Friday, March 25, 2022

Birthday Wishes

  Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Spring Project


And our fabulous sponsor is:
Taylored Expressions



Here is my card for your inspiration:
Taylored Expressions was so generous and gave the designers this beautiful stamp and die combo and a set of circle masking stencils to use for this challenge.  The flowers are just gorgeous!  And I'm excited to get to try the circle masks in different ways.  Thanks, TE!  I started by stamping the flower image and coloring it (for some reason, I find it much easier to color an image before I cut it out.  I guess I really need to be able to see those lines, I really don't know), then using the matching die to die cut it out.  I actually used the die to cut three more out of an inexpensive white card stock and layered them all together for some dimension.  I used the circle mask along with a brick wall stencil from MFT to create a landing place for these gorgeous flowers!  It also looks like it adds dimension, but the base is just one layer.  Using my mini MISTI, I curved my sentiment to fit in the blank space.  I finished everything off with a smattering of pink pearls  and then added some gold glitter shimmer pen to the green leaves which you can just see in the photo below.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Taylored Expressions "Spring Spray"; Verve "Better Together" sentiment
Dies: Taylored Expressions "Spring Spray"
Stencils: Taylored Expressions "Masking Stencils-Circles"; MFT brick wall

Challenges:
Cards Galore #97--anything goes
Die Cut Divas--birthday
Creative Inspirations--spring flowers
Dare 2B Artzy--anything goes
NBUS #36--anything goes (the flowers, die and masks are all brand new, never before used)
Fab n' Funky Challenge #547--hand colored image
Penny's Challenge #517--anything goes
CRAFT #631--anything goes
Creative Fingers #221--anything goes
Krafty Chicks #604--all occasions (birthday)
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16 comments:

  1. crafty-stamperMarch 25, 2022 at 8:38 AM

    Love the beautiful floral image and stencilled wall background
    Carol x

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  2. GerdaMarch 26, 2022 at 6:15 AM

    What a beautiful card!! Love the fabulous background and the pretty colouring!! Love it!!
    Have a great day,
    Gerda

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  3. KathykMarch 26, 2022 at 7:16 AM

    And a lovely way to use your NBUS it is too, thanks so much for sharing it with us this month

    Kathyk
    NBUS Guest DT member for March

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  4. ChrisMarch 26, 2022 at 9:47 AM

    Beautiful image and colouring, fabulous design, love the stencilled background, a stunning and elegant card. Thank you for joining us at Fab'n'Funky
    Chris
    x

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  5. Linda W. (ScrappinBari)March 26, 2022 at 6:25 PM

    Gorgeous spring flowers, Heather, and I love the brick background!! So glad you shared with us at Die Cut Divas!!

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  6. Megan JMarch 26, 2022 at 7:26 PM

    Hi Heather, a stunning card and love the pretty flowers and the brick stencil behind. Thank you for sharing with us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, good luck in the prize draw... Megan DT LPoCF

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  7. SherylMarch 27, 2022 at 8:13 AM

    Another beautiful card Heather.
    Thank you so much for entering our challenge this week at CRAFT Challenge looking forward to see you again next challenge.
    Hugs Sheryl CRAFT DT xx

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  8. Melanie HungerfordMarch 27, 2022 at 9:14 PM

    Heather, such a beautiful card! I like how you did the background added the curved sentiment. What a great gift from Taylored Expressions! Thanks for joining us at Krafty Chicks this week.

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  9. JoAnnMarch 28, 2022 at 12:00 PM

    Beautiful card Heather. Your coloring is fabulous and so is your background. TFS

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  10. Cathie wMarch 28, 2022 at 12:57 PM

    so very pretty.Thanks for joining in at Crafty gals challenge corner

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  11. Jana ForrestMarch 28, 2022 at 7:58 PM

    Heather, such a great make. Super pretty also. Thanks for sharing over at Penny's Challenge. Best of luck, DT~Jana Forrest

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  12. ILEANA ARTUFFOMarch 30, 2022 at 1:35 PM

    Beautiful creation!Wonderful design!
    Thank-you for joining us at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge April "ATG".
    Ileanaxx

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  13. foleysfriendMarch 30, 2022 at 8:00 PM

    Gorgeous card. The background you created is lovely and helps to show off the beautiful flowers and leaves. I love the shimmer on the leaves. Thanks for joining us at Die Cut Divas.

    sue n.

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  14. ScrappyHorsesMarch 31, 2022 at 1:04 PM

    Heather, so beautiful! Great way to use the circle placing the sentiment there! Genius!

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  15. ArleneMarch 31, 2022 at 11:01 PM

    So lovely. The embossed background lends depth to this lovely card. So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas for our Birthday challenge this month.

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  16. DonnaApril 2, 2022 at 5:05 PM

    Gorgeous card Heather, great design, coloring, background and love the glitter!

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