The Card Concept: Cozy Comfort or Vintage Hearts

 

Good Wednesday Morning! It's the middle of the month, and time for a new

challenge at the Card Concept. 

We have 2 challenge inspiration photos to choose from, and I have a card

for you using the Vintage Hearts photo.

Vintage anything is my choice, and I used the shabby chic hearts, and colors

for my Cozy card.

Before die cutting the heart wreath, I 'distressed' my white cardstock with red paint. 

Using a paintbrush, I painted on stripes of red on a diagonal.

An all die cut card, (except embossed sentiment) I did sponge ink my cocoa cups,

 and the corners of my background paper. 

Style? Layered Mixed Media

Dies from The Greetery: Hearts at Home

The Card Concept #189 {Cozy Comfort} or {Vintage Hearts} 

Hung Up on You

 

Good morning. And another Valentine using The Greetery's new Have a Heart release.

The sweet Hearts at Home Sweater die is surrounded by a pieced heart wreath 

crafted with the Boxwood Heart base, and stamped with Love is stampset.

This card was on it's way to being tossed. It suffered a smudge on the bottom,

and no amount of scrub would remove a red smudge! 

So I did the next best thing, cut it off, and added a scallop edge. The edging is 

the sides of the Ribbon Maker die. Not my favorite, but it worked.

Tiny posies from Botanicuts Wildflower Mix.

A sweet little sweater hung on a heart wreath... Valentines are such fun to make!

The Card Concept: Christmas Greetings

 

Welcome! It's officially Christmas Time! And the Card Concept has a new challenge 

for you, 

Christmas Greetings!

...this merry front door, complete with Christmas colors! Lots of inspiration here.

I was inspired by the colors, the red door, and one of my favorite symbols of the 

season, a wreath. 

All my die cuts are from The Greetery's new release for November, and I'm so 

thankful for every one!

The Card Concept #185 {Christmas Greetings}

The Card Concept: Easter Blessings

It's spring, and Easter is right around the corner. The Card Concept Challenge has

a new inspiration for you, Easter Blessings.

I love artful arrangements assembled for the holidays, and I was drawn to how 

lovely the new photo for our challenge is. The sweet elements, all symbols of 

the Easter season inspired my Clean and Layered card.

I used The Greetery's Hippity Happily Stamp, Stencil and Die set to create my card.

The simple stylized bunny wreath is further decorated with the Greetery's new flower

and sequin shaker elements. 

Hope you'll have some time to play along. Don't you love that we've added color swatches

to help you with your card creation? Play along, and don't forget to include out photo 

inspiration on your blog post.

Have a wonderful week!

The Card Concept #172 {Easter Blessings} 

The Card Concept: Peace on Earth

 

Greetings, all! 

The Card Concept has a new challenge, Peace on Earth.

So much inspiration for your holiday card. And colors too!

I chose the prominent wreath as my main element, and constructed my own from 

The Greetery's Rustic Wreath. All pieces die cut from watercolor paper and spritzed

before stamping. I added some berries from Merry Sprigs, and mounted my wreath on 

The Greetery's Deco Frames die. Bow is from Fit to be Tied.

The Rustic Wreath has a base die, and the branches are arranged around that base, tucking

in the ends. The ends are the only part I glued in place. You can see the dimension in this

photo.

I hope this time of year brings you joy as we remember the reason for the season!

Blessings, friends!

The Card Concept #165 {Peace on Earth} 

Valentine Blog Blitz

Hi Poppy Peeps! Want to win this darling cupcake die?

Head on over to the poppystamps blog

Valentine Release Blog Blitz by Nancy Penir

and leave a comment. Then go to Instagram and leave another and tag 

a friend,  for 2 more chances to win. Leave comments on posts

throughout the blog blitz to win one of all the new fabulous dies.

This adorable cupcake die is part of the whittle series by Poppystamps and I 

paired it with the Whittle Frame die. Love the Whittles!

Have a wonderful day!

