Cream and Gold for an Anniversary Card

 Today I made a card for the latest Color Hues Challenge.

I found it to be a tricky combination!  

I was die cutting all kinds of images and going through all my metallic and cream papers, matching this, changing that until I finally felt like this was a good combination.

Very difficult to photograph with the metallic gold papers though!

I embossed the base of Vintage Cream card stock using the Plaster Embossing folder from Spellbinders that gave it a nice depth.  I die cut the Flower Jar from Gina Marie Designs out of Kraft Metallic Gold paper from Tim Holtz/Idea-ology.  The strip of gold/cream DP is from an older 12"x 12"paper pad Cotton Fields by DCWV.  I gold embossed the stamped sentiment.

This shows the shine of the metallic gold papers and gold embossed sentiment a bit better.

Also sending my card to:

Just Us Girls

Found the 'not used for years' Flower Jar die in my box of floral dies

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Alphabet Challenge

E is for Embossing wet or dry

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Stamps: Damask Designs - PTI (retired)
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Vintage Cream - Papertrey Ink, Kraft Stock Metallic Gold - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology, DP - 12"x12"pad Cotton Fields -DCWV.
Other Supplies: Flower Jar Die - Gina Marie Designs, Plaster Embossing Folder - Spellbinders, Super Fine Gold Embossing Powder - Ranger, heat tool, foam dots.

Floral Stencil for Four

 I just love this Wild Bloom stencil from Papertrey Ink.  I got it out today and made 4 cards for different occasions, using different cover plate dies for the backgrounds.

 Anniversary

Heart Hole Rectangle Cover Plate - Amazon

 Get Well

Rainbow A2 Pierced Cover Plate - Honey Bee

 Birthday

This birthday card was totally inspired by this card by my talented blogging friend Marcia!

Postage Collage Die - Waffle Flower 

Nested Stitched Scallop Die - Amazon

 Sympathy

Waves Pierced A2 Cover Plate - Honey Bee

I'm sending the Anniversary card to:

Just Us Girls

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Sending the Birthday card to:

Seize the Birthday

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NBUS

First time using Heart Hole Rectangle Cover Plate and Nested Stitched Scallop Die

on Anniversary and Get Well cards. 

Paper:  White, Winter Wisteria - Papertrey Ink

Ink: Wisteria, Deep Iris, Olive, Moss, Teal Cave - Altenew

Other Supplies: Wild Blooms Stencil - Papertrey Ink, Heart Hole Rectangle Cover Plate - Amazon, Rainbow A2 Pierced Cover Plate - Honey Bee, Postage Collage Die - Waffle Flower , Nested Stitched Scallop Die - Amazon, blender brushes, A Little Message Sentiments - Better Press Plate and Die Set, You Are Everything Sentiments - Better Press Plate and Die Set - Spellbinders, foam dots.

Camping in Summer

A friend asked me to make an anniversary card for her to give to her husband this year.  They have an RV and always travel in the summer in it so I thought these camping chairs and the road sign were appropriate!

Sending my card to:

Cardz 4 Guyz

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Love those Pretty Papers

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NBUS

First time using these dies and stamps

I.D.E.A.S

D=dies

Stamps:  Lifes Great Advventures - PaperTrey Ink.

Paper:  White - PTI,  DP Forest - Stamperia.

Ink:  Nocturne - Versafine Clair, Sand Dune, Heart Beat, Rocky Shore, Dark Chocolate - Altenew.

Other Supplies:  Lifes Great Adventures Dies - PTI, foam dots, computer generated sentiment.

Inkspirational Challenge#342 - Word Prompt

 Inkspirational Challenge #342 is just up over at the blog!  It's a Word Prompt.

My celebration is a Wedding Anniversary!

I took a Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Paper Doll, which is black and white, and colored the bouquet, the hands and faces and the mans' lapel corsage using Distress Water Color Pencils and a Water Brush Pen.  The designer papers are from Worn Wallpaper Scraps also from Tim/Idea-ology.  The couple are popped up on foam dots.  I stamped the Happy Anniversary from Sentiment Suite:Love from The Greetery and added a green enamel heart from Altenew.

