Friday, April 22, 2022

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:

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


Friday, April 8, 2022

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
Creatalicious #232--anything goes with the optional twist: Easter
Inkspirational #262--inspirational photo (I was inspired by the spring flowers)













The Paper Shelter #506--pastel Colours
Mod Squad Challenge--anything goes
















Monday, April 4, 2022

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













Penny's Challenge #518--anything goes
Krafty Chicks #605--anything goes