Birthday and Easter

I seldom make shaker cards, but here's my second one this year!  Arlene recently posted a card made with a large balloon die.  That reminded me that I have an old one by Winnie and Walter.  I didn't use her design for this card, but that will be coming.  I got a wonderful surprise when I pulled out my die set.  Stuck to the back was a small poinsettia die set I lost at least 3 years ago.  I accepted that I'd never see it again and now it's back in my stasht!  I have several poinsettias, but I was really sad to loose this one because it's size is just right for many cards.

Anyway, my shaker is for Time Out's In the Clear Challenge.  I wanted more of an elegant look, so I die cut the balloon from SSS Matte Champagne cardstock. 

The background is a beautiful printed paper a friend gave to me.  I used an assortment of goodies for the shaker element and a piece of packaging for the cover.  

The bow and the Altenew Essential Sentiment Strip were cut from a scrap of the same printed paper.  Now to make something with the pretty metallic balloon diecut!

I'm also entering SSS Wednesday and WAW.

This is one of the quick Easter cards I made using the other panel of gorgeous Washi from The Ton that my friend Betty gave me long ago.  

I used a scalloped Elizabeth Craft Design rectangle die, SSS butterfly die cut from vellum and Poppystamps Proper Happy Easter.  I'm entering SSS Monday since I heat embossed the sentiment letters with Avery Elle Rose Gold powder.

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Flowers

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I'm a little behind blogging my cards, but thankfully our puppydog, Fritz, has had 4 good days in a row.  Hopefully, we're on the right track.  Here are 3 of my recent floral cards.
First up is my entry for PTI LFF: Favorite Style.  I don't have a signature style, but I do love what I call Fresh & Simple.  It's not exactly CAS, as there can be layers & there's not necessarily a lot of white space.

I made a one layer notecard that's a bit smaller than A2 size.  The images from PTI Friendship Jar Flowers were stamped in New Leaf, Green Parakeet, Spring Moss, Lemon Tart, Spring Rain, Lavender Moon & Amethyst Allure.  I added green splatters, yellow Stickles, white crochet thread & dots of Wedding Dress Pico Embellisher.  I'm also entering JUGs, SSS Wednesday & Time Out.

Quite awhile ago, I won some stamps from Virginia, including a beautiful one from The Ton.  I finally inked it up & stamped on kraft in brown & white metallic inks.

The sentiment from TPC Studio was stamped in dark brown & the panel was mounted with fun foam.  Finished off with 3 brown sequins.  I'm entering AAA, CAS on Friday, Inkspirational & SSS Wednesday.
  
My last card uses SSS Spring Flowers & a Hero Arts jar.  I've never used the jar or tried to show water, but Michelle's card inspired me to give it a try.

The blooms & leaves were silver embossed & watercolored with Zigs.  The jar was stamped in Versafine Clair Morning Mist & fussy cut.  Again I used Zigs to watercolor, using a blue for the water & a bit of light gray where the jar is empty.  I masked the jar ring & stamped the stems in silver using a Winnie & Walter simple stem.  I stamped each one several times to get the width I needed to match the die cuts which I also colored with the silver ink.  I used scissors to cut the opening for the stems.  The background is done with a PTI frame die & a Gina Marie die cut mat.  Gotta say,  I really had fun challenging myself to do something new & I love how it turned out.  I'm entering DCD, Allsorts, SSS Wednesday, SSS WIW & Virginia's Show & Share.


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