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Happy Mother's Day

I like to send Mother's Day cards to lots of the special women in my life, so I continue to make some to go into the mail.

This one combines multiple challenges, but started with the AAA Card Challenge Color Challenge Palette.  I went shopping for the colors in  my GelliArts bin and found all four hues.

 

 

My GelliArts print that had both greens also used a stencil for the Just Us Girls Stencil Week and the CAS on Sunday Stencil Challenge.

 

 

Using the Sketch from The Paper Players, I added a sentiment from Taylored Expressions Penned Pretty.

 

 

I finished with a Spellbinders Butterfly sticker in both shades of pink.  I'm also joining the Sweet Stampin' Challenge Clean & Simple Challenge.  And lastly, I'm linking at the Simon Says Make It Girly Challenge.

 

Keep Moving Forward

This card combines this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch with the Aqua & Lavender palette from The Color Hues Challenge.

I printed my Aqua background by mixing some green & blue paints on my GelliArts press.  Then I ran it through an embossing folder to add some texture.

 

 

I used a piece of lavender floral embossed paper from my stash together with lavender cardstock.

 

 

I finished with aqua pearls, an aqua glittery butterfly sticker and several sticker sentiments.

 

 

Year of the Snake Birthday

I used the Simple Stories Pet Shoppe Collection to make a Year of the Snake Birthday Card for the April Lunar New Year Challenge.

 

 

I colored my snake image with alcohol ink markers and used the layout from the Just Add Ink Challenge.

 

The top sentiment is from the same Simple Stories set and the Happy Birthday is from Concord & 9th Endless Birthday stamp set.

 

Simon Hurley Create Bursts Thanks

My thank you card stash is depleted, so I used the Simon Hurley Create Bursts to mass produce some card fronts.  I used a combination of blue inks to stamp the bursts on white cardstock.

 

 

I added a few vintage postage stamps in blue and finished with a CZ Design Thanks die cut from the darkest blue in the background & positioned on vellum.

 

 

For this one I followed the same formula using Simon Says Stamp Thanks sentiment die.  That vintage little Mr. Zippy makes me smile.

 

Holly Jolly Holiday

Our next prompt at Jingle Belles is an Ornamental Color Challenge - create a card using at least three of the five colors represented in this image.

 

 

When I saw the colors, I immediately though of Concord & 9th Colors, so that is what I used - Rainforest, Peacock, Powder and Sorbet.

 

 

I used this week's Sketch Saturday layout with stitched circle die cuts.  The sentiment is Concord & 9th Jolly Holiday Greetings.

We hope those colors inspire you to come join the Jingle Belles fun.

Thursday Link Love

Another week of skipping through blogland:

• I love these DIY Pipe Shelves
• Chocolate Donut Cake
• Sony World Photography Winners
• When I was in my teens, I loved Trotter's Creamed Corn
• these Blueberry Muffins look so yummy
• How to be a better listener
• Oatmeal Raisin Bars
• amazing Astrophotography
• Kielbasa Potato Soup
• Spring Cleaning your Brain
• Shaved Brussels Sprouts with Warm Bacon Dressing
• the dawn chorus of birds wakes me daily
• Homemade S'Mores Ice Cream
• Storage Hacks for small space living
• Lemon Meringue Pie Cookies (shown)
• What is the largest sofa you can fit around a corner (Pivot)

Have a tremendous Thursday!

Early Retirement Wishes

The newest challenge at Sketch~N~Scrap is to use one of four Throwback Sketches.

 

 

I chose May 20, 2019 for my card.  A co-worker is retiring early to go travel the US with us family (can you hear the tinge of envy in my voice).  I'm going to miss him a lot, so I wanted to make a special card to wish him well.

I started with a vintage page out of a throwback rate calculation handbook (we haven't used them in years, since all of those calculations are automated today), however I know he'll recognize what it is.

 

The focal sentiment is from Stampotique and the Whiskey bottle is a new stamp from Splash of Whiskey by Visible Image.  Then I used my GelliArts plate to create coordinating paper to back the sentiment.  I finished with a collection of stickers as the embellishments for the sketch.

Monster Celebration

The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Outta This World - Create a card featuring Aliens (or Monsters), Stars, Moon or Planets.

 

 

I think these felt Monster stickers have been in my stash for over 20 years ... yes, my love affair with monsters goes a loooooong way back.

 

 

With their arm positions, it looks like they were celebrating, so I added a CZ Design Yay You Die Cut sentiment.

We can't wait to see how you shop your stash for this theme.

Blooming Mother's Day

The newest Simon Says Challenge is Blooming Blooms.

 

 

I used Taylored Expressions Blooming with Love and paired it with Hero Arts Happy Mother's Day sentiment.  The background is embossed with Taylored Expressions Harlequin embossing folder.  I finished with Enamel Dots from Altenew.

I'm also linking-up at the Crafter's Café Blog challenge of Anything Goes with an optional theme of Feminine.  And the Creatalicious Challenge is also Anything Goes with an Option of Embossing.

Musical Washi Birthday

When I saw the newest Inspired By Challenge, I knew I had to visit my neglected drawer of washi tape.

 

 

 

I wanted to make a birthday card for a music lover, so I followed the colors of the inspiration photo with a few musical elements thrown into the mix.  I made a slimline card, so I could include more washi in my design including the Music Tape from Eyelet Outlet.

 

 

I added sentiments from Hero Arts Let's Celebrate staying relatively closed to the Inspired By Sketch.