First up is my Color Isolation card for PTI MIM. One of my first PTI sets was Year of Flowers Collection which I bought mostly to use for backgrounds. The rose is stamped in Soft Stone on white cardstock. For the focal point & sentiment I used The Sweet Life stamps & dies. It's fun to see what colors you get when the layers include a solid image. I used Sweet Blush, Lemon Tart & Autumn Rose with Limeade Ice & Simply Chartreuse for the leaves. Finished off with PPP Sparkling Clear sequins. I'm also entering Stamping Sensations.
Next is another card for the Winnie & Walter Share the Love Week with Pinkfresh Studio. This time I was inspired by Gayatri's card on Day 4. The Pinkfresh collection is very fresh & modern & a challenging style for me! I saw the SSS Hello, Beautiful stamp set in my newly acquired box & decided to try using some of the fun images to CASE the paper.
I used VersaMagic Pixie Dust, Sea Breeze & Mango Madness along with PTI Soft Stone. Gotta admit--it was a fun way to stamp & I want to try it again. The bottom strip is Hero Arts Large Plaid Background & the word die cut is from W&W The Big, The Bold & The Happy sent by my friend, Cat. I inked it with the pink & brushed on WOS. I've had the stickers forever & finally used some. My punches are mostly ignored, but luckily I had the perfect little heart to make my own embellishment. It's 3 layers, inked with the Mango & covered with Diamond Glaze. Finished off with lots of little PPP Marshmallow sequins. So happy I went outside my comfort zone & found I could do this style of card--once anyway! I'm also entering at SSS Flickr (Springy colors), SSS Wednesday, SSS Work It Wednesday & Die Cut Divas. Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.
Oh Greta these cards are great! I am wild about the sweet light colors you selected for each one : )
ReplyDeleteDon't work too hard in your retirement! *wink*
Patti
Beautiful cards, Greta! Love your pretty, pastel stamping! Perfect for a springtime birthday! Thank you for playing in the SSS Flickr challenge - it always makes me happy to see you joining in! :)
ReplyDeletewonderful cards as always, Greta - but love the rose the best - so pretty!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards, Greta. I particularly like the first one.
ReplyDeleteOh they are beautiful ... I love the colours on your 2nd card!
ReplyDeleteAlways good to step outside your comfort zone ;-). Great colours and choices, Carol & the Die Cut Divas
ReplyDeleteI love your beautiful rose card. The colours are so soft looking. Enjoy your visitors. Hugs Mrs A
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautifully elegant design! The rose is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your lovely card with us at Stamping Sensations.
ReplyDeleteLynne
All 3 are beautiful cards Greta, and so happy to hear you're loving retirement...isn't it great?!! :0)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work Greta!.
ReplyDeleteYou have been busy. I love them all especially the arrows.
ReplyDeletefantastic set of cards, greta!! the first one is so elegant and the second is just plain fun!!
ReplyDeleteOh Greta, your rose card is beautiful!! And the second is fun. I like the playful design, there's so much movement in it!!
ReplyDeleteLovely cards.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas.
Both cards are wonderful, Greta! The first card is so pretty with the rose and the second card is so fun with lovely pastels! Hope you have a wonderful weekend! We may be getting 3-5 inches of snow...ha...where is spring?!
ReplyDeleteVisiting from the PTI blog and love this rose that you have used on your card. Bonus to view more lovely creations along the way <3
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards Greta. So happy to see you joining us at Die Cut Divas this month as well. A beautiful spring card.
ReplyDeleteWonderful collection of cards Greta! That rose is so elegant! Love all the colorful stamping! Hope you have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteSimply gorgeous Greta...love your wonderful background and your sweet rose!
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful cards! Love how the background turned out with the rose. Fun graphic card with all the pastel colours!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards Greta! I love how you used the same stamp for both background and focal point on the first. Thanks for joining in the fun at Die Cut Diva's.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards Greta!
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are awesome, Greta, and The Sweet Life keeps popping up. With all the other floral sets I have, that one is still on my wish list. Great job on both challenges!
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful Greta, the rose card is gorgeous and the second card is so pretty and modern looking.
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Maarit
A beautiful rose and I love the arrangement of images on the second card!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards again Greta. You are making great use of your retirement time!
ReplyDeleteWonderful cards Greta, I love your rose card, so lovely.
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Anke
Fabulous cards Greta! Love the colour combinations - so fresh and funky!
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Di xx
Greta you have a such a great eye for design and color schemes. I just love your card; the birthday card is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteMaking cards vs. house-cleaning? I can tell which one would win out in my place (she says, as the dust bunnies multiply...). A duo of pretty here; your flower on the first is gorgeous! Your second: funky, arty fantastic!
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Beautiful flowers! I love the subtle stamping on the panel.
ReplyDeleteLook at you go! Retirement has got to be so much fun! You get to make awesome cards a lot! Beautiful work on all these. but my fav has got to be the roses :-) Have a wonderful day!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards Greta! I love the pretty pastel colours and the design is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge for our special 7th Birthday challenge
Mandy xx
What beauties you've created, Greta.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day.
Gorgeous creation, thanks for joining Stamping Sensations, good luck.
ReplyDeleteHappy crafting
Tracy x