Monday, July 15, 2024

The Flower Challenge Reminder: Birthday

 




Reminder time at the Flower Challenge. 
It's time to make a birthday card!







My Greetery tea cup is blooming with birthday flowers. Betsy thinks of 
every detail for her sets, even a sweet little tag with sentiments!


Here's a closeup of the tag stamped with a flower included with the birthday sentiment.

Let's get our birthday stash refilled this month. Play along until the 25th.




Thursday, July 4, 2024

The Flower Challenge - July 2024 Make a Birthday Card

 


Welcome July!
Summer's in full swing and We have a delightful challenge for you at 
The Flower Challenge.


Who couldn't use a few extra birthday cards in their stash?
My sample  card features several Sizzix Tim Holtz dies.


I love creating with dies! Fast simple stunning images that pop off a card!


The background die is called Layered Dots. I  sponged on some shading on 
top and bottom  before adding my Wildflowers #1 and 3.
A  bit of watercolor pencil shading and done! 
Birthday is an old PTI script die.
Happy is from The Greetery's Birthday Blooms.

Have at it and play along! We celebrate a month long challenge
until the 25th. Summer's a great time to add to your stash!





Saturday, June 15, 2024

Reminder #92 - June 2024 - Use Our Sketch

 


Reminder time, friends. The Flower Challenge for the month of June is:
Use Our Sketch

Easy breezy!

Here's some inspiration


I've used Penny Black's gorgeous rose die before, and you just can't go wrong!
This time cut from a magicals cardstock I had on hand. I did add some copics
to accentuate shading, otherwise all Magical powder  come to  life with some
spritzing.


I can't believe June's half way gone! 








Tuesday, June 4, 2024

The Flower Challenge June: Use Our Sketch

 


The Flower Challenge is back for June with a new challenge for you.
Use Our Sketch is the theme.

Here's some inspiration for you


I used some fabulous dies from The Greetry's Urban Jungle collection
for a birthday card. 


As we're approaching summer, I chose hibiscus as my theme flower. 
Hope you chose your favorite flower and play along!





Wednesday, May 15, 2024

The Flower Challenge Reminder: Colour Your Flower


Reminder time folks. The FlowerChallenge this month is Colour Your Flower.

My beautiful image is Altenew's, Golden Age, hotfoiled and the stenciled.


Poppystamps Happy Birthday Background for the sentiment. 

Hope you're playing along. We love to see what coloring method is your favorite!


 

Friday, May 3, 2024

The Flower Challenge #91 Colour Your Flower

 


It's May, and The Flower Challenge says, 'Colour Your Flower'.

Use any coloring tool you like: paints, stenciling, pencils, copics, etc.



Haven't used my metallics in a while, and love their bright shiny color on
dark cardstock.

Simon Says Stamp: Floral Bliss
The Greetery

Monday, April 15, 2024

The Flower Challenge Reminder Add Layers

 


It's reminder time at the Flower Challenge, where you get to use all  those gorgeous
flower  stamps and dies in your collection.




Revisit with an older Poppystamp die and sentiment.

Hope to see you layered flower card in the lineup!



Friday, April 5, 2024

The Flower Challenge - Add Layers

 


April, the prettiest, flower laden month of the year! 
Greetings and welcome to the month of April and a new challenge from
The Flower Challenge, Add Layers.




My layers come from the Greetery, and encircle a phrase foiled onto a paper panel.

Hope you love layers as much as I do, and hope to see your layered
cards in the April challenge! 
Happy layering!

Monday, March 4, 2024

The Flower Challenge Make a Square Card

 


Hello March! For this month, the Flower Challenge wants you to create
a square card.


We leave winter for a peek at summer with the Hibiscus flower from The Greetery.
With the basket weave stencil in the  background, I inked die cuts and added a
birthday greeting.


Hope you're thinking square with this month's challenge. Can't wait to see
what you create!




Thursday, February 15, 2024

The Flower Challenge Reminder: Add a Heart

 


Just a reminder, The Flower Challenge reminds you, your challenge for February...
Add a Heart


Altenew's Fairy Tale set is the floral used for my card. My heart dots the 'I" in 
beautiful.


The color was applied with stencils, and deepened with Prima pencils.
Are you playing along? 
You have until the 25th! See you in the lineup!






Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Toaster Valentines


I have always had a thing for all things vintage, and loved The Greetery for 
spotlighting the sweetness of aged goodies. Their toaster die has just the  
right 'kitchy' vibe for a couple of valentines.


Using mirror cardstock, the aqua toaster is 'poppin' with love!
To make the heart background, I created a stencil using Greetery's Falling Hearts
 background die. 


I used the reversed dies for the 2nd toaster card, this time my toaster's hot pink, still
popping with love.
The sentiments are a combo of Tear Strip Tags Valentine,  and Hearts at Home
Sentiments.


So much fun to create, they're off to a couple of special grands!


 

Sunday, February 4, 2024

The Flower Challenge #88: Add a Heart

 


It's the month of hearts!
Welcome dear crafters. The Flower Challenge celebrates all things love
for the month of February. 
'Add a Heart' is your challenge. 


I went with a Valentine theme, and began with The Greetery's Falling Hearts bg die,
and filled Heart Leaf Posey Pocket with Wildflowers.
I've had  a love affair with Loopy Bow ever since the Greetery released it.
Signed and Sealed  heart with sentiment over bow.

Play along all month. Remember challenge ends on the 25th!


Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Happy Birthday Christina

 


Good morning!
Finally  had a chance to get inky with The Greetery's newest, Love Letters PS.


Celebrating Christina Marie's birthday today, with Flourished Phrases Love.


A Journalism graduate, Christina has a gift for choosing and putting together
words and phrases. Just had to throw in the pen! 

Happy Birthday, daughter!