Birthday and Friendship

Since I die cut Poppystamps Nordic Majestic Bloom twice for the card in my last post, I had pieces for another flower.  

I thought Poppystamps Pierced Border die (gift from a friend) looked made to go with the Nordic Bloom!  The leaves from Poppystamps Massa Leaf Frame were watercolored and then spritzed with Distress Mica spray.  The pinks are Fireworks! Angel Pink and Rosebud.  The PTI sentiment is from Scripted and the mat is Weathervane cardstock.  You can see the shimmer in my IG post video.  I'm entering Poppystamps Tickled Pink and SSS Wednesday.

I've been using layered stencils a lot lately, but for this card I pulled out the single 2019 SSS Bouquet of Roses.  The Altenew inks are Amethyst, Grape Agate and Pink Sand.  I added some black splatters and sprayed with shimmer mist.  

I used the 3 largest PFS Nested Elongated Oval: Blanket Stitch dies to cut the panel.  The top and middle layers are backed with thick cardstock to slightly raise them.  I inked the card front in Grape Agate.  The smaller Birch Press Simple Butterfly Contour Layers was die cut 3 times and I used the same inks to color them.  I added a touch of Stickles to the top layer butterflies.  Alex Syberia shadow for the Friend die was cut from black and the word from white cardstock.  I stacked the word 2 high and colored it with Amethyst ink.  Really happy with how this turned out.  I'm entering SSS Monday and SSS Wednesday

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Color Hues and Poppystamps Challenges

I had the reverse Memory Box Friend Daily Script diecut left from making my recent blue and purple card.  There was plenty of the blue cardstock left, so I decided to make a second card for Color Hues Blue and Yellow challenge using the beautiful Memory Box Magnolia Blossoms die.  I did some ink blending, but it hardly shows now.  Gotta remember that the ink lightens when it dries, especially on colored cardstock.  A darker blue scrap was used for the little layered pieces.  

I splattered white gouache and added Yellow Stickles to the yellow cardstock centers.  I really love Altenew's Sparkled Frame in any color.  Here I attached a black one to a white panel embossed with Memory Box Blooming 3D folder. 

The PTI Simple Stems vellum sentiment didn't work for the blue and purple card.  Glad I saved it, as it worked great here.  The letters were covered with shimmer and I added yellow gems to the frame.

Poppystamps May challenge is Tickled Pink.  Most of you probably know pink is my favorite color, so there's no way I was going to miss this challenge.  Love the unique look of  Nordic Majestic Bloom die set.  

I found a green spritzed wc panel in my scraps box that was just the right size for the branches.  Decided to use my very neglected Fireworks! sprays for the pink since I have Angel pink and Rosebud.  When I layered the pieces of the bloom, I realized that they need to have a fairly solid color.  Luckily, I have the matching Memento markers and the beautiful sheen still shows through.  I also used a green marker for the little piece at the bottom of the bloom.  

The embossed background was made with a very old Cuttlebug folder.  I found 2 shades of pink gems in my stash for the finishing touch.  I'm also entering SSS Wednesday.    

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Fun Floral Birthday Card

I'm finding that some of my old woodblock stamps no longer can give a good image--no matter how many times I stamp.  But this old Penny Black stamp from 2008 is a keeper!  My tastes in cardmaking have certainly changed over the past 20 plus years, but I still love this playful, unique design.  For one thing, you don't have to be a great colorist to use it.  

I clear embossed after stamping in Versafine Clair Blue Belle.  The centers were colored with Altenew's Persian Blue brush marker and the dots with Maple Yellow.  I have the same colors in ink pads, so I used them to get the matching MFT stitched rectangle mats.  Couldn't help but fill the dots with Yellow Stickles and then decided the centers needed Blue Bayou.  It really makes for a happy, sparkly card in person.  See the video in my IG post.  This Hero Arts sentiment from 2003 is timeless and still stamps great.  I'm entering Woodblock Wednesday (via IG), Color Hues and SSS Wednesday.

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CCC Reveal and a Floral Friendship Card

One option every month for CCC is to make a friendship card.  The Memory Box Magnolia Leaf Branch diecut had been sitting on my table for weeks.  Decided to use it for the card going to my friend in Greece, Mia.  We've been on-line friends for quite a few years now, so I was very happy to send her this card. 

The cute SSS Layered Bird Branch had also been die cut awhile ago and stored in the envelope with the die.  Thought it'd be fun to use them instead of flowers on the branch.  I used the same inks to get 3 different birds:  Altenew's Pink Sand, Toasted Mauve, Redwood, Caribbean Sky and Persian Blue.  Really love the bit of sparkle from adding green Stickles to the layered leaves and blue Stickles to the bird wings.  The sentiment from Altenew Sweet Bouquet was stamped in Versafine Clair Acorn and I ran a marker along the diecut edges to give it the hint of a shadow.  Amazing how much difference that made.  The card front was sprayed with Distress Spritz Weathered Wood which gives a nice shimmer in person.

My second card is made with Memory Box Floral Bud and Stems and Enchanting Poppy Stems.  I mixed Lindy's Magical Prima Donna Purple and Drop Dead Gorgeous Green in a palette with water so I could paint the white diecuts.  So Beautiful in person and you can get an idea from my IG post video. 

The background is made with Poppystamps Double Diamond Lattice Plate.  Memory Box Friend Daily Script is a die I keep reaching for as I really like the font and it's the perfect size for a card.  The little sub-sentiment is from PTI Simple Stems.  I just added a few black enamel dots for embellishment.  I'm entering Memory Box, JUGS and SSS Wednesday challenges.  

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