Thank You and Christmas

Couldn't get my first idea to work for Color Hues: Yellow and Orange.  The gallery is about to close and I finally did get a card made. 

SSS Beautiful Buttercup dies were cut from cardstock I colored with Lindy's Flat Fabio sprays Pineapple Paradise and Mango Mania.  I added matching Stickles to the top edges.  I had CN9 Stitched Vines Card Front die on my wishlist a long time and finally got it.  Think it makes a great background for my bouquet.  The cute little bow is IO and the sentiment is PFS.  This card goes in the mail Monday.  I'm also entering SSS Wednesday and WAW.

I generally use a full panel of dry embossing, but decided to try just a wide strip for this card.  

Altenew's Perfect Poinsettias folder is beautiful with so much interest for a mostly white card.  BPD Handwritten Merry Christmas and Outline was die cut from MB red glitter cardstock with double stacked white cardstock for the words.  I'm entering DCD, SSS Wednesday and WAW.

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Papertrey Ink, Altenew and SSS

Decided to make another entry for the August PTI challenge.  This card is very different than my first one and gave me a chance to use some of my PTI cardstock and printed paper.  

PTI 2018 Beautiful Birthday is such a fun stamp set.  I used PTI inks Pure Poppy, Tropical Teal, Green Parakeet, Summer Sunrise and Terracotta Tile.  I added Stickles to the flames for a bit of sparkle.  I brushed PTI Border Bling: Diamonds diecut with Tropical Teal and glued it to the Tropical Teal rectangle.  I matted the cake panel with Green Parakeet cardstock.  Really love the look of the Pure Poppy dotted cardstock layer.  I'm almost out of Green Parakeet cardstock, but had enough to cover the card front.  I stamped the PTI Tiny Tags sentiment in Pure Poppy and matted it with a larger Pure Poppy circle diecut.

Our wonderful doctor of many years is retiring.  We're sad for us, but happy for her.  Decided to use the Altenew August Inspiration Challenge colors for her card.  I can't get enough of Altenew's Chateau Blooms stencils. 

The inks I used are Altenew Rouge, Memento Lilac Posies and Lawn Fawn Manatee.  The flowers and buds were then heat embossed with clear sparkle powder.  You can see it in my IG post.  I die cut the center of the panel with an Altenew Nesting Oval, added thin foam tape and attached it back in place.  Love how the black mat shows enough to help define the oval.  I didn't like so much white around the sentiment from Painted Greetings, so just used the gray ink left on my brush around the edges.  What a difference!  The stems from Branches and Berries die set were cut from vellum and I used gray pearls for embellishment.  I'm also entering WAW.

I had fun using my Lindy's Flat Fabio sprays to make a birthday card for SSS Flickr #250.  

SSS Beautiful Buttercup was die cut from papers I colored with these sprays:  Pink Ladies Pink, Pineapple Paradise and Caribbean Blue.  The flower edges were covered in matching Stickles.  I used SSS Leaf Tumble folder for the background and sprayed it with Flat Fabio Luscious Lime.  To get the design to show, I rubbed a green ink pad over the raised edges.  The vellum die cut is PTI Love to Layer:  Soft Ridges and the sentiment is from PTI Tuck It.  I'm also entering SSS Monday.

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