Altenew and Pinkfresh

I loved the first card I saw by Hannelie using Altenew's White Cap Peonies stencils.  Finally added it to my stash and made an entry for the September Inspiration Challenge.  

The Altenew inks are Wisteria, Hydrangea, Ultraviolet, Andromeda, Sunkissed, Orange Cream, Forest Glades and Jet Black.  I splattered Altenew Jet Black ink spray and used their wonderful Dotted Swirls Debossing Cover Die.  I used Gina K Master Layouts 1 to die cut the rectangles.  The sentiment is from Sweet Bouquet and I added a few black enamel dots.  Already sent it off to a friend with major challenges right now.

 

Love that the Pinkfresh Monthly Challenge now has an Anything Goes option.  That let me pull out my 2018 Hello with a Bouquet die.  I've used it quite a bit, but don't remember ever using Fall colors. 

Thought about ink blending a background, but decided to smoosh Distress Oxides on a cream panel instead.  The colors are fossilized amber, wilted violet, peeled paint and vintage photo.  I was really happy with the look of my panel, especially after spraying it with fossilized amber Distress Spritz.  You can get an idea of the beautiful shimmer in my IG post.  The letters are stacked and covered with glaze.  Couldn't resist adding Golden Rod Stickles to the flower centers.  Think this could be for a birthday or maybe even Thanksgiving.  I'm also entering SSS Monday and DCD.

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Memory Box and Poppystamps

I used my favorite paper from Your Paper Insider Box 12 to make an entry for Memory Box I Can't Be- "Leaf "It Is Fall!  You can see the gold shimmer in my IG post. 

I used Memory Box Tall Frilly Leaf Stems I'd previously die cut and brushed with green metallic sprays.  I cut some more and brushed them with gold metallic watercolor.  I left the ends of the stems free for movement when I glued them to the top of the card.  Memory Box Just a Note Posh Script shadow was die cut from the panel.  The words were die cut from the same cardstock, stacked, covered with glaze and glued in place.  I added the smallest Birch Press Simple Butterfly Contour Layers die cut from vellum and some gold dots.  I'm also entering DCD and SSS Wed.

I made another notecard without a sentiment to enter Poppystamps Keep it Simple, JUGS, Time Out (Fall is my favorite season) and SSS Wed. I recently got Poppystamps Nordic Basket die and decided to make it into a basket for Fall leaves and flowers.  

I die cut it from kraft cardstock and trimmed off the handle so it wouldn't look like an Easter basket.  I added a couple extra diecuts to make it more like chipboard and inked the edges with Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate.  The smallest flowers from Poppystamps Potpourri Flower Set were inked with PTI Harvest Gold and Summer Sunrise.  The bigger flowers were inked with Amethyst Allure.  The leaves from Poppystamps Orchard Leaves were inked with PTI Ripe Avocado and Simply Chartreuse.  I glued the bottom of the basket to Pinkfresh Nested Hexagons: Double Stitch.  Then I arranged and glued the leaves and flowers, gently lifting the ends.  

Decided against embellishments and just added dots of Goldenrod Stickles to the little blooms. 

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Orange and Green

I wasn't planning to make orange flowers for Color Hues #17, as I generally use orange for leaves and pumpkins.  But I wanted to make a card using SSS stamps to try Therese's faux watercolor technique from a Card Summit tutorial.  Thought it might work with SSS Spring Flowers.  

You ink up the wrong side of the clear stamp, spritz heavily with water and stamp.  You really want the ink to move and not just make a solid blob, which happens if you don't use enough water.  When it's dry, stamp over the area using the right side of the stamp and die cut the image.  I used Altenew Orange Cream, Autumn Blaze, Firefly and Grass Field inks.  I added white and black splatters.  The Soft Stone and black rectangles were die cut with Gina K Master Layouts 2.  Poppystamps Scribble Hello fit my design perfectly.  I'm also entering Die Cut Divas. 

So frustrating that we haven't been able to get our Covid 19 vaccine yet.  As I said before, I'll never forgive Trump for giving RFK power over our health care system.  Total dangerous disaster!

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Notecard

I'm having trouble getting back into the swing of things after a short vacation.  I was determined to make a card and here it is.

I used 3 papers from Your Paper Insider's Box 12 which they generously sent to me.  The dies are from PTI, Penny Black, SSS and Poppystamps.  I decided against adding a sentiment and will just write a note inside.  I'm entering JUGS, DCD and WAW. 

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