Wild Meadow

Hello friends and welcome back!  I hope you're doing well.  Today I'm sharing a card that I was inspired to make by three challenges, one a sketch challenge and two with spring themes. 

FMS 478

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JUGs 577

When I saw the sketch I thought of a stamp set that would work perfectly for the strip at the bottom and would incorporate lots of spring colors and flowers.

I love the variety of flowers in this stamp and it worked perfectly to incorporate lots of bright colors.  It was colored with Copic markers then cut out with the matching die.  For the background, a panel of white card stock was gently ink blended with a light green from the bottom to the middle and then a bit of light blue at the top. I ended up trimming it down to 3.5" x 4.75", added the flowers with foam tape then trimmed off the ends of the stamped image in order to fit the panel size. 

The panel was matted on a slightly larger die cut piece of white card stock, then adhered to the blue card base with foam tape.  After adding the sentiment to the panel with foam tape I thought I was done but felt the card was lacking something.  So I searched through my stamp sets and found this sweet butterfly left over unused from another project and adhered it to the panel to finish things off!

So glad you made time to visit, I always appreciate it!  Take care and have a great week!

Stef

Stamps:  Wild Meadow (Mama Elephant), Beautiful Butterflies (Simon Says Stamp), Birdie Brown Glorious Greetings (MFT)

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Sea Glass (SSS)

Ink:  Gina K Obsidian Amalgam, Versafine Clair Nocturne, Grass Field (Altenew), Blue Sky (Pinkfresh Studios)

Other:  Wild Meadow and Beautiful Butterflies matching dies, A1 Stitched Rectangle Stax die (MFT), Sakura White Gelly Roll pen

Copics:  RV14, 13, 10, V28, 25, 22, 20, R46, 24, 05, 21, Y26, 08, 04, 00, G46, 43, 40, YG67, 63, 61, 17, 03

Big Hugs for The Paper Players!

It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Players!  This is theme week and Anne Marie has chosen a wonderful one!

The Paper Players

I also found my card would work for the current Tic-Tac-Toe challenge (hug, heat emboss, rainbow).  Bonus!

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In starting to create my card, I found I have some deficiencies in my craft stash (which seems pretty impossible since I seem to have an abundance of "stuff" LOL!). No rainbow or sun dies, nor stencils specific to those images.  So I had to put on my crafty thinking cap and this is what I came up with.

I'd seen various card makers leaving their main images white, or most white if there were multiple images, and I thought it would work for this. Beginning with a panel of white card, the beautiful lotus flower image was stamped off the side of the panel, then masked so I could ink blend the background with a rainbow of Distress inks .  It's always so exciting to remove the mask and reveal what had been protected! 

After die cutting the panel with a stitched rectangle die, the next step was to liberally splatter the panel with water, which also helped to hide some of my less than perfect blending.  While the panel dried, the sentiment was heat embossed on a strip of black card.  Once the card was assembled, a few clear sequins were added for that finishing touch.

I thank you so much for visiting, it's always appreciated.  Be sure to use the link above to check out the rest of the PP DT and hopefully join us this week!

Stef

Stamps:  Sketch Lotus Flowers (Simon Says Stamp), Everyday Mini Messages (Mama Elephant)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Black

Ink:  Versafine Claire Nocturne, Versamark, Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Spiced Marmalade, Carved Pumpkin, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, and Seedless Preserves Distress Inks

Other:  Stitched Rectangle die (SSS), Alabaster embossing powder (Brutus Monroe), Sparkling Clear Sequins (PPP)

Mondo Birthday Wishes for The Paper Players!

It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Players!  It's the fifth Sunday of the month, which means it's the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge.  The lovely Jaydee is our host and has given us these fun choices:

The Paper Players

My card design was inspired by the current Mojo Monday sketch:

MOJO 537

And I'm also joining the current Anything Goes challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:

SSS Wed Challenge

From the Tic-Tac-Toe grid I chose the top horizontal (flowers, girly, birthday).  The wonderful Mondo Wildflower image was inked up and colored with Copic markers.

I love these light and dark pinks together and the touch of light purple.  A light blue-green marker was traced around the entire image, a white gel pen added to the tops of all the stamen, then the image was die cut with an oval die.  (Sorry, Julie, I did take a few liberties with your sketch!)

For the background, three shades of Distress Inks (from top to bottom, Scattered Straw, Worn Lipstick and Seedless Preserves) were blended on a panel of Bristol.  After die cutting with the round corner rectangle die it was splattered with water to get those great drop effects, then sprayed liberally with a shimmer spray.  While that dried, the flowers were painted with a shimmer pen.  The sentiment I happened to have on hand, unused on a previous project, so once the ink blended panel was dry the assembly came together pretty quick.  The final touch was to add a few jewels, because a girly card should have both sparkle and shimmer, right?  💖💖

Thanks so much for visiting, I always appreciate it!  Be sure to use the link above to check out the other DT's beautiful cards and hopefully join us for the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge this week!

