Daisy Birthday for The Flower Challenge

Hello friends!  I'm here with my reminder card for The Flower Challenge.  This month we have a great sketch for you to use with your floral cards.

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I'm also slipping in at the last minute with the challenge over at Color Throwdown.  It's been a long time since I've had a chance to play along with them.

CTD #840

And since I am using new-to-me products on my card, I'm linking up with Darnell's NBUS challenge.

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Dies seem to be my go-to for TFC this month.  I used them on my card at the beginning of the month and I'm using some different ones here.

I used two different styles of daisy dies along with a couple of ferns and another leafy branch and grounded them on a scallop circle, which is rather hard to see after everything was added lol!  All the dies were cut from white cardstock then colored with Copic markers.

The background is a slightly smaller panel of white with some light blue ink blending.  I added the floral bunch then splattered everything with gold metallic paint.  Once dry, the panel was added to the card base and finished off with the sentiment.

There are 10 days remaining in the challenge, so I hope you'll make time to play along or share a second card - we always love to see your makes in the gallery!  In the meantime, I encourage you to pop over to the challenge blog where my teammates have some amazing inspiration for you!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stef

Everything listed is from Simon Says Stamp unless otherwise noted.

• Etched Layered Daisy Stem dies
• Charming Daisy dies
• Fiddly Leaf die
• Curled Fern Frond dies
• Chunky Scallop Circles die
• Spellbinders BetterPress Fancy Sentiment Strips press plate and die
• Gansi Tambi Starry Colors gold metallic paint
• Altenew Sea Breeze ink
• Copics - R59, 46, 27, 08, YR27, 24, Y15, 11, E39, 59, YG67, 63, 61, 45, 41, 17, 05, 03, 01, G29

Birthday Wishes

Hello, friends!  I'm back with a share a card made for the current challenge at Color Throwdown.  

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I love these colors so much, so I had to play along.  

I hadn't used this stamp set in a long time but was recently inspired by Joyce Maddox on IG and decided it would be perfect for this challenge.

I colored the stamped image in my OLO markers from the newly released bright pinks, bluish purples and yellow green markers (listed below).  I used a white gel pen to highlight the stamin then die cut the panel to fit on a piece of black cardstock cut to 8.5" x 3.5" with a slimline stitched rectangle die.  After stamping the sentiment, the last step was to add a bit of bling.

Thanks for taking time to stop by.  Take care!

Stef

• Pinkfresh Studio Miss Your Smile and Joyful Day stamps
• Waffle Flower Slim Lacy Layers die
• Honey Bee Stamps Aurora Borealis gem stickers
• Sakura White Gelly Roll pen
• OLO markers - BV 1.7, 1.4, 1.2, 1.1, RV 1.7, 1.5, 1.3, 1.1, R1.8, 2.4, YG1.6, 1.4, 1.2, G1.8

May It Be Happy

Hello friends!  Today I'm sharing a card that I made for the current color challenge at Color Throwdown.  The colors were too pretty to pass up and I actually had time this weekend to just play.

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I'm also joining in over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where this week's theme is Anything Goes.

I combined some new products with an older cover die to create my card.

I recently obtained the HoneyBee Stamps Lovely Layers: Rose die set and it seemed to fit the bill perfectly for the challenge colors.  All the components were die cut from white cardstock then ink blended.  The pinks were as close as I could get to rose and the green inks are definitely in muted, sage-like colors.  I also ink blended a white panel in pink.

The background element was die cut from Stampin' Up Merry Merlot cardstock using a retired cover die from Simon Says Stamp.  After adhering it to the pink inked panel, it was added to the card front.  With such a busy background I needed a place for the rose to be grounded, so a scallop circle was die cut from white, layered on the card, then the rose was attached.  It's a different kind of die from what I'm used to in that the bloom, bud and the leaves are all separate components, but they line up perfectly of course.  After layering on the sentiment, I added a few pink gem stickers for some sparkle.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you'll have a chance to swing by tomorrow when I post my card for the March challenge at The Flower Challenge!

Take care!

Stef

• HoneyBee Stamps Lovely Layers: Roses and Be Still stamp and die
• SSS Marilyn Full Card Cover die
• Hero Arts Scallop Circle Infinity die
• Altenew Silver Sage, Jade and Eucalyptus inks; Concord & 9th Carnation and Sweet Pea inks; SSS Carbernet ink
• HoneyBee Stamps Vintage Love Gem Stickers

Hello for Color Throwdown

Hello friends!  Recently I was chosen as the Featured Stamper for Color Throwdown #769 with my fun little Caroling Owls card here, and now I am so pleased to be joining the CDT team as Guest Star Stamper for their latest challenge.

