It is nice to slowly add cards to my stash for this holiday season. Even though we are close to 100 degrees these days, it feels cooler to dream of Christmas.
Creating a card for the alpha challenge allowed me to enter it in other challenges.
This is such a fun image. This little chick is from Unity Stamp Company. I have no idea what it is called as I couldn’t find it on the website. The samples on Pinterest just called it a chick.
I have found several challenges I am entering this in. I know this chick has wings, so we will say the wings are hidden. The Cardz 4 Galz contest wants winged things. The As You See It challenge wants spots. The Word Art Wednesday is anything goes. The Stencil Fun challenge is for any kind of stencil.
I chose to paper piece this cute chick using MFT patterned paper, mostly. The orange piece on the umbrella is from Echo Park. The stencil I used is from Lawn Fawn, inked with Lawn Fawn ink.
It was fun to create something different, for me. Usually I am coloring the image and adding layers, so masking, stenciling, and then paper piecing was enjoyable. Thank you for reading my post. Hope you are having an enjoyable day!
Each month I receive a stamped image and sometimes patterned paper to create a card with. The month of May was Sue’s month. I received images from Stampin Up Friendly Hello set and patterned paper. I own this set so I added a few leaves and a die cut to add a bit to balance my design.
The white frame to hold the images is from Stampin Up and is very retired. I cut out the bird and flower image provided, but added the large flowers in the front. I had those in my stamp case already colored, so I matched the marker colors to the small flowers. I found some pink paper in my stash that worked well with the provided patterned paper and placed everything on a white card base. I added gems to the center of each flower; once again very retired SU.
I am adding this card to each of these challenges linked.
For the May Triple B challenge, I have a bird and flowers.
The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge is about flowers.
The Word Art Wednesday is Anything Goes.
Seize the Birthday is to add flowers to the birthday card.
It is nice to create a card that fits so many challenges. Thank you for stopping by and seeing my card. Last month was Virtual Stamp Night at Splitcoast Stampers. I hosted a challenge and made several samples for the other challenges. It is nice to be able to make a card that I want to make that is not dependent on a time frame and specific challenge. This card happened to fit all of these challenges.
I have been creating for several days and finally took photos. I just posted these to splitcoaststampers and two are linked to other challenges.
This is for this week’s alphabet challenge for the letter N. The word from the list is Nature and my words are Navy and Narcissus. Also the images are from Newton’s Nook, another N word. This was linked to the Double D Easter challenge. There are two other entries from the buddies blog, so I linked from splitcoast in case another buddy wants to create an Easter card and link from here.
This is my March to the Beat April card. I am the April hostess and I sent each person this image and a piece of patterned paper from the same pack. The images is Newton’s Nook Spring Haul. I used Neenah Classic Crest paper for the stamping, Echo Park Spring Fling or Easter Wishes paper packs, Hobby Lobby vellum, SU gems, and Accent White card base. I like this truck with the beautiful blooms.
One again, I chose to go ahead and link from splitcoast in case there were others who wanted to link from here.
This card was created for the technique swap, I am involved in. They chose stencils for the month of April. I used my Gina K Designs kit called A Happy Hello. This was the first layering stencil kit I ever used, so it was fun to pull it out and create with it. I used a color challenge in the colors Flirty Flamingo (bright pink), Lost Lagoon (the blue color), Lemon Lolly (which I substituted with lawn fawn Butter, light yellow), and gray for a neutral (I used lawn fawn manatee and narwhal).
I posted a lot of cards this week, catching up. Since I was posting each of these to splitcoast, I just went ahead and posted to the challenges from there.
Today, I will be taking a break from creating and cleaning up my space. I have stuff all over and I would like less stuff in my way. Thanks for reading this long post. Have a wonderful day!
The stencil used is from Newton’s Nook. I used a couple of ink pads, one Gina K Designs and the other Hero Arts. I added a fence using a Gina K Designs fence die, very retired. The Veggies, speech bubble, and part of the greeting are from Lawn Fawn. The word Vegtastic was stamped with an alphabet stamp from Your Next Stamp, with the word made up by me. I fussy cut the speech bubble and the vegetables. I used a card of the Lawn Fawn blog for inspiration.
I am not a gardener but can be a wonderful one on paper. Thanks for sharing in my creations.
I have been working on this card for three days. I finally finished it and will share it now.
This week is the S location for the alphabet challenge I have been participating. I started with the thought process of heading to Six Flags, so out came the Lawn Fawn stamp sets that were ride oriented. As I kept adding more and more elements, I realized that it fit a fair better than the amusement park I remember. So I turned it into a State Fair.
I used three Lawn Fawn sets on this card: Wheely Great Day, Coastal Critters, Coastal Critters Flip-Flop. The colors used for the background are also Lawn Fawn inks. I used a sunray stencil from Spellbinders for the sky. I saw this idea on Pinterest and changed it a little.
The alphabet challenge has become one of my favorite challenges to participate in. I like finding new ways to use the many sets in my stash, or like this time, borrowing from my daughter’s stash.
I created a card today using colors from Splitcoast Stampers color challenge. This will be mailed to a person celebrating her birthday in May.
I used the stamp set Positive Thought by Stampin Up and the dies that are associated with the set. The colors are Fresh Freesia, Daffodil Delight, and Gorgeous Grape with the neutral of Mossy Meadow. I used a very retired SU set called tile something.
I enjoyed creating a card today that will be mailed as soon as I can get the envelope addressed. Thanks for stopping by and seeing my card. Enjoy the Spring weather. We are definitely feeling Spring where I live.
I took time to create this card using the weekly colors at Splitcoast Stampers and my Lawn Fawn die. I will be entering this card in Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes.
The colors used are Lemon Lolly, Polished Pink, Parakeet Party, and neutrals of Misty Moonlight, and Crumb Cake. This was the first time I used this die. I really enjoyed creating the flower, so will definitely create more flowers. I didn’t place a greeting on the card as I have no idea when I will send it or for what occasion.
I am enjoying Spring with the warmer weather and sunshine. Now, we are scheduled for a few storms, but that means I will be in my craft room creating. Virtual Stamp Night begins Friday and goes through Saturday. I am a hostess for one challenge. I completed my samples but have not made samples for any other challenges. I will hopefully get a few created. Thanks for coming by and seeing my creation.
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.
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!
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