#1138 – Vintage Flowers

Hello and welcome! We have a new challenge up at Addicted to Stamps & More and the challenge this time is to ‘Make Your Mark‘!

And here’s my creation –

It’s been a very long time since I used my Prima watercolor pencils. These pencils don’t rpovide very rich and vibrant colors, so they are perfect for vintage liek themes. I also missed watercoloring some flowers so I thought combining them would be a great idea. I used stamped from Altenew Garden Treasure and Beautiful Day and Simon Says Stamp Sketch Ranunculus, stamped it using Antique Linen on Canson XL watercolor paper and then watercolored it.

Once done, I die cut the panel using Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frame. I also cut a couple of additional panels to adhere them beneath this. I then adhered both the positive and negative pieces on the card base. For sentiment, I used Altenew Essential Sentiment Strips. I die cut a couple of stripes of this, adhered then together before adhering it on the card. No furner embellishements – I liked the clean look of the card. 🙂

And that’s my card. I’m also joining these challenges with my card –

We Love Stamping challenge February challenge – Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms challenge – Anything Goes

Neglected Stuff February challenge

Hop over to the Addicted to Stamps & More challenge blog to checkout what the rest of the DT for your inspiration!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

#1133 – Thanking You

Hello and welcome! We have a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More. We rotate our themes and this time the theme is ‘Any Occasion‘.

And here’s what I made –

I started with the background. I used Prima Mind Games stencil with Salty Ocean distress ink. I trimmed it and adhered it over a white card base. I then die cut the flower and a leaf from Altenew Peony Dream and a branch of leaves using Simon Says Stamp Basil Leaves, which I split into individual leaves. I then colored all the individual fragments and adhered the respective layers together.

For the sentiment, I stamped it from Altenew Magnolias for Her and trimmed it to size before adhering it to the card. And that’s my card!

Checkout more inspiration from the rest of the team at the Addicted to Stamps & More challenge blog.

Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂

#1103 – Celebrating the New Year

Hello and welcome! Let me start the post by wishing everyone a very happy new year once again! 🙂 Also this is the first Inspiration Station challenge of this year. As mentioned in the last post, I’m going to be the challenger for both this and the next challenge.

I wanted to go with a mood boad which would reflect the celebration of the new year. So I searched in Pinterest, selected several images and made this mood board –

sources: Presents Champagne Cupcake Go Get It Time Cake Foil Background Glitter Background

I wanted the glittery background, and I also wanted to incorporate as many elements as I could from the board. But I didn’t have any stamps or dies other than for the cupcake. So, I improvised.

I started with the background. I used sparkly, glittery Prima acrylic paints that were there in my sister’s stash and dabbed them onto a smooth white cardstock panel using an old brush I had, blending them. Once this was dry, I used Heidi Swapp Confetti stencil. I chose a couple of paints that were darker than the panel and one that was lighter and dabbed them through the stencil. I set the panel aside to dry.

And then I got working on the focal elements. I used the cupcake and candles images from Winnie & Walter Wish Big With Evelin T Designs, stamped and colored them using distress ink. I then fussy cut it and set it aside.

For the present next to it, I used a die from Waffle Flowers Nesting Squares to cut out a white panel and then cut out a couple of thin stripes from a gold texture paper that I had. I also cut out the bow using Paper Smooches Bows die using the same paper. Now this paper is thin and flimsy, so I cut another piece from scrap cardstock to adhere behind it. I adhered them on the white square piece to create a present.

To make the spotty sentiment, I used chunky gold embossing powder over a small piece of Brustro Iridescent gold metallic paper, heat embossed it before die cutting it using Simon Says Stamp Boho Celebrate die. For this too, I die cut an additional piece for adhering behind, since it was pretty thin too. I also die cut the shadow of the sentiment using the same white cardstock I used for the card base.

Once everything was dry, trimmed the glittery painted panel, adhered it over the card base. I then adhered the cupcake and the present. Before adhering the sentiment, I added a base for it using foiled heart washi tape that I adhered over a strip of white cardstock. I also added some sparkle using some sequins.

And that finished my card! I’m also joining the following challenges with my card –

Just us Girls challenge #756 – Die Week – Anything Goes

Timeout challenge #279 – Beginnings

Checkout the gorgeous card that my sister made for me. She’s not used to card making and stuggled quite a bit making it, but no one could ever guess that!! Thank you so much for thr pretty card, sis! ❤

That’s all for this time’s challenge. Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂

#1089 – Sunny Stenciling

Hello and welcome! Time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and this time, our hostess Barbarais asking us to use ‘Double Stenciling‘. Of course, as always, you’re also free to ignore this topping and go with ‘Anything Goes‘ birthday project.

And here’s what I made –

I made use of two stencils – Prima Daisies stencil and Altenew Sketched Lines stencil. I started with a white card base and the Prima Daisies stencil and first added color using a makeup brush and distress inks. After that I laid the Altenew Sketched Lines stencil on top and added the green color on top.

Finally, I retained the Prima Daisies stencil alone, dabbed some light blue distress inks on the stencil, misted it with a bit of water, and ran the whole piece, along with the paper, through my Big Shot with an embossing pad underneath to get some dimension. Of course, running two stencils together was a bad idea, since it left impressions on the sandwiched stencil – it’s still usable though, so my guilt is reduced just a bit!. However, I will remember to emboss them separately next time!

Setting aside letting everything dry, I worked on the sentiment. I used Matte Gold paper and Simon Says Stamp Sending Hugs die, die cut a couple of scrap papers with the sentiment die and vellum with the shadow die and then adhered them together.

Finally I die cut the stenciled panel using Winnie & Walter Essentials: Lana Cutaways and then adhered the panel over white cardbase. I added the die cut sentiment on top, and finally also decided on adding a stamped piece from Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words: Birthday, adding a couple of scrap paper strips below it before adhering it on the card.

And that’s my card! I’m also joining the following challenges –

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Bright & Cheerful

Timeout challenge #265: Inspired by Words

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge #470: Die cuts & Stencils

Do hop over to the Seize the Birthday blog to see more inspiration from our design team and our party guest Julia Aston!

Thank you so much for stopping by!