I made a card with a heart and it fits perfectly with the current Double D Challenge.
I used the Lawn Fawn Octopi my Heart stamp. The colored papers and printed one are from SU and the white is Accent White. I fussy cut the images I colored as I do not own the matching dies.
https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2024/02/heartfelt-challenge.html
Thanks for stopping by. This card was created with the February Crafter’s of Faith challenge at Splitcoast Stampers.
I purchased a used, but not really used set called Wolf, by Stampin Up. The main wolf image reminds me of a picture my brother painted, so I made this card with his birthday in mind.
I went to my stash to find the perfect paper for this card. I started with Gina K Designs Ivory CS to stamp the images on. I needed a background and found this piece of SU designer series paper, He’s All That, to place on the Dark Chocolate card base; it was folded and waiting to be used. Soft Succulent from SU matched this DSP, so I cut layers for each piece. This was originally created for the Challenge Your Stash group at SplitcoastStampers where we were challenged to make a masculine birthday card. I am happy with this card and it will mailed next month.
https://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2024/01/seize-birthday-276-kraft-and-another.html
I am adding this to Seize the Birthday and using the Anything Goes option. Thanks for stopping by.
This week my destination in the alphabet challenge was the letter G. Once again, my husband helped me with a destination. My grandmother was an avid quilter and crochet many items. I learned to chain stitch with her help then over the years, learned to crochet quite well.
The stamp set used is Altenew Granny Squares. I used Gina K Designs Innocent Pink, Dusty Rose, Tomato Soup, and Fired Brick inks for each row. I used the matching die to cut each square out, then assembled them into a blanket. It was very much like piecing a quilt in the assembly. I chose to leave the greeting off of the card so I can use it when needed.
https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2024/01/anything-goes-weeks-631-632.html
I have been told to enter this in the Cardz 4 Galz challenge as it matches the colors. I am thrilled to enter in this challenge.
https://cardz4galz.blogspot.com/2024/01/reds-andor-pinks-hearts-galore.html
Thank you for stopping by today. It has been quite dreary with our rain, but the sun is supposed to be coming out tomorrow and the next day. I am looking forward to seeing sunshine!
I have been participating is an alphabet challenge this year. I get to select my destination and this week’s letter is E. With my husband’s help, I chose the Emerald Coast of Florida. Seahorses live in the Panhandle area of Florida, which is in the Emerald Coast.
The stencil used is from LDRS Creative, called Under the Sea. I used an assortment of Lawn Fawn inks on the stencil, placing the stencil on Bristol Smooth paper. The seahorses, greeting, and water droplets are all from Lawn Fawn Seahorsin’ Around set. I had these seahorses colored and cut out sitting in my stamp pocket waiting to be used.
This will be entered in: https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/2024/01/january-2024-stencil-fun.html
https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2024/01/anything-goes-weeks-629-630.html
The challenge is Anything Goes this time. I like how I managed to use a Lawn Fawn set.
I have been busy recently taking care of household things, as well as creating this month’s cards for the Splitcoaststampers.com Dirty Dozen monthly reveal. I participated in January’s challenge which will be live on January 15. You can view the cards there, if you join the fan club.
Thanks for sharing in my card. I am enjoying this challenge as it is stretching my creativity finding a destination that I can create something for.
I am sharing my color challenge cards for Splitcoast Stampers.
I created this card last week and posted it on November 9. The colors are Granny Apple Green, Polished Pink, and Balmy Blue. The dessert is to add anything else and I chose Yellow. I used the Stampin Up Pierced Bloom dies for the flowers and leaves and used Positive Thoughts and matching dies for the greeting and the butterfly. This went to a woman needing encouragement. This card won an award as the Color Challenge Favorite. I have won this one other time, so I was surprised to see the post.
Each Tuesday there is a new color challenge. I finished a card today for this week’s challenge.
This week’s colors are Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, and Poppy Parade. The dessert is to add any color you like. There is another challenge on Tuesday called Teapot Tuesday. It is usually to send a card to someone who had a loss, a special birthday, or need encouragement. This week’s person is for encouragement. They asked for the acronym CARE, using each letter to mean something on the card. I chose C = Circle, A = Aviary, R = Ribbon, and E = Embossing. I struggled with making up my mind, but liked the final card.
Thank you for sharing in my cards. I try each week to work on these challenges, as long as I have the matching colors or a close-enough match.
This card was mailed today going to a lady who lost her husband a few month’s ago to cancer. She is in need of encouragement.
The challenges were from Splitcoast Stampers. Each Tuesday a person is highlighted who needs a card. This week’s card is going to Mary Jo who recently lost her husband. The other challenge is the color challenge. I blended the colors of Coastal Cabana, Lemon Lime Twist (I substituted Key Lime from Gina K Designs), and Daffodil Delight on the card front. Then I stamped flowers from Simon Says Stamp Vintage Garden. The greeting came from the Sending Love set from Gina K Designs.
