Color Hues #90

Hi there crafty friends! Today we start a new colour duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge #89! Our fearless leader Nancy Leppeck chose the challenge colours of White &  Aqua--so much fun!

 I had a plan in my head and when it came time to execute it I struggled with my water. Then the idea of bokeh popped into my head! I blended a panel of Concord & 9th Powder cardstock with Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Inks. 

I have three homemade masks for doing bokeh. Three cardstock pieces each one with a different size circle cut from the centre. I use these along with white pigment ink when I want to add bokeh to my design. Handy and always fun but if using Dox inks, make sure the panel is completely dry before adding pigment!

The seagulls are Waflle Flower Crafts Inquisitive Seagulls and the umbrella from the Waffle Flower Crafts Beach Umbrella Die-n-stencil. 

The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn`s Henry`s Build a Sentiment: Spring. I find I this set really useful!

I'm submitting this to Seize the Birthday Anything Goes!

I'm also submitting this is Just Us Girls Challenge #733.

Thank you so much for stopping in today!

First Attempt Waffle Flower Postage Collage

 Happy weekend! Today I'm sharing my first attempt at using the Waffle Flower Crafts Postage Collage die and Beach Days Stencils. There are three stencils in the set and for my first run I used the stencils as they were intended. I used all Catherine Pooler Inks.

Next time I'll be a bit more adventurous and try something new.

These are really fun to use!

The background in from the Waffle Flower Crafts Coloring Stencil. I have seen some done in non traditional postal colours that are really amazing!

The Happy Birthday Sentiment is from the Penguin Palace's Enchanting Paris. I love that the "i" in birthdy in a small letter!

I'm submitting this to Seize the Birthday Anything Goes!

I'm also submitting this is Just Us Girls Challenge #733.

All products I used are listed below.

Thanks for stopping in today and have a wonderful weekend!

Seize The Birthday #261: Anything Goes

 Hi there and thanks for stopping by today. Trying to use stamps that have purchased but have not seen ink just yet! I had a birthday card to make and I used products that fell into that category from Lawn Fawn. Really High Five stamps and dies and papers from the Hello Sunshine 6x6 paper pad were so much fun to use. Images were coloured with the following Copic markers:

BG13, BG32, BG11, RV10, RV13, RV21, Y13, Y15, Y17, E00, E21, E33

Submitting this to Seize the Birthday #261!

Thanks for stopping in today!

Floral Birthday

 Happy Friday!

Today I have a card I made the Color Hues Challenge #16 and I made it a birthday card to also submit to Seize the Birthday #212 - Spring Flowers and the pastel yellows for The Flower Challenge #55 - Pretty Pastels. Slowly I am rebuilding my supply of birthday cards. The funny thing is that there is always a pause when I go to make birthday cards. I love making floral cards, but I also like making cute and funny cards too.

What do you do when you think out when you go to make a new birthday card?
Do you make your cards for your recipient, or do you make cards to have on hand?Or do you choose a theme for your card to build of a supply? 

Do you like flowers? or critters? a geometric shapes?
So many questions, I am always curious of how other creators, create!

The colors for Color Hues are Yellow and grey. I will be honest, this was a tough challenge for me. I'm not much of a yellow person, but once I got out all my yellow inks and started playing around I really liked the yellow with the grey. Of course yellow isn't the easiest colour to take good pictures of, but many takes later I chose the photos I am sharing here today.

I brought out an old favourite, Altenew Floral Art, I have always loved the whimsy of this set and with a bit of masking and overstamping it always makes a pretty card.

I stamped the main large layered flower in Altenew Silver Stone, Buttercream and Warm Yellow inks. Then I build up the rest of the card front in the upper left of the panel mixing in some of the other flowers and leaves in the set using the same ink colours along with Altenew Lava Rock.

I trimmed down and added the panel to a dark grey mat. A few Stormcloud pearls from Studio Katia were added to create a bit of interest.

Thanks so much for popping in today and have a wonderful weekend.

We are heading into some warmer weather and hopefully the cooler winter weather we has this past week was it's last hurrah!

Seize the Birthday

Happy Saturday!

Today we are heading up to Sudbury again to see Ben and to go look at some apartments for next year! Are you kidding me? I was just getting used to him driving when he headed to University but now living of his own? I think it may be the allure of a full sized fridge!  Regardless it should be a fun day. Hope it is a nice day for traveling.

A post needs a card, so a birthday card for fun. I was itching too try out my new Text Block Birthday die from Papertrey Ink. I love that you can put a birthday card together in just a couple of minutes using the die and some patterned paper.