Color Throwdown

I love these muted colors and tried to match them as best as possible using my Copics and a blended background.

For the flowers I used one of the two floral images from Altenew's In the Woodland.  After coloring with my Copic markers, I used a white gel pen to accentuate the anthers at the end of the stamen, then die cut the image with the matching die.

Next came the ink blended panel, using Simon Says Stamp Morining ink on the smooth side of a panel of Distress Watercolor paper, which was then die cut with one of the Mix and Match Frames, also from Altenew.  Before adhering to the white card base, the flowers and panel were separately splattered with White Gouache and gold metallic paint.  I used foam tape under both the panel, the floral image and the foiled sentiment and I was done!  

Thanks for dropping by to take a peek!

Take care!

Stef

Stamps:  Altenew Into the Woodland

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Distress Watercolor

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Clair Nocturne, SSS Morning

Foiling:  SSS Elegantly Modern Greetings Hot Foil Plate, Spellbinders Gold Glimmer Hot Foil

Dies:  Altenew Mix and Match Frames and Into the Woodland, SSS Elegantly Modern Greetings

Copic markers:  E97, YR18, 02, 01, 00, 000, YG99, 97, 95, 93, C9, 7, 6

Caroling Owls

Hello friends!  Just popping in with a fun card that I made for this week's challenges at Color Throwdown and Just Us Girls.  I was inspired by the pinks and greens in both challenges.

CTD #769

JUGs #706

I decided to use a darling stamp set from Stamping Bella to create a few Christmas cards. 

These happy owls just make me smile, like so many SB stamps.  I stamped them in an alcohol friendly ink, colored them with Copic markers using pinks, greens and a couple of grays (warm for the owls, cool for the shadows), then restamped them with black pigment ink.  The sentiment is from a Purple Onion holiday sentiment set.

I used two Spellbinders Essential Stylish Ovals to die cut the image and a green mat and added the die cut sentiment with thin foam squares. The embossed background was sprayed with Hero Arts White Iridescent Shimmer Spray.  When that dried, it was adhered to the A2 card base, then the owls added with thin foam tape for a small bit of dimension. In my stash I had some small snowflakes die cut from silver glitter cardstock, so I added a few of those then finished things off with a white gel pen on the scarves and Star Dust Stickles on the brim and poms of the hats.  I love how this turned out!

I hope you've had a great weekend and if you're in the US, that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!  

Take care and thanks for visiting!

Stef

Stamps:  Stamping Bella Three Owls Caroling, Purple Onion Winter Wishes Sentiment Set

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, C&9 Evergreen, SSS Silver Glitter

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Clair Nocturne

Dies:  Spellbinders Essential Stylish Ovals, Altenew Featured Sentiment die, Hero Arts Snowflake Confetti Fancy die

Embossing Folder, SSS Icy Snowflakes

Other:  Hero Arts White Iridescent Shimmer Spray, White Sakura Gelly Roll pen, Star Dust Stickles

Copics:  W3, 1, 0, C3, 1, 0, R43, 32, 20, E08, G28, 09, 02

Super Sunflowers

Hi, friends!  Thought I'd pop in with a quick post sharing my card for the current challenge at Color Throwdown.

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These colors worked perfectly for a new die set I received earlier this week!

I am so smitten with the delightful Simon Says Stamp Super Sunflower Plate.  Love all those cute sunflowers!  Initially I planned to use Distress Watercolor pencils for coloring the sunflowers, so I die cut a panel from Distress Watercolor cardstock.  But after testing the colors on a scrap, I just wasn't achieving the vibrance that I wanted, so I ended up using my Copic markers, which work fine on w/c paper.

 

For the background, I ended up die cutting a trellis cover plate from Neenah Desert Storm (sorry, it looks gray in the photos), adhered that to the card base then added the sunflower panel.  I then used the Super Sunflower die to cut another panel from white cardstock, snipped off everything (which I saved), leaving just the frame.  It and the die cut sentiment were colored with a red Copic marker, then the frame was stacked on card front.  Glossy Accents was added to both the frame and sentiment, and when dry, the sentiment was added to the card front atop a vellum shadow.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're having a great weekend.  I'd love for you to come back on both Wednesday, where I'll have a reminder card for The Flower Challenge, and Thursday, where I'll share another sunflower card for the new challenge at Color Hues!  Hope to see you then!

Take care!

