The newest Penny Black Saturday Challenge is to use stitching.
I used stitched dies to cut a Penny Black Gentle Blooms Stickeroo image. I used the next largest stitched square die cut to frame the image.
I paired it with a sentiment from Penny Black Deepest Sympathy.
I followed the same formula for my second card (because my sympathy card stash needs restocked).
I'm also joining the Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge to use Die Cuts or Stencils.
Some beautiful Concord & 9th flowers to start your day. I made this card with products from the C9 Winter Retreat Event. I just love that color combination.
I'm linking this card at the TIME OUT Challenge where you were supposed to use two of the ideas .. I used Florals & an Arch (and as an overachiever, Pastel colors and Dots).
I also made this fun little Butterfly Card which is perfect for the Creatalicious Embossing Challenge. The embossing folder from the Event just blows my mind every time I use it.
Wishing you a marvelous Tuesday ... do something that makes you laugh outloud.
I had a discussion with a co-worker this week about Tulips. She mentioned hers were getting ready to bloom, which immediately took me back to sitting with my Grandma AtKisson on the couch in the Fall thumbing through the bulb catalogs marking the ones we might want, and then narrowing it down until we finally placed our joint order.
Next it was on our knees in the dirt deciding how close to place the bulbs and tubers, so we got the look we were hoping for come Spring. My grandma's garden was filled with perennials that returned year after year, which I loved.
So when I saw Gina K. Design's Rainbow #monthlymixchallenge for April, I thought of the rainbow of colors that was my Grandma's garden. I stamped the tulips from Gina K. Designs Spring Tulips in black ink and colored them in a rainbow of colors using my Faber Castell pencils and some eraser blending. I added a sentiment from the same set.
I die cut the flowers using Gina K. Designs Single Stitched Rectangle die cut and added a thin yellow border using this week's AAA Cards Challenge Sketch, with the second sentiment from Gina K. Designs Blooming Butterfly.
Today's card is for the April Inspiration Challenge at AlteNew.
I chose to build my card around a piece of gorgeous floral paper from AlteNew's Verdant Walk Paper Pack. I framed the center blooms with the AlteNew Leaf Frame Cover Die cut from White & a Peachy-Pink that matched the flowers.
I finished with a Sympathy Sentiment from AlteNew Sentiment Strips.
I'm also linking-up at the Spring Flowers Challenge at Moving Along with the Times. I'm also joining the Flowers Challenge at Die Cut Divas.
The newest challenge at AAA Cards Challenge is to make a card that incorporates the center element and one of the spokes.
The first silhouette that came to mine were the dogs from Paper Smooches Paws for a Cause, which also incorporates the Pets Spoke of the Challenge. I decided to make a Pet Sympathy card to have in my stash.
I used one sentiment and the paw prints from the Paws for A Cause set and another from Paper Smooches Sympathy Sampler.
And with my two sentiments, I'm linking-up at the Inkspirational Challenge to use two or more sentiments.
When I bought Kristina Werner's Loved & Missed Stamp Set, I honestly hoped I would never need to use it. But since I do need another pet sympathy card, I'm grateful to have it.
I chose the colors from this week's Color Throwdown since I thought the browns worked well for the paw prints ... and since he was a boy kitty, the blue seems liked the right sympathy hue.
I'm also linking-up at Make My Monday Use a Die Cut Challenge.
The March Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K. Designs is With Sympathy.
I used the new Gina K. Designs Double Peony Stencil with Gina's Light & Medium Carnation inks.
I used Gina's new Butterscotch Ink for the flower centers. The leaves are a combination of Lucky Clover and Grass Green inks.
The sentiment from Gina K. Designs Essential Greetings was inked in Medium Carnation ink. I finished with some opalescent bling.
I'm linking-up at the Simon Says Use Your Favorite Technique Challenge, since layering stencils have certainly become a go-to.
The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is - One is the Loneliest Number. We're asking you to make one layer cards.
I took my inspiration from the AAA Colourful Challenge and started by painting a rainbow of Dylusions Shimmer Paints on my single layer of watercolor paper.
I added Hero Arts with Sympathy Transfers on top of the painted stripes. I finished with a stitched die around the edges.
And I'm also joining the Hero Arts/A Blog Named Hero #staycraftychallenge Build Me Up Buttercup Challenge.
And I'm joining the Faux Stitching Challenge at Make My Monday.
We hope you'll shop your stash & come join us.
The Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero Challenge for February is Build Me Up Buttercup - creating cards featuring flowers.
I pulled out my Hero Arts Pansy Transfers and used almost the entire sheet on the front of my card base. After I got them all positioned, I die cut the panel with the largest Hero Arts Rounded Rectangle Infinity Die.
I finished by filling in the white spaces with iridescent purple gems and adding a sentiment from Hero Arts With Sympathy Transfers before attaching to a purple card base.
I really enjoyed spending time at the SCT Magazine With Love event. I didn't have time to finish all of the classes, but I did enjoy the ones I was able to do.
One of my favorites was this one from Cathy Zielske's Class using stamps & coordinating stencils.
This one from Cathy's class had fun tone-on-tone stamping for the inside of the envelope, as well as a fun fold that opens at the top.
And this one from Cathy's class features an adorable typewriter die cut. I added some light ink blending to the background to bring out pierced background.
I also got a few of the cards made from Dana Joy's class. I am the world's worst at stacking die cuts with glue. I finally gave up on this one and die cut some foam, but I didn't do much better lining that up either. I did, however, love the rainbow blend.
And the final one I got done from Dana's class were these fun little envelopes. I loved the brick stencil too.
I look forward to finding time to finish the rest of the classes. I really like the dies and stamps from this event.