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CCC #62 and Seize the Birthday

Time for this week's CASology Cue Card, this week's cue is:

There are so many stamp companies right now that have great arrow stamps and I realized when I made my card for this week I don't really have many.  So I did a bit of shopping first in my own stash and then online, soon I will be overrun, but for today's post I used this sweet perfectly sized arrows from Fresh Squeezed Stamps for an easy gender non-specific birthday card!

I am also submitting this card to the current Seize the Birthday challenge.

Head on over to CASology today to learn what the 'cue card' means to you, how you can play along and see the all the cards created by the Design Team to inspire you.

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely (that's me)

Jen Wills

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Judy Marino

Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Gillian Ross

Kimberly Weiner

Guest Designer: Janet

I can't wait to see what ARROW means to you!

Cardstock:  Kraft, White (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: The Envelope Please (Fresh Squeezed Stamps) Stylish Sentiments Birthday (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse (Papertrey Ink) Memnto Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Tuesday Trigger: Honoring Ombre and Seize the Birthday

A card for the Tuesday Trigger challenge over at Moxie Fab World.

The Trigger:

The card:

I am also submitting this card to the current Anything Goes challenge over at Seize the Birthday.

Cardstock:  White, Lavender Moon(Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: Bonjour, Fanfare (Avery Elle)

Ink: Smokey Shadow, Winter Wisteria, Lavender Moon, Sweet Blush (Papertrey Ink) Memnto Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko) 

Happy (Belated) Birthday Marybeth!

Happy Belated Birthday Marybeth!

I am sure that you know Marybeth from Marybeth's Time for Paper! Well today we are having a surprise Blog Hop in honour of her birthday that was earlier this month! Joyce from cards-by-the-sea and Cathy from Empty Nest Crafter are our hosts for today's blog hop. 

Marybeth is one the sweetest ladies in blogland and also one of my very first blogging friends. She always leaves the sweetest comments and creates the most gorgeous cards. If you haven't gone before you should go visit her blog to see her incredible talent!

I had already mailed off a card to her for her birthday when this blog hop came light, so an extra happy birthday because you now have two cards! ;) 

I hope you celebrate with us today by visiting the other participants to see their beautiful cards!

Joyce

Cathy

Ally

Bev

Bonnie

Carol J.

Carol S.

Christina

Darnell

Helen

Jeanne

Jill
Kara
Kelly
Kim
Lisa
Nancy
Renee
Sharron
Sue
Tracey
Vickie

I am also going to submit this card to the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger, Seize the Sketch, Seize the Birthday and the Lil' Inkers Birthday Challenge challenges.  With this week`s Tuesday Trigger I was inspired by the pretty flower and the colours. I just picked this paper up last week and it seemed perfect for the occasion!

 

Enjoy your blog hop Marybeth I know you are surprised!  Have a wonderful weekend!

CCC #56

Ready fro this week's CASology Cue Card?

This week our cue word is:

I used some of the yummy goodies from the July 12 Kits of Occasions for my card. Some fun patterned paper, a birthday cake and a gold embossed sentiment.  I am also submitting this to the Seize the Birthday and Moxie Fab World Birthday Card challenges.

You still have time to come and celebrate at Melissa's Baby Shower HERE.

Head on over to CASology today to learn what the 'cue card' means to you, how you can play along and see the all the cards created by the Design Team to inspire you.

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely (that's me)

Jen Wills

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Judy Marino

Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Gillian Ross

Kimberly Weiner

Guest Designer: Donna

I can't wait to see what DESSERT means to you!

Cardstock:  White

Patterned Paper: My Minds Eye
Stamps: Soiree (Mama Elephant)

Ink: Pool  Party (Stampin Up)

other: gold embossing powder

Muse #28

When I saw that this week's Muse was Lynn Mangan, I knew I had to play.  I love Lynn's style and I love that I get to CASE her out in the open. Lynn's fabulous card:

I was drawn to the tilted frame, the rich colours and those fabulous blooms.  Patterned paper is something I literally stock, I love it and I buy it and I look at it! Sound familiar? So I decided to use my patterned paper today for my Muse card. I am also submitting this to the Seize the Birthday and Moxie Fab World Birthday Card challenges.

Heading up to the cottage for the Canada August 1 long weekend and for a family reunion.

I think I will have a lot of catching up to do when I return. 

Have a great weekend everyone.

Cardstock:  White (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Daphne's Closet (Lawn Fawn)

Stamps: Flower Fusion #9 (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink) 

Dies: polaroid (Lil Inkers) butterfl;y punch (Marth Stewart)

other: sequins (Neat and Tangled)