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: Spring Garden

Hi Card Concept players! It's time for a new challenge. Our inspiration photo is full of 

Spring! 

I chose to use the colors for my mixed media card.

 

I used an embossing folder, and inked it lightly so the images would pop. I then gave

it a light spray with gold.Have you ventured into the world of foiling yet? 

Love this foil effect, and how the red and fuchsia pop off of it.

Hope you're inspired to pick a style and play along. Lots of inspiration by our

team!

The Card Concept #171 {Spring Garden}

2 Challenges, one card

It's time to use our scraps on The Flower Challenge. The problem I had was choosing 

from the scrap pile! So many scraps!

This panel I did with an embossing folder, turned out badly, but I just couldn't toss it.

It was done with a brayer and Wilted Violet Distress Ink, and inked before running it

through the machine. Depending on which side you ink, you're left with a raised pattern.

The gold spray I added blobbed in too many areas, and the only way to save this piece was 

possibly to hide the blobs or cut them away.

I decided to do both, hide the blobs, and cut away a bit of edges.

I used a Poppystamps frame with an Altenew flower, and embossed a sentiment on some 

heat resistant acetate. 

The flower was both stamped and copic colored. 

The outline was stamped with Hero Arts Wet Cement, an ink I use often with copics.

I'm also entering in another favorite card challenge, Just Us Girls.

Just Us Girls Challenge #623 - Trend Week

The Flower Challenge #66 Use Scraps

Birthday Notecard Set

 

Hi Friends. Thought I'd share a project I've been working on.

My daughter asked for one of my 'extra' birthday cards for a friend, and

I decided to make her a few. That turned into a boxed set of 6! 

These are strange and stressful times right now. Feeling helpless I turn to prayer.

And crafting... it helps focus energy towards something besides anger and sadness.

This was not a quick set. Planning started with The Greetery's Notecard Dies, and

because they were smaller than the A2 Notecard box, I cut down the box by 

adjusting the sizes of the dies to fit the notecard. 

Positioning the dies in your machine will get you the desired size. And it takes a bit of

math and measurement. If you'd like my size notes I'd be glad to share them with you.

Pictured above is the notecard box plus the handmade envelope made for the card.

6 cards, 2 of each color, and 6 envelopes, completes the set. They fit nice and snug inside

the little box.

The paper is Peony from PTI, stripe and it's coordinating solid cardstock.

And the macaroons are The Greetery's new Sweet Tooth. Sweet die also from

The Greetery, and cut twice.

The sweet pastel colors just seemed right with the macaroons, and I added a bit 

of 'sugar' to the tops of each cookie, and one heart from Betsy's cookie confetti.

The green heart is copic colored, on a white heart.

Completed project, something I hope my daughter will like. As I said, not the 

quickest to do but satisfying to have completed! 

Blessings, my friends. 

The Card Concept: The Wearing O' The Green

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Card Concept's newest challenge... 'Wearing 'O the Green'.

And here we are, in March, and ready for all things green! Our inspiration is a nod to

St. Patrick's Day, complete with colors and shamrocks.

I switched my ride, and chose instead the sweet convertible from the Greetery's Top Down Day.

The shamrocks come from PTI, an old set, and the the rest of card is The Greetery.

We hope you'll be inspired by the theme/colors, and pick a style and play along! 

See you in the lineup!

The Card Concept #170 {Wearing O' The Green}

The Flower Challenge 2: Occasions, Part 2

 

Now if someone told me I could only create floral cards, I would laugh.. out loud! 

They're my favorite, to do and get. 

I fell in love with this Amaryllis 3-D die from Spellbinders at Christmas time, and 

needed a special card for a special lady, turning the big 5-0.

The petals assemble to form the 4 flowered Amaryllis, with stamens. My flower is

cut from Poppystamps' watercolor cardstock. I watercolored the petals and leaves, 

and glued the flower to a panel of Altenew stamped background (Dot Art).

The finished flower is long, so I chose a 5x7" base for the card.

The marvelous numbers are from The Greetery. I love their extra special detail!

The finished card is too dimensional for a regular envelope. My plan is to create my own 

box with my We R Memory Keepers tool.

The Flower Challenge 2 runs through the 25th, still plenty of time to join.

Have a good one!

The Flower Challenge #65 Occasions

The Flower Challenge: Occasions

One of my very favorite challenges is the Flower Challenge. Who doesn't love 

crafting with flowers, right?

Spellbinders has a die set called Sweet Pea,  which I played with to give the petals 

a 3-D effect.

The technique to alter the petals is on a Youtube video here:

Handmade Flowers Tutorial with Spellbinders Sweet Pea Die Set by Susan Tierney

A closeup of the flowers. The tendrils were created by cutting strips of copic colored 

paper. Then curling with my fingernail. 

The Flower Challenge #65 Occasions

Sentiment: The Greetery's All Kinds of Happy.

Frame, also the Greetery's Postal Frame.

 

Candy Jar

 

Hello my friends! I have another card for the birthday stash, made with the

Greetery's new Confections release. I was so glad I pushed the button for the

bundle. So many of my favorites are out of stock, including the bundle. 

Birthdays have a way of sneaking up on me, and I love having plenty of 

celebrating the happy days with family and friends. With this card, I used

the Sweet Tooth stamps and dies, together with The Greetery's Jumbo Jar.

Not wanting to cover up all those luscious candies, I used a sentiment from

the set embossed on heat resistant vellum. I originally intended to make it 

a shaker card, changed my mind and secured the insides all in place.

I'm a huge chocolate fan, and this is one of my favorites so far with the release!

It was so much to do. Each stamping step gives it more realism. Add the bright

colors, and of course chocolate inks, and you can almost taste the sweets! (Almost...)

Did you get what you wanted from the release? Hopefully all will be restocked, just

in case.

Have a wonderful week!

Birthday Sweets

 

Are you ready for some more sugar?

Can't get enough of the Confection sets from the Greetery. Loving every sweet 

image!

As I finished this card, I imagined doing several more with just certain pieces, like, just

the dipped cookies, or just the macaroons. So many design options! 

A simple banner, so as not to take away from the sweets' details.

Lots of  extra pieces, and happy to say, the birthday stash is growing!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Hello, hope all is well with you. If you're a Greetery fan, you're well acquainted with the

new Confections release. I spent a good amount of time playing with some of the stamps

and dies in the set for the past few days. I was on Grandma duty up in the mountains of

Ahwanhee, where the air was crisp and frosty. Once the grands were in school, it was a 

combo of creative time and dog walking. Pure joy!

Like most of you, I've read our birthday stash is seriously depleted. Time to re-stash! 

And what a fabulous set of stamps and dies Betsy has given us! I love to multi-stamp, and

pile on the layers. So this set, for me, pushes all my buttons.

Loving the sweetness of the 'sweet' script!

First to be played with was an idea I had for a box of donuts. 

This isn't that thick as I used no foam, just layers, so I'm sure is fine for mailing.

Another card is coming, just have to put it together. Like I said spent days die 

cutting and stamping the candies and cookies. Stay tuned!

Have a wonderful day!

The Greetery

Sweet Tooth, Frosted Frames Die, Piped Sentiments: Sweet Die, PreText Banners die,

PTI

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