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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Be Merry

Last minute entry for the Pinkfresh Studio September Challenge, Layer it Up.  I used some of my favorite PFS products: Christmas Wishes printed paper, Layered Wreath die set & Classic Holiday Words die set.  Felt can be used for lots of images, but I tend to get mine out for Fall & Winter cards. 

This wreath die cut beautifully from the white TE felt.  The little layering pieces were die cut from a white cardstock scrap & then brushed with InkOn 3 Liquid Pixie Dust.  I think this is the first time I've used the word die without the shadow.  Love having that option.  Here I die cut the words 3 times from a white scrap, inked the top layer with an aqua pad & covered it with glaze.  The little red gems tie in with the red stars in the background.  I'll have a short video on IG showing the sparkle & shine. So fun when a card turns out to be one you love!  I'm also entering Rudolph Days, The Snippets Playground, SSS Monday & DCD. 

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm so grateful for all my cardmaking friends around the globe.  You truly are a blessing to me.  Here are a couple Thanksgiving cards made from diecuts I brought home from my Indy retreat in 2019.  I borrowed the Lawn Fawn pumpkin dies & cut them from a beautiful Fall paper on clearance at a store where we shopped.  

The leaves may also be LF.  I inked the stems, leaves & tendrils & added gold Stickles.  The pumpkin without any black was mounted to a brown cardstock square embossed with TH inked woodgrain folder.   Just love how the darker brown on the folder brought the panel to life.   The pumpkin with some black in the top layer was attached to a Spellbinders large scalloped circle black diecut.

The sentiment is from SSS October kit & the card bases are PTI Rustic Cream.  A feeling of accomplishment to have turned these diecuts into cards, finally!

Next is my card for Poppystamps Fabulous Fall challenge using 4 Poppystamps dies.  I love the look of hydrangeas in the Fall when they have shades of purple, rust & gold.  I used direct to paper with VersaMagic Dewdrop ink pads in Eggplant, Purple Hydrangea, Gingerbread & Pumpkin Spice to color Layered Lovely Flowers & it worked great to get the look I wanted.  I used a sponge dauber to blend any sharp color edges.  

Garden Lantern was embossed in Liquid Platinum & Copper ep.  I also used the copper ep on a round embellishment to make it match.  Scribble Hello was stacked & inked with the 2 purple shades.  I inlaid heavy weight vellum for the glass.  

Lattice Small Curve was die cut from the same brown cardstock & inked with Versamark Dazzle for a subtle background.  I added a tiny brown pearl to the flower center.  

I'll close with my Pinkfresh Studio felt Layered Wreath Christmas card.  Hard to believe I wasn't really into felt on cards when I first saw it used in a stamping magazine many years ago.  It certainly grew on me & I ended up buying quite a few colors from several companies.  

I attached the lighter green MFT felt to copy paper.  Then I die cut the wreath.  I happened to have the perfect darker green from TE, so die cut a bunch of the little leaves to layer on top.  I had a couple of the red glitter dots in the package & they looked perfect for the berries, so I diecut a few more from the same glitter tape.  PFS Nested Diamond background makes a beautifully subtle background stamped in Delicata Golden Glitz.  Wish the pictures showed it better.  I didn't want a bold sentiment, so I stacked PFS Classic Holiday Words 4 high & covered the top layer with Shimmer Pico Embellisher. 

The vellum shadow was just what I needed & using rolled glue dots behind the letters worked great to attach the sentiment to the wreath & card!  That's a trick I learned from my talented friend, Rosemary.  I'm entering Color Hues, Just Us Girls & PFS Add Texture.

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Rainbow & Pumpkin

You may have seen the rainbow I made with Altenew oval dies HERE.  It was such fun, I made another one for the August CCC.  This time I colored the sections with Copics to match the color palette option of Kumquat, Lime & Grape.  

I'd never have come up with these colors if they hadn't been suggested, but really like them together for a rainbow.  I embossed them with a sparkle powder--so pretty!  The background was made with Honey Bee Radiant Circle stencil, light molding paste & extra fine glitter.  

I stamped the sentiment from PTI Prominent Petals & added some black Pico Embellisher dots.  I'm entering SSS Wednesday & WAW.

I haven't done much stitching lately, but my friend Rosemary has been inspiring me.  I had just enough time to make another shaped card for August DCD & entered via Flickr.  Fall is about here, so I thought of felt & pumpkins!  

I used Memory Box Plush Pumpkin die, felt in my stash & craft cord.  Quick, easy stitching, so I got instant gratification--haha!  Beacon 3-in-1 craft glue works great for felt!  The sentiment is from PTI Tiny Tags.  I also entered SSS Wednesday.

