Red, White & Blue

I got the CAS-ual Fridays star dies & The Twinery Firecracker twine late last year to make 4th of July cards.  So that's what I'm doing--early for next year--haha!  

I've been meaning to use twine in the negative space of a die & finally I did it. Such a fun look! The white inlaid star is covered in Stickles Frosted Lace & the panel is mounted with foam tape over the twine. I stamped the very old sentiment by Peddler's Pack in Memento Love Letter & added PPP Sparkling Clear sequins. I'm entering these challenges: CAS-ual Fridays, ATSM, HLS Anything Goes with Dies, Inkspirational, SSS Monday, Die Cut Divas & SSS Work It Wednesday. Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

Thinking of You

I wanted to make a card for a blogging friend going through a sad time.  The beautiful Muse card gave me just the needed inspiration. I chose colors I think are peaceful, but also uplifting: Distress Ink bundled sage, PTI Mint Julep & Limeade Ice.

The images from PTI Meadow Greens are stamped in Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate using first & second generation. For the sentiment I used this very old one from Hero Arts & stamped in Versafine Vintage Sepia. Finished off this one layer card with some hemp tied in a bow & rounded the top corners. I'm also entering Virginia's View & Word Art Wednesday.  Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

Christmas in July

When I was a kid at camp I loved decorating our cabin for Christmas & most of you probably know I love making Christmas cards.  I made 2 using the SSS Falling Snow stencil.  

The first one was inspired by the Christmas in July challenge at One Layer Simplicity.  I heavily inked a card front with Distress Ink chipped sapphire & then stamped Penny Black "before the snow" in Memento Luxe Wedding Dress & blended with my finger. The PB sentiment from "winter wonders" was white embossed & masked with temporary tape before I stenciled with Faber-Castell Glass Bead Glitter Gel.  I'm also entering SSS Flickr Challenge #48 & SSS Monday.

Next is another card for SSS Flickr #48 & a2z Scrapbooking.  I stamped a tree & sentiment from Hero Arts & then used the same SSS stencil & FC glitter gel.  It was a bit too plain to suit me, so I sprayed with 2 blue Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists & added green Stickles to the tree.  I cut down the panel & matted it to a navy blue one & then the white card.  I think this will work great for a guy, so I'm also entering A Blog Named Hero. 2 flat cards for mailing--yah! Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

Celebrate America

Wishing my fellow Americans a Happy 4th of July!  I know it's almost over for some of you, but we've had a lazy day.  I started my day watching Amy's PTI MIM video using string art with die cuts--love the look!  Late last year I got this beautiful twine in a sale to make 4th of July cards & just opened it today.  Oh well, I'm getting a head start on next year's cards!  For some reason, I thought of the Floral Foliage die, so gave it a try.  Different, but kind of fun!  I added a big white sparkly dot to make it festive.  The background is a panel of Blueberry Sky stenciled with the PTI stars stencil I made for This MIM card in May.  The sentiment is a very old unmounted stamp I got at a convention years ago.  The panel was sprayed with Shimmer Spritz & mounted to a panel of Pure Poppy.  Next year think I better start mailing my cards the first of June--haha! I'm also entering CAS-ual Fridays, SSS Monday, SSS Wednesday & Die Cut Divas. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Some of my favorites

My last card for the Winnie & Walter Share the Love Challenges combines several of my favorites: Emboss Resist, Pink/Orange combo, Foiled Fun Foam, Shimmer Spritz, Ellen Hutson Bold Blossoms & Winnie & Walter Hello die.  My inspiration came from the Mood Board for the Day 5 challenge & also meets Day 3, Background Building.  I made a foam stamp from the EH Bold Blossom die & white embossed the flowers across a white panel.  Then I blended with Distress Ink picked raspberry & spiced marmalade & sprayed with Shimmer Spritz.  I added some black Pico Embellisher dots previously dried on release paper to tie in with the black striped paper. This was so much fun to make!  I'm also entering Just Us Girls, Penny Black & More, The Playground, SSS Wednesday, SSS Work It Wednesday & Virginia's View. Thanks so much for taking time to visit my blog.

Hello Friends

My first card is for the PTI MIM challenge. Ashley's video showed how to color a stenciled design using reinkers.  I used MFT's stencil & Brilliance Mediterranean Blue & Rocket Red. I used the same colors for PTI's Wonderful Words: Friends sentiment & die cut. The front of the card was sponged to match. I used Stickles to add sparkle to the die cut & attached 3 Heidi Swapp hearts.  I'm also entering CAS-ual Fridays, CropStop, SSS Wednesday & Die Cut Divas.

Next is my entry for these challenges: Ellen Hutson Pin-Sights, Winnie & Walter Share the Love Day 1, Floral & Day 4, Transparent. My card front is covered with a panel of vellum for a softness that compliments the beautiful Brilliance colors I used for the EH Bold Blossoms die cuts. I've had these ink pads for years & need to use them more often as they're still some of my favorites.  These Pearlescent shades are Lavender, Coral, Sky Blue & Jade which I picked from the Pin-Sights inspiration photo. W&W Hello is die cut from a soft metallic gold paper attached to 2 from white cardstock. Finished off with gold & white PPP sequins from my friend, Lisa.  I'm also entering Virginia's View & SSS Work It Wednesday. Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.

A Rose for PBSC

Hard to believe it's July & time for a new challenge at PBSC.  Thank you so much for all the sweet comments & support last month with our 8th BD Blog Hop.  The randomly drawn winner from my post is #32, Tirpuunen. Congratulations! Please use the "Contact Me" field in the right column to e-mail me your choice of stamp & mailing address.

This month our challenge is to make a one layer card.  I pulled out one of my oldest PB stamps--Single Rose from 1999. I've always had trouble coloring it, but decided to try my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers--love the effect!  My card is made from 140 pound watercolor paper & I used silver ink with a satin embossing powder. The sentiment is also very old--1998.  It's from an Oregon company--Peddler's Pack--& I stamped it in Versafine Smokey Gray.  I added a few splatters from the same Zig pens & finished with a single PPP clear dot.  
I'm entering SSS Wednesday, Time Out, Virginia's View & Word Art Wednesday.  Thanks so much for taking time to stop by.