Freshly Made for Easter

How are you enjoying your Saturday? Hasn't it been a crazy week? 
I've loved having a good dose of sunshine outside and a bit of craftiness while inside today. Thought you'd like to see the result. 

I'm sharing my first card made for Easter using the WPlus9 set called He is Risen and my favorite spring colors of pink and apple green. I embossed the flowers and sentiment in white, and added color by sponging  Distress Oxide inks on the lily and the leaves. They are Cracked Pistachio, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Twisted Citron and Fozzilized Amber. Fussy cutting the flowers and leaves I placed them on a panel of DSP from my stash. The card base was embellished with the Dotted Swirls Debossing Cover Die from Altenew.

A simple card inspired by Freshly Made Sketches to ease me into some quick stamping. Still elegant though, I think! Thanks so much for coming by and I hope you have a terrific day. 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Spring Animals for the Twofer Card Challenge

Hello, welcome to my blog today! I hope the day is going well for you.
Since my last post I got into some other activities. Like, sitting around too much. After a few days of having NO schedule, I'm trying to structure my time during the days so that life can "feel" a bit more normal again. I intend to  include a daily crafting session again. 

 The Twofer Card Challenge gave me a quick jumpstart. Darnelle hosts this fab challenge where we use the same images to make two different card designs for two different occasions. The challenge theme is Spring Animals. I chose the images from the Woodland Critters stamp set by Pretty Pink Posh.

For my first project a welcome new baby card was needed. I created a softly blended ink background for my scene and added a bow and sentiment banner in pink and sequins. The animals were colored with Copics and the card base and scene were splattered with white paint and Distress Oxide inks. 

I created a tall card - turned on its side - for my second project and intend to send it for encouragement or to say "I miss you."

This time the critters were added with foam tape onto circle windows backed with green patterned paper. This card measures 3.5 x 8".

Here's a glimpse of my cards together. 

I get totally intense and focused when I'm making cards. The process settles me and often leads me to pray. I firmly believe that God hears our prayers and He is the answer to every crisis. I encourage everyone to turn to Him for wholeness, health and life.

This is a time for sending hugs! From a safe distance that is. I'm sending hugs to you today! Thanks so much for your visit.

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Birthday Botannicals

It's a new day and I have another card to share with you! Making pretty things in the craft room is keeping my spirits up. Today was especially fun using the Botanicuts Rose Dies to make pretty aqua and teal blossoms for a birthday card. 

I used varying shades of blue card stock to make the roses, adding sponged ink in places for dimension. The leaves were die cut of white card stock blended with green inks and accented with colored pencils. Three rectangles are layered on the card base. 

 Two diagonal edges of the bottom layer were stamped with the outline images from the Sketchbook Roses image. The Nordic Frames dies created the smaller rectangles, which were mounted with foam tape for dimension. The smallest was also lightly inked. Pure Sheen Gemstones from Nuvo were added for sparkle. 
I have so appreciated your kind comments! I've loved hearing from you and each one has been such an encouragement. I can't thank you enough!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Dear Friend Written in Ribbons

I love make ahead meals, don't you? It's my favorite kind of dinner to make when I'm having company. Having the main dish ready-made helps keep the last minute stress at bay. 

It was similar with today's card! I paired an ink blended background that I had made last week with a watercolored image panel I made last month. 

     The images from Summer Sketches were stamped onto watercolor card stock in light ink for the no-line watercolor technique, which I then colored with my Altenew watercolor set. Then I die cut the panel using the Nordic Frames dies. The focal point is the Hello die cut sentiment from the Written in Ribbons set. All stamps and dies are from The Greetery. I tucked in blooms and a leaf to accent the sentiment. 

The inked background uses Distress Oxides in Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, and Squeezed Lemonade. The white spatters are there too. I added the darker blue, Chipped Sapphire for the second layers of the sentiment.

I am enjoying making a few more involved cards using supplies that are in the "use me" bin on my table. Trying to really explore my own style with them is satisfying, but I am just scratching the surface. 

Hope you're having fun with your crafting today!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Make It A Beautiful Day

How did it get to be Monday again? Hello, friends hope you're having a beautiful day. I think our warm weather is finally here to day and hopefully spring will hang around for awhile before it gets too hot.

I do love roses, and pulled out my Zig Clean Color markers last night to color for fun using the gorgeous Sketchbook Roses stamps from The Greetery. These are layering stamps and I look forward to the loose flowing watercolor look achieved by stamping the colors. 

I was thrilled with the vibrant colors of the markers. After coloring I added white gel pen accents. I complemented that element by tapping spatters of white gouache onto the gray textured DSP used behind the bouquet. 

Sentiments are all from the same stamp set. I had to make myself STOP before adding a few black dots or even sequins. The die cut florals are exquisite on their own! The Halfsies die cut was used to create the pretty frame. 

Did you notice? No challenges today. I may roll this way for a few days.

I know time is hard to come by in our busy lives. Thank you for spending time to see my project today!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Twice is Nice for Freshly Made

It's early Saturday evening and I have just one more card to share. You know, I thought about the sketch at Freshly Made all night and just had to give it a second try. I always thought making two cards with one sketch is a great idea. If one is good, then two are twice as nice! (HERE is my first take if you missed it.)

See what you think. 

I found that the lemons leaves and flowers were easy to arrange in order to accommodate the design of the sketch. I wish the details of the stamping layers were more clear in the photo. I placed them on an inked background and embossed the sentiment in white. I got carried away with the ink splattering, I just love to do that!

That's the end of my crafty play for this week. Thanks so much for your visit! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Supplies used:

Stamps: The Greetery - Lemon Blossom

Paper: Neenah Solar White, 

INK: Gina K Black Amalgam Ink; Distress Oxides for BG - Peacock Feathers, Tumbled Glass, Antique Linen; die cut elements inked with Altenew Ink Cubes

Accessories: White EP, The Greetery - Postal Frames Die, Nuvo drops

Showers and Flowers for Freshly Made

Welcome back and happy Friday! It's almost evening and I want to wrap up my stamping week with one more card  made for the sketch at Freshly Made. 

I had such trouble with this sketch! Most of it involved choosing the stamps to use and I still felt the balance wasn't right. 
I used the SSS stamps called Showers and Flowers, coloring the image with Zig Clean Color markers and  a paint brush, then fussy cutting it. The border is from Lawn Fawn Just Stitching Double Rectangles dies. 

There are great samples from the DT for this sketch, you will be inspired! 

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!