Color Hues #98 -- Red and Black

 I've had Spellbinders' Skateboarding Terry for a while, die cut in different

"doggie colors". I grabbed a black one and made a card for Color Hues #98.

 

And here's Terry in all his glory.

 

I love how the red collar pops on him and matches his skateboard. And the

sentiment? I imagine that if pets could speak, that would be the message

they would convey to their owner ❤

Thanks for stopping by!

Freshly Made Sketches #660

 

Here's Freshly Made Sketches #660, courtesy of Judy.

 

 

I went a little off course with a different shape but tried to stay true to 

the original sketch.

I almost brought in a nest then remembered that I had Tim Holtz's Festive 

Wreath that he recently brought out from the vault. There must have been

a zillion pieces and it was a good time to use scraps of colored cardstock.

I stamped the sentiment first on cream cardstock and cut the panel with

Spellbinder dies, then adhered the wreath and extras. The panel looked a 

little too "clean", so I distressed the edges with a scissors, and adhered it 

to a chocolate brown card base. 

I'm off to link this up. Thanks, always, for stopping by!

Freshly Made Sketches #659

Here's Freshly Made Sketches #659, another sketch with many possibilities.

 

And here's my take on it. Butterflies!

Pinkfresh Studio's Fluttering Butterflies Washi tape has a kaleidoscope of

butterflies and I love that you can cut them out in one pass. Some gold paint was 

spattered on the card and I adhered the butterflies and foliage and stamped

 the sentiment.

I hope this brightens your weekend! I'm off to link this up, early, for a change.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Color Throwdown Challenge #816

 

I consider myself "color challenged" but joined this week's Color Throwdown

Challenge #816 to honor a former Color Throwdown DT member, Barbara Anders 

who recently passed away.

I was on the My Favorite Things design team from 2015 till 2019 and Barbara

was a long time designer--possibly even from the very beginning. I always admired

her ability to create cards so effortlessly, from CAS to elegant and layered. 

Bar could do it all. 

 

Here's my card that I plan to send to her family.

 

Altenew's Hill Blossom stencil is one of my favorite stencils and I've made many

cards with it. It's a first for me to ink up brown leaves and I rather liked how it 

looks together with the orange blooms.

I cut out two panels from Reverse Wonky Rectangles and ran the Doily embossing

folder through one. The back panel was joined to the front to form a hinge and I

liked how the doily left a space for my sentiment.

 

 

Two branches were stenciled and cut with the matching dies. One branch was

adhered directly to the card and the second was trimmed a bit and popped up

over the first. An MFT sentiment finished off the card.

For more information on this week's challenge and how you can send a card to

Bar's family, visit this post. Thanks for stopping by!

Freshly Made Sketches #658

 

Freshly Made Sketches #658 offers so many possibilities.

 

I went the postal route and here's my card.

 

The postage stamps were cut from patterned paper and adhered to postage frames.

I stamped the sentiment then ran the card through the Swiss Dots embossing folder. 

The two smaller stamps were adhered to the card base and the larger stamp

was popped up on the card. 

I'm off to link this up with hours to spare. Thanks for stopping by!

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Edited to add: Honored that my card was chosen for Princess status by Jen T.

Thanks so much, Jen! 

 

 

JUGS #748 Word Week -- LEAVES

 

 It's Word Week over at Just Us Girls Challenge #748 and the word is LEAVES.

 

 

 

I love leaves and own a ton of leaf dies in every shape and size. It's my dream to see

fall foliage anywhere--brilliant reds and oranges, please. I seem to be missing the mark as

we've traveled to see them many times with no luck.

I have seen ginkgo leaves in Japan and I love their fan shape and that no two are the same.

Here's my card featuring ginkgo leaves in bright colors because I've rediscovered my 

Zig Kuretake markers.

I started out with green and yellow pens, and grabbed pinks and purples just for fun.

I rather like how they looked--pretty much like umbrellas. After spattering them with 

white paint, they were adhered to a tree ring embossed card and I made sure to 

stamp the sentiment before embossing it.

A little far fetched, I know, but wouldn't it be awesome to see leaves in those colors?

Thanks, always, for stopping by!

Freshly Made Sketches #657

 

I've returned from Japan and slowly getting back into craft mode. I left with a small 

cold and came back with an unwanted souvenir--a very bad cough.  

 

I decided to get my feet wet with Freshly Made Sketches #657 and came up with this.

 

I had some stenciled panels and chose one and embossed it with a folder. I also 

embossed a plain white panel then cut them per the sketch and joined them on a

card base.

I chose a sentiment that would fill up a tag and gold embossed it. After adhering 

the tag to the card, I found some rayon ribbon that I dyed many moons ago

and fashioned a bow as best as I could and adhered it to the tag.

Off to link this up, thanks for stopping by!

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Edited to add: My card was chosen as the winner for FMS #657!

Thank you so much, Freshly Made Sketches!

 

 

JUGS #746 -- Anything Goes STENCILS

 

I'm leaving on an overseas trip in a few days and wanted to post a card so it won't be 

too quiet around here. Luckily, while swooning over Michele's gorgeous card 

I learned about Just Us Girls Challenge #746 using STENCILS.

 

Pinkfresh Studio's Built on Dreams may be my all time fave stencil because it's easy 

to layer and the dies make the cutest little shaped card if you choose to make one.

I love this stencil so much that I bought several as "backups" because some parts

of the stencil are delicate and I was worried it might tear. I chose Concord & 9th

inks and finished off with some iridescent sequins and a sentiment that came

with the stamp set.

 

 The design is versatile and depending on the colors you choose, can be used for

almost any occasion.

 Ok, I'd better link this up. Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #655

 

Freshly Made Sketches #655 is a simple one by Jen B. with so many possibilities.

 

 

I was thinking of flipping the sketch but I'm running short on time so I went with Jen's 

sketch as is. 

 

A bunch of mushrooms were cut and colored and adhered to an embossed wall. I stamped the

punny sentiment before embossing and drew in some grass to ground them.

The mushrooms and sentiment are by Paper Smooches, and although Kim has closed

 her online shop, I continue to use her products whenever I can. Because I love them!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Inspired By Challenge #302

 

It's been a while since I've joined an Inspired By challenge and when I saw the

graphic for IB302, I was in.

 

 

I LOVE leaves and anything fall, so I searched for Altenew's funky leaves and

put together this card in record time.

 

 

 Three leaves were cut and colored in autumnal colors and I stamped the

sentiment before running the panel through an embossing folder. I adhered

the leaves to a "clothesline" and called it done.

Off to link this up. Thanks for stopping by!