Global Design Project just happens to have a color challenge that matches the colors of the scraps of cardstock on my studio table ... how perfect.
It also matches the remaining little valentine cards ... so I made another Galentine (had to use a marker and add a bow to my other sloth).
A sticker sentiment, bling for the bows, and puffy heart sticker finish the design.
Also joining Simon Says Stamp where the theme is All Loved Up.
I'm back for another Makeover Monday.
This week I chose this Valentine from February 2017, which was the first (and I believe only) time I have used these rather expense Birch Press Designs Caprice Heart Layers Die Cuts. When I saw Jennifer Mcguire's video this week on how to turn these layering die cuts into stencils, I figured it was the perfect time to give it a try.
I die cut the three hearts from a scrap of kraft cardstock on my desk, and then die cut one more time to create my mask. Since I intended to cut out the heart, I used the mask for all the layers. I used Jennifer's technique of then cutting out the center of the 4th die to create a white heart frame.
I used three of the inks from the Pink Fresh Heart Beat Quartet - Coral Reef, Passion Fruit and Berrylicious. I couldn't find enamel hearts in my stash to match these colors, so I used a little foam heart sticker in the center and two Eyelet Outlet Pink Hearts at the top.
The sentiment is a die cut from Simon Says Stamp Everyday Words on a Line for another Galentine. And I'm still joining Sam's Use My Stuff Challenge - Love (those sentiment dies were unopened ... and yay for using my heart dies a second time).
Tonight I wanted to combine the sketch from the Fusion Critter Challenge with the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge For the Birds Challenge (because birds are critters too).
And, to make it a little more fun, I'm using three of the colors from the Just Add Ink Challenge ... I used Bermuda Bay, Lovely Lipstick & Call Me Clover.
I found a piece of Christmas designer paper that has those three colors, so that's where my design started ... and one of the cool things about Art, is that your reality can be any color you want, so why not have a Bermuda Bay Christmas Owl created from Lawn Fawn Winter Owl ... with a coordinating paper-pieced scarf (of course).
Sentiment is from Lawn Fawn's Simply Winter Sentiments.
One more holiday card ready to go.
The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is offering up A is for Anti-Valentine as their theme this week.
I couldn't resist pulling out a few stamp sets from The Ink Road and stamping-up a few quick cards.
The first is from the fabulous Phoebe of Friends ... a polka dot card base with sentiment from Ink Road's The One With All The Stamps. I used white paint pen to add a little pigeon poop to the puffy heart stickers.
The next one uses a sentiment from The Ink Road Zerofcks.
Probably not a card most people are seeking out for Valentine's day ... but you never know I suppose.
When I saw the Use Your Scraps Challenge at the Sweet Stampin' Challenge, I went through my big scrap box and found a small piece of hoarded Japanese Chiyogami paper ... and I also found a few orphaned butterfly stickers.
I decided to combine them with this week's Wednesday Sketch Challenge at My Favorite Things. Instead of a circle, I used the My Favorite Thing Hexagon STAX Die from a scrap of white cardstock.
I've been trying to re-stock my stash and needed a Get Well Card, so I used stamps (that were surgically separated) from my most used My Favorite Things Stamp Set (and long-ago discontinued) - Get Well Wishes ... and joined the Get Well Soon Challenge at the Cut It Up Challenge.
I found those neglected 3-D butterfly stickers a home to finish the card ... and took my overall inspiration from the Just Us Girls Photo Inspiration Challenge.
Love how that gorgeous scrap of Japanese Chiyogami paper finally found a home.
At Jingle Belles, we're still making cards with things Santa brought us.
In my Christmas Stocking from Santa Lauren there were these adorable little chipboard bingo cards ... I was going to just leave the numbers on the card, but ultimately I covered them with the flower embellishments.
I chose to pair two adorable little Christmas Sprites with the Merry & Bright sentiment ... then I built the rest of my card around the floral elements on the Merry & Bright square. I have quite a collection of holiday designer papers after 9 years of Jingle Belles, and I found the perfect card base paper in a brand new paper pad Bella Boulevard Santa Squad. And that paper is what led me on the search for the pink flowers I added to finish the design (my original plan had been to go with holly ... but you have to just let the creative muse take you where it may).
I love the **happiness** of this card. Hope you'll come join us.
When I saw this week's CAS(e) this Sketch! I wanted to go play with washi tape ... so many possibilities.
I thought I would do monochromatic, but then I saw one of the measuring tape washis ... and then a second ... and I thought, do I have four of these (because I clearly like measuring tape) and sure enough I did.
I thought the colors would work more with a black card base ... then the quest to find a sentiment. I really wanted measure twice, cut once but somehow I don't have that in a stamp ... so instead I used this sentiment from The Ink Road Pretty Bizarre ... a quote from one of my favorite movies.
That came together so quickly, I may have to go through my washi tape and try another.
Another week of blogland adventures:
Have a tremendous Thursday!
After a long day at the office, I'm usually in search of some quick and easy creativity. Tonight I decided to combine the Color Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketch.
I went hunting through my piles of 6" paper pads searching for papers in the three colors. I put together one card base and went searching for something to use as the sentiment and circle image ... and then managed to lose the card base. Yes, I managed to lose a card in my studio (it's not particularly messy, it's just spread out, so I lay things down ... and sometimes lay things on top of them accidentally (a paper pad in this case) ... and then I can't remember where).
So I picked-up two more pieces of designer paper in the challenge colors and created another card. Yep, tonight I wasn't going to stress-out about losing a card somewhere in this space because it pretty much happens every time I create.
So instead I finished card #2 ... and then of course as soon as I did, I found card #1, and so I finished it too. I love the fun of combining paper patterns.
Two of the valentines I had from my Valentines for Vets project were the perfect pink for the color challenge and a for making a few Galentines.
I added a sentiment from Taylored Expressions Simple Strips - Friendship for some Galentines.
The second card (which was the first card) used fun Heart Paper from Taylored Expressions Playful Patterns Valentine Papers.
Another Galentine ... another perfect Taylored Expressions Sentiment.
For some reason when I saw the forest of trees in the Fusion Winter Inspiration Photo, it reminded me of some Suminagasi - Japanese black and white hand-marbled paper I made several years ago.
I cut the half-circle from my marbled paper and attached it to a white card base. I used a darker grey for the vertical piece in the sketch.
Next I wandered through my stamps looking for some trees ... but instead I found a Simon Says Stamp Picture Book Hippo Die that had never been opened. Hippos are grey ... so I thought he would work perfectly. I tried to get the contrast I wanted with different solid papers, but it wasn't working ... so instead, I die cut him from two colors of glitter paper.
Since he looked so wise, I thought the sentiment should be some bit of advice he might give ... and settled on this sticker sentiment. I love where this card ended-up (and that I got to use some of my hand-made paper on a card).
I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Stamp Lotsa Love Flickr Challenge ... because this is truly advice I would give to every one I love ... trust your instinct (aka your heart).
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