Bright Blooms for a Special Day

Hello friends ~  

 

 It doesn't happen very often, that I have the right card at the right time.  But that is the case with this card here and the Color Hues Challenge.

 

I made this card earlier this summer and never got around to posting it.  I think I made it for another challenge, but the challenge closed before I got around to posting it.  I do that often.  

 

Anywho, the stencils are Poppy Posy stencils from LDRS Creative.  I stenciled them and cut them out using the coordinating die and popped it over a die cut arch, stamped with script. 

 

The card base is cut from the largest arch die, covered with design paper.  The sentiment is a stamp from Altenew.

 

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Color Hues ~ Red & Green

 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Stencil Fun ~ November 

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Rustic Christmas Tree Card #2

Following up on my last post found here, I have another rustic Christmas card to share with you today!

 

Since I still had Tim Holtz’s Winter Woodlands stamps and the Honeybee Stamps Lovely Layers: Trees on my desk, I put together another quick card! I even managed to finish off the very last scrap of paper from a 6x6 pad. There is seriously no better feeling than completely using up an entire paper pack!

 

To give the Honeybee Stamps Christmas tree a glistening finish, I pounced white ink over it and added a sprinkle of Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter.".

 

Nothing fancy, just using up some scraps and feeling good about adding another Christmas card to the box for this season.

 I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

A Cut Above ~ November 

 

Just a quick reminder to go out and vote today.  ;0)

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Christmas Tree Tickets

The Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is looking for trees, and I have just the ticket!

 

 

I started by cutting the Terrific Tickets die from Whimsy Stamps out of Kraft cardstock and stenciling in the red color while it was still in the die, leaving me with a nice clean border around each ticket. 

 

If you look carefully, you'll see some tone on tone stamping in the background.  I used an old script stamp from my stash. Once that was done, I stamped images from Terrific Ticket Christmas stamps, also from Whimsy Stamps, as well as some images from Tim Holtz Winter Woodlands stamp set.  I heat embossed the sentiment at the top to highlight it.

 

These beautiful trees are cut from Honeybee Stamps Lovely Layers: Trees.  Once I glued them on, I splattered on some white paint for a snowy effect.

 

In keeping with the "North Lumber" theme, I mounted this all onto a panel of woodgrain Kraft cardstock, which was darkened up along the edges using Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  I think this card has a natural, organic look to it which I'm super pleased with.

 I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Simon Says Monday ~ Trees

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

A Cut Above ~ October

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Be Still....

Hello friends ~  

Today's card is holding on to the final days of summer. 

I made this card earlier this summer and never got around to posting it.  The stencil challenge at Just Us Girls reminded me to post it and add it to their challenge.

 

The Flower Bunch stencils are from Altenew which I colored using Distress Oxide Inks, and the panel is cut using Rounded and Braided Rectangles from Pink Fresh Studio.  I placed the stenciled panel over a layer of gold mirror cardstock.

I added a bit of Wink of Stella to the center of both flowers and stamped the verse from Psalm 46:10 on the lower left corner.  I don't know the maker of the stamp.  It's an oldie that I no longer have the packaging for.

 

To finish it off, I added a pretty vellum butterfly sticker from Spellbinders.

 I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Just Us Girls ~ Stencil Week

 

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Pumpkin Chai Latte

Hello friends ~ 

It's cold and rainy here today so I've made you a pumpkin chai latte to enjoy.

 

I was mainly playing around with the new to me, Holiday Citrus Layering Stencil from The Ton.  

 

Even though the Holiday Citrus stencil is meant fro Christmas, I decided to repurpose it for a fall card instead.

 

I popped it onto this large coffee mug from Marianne Designs and added a sprinkle of cinnamon to the whipped cream using silk microfine glitter from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

 I'll be entering this card into the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~ Fall Challenge

 

Time Out Challenges ~ inspired by the coffee mugs and warm colors

 

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