Stef

Dies:  Simon Says Stamp Super Sunflower Plate and Hello, Sunshine dies; Altenew Garden Trellis Cover die

Paper:  Neenah Solar White and Desert Storm, Distress Watercolor, Lawn Fawn Pearlescent Vellum

Other:  Ranger Glossy Accents

Copics:  R46, YR27, 24, Y15, 11, E59, 37, YG67, 17, 03

Beautiful Friend

Hi there, I hope your weekend is going well and hopefully you have an extended one due to Independence Day holiday on Tuesday.  I'm here to share a quick post with a card I created for the current challenge at Color Throwdown.

CTD #749

These colors just made me swoon and fortunately I had time this week to put something together before the end of the challenge lol!

I started by using the Altenew Charming Foliage dies to create the flowers and leaves, mostly from Concord & 9th cardstock (listed below).  Putting the layering dies together was pretty easy, using the packaging as a guide.  Then the beautiful new frame from Gina K's Master Layouts 12 was die cut twice from white cardstock and adhered together.

The background was ink blended on Bristol paper with three purples and set aside to dry.  The sentiment was heat embossed on pearlescent vellum then die cut with the stitched circle die, also from the Gina K die set.  That was added to the purple panel along with the frame, then the flowers were arranged and adhered.  All in all, a pretty easy card to make once all the components were assembled.  And I think those die cut flowers are sooo pretty on that lovely frame.  :-)

And one more photo...

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it!  Have a great week and take care.

Stef

Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Friend

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Koh-I-Noor Bristol, Lawn Fawn Pearlescent Vellum; Concord & 9th Sprout, Parsley, Ballet Slipper, Carnation, Sweet Pea and Dragon Fruit; SSS Green Apple

Ink:  Versamark, SSS Lilac, Orchid and Amethyst

Dies:  Altenew Charming Foilage, Gina K Designs Master Layouts 12

You Are the Best for Sunday Stamps

Hello and welcome!  It's time for a new challenge at Sunday Stamps and this time it's with a sketch that the talented Heather created.

Sunday Stamps

I'm also playing along with the current Color Throwdown Challenge, using yellow, green, aqua and kraft colors on my card.

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I took a bit of "artistic license" with Heather's sketch (hope you don't mind, teamie!) and instead of slanted panels I have flowers at opposing angles.

I started by die cutting all the flower petals, stems and the one center, then ink blending them with various dye inks.  The layering is relatively easy and as I ink blended each petal I held up the previous and the next one to make sure there was sufficient contrast.  When that was complete, the flowers were adhered close to their centers, then glued to the leaves.  

The size of the flowers required making a 5x7 inch card.  I trimmed down a panel of white to 4.25 x 6.25 inches, then ink blended two yellows in the middle before adhering the flowers.  The panel was layered on two additional layers of thick scrap cardstock then added to the kraft card base.  The sentiment was stamped with brown pigment ink then cut out with a circle die and added to the card front with foam tape.  I dug through my messy embellishment drawer and found some sequins that matched perfectly for that final touch.

Thanks for visting, I really appreciate it!  Be sure to use the link above to see the gorgeous cards by the other DT members and hopefully join us for this great sketch challenge!

Stef

Stamps:  You Are Enough (Gina K Designs)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White and Desert Storm

Ink:  Warm Sunshine and Maple Yellow (Altenew), Sprout, Fairway, Field, Seafoam, Surf, Ocean, Latte and Cappuccino (Simon Says Stamp)

Other:  Craft-A-Flower:  Garden Rose dies (Altenew), Nested Infinity Circle die (Hero Arts), E34 Copic Marker

You Are Loved for Sunday Stamps

Hello and welcome!  It's time for a new challenge at Sunday Stamps and this week I've created the sketch for this challenge.

Sunday Stamps

I'm also joining the current Color Throwdown challenge, where the challenge colors are purple, sage green and cream.

CTD 686

You'd think since I created the sketch, that it would be easy to make my card, but oh, no, I ended up having so many ideas I had to take time to sort them out.  However, when I saw the pretty CTD colors, I settled on this pretty floral.

I started by stamping and Copic coloring the large dahlias, then fussy cutting as there are no coordinating dies.  It's a relatively easy image to fussy cut and I left the section in the middle, because first of all it would be tricky to cut out, and secondly, I knew I'd be mounting the florals on a white circle so it wouldn't be obvious.  The next step was to emboss at panel of Natural White (which is a nice ivory/cream color) and die cut the scalloped strips from white.  The skinny strips of green were die cut from a scrap of white cardstock that I colored with a couple of green Copic markers, in order to have it match the flower stems.

