Color Throwdown #825

Happy hump day! It's time again for a new Color Throwdown challenge and this week we have a yellow, pink and blue palette. I immediately knew I wanted to create a baby card using some older stamps and dies from My Favorite Things. I couldn't help it and had to add some "neutral" green leaves - haha! 

 

STAMPS: Beautiful Baby (My Favorite Things).

INK: Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening, Lovely Lady, Bright Buttercup, Summer Sunrise, Green Parakeet, New Leaf (Papertrey Ink); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Lemon Tart, Lovely Lady (PTI); Flower Market 6x6" pack (Lawn Fawn); Silver metallic.

DIES: Beautiful Baby, Baby's Bib, Oh Baby (MFT).

OTHER: White enamel dot.

We'd love to have you play along with us!  Remember... challenges occur on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month rather than weekly!                                            ~Wanda
 

Postage Roses

Finished this card a couple of days ago. Posting it for no particular challenge...just made it because the Postage Collage Roses stencil set from Waffle Flower was new to me.

STAMPS: Postage Collage Love (Waffle Flower).

INK: Lovely Lady, Melon Berry, Vintage Jadeite, New Leaf, Bright Buttercup (Papertrey Ink); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stampers Select White, Bitty Big: Mint Julep (PTI).

DIES: Postage Collage (Waffle Flower).

OTHER: Postage Collage Roses stencils (Waffle Flower).

 

 

 

The Paper Players

 

Some of my favorite colors - pink, orange and green - are up for the color challenge on The Paper Players blog this week!  I started with the Watercolor Plaid stencil collection from Papertrey Ink then paper pieced the color blended new Elegant Edges: Nature's Blooms die set.

 

STAMPS: Praying For You Sentiments (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Lovely Lady, Orange Zest, Bright Buttercup, Vintage Jadeite, New Leaf (PTI); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stampers Select White (PTI).

DIES: Elegant Edges: Nature's Blooms, Reflections: July (PTI).

OTHER: Thread.

 That's a wrap for today! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!  ~Wanda

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches

 

The good thing about frigid weather is that I don't venture outdoors much! Instead, it's a great time to get creative in my crafty space, so I went with creating a card for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. Karren has a really fun sketch for us this week!

STAMPS: Tuck It Sentiments (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Eucalyptus, Spruce Tips, Emerald City, Lush Forest (Pinkfresh Studio); Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stampers Select White, True Black (PTI); Valentine's Day 6x6" pad (Echo Park).

DIES: Cover Plate: Quilted, Love to Layer: Scalloped Circles, Into the Blooms: Dahlia (Papertrey Ink): Simple Strips (Pretty Pink Posh).

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting!  ~Wanda

SSS Wednesday Challenge

 

Simon Says Stamp: Get In Shape featuring Altenew... the new SSS Wednesday Challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp blog! I'm also entering this into the Sunday Stamps challenge with a color palette to follow (using at least 3 colors) and also at Seize the Birthday challenge to use something new.

One of my newest stamps/dies/stencils is a collection from Altenew called Zero-Waste Chocolate Flowers. Four layering stencils give you a square sheet of many florals and leaves which you die cut using one huge die that cuts them all at once! It's a genius concept!

I wanted to use the largest banner die for the card base and cut out 3 white banners. The bottom panel was scored about 3/8" from the top then adhered to the front panel using Score Tape. It then is able to stand like an easel (sorry I forgot to photograph that view).

STAMPS: Chocolate Flowers background set (Altenew); Sentiment Suite: Birthday (The Greetery).

INK: Winter Wisteria, Vintage Jadeite, Ocean Tides, New Leaf, Lemon Tart, Bright Buttercup, Harvest Gold, Melon Berry (Papertrey Ink); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stampers Select White (PTI).

DIES: Zero-Waste Chocolate Flowers (Altenew); Sentiment Suite Basics (The Greetery); A2 Nested Pendant Etched (Photoplay Paper); Cover Plate: Quilted (Papertrey Ink).

OTHER: Satin ribbon; Brad.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  ~Wanda
 

 

Winter Solace

 

One of my favorite challenges is back for the new year! The Card Concept #213 is having a winter solace theme. I was inspired by the sparkly winter trees and the deer and created this snowy scene using Papertrey Ink stamps and dies using the clean and layered style. I splattered the blended background using white gouache paint. A glue pen was used to "scribble" some snow drifts then fine glitter was added.

The sentiment is from the Vintage Lantern stamp set. The deer and sentiment were popped up with foam tape.

STAMPS: Winter Wonder, Vintage Lantern (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Waterfall, Turquoise, Paradise, Rocky Slope (Pinkfresh Studio); Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Ocean Tides, Pinefeather, Cocoa Bean (Papertrey Ink); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stampers Select White (PTI).

DIES: Winter Wonder, Bring Home the Holidays (PTI); Stitched Sentiment Strips (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Super fine glitter (Martha Stewart); White gouache paint.  

 Thanks so much for stopping by!  ~Wanda

 

 

Warm Winter Wishes

 

This was a timely card to create after a huge winter storm warning starting last evening! We didn't get near as much ice and snow as predicted which is fine with me! I'm playing along with three challenges:

1. Just Us Girls #756 - Anything Goes/Die Week

2. Freshly Made Sketches #667

3. Inspired By #317...Tea Time   

 

I used the newly released Build-A-Snowflake die set from Papertrey Ink and tweaked the sketch a bit to add the sentiment at the bottom.

I was very much inspired by the cable knit mittens rather than the tea theme in the Inspired By photo, so I stenciled the background using the Simple Stitch Crochet Small stencil set by PTI.

STAMPS: Trees 'N Patterns (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Slumber, Blue Jay, Saphire (Pinkfresh Studio).

PAPER: Stampers Select White, Vellum (PTI); Silver glitter.

DIES: Build-A-Snowflake (PTI); Stitched Banner Flags and Stitched Rectangles STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things); Nested Circles (Art Impressions).

OTHER: Jewel brad.
That's a wrap for today! Now to get some details done with transferring things to a new car I bought last week! After driving a white Honda CRV for 11 years, I decided to go with a 2025 RED CRV ExL!  We have long been Honda fans so if it ain't broke, don't fix it - haha! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!  ~Wanda