Birthday card for Lisa

 

Happy November everyone!

I have several birthdays to create for in this month, starting with 

daughter Alisa. 

The Greetery's Capsule Basics collection has won my heart.

I'm sure I'm wearing it out. Som many cards, and I'm just beginning to 

post them!

Now this card features some of the Greetery's oldies,

and I'll try to list them all, but of course I'll probably leave out a few.

Botanicuts Toadstool Garden has always been a favorite, and it was 

like greeting an old friend bringing it out!

Let's not forget Botanicuts Mighty Oak, always been a favorite around

this time of year. 

The stamped background is Mimosa Musings. Sorry I didn't check to

see if it's still available.

Fall rolls around and all I can think of is Christmas! already have the tree in

it's place, not decorated but all ready for it's yearly glory!

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!

The Flower Challenge Reminder #82 CAS (Clean & Simple)

 

Good Morning and welcome to a challenge reminder for The Flower Challenge.

For the month of July we are asking you to create a CAS card.

For some folks, a masculine card is the hardest to make. For me, it's a CAS card!

Clean  and simple... plenty of white space, and a main  focal. Oh and, a flower

of course!

I picked Honey Bee's Lovely Layers Water Lily, to use as my centerpiece, 

and added just a bit of Tiffanylou's Blue magicals to simulate water the

lily is floating on.

The layers make the petals pop off the card. Not so simple, but oh so pretty!

Happy Birthday is from The Greetery's Full Panel Leaves Stamp Set. It seemed

to fit the wavy leaf perfectly! 

I'd love to see what you make with this month's challenge. Believe

me, I need all the CAS ideas I can get! 

Blessings  sweet friends!

Reminder #82 CAS (Clean & Simple)

The Flower Challenge #82 CAS (Clean & Simple)

 

Happy 4th of July, all my crafty American friends! It's time to celebrate.

Any plans?

We have plans for a swim, barbecue and watch fireworks at the high 

school near by. A great tradition with family and friends.

How about some card making?

We are asked to create a CAS card at the Flower Challenge, and for some 

inspiration,  how about some red, white and blue!

Lots of white space... check!

simple design... check! 

Clean and simple... check! 

Poppystamps flowers, and PTI Beautiful Berries: Spring sentiment and bg stamp.

Nuvo Indigo drops.

Happy 4th y'all! 

The Flower Challenge #82 CAS (Clean & Simple)

The Card Concept: Industrial Modern or Nature Calls

 

It's time for a new challenge at The Card Concept, and once again, you get to

choose: Industrial Modern or Nature Calls.

I did a card inspired by the Nature calls photo. My card is Clean and Layered. 

I loved all the elements in the photo of Nature Calls, but I didn't necessarily

follow the masculine vibes. Mine is a salute to a summer birthday, with

a sea theme.

I used a couple of oldies from PapertreyInk, Salt Air: Flora and Fauna. 

The die cuts are mounted within The Greetery's Curio Divider & Details die.

I've always loved the darling turtle in this set, and gave him a Glossy Accents eye. 

Play for 2 weeks and remember, add our photo to your blog post to be eligible

to win.

Have a wonderful week!

The Card Concept #197a {Industrial Modern} or #197b {Nature Calls} 

The Card Concept: Patriotic Picnic

 

The Card Concept's back with a new challenge: Patriotic Picnic.

Fun colors too. They and the the pretty geraniums inspired me to create

a Clean and Layered card.

I cut cardstock strips and glued them to my card base for the background.

The Greetery's Botanicuts' Pretty Geraniums are sponge inked and copic colored.

Scallop die is also from the Greetery, and was just the right size for my pot of

geraniums.

Play along for 2 weeks  and remember to add our inspiration photo  to your post.

Have a blessed and safe Memorial Day!

The Card Concept #196 {Patriotic Picnic}

The Card Concept Spring Bouquet

 

Hi and welcome to a new challenge at The Card Concept: Spring Bouquet

I love the  colors with this photo, and used them for my Clean and Layered card.