Stef


Stamps:  Mondo Wildflowers (Ellen Hutson), Mini Everyday Messages (Mama Elephant)
Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Strathmore Bristol
Ink:  Gina K Obsidian Amalgam; Seedless Preserves, Worn Lipstick and Scattered Straw Distress Inks
Other:  Nested Rounded Rectangle die (Hero Arts), Ovals Collection framelit (ret. SU), Tsukineko Sparkle Sheer Shimmer spray, Tonic Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen, Bridal Mix jewels (Lucy's Cards Little Things)
Copics:  Leaves:  YG67, 17, 03, YG25, 01, G28, 24, YG45; Flower 1: R43, 32, 20, E37, 35, 33; Flower 2: RV69, 17, 55; Small Flowers: BV02, 0000

Birthday Bloom

Hello friends!  I hope you're able to cope with our crazy world right now.  I know things are difficult so I hope taking a look at my card for the new Color Challenge at Splitcoaststampers offers a moment of respite.  Karen is hosting this week and has chosen the soft combination of Purple Posey, Highland Heather, Balmy Blue and Soft Seafoam, with a dessert option to use polka dots.  I've used the sketch from the current SCS Sketch Challenge as well.  Both challenges can be located on the SCS front page using the link above.

These colors worked well for coloring flowers which, if you follow me you know I love, and I decided to use one of the stamps from the Stronger Together stamp set.  I stamped it in Copic friendly ink on Ivory card and colored it with Copics similar to the challenge colors.  I added a touch of blue to the tips of all the flowers and was so pleased at how well it blended with the light purple.

With the coloring complete, the sentiment was added, then the panel was trimmed down and adhered to a Balmy Blue scallop rectangle.

The card base was made with Purple Posey card stock, then I added a vellum banner that was embossed with a polka dot embossing folder.  The main image was adhered on top of the vellum banner with fun foam for a bit of dimension, with the final touch a few sparkly jewels.

I'm so happy you visited and hope you'll use the link above to check out both challenges!

Stef


Stamps:  Stronger Together (SSS), Mini Everyday Messages (Mama Elephant)
Paper:  Purple Posey, Balmy Blue, Ivory (SSS), Grafix Platinum Vellum
Ink:  Gina K Obsidian Amalgam, Versafine Clair Nocturne (sentiment)
Other:  Scallop A2 Rectangle die (Honey Bee), Polka Dot embossing folder (ret. SU), Bridal Mix jewels (Lucy's Cards Little Things)
Copics:  V17, 15, 01, 000, B000, G24, 21, 20

Wild Meadow for Seize the Birthday!

Hi there friends!  It's my pleasure to be the Surprise Party Guest at Seize the Birthday for the next two months!  Woot, woot!  I love this challenge and hope you'll join us for the fun!

The toppings option for the current challenge is to use a touch of green and given the time of year (spring, St. Patrick's Day, etc.) it's perfect for making a great birthday card!

Seize the Birthday

I decided to go with a spring themed birthday card and pulled out a stamp set perfect for this challenge, with lots of green foliage.  I stamped it and then had fun using different Copic color combos for the multiple leafy images, including one that's more on the yellow-tan side to break things up.  Once the coloring was done, the image was die cut with the coordinating die and set aside while I worked on the background. 

I used Bristol paper, ink blending a yellow and two green Distress inks then splattering with water.  When dry, the panel was die cut with a stitched rectangle die.  After adhering to a white card base, I die cut the sentiment three times from white card, layering them up and adhering to the panel.  Next the foliage image was adhered to the bottom of the panel with foam tape. At this point I realized I had my ink blended panel upside down, as I planned to have the light yellow at the top and the darker green at the bottom.  However, the sentiment was already adhered, and I wasn't about to start over LOL!

Finally, I added a few sequin and jewels, and an aqua shimmer pen was used to add sparkle to all the leafy images and the sentiment. And despite flipping the blended panel, I still like how it turned out.

Thanks you for visiting, I appreciate it so much!  I hope you'll join us at STB for this fun challenge!

Stef


Stamps:  Wild Meadow (Mama Elephant)
Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Strathmore Bristol
Ink:  Gina K Obsidian Amalgam; Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks
Other:  Wild Meadow Matching die, Happy Birthday Script and Stitched Rectangle dies (Simon Says Stamp), Rainforest sequins (SSS), Iridescent Jewels (Lucy's Cards Little Things), Tonic Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen
Copics:  G28, 17, 03, 46, 43, 40, YG67, 17, 03, 01, 00, BG49, 15, 11, YR23, 30, 000