A Tub of Get Well Wishes

 

Going through my stash of ready mades, and realized I had very few 'Get Wells'.

That, and the longing to dive into my Greetery order, prompted this card.

The copper tub was aged with a paste I've had for years. I rub it on with my finger,

and was delighted to see it make the ridges of the tub pop.

The greenery is watercolored. Very simply, spritzed with water, and color dabbed 

onto the wet paper. As it is drying, I add more color and  let that dry.

Look carefully behind the fronds, and you'll see I added a  couple of 

vellum die cut pinwheels from the Hey Cupcake set. I thought it helped the stalks 

of green stand out from the wicker background.

Glad to see this new banner and sentiments included in the release. 

All products listed below.

Thanks for the visit! Have a great summer!

The Greetery

Hey Cupcake, Garden Tub, Garden Tub Filler, Little Labels,

Wicker Weave Stencil.

Distress  Oxide Inks, 

Get Well and Feel Better

 

Hello and welcome! 

My Greetery order arrived and I couldn't wait to play with the new

dies! Oh that cane! And after seeing Dawn's post on the Greetery with the 

colorful Monstera plant, that decided it. The monstera leaf gets first place

in playtime!

I watercolored the leaves first. Easy peasy, just water sprayed and dabbed with with greens

and Paynes Grey.

The background is sponged inked before I added the cane (did I mention I LOVE

that die?) Splatters  added at the end.

Needed a few 'get wells' for the stash, and these leaves will definitely brighten

the dullest day.

Perfect tag for the Urban Jungle theme!

So many amazing fun dies in my order... must make more cards!  

Happy crafting

Card Set for Alisa

 

Hi there! 

Do you have your own fan club? Have to say, (totally puffed up), I do.

My family thinks I'm so talented. Not even going to tell them it's the 

stamp companies, and all you brilliant inspirers that should get credit.

My daughter asked for some general cards, (she apparently ran out of the 32,000 I've

already given her!), and I was thrilled to have an excuse to play with my Greetery's 

new Wild Elegance. 

Now here comes the warning: this is a long post. Feel free to scroll quickly. Or, if 

you like details, take your time, look around, and please comment. Oh, I love those

comments!

Alisa is a worship pastor at her husband's church, and the women's pastor as well.

She keeps in touch with the flock with calls, cards and plans all their retreats.

(Did I mention cards?) I LOVE that my cards go to women who love God. 

The 4 cards I did for her are from the Greetery's newest release, Wild Elegance. 

If you pushed that button for the full release, you received stamps, stencils, dies, 

and a whole lot of inspiration from the Greetery's Look Book.

This bouquet, for instance comes with an outline stamp and stencils for coloring. 

One card uses the stencils, the other copics and pencils.

I paired Lovely Silhouettes with the rubber stamp Elegant Arches for these cards.

I did some fun stenciled envelopes for the cards as well. (Thanks Kelly Lunceford

for the reminder).

Hope you weren't too bored, and maybe got some ideas to do a card set of your own.

And I'll bet you've also got your own fan club... we all deserve it!

Have a great weekend. 

Praying

I have a post today for the Altenew Card Challenge, this month inspired by this photo

and colors. 

All stamps and dies, Altenew, with the main bloom from Best Buds.

Best Buds is a line stamp, no color filler stamp at all. Perfect for me 

who loves to color. I started with copics and added some pencil for 

definition.

The Mid-Century Frame die is new to me and it's cut twice from shimmer card stock.

Kinda reminds me of an Autumn sunset.

The leaves and flowers are from Beautiful day, stamped with Altenew's Sand Dunes,

Rocky Shore and Mocha Inks.

Sentiment: Bamboo Rose

Inspiration Challenge

The Challenge ends soon. Check out all the deets on the Altenew Blog.

Have a great hopefully, crafty week!

A Get Well Card

PapertreyInk's challenges are new every Wednesday, and one of them

Laurie's Fabulous Favorites,

is a challenge I'm joining today.

Laurie picked a photo inspiration and challenged us to do the same.

Here's mine:

A beautiful photo of Japanese cherry blossoms against a dreamy blue sky.

I chose the blooms and berries from PTI's Fresh Bouquet for my card.

The inks are Altenew's newest Spring collection, with copics for accents.

Nuvo's Copper Blush Embossing powder and copper sequins give a bit of bling,

and also added some splatters with Altenew's Magenta Ink.

Nothing better to get inky with a challenge, thank you Laurie!

Love the Wednesday challenges!

The stamps and dies are still on sale in the PTI shop.

My link will take you right to the store, and there's a die set to go 

along with the stamps.

