As the weekend winds down, I am here to post 3 of the cards that I made. First up is the last card I made, but perhaps my favorite--I had a lot of fun with it.
I was inspired by the photo at Time Out, where they are celebrating their first birthday with Challenge #26. I was inspired by the frames, the colors, and the beadboard that I saw behind those frames. I used WPlus9 and Hero Arts inks in colors matching the photo--with the exception that I switched the pink to more of a red because I wanted to make a masculine card. I stamped a variety of frames from Label Basics and then filled them in with various birthday sentiments. I scored lines every 1/2 inch across the card front before adhering my front panel with foam tape.
The fun part was selecting the sentiments. I used sentiments from the following sets:
PTI: Mat Stack 3, Peaceful Garden, and Tiny Treats Birthday: Hero Arts Birthday Messages, and Waltzingmouse Eat Cake. I was able to find all those sentiments pretty quickly because I stamp all my sentiments into a sentiment binder--I turned to the Birthday section, and I could see which sentiments might fit each frame.
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| A peek at 2 pages of my sentiment binder |
Next up is a card that uses the sketch from this week's CAS(E) this Sketch #113 and is also inspired by the current challenge at The Card Concept #30. I believe my style on this card is Clean and Layered.
I am also entering this card at Addicted to Stamps #134 where the challenge is CAS, CAS on Sunday #53 where the challenge is Girl Power, and Simon Says Wednesday Girly Challenge.
Last up is a card where I tried the ink layering technique that Jennifer McGuire shows in this video. I used a Hero Arts stencil on Soft Sky paper, inking first with white pigment ink and then with Blueberry Sky dye ink after slightly offsetting the stencil. And, yes, I'm still playing around with Frilly Flowers.
I am entering this card at RetroSketches #156, ColourQ #282, CAS on Sunday #53 where the challenge is Girl Power, and Simon Says Wednesday Girly Challenge.
That's it for me today.
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Joyce, so many cards and I love them all. I love your first card, it really is a lot of fun and so clever too. So jealous of that sentiment binder but what a fabulous thing to have when making this card. Just incredible. Love your second card...that flower is so sweet and looks fabulous on the stitched rectangle. But you final card is my favorite...you are always so good about trying new techniques and this one really shines...so fun paired with Frilly Flowers, just love it! Thank you so much for playing along with us at ColourQ, hope to see you again next week!
ReplyDeleteI love your frame card, so close to our photo! And all the sentiments picked out perfectly. What a great guy card. Thanks for joining Time Out. Your second card is CAS perfection with the sweet layers adding a soft and delicate dimension. Thanks for joining Atsm
ReplyDeleteHow very organized of you Joyce with your binder, a great idea. A great selection of cards all of then fab.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us at ATSM this week. :)
Oh I love your cards as always Joyce! So fun how you interpreted the Time Out photo - love those sentiments and the touch of embossing. And the flower...love how the sentiment is stamped on it! Such fun cards.
ReplyDeleteGreat job with all of the challenges. Your cards are lovely! Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday!
ReplyDeleteGreat projects! I love your idea fir a sentiment binder. I've been thinking of doing something similar to that but the task seems so daunting. can you offer any tips to get one started?
ReplyDeleteSorry. I meant "for". I'm using my iPad and the font is so tiny.
ReplyDeleteThese are fabulous designs! I love the way u did the frames on the first one
ReplyDeleteThese are both bold and bright birthday cards!! Really love the design on both of them! Thanks for sharing your creation with us at Addicted to Stamps & More! Hugs & Smiles - *Vicki*-DT member
ReplyDeleteSo that is where you were all weekend! ;) Where to start I love them all. In fact I always love to see what you have done. A wonderful mixture of style, design and sentiment. Speaking of which I love that you gave a peak into your sentiment binder, a treasure to have! Thank you for sharing your cards with us at The Card Concept and Retrosketches!
ReplyDeleteIt seems like you had a productive weekend, Joyce! Your cards are all so fun!
ReplyDeleteWow you have been busy! Great cards. The flower card you made for TCC is so perky and fun! Thanks for joining us this week at The Card Concept :)
ReplyDeleteYour flower card...thinking of you...is sweet and simple...I like it....it is cheerful :) Hugs....Janie
ReplyDeletewicked fun cards!! thank you for playing a long with us at simon says stamp!
