The April Pinkfresh Studio Challenge is Circles & Rings.
I grabbed several circle punches and my 6" pad of Pinkfresh Studio Some Days paper. I positioned the circles on a golden card base pulling in the colors from the Challenge photo. I love the lemons and blooms.
I finished with a piece of floral ephemera from the Some Days Elements Pack and a sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio Foiled Sentiments.
My sister & her husband love Moose, so when I saw Liam the Moose by Elizabeth Craft, I knew he needed to come live with me.
He's been sitting on my studio table waiting for the right inspiration. Today that inspiration arrived, courtesy of The Card Concept.
I used the Moose & browns as my inspiration for my Clean & Layered Card design, but I paired it with purples, since that is my sister's favorite color. I also framed my moose like in the inspiration photo, but used a hexagon instead of a diamond.
I used one of the Lindy's Gang papers I created for the glasses, scarf and background hexagon. I also added some eyeball stickers from my collection.
I finished with a fun sticker sentiment using the Vertical Sketch from Paper Craft Crew.
The February Saturday Penny Black Saturday Challenge is Anything Goes with an Optional theme of Wings.
I chose the Floral and Butterfly images from Penny Black April in Paris Stickeroos supplemented by a single butterfly from Penny Black Dreamscape Stickeroos attached to a bright pink Gelli Press print before I die cut using Penny Black Stitches of Love Frame.
I attached the die cut panel to a kraft card base before stamping a two-part sentiment from Penny Black She Builder.
The February Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K. Designs is Strip Card Making - to make a card that features at least three strips of something. Since I still had some of my Lindy's Gang Magicals paper on my studio table, I cut three strips from it to build my card around.
When I saw the layout at Hand Stamped Sentiments, I knew where my design was headed.
I positioned the three strips on a white card base, and then I used the Gina K. Designs Floral Banner Die (that was free with purchase) for the horizontal banner element.
I die cut three stitched circles and finished with a sentiment from Gina K. Designs Hygge Time and some glitter gems.
The first Shopping Our Stash Challenge of 2024 is Once Upon a Time - creating cards inspired by Fairy Tales (Dragons, Princesses, Castles, etc.) - if it's not obvious what fairy tale inspired you, make sure you fill us in.
I started by searching for lists of Fairy Tales to see if there was something that might inspire me since I knew I didn't really have any dragons, princesses or castles.
When I saw this fairy tale, Three Billy Goats Gruff, I remembered the joy of reading it out loud to my younger brothers & sisters making all of the different voices and the different sounds the goats made as they crossed the bridge and encountered the evil troll.
My three goats are more similar in size than the goats in the story, but I still think they are quite cute and convey the theme of the fairy tale. They are from the Miss Ink Set Punny Farm Goats, colored with my Graph'IT Markers.
Since the fairy tale is about the journey from one field to another across the Troll Bridge, I added some map designer paper and a fun punny sentiment.
We can't wait to see what you create.
The January Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K. Designs is All You Need is Love.
I created a bit of a non-traditional valentine using one of my Gelliarts Prints with the current Freshly Made Sketch. I layered the Gina K. Designs Botanical Duo die cut from gold cardstock.
I finished with some gold pearls and a "love" sentiment from Gina K. Designs Tropical Tidings.
My friend Beverly & I have been enjoying our Spellbinders Advent Calendars. These were the two little stamps that were included behind door #2.
I stamped them in Black Amalgam ink and colored with Alcohol Markers. I looked and there aren't many grey flowers in real gardens, but the white seemed a bit stark, so I thought the grey provided a nice tone with the purples. Only learning from this card, is that I should have conditioned my stamps first with a sand eraser, since I got a lot of ink blubbling when I stamped making it less crisp than I had hoped.
I'm linking-up at the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge as well as Darnell's NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff) Challenge.
When I saw the Sketch at Global Design Project, I knew it was the perfect opportunity to showcase more of the gorgeous 49 and Market Plum Grove papers that were still on my studio table (yes, I'm that person who doesn't put things away when I'm finished).
I cut one of the more solid papers into 4 1/4" square for the base, and then cut another floral design into 1 3/4" squares grounding them with some purple cardstock.
I wanted the paper to shine, so I stayed simple with the rest of the design adding some ephemera and a sticker sentiment from {a vintage girl} & her daughter typewriter phrases.
Bohemian Rhapsody is the challenge theme at Little Red Wagon (cards with three different elements). I've got squares, ephemera and a typewriter sentiment.
This afternoon I cut into the gorgeous Plum Grove papers from 49 and Market (which I just saw were designed by a favorite artist Katie Pertiet).
I used the current Atlantic Hearts Sketch and a vintage wood mounted sentiment that fit into the allowed space.
One thing I'm most grateful for today are my friends, especially my crafty friends all around the globe, so I wanted to join the #staycraftychallenge - Thank You for Being a Friend.
I used the stamp & die cut combo from Hero Arts Love You Stamp & Cut XL cut from gold metallic glitter cardstock & embossed with gold detail embossing powder on a piece of textured paper from a marketing paper sample that I always grab from our Marketing Team when it's time to recycle.
To add more interest to my red card base, I stamped greenery from Hero Arts Floral Silhouettes, stamping some twice or three times to get a variation of depth of red ink. I attached my sentiments with foam tape and finished with some gold bling.
I'm also linking-up at the Color Hues Challenge with my red & metallic gold card. My glittery gold & gold bling are also linking-up at Simon Says Stamp Make It Sparkle.
