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I'm slowly but surely getting back into the swing of things after my wonderful trip to Indiana. Speaking of which, another treat was getting to see 2 of my friends from the Hero Arts Flickr group. We met briefly several years ago when I was in Indy. Kathy & Linda drove down to Nashville, Indiana to join all of us for lunch & shopping in the 2 stamp stores. Just wish I lived closer!
My first card uses a couple of my old HA stamps: Silhouette Grass & Friends are Treasures. I heat embossed the grass with a copper powder on a scrap of Classic Kraft cardstock. Then I used my brushes (same as the $50 ones, but only $9) to apply DO spiced marmalade & fossilized amber. Such a different effect than on white cardstock & I really love it.
The sentiment was black embossed on another scrap & ink blended the same way. To make it stand out, I copper embossed the edges. It's one of my favorite techniques learned way back when I started stamping. I used foam tape to add the sentiment panel & finished off with a few black Pico Embellisher drops. I'm entering
ABNH,
CAS on Friday,
ModSquad,
Snippets Playground (playing for fun) &
SSS Wednesday.
Next is my entry for the
October challenge at Pinkfresh. The theme is Circle Elements & I used various products from the Felicity collection.
First I pulled out the pink cardstock wreath & the "awesome" puffy sticker. Then I looked through all the elements & played around until I was happy adding in items with soft gray blue & yellow. I colored the leaves with a sparkle pen, added gems to the flowers & covered the yellow half of the wooden heart with yellow Stickles. Remembered I had a circles embossing folder, so used that for the background panel. I don't really make collage or modern designs, but I did have fun putting this together. I like the result & my friend won't care that I'm not an expert. I'm also entering
WAW.
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These are as different as night and day, but they're equally fabulous!! Cute photo of you with your crafty friends!
ReplyDeleteeach card so unique and different - love the fall colors in the first one and the pale, soft one in the second - love your remark about the brushes!
ReplyDeleteoh and love the pic of you and your stamping friends too!
ReplyDeleteI love when blogging friends meet together, Greta. I am glad you had such a great time.
ReplyDeleteAnd two amazing cards, as always, my friend. Kisses!
Fabulous cards Greta. So much fun to meet up with crafty friends
ReplyDeleteLove the warm glow of the first card, Greta! Love, love, love the fabulous collage of elements on the second one!
ReplyDeleteFABULOUS card, Greta. I love your style, and it's always a treat to see your wonderful creations linked up with us. Please let me know if you'd ever consider being a guest designer for me. I'd love to have you.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your week, and keep on crafting.
Blessings,
Karen
Word Art Wednesday
Two wonderful cards and so glad you are getting back in the swing!
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are so gorgeous but I really love that first one with the grass design.
ReplyDeleteHi there sweet friend... Gorgeous cards and an even more gorgeous photo! Friends are lifetime treasures and I'm so grateful to have you in my life even though we've never met... Thank you for your email and kind words... Big hugs
ReplyDeleteI love that card embossed in copper. A beautiful fall card for sure. The soft pink wreath is so pretty. I'm so glad your friends came down to meet us. I was so happy they came and hope to be able to meet up with them again.
ReplyDeleteWonderful snippets card Greta - and what a wonderful time you had on your trip! I'm very envious.
ReplyDeleteHugs
Di xx
Always great to spend time with crafty friends Greta x Gorgeous tones on the first card and the copper and the kraft look wonderful. Beautiful second card and what a fabulous design x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards here Greta!both so different but both so lovely too ;) Viv xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful incidental result of crafting - that of making friends all over the country and the wide world. Something I treasure. Love your Autumnal tones and blending on your first card and the soft tones with the circles on the second one. x
ReplyDeleteSuch a wonderful classy card! Thanks for joining CAS on Friday! Hugs Åsa
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards! Love the clean white lines and the use of stickers on the second card! Thanks so much for playing along with the Pinkfresh Studio October Challenge!
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