Seas the Day!

 

I decided to whip up a birthday card while watching the PGA tournament in the background. I'm playing along with the Seize the Birthday challenge which has a beach theme this week. I pulled some old favorites from Papertrey Ink - Salt Air: Flora & Fauna stamps and dies.

 

The smooshed light blue background was from my leftover stash and am guessing I used Tumbled Glass distress ink. I die cut multiple elements then arranged them in a collage over the Shape Shifters Oval 2 die. The entire oval was then popped up on the white A2 card base using foam tape.

STAMPS: Salt Air: Flora, Salt Air: Fauna, Salt Air: Sentiments (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Spring Rain, Blue Sky, Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Fine Linen, Honey Nut, Fine Linen, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Ocean Tides, Ripe Avocado (PTI).

PAPER: Stampers Select White (PTI).

DIES: Shape Shifters Oval 2, Salt Air: Flora, Salt Air: Fauna (PTI).

OTHER: Word Punch (Stampin' Up); Stitched Circle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things); Dew drop embellishments. 

 

It was a beautiful Sunday with clouds and rain finally disappearing and the sun came out this morning! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!  ~Wanda

Bowl of Blooms

 

I wanted to play along with a couple of challenges this morning while the rain is steadily coming down! The Inspired By challenge has a floral theme plus I was inspired by the blue striped pot. I am also entering this into the Freshly Made Sketches challenge where Cecile has a unique, fun sketch that I loosely interpreted with this twig sided frame die.

STAMPS: Bowl of Blooms (Reverse Confetti).

INK: Worn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Crushed Olive, Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Lost Shadow distress inks; Classic Kraft, Dark Chocolate dye inks (Papertrey Ink); Versafine Clair Nocturne pigment ink.

PAPER: Bristol Smooth Surface; Stampers Select White (PTI).

DIES: Bowl of Blooms (Reverse Confetti); Border Bling: Twigs, Cover Plate: Quilted (Papertrey Ink); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics, Blueprints 27 (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Clear embossing powder.

I smooshed distress inks onto my glass mat then used brushes to watercolor the pot and flowers. The image was first stamped with black pigment ink then embossed with clear powder. Thanks so much for stopping by...hope your weekend is going well!  ~Wanda

Color Throwdown #793

 

Happy hump day! It's time again for a new Color Throwdown challenge. Broni is hosting with an awesome color palette of orange, purple and aqua. Once again, I used the layered stencil set called Rose Tapestry from The Greetery.

I layered the sentiment over Spellbinders' Stitched Medallion cutting dies. You can faintly see the quilting details in the background.

STAMPS: Comforting Commands (The Greetery).

INK: Apricot, Clementine, Persimmon, Candy Violet, Lavender, Regal Kiss, Ocean Breeze, Aquamarine, Mermaid Cove, Tidal Pond, Eucalyptus (Pinkfresh Studio).

PAPER: Only Orange, Marvelous Magenta (retired by Stampin' Up).

DIES: Stitched Medallion (Spellbinders); Comforting Commands (The Greetery); Cover Plate: Quilted (Papertrey Ink); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Rose Tapestry stencil collection (The Greetery). 

 

This verse hits home during this difficult time of treatment for my husband's multiple myeloma diagnosis. Stem cell transplant is set up to begin last week in May and then it's a long process of him building up his WBC's, RBC's, platelets, healthy stem cells, etc. It will be quarantine time for about 100 days! It will be like eating an elephant...one bite at a time!  Thanks for stopping by...  ~Wanda

Just Us Girls

Hello everyone! It's a drizzly Saturday which means it's a good time to get inky! I wanted to initiate some new stencils for the Just Us Girls challenge where it's word week: GARDEN. 

I did not start out wanting to cut up the images into separate postage stamps, but my die slipped before I ran it through my Big Shot. I did not want to re-stamp everything so I went to Plan B. The background is a beautiful new cover plate by Papertrey Ink which I layered over New Leaf paper then cut two green frames for added dimension.

STAMPS: Postage Collage (Waffle Flower).

INK: Mimosa, Mango Sorbet, Fruit Punch, Persimmon, Meadow, Key Lime, Doe (Pinkfresh Studio); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stampers Select Whtie, New Leaf (Papertrey Ink).

DIES: Cover Plate: Cross-Stitched, Skinny Frames: Diagonal Border (PTI); Postage Collage (Waffle Flower).

OTHER: Postage Collage Wild Flower Stencil (Waffle Flower); Black enamel dots.

That's all for today. Have a great weekend...especially all you mothers!  ~Wanda

 

Freshly Made Sketches #635

Remember the days of Pyrex dishes in every kitchen? Guess I'm dating myself but they seem to be making a comeback for collectors of vintage kitchen items! I recently bought these stamps and dies from Taylored Expressions and thought they'd be fun for a variety of occasions. I'm using the sketch for the new Freshly Made Sketches challenge and will add this to my birthday stash.

Aqua screams vintage and gingham is also a country, cottage pattern I associate with retro scenes.

STAMPS: What's Cookin' by Taylored Expressions.

INK: Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stampers Select White, True Black (Papertrey Ink); Sending Love pure luxury paper by Gina K. Designs. 

DIES: What's Cookin', Bake Me Happy (Taylored Expressions); On the Edge: Scallops Collection, Skinny Frames: Diagonal Border: Papertrey Ink. 

 

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping and commenting!  ~Wanda

Cards for Grads!

A friend commissioned me to create a couple of cards for her daughter-in-law who completed her BA degree recently. Her college colors are purple and gold so that inspired my color choices. Stamps/dies/stencils are all from Papertrey Ink.

STAMPS: Bright Future (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Opulence, Olive, Sweet Mustard (Pinkfresh Studio).

PAPER: Elegant Eggplant, So Saffron (Stampin' Up); Stampers Select White (PTI).

DIES: Bright Future, Love to Layer: Hearts (PTI); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Stencil from Pro Stamper's Box: March (PTI).

 

Last is a gift card graduation gown die set from Papertrey Ink. I added an adhesive strip to the bottom of each sleeve and to the bottom of the gown. The opening at the top allows the cap to be pulled up to reveal the gift card.

Tiny flowers are a freebie die gift from The Greetery.

That's all for today. So thankful for all the recent rains we've gotten. Much better than having to hand carry water to outdoor flowers!  ~Wanda

 

Color Throwdown #792

 

Happy hump day! It's time again for a new Color Throwdown challenge and Kelly has chosen some great colors! I took some liberty to add what I call "neutral green" - lol!

The April release at Papertrey Ink had these Into the Blooms: Mushrooms dies that are an absolute blast to play with! (I see they are already out of stock at PTI).

I cut all the mushrooms and leaves from white cardstock then color blended and assembled the layering pieces. Aren't those tiny dots such a sweet detail?!

STAMPS: Tuck It Sentiments (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Limeade Ice, New Leaf, Fine Linen, Honey Nut, Classic Kraft, Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky (PTI); Versamark.

PAPER: Rustic Cream, Vintage Cream, Stampers Select White, Classic Kraft, True Black (PTI).

DIES: Love to Layer: Torn Edges, Border Bling: Tin Stitch, Into the Blooms: Mushrooms (PTI); Stitched Rectangle STAX and Blueprints 27 Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Jute twine, Dew drops, Wonderful Watercolor stencil collection (PTI).

 

That's a wrap for today. Hope you can play along with us at CTD this week. Happy stamping!  ~Wanda