How does Celebrate speak to you??  Please join us and link up your celebratory card over at Inkspirational where you'll also find some wonderful inspiration from the rest of the team!  

This challenge ends on 6/6!

Also sending my card to:

Double D Challenge

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Inspired by the green heart and florals

Love Those Pretty Papers - Optional - Florals

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Creative Artiste -  Mixed Media

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Stamps:  Sentiment Suite: Love - The Greetery

Paper:  White card base - PTI, DP Worn Wall Paper Scraps - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology.

Ink:  Nocturne Versafine Clair

Other Supplies:  Distress Watercolor Pencils - Tumbled Glass, Crushed Olive, Tattered Rose - Tim Holtz/Ranger, water brush pen, Paperdolls - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology, enamel heart - Altenew.

Group of Seven Cardmakers - December Technique Ombre

 For December, the Group of Seven Cardmakers are playing with the technique of Ombre - using shades of the same color in our stampings or die cuts.  There are links to YouTube videos on this technique over at the Group of Seven blog.

Today we are excited to welcome Pat (Colourful Card Creations) as our newest member at Group of Seven Cardmakers.  Pat is a talented card maker who loves to experiment with techniques. Welcome to the group Pat!!  We are all so happy you are here!!

I used 3 shades of tan on my die cut deer and 3 shades of brown inks on my stamped background.

For my second ombre technique card - I used a layered stencil with 4 shades of blue ink starting with the lightest blue ink on the first layer and the darkest on the 4th layer!  This is a slim line card measuring 7" x 4".

A friend asked me to make an Anniversary card for her son and DIL.  Their anniversary is 12/31 so I thought blue colors on the poinsettias was good for a winter card!

If you'd like to play along with us using Ombre - you can link your card up over at the GO7 blog so we can all come see!

Wishing everyone a blessed holiday season and we'll see you in the New Year!

I'm also sending my card to:

NBUS

first time using both the die cut deer and the background stamp as well as the layered poinsettia stencil!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge

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Tan Deer Card

Stamps:  sentiment from - Winter Cheer and Deer: Unity, background stamp from - Frosted Fauna: Unity.

Paper:  3 shades of tan paper pack - Michaels, white - PTI

Ink:  Chamomile, Sunkissed, Caramel Toffee, Espresso - Altenew.

Other Supplies:  Nordic Deer die - Poppy Stamps, foam dots.

Blue Poinsettia Card

Paper:  White, Tropical Teal - PTI, Robins Egg - Bazzill

Ink:  Sea Glass - Altenew, Teal Topaz - Spellbinders, Azure - Spellbinders, Teal Cave - Altenew.

Other Supplies:  computer generated sentiment, Holly Holiday Triple Slim Layering Stencil - Taylored Expressions, foam dots, enamel dots and hearts - Altenew.

Inkspirational #331 Stencils

 Here's my DT card for the Inkspirational Challenge, and during this busy holiday season, it's an easy one!

I used a new to me 4 piece stencil called Pretty Petals Layering Stencils from This Calls for Confetti.

I used just two inks, indigo and soft stone, over Alpaca card stock.  The sentiment is die cut from holographic silver card and I added 4 gray enamel dots over spots that were gray ink from the stencil, just to add a little texture.

So take a break from holiday preparations and get to your craft room! 

Please join us and link up a card using a pretty stencil!   

Due to the holiday season, this will be a 3 week challenge -  You have until January 3rd to link up over at Inkspirational!

Happy Holidays everyone!  See you in 2025!

I'm also sending my card to:

NBUS

1st time using this lovely stencil

Stencil Fun

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The Flower Challenge

Add Sparkle

Paper:  Alpaca - Bazzill,  Holographic Metallic Silver - Parklane.

Ink:  Dark Indigo, Soft Stone - PTI

Other Supplies:  Pretty Petals Layering Stencils - This Calls for Confetti, Happy Anniversary Die - Stamplorations, blender brushes, enamel dots - Altenew.