Poppystamps Challenge Reminder

Hi there, Poppy Peeps! This is a reminder that there's a challenge going on

at Poppystamps. 

Fall and Scary Things!

Check it out and play for a chance to win a 25. gift certificate to the store!

I made some treat bags for inspiration. You know Halloween is right 

around the corner!

I loved Halloween Costume Cats ever since their release last year. So darn cute! 

Paired them up with a die from this year, Leafy Wreath Collage.

Each of my tags got a different colored tag behind the cutout (and to write on), and a 

clothespin covered in washi.

Check out the Poppystamps blog to see exactly how I made them.

And remember, we have a Blog Blitz going on. Comment for a chance to win!

Challenge Reminder Halloween Treats by Nancy Penir

Birthday Wreath

Hi there, I'm playing along with Concord and 9th, where 'Anything Goes'.

Challenge #24 – Anything Goes

I just love C9, and their new release was wonderful. This is one of their new sets,

So Happy For You, that I paired with Floral Hoop Dies.

Play along for a few more days (it ends the 26th).

The Card Concept: Retro Holiday

Welcome to a new post for the Card Concept Challenge.

Retro Holiday ~ Sheer joy!

Here's some inspiration for you.

I tried to recreate the feel of that fabulous wreath with the baubles from PTI's Vintage Ornaments 2,

and this Clean & Elegant Card.

Lots of masking, and a few stamped images from Cloche Quarters: Winter.

Sentiment die: Big Ticket Basics

There are plenty of styles you can choose from.

See them all and more inspiration from our designers on the Card Concept Challenge Blog.

Good luck and happy crafting!

Create Along With Us - Happy Birthday

Create Along With Us, time, at PTI, as we enjoy the designers' creations,

and find inspiration from every beautiful card!

This card by Laurie Schmidlin, hi lighting a new set

this month, Ivy & Bloom, caught my eye. To be truthful, every card

has elements that are standouts, and I love to file away all the 

clever details each month. But take another look at Laurie's card.

Pale grey on a white bg, window with sentiment inside, colorful accents, 

wreath like frame with floral accents, and color combo,

That's what I cased.

My card was built on the Garden Garland die, cut from Soft Stone card stock.

All those pretty posies are also from the die set.

The window is cut from the smaller die from Fun Frames.

Sentiment: Lovely Lace.

Berry Sprigs: Beautiful Berries: Spring

Laurie backed her top window with foam, lifting it up, (which I wish I had done.)

Black dots complete the card. 

Laurie's colors were something I just had to duplicate.

Loved this combination, and intend to use it again.

Play along on Nichole's Blog here:

Create Along With Us: May 2017

Season's Greetings

Merry Monday, this week, has a 'challenging' challenge,

Gray, White & Red...

Sweet Brigit Norton from Crafting While I wait,

 sent me this fabulous bg from Tim Holtz (don't know

if it's still available), and I knew just what to do with it.

Wreath and spray: PTI's Twig Wreath

Sentiment: PTI's: Botanical Blocks 1V

Banner: PTI's: Tag Sale 10

Brick inked with Distress Ink: Fired Brick

All my die cuts were colored with Papertrey's greys,

Soft Stone, Stormy Sea & Smokey Shadow.

I wove some grey twine through my wreath and added

sequins for a bit of bling.

Merry Monday #222 {Gray, White and Red}

MIM #234: Embellishing with Felt

I love PTI's felt, so when Ashley challenged us to use

felt on our projects this week,

I looked for a die that would cut a pretty embellish!

Ashley's beautiful cards can be seen here: 

Make It Monday #234: Embellishing with Felt

Thought I'd use some non traditional coloring, 

so began by die cutting Rustic Wreath twice in

Aqua and Pinefeather.

(I know it looks black but it's super dark green)

Twig Wreath Pattern Paper

Stripe Vellum

Christmas Cheer die cut with Coral glitter paper

Fab Flakes stamps and die

Confetti Toss stamp set.

Hope you're week is a good one!