some inspiration. Stop by the Challenge page to see what everyone has created. While you're there feel free to drop us a little note.

I started with the dotted piece of the Dandy Designs DSP that measured 2" by 5 1/4". This was glued to the right side of a Coastal Cabana cardbase.   A 2" by 5 1/4" piece of the plaid patterned DSP was layered onto a 2 1/16" by 5 1/4" piece of Fresh Freesia cardstock. This was glued to the left side of the cardbase, overlapping the dotted paper slightly.   the bunny from the Playing in the Rain stamp set was stamped with black ink and cut using the coordinationg dies, I used Fresh Freesia and Petal Pink blends to color. Using the Layering Circle dies I cut a scalloped circle out of Fresh Freesia card stock and a white circle. Balmy Blue ink was blended to the circle to add some color. I used the grass stamp from the Happy Hedgehogs stamp set and Granny Apple Green ink to the circle. The two circles were glued together and the bunny was added with dimensionals.    The sentiment from Bunny Buddies Paper Pumpkin was stamped with Coastal Cabana ink and cut out using the Floral Gallery dies. It was attached with dimensionals. I cut a 9" length of Fresh Freesia Open Weave Ribbon lengthwise and tied it into a bow. This was attached to the card with a glue dot.

I hope you join us at The Paper Players this week. We would love to see what you create for this Theme Challenge. You can enter your project from now until noon PST on Friday, March 10, 2023. See all the rules and requirements on the challenge page.

Be sure to stop by and say hello to The Paper Players Design Team: 

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile 

Ann Schach

Suzy Hinton

Fran Wing

Tara Carpenter

Quiet Meadow

Today's card was inspired by a weekly color challenge and a versatile sketch. Creative Colour Challenges #78 gave Flirty Flamingo, Soft Suede and Rich Razzleberry to work with. I used the sketch from #stampinfancyfriday

The Flirty Flamingo piece of the Specialty DSP was my jumping off point for this card. I cut a 3 1/2" by 4 1/2" piece. For the behind layers I cut a are of Soft Suede cardstock and embossed it using the Timeworn Type folder. I cut a 4 1/16" by 5 5/16" piece of Flirty Flamingo cardstock. These were layered onto a Rich Razzleberry card base. 

For the floral elements I used watercolor paper and Flirty Flamingo and Rich Razzleberry inks. Using the largest water painter, I made a patchtch of color large enough to cut out the flower and the foilage.

After the watercoloring was dry, I used the Meadow dies to cut out the foilage from the Rich Razzleberry section. On the Flirty Flamingo section I used Staz-on ink to stamp the flower from the Quiet Meadow stamp set. I fussy-cut the flower. 

I cut a label from white cardstock using the Something Fancy Dies. I stamped the splotch stamp from Quiet Meadow and Soft Suede ink. I cut the foilage apart and attached it to the label. I added the flower with dimensionals. The label was glued to the card front. 

The sentiment from the Something Fancy stamp set was stamped with Soft Suede ink. I flaggerd the end and attached it with dimansionals. I added Elegant Faceted Gems to the label.

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Water Coloring

Happy Hump Day!

For today's card I tried a little water coloring. Sunday Stamps Challenge #303 Spring Dreaming provided a cheerful palette of blue and greens. I combined their challenge with CASE-ing Tuesday Sketches #397. They picked a card from page 54 in the January- April Mini Catalog to work with. 

I cut a 3 1'3" by 5" piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock and embossed it with the Timeworn Type folder. I glued this to the front of a notecard.

For the water coloring, I used Water Painters and Shimmer White cardstock. From top to bottom the colors I used were, Balmy Blue, Soft Sea Foam, Garden Green and Granny Apple Green. 

I used the grass stamp from the Happy Hedgehogs stamp set and Granny Apple ink stamped off on the Granny Apple Green section.

I used Bermuda Bay ink and the splatters from the quiet Meadows stamp set to add "flowers" to the Garden Green section. I cut the cardstock to 3 1/2" by 2 3/4" and glued it to the card front.

I cut a 3 1/2" by 1/2" piece of the Granny Apple Green Dandy Designs DSP and glued it to the card front.

I used a few strands of the Threaded Twine tied into a bow and attached that to the card front.

The sentiment from the Warm Welcome stamp set was stamped three times with Granny Apple Green ink. I cut them out and attached them to the card front with dimensionals.

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