Sending Love and Hugs

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge site over at Splitcoast is 'A Beautiful Mess'. These flowers had me drooling...what an awesome color combo! I used some goodies from Altenew for my card today. The stamps, dies, embossing folder, and coloring stencils all coordinate....LOVE!!!   I probably should have used a little more ink...I'm always afraid of over-doing it!  The main panel was cut out with a Pierced Rectangle Die from Divinity Designs LLC. This is a birthday card for my favorite aunt....one of my favorite humans on the planet!! I hope she loves it!

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Blessings,

Simply Amazing Sunset

Hi, everyone! This week's Ways To Use It Challenge over at Splitcoast is to incorporate elements using the letters L-O-V-E. For my card, L is for lavender sky, O is for ocean, V is vacation, and E is for evening. Time has been very limited for me due to daily overtime at work, so I have been creating a lot of cards from my recycled wall calendars. This card, from start to finish, only took 15 minutes. The sentiment is from Altenew and the following dies from Divinity Designs LLC were used: Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Landscape Card Base with Layer.  Some gems were added as a finishing touch.

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Blessings,

Life is Beautiful

Hi, everyone! This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Giovana aka giogio....congrats, Giovana!! I chose this beautiful card to case today for my neice's birthday. The designer paper I chose is from Stampin Up and the stamps are from Altenew. The flowers were stamped with Stazon Jet Black onto watercolor paper, water-colored with an aquabrush, fussy cut, then popped up with foam tape. I also used the following dies from Divinity Designs LLC: Pierced Rectangles, Matting Rectangle, A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer. Baker's twine and faceted gems were added for finishing touches.

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Blessings,

Pinecone Birthday Wishes

 Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge site over at Splitcoast is Lola and Dunelly.....I chose this photo for inspiration for my brother's birthday card.  The stamps, dies, and stencils are all from Altenew.  After the stenciling was done, the edges of the card were sponged for added dimension.

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Blessings,

Birthday Floral

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Annie Selke.....I chose this gorgeous photo....the combination of pink and orchid tones in the bouquet got me!  I needed a fairly quick card for my niece, so I stamped the flowers and leaves from the Altenew set, Nostalgic Florals, with pink, then colored the stamen with a yellow marker and sealed them with a clear glaze pen. The coordinating stencils were used to color the images with sponges and Blending Brushes (from Divinity Designs LLC).  A Blending Brush was also used for the edges of the card base. The sentiment is from the XOXO & More Die set from Altenew. Coordinating enamel dots were used for the finishing touch.

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Blessings,

You're a Gem

Happy Monday, everyone! The Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoast is all about 'Kindness'. For my card today, I used one of the Ephemera sets which I received as a free gift from Altenew. The only work I had to do for this card was sponge the oval and add splatters to the background......oh, and some tiny gemstones were added to the watering can.  I used thin foam tape behind the image and sentiment so it would still be easy to mail.

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Blessings,

Floral Blessings

 

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast takes us to Decorator's Warehouse. I fell in love with the jewel tones of this pretty bouquet and chose cardstock and a designer paper scrap to match. Life has been hectic lately, so most of my cards have been simple designs. This card took less than fifteen minutes....I think I will make several more like this but with different colors, so stay tuned. The designer paper is from Stampin Up, the word dies are from Altenew and the sentiment from the 'Ornate Border Sentiments' set and the rhinestones are from Divinity Designs LLC.

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Blessings,

Pretty Floral Birthday Card

Hi, everyone!  Today's card combines two Splitcoast challenges: Friday Free4All 'Spring Garden' challenge and today's Inspiration Challenge which is to choose an inspiration piece from Meadow Blu...I chose the photo below because of the beautiful colors in the flowers.  Instead of gold, I chose light yellow since my mom's fave color is yellow....this is her birthday card.  The 'Nostalgic Florals' stamps and 'XOXO and More' word dies are from Altenew and the following items are from Divinity Designs LLC: Scalloped Rectangles Dies, Pierced Rectangles Dies, Foam Mounting Tape, Blending Brushes, and Rhinestones.  The flowers were stamped; the centers and stamens were colored with a yellow marker then sealed with a clear glaze pen before sponging the colors over coordinating stencils.

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Blessings,

So Grateful For You

Hi, everyone!  Today I would like to share a card created for my niece's 18th birthday.  I used the February Inspiration Challenge from Altenew to help with the color choices. The large flowers are from the  'Nostalgic Florals' Complete Bundle, the background 'floral spray' is from the 'Beauty Within' set, and the sentiment is from 'Bold Sentiments'. The Cherry Blossom enamel dots were a free gift with my last order....yay!  The flowers were stamped with Stazon Jet Black, the flower centers and stamen were colored with a yellow marker then coated with a clear glaze pen as a resist; the flowers and leaves were colored with sponges using coordinating stencils, then cut out with the matching dies.  The sentiment and mat were cut out with the Sentiment Strips Dies from Divinity Designs LLC.

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Blessings,

Summer Veggies

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the Clocks Inspiration Pinterest Board.  When I saw this fun clock, I didn't have to look any further. (Photo is below.) I picked up the 'Farmer's Market' stamp set from Altenew a year ago during the Black Friday sales but had not inked it up....until now.  Each stamp was placed in my Misti, one at a time, and inked several times until I was happy with the colors.  I created four cards just as easy as one, since I used the Misti!!  Two were white and two were on craft cardstock. I diluted some blackberry ink and used a paintbrush to add splatters over each card. I am happy that these will mail easily since they do not need any bumpy embellishments.

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Blessings,

Hello, Beautiful!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Deb Mauch aka dcmauch.....congrats, Deb!!  I chose this gorgeous card from Deb's gallery to recreate today, with similar colors but different stamps and a simplified layout. The flowers and sentiment are from the Altenew set, 'Beauty Within'. The flowers and leaves were stamped with Stazon Jet Black on watercolor paper, water-colored with SU re-inkers, then popped up with Foam Mounting Tape.  The background panel was cut with the Matting Rectangle Die from Divinity Designs LLC and the card was cut with the A2 Portrait Card Base with Layer Dies, also from DD.  The flower centers were coated with a clear glaze pen at the last for a little sheen.

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Blessings,