SSS, PTI, Gina K

We can go weeks leaving home only for curbside grocery pick ups.  Kinda strange that all 3 of us ended up with appointments yesterday.  Hubby got a haircut--first client of the day, Fritz had an annual chest x-ray to follow his heart murmur & I had a steroid injection in my hip.  Whew--normal life--haha!  Also good news--the ruptured sebaceous cyst Fritz had healed up just fine, so no surgery!

On to my cards before the challenges end.

First is a floral card in Fall colors--not a leaf to be found!  

Love SSS Anna's Flowers in any colors, but here I used Distress Oxides fossilized amber, spiced marmalade, abandoned coral & peeled paint.  The SSS sentiment die was cut from gold cardstock (inexpensive from Michaels & I love it!) & white cardstock scraps to stack it for some dimension.

I used some soft gold gems from my stash for just a bit of sparkle.  I entered SSS Wednesday & SSS Flickr.

My card for the PTI challenge to use a vellum accent reverts back to a design from when I started stamping, but I still love the look.

I started by stamping a branch from Turning a New Leaf in Simply Chartreuse & Ripe Avocado on a vanilla card.  Using the darker ink on the ends of the leaves doesn't really show since most of the stamping is covered with the vellum which I attached with a scrap of matching ribbon.  

PTI Wonderful Words: Hello was die cut from champagne glitter Fun Foam.  The beautiful Champagne Lucy's Little Things were the perfect embellishment.  I'm also entering SSS Monday & SSS Wednesday.

My 3rd card mini slimline card was made for Just Us Girls & ModSquad.  Gina K's Holiday Tapestry stamp set is a beauty & I realized the images don't have to be for the holidays.  

Here I embossed with a beautiful old powder called Pewter.  It has a bit of glitter in it which is beautiful in person.  Love how it looks on the PTI Soft Stone panel.  The sentiment is from the Gina K set called Winter Hugs.  I was lucky to find it for a fraction of the original cost from a stamper purging her stash.  It included the dies & had never been used!  

Love that it has sentiments for all year.  I added a black strip & 6 black sequins.  So honored that GKD actually noticed this card on IG & showed it in her stories.  I'm also entering SSS Monday & SSS Wednesday.

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Floral Cards

I love Uniko's Floral Vine stamp set, so wanted to use it for the Flowers Challenge.  I've had this design in mind for awhile, but changed it into a slimline for the challenge twist. 

I used my MISTI to stamp the image 6 times & gold heat embossed on Bristol.  I colored with multiple Zigs & didn't use any water.  I stamped the sentiment from the set, splattered with gold & added gold sequins.  Really happy with how this turned out.

I saved up gift certificates & recently got PTI Into the Blooms II & Border Bling: Skinny Diagonals Frame.  One of my college roommates is recovering from a serious illness & I wanted to let her know I'm thinking of her. 

Color Hues Yellow & Pink and PTI The Great Cover-Up touch of gold inspired my card.  The blooms were die cut from a paper pack with 2-3 shades of each color.  I inked the pink edges with Berry Sorbet & the yellow with Bright Buttercup.  The leaves were die cut from vellum & the centers were covered in yellow & pink Stickles.  

The frame was die cut from PTI adhesive gold metallic cardstock & was attached to a panel of Vintage Cream which was attached with fun foam to a Vintage Cream card.  The sentiment is from PTI Effortless Beauties.  I'm also entering The Snippets Playground (pink center & frame were cut from scraps), Time Out & WAW.

Thought you might like to see another floral card I made last month.  This one was for the ITP PTI Challenge to use pigment type inks.  

I was inspired by Melody's card with stamping on Border Bling: Tin Stitched, so that's what I did.  Bold Blooms images were stamped on Fresh Linen using Distress Oxide inks.  The sentiment is PTI Thick & Thin: Hello, the splatters are white gauche & the pearls are KaiserCraft Chino.  I tend to like cool colors, but really love how this turned out.  Maybe the summer heat is getting to me!

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Fall Birthday & Christmas

I tried something new with my Altenew Tropical Fiesta watercolor markers.  First I lightly stamped the old PB Peony stamp in Versafine Vintage Sepia.  Then I colored with the markers directly on the rubber, spritzed & stamped--repeating until I was happy.  I do love adding splatters, especially to watercolored images.  Here I just used brown & gold. 

