I used the Arrange a Wreath stamp and die set from Stampin’Up for this card. The sunflowers were created with Bumblebee cardstock and the edges inked with matching ink. The wreath is in brown tones, Crumb Cake and Early Expresso also from SU. The door was created using patterned paper from Gina K Designs and it needed a knob, so that came from Holiday Frame Filler set also by GKD.
Congratulations on reaching 600 challenges! It was fun to create a card with six of something.
This card uses Gina K Designs stamps and inks. I used Painted Autumn stamp set for the flowers and leaves and Hopeful Flowers set for the greeting. The ink colors used are Fresh Asparagus, Lovely Lavendar, Wild Lilac, Edible Eggplant.
This card will be posted on Split Coast Faith Based Challenge on Tuesday, Sept. 7, as an encouragement card.
I enjoyed pulling out my stamps that have not seen ink in a long time. I have enjoyed this set since purchased in 2016. I used Melanie Muechinger’s blog post where I found a similar layout and her date was 2016. Thanks for an enjoyable challenge!
Taking inspiration from buddy Gayle and one of her challenges, I went to my stamp room and began finding stamps, a stencil and dies that worked for the Circus Themed challenge at The Sisterhood of Crafters.
To find the help I needed, I searched Pinterest for Circus. A seal photo popped up in my search and I knew I had a stamp set purchased around 2013 from Gina K Designs, illustrated by Melanie Muenchinger called Jumping for Joy and it contains a seal, the ball, and the jumping platform as well as other animals. I stamped and then masked the seal, then placed the jumping platform and ball around the seal. Next obstacle was to create a background that looked like a circus. I spotted a stencil that was laying nearby and realized it would make the perfect tent like background. I chose to use a red Copic marker for tracing the lines. This stencil is from Spellbinders and Fun Stampers Journey called Sunny Day Stencil. I realized my tent needed something like curtains or banners. I had a banner close by that had not been colored or die cut, so I colored and cut it with the die, then proceeded to cut two more. I popped a set up for dimension. I made a ticket from The Stamps of Life ticket2stamp which I own dies for, so cutting was easy. Then came the stars. I often use a die from Lawn Fawn to cut small stars and this time I took a scrap piece of cardstock and colored it with the blue Copic marker that was used on the banner and the ball center. Finally everything looks like a circus. I added a lot of sparkle to make the stars and banner shine.
Thanks for reading my process. I enjoyed creating this and using so many items just sitting in my craft room begging to be used.
Today’s card was created to play along with the Double D Challenges: Anything with a Tail. I decided to use the Hero Arts Reef Border and Frame Fancy Die for my background which framed a piece of ocean patterned paper and the Hero Arts Mermaid stamp & cut set for my card to be entered into this challenge.
It turned into a beautiful day today once Ida moved through our area and gave us a heavy soaking. This card reminds me that summer is coming to a close and also the calm after the storm.
Thanks for stopping in for a peek and have a great day. Stay Safe!
The Greatest Show On Earth is the theme for The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge. Well…I decided to play along because the cards from the design team were so creative. Unfortunately I do not have any circus stamps besides a jungle animal here and there but I did have a DCWV All About Boys paper stack which is my layering image. OK, then what??? So I googled some circus clip art and found the bag of peanuts which I colored and layered on some paper strip background. The sentiment stamps were GKD’s Party On and TPC Studio Underwater Adventures.
After choosing the bag of peanuts, I probably should have included an elephant!! I must admit I’m not really a fan of the circus nor of peanuts.
Back to the drawing board but it was fun to be challenged.
Thanks for stopping in for a peek. Have a great day. Be Safe.
The photo for inspiration at Just Us Girls had lots of dots. I used the Fizzy stencil by Gina K designs with Copics C3, Y32, B21 to create my background. The sentiment was cut using the die in the Little Hello bundle from Gina K in Soft Stone. The card base is also Soft Stone.
So fun to use two stamp sets from different companies with the same name. I used Gina K Designs and Lawn Fawn sets both called Stuck on You. The greeting came from SU Picture Perfect and the pink and blue sprigs came from GKD Handmade Botanicals. For ink colors, I used a combination. The pink ink is a Memento ink pad in Rose Red. The blue ink used for the ferns is a Tombow marker. I used Spectrum Noir markers for the blue and yellow on the pots. The succulent is stamped in Canteloupe ink by Memento. All of these colors were as close as I could come to the actual colors shown for the challenge.
I enjoyed creating this card today. It was enjoyable to play with color and try to get close matches to the ones needed.
One of the techniques Yana showed in Crushing on Cardstock involved using Sunrays with dies. I do not own the dies, so off to Google I go searching for a template. The one I found is one I have used several times from Kristina Werner in 2012. Here is her blog post link with the template to download: https://www.kwernerdesign.com/blog/sunshine-rays-card/
Sunray Slimline
My cardstock is SU Regal collection colors. When all of the rays were completed, I used a die cut from Pink Fresh Studio to cut the entire set of rays. I loved the card Yana created in the mini-slimline size, but my rays seemed to need a larger size. This particular die set was gifted to me from someone who doesn’t like the slimline size, so I said I would give the die set a try. It is a fun set with two sizes of the pattern I used here and a few dies with no pattern, which I used for the black piece. The card base is Ivory by Gina K Designs along with the butterflies and greeting.
I added the butterflies from a My Favorite Things set called Spread your Wings. I added color with markers close or the same as the cardstock. I added Nuvo drops rather than sequins. There is also the same shimmer added to the butterfly bodies and a lot of shimmer on the wings.
I enjoyed making this card. I am enjoying what I am learning in the class and will hopefully have time to create more cards with techniques and ideas from the class.
