Clovers

 

The Cookie Challenge (If You Give A Crafter A Cookie) is featuring clovers in their inspiration photo, so I used the Into the Blooms: Clover die set from Papertrey Ink to create an Easter card. 

The pierced frame and sentiment were popped up with foam tape for added dimension. Florals were die cut from white paper then color blended with dye inks.

 

STAMPS: Thoughts of Easter Sentiments (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Pale Peony, Berry Sorbet, Bright Buttercup (PTI); Meadow, Emerald City (Pinkfresh Studio); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White (PTI).

DIES: Thoughts of Easter Sentiments, Pierced Feature Frames, Border Bling: Tin Stitch, Into the Blooms: Clover (Papertrey Ink); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).  

No sun in sight in VA today...just more rain off and on. Hope your day is going well...thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda
 

WAW March

It's a new month and a new Word Art Wednesday challenge. Karen has chosen Jeremiah 17:14 for our inspiration verse. I reduced the image to 40% then printed it and die cut with a scalloped oval die. It's been awhile since I played with using strips of paper for a background. I went with  light and darker coral papers paired with pale and medium blue papers. The floral geraniums are a fun die set released by Papertrey Ink years ago.

After color blending the florals, I splattered with a darker coral shade of ink.

INK: Sunkissed, Mimosa, Mango Sorbet, Grassy Knoll, Key Lime (Pinkfresh Studio).

DIES: Love to Layer: Ovals, Cover Plate: Cross Stitched (Papertrey Ink). 

 

We'd love to have you play along with us! Remember...there is a gift card from a sponsor that will be given to some lucky participant! Hope to see you in the gallery.  ~Wanda
 

 

You Are Mermazing!

 

Christy has a fun theme challenge to use mythical creatures over on The Paper Players blog. It gave me inspiration to dig out an old set by My Favorite Things called Mermazing. I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It Blending Card then colored with Copics.

The background frame is a VERY old panel that I created using spray stains (I do not know the exact colors). Several of the images were popped up using foam tape.

 

STAMPS: Mermazing (My Favorite Things).

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black; Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron distress oxide; Summer Sunrise (PTI).

PAPER: Hawaiian Shores, Stamper's Select White (Papertrey Ink); X-Press It Blending Card.

DIES: Mermazing, Blueprints 27 (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Crystal Stickles. 

COPICS:

Hair - Y00, Y23, YR12

Skin - E50, E51, R20

Mermaid suit - BG11, BG13, BG32

Purple shell - V91, V12, V15

Rock - W0, W2, W4

Fish - YR16 

 

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

Birthday Moth

 

I'm playing along with the current Seize the Birthday challenge to use anything with wings and also with the Just Add Ink challenge to use stencils or dies or both. I was trying to go with colors that would work for a masculine design if needed. 

 

 

 

STAMPS: Sentiment Suite: Birthday (The Greetery).

INK: Versafine Clair Nocturne; Scattered Straw, Antique Linen, Hickory Smoke, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers distress oxide inks.

PAPER: Bristol Smooth Surface; Stamper's Select White, Hawaiian Shores (Papertrey Ink); Sour Apple (My Favorite Things).

DIES: Sentiment Suite Basics, Jumbo Curiosity: Moth die, Crimped Frames (The Greetery); Love to Layer: Scalloped Ovals (PTI); Stitched Polka Dot Card Front (Concord & 9th); Large Mariana Vine Background & Small Mariana Vine Outline (Poppy Stamps).

OTHER: Tartan Builder Diagonal stencil, Jumbo Curiosity: Moth stencils (The Greetery); Permanent White Gouache. 

Thanks for stopping by and commenting!  ~Wanda 

  

Celebrate

 

It's a cloudy Thursday with rain showers most of the day. After some minor cleaning, I headed to my craft room and created this card using the sketch for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge and for the Just Us Girls challenge where it's stencil week. 

 

I started with two stencils - Watercolor Wonderful - by Papertrey Ink using Limeade Ice and Hawaiian Shores ink. I then die cut the florals from white paper and color blended. Splatters were made with Permanent White Gouache. The 'celebrate' sentiment makes it versatile to use for birthdays, retirement, anniversaries, etc. 

STAMPS: This is Big Sentiments: Celebrate (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, New Leaf, Ripe Avocado, Limeade Ice, Saffron Spice, Lemon Tart, Bright Buttercup, Summer Sunrise (Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Hawaiian Shores (PTI).

DIES: Into the Blooms: Tulips, This is Big Sentiments: Celebrate (PTI); Crimped Frames (The Greetery).

OTHER: Watercolor Wonderful stencils (PTI). 

 

Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda 

Tea Cup Florals

 

 

My card was inspired by the flowers and pink mug in the mood board photo for the Just Us Girls challenge. It also was inspired by the tea garden theme for the Inspired By challenge. It was perfect for me to dust off the stamps/dies/stencils from The Greetery called Brew-tea-ful Day.

              

STAMPS: Sips Tea, Brew-tea-ful Day Sentiments (The Greetery). 

INK: Versafine Clair Nocturne; Lovely Lady, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Fine Linen, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, New Leaf, Ripe Avocado (PTI). 

PAPER: Pretty Posy 6x6 pad (FSC); Stamper's Select White (PTI). 

DIES: Sips Tea (The Greetery); Love to Layer: Scalloped Diamonds (PTI).

OTHER: Sips Tea stencil; Corner chomper.

 

 

 

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by!  ~Wanda

 

Sunday Stamps Challenge

There was a "wide open" sketch for this week's Sunday Stamps Challenge. I decided to go with a bit of a grungy collage look. I smooshed some distress inks onto Ranger water color paper (Peacock Feathers, Bundled Sage, Fossilized Amber) then stenciled some dots (Peacock Feathers) and burlap (Tea Dye) and stamped a freebie music stamp I got with my last Creative Worship Stamps order.

The gardenias and leaves were leftovers from a previous project. I used the torn banners die (Papertrey Ink) to cut the two strips from patterned paper that looked like burlap.

STAMPS: Wonderful Words of Life (Creative Worship Stamps); Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You (The Greetery). 

INK: Peacock Feathers, Bundled Sage, Fossilized Amber, Tea Dye distress inks; Versafine Clair Nocturne; Spring Moss, Simply Chartreuse (Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Textiles & Textures Vintage (Honey Bee); Water color (Ranger); Classic Kraft (PTI).

DIES: Into the Blooms: Gardenia (Papertrey Ink); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things); Sentiment Suite Basics (The Greetery).

OTHER: Watercolor Wonderful stencils (PTI); Burlap Toile Dejute stencil (Tim Holtz). 

 

 That's it for now. Waiting for it to warm up above freezing before venturing outside. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!  ~Wanda