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Over the weekend, I finally had the opportunity to make some of the cards from the Pinkfresh Studio event from earlier this year (that unfortunately I had to miss for a funeral).
I really loved the fun fold of the card we made with the Fluttering Butterflies Washi Tape that is in the new Pinkfresh Studio release. I think this fold with the die cut Notched Corner Frame is a design that would be easily repeatable with other fun elements.
I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Feminine Challenge.
I had the blessing of spending a few days in Wisconsin with some crafty friends this weekend.
Each morning I got up early and walked a few miles around the neighborhood ... I always love exploring new spaces. I walked a different direction than I had in the past and discovered the beauty of Six Mile Creek. It brought back so many memories of playing in creeks with my brother throughout our childhood.
One morning I was surprised to see some Sandhill Cranes enjoying the water.
There was also a fun story walk by the gorgeous library building ... I caught a robin enjoying the view.
I never realized Bleeding Hearts were an early season bloom.
These namaste cats made me smile.
Not sure what these blooms were, but they smelled really lovely.
And of course, there were lots of tulips.
Always grateful for both time with friends and time in nature.
The newest prompt at Jingle Belles is to create a holiday card that features "The Man with the Bag" aka Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle (you get the picture).
I picked up a piece of 12x12" journaling cards paper from Echo Park's The Magic of Christmas Collection together with the 6" paper pad from the same collection at my local scrapbooking store last week.
I have no idea why Santa has a Christmas Cake in his hand, or why his other hand was empty as if he was saying - Ta da! - but I felt like he needed something in the other hand.
I settled on the perfectly sized Bottle of Beer brad from Eyelet Outlet - it will be perfect for several of the people on my Christmas card list. I paired it with one of the papers from the 6" pack as well as a scrap of coffee swirled paper for the card base that matched the chocolate in the cake.
Another week of skipping through blogland:
Have a Tremendous Thursday!
It's time for another Woodblock Wednesday with Amy T.
Birthday Stamps are some of the Woodblock Stamps I save the most of. This Stampin' Up Woodblock was part of a set called Four Square, but this is the only stamp I still have. I added it to a collage that I personalized for a friend's birthday who loves board games, coffee and books.
I built my collage using a layout from Sketch~N~Scrap Challenge with some inky scraps and vintage papers ... I even stamped my sentiment on a scrap of vintage dictionary page.
The newest challenge at Shopping our Stash is Mamma Mia! - Create a Mother's Day card or a card for another important woman in your life
I decided to combine the SOS challenge with the Lawn Fawnatics Bingo Challenge ... I went with a Bingo straight across the bottom.
I started with some Rainbow striped paper from Lawn Fawn Rainbow Every After Collection checking off two of the boxes. Since I didn't have any Lawn Fawn Stencils I had to get creative ... so I used the negative of one of the flowers from the Lawn Fawn Magic Iris Floral Wreath Add-on to add some stenciled flowers to the corners ... I think this qualifies as Cute too.
Lastly for the Glitter element, I die cut Lawn Fawn Giant Happy Mother's Day together with the Lawn Fawn Magic Iris Floral Wreath Add-on from glitter foam.
I finished with a bit more inking on the designer paper (best way to fix a few smudges from my tiny stencil) and some bling in the center of the blooms for a bit more Cute factor.
We hope you'll shop your stash and come join the Mamma Mia! fun.
Tonight I needed a masculine music-themed birthday card, so I chose the Sketch from Global Design Project for my layout.
I started with a piece of vintage sheet music.
I paired it with a wrap of teal twine and a Reverse Confetti sentiment stamped in teal. I thought it needed a bit more, and since the recipient is super-competitive at games, I added his name in Scrabble tile stickers.
I like to make lots of Mother's Day cards to send to all of the amazing mothers in my life (and non-mothers who stepped into mother-like roles), so I usually look for an idea that I can mass produce, but still have enough variance to keep me interested. I found it by combining Unity Stamp Company Newsprint Floral Greetings with Unity Stamp Company gorgeous Blossom Avenue Papers.
I stamped the Newsprint Floral image in Versafine Claire Nocturne ink on five different Blossom Avenue Papers and clear embossed. Next I smooshed several colors of ink onto my glass matt, sprayed with water, picked-up the ink with a transparency and used ink-smooshing to color in the stamped flowers.
For the first one I used two different shades of yellow Distress Ink, which I thought worked well with the green in the paper.
Since I don't have a Unity Stamp Company Mother's Day sentiment, I used the You Are Amazing Sentiment from the Newsprint Floral Greetings stamped on light ivory cardstock.
I added a thin black mat before positioning the panel on a sweet corn cardstock card base. I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says: Make Your Own Background Challenge.
I did the same technique using Catherine Pooler inks as well.
I just love the messy painted look from ink smooshing. I'm linking this up at A Place to Start Challenge to Add one or more Flowers.
The technique even worked on the heavy floral paper.
For one of the more neutral papers, I used two shades of orange.
I really like the combination of colors.
I did one more on a heavier floral paper.
This one took some inspiration from the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge.
I really love how they all turned out. Can't wait to get them in the mail.
My card today is for the Anything Goes theme at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.
I'm also linking-up at The Paper Players Clean and Simple Spring Flowers Challenge.
I used the Penny Black Vintage Beauty card topper that I embossed with the Penny Black Stitches of Love Frame Die Cut.
I added a sentiment form Penny Black Happy Builder and a few navy gems. I finished with a couple of strips cut from my Gelliarts Prints.
I'm also joining Seize the Birthday for their Any Color and Green Color Challenge.
I've been wanting to join the new Lunar New Year Challenge, so I picked-up the Mama Elephant Knot of Luck Creative Cuts to give it a try.
I die cut the frame from a shimmery gold cardstock and backed it with deep red cardstock. I die cut the knot and accents from the same two shades and assembled it on an ivory oval, using a foam dot to raise one of the dots to "hang" it from at the top.
I didn't have any more of that deep red shade of cardstock to frame out my design, so I did what any good crafter does when she needs a specific color of paper ... I made it myself using red paints & my Gellipress.
I bought the Mama Elephant New Beginnings Sentiments to use with these images, but I didn't get the coordinating die cuts, and when I tried to position them without the detail cut, it covered too much of the card, so I decided to use the sentiment on the inside of the card.
