Twofers & ITP

One of my good blogging friends, Cat, is now a member of the Twofer Card Challenge DT.  They are lucky to have her!  Just had to play along this time, especially with a garden theme.  I went old school & pulled out some wood mounted stamps.  The stamp both cards have in common is HA Wild Flowers.

Cat's favorite color is yellow, so for my first card I brushed a masked area with squeezed lemonade, scattered straw & fossilized amber Distress Inks.  Then I stamped Wild Flowers in Versafine Clair Pinecone along with the sentiment from Altenew Painted Greetings.

I splattered with the fossilized amber & used yellow cardstock for the mat.  I'm also entering WAW.
For my second card I stamped Wild Flowers in Brilliance Pearlescent Ivy to nearly cover a white cardstock panel.  I filled in the empty spaces with 3 little flowers from the very old HA set called Pocketfull o' Posies.

I used a Spellbinder oval die to cut the window & temporarily attached it to the card front so I could stamp the very old, wood mounted Stamp Francisco birthday sentiment using Versafine Clair Acorn.  Then I added fun foam to the panel & glued it in place.  A few Wedding Dress Pico Embellisher dots finish it off.  I'm also entering DRU & SSS Wednesday.

It's still time for Christmas in July, so my entry for ITP LFF is a Christmas card.  I loved Laurie's Day 4 release card with the coverplate & card the same color, so that's the one I cased.  I die cut PTI Bold Borders: Yuletide 3 times so it would stand out on the card.  Since it's a Christmas card, I decided to heat emboss with HA Sparkle ep--so beautiful in person.

I die cut a Spellbinders oval from Pure Poppy cardstock & attached it with fun foam in the center.  I've barely used PTI Splits:  'Tis the Season & it was just what I needed.  The image was stamped in Pinefeather & the sentiment in Pure Poppy.  The berries were covered in Christmas Red Stickles & the flames & holly in Star Dust Stickles.  The Stickles mixed with the ink to add just a bit of color to the holly.

I backed the die cut with an extra layer which gave it a little dimension.  This kind of card I only make way ahead.  The closer it gets to Christmas I tend to skip die cutting & just stamp cards in the interest of time.  I'm also entering VOSP in July.


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