Sunflower Card ~ World Card Making Day

Good morning friends ~ Did you participate in any of the festivities for World Card Making Day?  I played along over at A Cherry On Top and was able to add quite a few cards to my stash.  

The fall card challenge gave me the perfect opportunity to use up some of this design paper from Graphic 45.  It's been in my stash for much too long.

 

This fabulous sunflower die is also an oldie from Cheery Lynn Designs, and to this day is still one of my favorite sunflowers dies.  

 

I'll be popping this card into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

A Cut Above ~ October Challenge 

Sunday Stamps ~ Autumn Whispers

 

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Little Blue Bird

Hello crafty friends ~ I have a pretty blue bird card to share with you today.  I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest that was similar in design as this, so I cased the layout using my own dies. 

 

Oldies but goodies include, Wonky Stitched Scalloped Rectangles from MFT, Winter Robin from Dee's Distinctively Dies, Olive Branches from Cheery Lynn Designs and Potpourri Flowers from Poppystamps.

 

I cut the olive leaves and the smaller flowers out of white cardstock and rubbed on a bit of Distress inks to add color.  The larger flowers are cut from blue scraps found in my scrapbox.  All topped with fairy gems from Honeybee Stamps.

 

 I like that this whole card was made using scraps, except for the card base.  

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

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Cut It Up ~ Use  more than one die cut

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ Birthday 

 

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Stenciled Cosmos

Happy Monday to you!

 

About a month ago I was inspired by my sweet friend Marcia's post using these wonderful cosmos stencils from The Ton.  Like any good enabled friend would do, I went out and bought me some. 

 

The first card I made, I used the colors they suggested in the packaging.  I tried to keep the stenciling light.

 

For the second card, I used a rainbow of color, much like Marcia did. 

 

I used the Pierced Feature Frames from Papertrey Ink to make an eclipse card.

 

The verse is also from PTI.  I'm tickled with these new stencils and can't wait to ink them up in more color combinations.  

I'll be adding one of these cards to the following challenges.

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms ~ Anything Goes using photo option

 

Stencil Fun ~ No Option

 

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Sunflower Postage

Hi friends ~ I'm bringing you a little sunshine with this bright and cheerful sunflower postage card featuring Sunflower stencils from Waffle Flower.

 

I honestly can't get enough of all these fantastic WF stencils!  For it's first use, I stenciled both the rectangle and the circle images not knowing if I'd use them both on a single card, but as you can see I did.

  

I don't have the coordinating dies for this set, but I found that the Elizabeth Craft Designs postage stamp fit the rectangle image perfectly.  I also rummaged through the circle dies and found this Stitched Pinked Circles from Impression Obsession that fit pretty well.

 

I used the WF postage stamp stencils around the edges of an A2 card base, giving it the look of an air mail envelope and then stamped a couple of the postage stamp images from their postage stamp set.  
 

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

A Cut Above ~ Anything Goes September

Triple B Challenge ~ Yellow

 

I hope this is Clean and Simple enough for the CAS Mix Up Challenge ~ Sunflowers.  If not, I'm sure they'll let me know.

 

Time Out Challenge ~ Seasonal Colors Where You Live

 

 I chose these colors because we've had beautiful blue skies to set off the lovely yellow sunflowers growing in our garden right now. 

 

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Sending You Prayers

Good morning friends ~ 

 As I was rummaging through my card file I came across this card that I made months ago and never posted.  I actually made it for a challenge but it closed before I had a chance to enter.  Do you do that?  I miss challenge deadlines all the time!

 

I started by making a scripty background using a Penny Black background stamp, and distressing around the edges of the background with the same color ink.

 

The beautiful Cosmos Bunch from Pinkfresh Studio was stamped and then stenciled using soft, muted colors.  I usually have a heavy hand when it comes to stenciling, so this took lots of self control.  

 

The "Sending You Prayers" is a stamp and die set from Simon Says Stamp.

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

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Stamp It 

A Cut Above ~  September

 

The leaves have just started to fall here and temperatures are definitely fall like.   I've started cutting things back in the garden getting them ready for winter.  Seems like summer whisked by way to quickly.

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A Shaped Card ~Guest Designer for Cut It Up Challenge #364

Good morning friends~  A while back my card made the Top Cut at the Cut It Up Challenge, so I'm honored to have a guest spot designing for them in today's challenge to make a "Shaped Card".

 

I used Nested Keyplate Etched dies from Say It With Stamps to make the shaped card.  I thought the keyplate design was a little bit unique and the fact that it is a layered set, gave me lots of opportunity to use up some printed paper.  The brown inside frame was actually cut from the same pale yellow cardstock I used for the flowers, but I sponged over it with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  I triple layered the outside frame and the inner frame to give it some dimension.

 

The printed papers are from a set called Floral Whispers from Asuka Studio.  The water colored florals in this set are truly stunning.  I added a couple of flowers made using Layered Colorful Blooms from Spellbinders.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink, and it is stamped on a banner from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  

 

A Layered Butterfly sticker from Spellbinders has landed herself on the bottom of this pretty card.  I think this card turned out quite nice!

 You can link up your own shaped card at the Cut It Up Challenge.  

Thanks so much to all the designers at Cut It Up Challenge for allowing me to take part in this design challenge with them. 

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

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Triple B Challenge ~ September 

Beautiful Blossoms ~ No Option 

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A Welcome Breeze

Good morning stamping friends ~ 

 The temps have shifted here on the east coast and fall is on the horizon.  I've been enjoying having the windows wide open.

 The Greetery's "Fresh Air" beckons the fresh, crisp fall air.

 

I cut the window out of the front panel and when you open the card, the scene is pretty much the same.

 

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

The Paper Players ~ CAS 

 

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ CAS

 

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

  

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Birthday Cake

Good morning friends ~ I'm still working on adding cards to my stash on hand.  My box has become woefully sparse and I didn't have any anniversary cards left, so I pulled out another oldie but goodie from Pinkfresh Studio called "Celebrate In Style".

 

As you can see, I heat embossed the bottom strip with gold embossing powder.  I like the touch of elegance it adds to the cake.  And that spray of flowers is delightful!

 

I added Petal Pink Liquid Pearls to the centers of the flowers.

It's the small details that add so much!

 

Here's another card using the left overs from the stenciled and die cut set.  I happily used up more printed paper in the process as well.  That's always a good thing.

I'll be adding one of these cards to the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge ~ Summertime Blues using Pinkfresh Studio

 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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Elegant Florals

Hello friends ~ I wasn't planning on posting today, until I saw the Time Out Challenge word prompts.  My card fits into three categories so I thought, why not!

 

I filled the front of the card using the beautiful Peony Bouquet stamp & die set from Altenew, sticking with a monochrome color palette, minus the leaves.  

 

It's hard to see, but I stamps a diamond pattern, yellow on yellow to make a subtle background. The filigree sentiment from Papertrey Ink is stamped in dark green.

 

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

Time Out Challenge ~ using prompts "birthday", "floral" & "monochrome"

 

Just Us Girls ~ Die Week

 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ Birthday 

 

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