With all the components ready, I put the card together, adhering the embossed panel to the white card base, adding the scallops and green strip, then layering two white die cut circles in the middle before popping up the floral image with foam tape.  The silver foiled sentiment was one of many left over from a prior foiling session.  It was glued to the floral image except for a couple letters hanging off the right side, which had foam tape added to them.  The final task was to add a few silver baubles and I was done.

Well, there you have it!  The team has created some lovely cards, so be sure to head over to the challenge (link above) for more inspiration and hopefully play along with us!

Take care!

Stef

Stamps:  Dahlia Bright Eyes (Altenew), Celebrating You (Pinkfresh Studio)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White and Natural White

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Other:  Blossom Field 3D embossing folder (Simon Says Stamp), Slim Lacy Layers die (Waffle Flower), Stripes 1 die (SSS), Nested Infinity Circle die (Hero Arts), Celebrating You Hot Foil Plate and matching die (PFS), Silver Glimmer Hot Foil (Spellbinders), Silver Baubles (Trinity Stamps)

Copics:  BV08, 17, 13, 01, 01, 000, G28, 46, 24, 21, 20

Just a Hello

Hello and welcome! The card I'm sharing today was made for three challenges - Inspired By, As You See It and Color Throwdown.

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As You See It #260

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I'm kind of on a kick of pairing of white and ivory/cream, so that's what I used on my card again today. Plus it worked so well with the color challenge colors. I hope you guys aren't tired of seeing it yet 😄.

I was indeed inspire by the white pumpkin photo, so I pulled out a cute fall border stamp set from Pretty Pink Posh.  I trimmed a panel of white cardstock to 3" x 4", then stamped the leafy image on the bottom and the pumpkins above, leaving room for the strip holding the sentiment.  Copic markers were used to color the images, then the gray strip layered across.  The sentiment was stamped and die cut then added to the strip with thin foam tape.

The base was made from the same gray cardstock, then an embossed panel of ivory was adhered directly to the base after adding the strip of textured Pumpkin Pie paper.  The colored panel was added with thin foam tape and I finished things up with some white enamel dots and an orange enamel heart! Quick and easy!

Thanks for visiting, I always appreciate it so much.  I hope you're having a great weekend - take care and stay safe!

Stef

Stamps:  Fall Borders (PPP), Just a Hello Floral (Pinkfresh Studio)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Ivory, Smoke (Simon Says Stamp), Textured Pumpkin Pie (ret. Stampin' Up)

Ink:  Gina K Chocolate Truffle Amalgam, Versafine Clair Pinecone

Other:  Lumber embossing folder (Tim Holtz), Lilly White Sprinkles (Doodlebug), Warm & Cozy enamel heart (Altenew), Just A Hello Floral die

Copics:  E29, 37, 35, 33, 19, YR27, 24, 23, 18, 16, 14, 21, W5, 3, 1

Hello There!

Hello and welcome!  Today I'm sharing a card that I made for the challenges at Freshly Made Sketches and the Color Throwdown. 

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CTD661

So many options with that sketch but since I ultimately decided to use a large slimline focal point, I had to flip the sketch from a landscape to portrait. 

I love the beautiful Etched Tall Leaf Spray and especially in kraft on black.  The spray was die cut from Neenah Desert Storm, then I used some Copic markers to add a bit of dimension to the leaves.  Once that was complete the rest of the card came together in a snap!

I cut cream cardstock to 8.5" x 7" then scored at 3.5".  Next a separate strip of cream cardstock was die cut with a slimline border die and adhered to a black panel die cut with a slimline rectangle die.  A strip of gray was adhered over the cream edge, then the spray was added to the black side of the panel.  I wrapped it with some linen thread, then attached the sentiment tag.  The entire thing was then mounted on the card base with thin foam tape.  The only thing I would do differently is to stamp the sentiment with a shade darker ink so it shows up better in the photos but IRL it doesn't look that light.

Thanks for taking time to visit!  Take care, stay safe and have a great weekend!

Stef

Stamps:  Circled Sentiments (Altenew)

Paper:  Cream, Black, Slate (Simon Says Stamp), Neenah Desert Storm

Ink:  Sand Dune (Altenew)

Other:  Slimline Nested Rectangles die, Slimline Borders and Edges die and Etched Tall Leaf Spray die (all SSS), Linen Thread (Stampin' Up), Tag die (Trinity Stamps

Copics:  E37, 35, 33, 31