Hey Friends!! I hope you all are well.
It has been an absolutely BEAUTIFUL weekend, blue skies, low 80's and low humidity. We were able to give the dogs a long walk yesterday, something I was not able to do this week. The humidity combined with my 4th booster for COVID just killed me. I don't mind heat-I can handle it. I HATE HUMIDITY. It is my nemesis. I don't mind heat-I can handle it.
Charlotte is now officially back in Maryland-her new home. She registered her car, got a new license and will start her job on August 29th. She was home for almost the whole summer and I will miss her. However, I am a parent that feels you have to let your children go for them to flourish. I could not let go from my father after my mother died due to a lot of things but wish I had as much courage as Charlotte has. I admire her
I am popping in with some cards for some challenges. I stayed up late this week while my husband was away and stamped some images from The Greetery.
Do you do this? I have not had a ton of mojo lately, due to not feeling good but I did feel well enough to stamp. I used a combination of Pinkfresh Studio and Altenew cube inks to stamp everything.
For my first card, I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #548 as my inspiration.
Here is the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches that inspired this card.
I used some of the images I stamped from The Greetery on this card over the strip on the right.
I used paper from Fancy Pants Design on my card as well. I thought it was perfect for this card!!! I adore how this came out.
I am not going to lie, my card is a stretch and has a lot more detail than the sketch but my card was developed around it.
I started off by using paper from 49 and Market. I used a piece from Tidal Wave for the bottom and I embossed a background using a Memory Box die on pattern paper from the Strawberry Lemonade Collection. I have to say, I LOVE this paper!! I know some people like to make their backgrounds and I do...sometimes. I adore pattern paper and love to incorporate it into my cards.
I paired the paper with some stamped flowers and pitcher from The Greetery. I used some orange mesh paper for the circle in the sketch and colored a piece of the Floral Lace die cut from Altenew at the bottom.
I covered the pitcher with Glossy Accents-leaving some bubbles in is. I peruse my pottery and sometimes the glaze does have bubbles so I made a conscious decision to leave it in.
I used Nuvo Crystal Drops in the flower centers. Won't be doing that again!! My drops were a bit thick and didn't smooth out how I wanted no matter what I did!! My sentiment was one I printed myself.
I am also going to enter this card into this month's Flower Challenge. It was to use circles on your card. I think qualifies!!
Well, that is all from me today. I want to thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!
Nora
7 comments:
Gorgeous cards Nora! Both beautifully executed and your card for Just Add Ink meets the challenge sketch beautifully! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Nora! Beautiful cards and I'm drooling over all your gorgeous stamped flowers! Hope you're feeling better and can turn those into projects for future challenges!
Wow, that circular background die is a stunner! The flowers over the top are gorgeous, too. Thanks for sharing with us at Just Add Ink.
Both lovely floral cards - love the piercing effect on your circle element and pretty flowers. Chantell Just Add Ink
Lovely interpretation of the sketch! Thank you for sharing this week at Just Add Ink! Ann
Your cards are beautiful Nora! I am glad to hear that you are feeling better and that the dogs got to walk (humidity is not my friend either lol).
Beautiful cards, Nora. I love how you used your circles for the pitcher card, also the Glossy accents were genius! Sounds like a perfect day spent stamping all those images! It's something I too love to do. So glad you joined us at the flower Challenge
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