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 Garden 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

The Paper Players

 

Hello friends! I wanted to play along with The Paper Players where it's a sketch challenge this week. Jan has a great layout for us and it worked well to use the Botanicuts: Hollyhocks die set from The Greetery. I cut all of the florals from Bristol Smooth paper then blended dye inks using small brushes.

 

 

STAMPS: Sentiment Suite: Birthday (The Greetery); Texture Tiles 1 (Creative Worship Stamps).

INK: Versafine Clair Nocturne; Sunkist, Mimosa, Mango Sorbet, Sunshine, Key Lime, Olive (Pinkfresh Studio).

PAPER: Bristol Smooth Surface; Stamper's Select White; Groovy Guava (retired Stampin' Up); Textiles & Texture Vintage patterned paper (Honey Bee).

DIES: Botanicuts: Hollyhock, Sentiment Suite Basics (The Greetery); Stitched Banner Flags STAX, Traditional Tags STAX, Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-namics (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Jute twine. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting!  ~Wanda

Freshly Made Sketches

 

Jen B has a great new layout for us over on the Freshly Made Sketches challenge blog! I wanted to use an older Into the Blooms die set by Papertrey Ink for the florals. I cut everything from white paper and color blended in pale shades of apricot and green using Pinkfresh Studio ink.

 

STAMPS:Birthday Your Way (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Versafine Clair Nocturne; Peach Fuzz, Apricot, Clementine, Sweet Mustard, Grassy Knoll, Key Lime, Olive (Pinkfresh Studio).

PAPER: Stamper's Select White (PTI); Black & White Stripes 6x6 pad (My Favorite Things); Groovy Guava (retired from Stampin' Up).

DIES: Into the Blooms: Blossoming Beauties, Stitched Florals cover plate (Papertrey Ink); Stitched Rectangle STAX, Stitched Banner STAX Die-namics (My Favorite Things).  

 

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!  ~Wanda
 

The Card Concept

 

I love all shades of green, so couldn't pass up this challenge at The Card Concept to use monochromatic greens. I was inspired by the colors and also the greenery arrangements. I used three different stencils to create the background, then added a sentiment. A very quick and easy card to create!

 

 

STAMPS: Be Encouraged (Creative Worship Stamps).

INK: Bundled Sage, Crushed Olive, Rustic Wilderness distress inks; Versafine Clair Nocturne.

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

DIES: Crimped Frames (The Greetery); Stitched Sentiment Strips (My Favorite Things).

OTHER:  Diamond Mesh stencil (Creative Worship Stamps); Script stencil (Hero Arts); Mini Ferns stencil (The Crafters Workshop).

 

 Thanks for stopping by and commenting!  ~Wanda

Balloon Bouquet

 

I'm playing along with The Paper Players Challenge where it's clean & simple week with a balloons and birthday theme. I have LOTS of spring birthdays coming up, so I'm needing to plan ahead and get some done before the last minute. I went with stamps and dies from The Greetery for this fun balloon bouquet.

 

 

STAMPS: Balloon Bouquet (The Greetery).

INK: Lovely Lady, Raspberry Fizz, Limeade Ice, New Leaf, Ripe Avocado, Lemon Tart (Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Stamper's Select White (PTI); green, yellow and pink from scraps (I would guess New Leaf, Harvest Gold and Raspberry Fizz from PTI).

DIES: Balloon Bouquet, Big Balloons, Twisted Crepe (The Greetery).

OTHER: Moonshine sequins (PTI).

 

It's a cloudy, rainy day...perfect for crafting! ~Wanda
 

 

Inspired By...Berries!

The current Inspired By Challenge has a  photo with berries for inspiration. I immediately went for the Berry Branches stencil (PTI) to create the background. I then used an old set (2012) from WPlus9 called Fresh Picked. The sentiment and raspberries were popped up with foam tape. The layout also uses the sketch option for the challenge.

 

STAMPS: Fresh Picked (WPlus9).

INK: Limeade Ice, New Leaf, Lovely Lady, Raspberry Fizz (Papertrey Ink); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White (PTI); Time to Relax 6x6 pad by P13.

DIES: Fresh Picked (WPlus9); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things); Ripped Banners (PTI).

OTHER: Berry Branches stencil (PTI). 

 

 

 

 

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting!  ~Wanda