For the inside of the card I used the same colors and greeting from Gina K Designs Nurturing Blooms. I wrote over the top of the inked blooms.
I am thankful that I do not create too many of these cards. Thanks for stopping by.
I created a celebration card for Army Colonel Laura. She was promoted to Colonel on July 12 and her husband asked for cards honoring her achievement on Splitcoast Stampers.
I chose to go with a dog theme as she likes dogs. I used Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Critters and the add-on set that goes with it. I went to my scrap bin and pulled out several pieces of cardstock to use on this card. The card base is freshly cut, but everything else is from the scrap bin. I have too many scraps it seems. The stone wall was stamped with Lawn Fawn Hippo ink using the Bo Bunny Wall Backgrounds stamp set, which I colored with alcohol markers. I could have saved time and ink by using gray cardstock, but I didn’t think of that while creating. The grass is cut with a Lawn Fawn grass die. The flowers are from a Stampin Up die.
This will be entered in the Can You Handle the Pressure challenge. I chose to not use the stars on this card. The clouds were embossed with the SU Cloudy Day folder and I used the debossed side as I thought it worked better with the greetings on top of it. https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2023/07/anything-goes-with-twist-of-stars.html
Thanks for reading my post. I hope to place this in the mail tomorrow. It has been a very rainy day today and our temperatures dropped a little bit. I am not complaining! We turned our AC off for a while and currently have windows open. I am guessing it will be back on before night for more comfortable sleep.
This card was made for a man named Henry. He is disabled and lives near the ocean and loves boats. I got a lot of help from my family in creating this card.
This began as a completed card from the Paper Pumpkin 2019 On My Mind kit. I wanted the boat to move and after really looking at the completed card, I realized the adhesive was not holding well and could be easily dismantled. I took the entire card apart and all parts remained intact.
My daughter provided the die that the boat is gliding across the waves on. It is from a Llama set. The waves were cut with a Lawn Fawn set. A lot of foam was added to this card. The bottom layer has 3 layers, then the next wave has 2 layers and the boat has one layer. The boat needs to glide across the waves and over the wheel (or whatever it is called). The wheel spins. I has an eyelet under the brad to give height and keep it there for the wheel to spin.
This card fits in a 5 X 7 envelope as it was too tight for the A2 size. We bought a scale that just arrived! It weights 2 oz. so I placed 2 postage stamps on the envelope. It has a Buzz Lightyear stamp and a sailboat stamp from the Mighty Mississippi postage stamp collection. This gentleman is having a lot of hiccups lately so anything to bring a smile to his face will be welcomed.
He is the Tuesday Teacup recipient for this week at Splitcoast Stampers. I love to create cards for this challenge.
I have been guest designing for the color challenges each Tuesday in June, at Splitcoast Stampers. I have enjoyed creating each card using specific colors.
CC951 used the colors Berry Burst, Shaded Spruce, and Lemon Lolly with the dessert of flowers. I used Berry Burst for the brick wall and the center flower. Shaded spruce was used on each flower stem. I do not own Lemon Lolly, so I substituted Gina K Designs Lemon Drop. I added neutrals of Misty Moonlight for the sky and Crumb Cake for the top of my fence and a background layer. The flowers are from the Art Gallery set.
CC952 had colors of Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana, and Granny Apple Green. The dessert was using a die cut or punch. My cupcake is a triplets die designed by Stephanie Bernard for Sizzix, very retired. I found the greeting in a Gina K Designs set along with the stars. The small greeting is from a SU set. This was fun to create.
CC953 used the colors Balmy Blue, Azure Afternoon, and Sweet Sorbet with the dessert of added a favorite green. I used a mixture of Lawn Fawn Jalapeño and Freshly Cut Grass for my leaves. I used the stamp set Fresh Cut Flowers with coordinating dies for my flower. The hello is from a My Favorite Things set. I ran the Azure Afternoon rectangle layers through the Subtle embossing folder as they needed a bit of texture. I am quite happy with this card.
CC954 uses the colors Blueberry Bushel, Real Red, and white with a dessert of patriotic. My flag card uses Stamp Simply Grand Old Flag set. I added stars to the background with Lawn Fawn star dies. I embossed the background first with the SU stars folder. I have made this kind of card several times over the last few years and all went to a nursing home.
My door card has a wreath made the the challenge colors. I saw this wreath on Pinterest and added my own spin with the door. This door is from Holiday Frame and Holiday Frame fillers illustrated by Melanie Muenchinger.
I enjoyed creating for this months color challenges. All are available to participate in as the challenges never close. Thanks for reading all about my month of guest designing and what I created.
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