ReplyDeleteEach card is wonderful! I love the frames and the slant with what looks like white paneling! That second card is very sweet - I'm loving those colors! The third card is fantastic with that double stamping technique and those colors! You can use those stamps all you want, I love them!
ReplyDeleteYou have outdone yourself this time Joyce. Each of these cards uses such an interesting technique and I would be hard pressed to pick a favourite. You have at least one winner here for sure!
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Carol x
You have outdone yourself this time Joyce. Each of these cards uses such an interesting technique and I would be hard pressed to pick a favourite. You have at least one winner here for sure!
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Carol x
I like the tiny tags off to the side!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at TCC!
You have outdone yourself this time Joyce. Each of these cards uses such an interesting technique and I would be hard pressed to pick a favourite. You have at least one winner here for sure!
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Carol x
You have outdone yourself this time Joyce. Each of these cards uses such an interesting technique and I would be hard pressed to pick a favourite. You have at least one winner here for sure!
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Carol x
Fabulous cards and such great designs. Thanks for including colourQ in your crafting!
ReplyDeleteThat's it for you today? That looks like a LOT, Joyce. Three cards, ten challenges. And each card is wonderfully unique. I remember you telling me about your sentiment binder and I fully intended to do that.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great card for the colourQ, Joyce, thanks for playing with us, love your design!
ReplyDeleteWhat a weekend you've had!!! Love the take on the Time Out photo - and I'm seeing red there, too, Joyce. Love that frilly flower, and how you've used it for your CTS card! Thanks for playing along! Last, but not least - love that funky blue card and your hip to be square, take on J.'s technique!! =] Michele
ReplyDeleteAs always, your cards are fabulous, Joyce! I love your take on the frames...such fun colors and your design is awesome! I also love your bloom on the 2nd card...so charming and so perfectly CAS! Great job on Jennifer's technique on your last card, too...you've been a busy girl :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for playing along with us this week at ATSM...we always enjoy seeing your creations in the gallery!
Oh my gosh where do I start! You had a great weekend making cards for sure! I want to make a folder like you but I am afraid it would take me forever because I didn’t start years ago, what a great idea! I love all the cards, the daisy is perfection and I love the one with FF
ReplyDeleteWhat a great selection of cards, Joyce. All so different but all fantastic. I have started a binder for my stamps too although so far I've only done about 6 stamp sets, it's going to take a lifetime but will be so much better than having to trawl through every set looking for that ideal little sentiment. Thanks for linking up that gorgeous flower at ATSM this week, Anita x
ReplyDeleteWow, you had a very productive weekend and all three cards are wonderful! The sentiment card is such a fun idea. And I love your florals! The set with the petal sentiments is fabulous and I always love Frilly Flowers. Your folder is such a great idea. I should have started one years ago. Now I'm faced with looking through sets for that certain sentiment that I remember seeing 'somewhere'!!
ReplyDeleteAH! Great to see your fabulous masculine card at Seize the birthday, and your lovely take on the sketch at Case the sketch!
ReplyDeleteThanks Joyce!
Wow, Joyce, all of these are awesome! Your framed sentiments card is so clever and I really need to make a sentiment binder like that - it would save me a lot of time! Love the flower on the second card and the way the sentiment is tucked into the petals. The last card is my favourite - I LOVE that stenciled background - it looks awesome! I actually have that stencil so I'm gonna have to give that a try...
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! That first card is so much fun. And hey, I'm sure it is time to eat cake! sure of it! Great floral cards too.
ReplyDeletethat book is such a great resource to ha....and a lot of work! great cards!
ReplyDeleteYour card is so great for that framed inspiration photo! Love that it works for a guy card!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us this week at Just Us Girls!
So much inspiration here, Joyce ... cool and funky squares, such a sweet daisy ... and what fun filled frames ... love that subtle embossing in the background! Delighted to have you play along with us at Time Out! Anita :)
ReplyDeleteWow, lovely cards Joyce. Thank you for joining us at CAS on Sunday. Luv, Wilma
ReplyDelete3 very awesome but distinctly different cards!! I love your ability to stamp so many diverse styles and types of cards!!! Love all 3 cards but the first one really impressed me and how it matched up so well to the inspiration photo!! Good for you - you rocked the card making this weekend!!
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