I was inspired by a card on Pinterest to make my CAS card in gray, white and a pop of color. This is a top folding card and the bottom is embossed with an old Cuttlebug Pop Culture strip embossing folder. As this is a CAS card I didn’t want to add a second layer strip for the sentiment so I scored an area then stamped the Gina K Designs So Many Sentiments in white pigment ink and white embossing powder. The Taylored Expressions Versatile Vases was stamped with a linen background stamp in Sea Salt ink and Flower Market stamp and die were added to complete my card. It’s difficult to see the embossing but adds a little more to my “white” space IRL.

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Simply Clean & Simple: May 2024 Challenge – Flowers

My card will be going out in today’s mail to a friend’s daughter who is recovering from some surgery. Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and be safe.

I choose butterflies! My mother loved butterflies and they have become a symbol of her nearness to me so to my surprise this past week a butterfly drifted past me when I was outside pulling those blasted weeds. One more reminder that my mom and my kids’ Nana will always be with us no matter how many years she has been gone. Now for my card: it was almost all Taylored Expressions products. First the bodies of the butterflies were stamped and clear heat embossed then using the layering stencils to ink from a stamp and stencil Butterfly combo set. Then additional details were added from Butterfly Wishes stamp set, Diamonds Piercing Plate die was used to emboss the butterfly panel, a frame from Frame in Frame 3 cutting plate, sentiment from Boho Sentiments and foiled butterfly from Beautiful Butterflies set. Inks were Gina K Designs Lilac trio and unbranded banner dies complete by butterfly card.

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Triple B May 2024 Challenge – to include Birds Blooms and/or Butterflies in any combination.

And because of the mood board I needed to use purples.

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I was inspired with the fun mood board with The Two Old Bats Halloween challenge to make my card for the May challenge by combining the background tree in one of the panels as well as the pumpkins. So for my card, I stenciled white pigment ink on the SimonSaysStamp In The Round stencil then added some orange, purple and green to some of the dots. Penny Black’s large Dark Spirits tree was stamped and fussy cut eliminating the hanging elements and Recollections Halloween stamp for the two pumpkins also fussy cut, then Taylored Expressions Scripty Boo and backer were added to my card front panel. The lighter green boo was added over the dark green glitter die cut but it was too late for the strip which was glued in place and stuck fast. It was a lot of fussy cutting for that tree that really blended into the background!!!

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Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: May 2024 Anything Goes Halloween

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A Gift with Purchase stamp set from Taylored Expressions gave me two cards by stamping and cutting the colored panels in half. The flowers on the colored cardstock was stamped in similar colored inks and some clear star gelly roll highlighting was added to them for a little sparkle. The panels lined up pretty easily after fussy cutting them out. The second card is below:

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Make My Monday Challenge Blog: #225 Florals

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Baubles and Bling! The Sisterhood of Crafters May challenge is ‘All about the Ladies’ and a special friend should get a chuckle out of this shiny blinged up card. I decided on these heels and sentiment from a Sizzix stamp set, then needed more so foiled a Gina K Designs Poly-Glaze sheet and colored in a few of the gems, then I needed something else or I was tossing the card idea so I added a few flowers and turned it into a shaped card using Taylored Expressions Arched Stacklets and still added more by blinging up the heels with gems and pearls. Not for everyone but it is growing on me!! LOL!!!!

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The Sisterhood of Crafters: May 8 – Ladies

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It’s Spring! Time for flower and car shows and road trips!!! Taking some inspiration from those activities, I decided to use this Hampton Arts Art Impressions fun image and sentiment. Taylored Expressions Linen background stamp was inked with Gina K Designs Dusty Rose ink and stamped on my card base. The layering panel was die cut using TE’s A2 Postage Stamp stacklets die and ink blended in the same dusty rose ink. GKD ephemera was added to the corner of my image and my friends and I are ready for adventure.

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The Four Seasons Challenge: Spring Season May 2024

I varied some from their mood board but did use pink for inspiration. Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and be safe.

The challenge for May at Colorful Options is Royal Blue. I couldn’t quite seem to find the shade of royal blue in all of my inks so opted to make my Taylored Expressions Baroque Bouquet rainbow colored. The background was ink blended using Tim Holtz Distress Oxide salty ocean and spattered with a little water and white paint. Sentiment is also TE.

Still not royal blue but am really loving this TE set.

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Colorful Options: May 2024 Challenge — Royal Blue or Rainbow

Gorgeous mood board and I have a sweater in royal blue but not inks :(.

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