Color Hues #97

Hi there crafty friends, it's time for a new color duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge #97! Teammate Julie Peddicord chose the color duo of Olive and Mustard!

I used the Concord & 9th H2Hello dies to make my faux Stanley Cup. I used cardstock in Olive and Mustard for the cup and white embossed the sentiment on the cup.The cup was added to the card front with foam tape for dimension.

I added a die cut hello from the die set over the cup in black.

 

The background paper is from Lawn Fawn's Falling Leaves 6 x 6 paper pad.

 If you haven't already visited the Color Hues Color Challenge Blog you drop in 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!

Scrap 'N Stamp Canada | Halloween tags

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For Anything but a Card I made a couple of Halloween tags using some new to me products purchased this year.

For this first tag I ink blended a background to cut my tag from using Distress Oxide inks--Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Peacock Feathers and Villainous Potion. I flicked black watered down acrylic paint on the panel.

The die cuts are all from the Tim Holtz Wicked and Gothic Protraits die sets.

The boo sentiment was cut from Spellbinders dark grey glitter cardstock.

A little piece of white paper was glued behind the cat's eyes.

For my second tag, which I almost did not post, I used the Lawn Fawn Cauldron lawn cut. The panel was first ink blended with Distress Oxide inks--Shaded Lilac and Wilted Violet. Everything was going well until the end...been there before? An embossed sentiment over a bumpy surface is never a good idea, but it actually turned out not bad. Not as bold as I hoped but not bad either.

This is where it all went wrong. My white gel pen has been sitting for too long and it wasn't flowing--grrrr! That is something that can't be undone, so lets just call it wear marks on the sides of the cauldron.

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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!