Color Hues #96

Hi there crafty friends, it's time for a new color duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge #96! Teammate Julie Beech chose the challenge's perfect for October color duo of Purple and Orange.

I started off by ink blending my background with purple Distress Oxide Inks--Shaded Lilac, Wilted Violet, Villainous Potion and Black Soot around the outside edge. I splattered Yellow and White Gold watercolour on to my background and set the panel aside to dry.

Next I die cut my witch and pumpkin from the Tim Holtz Vault Release Wicked, these were glued directly on to my background. 

I die cut the word wicked from the Tim Holtz Vault Release Gothic Portraits set 3x. Twice from black cardstock and once from purple glitter cardstock. I glued them together to make a stacked die cut sentiment.

 If you haven't already visited the Color Hues Color Challenge Blog I hope you do stop by and see what my fabulous teammates have created for the challenge.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and I can't wait to see what you create with these colours!

Lunar New Year Challenge | October Challenge

 

Hi there crafty friends! I have a card today to share with you for the Lunar New Year Challenge |  October Challenge! 

The October Lunar New Year Challenge will run from October 1st - October 31st at 12:00 pm EST. There are great sponsors lined up for the month including Simon Says Stamp, Lawn Fawn, Ram Stamps and Waffle Flower Stamps. All the details are on the Lunar New Year Challenge September 2024 blog post!

We can't wait to see what you create for the challenge and your chance to win one a great prize from one of our fabulous sponsors!

I used Catherine Pooler's Lantern Festival stamps and Lantern Festival dies for my card today! I stamped them with Catherine Pooler inks in Rockin' Red, All That Jazz and Tiki Torch and then cut them out with the coordinating dies.

I stamped and die cut an assortment of hangers and a couple tassels! The long cord for the first lantern was hand drawn with a 0.5 Copic multiliner!

The sentiment is from the same stamp set!

The background is a panel cut from Concord & 9th's Poppy cardstock! I added foam tape between the Poppy panel and the card front. I also added foam tape underneath the blue and red layers.

We can't wait to see what you make this month for the challenge.

Color Hues #95

Hi there crafty friends, it's time for a new color duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge #95! Teammate Cindy picked this fun and uplifting color duo! I seized the opportunity to make some blue and pink mushrooms with my Greetery Toadstool Garden dies.

I die cut and built the mushrooms in various different cardstocks I have in my scrap bin--light pinks/dark pinks, light blues/dark blues. After they were assembled I set them aside for the glue to set.

I was excited to use the new to me Spellbinders Essential Arches dies and once I started working on the mushrooms I knew I needed to use them for this card. Therefore my rectangular mat became an arched mat!

I ink blended the arch die with Tumbled Glass and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide inks keeping it lighter in the centre. I splattered it with white acrylic paint mixed with a bit of water and set it aside to dry. Once dry the Happy Birthday Sentiment from Lawn Fawn Henry's Build-a-Sentiment: Spring was white embossed in the bottom right corner.

This cheery card was so much fun to make!

I'm also going to submit this to the September Seize the Birthday Challenge.

 If you haven't already visited the Color Hues Color Challenge Blog I really hope you by and see what my fabulous teammates have created for the challenge.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and I can't wait to see what you create! 

Lunar New Year Challenge Mid-Autumn Festival

Hi there crafty friends, I'm so excited to be sharing a card over on the Lunar New Year Challenge blog today. My card is for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th of September. In Chinese tradition and literature, a full moon symbolizes completeness and is associated with family reunion. Why a bunny? Bunnies are considered a companion to the Moon Goddess of course.

I started with a panel of bright blue cardstock, almost a perfect match to Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink which was the first colour I started ink blending in from all four edges but not coming right into the centre! Then I brought Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide ink onto the panel from all four edges but not in quite so far. I alternated between the two colours until the transition disappeared. I splattered watered down white acrylic paint over the panel to appear as stars and then the panel was set aside to dry.

My moon was created with the Tim Holtz Moon Mask stencils. I cut my moon from ivory cardstock and then stenciled with Antique Linen Distress Oxide ink. I spritzed the moon with Flickering Candle Distress Mica Stain because of course this moon needs some sparkle! I created a scene where the moon takes over the sky and we see the silhouette of a Lawn Fawn bunny sitting on a hilltop.

