Memory Box and Poppystamps

I'm working on monthly challenge entries.  Usually I end up doing them at the end of the month, but that may not be possible this time.  I've known for a few years that I would need a right hip replacement.  Finally talked myself into doing it & the date is almost here.  Hopefully I'll be able to make cards soon, as that helps keep me sane!

The Memory Box January Ravishing Reds challenge inspired me to make hubby's Valentine.  I used Alizarin Crimson Color Burst powder & water on a mixed media panel.  While it was very wet, I sprinkled it with Pearl Perfect Pearls & mixed it with a brush.  

I used the color from the brush on the heavy white cardstock MB Bingham Heart diecut.  MB Grand Heart & Parker Lowercase Alphabet letters were die cut from the red panel & backed with white diecuts.  The Bingham Heart diecut was also stacked 2 high.  You can see the shimmer in a short video HERE.  The embossed background was made with Taylored Expressions Swiss Hearts folder.  I'm also entering Die Cut Divas, Time Out Challenges & Word Art Wednesday.

Snippets Playground challenge 445 is celebrating the 11th Blogoversary of my dear blogging friend & fellow doggy momma, Di.  This time we are to show a picture of the snippets we used to make our entry.  The first picture is of the 2 scraps I began with.  The second picture shows the white scrap after it had been silver embossed & cut.  There was enough left to die cut the J & Y. 

I picked the blue & white scraps to make a snowflake card for the January Poppystamps challenge.  My sweet friend, Maria, gave me the Poppystamps Seed Snowflake Joy die a long time ago.  I love the die, but don't think I ever made a card with it.  This was the perfect time to change that & I actually ended up with 2 cards!  

This one was made by diecutting a blue panel cut from the scrap.  (The snippets picture & close up show the actual blue color.)  I backed it with part of the silver embossed white scrap.  Decided I wanted the letters put into the negative spaces & there was just enough of the silver embossed scrap to die cut them.  

The Winnie & Walter sentiment was stamped in Versamark & clear embossed.  Love that it matches & doesn't overpower the design.  Amazing the difference it makes to have the silver embossed edges, rather than just the blue card front.  I'm also entering Christmas Craft Creations, a snippets challenge for January. 

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Goodbye October

Here we are again at the end of a month.  I'm behind on sharing cards, so here are 3 of my latest makes.

First is one of my favorites & no surprise, it's a Christmas card!  I had diecut a variety of foliage from green scraps awhile ago with the idea of making a wreath.  However, picking them up to move to my table gave me this design idea instead.  

The HA Paper Layering Poinsettia was cut from a watercolor paper scrap.  The color was done with Crimson Color Burst & Magenta Lindy's Magicals powders, one at a time.  Each powder was spread by spritzing with water.  The final result is really beautiful in person.  I had an extra middle layer diecut which I cut apart to place those petals in the back where I wanted them.  The foliage dies are Impression Obsession & Poppystamps.  

I silver embossed one of my favorite background stamps, SSS Poinsettia Background, along with the flower center.  The sentiment from GKD was separated from the panel with a strip of black, shiny Washi tape.  I'm just making it before the deadline at Christmas Kickstart.  I also entered Stay Crafty with Hero & SSS Wednesday via IG.

My first thought when the calendar says November is my brother, as that's his birthday month.  This is the 2nd year he's been gone on his birthday & we all miss him so much.  I like to send a card to my sister-in-law around that time.  She was glad to be done with all the firsts, but not sure how much easier the 2nd anniversaries are.  Can't say that it's better for me.  Anyway, I went back to one of my favorite designs which is masking an area for ink blending.  I went with a Fall color scheme using Distress Oxides fossilized amber, spiced marmalade & crackling campfire.  

I die cut Pinkfresh Studio Dainty Blossoms images from a scrap I inked up with Distress Oxide vintage photo.  Then I brushed them with copper shimmer mist--so pretty in person.  I stamped the sentiment from PFS Sweet Friend Floral in Versafine Clair Acorn & clear embossed.  

In case you haven't tried them, I highly recommend SSS Micro Adhesive Dot sheets which I used to adhere the die cuts.  I'm adding this to PFS October Challenge, The Snippets Playground & SSS Wednesday.

My last card uses one of the card fronts offered by Stamplorations.  I thought the colors of this one were nice for a Fall card.  

All I did was black emboss the TE sentiment, color the flower bases with a black glaze pen (made a HUGE difference), add a bit of gold foil to the leaf veins using a Quickie Glue pen & tie on black twine.  

Most of the time I like to use my inks, stamps & die cuts, but it sure is handy to have products like this for a quick card.

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MFT Camp Create

Warning--long post!  MFT Camp Create is always fun & I've made 4 cards.

Day 1: Wonderful Watercolor

The background was made with Color Burst powders Ultramarine Blue & Pthalo Green mixed with water & applied to watercolor paper with a flat brush.  I also splattered both colors & die cut the panel with MFT In & Out Stitched Rounded Squares.  The panel was inlaid into a gray square.  MFT Peaceful Wildflowers were stamped in Versafine Claire Morning Mist, heat embossed in JudiKins Iridescent Sparkle powder & die cut.  The sparkle is beautiful in person.

I arranged the bouquet & added a silver floss bow before attaching it to the panel & stamping the sentiment from the same set.  I'm also entering MFT Birthday Challenge, Country View Challenges, DRU & SSS Wednesday.

Day 2: Remarkable Resist

I love emboss resist, but wanted to do something a little different.  I white embossed MFT Geometric Grid Background leaving some areas not completely stamped.  I taped the 2 MFT retired Chevron dies together & die cut multiple times until the entire panel was cut.  Didn't realize when I started, by taping the 2 dies together I also got a 3rd very thin chevron with each pass.  I kept all the die cuts in order on a piece of masking paper & then blended Distress Inks as close as I could get to the MFT Color Challenge, attaching them to a kraft panel as I went.

The gold foiled sentiment was done with MFT retired letter dies cut from adhesive backed fun foam & I added gold sequins filled with gold Stickles.  I'm also entering SSS WIW.

Day 3: Spectacular Shakers

Fun to use the MFT circle pouches to make a shaker--no foam tape required.  The card front was blended with Distress Inks victorian velvet, seedless preserves & aged mahogany & the shaker was backed with a black cardstock scrap.  More retired products used for this card:  Dizzy Doily die & On The Line sentiment.  To make it more festive, I heat embossed the doily with JudiKins Diamond Sparkle powder--so beautiful in person.

I found a little unlabeled bag of just the right sequins in my stash & couldn't resist adding some black splatters.  I'm also entering Double D & WAW.


Day 5:  Glitzy Glitter

You knew there'd be a Christmas card eventually, right?!  I had fun using MFT Christmas Tree Window die, a prize I won at The Snippets Playground.  I used DCWV glitter paper--hard to die cut, but very pretty sparkle.

The pink was a scrap--just the right size.  The black frame is MFT Stitched Oval Scallop Frames, the sentiment is from MFT Trim the Tree & I added black splatters & clear gems.  I'm also entering ModSquad.


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