Inkspirational Challenge #338 - Word Prompt/Sentiments 2 or More

Today I'm sharing my DT card for Inkspirational Challenge #338

I used 2 sentiments as the 'fortune' in the two die cut fortune cookies.    

I made this card for a friend who lost her 34 yr old youngest daughter a few weeks ago.  She had no health issues but died in her sleep from a pulmonary embolism.   

I've been sending encouragement cards to my friend every week since, as she comes to terms with this sudden terrible loss.

So please join us and create a card with at least 2 sentiments on it!  You'll find creative inspiration from the rest of the Ink team as well as Mr. Linky over at the Inkspirational Blog! 

This challenge ends on April 11!

FYI -  I had surgery on my right shoulder for a torn rotator cuff on March 26th and I'm 6 weeks in a sling so can't stamp or leave lengthy comments on your blogs for a bit!  I've made all my DT posts for the next two months ahead of time so you will see me on the blog! 

Also sending my card to:

Cardz 4 Gals

Spring ends 4/1

Love those Pretty Papers

ends 3/31

Paper: Water Color Paper - Canson Cold Press, White, DP Bitty Big Soft Stone - PTI, CP Morning Memories 6x6 - Paper Rose
Ink: Antique Linen Ranger Distress
Other Supplies: Coaster Die - The Greetery, Fortune Cookie Die - Ellen Hutson (retired), Metallic Stickers:Quotations - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology, foam dots.

March Group of Seven Cardmakers Post - Product Focus: Embossing Pastes

The Group of Seven Cardmakers are playing with embossing pastes this month, either through stencils, creating backgrounds or maybe you have some creative ways to use it?  There are lots of embossing paste video links over at the GO7 blog as well as on YouTube to inspire you!

I decided to use a stencil with the texture embossing paste to create a rocky beach.

I used the Pool Water Stencil from Papertrey Ink and Granite Distress Texture Paste from Ranger. I stenciled over a piece of Robins Egg Bazzill card and let it dry overnight. 

Here are a few photos of the stenciling.

The Pool Water Stencil set has 2 layers, but I just used one of them for my background.  I laid the stencil over the Robins Egg card panel and put masking tape along all the edges to hold it in place.

I've had this Texture Paste for at least 6 months and never opened it - but I have found that pastes dry up if you've had them too long, even if they haven't been opened.  

SO this paste was pretty thick and dry looking - but I thought, what the heck, I'll dig out clumps and see if it will smooth out as I spread it - and it did!

 

(I also threw out about 6 other containers of pastes I've had too long and were completely dried up!) 

I kept adding more paste over the stencil until all the spaces were filled and it was as smooth as I could get it over each section of the stencil.   Smooth like stones! 

I removed the stencil and washed it and the palette knife immediately.  I left the panel to dry overnight.

The next day, I used a black POSCA pen for the splatter, a no brand die set for the ocean waves, and the Day at the Beach die set from Spellbinders for the woman on the towel. The die cuts are up on foam dots.  The sentiment is from Summer Sentiments Essentials by Ellen Hutson.

For my second card I used Clear Crackle Texture Paste on  die cut pieces of a rooster and a die cut fence instead of through a stencil.  I also sponged over the fence when the crackle was dry, with Lost Shadow Ranger Distress ink to make it look weathered along with the crackle.

The black streaks on the rooster were caused by some dried black paste that was on the very edge of my palette knife from long ago - but I left it as I think it added more visual texture to the 'feathers' of the chicken - happy accident(?)

This Clear Crackle texture paste was also a bit dried out but it was spreadable so off I went to spread it over all of the pieces!

I used colored card for the head and the feet dies. I used Tombow Glue to attach the pieces together, as it is thicker glue and grabbed the dry crackle.

We hope you will be inspired to play with your embossing pastes and if you create something, please link up your card over at the Group of 7 Cardmakers blog where you will also find inspiration from the rest of the GO7!  We'd love to come see what you make!

