Simply Amazing

  Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: April Showers Bring May Flowers

And our fabulous sponsor is:

Pink and Main

Here is my card for your inspiration:

Pink and Main sent me this lovely Stamp Set and Die set to work with.  There are 3 gorgeous flowers and sentiments to go along with them.  The die set cuts out the flowers and has three banner dies that fit the sentiments.  I chose to use the rose bud image, one of the sentiments and the banner die that coordinates with the sentiment.  Along with the brand new goodies, I pulled out some ooooold stuff out of my stash.  The background is a page from an old, old, old encyclopedia set, there's a bit of mulberry paper from back when it was so popular (great stuff, really) and an old spellbinders die set that I have had for years!

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: Pink & Main "Roses"

Dies: Pink & Main "Roses" dies; Spellbinders "Filigree Delight"

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #559--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #519--anything goes

Art Impressions #325--fun with flowers

Creative Fingers #229--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #180--anything goes

Double Trouble Challenge #108--Frame It (Thing #1: basic die shape {I used an oval, which I think is pretty basic}; Thing #3--flowers and/or butterflies; Thing #2--play with Dies R Us)

The Paper Shelter #508--world book day (I used a page from a book)

Cards Galore Challenge #98--anything goes

Dies R Us #190--flowers/spring (I used a spellbinders die)

Pattie's Creations #193--anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #227--sketch (I turned it on it's side to fit my image better)

NBUS #37--the stamp set and coordinating dies hadn't been opened until this card (I only just got them this month, but still . . .)

Crafting Happiness #122--anything goes

Easter Blessings

  Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Easter and/or Make your own background

And our fabulous sponsor is:

DRS Designs

Here is my card for your inspiration:

I decided to create an Easter card, and I chose this beautiful Easter image from DRS Designs.  Because it is such an interestingly shaped image, I printed it out really big and used it as the main (and only) panel.  I colored the image with my Spectrum Noir markers, then masked the image so I could stamp the sentiment "Easter Blessings" repeatedly over the background with a pale gray ink (that way, I also completed the "make your own background" portion of the challenge).  Then I die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die.  I adhered it to a pale purple card base and finished everything off with some clear dew drops.

For the inside, I used the same stitched rectangle die to cut a panel of white card stock and then stamped a second Easter Sentiment and adhered the panel to the card base.

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: DRS Designs "Easter Lily and Crosses Oval" digi; Easter sentiments are from an old Flourishes set

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Incy Wincy Designs--Easter and/or animals (I went with Easter)

Cards Galore--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #193--anything goes

Creatalicious #232--anything goes with the optional twist: Easter

Crafting Happiness #122--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #179--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday--Easter/spring

Inkspirational #262--inspirational photo (I was inspired by the spring flowers)

The Paper Shelter #506--pastel Colours

Mod Squad Challenge--anything goes

Double D Challenge--Easter

Thankful for you

This card was made almost entirely from my bits and pieces stash.  The patterned paper and the die cut butterflies have been in there for a couple years; they were part of a little thank you gift for ordering some stamps.  The die cut heart was also in the stash and the "thankful" was left over from Thanksgiving.  I die cut 3 more out of cheap yellow card stock and layered them all together for dimension.  I heat embossed the sentiment on a little scrap of black card stock with white embossing powder and added a few pink enamel dots.  Quick and easy when it's all made out of scraps!

 Supplies:

Stamps: Verve 

Dies: MFT "Stitched Heart STAX"; unbranded "thankful"

Challenges:

Crafty Catz #589--anything goes with the optional twist: lots of layers

Snippets Playground #425--anything goes with snippets

Creative Fingers Challenge #228--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #537--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Creative Moments--special lady (this card was made for my twins' Sunday School teacher who is looking for a new church closer to where she lives.  She has been their teacher for at least 8 years, so she is very special!)

Crafty Friends #154--colours of spring

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #179--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #518--anything goes

Krafty Chicks #605--anything goes