The Flower Challenge 2 #86 Black, White and Yellow

 

Hi Flower fans! If you love to use your flower stamps and dies, the Flower

Challenge is for you!

I used flowers from The Greetery's Wildwood Collection, stamped in yellows.  Opposites

Attract provided my birthday sentiment, and all mounted on a twice cut Cathedral Die.

Hope to see what you do with these colors for the month of November.

Remember, challenge   ends Nov. 25th.

Reminder #86 - Black, White and Yellow

Christmas Sampler

 

I've been enjoying the stencil sets that came with my Greetery order, and played

with Christmas Sampler done with several color ways.

Redwork is a favorite. I have done quilts in red  and white, and even collected red and

white transferware. Decided to put it on a card, and the sampler was a perfect way to see

if I could keep to all reds. With the exception of the cabin, I came pretty close!

I put the sweet little fir die cuts in the top corners, just to dress the card up a bit. The 

frame is from an old PTI die that cut a much more detailed edge. I only used the 

very outside edge, not wanting to hide any of the sweet detail.

Once I got started with this stencil set, I couldn't stop!

There's a blue one...

One done on some textured Kraft, with white ink for stencil one...

...and one die cut  withAida cloth die, which simulates embroidery cloth.

Betsy included some shaker elements in her release, and they fit perfectly on the

sweet little cabin.

4 Christmas cards to add to my stash, but honestly, still way behind!

Happy Holidays my friends!

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

A Set of Bright and Merry Christmas Cards

 

Happy November! It's officially the start of the Holiday season, and I have some

Bright and Merry Christmas cards to share. 

This first one includes the popcorn string and stenciled So Very Merry 

sentiment.

The Bubble Lights Die set had me at the pre-release! And Betsy's fabulous green card

with the mercury glass lights and perfect layout, inspired my case. 

First in hunter green...

Then in scarlet. Such fun  to make, had to do more....

I die cut the background from several glitter and shimmer papers, and went to work

putting my bubble lights above the new Christmas sentiments.

I love the possibilities of color for the bulb! IRL, mine are all clear. 

The bubbling occurs when the light heats the water in the candle. My 'bubbles'

are tiny Nuvo droplets

5 more cards for the holiday stash! 

How's your holiday stash coming along?

See all the new on The Greetery blog. Their Lookbook is the best!

Recollections of Christmas

 

Finally had time  to dive into the Greetery's newest release, 'Recollective Holiday'. 

Betsy has outdone herself, again, with this holiday collection of vintage vibes.

I went with a redwork theme for this card, featuring the fabulous bow set against 

the stenciled Fair Isle background.

Closeup of the bow die  cut with  shimmer paper.

Went overboard with my Greetery order,  and just catching up to 

creating with all the goodies!

Happy holidays, friends!

 

It's a beautiful October morning in my valley.  Perfect for beginning Christmas cards!

I recently  ordered  some of Tim Holtz' Christmas '23, and  created a card

patterned after Barbara Schiassi's beautiful card during the release. Barbara  used

the Halloween moon and Forest  Shadows trees, and I was smitten!

The bright moon's glow on Santa's sleigh and reindeer is my favorite. 

Looks like he's just taking off on his yearly run...

Another of the Tim Holtz' new release is this Christmas tree, all decked out 

with ornaments. 

It's so hard capturing all the glittery goodness on the embossed background  and tree.

Fun to use my Stickles and glitter paper!

It's hard to see, but I first embossed my sentiment (The Greetery) onto heat resistant

acetate, cut around the image before adding it to my card. 

Both cards are 5"x 7"'s to  fit the larger die cuts.

I'm really loving the Sizzix cardstock with the retro images... lots of vintage 

colors too!

Reminder #85 'Anything Goes' and 7th Birthday

 

We're celebrating a birthday over at The Flower Challenge, and our theme

this month is 'Anything Goes'.

A special celebration calls for a special flower, and my card features Altenew's 

very glamorous  'Golden Days.' 

First hotfoiled, then stenciled, with a slight darkening  with pencil, simply done before

adding the  die cut sentiment.

There's still plenty of time to join the  celebration.

The post closes on the  25th. 

Happy 7th Birthday Flower  Challenge!

Reminder #85 'Anything Goes' and 7th Birthday

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!

 

Love you to the Core

 

As September passes before our eyes, I'm reminded of those happy days when

the weather changes, leaves put on a show of color and all of us  eat apples.

The Greetery's Caramel Apple Die was in my order from the release, and I've

 been playing with making tags for candy bags. I saved one for a card.

The apple on the card front opens to a message (love the apple script), and becomes

a sweet surprise for the recipient.

All the apple sentiments are included in the Greetery's Fall Foodie Phases.

Ribbon Maker down the center, and Frosted Frame around the edge. the caramel

is GA'd before adding all the nuts and swirly candy.

The apple blossoms are from  Botanicuts Apple.

Such a fun card to make!  

Have a lovely fall week! Well, almost fall...

The Flower Challenge 2 Reminder Use a die

 

Reminder time. The Flower Challenge is half way through with

'Use  a Die'. 

My all die card from Poppystamps celebrates a birthday with an easel card.

Lots of fun and flowers!

Play through the month 

Reminder #84 'Use a Die'