FYI -  I had surgery on my right shoulder for a torn rotator cuff on March 26th and I'm 6 weeks in a sling so can't stamp or leave comments on your blogs for a bit!

Also sending my beach card to:

NBUS  

First time using the ocean wave dies and .

Stencil Fun Challenge

with optional splatters  ends 3/30

Sending my Rooster card to:

Double D Challenges

Birds   ends 3/30

Girls Just Want to Have Sun
Stamps: Summer sentiments - Essentials by Ellen Hutson.(retired)
Ink: Nocturne - Versafine Clair.
Paper: Robins Egg - Bazzill, White - PTI, DP Beach Vibes 6x6 pad - Honey Bee.
Other Supplies: Pool Water stencil - PTI, Day at the Beach Die - Spellbinders, Ocean Wave dies - no brand/Amazon, Black POSCA Pen, foam dots, palette knife.

Not Enough Coffee

Stamps:  Big Grumpy Cat - Taylored Expressions.

Ink:  Nocturne - Versafine Clair, Ranger Distress Lost Shadow.

Paper:  White, Pure Poppy, True Black, Summer Sunrise - PTI, DP Brioche - Memory Box.

Other Supplies:  Feathered Friends 20 (Rooster), Picket Fence Die - PTI, Clear Crackle Texture Paste - Prima, palette knife, Enamel Dots - Altenew, Tombow Glue.

Tulips Blooming in Spring

 Spring is on its' way, in my garden and on my card!  The tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths are pushing up out of the ground and will start blooming in two or three weeks!

My card was inspired by Parrot Tulips.

The tulip stencil is a long slim line size - so after stenciling, I cut it down to 5 1/2" x4 1/4" to fit an A2 card.

I used a 'new to me' embossing folder called Plaster from Sizzix which adds great subtle texture..

I sponged over the EF with Soft Stone ink and I used a BG90 (soft gray) Copic over the edges of the white parts on the stems and tulips, just to add a little dimension to the clean white!

The tulips are up on foam dots.

I'm sending my card to the following challenges:

NBUS

First time using the Plaster Embossing folder

Tic Tac Toe

Center Vertical row - Flowers, Spring, Add dimension ends 3/27

Split Coast Stampers Saturday Inspiration Challenge

K. Van Bourgondien Dutch Bulbs - Website

Time Out Challenges

Inspired by the white and red gowns ends 3/26

Stamps: Birthday Basics - PTI
Paper: White- PTI
Ink: Strawberry, Verdant - Versafine Clair, Soft Stone - PTI
Accessories: Tulips Slim Line Layering Stencil - Unity, foam dots, blender brush, Copic BG90

A Blue Christmas Sleigh for Santa

 Getting a start on the 2025 Christmas cards!

This lovely stamp set is from Claire Brennan Designs - unfortunately Claire had to close her shop due to oppressive small business tax laws in the UK.  I used the Milky Way stencil from Colorful Life designs. The stars on the bells were already on the stamp (showing white) but I added little silver stars over them for a little sparkle.  I added a black enamel dot at the top of the bells' rope.

I'm sending my card to:

Christmas Kickstart Challenge

I used blue for my sleigh which I think is not the norm for Santa!

NBUS

First time using this beautiful Sleigh stamp set

Little Red Wagon

It's a Fake -   my sky is a stencil of random shapes

Stencil Fun

Stamps: Sleigh Bells Ring - Claire Brennan Designs
Paper: white - PTI
Ink: Nocturne, Sand Dune, Warm Breeze - Versafine Clair, Caribbean Sky - Altenew
Accessories: Milky Way Stencil - Colorful Life Designs, blender Brush, Silver Star Confetti - Honey Bee, black enamel dots - Altenew

Inkspirational #337 - Designer Choice - Sports

 Inkspirational Challenge #337 is up over at the blog! It's Designer Choice and Pia is the designer this time - she wants to see cards about Sports!  

Basketball, football, baseball, skiing, skating, swimming, bowling, pickleball??!!

A friend of mine asked me to make a birthday card for her grandson who loves playing basketball so here is the card I created for the challenge AND for 13year old Danny!

