I am trying to get caught up from my trip, and finally had a bit of time over the past few days to make a few cards.
First up are two cards I made using the technique at Make it Monday #161: Watercolor Splats using the colors from Colour Me #17. After applying my inks using my mini ink daubers, I painted water spots all over the paper. I was too impatient to wait for it to dry, so used my heat gun to speed up the process. I cut the Memory Box Prim Poppy out of the panel, and then filled the space in with a white die cut that I had completely coated with Wink of Stella. My sentiment is from Verve, and I put a tiny rhinestone inside the flower that is the 'o' in Mother.
OK, can you see where this is going....What to do with the poppie die cut from my water splatted base? Yes, you are right--I just made another card that is the opposite of the first card. I added a bunch more tiny little water splats just on the flowers. My sentiment is stamped with Brilliance Lightning Black--one of my favorite specialty black inks--I just love how muted and shimmery it is. I am linking this card up at this week's Simon Says Wednesday Keep it Clean and Simple.
I'll be linking both cards up at Make it Monday and Colour Me.
The challenge this week at Lawnscaping #80 is Mini. How fun is that? I love mini things. I've got two mini projects to link up today. First up is this little mini birthday card, that I am also linking up at this week's Seize the Birthday Anything Goes.
I made a little envelope using my Envelope Punch Board and paper from MME Happy Day. I used the same papers to paper piece a mini birthday card using the Hippo Birdie. I'm so in love with this little mini card and envelope, I don't know if I will ever be able to use it.
I have another mini project for Lawnscaping #80--a mini paper cube. Hard to tell in this close up photo, but this cube is 2" by 2" by 2", and I bought it at Impress.
I stamped three sides with flowers from Penelope's Garden.
Last up is a card I started making last week for Make it Monday, but did not finish it in time to enter. I used the stamping and embossing on die cuts technique show in the video here. I am entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday Keep it Clean and Simple and Simply Create Too Challenge #60: Stack em Up. I stamped and embossed the flowers from In Bloom before die cutting them. It did make it much easier to emboss. I used my new Background Basics Art Deco in Soft Stone and Spring Moss for the background. That stamp is really easy to line up.
Well, that's it for me today.
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My mom has requested some sympathy cards, and I noticed that my supply of those was getting low, so I've been making some sympathy cards here and there for my stash. This is one kind of card that I never like to make when I need it--I'd much prefer to just be able to pull something out that is ready made.
These two are the same except for color--the first one is SU Soft Sky and the second one is SU Baja Breeze. These cards are a redo of this birthday card. Stamps are Crackle Background and Peaceful Garden, and the die is Memorybox Prim Poppy.
I couldn't lighten this one up without the colors looking totally garish--they are Fine Linen, Kraft and Versafine Vintage Sepia.
I was inspired by this card for my next card. The die is from Sizzix and I can't remember the exact name, and the sentiment is from Verve Forever in Our Hearts.
My last card uses generational stamping with a variety of PTI greens and stamps from Verve Forever in Our Hearts.
That's it for me today. I sure hope that we won't use up all these cards too quickly.
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What, only three cards? Well, turns out that Rachel got most of her homework done yesterday, and we were able to go swimming this afternoon. Well, I read my book in the shade, but the kids went swimming.
First up is a card for this week's Monday Mood Board #12 from WPlus9. I was inspired by the colors and the birthday theme. I am also linking up to this week's Simon Says...Flower Power challenge. I used a number of images from WPlus9 Magical Moments, as well as sentiments from Hero Arts and PTI. I used the Happy Harlequin cover plate from PTI as an impression plate.
My next card is for this week's A Blog Named Hero #24 challenge to create a CAS card and uses the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch CTS#28. I am also entering into this week's Simon Says Stamp and Show: A Little Paper.
Last up is another card for this week's Fusion Challenge #7, where I am again inspired by the photo. This card is almost exactly like my earlier entry, but it is an anniversary card. Today is my 17th anniversary, and I guess I had anniversaries on the brain.
And, since there are flowers and patterned papers, I will be entering this card at the Simon Says...Flower Power challenge and this week's Simon Says Stamp and Show: A Little Paper.
Supplies Used (PTI):
Mood Board
Stamps: WPlus9 Magical Moments, PTI Think Big, Hero Arts Birthday Messages
Paper: White
Ink: Hibiscus Burst, New Leaf, Blueberry Sky, Colorbox Orange Fizz, Versafine Onyx Black
Other: Harlequin cover Plate, Tremendous Tags die, Twine, Sakura Jelly Roll Pen
Happy Birthday
Stamps: Hero Arts Cupcakes and Birthday Messages, Birthday Style
Paper: White, MME Life of the Party
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Limeade Ice, Hero Arts Pale Tomato
Other: Stickles, Glossy Accents
Happy Anniversary
Stamps: Mixed Messages, Market Street Woodgrain
Paper: Kraft solid and Pattern, Fine Linen, SU Cherry Cobbler
Ink: SU Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler
Other: Memory Box Prim Poppy die, Tremendous Tags die, Rustic Jute, Hearts from Love Lives Here dies
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