Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Cheerful Birthday Card

Bold are not my go-to colors, but thought I'd try them for a cheerful birthday card.  
The SSS Cherry Blossom embossing folder comes with 3 individual blossom dies--so fun!  It was actually very easy to emboss them without needing to tape them in place.  I love the font of PFS Perfect Sentiments and thought it worked great for this card.  You can see sparkle from Stickles on the colored blossoms and shine from clear embossing on the sentiment in my IG post.  I'm entering Time Out Challenge: Pick 2 using bold/repeat and The Flower Challenge.
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Friday, June 13, 2025

Thanksgiving in June

I know it's a little weird to make a Thanksgiving card in June, but that's what came to my mind for the Coral and Green challenge at Color Hues.  Definitely a non-traditional look, but I actually like it.
I used Gina K Wreath Builder template with her Autumn Wreath Builder stamp set.  The sentiment is clear embossed, which you can see in my IG post.  The second sentiment is from SSS Full of Thanks.  I used Altenew Rouge and Forest Glades inks.  I inked the Rouge mats and used matching cardstock for the green one.  Stardust Stickles in the flower centers adds some sparkle.  I'm also entering SSS Wednesday and WAW.
I've been dealing with a strained muscle for over a week.  It has improved, but I'm still having to spend time doing nothing.  Makes it hard to keep up!  I do appreciate your visits and will return the favor when I can, if I have your blog address.




Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Memory Box and Poppystamps

What a time to be an American.  RFK in charge of our health?!  I told myself even Trump wouldn't do that.  But turns out sometimes things really are going to be as bad as you think.  
The background of my card for the Memory Box Monthly challenge was an experiment with gesso and Lindy's Magicals using a brayer over a stencil.  Need to try again without a stencil, but I didn't want to waste the panel. 
I used a splatter stamp with Versamark ink and Wow! Sea Turtle embossing powder.  Really like the result.  I used the same powder for Memory Box Verdant Leaves.  The sentiment from PTI's Essential Sentiments was stamped in Versafine Clair Acorn.  Really like PTI Rustic Cream cardstock with the soft green.  Usually my sympathy cards are simpler, but I think this soft, monochromatic look also works.  I'm also entering WAW
Simple, elegant cards are my favorite, so this one makes me happy.  It's prettier in person, but this gives you the idea.
Memory Box Blooming embossing folder is definitely one of my favorites!  It's white here, in case you can't tell.  Poppystamps Dream Butterfly was die cut from cardstock covered with a double sided adhesive sheet so I could cover it with WOW! Celebration Sparkles--a bit chunkier, champagne glitter.  The butterfly needed something solid behind it and I ended up using Spellbinders Labels 18.  Instead of leaving them white, I brushed Altenew's Minty Mint ink on the larger one.  I used the next darker shade, Hunter Green, to stamp the PTI Scripted sentiment.  I'm entering Poppystamps and TTTC272 where my friend, Betty, developed the board.  I used Layers/Free/Floral-Foliage.
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Monday, June 2, 2025

Christmas and Friendship

Hurrah--Indiana Pacers are in the NBA finals!  My folks were both born in Indy and so was I.  My dad played college and semi-pro basketball when he was young and was a radio sportscaster most of his life.  I grew up loving sports and going to lots of games.  Basketball was always my favorite and that's probably in my blood as Hoosiers are absolutely crazy about basketball!  So fun to have something positive to think about right now. 
Time Out: Your Favorite Winged Thing challenge inspired me to make my first card using PTI's Angelic Sentiments Die.  I do love angel ornaments and have a few in my collection.  
I die cut 3 angels so it's like a chipboard element.  I painted her with white metallic watercolor, using a swirling motion on the wings.  You can see the shimmer in my IG post.  Picking the background took awhile as I held the angel over multiple cardstocks and specialty papers.  I kept coming back to the CN9 pack of red and green foil paper which I've barely used.  Love the green which can look blue depending on the light and angle.  The die is my very old Spellbinders Labels 18.  You may know dry embossing is one of my favorite elements for cards and this old Cuttlebug folder gave just the elegant look I wanted without distracting from the focal point.  Found the perfect sentiment in Honey Bee's Rejoice stamp set.  Not sure why the strip looks gray as it's actually the same white cardstock.  I'm also entering SSS Wednesday.
Edited to add:  I'm also entering NBUS 75th Challenge with my first card using the PTI angel.
 
It's time for the reveal of cards exchanged in May by those of us participating in The CCC.  I used the colors and friendship theme.
I'm still loving layering stencils, including SSS Layered Flowers.  The inks are Memento Sweet Plum, Lilac Posies and Desert Sand plus Delicata Golden Glitz.  I've been wanting to use the Scrapbook.com Hi Cover Plate and love the fun look.  I inked it and the Birch Press Simple Butterfly Contour Layers with the same inks.  I did add Stardust Stickles to the flower centers after I took the picture.  
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