Blue for Christmas and a Birthday

Just realized I never posted my entry for Color Hues Cream and Gold challenge.  You can see it on IG here.  Before that happens again, decided to blog the cards I've made for some challenges.

First is my entry for Poppystamps July Things with Wings and DCD Christmas in July.

I used Altenew inks Arctic, Persian Blue and Sapphire to color Poppystamps Nordic Doves--a gift from a friend.  The top row of holes was colored with a silver glitter pen and I used a white gel pen to highlight the eyes and tail.  The word die is BPD Confection Script, the stamped words are from W&W and the embossed panel is SSS Holiday Greenery.  My IG post has a video showing the Lindy's Gang Fairy Fluff Glitz Spritz I used on the embossed panel.

Next is my entry for the Pinkfresh July Challenge and SSS Wednesday.  This card was mailed to a sweet lady turning 100.  I made the flowers blue, since it's one of her favorite colors. 

I stamped PFS Botanical Bunch in Versafine Clair Morning Mist and used PTI inks Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening, Mint Julep and Vintage Jadeite through the matching stencils.  Blue Bayoou Stickles add a bit of sparkle to the flower centers.  You can see the sparkle in my IG post.  The sentiment is from PFS Perfect Sentiments and I used PFS Diagonal Stitch Rectangle to die cut the panel.  A few white sequins were added for subtle embellishment.  I really love stamps with matching stencils.

The people in power here and their actions continue to horrify and depress me.  Crafting is an escape I am very thankful for.  If your blog address is in your profile or comment, I will visit you.

Forgotten Dies

Thanks to the theme at JUGS, I found just what I needed to make my brother-in-law's birthday card.  In 2017 a friend sent me several dies when she was destashing.  Among them was Penny Black's Fancy Fish which is still available and on sale!  

I was delighted to get these unique and wonderful dies.  My brother-in-law spent every day fishing when our 2 families vacationed together at Shasta Lake.  I used the top fish for his 2017 card and then forgot about the dies.  This is the first time I've used the bottom fish.  Both of them were stacked 2 high making them more like chipboard.  The printed paper was in a stack of similar designs of different colors recently given to me by a friend.  This sheet made me think of  the ocean.  I searched for the right sentiment and finally realized I could use just the letters from the birthday die in Altenew's Essential Sentiment Strips.  Perfect size for my vertical greeting.  Pretty sure my BIL (and my sister) are going to like this card.  So fun to have something come together in the end like you want.  I'm also entering NBUS.

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June CCC

So much fun to make my stenciled card for June CCC.  I was inspired by Erica's recent YouTube video.

Took a ton of pictures and this was the best I could do.  It's much better in real life.  The stencil set is Altenew's Chateau Blooms and the inks are Brilliance Starlite Black and Pearlescent Poppy.  After I finished with the inks, I replaced the stencil and used glitter paste over the flowers.  The sentiment is MB Hello Friend Posh Script die cut from vellum for the shadow and glossy black cardstock for the words.  I added a few Altenew Gem Sparkles for embellishment.  

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Birthday, Friendship and Thank You

Here's my entry for JUGS Stencil Week. I used SSS Peony Bouquet stencil with Distress Oxides tattered rose, saltwater taffy, bundled sage and fossilized amber.

I laid the stencil over a watercolor panel, pressed the ink pads on the stencil, spritzed with water, laid another panel on top and pressed everything together with a brayer.  I just kept playing with inks and water.  When it was dry, I put the stencil back in place and ran it through my die cut machine with a rubber mat.  Decided to add a pink spray, but it was too much.  I saved the panel by doing a white metallic watercolor wash and now I love it!  SSS Happy Birthday Brush Script and Stitching Butterfly, plus gold splatters were added.  The sentiment, flower centers and butterfly body were colored with a gold glitter pen.  I'll post the card made with the other panel later.  I entered DCD and TTTC via Flickr.

Edited to add:  Entering Seize the Birthday without the topping.

Next is the card I made with my leftover PFS Small Butterflies and it's my last pink and turquoise card. 😊

In case you didn't see the other cards, the inks I used were VersaMagic Pink Petunia and Turquoise Gem.  The embossed panel was made with Memory Box Blooming folder and the sentiment is from TE Scripted Sentiments.  Finished off with a few white sequins.  

I'm so happy Shery has been able to reopen Stamplorations and now it's their 13th birthday!  For someone who doesn't color much, the Stamplorations Card Fronts make it easy to come up with a beautiful card.  

I thought the multi-colored bouquet of this one was perfect to say thank you.  All I did was use ECD scalloped rectangle to die cut the panel, stamp the sentiment from Stamplorations Bloomfully: Thankful, add black splatters and mat and use Stickles for the flower centers.  I'm entering Stamplorations Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge.

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