Home Sweet Home

   

   

    This card is for my good friend's daughter who has her very first place to call home and to display her Flamingos LOL.
         It was work for sure, since I started cutting incorrectly (I have multiple pieces of that bird at hand now) and then I couldn't find any yellow in my stash at all.  Luckily I found a small scrap piece in the scrap box large enough to cut the legs and beak.  The bird itself is 5 layers starting with the base of three because I wanted to pull it up from the card but I knew dimensional tape wouldn't work so I stacked the base.  I stamped the sentiment in Picked Raspberry Distressed Ink and heat set it with clear embossing powder.  I cut the circle and used the new acetate by Recollections with Flamingos printed on it.  Dropped in blue and white glitter and pink and purple sequins for the shake and then closed it with a lite pink backing.  This was all smooshed together with dimensional tape and then mounted onto a dark pink base.     Between the bird the multi layers of the shake and the base, I have 9 layers in all.
I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may:
4 Crafty Chicks = use 7 layers
Just Us Girls =  Shaker Card JUGS323.
Dragonfly Dreams = Use a die cut.

(PS second time I'm putting those links in .... blogger troubles all week ... blaaaa)

Just 4 U

Working with the Colour Q and Freshly Made Sketches challenge,  I have worked up this card Just for you.
Starting with a card base in white and the first layer in white, I blended Distressed Inks in Mermaid Lagoon, Crushed Pistachio and Abandoned Coral using water, drying, water again.  I cut it to fit the base and with the left over I cut a circle.
With Green textured card stock from DCWV and did a cut with my Cricut using Accent Essentials to cut that accent piece which I trimmed down to fit by cutting off half of the ... the ... tentacles?  I fixed the cut circle on that and dotted stitching with a black marker.
I used coral card stock to stamp the sentiment and then ran that through the Cuttlebug with a Swiss Dot folder.
I found matching blue organza ribbon in my ribbon stash that matched perfect. I added to metal brads in blue and green to the ribbon just to make sure that there would be no problem with it bouncing around.   Using dimensional tape I stacked it all together.
I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may:

 



    Color Q = Colors Coral, Blue, Mint Green, and a Citrus Green.

 





Freshly Made Sketches = Sketch #227

         

Happy Little Stampers = Mixed Media Water Challenge.
Dragonfly Dreams = Use a die cut.

Thank you and Have a great day.


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Gold

This was a bit of a challenge both the card and posting this.  I'm not liking the App version of this at all.  Far too much work honestly but I didn't have my laptop with me.   It won't even let me edit it after the fact  - so it is what it is.

I started with that piece of left over pink and gold polka dot I had.  I needed that swish so I went for gold embossing powder.  I put a drop of embossing liquid (re-inker) and filled my watercolor brush and went with a bit of a stroke.  Covered that with gold powder and heat set. I cut the hugs using Simon Says big hugs die and then finished it off with a gold bow. 

I would like to add the to the following challenges: 

 CAS this Sketch: Sketch #163

Fab and Funky: Use scraps

Addicted to Stamps and More: Clean and Simple

Thank you very much 

Krafted ....

                           I have inspiration from  a few challenges for this one starting with Waffle Flower and the basket of flowers.   Starting with watercolor paper, I stamped the flowers using StayzOn black and then used my watercolor pencils to color them in.  I blended the background with water colors AND distressed inks and let the dry well.
Using Kraft card stock I cut the circle in the middle and then ran it through my Cricut with a small flower folder.
Using my everlasting sheet of velum that I continue to strip into pieces I stamped the sentiment and covered it in clear embossing powder.  I added a paper flower in yellow on top and highlighted the flower center with watercolors.


I would like to add this card to the following challenges:

Waffle Flower = thank you for the inspiration picture










Less is More - Color Challenge: Citrus

My Favorite Things - Color Challenge



Creative Fingers Anything GOes

Color Throwdown. Color Challenge








Thank you very much !

Tanks Bunches

                 

           For this card I used a combo color challenge for three awesome challenges  (orange yellow green white) - all of these groups were on the same page.   I blended Distressed Inks in Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Antique Linen and Peeled Paint over white card stock using a stencil.  I cut the top border from DCWV textured card stock in green and used Martha's lace edge punch and adhered that to the top edge.  Next, from a piece of scrap vellum I stamped the sentiment in StayzOn Green and coated with clear embossing powder to give it shine. All glued down with my ATG and then added 3 orange sequins to the lower corner.
I would like to add this card in the following challenges:

Less is More - A bit of citrus, (Orange, Lemon, Lime)
Color Throw Down  - Color Challenge
My Favorite Things - Yellow, Sour Apple Green, Tan.

Have a fantastic Friday everyone.

Super Star

Super Star Birthday.  The BIG 90. 
               I am using the sketch for Sketch Saturday for this card.
   

 
             Using a piece of leftover scrap as background (grey and blue circles) -- I also cut the 90 with my circuit (Plantin Schoolhouse). From Kraft paper, I cut the tag with the same cartridge and then ran that through my cuttlebug using a wood grain embossing folder. Adding a piece of pale blue organza ribbon.
      From scraps of grey card stock, I cut three stars again using that same cartridge and stacked them on top of each other and then covered them with silver Stickles.
          From that same grey card stock I printed the sentiment and then covered the whole flag with glossy accents for shine.
          Using my ATG and foam squares it was all assembled together onto a grey card stock base only to realize that I put the dang thing on upside down. Thank goodness I was able to put it back off and I made a new base.   Man, I'm telling ya, never a dull moment.

I would like to add this card to the following challenge quests if I may:

Sketch Saturday #402








Fab and Funky:  Using your scrappy pieces.
Creative Fingers: Anything Goes.


Thank you very much!

Green Chips.

A touch of green in the chips.

             The challenge is to use paint chips for this one.  I'm using Olympic C68-1 through C68-6 for this.  They are Milkweed, Pale Moss, Quaking Grass, Guacamole, Moss Point and Globe Artichoke. Chopping them up to size so that they fit as needed.  I stamped the sentiment using StazOn Forrest Green on cream card stock base.  From the scraps left over, I popped a handful of stars with a small Fiskars punch.  I then cut 3 larger stars with my Cricut (Plantin Schoolhouse) and stacked them on top of each other to give that star some depth as well as adhering it with dimensional tape.



I would like to add this card to the following challenges if I may:

Die Cuttin' Divas : #256 and a big thank you for the inspiration of the use of chips.  I haven't opened that box in a very long time.  I actually forgot they were there.

RetroSketches:  # 205 and a big thank you for the sketch inspiration.






Simon Says to use a bit of Green
Curtain Call: Green
Double D: Feelin Green
Simply Create Too: Use Green


Thank you very much!