The Card Concept: Celebrate Easter

 

Hello, and welcome to a Celebration of Easter! It's a new challenge at the Card Concept,

and my card plays with several of the Greetery's newest release, which I was so happy 

the Card Concept's photo had displayed.

Bunnies and Carrots... definitely my inspiration!

 Bunny Hop stamps and dies, the new Nordic Frames Circle Die and Botanicuts Carrots.

Couldn't resist throwing the new bow on top for my Very Layered Card.

Hope you're inspired to play along. Remember to add our challenge photo, and pick 

a style (listed on the blog), or choose one of your own.

Happy Easter!

The Card Concept #152 {Celebrate Easter} 

Bunny Hop

 

There was just something wild and free about Tim Holtz' bunnies that tickled, and

I quickly ordered them. Of course the freeform look of the 3 silhouettes meant I

had to also have the wildflower greens the bunnies could dance on...

The card is a slimline, 8 3/4 x 3 3/4", and the reason for the size is to look right with the

Greetery's Crimped Slimline Die. I started with a stenciled background (white embossing

paste), and built from there. The beautiful Easter script die is from the Greetery. I

think I've used it on all my Easter cards this year!

My envelope is from SSS, perfectly sized for the slimline, and they offer many colors

in a pack of 10. I created bunny stencils by die cutting the bunny and leaves with vellum.

This works great! And the the result is a decorated, personalized envelope.

The frame and bunny are 'foamed' up, and just had to add the pom for the tail!

The card is going to a favorite aunt. I think I've mentioned it before, but I have special 

aunts that I love sending holiday cards to, and look forward to their calls of thanks

when they receive them. 

Happy Spring, and Happy Easter!

Easter Cards

 

Easter cards are some of my favorite cards to make. Full of Spring and colorful florals,

and of course faith. 

This latest release of the Greetery's goodies were full of joy... spring, florals and 

Easter symbols and sentiments!

This past weekend I spent some time creating with the Greetery's Print Shop: Florals

Frames and the sentiment Empty Grave. 

The 3 cards are more or less experiments with the stamp set, playing with Betsy's enclosed

stencils and dies.

 A one layer card with blues and greens, and a little marigold for berries. You can't miss

with the stencil layering, so easy, and the center is perfect for your greeting.

2nd card was done with the die that cuts the floral frame, and I stamped some 

enclosed berries in strategic places around and under the leaves and flowers. I added some 

Nuvo drops, (wish I hadn't),  and lifted the die cut with foam.

3rd card is a mix of stenciling and stamping first on the card base, upside down, then

attaching the foam lifted top right side up onto the card. The idea wasn't mine, I 

found inspiration from the Greetery's 'Lookbook'. I masked off the center sentiment,

and added a few splatters.

The sentiment is gold embossed, and I'd love to share a shade of gold I found, new

to me, from Ranger, called Princess Gold. It's the best gold I've used yet! I found mine

at Hobby Lobby. 

Have a wonderful week, hope your Easter season is full of God's Grace!

The Card Concept Challenge: Butterfly Brilliance

 

We have a new challenge for you at The Card Concept, and our inspiration photo is

sure to stir your creative juices!

That butterfly! All I could do was stare at it's beauty! My card didn't stray far from

the photo's colors and layout.

The background is Stamp Market's and then sponge inked with Distress Oxide Inks.

And oh, that butterfly... the closest I could come to that amazing detail was an oldie

rubber stamp from Penny Black, which came alive with bright copics.

The blooms and fine stitched frame are Poppystamps.  And the script stamp: the Greetery.

The Card Concept challenges run for 2 weeks, lots of time to create a card,

or 2, and we love your sweet comments and creations! Be sure and read our

challenge rules, just a few, and to add our challenge photo to your post. 

Looking forward to seeing your beautiful cards! Have a wonderful week!

The Card Concept #151 {Butterfly Brilliance} 

A Thank You Card

 

Well hello stamping sisters! It feels like family when I'm blogging or visiting some of your

blogs! 

There's a new company on the horizon... Pigment is a Canadian Craft Co., and I'm 

thinking their fresh style and sweet simple images are going to catch on with all!

With my very first order was this irresistible apron die. I LOVE vintage aprons, have a few

from my mom and grandmother, and couldn't be more in love with the details to the shape.

One problem... I forgot to order the stamp set that went with the die! (Please tell me

you've done that while ordering too!)

I decided to give my apron a vintage wallpaper print, and used another of Pigment's new

stamp sets, called, Blooming Floral. Flowers are copic colored and hi lighted with white

pencil. Look closely at the top of the pocket, and you'll see a vellum 'ruffle' cut from

the hem shaped scallop. 

 The apron strings are from the top of the apron die, I snipped them off and added them to the

waist. The top straps were included in the die set, just folded them over and added gems

to be the buttons. 

FYI: The stamp set was in a new order, together with  a couple more 'irresistibles'. 

Hope your week (and weekend) is extra crafty... it's the best!

Pigment Craft Co. 

Apron Strings 

Dashing Sentiments

Blooming Floral

Bitty Dot Stencil

The Card Concept: Luck of the Irish

Hi and welcome! There's a new challenge starting today at the Card Concept, and

it's fitting right in with the upcoming St. Patrick's Day holiday. 

'Luck of the Irish' is the theme, and here's your inspiration photo:

Plenty of green, right? Lots of gorgeous spring florals and that's where I took

my inspiration to create my very layered card.

 

2 frames border the Greetery's Mason Jar, and plenty of florals from Botanicuts Roses

and Forget Me Nots.

