Fusion Card Challenge

 

Hi everyone! It's time for another Fusion Card Challenge and this time I used both the sketch and was inspired by the coffee and chalkboard theme. I went with the fun Cozy Cup stamp/die set from The Greetery.

STAMPS: Cozy Cup (The Greetery).

INK: Olive. Grassy Knoll, Rocky Slope, Misty Coast, Gathered Twigs, Warm Buff, Candy Apple, Passion Fruit dye inks by Pinkfresh Studio.

PAPER: French Kiss 6x6" pad by Glitz; Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink).

DIES: Cozy Cup, Basic Sentiment Suite (The Greetery).

We would love to have you join us in this two week challenge. Use just the sketch, just the photo for inspiration or use both for a fusion card!  ~Wanda

Color Throwdown Challenge #676

 

It's Wednesday and that means a new Color Throwdown challenge with red, cream and gold as the colors. I'm combining this with the sketch challenge at Try Stampin' on Tuesday. I'm calling the green leaves a neutral though technically there is some green in the inspiration photo - lol! I wanted to use the new (to me) pierced cover plate from Altenew so went with an oldie but goodie stamp/die set (Peony Scrolls) from them as well.

I added torn washi tape then popped the sentiment strip and the florals

with foam tape to add more dimension.

STAMPS: Sentiment Suite: Birthday (The Greetery); Peony Scrolls (Altenew).

INK: True Black (Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink).

DIES: Peony Scrolls, Dotted Swirls Debossing Cover die (Altenew); Sentiment Suite Basics (The Greetery).

OTHER: Gold cord, Washi tape, Copics

 

I colored the images with Copics.

 

 

We would love to have you play along with us at Color Throwdown! Hope to see you in the gallery!  ~Wanda

Color Throwdown #675

Happy Wednesday everyone! It has been a bitterly cold week and I'm loving these cheery colors that Susie has chosen for the new Color Throwdown challenge: blue, gray, yellow and green! I thought I'd go with this great Winterberry Bouquet stamp and stencil set from The Greetery. My ink colors are new to me from Pinkfresh Studio.

 

Here is what I used...

STAMPS: Winterberry Bouquet, Opposites Attract (The Greetery).

PAPER: Family Ties by Pebbles; White by Papertrey Ink.

INK: Summer Shower, Storm, Fresh Pear, Olive, Rocky Slope, Metropolis dye inks by Pinkfresh Studio.

DIES: Oval (Hero Arts); Opposites Attract, Opposites Attract Script, Winterberry Bouquet (The Greetery). 

 

How do these colors inspire you? We'd love to have to play along with us. Happy stamping!  ~Wanda

Fusion Card Challenge

It's a new year and today is a new Fusion Card Challenge! The bubbly background led me straight to some designer paper from Penny Black that had some bokeh backgrounds. I paired it up with some beverages from Papertrey Ink's Here's To You stamp/die set.

This is a very CAS design and the remainder of the sentiment is on the inside: Cheers! TO ALL THE YEARS.

STAMPS: Here's to You (PTI).

INK: True Black (PTI); Lemon Whip, Sweet Mustard, Peach Fuzz, Summer Shower, Tidal Pond (Pinkfresh Studio).

PAPER: Painted Blooms 6x6 pack (Penny Black); White (PTI).

DIES: Here's to You (PTI), Blueprints 27 (My Favorite Things).

 So what will you create? Something with just the sketch or just the photo or will it be a fusion? Happy stamping!   ~Wanda

Color Throwdown #674

Happy new year and welcome back to the Color Throwdown Challenge...the first of 2022! Amy Rohl is hosting this week and she has such a classy color scheme for us - black, white and gold or silver. I don't have any new year sentiments that I can recall, so I opted for a wedding card to add to my stash.

 I love the bold stripe from PTI's Bitty Big: True Black pack so started there. I then took the medium sized frame from PTI's Pierced Feature Frame and cut it from both black and Luxe Gold paper so I could insert the black "middle" into the gold frame. The flowers and bow are from the newly released Jar Accessories set from PTI. I white embossed the flowers then added details with a Sharpie S-Gel 0.7 pen.

 STAMPS: Jar Accessories (Papertrey Ink). 

INK: True Black, Versamark.

PAPER: Bitty Big: True Black, Luxe Gold, True Black, White (Papertrey Ink).

DIES: Framed Script - Mr. & Mrs. (Taylored Expressions); Pierced Feature Frames, Jar Accessories (Papertrey Ink).

OTHER: WOW! Opaque Bright White Regular embossing powder.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see you in the gallery!

                                                                            ~Wanda

Happy New Year!

The old bloggo has been rather quiet lately! Babysitting for grands consumed four long days last week so there was very little creativity happening on my end. I hit my craft room yesterday and needed to replenish my birthday card supply so went with the new pansy dies that were part of the December release at Papertrey Ink. 

I like to cut out all the flowers/stems/leaves from white cardstock and then add color by blending with brushes and dye ink. The oval is a new to me die from PTI and I love its size. I layered it over the new Cover Plate: Elegance die which adds some texture. I also highlighted the florals using Prismacolor pencils. I decided to embellish with the Pure Poppy baker's twine which has a hint of shine in it.

STAMPS: Perfect Pairs Commodities (Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: White, Sweet Blush, True Black (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Sweet Blush, Pale Peony, Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy, True Black, Simply Chartreuse, New Leaf dye inks by PTI.

DIES: Into the Blooms: Pansies, Storybook Christmas (book die used for birthday sentiment), Perfect Pairs Commodities, Shape Shifters: Oval 2, Cover Plate: Elegance (Papertrey Ink).

That's it for today. Looking forward to getting back to regular challenge team assignments later this week.   ~Wanda

Release Day is Here!

 

Yay! Today the new goodies from the December release at Papertrey Ink will be available to purchase tonight at 10pm EST. I love that so many of the sets can be interactive from this release. I mixed elements from Towering Stems and With Love to create a Valentine-themed card.

This is pretty self-explanatory. It was mainly a matter of deciding what to include in the floral bouquet and then deciding how to embellish with the tiny Valentine elements.

STAMPS: Towering Stems, With Love

INK: Pure Poppy, Smokey Shadow, Hibiscus Burst, Sweet Blush, Scarlet Jewel, True Black, Green Parakeet, Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado, New Leaf, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise.

PAPER: Text-Style: Candy Cane Prints, White.

DIES: Border Bling: Skinny Heart Frames, Love to Layer: Scalloped Circles, Towering Stems, With Love.

OTHER: Misty Coast, Rocky Slope ink (Pinkfresh Studio); Stitched Rectangle dies (MFT).

Happy shopping everyone! ~Wanda