I always pick up sports stickers when I see them, as several of my friends ask me to make sports cards for their grands or hubbies. The basketball hoop and flying basket ball are from a sticker set I recently purchased at Michaels.  The stadium seating and #1 hand are dies from a set by Lawn Fawn that I purchased quite a while ago and finally got it out to play with! (my New Year's resolution!)

The sentiment and images on the inside are from Tiny Sports Friends also from Lawn Fawn.

So we hope you will join us and create a Sports card!  You will find more inspiration from the rest of the DT as well as Mr. Linky over at Inkspirational!

The challenge ends on March 28th!

I'm also sending my card to the following:

NBUS

First time using the Stadium Seating dies, the Tiny Sports Friends stamps AND this basketball sticker set!

I.D.E.A.S

Week 2 of March Dies  

Make My Monday

Use a Die or Punch

AAA Birthday

Seize the Birthday

ends 3/25

Stamps:  Tiny Sports Friends - Lawn Fawn

Paper:  White, Kraft - PTI, DP Grain and Grunge - Honeybee.

Ink:  Nocturne - Versafine Clair

Other Supplies:  Basketball Stickers - Recollections (Michaels), Stadium Seating Dies - Lawn Fawn, computer generated sentiment on front of card.

The Giant Carrot

 I've started making the Easter cards and found a few things in my Easter Box of stamps and dies that I haven't used since purchasing years ago!

I recently discovered a bunch of Honey Comb paper  in a drawer in my craft room that I purchased along with Honey Pop stamp sets from Inky Antics many years ago and have never used them!

Usually you would put the honeycomb carrot on the inside along the fold of the card so it 'pops open' when you open the card but I decided to put it on the front of my card (which means I have to hand the card to the receiver or mail it in a box or the Easter Bunny can put it in the Easter Basket!)  

Inside I stamped:

Someone Carrots About You!

I'm sending my card to:

Little Red Wagon

Start those Easter Cards

ends 3/12

NBUS

first time using the carrot stamp with the Honey Comb paper

Love those Pretty Papers

ends 3/31

Neglected Stuff

ends 3/28

Stamps: Carrot Bunny Clear Honey Pop Set, sentiment from Carrot Bunny Set - Inky Antics
Paper: white - PTI, Hammered White - Amazon, Easter Grass - Bazzill, Honey Comb Paper Assortment Set - Inky Antics, DP Pastel Dreams - Pink and Main
Ink: Nocturne - Versafine Clair
Accessories: Grass die - MFT, Circle punch, foam dots, clay flowers - The Greetery, Copic R20, Scortape.

February 2025 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

 It's time for the reveal of all the cards sent around the world for the February Card Chain Challenge!  I sent this card to Darlene in Canada and I received a card from Gail in Norway!

This is Darlene's first time participating in the challenge - so Welcome Darlene!  And I hope you'll sign up again for the March exchange!

Every month we are given options to help us with ideas for our cards.  You only have to use one suggestion.   This time I used the suggested colors, the sketch (sort of, I left off all the back layers), a Theme option of Hearts and Flowers and Technique option of die cuts.

And here's my card!

These wonderful blooms made using Fresh Picked Daffodils dies from Spellbinders certainly take front and center attention!   The sentiment was made using the Classic Frame Foil Plate from Waffle Flower.  The enamel hearts are from Altenew

If you'd like to join us for March exchange - check out this post that gives you all the info!  

You have until March 6th to sign up!

I'm also sending my card to:

Little Red Wagon

Tiny Dancer -  I used tiny enamel hearts on my card. ends 3/3

Paper:  Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise, Cocoa Bean, True Black - Papertrey Ink,  Red Hots, Caramel Apple - Bazzill, DP Bitty Big Spring Moss - Papertrey Ink, Silver hot foil.

Other Supplies:  Fresh Picked Daffodils die - Spellbinders, Classic Frame Foil Plate (sentiment) - Waffle Flower, enamel hearts - Altenew.