Heart "Envie"

 

Good Thursday morning! I created this CAS design for 3 different challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches - a great new layout by Kim.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - add a heart.

Inspired By - love letter. 

 

I die cut strips from different patterned papers from Echo Park's Valentine's Day 6x6 pad. I then used stamps and dies from The Greetery: Signed &  Sealed (envelope and wax seal) and Signed & Sealed With A Kiss (florals, hearts and sentiment).

I embellished with moonshine sequins from Papertrey Ink. 

 

 

 

 

  

INKS: Fine Linen, Saffron Spice, Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Green Parakeet, Lovely Lady (Papertrey Ink); Versafine Clair Nocturne. 

 Thanks so much for stopping by!  ~Wanda 

Word Art Wednesday Ephesians 5:

Welcome to another Word Art Wednesday challenge! Karen has chosen Ephesians 5: 2 as our inspiration verse. The word "love" stood out as a key word that I chose to focus on for the card front. I printed the whole verse at 50% of the size and added it to the inside of the card. Once again I used the Build A Bouquet die set from Papertrey Ink and chose only the roses. I love all the dimension that the floral layering accomplishes!

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STAMPS: None.

INK: Lovely Lady, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Harvest Gold, Honey Nut, Classic Kraft, Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse (PTI).

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

DIES: Build A Bouquet, Love to Layer: Ovals, Wet Paint (Papertrey Ink); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Curving Leaves 3D embossing folder (Altenew).

 

We'd love to have you join in the challenge. As always, there is a gift card (this time our sponsor is The Stamps of Life) to be given away to some lucky participant, so head on over to the Word Art Wednesday blog HERE to enter!  ~Wanda

 

Inspiration Station

 

Thanks to my leftover pile, I quickly put this card together after being inspired by the floral branches in the photo for this month's Inspiration Station Challenge.

 

 

STAMPS: Blooming Branch (The Greetery); Birthday Your Way (Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Classique: Pretty 6x6 pad (Authentique); Soft Stone, Weathervane, Stamper's Select White (Papertrey Ink).

DIES: Fantastic Front (Papertrey Ink); Blooming Branch (The Greetery).     

 

Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda 

 

 

Just Us Girls

 

The Just Us Girls Challenge has CASE a DT week this time around. I chose to CASE Vicki's sympathy card and stenciled some large ferns and embellished with a butterfly. Thankfully I don't need a sympathy card but it's always good to have them on hand.

STAMPS: Tuck It Sentiments (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Rustic Wilderness distress (Ranger).

PAPER: Garden Green (Stampin' Up); Classic Kraft, Vintage Cream (PTI).

DIES: Floral & Flutter (Concord & 9th); Nested Elongated Ovals (Pinkfresh Studio); Love to Layer: Scalloped Ovals, Border Bling: Tin Stitch (PTI); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things); Sentiment Suite Basics (The Greetery).

OTHER: Mini Ferns 6x6 stencil (The Crafter's Workshop).

 

 

Thanks for stopping by! Stay warm if you happen to be in the polar bear temp regions like we are here in VA!  ~Wanda

Silent Auction Donation

Our church holds an annual Valentine banquet every year and I always donate a basket or two of handmade cards. This year my basket includes 20 cards with scripture verses as the focal point on them all. If you have lots of extra cards and don't know what to do with them...try local schools or other business organizations that might be holding fundraisers and donate your cards!   ~Wanda

Freshly Made Sketches

 

There's a great new layout by Jen M for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge! I started with a 4 1/2" square base and used Altenew's 3D embossing folder called Curving Leaves. The flower spray was in my leftover pile so this was a very quick and easy card to complete. I used shiny gold paper for the heart then gold embossed the sentiment.

STAMPS: Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You (The Greetery).

INK: Versamark.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White (Papertrey Ink); Mirror Gold paper (Amazon); Pretty Posy 6x6 pad (FSC).

DIES: Love to Layer: Hearts (PTI); Sentiment Suite Basics (The Greetery).

OTHER: Washi Tape (Altenew); Queen's Gold embossing powder (Ranger); Curving leaves 3D embossing folder (Altenew). 

Another single digit temperature of 6 degrees this morning! Counting down the days when it gets above freezing next week! ~Wanda

Cardz 4 Galz

 

I'm playing along with a new (to me) challenge called Cardz 4 Galz. The theme this time is to add pink flowers. I can't seem to stop using the newly released Build A Bouquet die set from Papertrey Ink as it creates such amazing layered, textured florals! 

The smallest oval background was stenciled with a dotted design by PTI. Florals were all die cut from white paper then color blended with dye inks by PTI.

STAMPS: Forever In Our Hearts (Pinkfresh Studio).

INK: Sweet Blush, Pale Peony, Berry Sorbet, Lemon Tart, Bright Buttercup, Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse, Ocean Tides (Papertrey Ink); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Pale Peony (PTI).

DIES: Build A Bouquet, Love to Layer: Scalloped Ovals, Border Bling: Tin Stitch (Papertrey Ink); Stitched Sentiment Strips (My Favorite Things); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Large dotted stencil (Papertrey Ink). 

 

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