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!

The Flower Challenge #86 Color Black White & Yellow

 

Welcome to the Flower Challenge. For the month of November, we're challenging

you to use the colors: Black, White and Yellow. 

Not the most traditional Christmas colors, but decided to use Tim Holtz's

Poinsettia die set and create a Christmas card.

I set  my poinsettia on The Greetery's Herringbone Parque Die, and spritzed with

sparkle.

Merry Christmas is cut from  glitter paper, and backed with black

cardstock.

Can't wait to see what you do with this challenge. Definitely a 'challenging' challenge!

Play all month. Challenge closes on the 25th.

Happy Holidays!

The Flower Challenge #86 - Black, White and Yellow

The Flower Challenge #85 7th Birthday Celebration

Hello, and welcome to a celebration of 7 years for The  Flower Challenge!

The party is going on,  folks, and you're invited to join the fun!

Anything goes is the theme, just make a beautiful card, (or 2 or 3) and play along!

My card features a couple of oldies from Flora & Fauna, called: Summer Snail

and Happy Flowers. I love the free freedom of the sketches on these stamps. 

They just make me smile.

My 'Anything Goes' used some dies colored with copics, over a stamped and inked

panel.

That sweet little snail is just too cute to squish! 

Play along all month (until the 25th). We  love seeing your fabulous

creations!

Also we have some very special new designers, please give  them some love!

The Flower Challenge #85 'Anything Goes' & our 7th Birthday!

 

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}

Heart a'glow

 

Sharing the latest and last of my Valentines today, this one with The Greetery's

Hearts at Home Lightbulbs die. 

Betsy is so clever with her whimical symbols. followed her 

lead with making a shaker from my lightbulbs. 

Used an old ef and some valentine paper for the bottom strip. The xoxo is from

Reverse Confetti.

Have a wonderful crafty week!

Peace Bells

I've been so inspired by all the beautiful cards in the Greetery's Lookbook, just had to 

create! Betsy did one similar with the sparkle background, and Michelle recently used

the Jumbo Bell on her card. 

It's almost impossible to capture the sheen on this card, metallics and glitter paper,

stickles and frosted snow, tiny rhinestones and copper embossed sentiment.

This one lets you know the holidays are here!

Love this time of year!

Blessings to you and yours... and may our God's peace rest on you!

 

The Flower Challenge #74 Add Embellishments

 

Welcome and time to get excited... there's a new challenge at The Flower Challenge.

Add Embellishments. 

The card I did to inspire you uses a Tim Holtz poinsettia and sentiment from Sizzix.

A few festive beads for embellishment, and a sprinkling of glitter.

Hope. you can play. along. We love. seeing all your beautiful creations!

Remember to make a flower/flowers your main subject, and use your favorite

embellishment.

The Flower Challenge #74 Add Embellishments

The Greetery's Stencil Scapes Winter

 

I finally received my Greetery order, and spent the day with Stencil Scapes Winter. 

The first card was a 'follow the stencil suggestions' for color.

I added a banner sentiment from Banner & Bough, and dusted the card with droplets

of white paint, simulating a snowy day. 

The process of stenciling went quickly and I wanted to play with the sky 

colors.

Some of the Greetery's designers did a pink sky, and that looked fun, so I added pink

then yellow Distress Oxide Inks.

I arched the sentiment from Sentiment Suite Christmas in my Misti before 

stamping, and added a frame. I also tucked in a few bits of greenery in the bottom 

corners from Banner & Bough. 

Did another pink & yellow sky, again added a red & white candy cane frame, (do you

remember Betsy's Make It Market All Through the house? The paper is from that kit)

and made my own banner to fit the sentiment (Sentiment Suite Christmas).

On a roll now, so did another card.

I added Frosty Pines die cut trees to the 4th card, and framed it also.

This time using the banner from Christmas Time Sentiments.

All frames used are listed below, and are Oldies from PTI.

I gave this card a spray of Sheer Shimmer Sparkle and sentiment die cut

from Christmas Time Sentiments.

The 6th and last card, I like best. I just seemed to get the line up right, and colors were 

what I wanted. The snow droplets are from Nuvo white Crystal Drops.

I will probably cut off the wings from the Fir trees before mailing. I'm ready to go with

my envelopes. The holidays are always a busy time, and I love that stenciling is so quick

and easy, and this scene makes a darling card! 

Hope I inspired a bit. Enjoy your day, hope it's a crafty one!

Frames: PapertreyInk Coverplates

Pretty Frames, Nesting, Infinity Frames

The Card Concept: Travel Abroad or Stay At Home

 

Hi Folks! It's time for a new post at the Card Concept, and we have 2 choices to 

inspire you, Travel Abroad or Stay at Home.You can choose.

 

I zoned in on the globe and knew what stamp set I was going to use.

It's an oldie from Concord & 9th called Globe Greetings.

I have a recipient for this card. My DIL is a geography teacher, and she really is,

The World's Best Teacher. 

T

The stack of books is from PTI: Glorious Globes Basics, and the gorgeous leaf is

The Greetery's Jumbo Curiosity Buckeye Leaf. 

The tiny blossoms are also from the Greetery: Botanicuts: Apple.

Sorry I don't know what stencil I used for the background. If you know,

I'd love to know the name. I found the panel in my stash, and loved the design with the 

globe. Inked in gray,  it gave off vintage vibes.

Play along for 2 weeks, and be sure to mention what style you used, and don't

forget to add our inspiration photo to your post. 

I call this card, Vintage Layered. (a term I made up, perfectly acceptable, btw!)

The Card Concept #180 {Travel Abroad} or {Stay At Home} 

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}