Just Us Girls

 

It's mood board week over on the Just Us Girls challenge blog. The arched doors and windows plus the pop of red were what inspired me. Out came my Love to Layer: Arches die set and the Long Line Roses stamps/stencils/dies by Kristina Werner to bring in the pop of red.

 

STAMPS: Long Line Roses (Kristina Werner for Concord & 9th).

INK: Passion Fruit, Berrylicious, Candy Apple, Mint, Sage (Pinkfresh Studio); Versafine Clair Nocturne. 

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, True Black (Papertrey Ink).

DIES: Long Line Roses (Kristina Werner for Concord & 9th); Love to Layer: Arches (Papertrey Ink); Lattice Frame (Reverse Confetti).

OTHER: Long Line Roses stencils (Kristina Werner for Concord & 9th).  

That's all for now. Time for some football playoffs!  ~Wanda

Freshly Made Sketches

 

Judy has a great new sketch for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge! I haven't played with the Festive Birds die set in a long time and thought I'd create a winter vignette with a tiny poinsettia and some Christmas sprigs dies - all from Papertrey Ink.  

  

A lady from church is recuperating from a tragic accident so this will go to her to hopefully brighten her day. 

INK: Bright Buttercup, Pure Poppy, Pinefeather, Ocean Tides, Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse (PTI).

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Pure Poppy, True Black (PTI); Plaid Patterns Merry & Bright (My Favorite Things).

DIES: Into the Blooms: Christmas Sprigs, Into the Blooms: Poinsettias, Love to Layer: Ovals, Festive Birds, Wet Paint (PTI). 

Thanks so much for stopping by! It's a VERY cold day here in VA with single digits at night for a few nights. I'm thankful for a warm house! Have a blessed day!  ~Wanda

Paper Players Challenge

 

.The Paper Players have a color challenge this week with a medium blue, navy blue and silver combo. I went with a "celebrate" theme using stars as accents. I water colored distress inks onto watercolor paper. I then tore the edges and swiped a Versamark ink pad along the torn edge and heat embossed with silver powder.

 

I used a script stencil from Hero Arts with Prize Ribbon distress ink. Here is what else I used:

INK: Prize Ribbon, Stormy Sky distress inks; Versamark.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White (Papertrey Ink); Ranger water color paper; Metallic silver and brushed silver; Dark blue (? source) from my leftover bin.

DIES: This is Big Sentiments: Celebrate (PTI); Stars (My Favorite Things.

OTHER: Script stencil (Hero Arts); Silver embossing powder (Stampin' Up).
 

That's it for now. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!  ~Wanda

Inspired By...

 

I'm playing along  with the Inspired By challenge that has an inspiration photo of winter knit hats. I was inspired by the colors and the Nordic patterns for my background. With adding the snowflakes, I knew I had to use a "warm" sentiment!

Most of the snowflakes were in my leftover pile so this was a quick and easy card to create! 

STAMPS: Just Sentiments: Warmth (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Honey Nut, Enchanted Evening (PTI).

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Enchanted Evening (PTI): Metallic Silver Mirror (My Favorite Things); White Shimmer (? source).

DIES: Layered Snowflakes: Drift, Crystal, Flurries (PTI); Banner Flags STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Stencil Collection from November 2023 Surprise Box (PTI). 

That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda
 

 

 

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches

I'm playing along with the new layout for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I stenciled the background, adhered the angled white piece then popped up the sentiment with foam tape! Quick and easy!   

 

STAMPS: Lush Bloom (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Summer Sunrise, Lovely Lady, Hibiscus Burst, Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado (PTI); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Hibiscus Burst (PTI).

DIES: Love to Layer: Ovals (PTI); Slanted Shortcuts (Concord & 9th).

OTHER: In the Meadow stencil collection (PTI).

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by!  ~Wanda

 

Word Art Wednesday Romans 12:2

 

Hello friends! Happy New Year to all and welcome to another Word Art Wednesday challenge! This time our verse is from Romans 12:2 which directs us to not follow the world but to be constantly in the will of God. I wanted my card to have a winter and lingering holiday feel with the holly and berries and the red/green color combo.

Holly berries and leaves were die cut from white paper then color blended. The edges of the verse panel were lightly sponged with Limeade Ice ink. 

  

STAMPS: None (verse was printed at 90% size).

INK: Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel, Limeade Ice, New Leaf, Ripe Avocado (Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select (PTI); Green from Stampin' Up.

DIES: Into the Blooms: Holly, Border Bling: Candy Cane Frame 1, Border Bling: Candy Cane Frame 2 (PTI). 

 

Winner, winner! Random.Org picked #5 as the winning commenter on my post for the Word Art Wednesday Christmas blog hop. Congrats to Denise Bryant...your package is on the way!  

Word Art Wednesday has a NEW sponsor! They are giving away a $25 voucher plus free shipping! It's a UK-based company...be sure to check them out. Hope you can join us in this new challenge.  ~Wanda 

Festive Friday

 

It's another cold day in VA and I'm continuing to not venture out much unless I have to as there is so much sickness ("flu") in the area! I love tulips and am counting the days until spring when the tulips will actually be blooming! The Festive Friday challenge has another great inspirational board and I went with the red, yellow, a wee touch of orange, tulips and birthday sentiment options.

The florals were cut from white paper then color blended.

STAMPS: Birthday Your Way 2 (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Limeade Ice, New Leaf (PTI); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Bitty Big: Harvest Gold, Stamper's Select White (PTI).

DIES: Into the Blooms: Tulips, Elegant Edges Lace (PTI).

OTHER: Moonshine sequins (PTI). 

Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda