The Flower Challenge #95 Reminder

 Hello crafty friends! Have you checked out the inspiration from The Flower Challenge #95? Here I am back with a reminder and I hope it will encourage you to join in this easy going challenge. I'm sure you will have fun creating a stamped flower. Nothing difficult about that! It's even inspired me to look back through my stamps and use an older layering stamp set. 

I pulled out the Wplus9 Builder Rose set and was surprised to find some flowers already stamped. I love when that happens except that I don't remember exactly what inks I used, so I can't tell you! In addition, I pulled out a background that I had made with many images randomly stamped in pale black and spritzed with gold paint. 

I assembled the panel onto a gold mirror background and added a sentiment from Honeybee stamps. 

You will find more DT samples on the blog and a lovely gallery of cards from our participants. I hope that you will be one of them! It's wonderful to see what you make. 

Your visit today is so appreciated. I hope that your fall is going great! I know that I'm loving the cooler temperatures. 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Inspired By 194 Welcome Friends

 Hello and welcome! I am happy to turn the calendar page and greet a new month which also kicks in my Christmas card making spree! As you will see, I was literally influenced by the photo at our Inspired By Challenge! 

Here's what caught my eye - kraft, buffalo plaid, a satin bow,

 woodgrain and layers of texture! Oh, and did I say berries? 

What speaks to you in our photos today? Hope you will craft along with us and link your project in our gallery!  For those looking for card details, I will include them below. 

I'm joining the fun with Ann's tic tac toe challenge at The Paper Players, choosing the diagonal row: ribbon, patterned paper, embellishments.

Thanks for your visit today!

 Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Details: I created the background on white card stock by stamping the Wood Grain Background (WPlus9) in pale gray ink. The frame (Anastasia Tag) and deer (Stag Trio Die) were also from WPlus9. 

I went for a rustic look and added a new to me embossing powder from WOW! called Perissa. It blends two metallic shades and gives a bumpy texture which I just love. You can see it on the kraft frame and a bit on the deer.The greenery was cut from Vicki Boutin Foundations card stock. This mixed media paper is heavy and I used Distress Oxide inks to blend the greens, then cut them with dies from The Greetery. Snow was created with Ranger Distress Spray and WOW Puff White embossing powder. I added Glossy accents to the berries. This card was completely inspired by things I learned from Dawn Woleslagle and her fabulous lives!

Inspired By 193 Friends Fall Together

 Hi! Today I am celebrating my favorite fall event, when friends and family gather for the Thanksgiving holiday. Our theme this month at Inspired By is Friends Fall Together. For my card, I did some ink blending on the stamps before stamping them using my MISTI so that I could achieve multiple tones. 

The larger leaf images are from WPlus9 Autumn Leaves stamp set. The smaller leaves and sentiment are from Gina K. It's my first time using the Wreath Builder template and I really enjoyed it! My card measures 4.50" square. A bit of gold thread and gold embossing are the dress ups. 

I was more inspired this time by the theme although these are super fun prompts. Hope you will play along! 

Have a great day! 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Masking and Inking

Hello everyone, how have you been doing? 
I've been involved with some other projects but today I made it into the craft room and got back into the Spring Card Camp. 

For day 18, we learned a terrific technique using masking and inking to create a striped panel. You can use the strips from masking to make a second card and that's what I have for you today. 

Inking was done with DOX in Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, Seedless Preserves and Broken China. I liked the color combo so I used them but had no idea how I was going to finish the rest of the card. 

The Beautiful Butterflies stamp set and die from Wplus9 seemed like a good idea. My favorite part of this card is the beautiful paper pack from Waffle Flower Crafts that I bought recently called Modern Neutrals. It's a pale gray and this pattern has the faintest design like bokeh to add interest without overpowering the focal point. 

I have quite a few days of class to catch up on, and will be back tomorrow to show the second card of this set. Have a wonderful night! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful

Framed Sentiments

Hello and welcome! 

I've been enjoying my stamping and have new-never-been-used-stuff to inspire me for today's share. 
I'm playing along with Laurie's Favorite Challenge to show our favorite way to frame sentiments. 

I love using an elegant die cut to provide impact for sentiments, and then surround them with flowers. You knew flowers were a favorite of mine, right? 

These flowers make stamp layering a breeze. I love that there is an outline as well as the solid stamps to add to their versatility. 

I'm also playing along with the Inspired By challenge for this week. I kept the colors fresh and summery and used the detailed circle die to represent the lacy fabric in the photo.

That's all from me today. Thanks so much for your visit and your kind comments! Supplies are listed below. 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: Sentiment is from PTI - Circle of Love; flowers from WPlus9 My Whole Life and companion dies

Paper: Neenah Solar White, PTI Bitty Big papers

INK:Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black, WPlus9 - Lake House, Hayride, Queen Bee, Lime Light Dye inks, SU - Marina Mist

Accessories: PTI - Shape Shifters Circle Die, black enamel dots. 

Happy Wishes

I'm having. Mojo struggles. Trouble focusing to stamp. Not much time. Yucky weather!!

Sometimes I get lost in having too many choices and decide to zero in on only a few supplies until something happens.  This week I pulled out a set from Wplus9 Design (Happy Wishes) and some new ink colors to keep on my desk and just fiddle around with. 

I made two cards, and decided I did like the second one.  I will share them both although I think you'll agree with me. 

Above, I used the images to stamp a background on the first, and used lots of foliage because the friend I'm giving it to loves green. It was hard to photograph because it's so busy, but IRL the white stands out a good bit more. I added vellum behind the die cut sentiment, but it's still TOO BUSY!

The second card achieves the crisp lines and simple pops of color that I was going for. 

I considered not posting because I don't think I've done this pretty flower set justice yet. But alas, it has already been a week since I've posted and ...

~you know what?  I am learning that every card I post doesn't have to be a masterpiece.

Those are my words for the day. Be kind to yourself! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!