Love sitting by the Fire!

 A friend aske me to make an anniversary card for her son and daughter-in-law. I asked what kind of activities they like -  and she said they love sitting in their yard around the fire pit.  So this is the card I made for them.  

They have two young children involved in all kinds of sports and activities - so I'm sure they really enjoy getting out into the backyard to enjoy the fire either with the kids or by themselves after the kids go to bed!

The Immense Love Die is from Penny Black.  The chairs and fire pit  stamps and dies are from Better at the Beach by Papertrey Ink. The lovely floral paper is Untamed Meadow from Unity.

I'm entering my card in the following challenges:

Cardz for Guyz

Camping/Outdoor activities ends 8/19

Allsorts Challenge

Summer Days  ends 8/23

Time Out Challenge

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Stamps:  Better at the Beach - PTI

Ink:  Mocha, Olive, Snapdragon, Misty Morning, Dark Night, Mocha, Fire Brick - Altenew.

Paper:  Fine Linen, Soft Stone, Tropical Teal - PTI, DP  Untamed Meadow - Unity.

Accessories:  Immense Love die - Penny Black, Better at the Beach dies - PTI, foam dots.

Group Of Seven Cardmakers - July 2024 Kaleidoscope Technique

 For July, we - the Group of Seven Cardmakers - are playing with the Kaleidoscope Technique.

You will find instructions for this technique over at the Group of 7 blog, as well as my own step by step below.

I made this lobster card for my wonderful daughter-in-laws birthday - which is in December - but she LOVES lobster and always gets it when they visit us in MA in the summer, as the lobster in MD, where they live, isn't as good - and her name is Sunny -  so I created this very personalized card for her.

I'm taking great creative license here in saying my strips are like the bottom of the ocean or maybe its a map from MD to MA??!

I'll show you some photos of how I created my cards.

I gold embossed a Roses All Over background stamp from MFT  and a Crackle Stamp from Impression Obsession onto a panel of water color paper. 

I brushed water over the whole panel.  Then I brushed on random patches of watercolors.  

I dried the panels with my heat tool and cut the panels into 1/2" x 4 1/4" strips.  

This is how I finished the Anniversary Card

I embossed a frame (Simple Frame 3D - Altenew) onto a panel of Hammered White Paper.  I put some Rub 'N Buff Gold Leaf on my finger and rubbed it along the embossed frame so it matched the gold embossing on the strips.

   

I cut the strips to fit inside the frame and glued them  in random order onto the panel.

I added a printed sentiment along the base of the frame - like it was the title of this modern art painting!

I made this an Anniversary card for a friends' Son and Daughter-in-law so I added their names to the die cut hearts.

We hope you will give this technique a try and link up over at The Group of Seven so we can all see your creation!

I'm also linking my anniversary card to:

NBUS

First time using the frame embossing folder.

Can You Handle the Pressure

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Linking my lobster card to:

Time Out Challenges

Tic Tac Toe ends 7/31

Middle Horizontal row - Die Cuts - Free - Any Sentiment

Anniversary Card:
Stamps: Roses All Over Background - My Favorite Things
Paper: Water color paper - Canson Cold Press, Hammered White Card - Amazon, Lavender Moon, Lemon Tart - PTI.
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, water, brushes, Winsor and Newton Water Color Paints, foam tape, printed sentiment strip, Heart Nestability, heart Punch, Computer generated names

Lobster Birthday

Stamps:  Crackle background stamp - Impression Obsession, sentiment from My Island set - Waltzingmouse (retired)

Paper:  Water color paper - Canson Cold Press, Pure Poppy, Spring Rain, Lemon Tart - PTI, Hammered white - Amazon.

Ink:  Nocturne - Versafine Clair, Versamark

Accessories:  Gold Embossing Powder, Heat tool, water, brushes, Winsor and Newton Water Color paints, form dots, Lobster die - Charlie and Paulchen, Sun die - Lil Inker Designs, cloud die - PTI, enamel dots and heart - Altenew