Purple Tulips

I was still inspired by images from the Altenew Inspiration Challenge Year in Review 2020. The above cards was based off the colors the March inspiration photo, love the pastels!

I started with a panel that was inked with a light blue ink, then splattered with water so that the inks could react. I then stamped, Copic colored and fussy cut three tulips from the Tulip Stamp Set. 

I finished the card with a stamped sentiment from Many Thanks Stamp Set.

I've had an enjoyable few days off of work, got to spend some time with my boys which I've treasured. Days with teenage boys are few and far between!

As I reflect on the last day of 2020, I still can't wrap my head around what 2020 brought. Some good, some bad. The virus certainly changed so many things, but I will always be grateful that it brought extra time with my boys, and the opportunity to work from home for a little while. I wish each of you a happy, healthy new year!

Happy 10th Birthday, StampNation!

Ten years ago, Catherine Pooler from Catherine Pooler Designs set out to create a world-wide stamping community, and StampNation was created. What a great site that StampNation is, full of encouragement and creativity. To celebrate, Catherine Pooler Designs is releasing a new bundle, the Birthday Bundle, that hits the shop on Wednesday. If you are a StampNation member, you get early access to order, tomorrow, with an additional discount. Now is the perfect time to become a StampNation member!

My card today features products from the Birthday Bundle. I started with a card base made from Ultra Smooth White Cardstock. I then stamped the new Dotted Bursts Background Stamp in Twilight Ink, love how fun this background stamp is! Then I die cut images from the new Birthday Cake Remix Die Set, and stamped the cake images from Birthday Cake Remix Stamp Set in Flirty Fuchsia, Pixie Dust and Sweet Sixteen inks. I then added "frosting" by coating the die cuts with Singin' in the Rain Embossing Powder by Wow and Wow Embossing Ink. I thought that the glitter added just the extra bit of detail and class!

I then finished the card with a stamped sentiment from the new Let's Party Like It's Stamp Set.

The Birthday Bundle and the products will be available for ordering on Wednesday, unless, as mentioned, you are a StampNation member, then you can order on Tuesday!

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Altenew Year in Review Challenge 2020

I appreciate all forms of coloring mediums, and always strive to learn more and improve. The most difficult thing for me nowadays to use colors that I don't usually gravitate towards. The Altenew Inspiration Challenge Year in Review 2020 gave me the push to use such colors!

My first card is based off the colors in the February Challenge: Dark Green, Yellow and Linen. I started with a linen card base and then stamped a few arrangements from Altenew's Just Because Stamp Set in dark green ink. I colored the images in with PrismaColor Colored Pencils. 

I flanked the floral arrangements with two strips of solid color, and added some white splatters. I finished the card with a die cut sentiment from Majestic Blooms and a stamped sentiment from the Many Thanks Stamp Set.

My next card was based off the inspiration from January. I was drawn to the complimentary colors. I used Build a Flower: Rose along with some berries from Peony Bouquet.

I added the florals and greenery to a white card base that had been embossed with an old Papertrey Ink Embossing Folder. To finish the card, I added some clear sequins and a white heat embossed sentiment from the Many Thanks Stamp Set.

Hopefully I can get some more time to play today with some more of these awesome inspiration photos! Even though 2020 didn't go as I had pictured, I'm still grateful for the crafty time!

Rose Petals

 

You are capable of amazing things! And I have to say that the floral arrangement from Beautiful Day Floral Stamp Set from Catherine Pooler Designs is just as amazing stamped in a single color as it is colored with various mediums!

My card today started with strips die cut with the Mod Strips Cover Plate Die colored with the ink direct to paper technique with the following inks: Rose Petals, Sangria, Stone Blue, Juniper Mist, Pink Champagne and Sage. 

I adhered the strips onto a card base made form Ultra Smooth White Cardstock. One of the strips I left white and stamped a sentiment from Beautiful Day Floral. I then stamped and die cut the florals from Beautiful Day Floral Stamp Set with the Beautiful Day Floral Dies. I adhered the arrangement onto the card, cutting it into a few pieces. I finished the card with a few clear gems for a bit of sparkle.

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Ruff Day

 

When I saw MFT's Sketch Challenge 520, I knew I wanted to use the retired

Stitched Triple Peek-a-Boo Windows Die-Namics that I haven't used in forever.
I imagined a peek-a-boo card right away! 

I used the Peek-a-Boo Windows die in a vertical layout, cutting it from the card front. Then to the inside of the card, I adhered a strip of blue cardstock. I added a row of grass cut from the Grassy Hills Die-Namics, from the retired Happy Trails Patterned Paper Pack. The sentiment was added with the Fishtail Frames Die-Namics and the hilarious, now retired, Lucky Dog Stamp Set. 

I then stamped, fussy cut and did some simple copic coloring of one of the dogs from Lucky Dog, and the bird from Happy Hippos. I then added some clouds from Cloud 9 Die-Namics. To create the peek-a-boo aspect, one cloud was adhered to the blue panel on the inside of the card, and then I stamped, fussy cut and colored the backside of the pup.

I hope this card makes someone smile, just like it did when I was making it!

White Christmas

This is the first year in a long time that we haven't had snow this late in December. The sentiment on this cute snowman from Caroling Sentiments from Catherine Pooler Designs is so fitting right now!

For my card today, I first cut a panel of super cute trees from the Holiday Whimsy Patterned Paper Pack and adhered it to a card base made from Ultra Smooth White Cardstock. Then I used the die from Winterhaven to cut another white panel to create a snowbank. I used the Caroling Sentiments Die Cuts for the snowman and stamped and heat embossed in blue the corresponding stamp set, Caroling Sentiments Stamp Set.

The finishing touches on this card include a paper pieced top hat and scarf, and then two strips along the side, all cut from the Holiday Whimsy Patterned Paper Pack.

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