A couple cards

Still no laptop, so it's hard to keep up on my blog reading.  I do have a couple cards to show you.
First is a white on white card made with C&9 Blossom Die & SSS Painted Hugs die.

The blossom die was stacked 6 high & glued to a slightly different shade of white card.  I added a thin layer of Stickles Frosted Lace inside the outlines & then filled each section with Nuvo Glaze.  It's the faux stained glass technique, but without color.

The hugs die cut was stacked 4 high & is covered with Stickles Frosted Lace.  I'm entering CAS on Friday, SSS Flickr Challenge 123 & SSS Wednesday.

Next is my first card using the beautiful Poppystamps Gentle Leaf Collage die.  The die was cut from a white cardstock scrap & then glued at an angle to a soft green glitter cardstock rectangle.

I used brown cardstock to cover the card front, as I love green & brown together.  The sentiment from Poppystamps Hope & Thanks was stamped in Versafine Clair Acorn, matted with a scrap of the brown cardstock & attached with foam tape.  

This is for a blogging friend who has a May birthday, so it will soon be in the mail.  I'm entering Poppystamps, The Snippets Playground & SSS Wednesday.

Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.  If your blog address is in your profile or comment, I will visit you as soon as I can.

PTI

We got away from the heat for a few days at the bay where we like to camp.  One evening 5 seals were fishing very close to our site--fun to watch!  Always enjoy getting back to making cards & I started with PTI.
First is my entry for MIM: Creating Stencils from Die Cuts.  I happen to have the smallest die from Mix & Mat: Flourishes already cut from white cardstock, so decided to use that. 

First I used a blending sponge with Spring Rain & then I turned the stencil over & blended with Green Parakeet to make the pattern you see.  I kept it light & it almost looks like vellum.  The butterfly & sentiment are from Butterfly Hope & I used the same inks, plus Soft Stone for the butterfly body.  Hard to tell, but the butterfly is layered to one die cut from vellum.  I added a very small Green Parakeet mat & then attached it to the Spring Rain Mix & Mat: Flourishes die cut.  I tried a white card, but much prefer the look using Soft Stone. 

Finished off by adding Wink of Stella & light blue sequins to the butterfly.  I'm also entering HLS Anything Goes with Dies, SSS Monday & SSS Wednesday.

Somehow I missed the last Transformation Tuesday--not going to let that happen again--haha!  I have 3 of the now retired Take 3 stamp sets, which I love. 

Today's card uses the same basic layout as the Fall card I made using Pigment Powders over Versamark ink.  This time I made a one layer Christmas card using Distress Oxides faded jeans & broken china for emboss resist.  Love how you can easily stamp with DO ink for a matching sentiment.  I added white dots as snowflakes using my extra fine point Sharpie.  Decided against adding twine or any embellishments--really like it as is.  I'm also entering CAS on Sunday, HLS Christmas, ModSquad & Stamplorations.  I'll catch up with you as soon as I can.