The sentiment is the Simon Says Stamp Boho Celebrate die, cut from red glitter cardstock!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope I've inspired you to make your own card for the monthly challenge!

Lunar New Year Challenge | September 2024

 Hi there crafty friends! I super excited today to share with you that I will be the Guest Designer for the remaining of 2024 at the Lunar New Year Challenge!

The September Lunar New Year Challenge will run from September 1st - September 30th at 12:00 pm EST. There are great sponsors lined up for the month including Simon Says Stamp, Lawn Fawn, Ram Stamps and Waffle Flower Stamps. All the details are on the Lunar New Year Challenge September 2024 blog post!

We can't wait to see what you create for the challenge and your chance to win one a great prize from one of our fabulous sponsors!

I used Lawn Fawn Year Eight stamp set for my card. Making the fortune cookie the star of the show! I stamped, die cut and coloured the two fortune cookies and the crumbs with my Copic Markers:

E57, E 30, E23 and E11

I added two mats to my card base in yellow and red. The tiny fortune is a die cut from Concord & 9th's new Door Decor die set and the word Joy is from the coordinating stamp set.

Happy New Year is from Lawn Fawn's Winter Wavy Sayings and the die is Lawn Fawn Simple Wavy Banners! The sentiment was embossed with gold embossing powder. I cut a second black banner so that I could add some dimension to the red banner and to make it stand out from the red background.

If you have not been there yet please head over to the Lunar New Year Blog to see the gorgeous designs made by the team!

Color Hues #94

Hi there crafty friends, can you believe it is September the 1st? I'm still trying to figure out where June went! What I really do think is wow this summer has flown and it seems that a lot of people feel the same way. The oak trees on my property have been dropping lots of acorns and it's time for a new color duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge #94! Teammate Carol has picked a unique fall palette of Rust and Green!

I used the new to me Concord & 9th Door Decor stamps and die set to decorate my door for the fall. I love that the dies works with half and quarter sheets of paper so you don't have waste and the card end up fitting into an A2 sized envelope. I started by cutting the card base with a light grey cardstock.

I used Concord & 9th Evergreen, Spiced Cider and Clementine cardstock for the door and the pumpkins and leaves.

Using a tip from Jennifer McGuire my doors are four layers each. Two layers glued together, a layer of clear acetate and another green door on top.

The pumpkins, leaves, banner and door handles are all included in the die set. There are also lots of other dies for other occasions!

The door handles were cut with Spellbinders gold metallic cardstock.

  If you haven't already visited the Color Hues Color Challenge Blog please stop by and see what my fabulous teammates have created for the challenge.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and I can't wait to see what you create with these colours!

Color Hues #93

Hi there crafty friends, it`s time for a new color duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge #93! I'm the hostess this Challenge and I wanted to pick bright summer colours! ORANGE and YELLOW seemed perfect as we head into the second half of August.

I used the Simon Says Stamp Friendship Leafy Cluster stamps and dies for my card and tag today. I started by ink blending two sets of the leaf images. The first was darker than the second because as hard as I try I’m heavy handed and my results are always darker on paper than I’m my mind!

I prepared the white card base by splattering some yellow gold watercolour on to the panel. I attached it to the card base with foam tape. Then I added my leaf clusters on to the panel with assortment of foam circles.

The thanks was gold embossed and cut with the coordinating dies. For being a friend was white embossed on orange cardstock and attached with foam tape strips. 

I finished the card off with orange pearls for added interest!

Using my leftovers I created a tag. I had made a panel with orange and yellow Distress Oxide sprays in Carved Pumpkin and Mustard Seed. 

The tag shape, an old MFT set, was cut from the panel  I added the last remaining leaf cluster and a sentiment white embossed on yellow cardstock. 

I finished it off with yellow pearls and gold cording for the tie. Felt so good to make use of my leftovers!

 If you haven't already visited the Color Hues Color Challenge Blog I encourage you to stop by and see what my fabulous teammates have created for the challenge.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and I can't wait to see what you create!