Starting with the Greetery stamped background in Ranger's Oxide grey ink, 

I die  cut the Poppystamps trellis )thought it looked lacy over it, and then

the tulips  from the greetery (also inked)

The die cut 'birthday' is also from the Greetery, as is the silver embossed 

wishing you...

Our challenges are for 2 weeks, and hope you're inspired to play along!

The Card Concept #194 {Spring Bouquet} 

The Card Concept: Lucky Charm

 

Hello, and welcome! The Card Concept has a new challenge starting today,

Lucky Charm

Loads of inspiration and a colors chart to play with too!

My card features the. Eucalyptus die from the Greetery, cut from white card stock

and inked with Distress Oxide. 

Loopy bow and Nordic frame also from the Greetery, as is the bird (Robin and Wren).

I'd call my card Layered Shaker (there's sequins behind the vellum window).

You can just barely see those tiny sequins down in. the corner, but they're there!

Come play along, and have fun with. the colors too!

The Card Concept #190 {Lucky Charm}

The Card Concept: Winter Cocoa or Winter Snow

 

The Card Concept has a new challenge, starting today, and you get to choose

your inspiration again!

This inspiration photo and color swatches seemed to me a real challenge, so

I wanted to try to tackle the colors.

A while back I ordered the Stitch Petal Frame die from Spellbinders, and it 

seemed the perfect choice for incorporating the select colors of the challenge.

We've had a lot of rain here in my Central Valley, good excuse to stay in and

embroider this stitch card.

Head on over to The Card Concept blog to see both challenge photos and

play along! 

Thanks for the visit!

The Card Concept #187 {Winter Cocoa} or {Winter Snow}

The Flower Challenge #73: Use a Sentiment & 6th Birthday

Hello, and welcome to The Flower Challenge, 6th Birthday celebration. 

There are prizes this month too. The challenge is to use a sentiment on your

card. And of course to make a flower or flowers the main attraction.

Want some inspiration?

My card features Altenew's magnificent magnolia, a Craft a Flower Die set, and

I clear embossed Altenew's Beveled Squares Stencil onto a Poppystamps Oval.

The sentiment is also Poppystamps, an oldie called Happy Birthday Background.

The hem stitched die is from Spellbinders.

Now it's your turn. Choose a favorite flower/flowers, and play along. You could

win some fabulous prizes! See you in the lineup, and Happy 6th, Flower Challenge!

The Flower Challenge #73 Use a Sentiment & 6th Birthday

The Card Concept: Change of Seasons

 

Hi and welcome to a post for The Card Concept. We're back after a summer break

with a new challenge: Change of Seasons.

What inspires you? The butterfly? The colors? The flower?

I saw the butterfly, and decided to add a butterfly to my card. But I 

also saw the lovely grey background and remembered a card  Betsy

Veldman did, with her red rubber stamp, Fond of Foliage 

from the Greetery on her grey card.

Betsy used an oxide ink, I used my white Pigment ink, stamping several times

until I was happy with the impression. 

Hollyhock Stems is a multi-stamp process, and I used several inks from

 Concord & 9th and Altenew.

Jumbo Butterfly is also from the Greetery, and is stenciled, and color penciled.

Sentiment from Arched Sentiments and is white embossed.

Hoping you find time to play along with The Card Concept.

We love seeing your creations!

Have a wonderful week!

The Card Concept #179 {Change of Seasons}

The Flower Challenge #72 Add Sparkle

 

Did someone say 'sparkle?'

Hi and welcome to a new month and a new challenge. Add Sparkle is our theme

at the Flower Challenge.

Sparkle plenty, with this card. The flower is from Altenew's Craft-A-Flower

collection, and is called Carolina Allspice.

I started with a stenciled background, and added Altenew's Polka Dot Leaves,

before layering on my flower. 

The last layer of the flower and leaves are die cut from glitter cardstock. 

In case you're curious, below is an actual Carolina Allspice, apparently 

from a flowering tree.

Gorgeous, isn't it!

Play along all month, and remember to make a flower/flowers the main element

on your card.

The Flower Challenge #72 Add Sparkle