Happy Birthday

Hello. Playing in a few challenges with this card today.

The stencil is from My Favorite Things and I used Simon says stamp saturated ink to add color to the flowers and leaves.  The sentiment is from an old Avery Elle set. 

Tic Tac Toe - bright colors, spring and free

The card concept - inspired by the flowers on the cake and the card is clean and graphic.

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Merry Christmas

Hello. Playing in two challenges today. I started with the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches and used a lot of the elements in the photo over at The Card Concept.

Gingham stamp is from Kaisercraft. I stamped it in black ink onto pure poppy cardstock and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I used a sentiment die from SSS to cut out the strips. Pine branch stamp is from Great Impressions. Stamped it in jardin moss ink and then used a bit of rustic wilderness glaze to make it stand out. Sentiment and die are from Recollections.

For the Card Concept - I chose to do a clean and layered style that went with the sketch over at FMS.

It's Thanksgiving today in the states - I hope you all have a wonderful day with family and are staying safe! 

Mint snowflakes

Hi all. Playing in a couple of challenges today. Started off using the sketch over at Sunday stamps and paired it up with The Card Concept inspiration photo.

I chose to do a clean and simple classy card. I was inspired by the cool mint teal color and got out a copic marker that closely matched the photo. I colored sections of a piece of Neenah solar white cardstock and cut out the snowflakes and the back ground circle. As you can see I decided to emboss the white circle with a snowflake embossing folder.

I added clear glitter to the snowflakes. Did a bit of matching color splatters in the background and called it good.

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Be the best you can be

Hello. Playing in the Card Concept photo challenge today of rustic blooms.

Flower stamp is from Technique Tuesday's Greenhouse society. Colored with Copic's. The glass jar stamp is from Papetrey, Ink as is the sentiment.

I kept this as clean and simple as I could so that the flowers stand out as the focal point.

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Season's Greetings

Hello! I'm feeling a tad bit better with the abscessed tooth. Ended up having to go to the emergency clinic to have them prescribe some anti-inflammatory drugs and some pain killers. Once the swelling goes down I can then go to the dentist. I'm extremely lucky that I have paper work to do at work and I can do that from home. However, swelling or no, back at it tomorrow. Thanks for those who wished me well!

OK, on to some stamping stuff. Here is a card that was inspired by two challenges today.

The photo below from The Card Concept is what inspired me in color, texture and the poinsettias. I kept it as clean and simple as possible following this weeks Freshly Made sketch.

The plaid stamp is from My Favorite Things and is stamped using vintage cream cardstock and pure poppy ink from PTI. The sentiment came free from (I think) STAMPlorations in an order that I got. Vine stamp in the back is from So Suzy.

I picked up the mini poinsettia's at Hobby Lobby when they were 40% off and knew they would come in handy soon. The pine and berry dies are from Poppy Stamps. Used some red perfect pearls to add the red berries on the die cut.

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by!

ETA: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Christmas.

Pink cupcake

Hi everyone! Here is my take on this week's Freshly Made Sketch which I also paired with The Card Concept #31 challenge.

Cupcake stamp and die is from Verve. I colored it with Copic's and then added some cotton candy stickles to jazz it up a bit. It's also popped up using foam tape. I hardly ever use my stickles, and it finally dawned on my why. I don't have any patience to let them dry.

The circle and banner die is from My Favorite Things, which is now discontinued, I believe. Sentiment is from Tim Holtz.

The pink designer paper is from Lasting Memories. I added the perforated holes down both sides of the white cardstock to give this a bit more dimension. However, decided to keep this one clean and simple and stopped there!

That's it for today! Thanks for stopping by.

Thinking of you

Hi everyone! Here is a card I did a while ago that I've had sitting in my card file to share. It so happens to fit into the Thinking of you challenge over at the card concept.

This is a clean and simple one layer card that I made in no time just playing around with a new stamp set from Simon Says Stamp called friendly flowers.

I used Chamomile and limeade fresh ink to stamp the flowers and leaves with.  Sentiment is stamped using Versafine ink.

I put this against a black background to take the picture as the white I usually use just washed this right out with all the soft colors.

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by and I'd like to hear what you think of this one!

ETA: I'm also entering this into the Less is More color challenge of yellow and green, which I forgot about.