Just love the Greetery's jar, and was so happy to use it again for my card.

The Card Concept's Challenges are 2 weeks long, and we love to see your

creations! Remember to add what style you've used, and include our challenge

photo on your post.

Hope your week is extra crafty!

The Card Concept #150 {Luck of the Irish

Have a Beautiful Birthday

 

Well, hello! I've been spending some time crafting with stamps and dies that are new

to me, and was happy to see The Flower Challenge chose the theme, 'Use Your Latest

Stamps or Dies'. 

The Greetery's Botanicuts dies are simply amazing. Finelyinely crafted and 

carefully thought up pieces that produce flowers, pinecones, leaves and other

items from nature that allow your creativity to... well... bloom.

I began stamping the largest stamp from Sketchbook Roses on my card base, arranging on

corners, and covering the top. The spray is done with a toothbrush, and Lindy's Stamp Gang

Starburst Moonstone.

The roses are inked with Oxide Distress inks, mainly reds and pinks, and the leaves

are inked with greens and blue. I'll list the colors below. Once done and assembled

I flicked on the Moonstone and then white.  I did pop up up the pedals, and used

foam on the smaller rose, and rose bud. Betsy has a couple of fabulous You Tube

videos on how to's for her Botanicuts I found very helpful.

The Rose die set is not new to The Greetery, but I was so happy it's finally added to 

my collection. Layering brings this set to life. And I'm imagining all the color ways

possible. 

Thanks for the visit, and hoping you're enjoying craft time too! Not much else

 to do until I get a Covid shot! (Or 2...)

The Greetery 

Sketchbook Roses Stamps

Botanicuts Rose Die Set

Distress Oxide Inks (Ranger)

Festive Berries, Candied Apple, Fired Brick,

Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover, Pine Needles, Rustic Wilderness, Salty Ocean.

Love Never Fails

 

Good Monday Morning Card Making Friends!

I finally had some time this weekend to play with the Greetery's New 'Love Is', and

decided it's a favorite. (I think I say that about all the Greetery's stamps and dies!).

I wanted to give my Boxwood Heart a background and did several color ways with the

Fresh Floral Background Stamp. 

Once the cardstock panel was in the Misti it was easy to stamp white ink over and over

until I got image I wanted. I just stamped around the edges.

I die cut some with Nordic Frame, and some with Postage die.

The finished cards all have simple arrangements of the Botanicuts Forget Me Nots, and

Love die.

When there's time I love doing multiples, playing with color and different techniques.

So many styles, so little time, right?

The first card uses all the 1Cor. 13  'Love' quotes.

And the other 2 finished cards, on Kraft Cardstock

Did you have a good weekend? So happy to hear Texas is OK, and the

weather warmed. Take care, my friends.

Card Concept Challenge: Wee One

 

Hi there! It's time for a new challenge at the Card Concept, and we celebrating with

this photo inspiration:

!

The colors against purest white was the first thing that hit me, and then followed

by 'it's a baby's room! I haven't done a baby card in awhile so I was looking forward

to creating a card with a celebration baby theme.

For my Clean and Layered, I used the Greetery's Postage Stamp die, and cut it 

from PTI's Hawaiian Shores cardstock. To celebrate baby, I chose the balloons

from the Greetery's Balloon Bouquet, and used the colors in the photo. 

baby fox is a Flora & Fauna image from their Bohemian Forest Animals

collection. While there's no fox in the inspiration photo, there are 2 stylized 

owl pictures, and my little foxy came closest to the style of those owls.

Now it's your turn. What inspires you?

Play along  and don't forget to mention a style (use ours or make one up of your own),

and don't forget to post our inspiration photo on your blog. 

Happy stamping! (or die cutting, painting, copic coloring... well you get the idea!)

 

Valentines Feb. '21 A card for Ron

 

Playing with The Simon Says Stamp Valentines kit, and loving all fun images, tags, papers,

and die that came with the kit.

I included a tag he could use as a bookmark. The kit had so many!

Had to include a chick... we raise chickens (for their eggs), and this silly guy

will always be one my favorites from Stampin Up's Hey Chick.

Hope your day is full of love, and stamping of course!

The Card Concept: Sweetheart Sweets

 

Hi and welcome to a new challenge at the Card Concept called: Sweetheart Sweets.

 If you love joining in on the fun of a card challenge, The Card Concept has 

fabulous inspiration for you. 

So much to inspire in this photo, I hardly knew where to begin! Finally settled on 

the Valentine colors and of course, sweets!

The style of my card is mixed media. I recently got this fabulous lips stencil from SSS,

and couldn't wait to experiment with it! I did half a dozen cards in different

colors and mediums.

Method for this one? Start with pink cardstock, apply stencil, and colored stencil paste.

I use a spray on the back of the stencil to hold it in place. And I added re-inker to

my stencil paste (Altenew Pink Diamond). 

Seriously love the new heart box, also from SSS, as well as that skinny heart and arrow die.

The images are from For My Sweet. I white embossed the heart box onto dark brown

card stock, and painted with metallics.

Head on over to the Card Concept to see what the other designers have for you, 

I know you'll be inspired to play along! Don't forget to include our photo 

inspiration on your post, as well as tell us what style your card is. There are

several we have listed on the style page, if you don't find what you like, combine

or create one of your own!

Can't wait to see your creation! 

Have a wonderful crafty week! The best kind!

The Card Concept #148 {Sweetheart Sweets}

Also linking to SSS Monday Challenge

Simon Says: Love/Hearts