Quiet Meadow and Blending Ink

Happy Monday night everyone. I have been crafting and watching Monday Night Football. I was inspired by a few challenges while creating this card. Seize the Birthday Challenge #226 Make a Sunset Scene started the process off. While Looking for a color combo, I came across the Inspire Create Challenge #103. Add finally, I remembered the Just Add Ink #579 Foil, Glimmer Shimmer Challenge to tie it all together.

The color required for the Inspire create Challenge are Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen. 

I used all four colors to blend the background to create the sunset scene for Seize the Birthday.

Just Add Ink Glimmer and Shimmer was added with some Specialty Papers cut with Meadow Dies. Glimmering Butterflies were cut from Be Dazzling Paper and the flora was cut from Evening Evergreen Shimmer Vellum.

Evening Evergreen was used for the card base. A layer of Cherry Cobbler borders the card front. 

Make sure you check out these fun challenges. 

Happy Stamping!

A Trio of Fun

CAS Colour and Sketches #444 was the inspiration for this fun trio of penguins. This week's challenge was to use the Real Red, Shaded Spruce and Pear Pizzazz.

Cardstock: Thick Basic White, Shaded Spruce and Basic White

Stamp Pad: Real Red, Shaded Spruce, Pear Pizzazz, Cinnamon Cider, Pumpkin Pie

Heartwarming Hugs DSP

Penguin Place Bundle

Real Red Mini Ruffled Ribbon

Sequins

I hope my card makes you smile. Be sure to check out the other cards in this challenge.

Happy Stamping!

UGH! Time Change

Good morning all. I hope you took advantage of the extra hour and slept. I did not, I woke up normal time. I'll be dragging later. The good news is the time allowed me to finish a card for Creative Colour Challenges #9.

The colors for this challenge were Merry Merlot, Pear Pizzazz and Gorgeous Grape. These are three colors I don't use very often.

I used the Summer Shadows die set as my focus. I cut out the flowers and leaves from Basic White card. I used the blending brushes to add color to the top portion of the flowers and the leaves. Gorgeous Grape ink for the flowers and Pear Pizzazz for the leaves.

The Sentiment was stamped using Merry Merlot ink and fussy cut out. I also used the Merry Merlot stamp pad to color a piece of white twine to bring in more of that color.

Card Layers use Gorgeous Grape and Pear Pizzazz. The card base is Merry Merlot. I also used vellum card stock cut from the Stitched so Sweetly set.

I used Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon and Elegant Faceted Gems to finish off the card.

Thanks for stopping by, go check out the other cards in this challenge.

Happy Stamping!

Pumpkin Sparkle

Today's card sketch is was inspired by The Paper Players Sketch Challenge #554. The theme was inspired by Global Design Project #315 All things Pumpkin. 

I love this paper. The Harvest Meadow DSP is perfect for fall paper crafting. The DSP is especially perfect for this layout. The Calypso Coral works well as the backdrop for this sparkling pumpkin.

The pumpkin was created by overlapping three ovals cut from the Be Dazzling Specialty paper. The leaves were made by cutting down leaves from the Haunts and Harvest Paper Pumpkin Kit.

The card base for this card is Sahara Sand.  It is topped by a layer of Calypso Coral. There is another layer of Sahara Sand that was embossed using the Timeworn Type Embossing Folder. More Calypso Coral is added to frame the panels of DSP.

The sentiment is from the Paper Pumpkin kit and was stamped on Sahara Sand with Soft Succulent ink. A Thin strip of Soft Succulent borders the banner.

I hope you like the card. Full disclosure, my card front was glued onto the card base upside down. 😏 Be sure to check out the other cards in these two challenges.

Happy Stamping!

 

Cute Halloween

Hello all! I have been busy getting Halloween treats ready today. I took some time out to create this card. It is based on a sketch and theme put out by Inspired By... This week's challenge,  IB192 Who's Your Boo?

Once again the Cute Halloween DSP does a lot of the work. I did stamp the images this time instead of cutting them from the DSP.

A Pumpkin Pie card base was layered with Basic Black to create a thin border around the striped DSP. The sentiment was embossed with black embossing powder before being down.

Three other patterns of the DSP were cut into rectangles and adhered to the card front. 

The images were stamped in black onto Basic White cardstock using the Cutest Halloween stamp set. The ghost and pumpkin were cut out using the coordinating punch. The skeleton was fussy cut. The images are colored with blends and attached with dimensionals.

I colored the Black & White Gingham Ribbon with the Pumpkin Pie Blend to add some color. A few black Cute Stars Adhesive Backed Sequins were added for shine.

There are a lot of great projects submitted to this challenge, make sure to check them out.

Happy Stamping!

Alcohol Blending Technique

 

I have tried this technique once before but I never did anything with the papers I created. I was hoping to create a dark sky as a background for fireworks. Today's attempt at this technique was more successful. This technique is this week's TGIFC#339. The design and color inspiration came from today's Just Add Ink #577 Just Add Inspiration. 

The picture below shows my completed alcohol blended vellum. The blends I used included Light Cherry Cobbler, Dark Mossy Meadow, Dark Highland Heather and Dark Daffodil Delight.

The Cherry Cobbler card base borders a Petal Pink  piece of In Good Taste DSP.

I added a piece of the the Cork Specialty Paper for some texture. A piece of Basic White cut with the Scalloped Contours dies is a backdrop for the leaves. 

The leaves, from the Forever Flourishing dies, were cut from the alcohol blended vellum. 

The only stamping was the sentiment which is from the Shaded Summer stamp set. It was stamped using Cherry Cobbler onto Basic White and cut using the Tasteful Labels dies. The Cherry Cobbler circle was cut using the Layering Circles dies.

Cherry Cobbler and Gold Metallic Ribbon was cut in half to make a smaller bow. 

I added some Wonderful Gems for a little more sparkle.

I enjoyed working with this technique and plan to pull out the old pieces I made.

Thanks for looking at my card. Be sure to check out the other creations from these fun challenges.

Happy Stamping!

Happy Birthday

Hello everyone! I'm a little late to the party in getting the Shaded Summer stamp set. I just got it during the recent one-day sale. (I got the dies during Sale-abration.) Today's cerd is a compilation of three challenges. First, is a color challenge by CAS Colours and Sketches #442 The colors are Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive. The next challenge, a new one for me, Seize the Birthday #225 Use a Stencil. Add last but not least, Watercooler Wednesday Challenge 327 All Things Feminine. 

I love the Shaded Summer stamp set. The flowers are gorgeous and the font is beautiful. Although, today's sentiment is from the Timeless Tulips stamp set. The size worked better for my design.

I stamped the flowers in Old Olive onto Basic White card and cut them out using the die. The leaves were colored with light Old Olive blend.  The flowers were stamped again on white scraps using Rich Razzleberry and colored with Rich Razzleberry and Pale Papaya blends and were fussy cut out and glued in place to cover the green flowers.

For the stenciling, I used the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks and Night of Navy ink. I used a blending brush. 

I cut the scalloped border below the sentiment out of Night of Navy. It is part of the Painted Labels dies. 

I really like the way this card came out. I hope you like it too. Be sure to check out the other cards in these challenges.

Happy Stamping!