My card today will be shared with the Can You Handle the Pressure challenge blog group. Requirements include an embossing folder and an optional theme of RAINBOWS.
For my rainbow I used the Pink Fresh Studio Color Block Rainbow die multiple times to get my rainbow colors. After adding the color pieces to the frame, I embossed it usig a Cuttlebug dot embossing folder. The flowers are Gina K Designs ephemera as is the die and shadow.
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My card today will be shared with Cards 4 Galz Challenge #194 to use vellum on your card project. After giving this some thought, I decided to stencil a Darice daisy stencil onto my vellum and then cut a Taylored Expressions frame from their Frame in Frame 3 cutting plate to use as my border and to be able to glue down the vellum. Looking through my patterned paper pads, I decided on this abstract piece which I think helps set off the embossed image. Sentiment is Taylored Expressions On Occasion stamp and die set and a little bit of bling for the flower centers will complete my card today.
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A fun and inspiring green March mood board from Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #35 which is an Anything Goes Christmas challenge. My card today is using Taylored Expressions liquid watercolor in spearmint for my background. Brushing water on my watercolor paper panel then brushing on the liquid watercolor, I let my background dry then added another layer of water and water color. After drying again, cutting down my panel ran it through my on it’s very last legs Big Shot (yes I should just get used to the Gemini but it’s hard to let go of my Big Shot) using SimonSaysStamps Kaleidoscope embossing folder, then lightly inking the raised portions with Taylored Expressions’ Poblano Pepper ink and inking the edges for a little extra dimension. Snow hills are SSS Layered Hills dies, sentiment from Catherine Pooler Candy Lane Cane stamp set stamped in Poblano Pepper and my snow people were saved from a store bought card I received. The image was way too cute not to use so let’s call it ephemera.
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A new day and a new challenge or two! AAA Cards Challenge #235 is always a clean and simple challenge and this month the challenge is ink blending along the edge. Stencil Fun March Challenge which you are required to use a stencil is also a CAS challenge so I’ll be sharing my card with both of these challenges.
Using the Tim Holtz Layering Lace stencil and very, very carefully masking my border, I ink blended pink, red and orange inks. Unfortunately these inks seemed closer in shades then I expected so the don’t have a lot of dimension. A sentiment from Taylored Expressions’ Scenic Sentiments stamp set and this card is completed. AND no fingerprints!! Nope, not adding anything else!!
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A new challenge blog with Diane and Darlene called Triple B: Birds, Blooms and Butterflies!! A pretty spring mood board to kick off the first challenge which needs to include Birds, Butterflies and Blooms or any combination of these on our project. My card today will be shared with this challenge and it includes: Taylored Expressions Blooming Botanical layering stencils, Beautiful Butterflies die & foil-it combo, SimonSaysStamp’s Heart Garden background stamp and the Hello die with shadow. A little Wink of Stella was added to my heart garden flowers. Looking forward to playing along with this challenge again.
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The Halloween stamps and supplies are always within in reach with now not only one monthly challenge but two! I will be sharing my card today with the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge – March Anything Halloween challenge and a newer to me Most Magical Time of the Year challenge blog #6 which is either anything Christmas or Halloween Artist Trading Card or Coins! So of course I had to google this ATC and decided on making a ATCoin and attaching it to my card front and was totally inspired by Two Old Bats Halloween mood board for my card.
After die cutting a 2-1/2″ circle, I used a SimonSaysStamp bat stencil and versamark and green embossing powder (probably hard to see), then decided for some reason to add the bloodshot eyeballs (now it looks like a black moon). This was my ATCoin part of the Magical challenge. Back to the card, found my Hero Arts bat background stamp and stamped in veramark again and embossed with Taylored Expressions glitter green embossing powder. Die cut the Whimsy Stamps Drippy Frame die which was lightly sprayed with Tim Holtz Twisted Citron Distress Oxide spray, SSS sentiment strip and Taylored Expressions bats from Gus & Gertie halloween stamp and die set completes my card today.
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I’m having fun pulling out the GREEN and making some St Patrick’s Day cards. Using inspiration from Stamp Buddy, Lisa K and her recent post of her Hinge Fun Fold card, I’ll be sharing my card today with the Double D Everything is Coming Up Green challenge and the Paper Dragonfly Creative All that Glitters is Green and Gold challenge and Can You Handle the Pressure Embossing Folder with a twist of anything with wings.
Using SimonSaysStamps Clover Wreath Stencil, Cuttlebug Argyl embossing folder on green glitter cardstock, a scrap of argyl patterned paper, SSS sentiment strip which was foiled in gold, stamping and gold heat embossing embossing and fussy cutting out 3 dragonflies from Gina K Designs’ Dreams Take Flight stamp set and an Inkadinadoo fussy cut Garden Gnome stamp holding a die cut glitter clover completes my card.
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Green is the color of this month’s Colorful Options challenge blog and I love it! Our grass is still green-ish thanks to hubby’s paint job, still not covered in snow and as a redhead a favorite color of mine.
For today’s card that will be shared with Colorful Options, I pulled out a piece of Gina K Designs patterned paper from my stash, a stamp and die from the GKD Luck & Love card kit from a year past, dotted swiss embossing folder and Taylored Expressions sentiment from Shake your Shamrock stamp and die set. The leprachauns sprinkled some gold splatter on my card on their way over the rainbow…..I think they may have made a mess though! LOL!
Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and be safe. 17 days until spring and we are still waiting for the first real snowstorm to hit us in Pennsylvania.
Trying to get motivated by playing along with a few challenges. I think the AAA Cards Clean and Simple Challenge #234 to include circles is me right now! The Cardz 4 Galz #193 challenge is a color challenge to include red, white and pink. I blended these two challenges together and will be sharing my card with both blogs.
The stencil I used was something I picked in one of the big box stores some time ago,I think, I separated it into three different sections of circles. Using Gina K Designs Cherry Red ink and fading out to SimonSaysStamp’s Cotton Candy ink, adding a cotton candy dragonfly from GKD’s Dreams Take Flight and stamping a GKD Lovely Notes January card kit sentiment in black with a few touches of wink of stella completed my card.
Red, White, Pink and CAS with as much open space as I can manage completes my card today.
Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and be safe. The first of two storms may be heading our way. Maybe 1-3″ of snow, sleet freezing rain tonight followed with something for later in the week. We shall see!!!
