It's time for another Paper Players Challenge and it's clean and simple week! We are also to use monochromatic colors in our design, so it was the perfect time to try out my new roll of washi tape from Altenew! It was so ridiculously easy to make this card! If you're like me, you end up at times with white cardstock panels that might have ink smears or other "blemishes". This 4 1/2" wide washi tape allows you to cover up an entire A2 card base.
I stamped the sentiment 3 times with navy ink and a MISTI, then fussy cut and adhered it to the card. A few clear sequins were the only embellishments.
STAMPS: Super Script (Altenew).
PAPER: White, Night of Navy (SU).
INK: Navy Blue (Reverse Confetti).
DIES: Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).
For more inspiration by the rest of the design team, be sure to check out their entries HERE.
Yay for Friyay! I am always ready for a weekend break after 5 consecutive days of radiation therapy. Only 7 more treatments remaining! Julee came out with another beautiful Mojo Sketch Challenge this past Monday and it was perfect to whip up another birthday card that I needed for tomorrow! I recently ordered Altenew's Hibiscus Garden 3D die set which I love cutting out from watercolored paper. It was easier for me to get the different
shades of a similar color by using my Zig Clean Color brushes where I colored the shapes after they were die cut. This set has quite a few dies and many are fairly similar. To keep them organized, I store the dies for each flower in small ziplock bags. The dies for the leaves are stored in a medium size bag. This saves me a lot of time when I don't have to sort and figure out what goes with what for each component.
I nearly covered up the stitched circle die, but it's hiding there if you look closely. I embellished with zigzag stitch stickers. I cut the sentiment die three times and adhered them together to give it a thicker, chipboard look.
STAMPS: Sending, Hoping, Wishing by WPlus9.
PAPER: White CS (PTI); Perfectly Plaid Rainbow 12x12" (Lawn Fawn); Ranger watercolor paper.
DIES: Sending, Hoping, Wishing (WPlus9); Hibiscus Garden 3D (Altenew); Stitched Circle STAX Die-Namics (MFT).
I am in love with Cecile's great layout for the new Freshly Made Sketches challenge! I immediately thought of this Girl's Best Friend Diamond die by Lil Inker Designs. I paired it with a diamond background stamp from WPlus9's Just Geometrics: Triangles stamp set. The sentiment is from WPlus9's Sparkle and Shine set. The water colored leaves and stitched bloom were in my leftover pile (dies by My Favorite Things).
I used Peacock Feathers distress oxide ink for the triangles. This was a quick and easy design since my leftover pile came to the rescue once again.
Today was another day in the radiation oncology department. I'm down to 9 more treatments and will then be essentially finished with the different steps in my breast cancer treatment. There will be a long term oral medication, but the chemotherapy, surgeries and radiation will all be history before long and I will be doing a happy dance for sure!
Hi everyone! It's yours truly hosting this week's Color Throwdown Challenge with dark pink, gray and black! I will hate to see Valentine's Day be over since I love creating with hearts! I opted to go with a brushed silver metallic cardstock for the base in lieu of gray.
I love the subtle texture that this diagonal stitched cover plate die by Reverse Confetti adds to the base layer! I used Wild Plum alcohol ink and Silver Mixative to create the marbled background on Yupo paper. The Falling Hearts Panel (Reverse Confetti) was paired with this fun sentiment from RC's Crazy About You stamp set and stamped with their Magenta ink.
For more inspiration, you can click on the design team links below:
I used the Kitty Hugger stamps and die by Lil Inker Designs last year and adhered them to heart-shaped Valentine cards. This year I went with a tag creation to add to our gifts for our grands! I used small adhesive dots to adhere the paws to the candy. You will need something that really holds "tight" since simple glue just doesn't work well. The tag dies are by My Favorite Things. I had made some extras and took them to my radiation appointment this morning and handed them out to several of the technicians who have young children. I also gave away some extra Valentine cards to radiation staff. I told them there would be no excuse for any of them not to give a card to a special person in their life - lol!
Good Monday everyone! It's a brisk and very cold day here in VA but I've got some spring colors on my card that will hopefully warm me up in spite of the winter weather watch that's happening! I'm playing along with the Sunday Stamps Challenge which has a wonderful sketch.
I'm also entering the newest challenge on the Papertrey Ink blog which is called Win It Wednesday. It will be a weekly post with challenges, contests and giveaways. This week it's "Laurie's Fabulous Favorites" and Laurie Schmidlin is challenging us to use a fave set to create a card. I'm in love with the 4 step stamping with PTI's Love in Bloom set, so that's what I chose.
STAMPS: Love in Bloom (PTI).
INK: Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Bright Buttercup, Green Parakeet - all by PTI.
DIES: Love in Bloom, Tag Sale: Quilted Die (PTI); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics by My Favorite Things.
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Good Sunday everyone! It's color challenge week at The Paper Players Challenge and Laurie has a pretty combo of Melon Mambo, Smoky Slate and Basic Gray. I created the floral background using Melon Mambo ink (SU) and stamped each image three times using a MISTI. I then die cut the panel using Reverse Confetti's Pierced Round Top Layers die.
The photo doesn't show it well, but the sentiment was silver embossed on a heavy weight vellum which was layered over a white strip and adhered with the 4 brads. The lighter gray dots are from Simon Says Stamp's "We Can Do This" stamp set using Hickory Smoke distress ink. The darker gray is featured in the tiny scalloped borders. I'm not sure why both my Smoky Slate and Basic Gray inks by SU are being contrary. The one is barely visible and the other pad is totally dried up and I never got around to replacing it - ugh! I was not planning to add sequins, but thanks to an ink smear, they were used to remedy the goof. For a simple card, I had my share of challenges with this one - lol!
STAMPS: Something Wonderful and Congratulations by Reverse Confetti; We Can Do This by Simon Says Stamp.
DIES: Pierced Round Top Layers, Edge Essentials - Reverse Confetti.
I'm also entering this into the Stock Your Stash February challenge on the Reverse Confetti blog. This month's theme is encouragement/congratulations.
For more inspiration by the rest of the design team, be sure to check out their entries HERE.
