Freshly Made Sketches 581

 This week's Freshly Made Sketches had me pulling out bits and bobs from my

scrap bowl and I love when that happens.

Meet the sketch.

 

 And here's my take on it.

 

I subbed a butterfly for the heart and added my beloved Paper Smooches greenery

plus a sentiment from Altenew. I also found Altenew's (misplaced) swirl debossing plate

 and used it before adding the elements onto the kraft base.

A few clear drops and the card is done. Being a hoarder has its perks, no?

Hope you're having a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

The Flower Challenge 79 -- FOCUS ON BACKGROUND STAMPING

 

The challenge theme at The Flower Challenge 79 is Focus on Background Stamping.

 

 

Here's my project. I'm not sure if it will qualify as the background was made by

stenciling and not stamping, per se.

I love Altenew's Blooming Flower Bed Stencil because it covers the whole background

of a card panel and you can use so many different color combos. I chose cheery colors

and after adhering the panel to a card base, I added the sentiment and finished off

with some clear sequins.

 

I have several more weeks to enter another card if this one doesn't qualify as having a

stamped background. Stay tuned to see if it gets a thumbs up or down.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Freshly Made Sketches 580

 I'm joining Freshly Made Sketches 580, with its window pane sketch design.

 

I was afraid I'd take too long to figure out the dimension of each quadrant and I was

thinking of going "wonky" with the shapes. But neatness and order prevailed and

here's what I came up with.

I used Altenew's gradient card stock and wide washi tape for the panels and 

added some embossing for a bit of dimension on the card. The sentiment was

white embossed and the card was finished off with clear sequins.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Freshly Made Sketches 579

I love a simple sketch. When I saw Freshly Made Sketches 579, I just received

Simon Says Stamp Mushroom Stems in the mail. Perfect timing!

 

Here's the sketch.

 

And here's my card.

I love mushrooms and colored the caps with Distress Oxide inks then spattered them with

water and dotted them with a white pigment pen. 

They were assembled on the oval and grounded with some grass using a Copic marker.

I left the background white and adhered the oval to patterned paper and a card base.

An Altenew sentiment and Studio Katia's clear confetti finished off the card.

Off to link up this card. Thanks for stopping by!

Color Throwdown Challenge #735

 

Here's the graphic for Color Throwdown Challenge #735 with blue, brown, and rust

as this week's colors.

 

 

 

And here's my card using Simon Says Stamp's Paper Layering Circles. 

Dana Joy mentioned the circles look like geodes, which they do. Here's my geode.

The circles were cut from mostly patterned papers and I threw in a bit of glitter paper

for interest. A Memory Box sentiment, a few enamel dots, and a rounded right corner

finished off the card.

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

The Flower Challenge #78 -- DIE CUTS OR STENCILS

 This month's challenge at The Flower Challenge is to use DIE CUTS or STENCILS with

flowers as the main focus of your card.

 

I've been seeing several rainbow blooms on Instagram. They include Ilda and Aileen's

rainbow cone flower and Caly's gorgeous sunflower.

I thought I'd give rainbow coloring a try with Simon Says Stamp's Sunflower Petals

which Caly mentioned was meant to be made as a colorful bloom.

 

 After die cutting the four petals in the set, I inked them with distress inks and tried

to overlap the colors when transitioning to the next color. The center was cut from

kraft card stock and inked with dark brown ink.

 

 After assembling the sunflower, I splattered on some gold paint and adhered it to an 

embossed card base. I finished off with a foiled sentiment from The Stamp Market. 

Wouldn't it be fun to see a field of rainbow flowers IRL?

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Inspired by GILDED LEAVES

This week's challenge theme at Inspired by Challenge is GILDED LEAVES.

 Here's the challenge graphic and Laurel's sketch.

 

 

And here's my card which was inspired by both the photo and the sketch.

Since the challenge was posted on National Old Stuff Day, we were challenged to use 

an item that is older than a year. Leaf Fragment Dies by Tim Holtz fit the bill as they

made their debut in August 2021. 

 

I cut them out from light green card stock then added more color with Distress Oxide

inks. Gold paint was added to the tips and spattered on top. After they were completely

dried, I crushed them for a bit of dimension.

I used a really old tree trunk embossing folder by We R Memory Keepers. And that 

foiled sentiment is from The Stamp Market. For those of us who don't own a foiling 

machine but love the shine 😁

I'd better link this up--I'm a little early for once! Thanks for stopping by.

Inspired by LEMONS

It's been a week since I've returned from an overseas trip and I think I'm still 

a bit jet lagged. I've been wanting to enter card challenges but I'm two steps behind.

When I saw the current Inspired by Challenge with the theme of lemons, I

couldn't resist.

 

Here's my card. I was inspired by the lemon slice and the color of the truck.

I happened to have some of The Greetery's lemon slices already made so this card

came together rather quickly.

Off to link up this card--I hope I made it! Thanks for stopping by!

 

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Edited to add: Honored that my card was chosen as the weekly winner AND

I won the digital prize! Thank you, Inspired By Challenges!

 

 

Supplies:

The Greetery Dried Citrus Slices Die 

Papertrey Ink Just Sentiments: Summer Mini Stamp Set
SSS Vine Canopy 3D Embossing Folder

Paper Smooches Botanicals 3 Dies (discontinued)

Freshly Made Sketches 571

I thought I'd squeeze in a card for Freshly Made Sketches 571. Here's the sketch.

And here's my card using my all time favorite Altenew washi tape--again. After

adhering a strip of the tape onto a card base, I ran it through an embossing folder

then added the sentiment and some sequins.

I hope you can see the sketch! Thanks for stopping by!

 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge -- SNOWFLAKES

My card for Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge 11 was chosen as a Top Pick, 

and I was invited to guest for this month's challenge together with the other Top Picks. 

The theme for the challenge is SNOWFLAKES.

 

Here's my card.

 

 
Two MFT mugs were cut from watercolor card stock. One was inked in green and the other in

pink. After embossing both with a snowflake embossing folder, I used a sanding block over 

the surface to remove the color and make the snowflakes stand out. 

 

The two part sentiment was silver embossed then cut with the matching dies. I tripled up

the sentiment and adhered it under the mugs. Snowflake sequins finished off the card.

Come and join this month's challenge! 

Link up a newly created Christmas themed card with at least one SNOWFLAKE.  

The sponsor is Doodlebugswa and the prize is a $25 gift code to their store. 

You have until Wednesday, January 25th at 11:59pm PST  to enter. 

Hope to see you in the gallery!