Fresh Bouquet Stamp Set

Praying for you

Hi! I'm playing along at a new challenge, for me, Muse.

My friend Tracey is the muse for the card challenge blog this week, and

we're asked to use her lovely card to inspire one of our own.

Tracey created this masterpiece of simplicity with Altenew florals.

Absolutely captivated by her one layer beauty with bright colors and 

striking layout, and I followed it closely. 

My Altenew florals come from Garden Treasure, sentiment from Bamboo Rose.

Check out Tracey's muse here:

Muse Challenge #282

PTI April '18 Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to PTI's April Blog Hop.

We were given this photo for inspiration.

I loved the linen look, and took the florals for my inspiration.

I used a stamp and spritz technique for my blooms and leaves, adding additional color

for a second stamping with my misti.

It's such fun to hop around and see what we all did with the photo!

Play along all day on the PTI Blog!

Except for the pearls, all products PTI.

I've listed them below. Just click on what you like and it will take you to the

PTI store

Happy Hopping!

Botanical Bounty Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Botanical Bounty Die

Graceful Greetings II Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Bold Borders: Flare Die

Perfect Match Aqua Mist - Inkpad

Perfect Match Hawaiian Shores - Inkpad

Perfect Match Stormy Sea - Inkpad

Perfect Match Ocean Tides - Inkpad

Perfect Match Pale Peony - Inkpad

Perfect Match Lovely Lady - Inkpad

Perfect Match Hibiscus Burst - Inkpad

Perfect Match Scarlet Jewel - Inkpad

Perfect Match Berry Sorbet - Inkpad

Paper Basics - Linen Vellum Cardstock (12 Sheets)

Perfect Match Ocean Tides Cardstock (24 Sheets)

Paper Basics - Cream Shimmer Cardstock (12 sheets)

Feel Better

It's Blog Hop time at Papertrey Ink, and Nichole's challenge

is this dreamy photo

Inspiration? Well, there's the color, robin's egg blue.

And a beautifully staged wedding invitation.

The setting is positively dreamy.

I stamped a floral from Stemmed Statements onto watercolor paper,

and loosely colored the blooms, letting the water pull the color outside the lines.

Then die cut with PTI's Mix & Mat: Postal.

At the top I added a die cut banner embossed in white, with a sentiment 

from Stemmed Statements. Love that cute little banner with the 2 holes!

Also did an envelope, stamped with Spring Rain, and colored with copics.

Because of the ring box in the photo, I added a few iridescent sequins to finish.

Think I'll do a set of cards with the other florals from this set. 

Will post them as they're done!

Come play along all day on Nichole's Blog.

Finished a few more cards for my set.

This is such a full and versatile set. With many words and sentiments it's easy to find

and add just the right greeting. And the florals, so many that lend to coloring

with any medium. 

Hope you're enjoying the hop. Always get such fabulous inspiration!

July 2017 Blog Hop

Psalm 91:4

Mondays are the best day of the week, for those of us who

can't do without PTI's Make It Monday.

Today Ashley showed us the coolest technique called

Emboss Resist Shadow Sentiments.

Such a great way to make the sentiment stand out!

A friend is in the hospital, and this card goes to her.

Betsy's Year of the Psalms: March furnished the sentiment I used on

a Mix & Mat: Scallops die.

First stamped with Dark Indigo, then versa mark and clear embossed,

the image is moved down slightly, and clear embossed again for the

shadow effect. 

When the sponge inking is applied, the shadow pops!

My sentiment block is on a die cut and sponge inked 

Cover Plate: Center Stage.

The feathers were fussy cut with a few popped up with foam.

Loved this technique, and can't wait to do it again!

Thanks, Ashley!

Make It Monday #291: Emboss Resist Shadow Sentiments

PapertreyInk May 2017 Blog Hop

PTI Blog Hop, with this inspiration

Nichole features the all over patterns of 'Irtsya'.

If you go to her website, she has other patterns and color combos.

Loved the way she softly colors her images, then adds

just a sprinkling of splatter. 

Started with the daisies from Friendship Jar Fillers,

masked them, and added flora from Gathered Garden and Gran's Garden.

I don't need a 'get well' right now, but the sentiment from 

Graceful Greetings 11 fit perfectly! Never looking a gift horse in the mouth,

that's what ended up on my one layer card.

Splatters courtesy of a toothbrush dipped in paint, and a few sequins

and done!

Play along on Nichole's Blog here:

May 2017 Blog Hop

Getting a late start to the hop today, had grandma duty this morning,

and barely getting posted this afternoon!

Can't wait to see what all of you have done.

This was challenging. Worked on it a few days before I was pleased.

You all never fail to amaze me, so I'm off to view!