Blue Anemone

I'm sharing a card I made with the Fresh Picked Anemones dies by Spellbinders. This is actually a birthday card I gave to my Dad for his birthday so I used different shades of blue to make it. There are two layers of blue cardstock in the background, I die cut them both with Spellbinders' Essential Arches dies and used a Penny Black embossing folder for the top layer. I used Pinkfresh Studios' cover plate Hexagon Tiles for the off-white cardstock showing through the opening. The sentiment is die cut and translates as 'Congratulations'. I embellished the card with some gold half pearls.

Happy Bouquet

I love a good circle card and decided to make one today with a stamp set from Gina K Designs called Happy Bouquet. I coloured the image with my Copics before die cutting the panel with a circle die. I matted the panel onto a bigger circle die cut from dark purple cardstock (it looks almost black in the photo but it really is dark purple). The die cut sentiment says 'Congrats'. I embellished the card with some gold half pearls.

I'm entering this to:

* Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Floral Goes with Optional Mood Board #38 (I took my inspiration for the colours from the boutiful bouquet in the inspiration photo)

You Are Loved

Happy Valentine's Day! I'm sharing the tags I made for my sons to go with the little Valentine's sweet treats I got them. This darling little mouse is from the What's Cookin'? stamp set by Hero Arts. I coloured them with my Copics. The little hearts are die cut with a Lawn Fawn die and the tags themselves are die cut with Spellbinders dies Scallop Labels and Tag. I added a bit of patterned paper, some burlap, some string and a sentiment (it says 'You Are Loved') and I also adorned the hearts with little half pearls.

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* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Not A Card

Bouquet

Here's a birthday card I made with one of my new Gina K Designs stamp sets, Bunches of Love. The image comes in two parts, the blooms and the stems, I coloured both with my Copics and die cut them with their matching dies. I dry embossed a piece of white cardstock with Studio Light embossing folder Criss Cross, adhered the stems flat onto it and then the blooms with foam adhesives to make them stand out a bit. The die cut sentiment says 'Congrats'. I embellished the card with some gold pearls.

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* All About Papercraft Challenges: Challenge #2 - All About Stamps

On Your Birthday

This card turned out quite simple. I used Altenew's Sparkle Bright stamp for this, coloured it with my Copics and die cut it with the matching die. I masked a rectangle on a panel of white cardstock, ink blended some Distress Oxide ink to it and splattered it lightly with brown ink. After adhering the floral in its place, I heat embossed the sentiment (it says 'On Your Birthday') on a strip of black cardstock and adhered it in place. Lasty, I embellished the card with some black gems.

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* CAS on Friday: Challenge #327 - Anything Goes

13

My youngest son celebrated his 13th birthday in January and I made him this card. I wanted to make a card with die cuts only so I opted for the Celebrate die set by Sizzix. I die cut all the pieces and assembled them. The numbers are die cut with Spellbinders' Bold Numbers dies and coated with a heavy layer of Rock Candy glitter. I created the background by masking the rectangle, ink blending some Distress Oxide ink to it and then dry embossing the panel with a Penny Black embossing folder called Rounded. I then adhered everything except the numbers in their places, splattered it all with some Hero Arts White Acrylic Spray and then adhered the numbers in place with some foam adhesives.

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* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Add Some Texture 

* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #510 - Diecuts and/or Stencils

* Krafty Chicks Challenge: Challenge #806 - Birthday

A Bunch of Prettiness

It's really cold and snowy in  my neck of the woods which makes me long for spring so much. So today I wanted to make something pretty and flowery to take my mind of winter. I chose to colour the Blooming Bunch stamp by Trinity Stamps, one of the prettiest bouquets there is. I coloured the bouquet and the butterflies with my Copics before die cutting them with the matching dies. For the background, I used a piece of patterned paper and a panel of white cardstock. I die cut the panel with Spellbinders Eyelet Scallop Border die adding the pretty border in white. The sentiment is die cut and says 'Congrats'. I embellished the card with some pretty gems.

I'm entering this to:

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Anything Goes

* Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Floral Goes