I wanted to enter CAS Mix Up, so I cut my panel down, backed it with a couple pieces of cardstock & attached it to a square, kraft card.  I gold embossed the sentiment from another old PB set.

I'm hoping this counts as watercolor & that it's OK to have the image going off all 4 edges.  I like using deeper colors & kraft cards for Fall birthdays.  Hopefully my friend likes it, too.

Edited to add: Also entering PBSC.

I usually don't buy kits as I really only want some of the products.  However, I now have my first Hero Arts kit & here's my first card using it!  

I stamped the 3 images using inks to go with the 2004 striped Doodlebug paper.  I had the stamps in my MISTI, so then I stamped in Versamark & embossed with HA Sparkle ep.  So pretty in person!

The dies line up easily on the stamped images.  I used TE Snowfall ef on the white rectangle mat for the house & added a couple pieces of cardstock for dimension that wouldn't require extra postage.  I added a bit of Stickles to the buttons, smoke & star.  The white embossed sentiments are in the stamp set, along with a lot of other images I can't wait to use.  I'm entering Stay Crafty with Hero Slimline Holiday via Flickr, ABNH, SSS Monday, SSS Wednesday, Christmas Kickstart & Let's Squash It.

My final card has a very non-traditional color combo:  Rose Gold & Navy.  I used SSS Poinsettia Background & colored with a blue Zig & wet brush.  

The W&W Noel die cut was stacked 3 high & also embossed in the Rose Gold powder.  I tried a variety of foliage & colors, but in the end I chose the branches from SSS Christmas Foliage embossed in the Rose Gold powder.  

I didn't like a blue or white edge, so I covered the edges of the card front in Versamark & embossed in Rose Gold.  I really enjoyed coloring & now I want to try using pink or red.  I'm entering SSS Monday, SSS Wednesday & Kathy's Coloring Challenge via IG.  Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.  If your blog address is in your profile or comment, I will visit you.

WCMD Plus

I recently pulled out the beautiful PTI Botanical Blocks IV stamp set to enter ITP PTI Melissa's Fab Friday via IG.  

I gold embossed the image & did some loose watercoloring with Zigs.  I added gold Stickles & used a panel of Classic Kraft for the mat.  

The same Zigs were used to watercolor the sentiment from the same set & I mounted it with foam tape.

Love that ITP & PFS had challenges for WCMD.  Unfortunately, I forgot about the ITP challenges on IG until the last minute.  I had 2 hrs to enter, so picked the first challenge which was a color combo of blues, pinks & grays.  Botanical Blocks IV was still on my table, so I black embossed the holly image & again used Zigs for watercoloring.

Gotta say, I love the blue holly leaves with pink berries.  I used a gray marker to color the thin frame & attached the piece to a lighter blue textured cardstock mat. 

Decided not to add a sentiment, so I can use this as a note card or put a sentiment on the inside.  I'm also entering SSS WCMD & WAW.

The PFS WCMD Challenges are open until the 11th.  So far I've made 3 cards--each for 2 of the challenges.  I entered Challenge 3 Stripes & Challenge 9 CAS through IG with this card using 3 images from Dainty Blossoms--one of my favorite die sets!  

I colored them with 3 Copics which I also used to color 3 stripes cut with the Color Block Stripes die.  Great way to use up some of my white scraps.  The sentiment from Delicate Wreath was stamped in Memento Toffee Crunch & I added Wedding Dress Pico Embellisher dots.  I'm also entering The Snippets Playground.

Next is my entry for Challenge 2 Thank You & Challenge 7 Rainbow.  I used one of my newest dies, Layered Wreath.  I die cut the wreath from white cardstock & the separate little pieces from vellum.

The little flowers included in the set were colored with Copics, arranged in groups of 3 & embellished with a dot of Wedding Dress Pico Embellisher.  I attached the wreath to a square of vellum & stamped the sentiment from Delicate Wreath.  I'm also entering Double D.

Last is my entry for Challenge 5 Slimline cards & Challenge 6 No Stamping.  I used Slim Braided Circles Panel die, Classic Holiday Words dies & Christmas Wishes patterned papers.  

I've been hoarding the paper pad for a long time, but fun to use some of the papers for this card.  The top layer of the words was die cut from red glitter tape & the shadow from vellum.  

Finished off with Wedding Dress Pico Embellisher.  I'm also entering Allsorts.  

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