I used SU Fresh Freesia cardstock for the card base and ink for one of the zinnia flowers. I used SU Gorgeous Grape for another zinnia and GKD Peach Belini for the other zinnia. The leaves are all painted with GKD Grass Green. The stamp set used is Altenew Zinnia Magellan Rose. I used Ranger Watercolor paper to paint the images on.
I used a piece of DSP from Stampin Up. It has Pretty Peacock in the paper, so I used that ink for my vase and the shadow and oval. I am totally out of paper that matches that color but do have a marker. I used the marker to color the oval and shadow for hello. The flowers are stamped in Calypso Coral. I found a piece of coral paper from MFT and it worked well for this piece of patterned paper. The vase and flowers are from a Paper Pumpkin set. The hello greeting is from Altenew. I like the greeting dies in this set.
I enjoy fun folds so had to give this one a try. I have a new computer so this is the first time uploading a photo and creating a blog post. Hopefully this will work well.
I created a Christmas card this week. It is green, so I will add it to the Sisterhood of Crafters, the Peace on Earth Christmas and the Can You Handle the Pressure challenges.
This card started as the alphabet challenge card at Splitcoaststampers for the letter J. I needed to use a word off of the list and one of my own. The word from the list was Jade and my own is Joyful. I used SU Just Jade for my cardbase and embossed layer. I used the Spellbinders Evergreen 3D embossing folder. The patterned paper is SU Flowers for Every Season. The brown paper is from Spellbinders. The greeting is Lawn Fawn Winter Wavy Sayings cut with a die from Simply Wavy Banners. I added SU snowflake sequins for a bit of sparkle.
The flower is Altenew Zinnia Magellan Rose, dated 2022. The dotted stencil is from SU Basic Patterns Decorative Masks, 2019 Holiday Catalog. To create this card, I stamped the Zinnia first, then stamped it onto a masking paper. I blended ink over the stencil next. I colored the zinnia with Zig Clean Color Markers. Everything was stamped with Versfine Black Onyx ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I die cut my panel with Lawn Fawn Stitched Scalloped dies; they were a recent blog post win. I used Bristol paper for the images and placed it onto a MFT heavy weight vellum paper.
I am also entering this in the Stencil Fun Challenge.
I created this card for a challenge at Splitcoaststampers for the group Challenge Your Stash. The challenge for February is to create a card with Love or Friendship. I chose friendship.
I enjoyed creating this card. It has been a while since I have masked and created an almost one layer card. I have never placed a card on a vellum card base. This is very strong vellum so it should hold well.
I understand we are heading to 70 degrees today! The weather has been fantastic this week. I even walked to the mailbox a few times which I have not been able to do for several months. I do like warmer weather and am very ready for spring to come and stay. Have a wonderful day and thanks for checking out my card.
I created diagonal patterned paper birthday cards. This will be entered in Seize the Birthday Anything Goes and Love Those Pretty Papers.
This card is made with Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen cardstock. The patterned paper is retired. I used Lawn Fawn Scripty Sayings set and stamped it in Evening Evergreen. The gems match the paper.
I used the same layout. This one is in Magenta Madness, Ohuhu Black, and retired patterned paper. The greeting is Lawn Fawn’s Scripty Sayings stamped in Gina K Designs Black Onyx ink. The gems were ones that seemed to match.
I created this from the Featured Stamper today at Splitcoast Stampers. I basically changed the greeting and paper colors. The layout remained the same.
Today has been a beautiful day outside. We have reached 57 degrees! The snow is melting and it is looking like spring. It is still too early for spring, but the feeling is there.
I made this for the Featured Stamper challenge at SplitcoastStampers yesterday. Since I already posted one to the Triple B Challenge from this blog, I posted it from SCS.
I used SU Irresistible Blooms stamp set, matching dies, and patterned paper for this card. This is a new to me set. I purchased the stamp set used, but barely used, and then got the dies from SU as they were on the Last Chance list, formerly Clearance Rack, and the paper was given to me. Lost Lagoon is the blue green color of paper and ink used. The white is Accent White and the gems I found in my stash. The flowers and leaves were cut from the patterned paper.
I turned her card layout and made mine portrait, rather than landscape. I chose to use flowers rather than butterflies and used a die to make my dots, rather than patterned paper.
We are in the frigid weather outdoors, so that means I will remain indoors spending much time in my stamp room. I did hear the birds singing, which is always a plus.
I have a winter Christmas card meeting a few challenges.
My bird has been colored for several months sitting the stamp case; I have several of these colored so this is the one I chose to use for this card. The set I used is SU Perched in a Tree, released in 2022, then retired a year later. I used matching dies to cut the butterfly, branch, and the Aspen Trees are in the die set. I followed a tutorial by Brandy Cox and altered it a bit. She used a white cardbase and I chose blue; she used embossing paste to make her trees wintery and I used Taylored Expressions clear glitter embossing powder. The background is stamped with Gina K Designs Powder Blue ink to add texture.
I am also adding this to the Triple B January challenge and the Four Seasons Challenge. Diane mentioned these in her comment.
This card is posted to the alphabet challenge with SplitcoastStampers. We are going through the alphabet using keywords that have to be on the card plus one of our own. I chose the word bird from the list and added blue from my own.
I hope to keep up with a few challenges this year to post to the blog. I have already caved on limiting my shopping and using my stash. I found some bargains that were calling me.
I have a goal for the year to try to use what I own. I am not sure how long that will last as there is always something new catching my eye. This card is using many retired products, most that have never been used before.
The stamp set used is called Butterfly Gala with the matching punch, very retired. The colors used are Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sorbet, and gold. I used a stencil on the background that I heat embossed with clear glitter embossing powder. The gold is a Posca Pen. The color challenge is from SplitcoastStampers CC1033.
I am entering this in the December Stencil challenge, even though it is January. Thanks for coming by and seeing my creation. I enjoyed creating with something new to me.
I am joining with the buddies in the Turbo Tree challenge.
I saw this idea on Pinterest and went with it. The stamp set is SU Evening Evergreen. I stamped it with Gina K Designs Christmas Pine ink and used Christmas Pine cardstock. I used Spellbinders Rectangle dies for cutting everything. I had 48 seconds left when I shut the timer off.
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