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Cards for Next Easter

I've always loved dry embossing & now there's more to love with all the 3D folders.  I'm using one of my newest, Memory Box Blooming, to make an Easter card for the April Poppystamps & DRU challenges.  Love the beautiful Bazzill Starmist textured cardstock that was used for the embossed panel & the butterfly.  

Poppystamps Luscious Script Hello word was embossed with WOW Hydrangea embossing powder.  Memory Box Moonlight butterfly was heat embossed with WOW Clear Ultra High ep making it darker than the embossed panel.  

Memory Box Kaleidoscope Butterfly was attached on top along with the body which was die cut from the embossed piece used for the word.  The little words from W&W sets were stamped in Versafine Clair Morning Mist.  The PPP sequins were a perfect match & finish it off.  

I recently got Lindy's Magical set called Drop Dead Diva.  The shimmery colors are beautiful!  I watercolored a panel of each color & then used them to die cut Memory Box Classic Eggs.  

The top layer is MB Filagree Egg which I cut from some of my overflowing white scraps!  I used old W&W stamp sets for the greeting which I stamped in Versafine Clair Morning Mist on a PTI Soft Stone panel which I splattered with white gauche.  Finished off with white sequins & a bow.  I'm entering the April Memory Box challenge.

I'll finish with my chocolate bunny card which I've wanted to make for awhile.  Finally did, but won't go out until next Easter.  I used a scrap of brown felt to die cut Poppystamps Serene Rabbit.  

Being a lover of pink, I had to get the new saltwater taffy Distress Oxide which I used with a sponge dauber through the SSS Falling Snow stencil.  Copic R22 is a great match to the DO, so I used it to color the natural hemp which I tied around the bunny.  I used the same W&W words as the last card, but stamped them in Versafine Clair Acorn.  A brown gem was used for the bunny's eye.  Came out pretty cute, if I do say so myself!  I'm entering AAA Card Challenge & TTTC158 (Free, Die Cut Shape, Stencil).

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Stamplorations, PTI, PFS

I'm really good at putting off housework, so I can make cards!  Here are 3 more that I recently completed.

First is another card for the new Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge using the colors for Just Us Girls.  I love the sweet images in Stamplorations Coffee for All Seasons, but don't think I've made a Christmas card until now.  

I silver embossed on a light blue scrap, die cut it into a square & matted it with the gorgeous Spellbinders Fleur de Lis die cut from silver metallic cardstock.  Decided to "color" the cup with a shimmer pen which helps it stand out a bit & is so pretty in person. 

Love this sentiment from Winnie & Walter which I stamped in Versafine Clair Morning Mist.  Hard to see in the pictures, but love the look in person of the snowflake from PTI What the Doodle: Snowflake stamped on the card front in Hero Arts Soft Pool.  The splatters are Distress Stain Tarnished Silver & the focal point is stacked 3 high.  I'm also entering Stamplorations Theme & Photo Prompt, Stamplorations Never-Ending Anything Goes & DRU.

I'm enjoying using my old products & for this card I pulled out PTI Friendship Jar Flowers.  I stamped the stems image in Prairie Grass, a darker green I thought would be good for a winter floral card. 

I changed my mind & didn't use the flowers in the set.  Instead, I used one of the small dies from Into the Blooms II with some rose colored felt.  It's meant to be part of a larger flower, but I like the look of it alone with a white felt center.  

The sentiment is from one of my newest PTI sets, Just Sentiments: Hugs.  I stamped it in Versafine Clair Acorn.  The splatters are Prairie Grass & I finished off with Rainstones & brown hemp.  I'm entering the PTI challenge to make a flower bouquet card.

I've had 5 gold embossed PFS Small Butterflies on my table for weeks.  You stamp & die cut 9 butterflies at once.  I had used 4 of them & wanted to make a wreath with these last 5.  Decided to finally sit down & do it for the PFS January challenge.  

You can pick any of the 2021 challenges & I picked the April gold challenge.  However, my card also fits May, June, July & November!  I also had a card made from PTI Rustic Cream on my table & liked the butterflies on it.  For the background I stamped Nested Diamond in Delicata Golden Glitz.  It's so beautiful in person, but doesn't show up in the photos very well.  I wanted a mostly neutral color palette, but decided to add just a bit of color using a rainbow of Memento markers on the butterfly bodies.  Gold Pico Embellisher covers the colored areas giving gloss & texture.  I played around with making the butterfly wreath & decided it would be better to attach the butterflies to the Layered Wreath, one of my favorite PFS products!  I die cut it from white cardstock to go with the butterflies, but painted the tips of the foliage with Gansai Tambi Starry Colors Yellow Gold watercolor--love the look!  

Just for fun I wrapped gold thread around the wreath between the butterflies.  The sentiment from one of my newest sets called Sweet Friend Floral was stamped in Versafine Clair Pinecone & I finished off with yellow jewels.

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