Easter, Friendship, Christmas

Happy Easter Sunday!  I have a fun bunny card I'll send to someone next year.  

I found the Poppystamps Tunnel Tag with the Serene Rabbit die cut from it in the envelope with the rabbit die.  Martina's IG reel using WOW Sparkles and JUGS Mood Board inspired my turning the tag into a card.  It's a bit of a stretch, but the top middle picture with the 3 pastel cake layers is what I used from the board.

I covered a white scrap with 3 strips of double-sided adhesive.  I exposed the adhesive one strip at a time, covering each with one of these WOW Sparkles: Jade, Peachy Keen and Santorini.  Then I glued the tag over the glittered piece and added a tiny gem colored with a black Copic for the eye.  You can see the sparkle in my IG video.  

I used the next size up tag die to cut the pink cardstock mat and added a crochet thread bow.  The light gray textured cardstock panel was stamped with an allover background stamp using Soft Stone.  I wanted subtle, but would have liked it a bit darker.  The sentiment is an old woodmounted stamp.  I'm also entering The Snippets Playground with white and gray scraps used.

Next is the card I made with my newest Altenew die set called Fresh Flowers.  I really like that it has 2 different styled flowers with none of them being huge.  There's also a leafy branch and individual leaves.  It has the keyhole system, but the pieces are so easy to assemble you really don't need it.  

As you can see, I used the current Color Hues lilac and aqua combo.  The inks are CN9 Lilac, Grape Soda, Aqua Sky and Oceanside plus PTI Soft Stone for the leaves and Versafine Clair Morning Mist for the sentiment.  I'm hoping the darker shades on the edges are allowed.  I made the frame with PFS Nested Elongated Oval Blanket Stitch dies.  The card front and sentiment strip are Soft Stone cardstock.  I added Stickles to the flower centers and finished with tiny lilac and aqua gems from my stash.  You can see the Stickles sparkle in my IG post.  I'm also entering DCD.

Yes, I know it's Spring, but I love making Christmas cards year round.  This card was inspired by Christmas Kickstart and Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero. 

HA Paper Layering Poinsettia was die cut from red and green felt with the center cut from CN9 gold glitter cardstock.  The background panel was embossed with SSS Holiday Greenery folder and the raised edges were rubbed with Delicata Golden Glitz.  Birch Press Merry Christmas Vintage Sentiment was die cut from white and the gold glitter cardstock.  The video in my IG post shows the sparkle.  Simple card, but just what I love.  

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Pink and Brown

You know I love pink, so no surprise I made a card for Color Hues #92!  Pink is great with a lot of colors and brown is definitely one of them.  I actually had a lot of ideas, but using stencils is a favorite technique right now.  It's been quite awhile since I used SSS Layered Flowers stencils, so pulled them out.  I have a ton of inks!  Altenew Fresh Dye Ink sets make it easy to pick a couple shades of each color that go perfectly together.  I find these inks work great for stenciling, brushing on diecuts and stamping, like I did here.  This card uses Dusty Pink, Blush Rose, Sand Dunes and Rocky Shore.

The frame is Reverse Confetti, the butterflies are SSS Stitching Butterflies and the sentiment is from Altenew Sweet Bouquet.  I brushed the butterfly wings with a shimmer pen, added glaze to the bodies and slightly bent the wings forward.  

I used direct to paper so the pink mat would be a perfect match.  Beautiful pink sequins from a friend add a bit of shine without being distracting.  I'm also entering JUGS and WAW.

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Stencilled Cards

As most of you know, pink is my favorite color.  Naturally, I like to enter challenges asking for that color.  The Altenew June Inspiration Challenge photo is a patch of pink and purple flowers.  My first thought was to use the Floral Radiance Layering Stencils, part of what I received to guest design in April.  

Here's a close up so you can sort of see that I used the Dotted Swirls Debossing Cover die over the panel--a look I really love.  Sorry my pictures didn't come out that good.

The sentiment from Timeless Sentiments 2 was attached over white crochet thread.  I added Frosted Lace Stickles to the white letters and black enamel dots for embellishment.  I'm also entering SSS Wednesday.  

Usually I've made lots of Christmas cards by this time in the year.  That hasn't happened, even though they're my favorite to make.  Color Hues challenge is Sage and Pink--perfect for CN9 Boughs & Holly Stencils.  I used Distress Oxides bundled sage, kitsch flamingo and vintage photo.

I haven't used these stencils very much, so this time I actually looked at the information.  Each stencil is intended to be inked, rotated 180 degrees and inked again.  Boy does that make a big difference from the look I got last time--haha!  I used a light hand for one layer and a bit darker for the other one.  Can't wait to make some more!  The sentiment from MFT is die cut from silver metallic cardstock, also used for the mat.  I also added silver splatters and a few sequins that happened to match perfectly.  I'm also entering Just Us Girls.

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