Happy Sunday!

 Hello everyone! 

Just popping in with two cards I created this weekend for some challenges. It sure was a good weekend to make cards as the weather was not very nice. We have had a week of rain and another week has been predicted. I am not complaining as I would rather have rain than a drought.

My first card, I created for two challenges. 

I pulled out my Altenew *Leaf Canopy Stamp and Dies to create this card. I have been trying to use my new with my old so I also used my new *Garden Trellis Die. 

The two challenges that inspired this card were this weeks Color Throwdown #650 and TGIF Challenge #324, which was a sketch.

I think I have said it before but I am not great with color challenges so I was SO HAPPY when I saw this badge. The photo actually inspired me to use the Leaf Canopy set. The layout was inspired by the sketch.

I used Altnew *Chamomile Ink to stamp the yellow leaves and Altenew *Gray Denim for the gray. It was the first time I had used that gray and I think it is my new favorite

I also knew I wanted to use my Garden Trellis on this so I cut it down into a triangle to use in the bottom right corner. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things *Deepest Sympathy stamp set. I tend to use this set a lot as it it has some really great sympathy sentiments.

For my second card, I used three challenges as inspiration. I used As You See It Challenge #254-Focal Point. I also am entering this into Inspiration Station Challenge #9-Sun, Sea and Sand and I am playing along with The Card Concept #158-Long Summer Days. This is actually a record for me-three challenges at once!!

This card was SO FUN to create!! I had used *Hero Arts Seashells Fancy Dies to die cut some shells out for a different card last week. I never got around to making it so I decided to use it for these challenges.

I layered these over piece of *Neenah cardstock that I had colored in using Copic Markers to create "sand." I was trying to make the dots teeny like the Inspiration Station photo but it just wasn't working. 

I decided to get out a distress tool to distress the edges of all the papers that the shells were layered on. I also took some *Vintage Photo Distress Ink and did a really light blend on the outside of each, so that the torn parts looked "dirty."

The last thing I adhered to the card was the sentiment. I wasn't sure if I wanted a black sentiment or white sentiment on my card. I even thought about a dark brown. However, my daughter said the black looked best because it popped. 

The sentiment I decided to use is from My Favorite Things *Bitty Birthday Wishes that I heat embossed in white. 

I love when I have mojo to create!!! It is almost like a high when I am successful at making more than one card at a time. I am easily distracted!!

Well that is all from me today. Check back tomorrow as the latest Cupcake Inspiration Challenge card will be up on the blog. Have a FABULOUS night!!

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Playing Cards With a Friend!!!

Hello everyone!!

I am popping in some cards that I created on a virtual playdate with Michele from I Card Everyone. Michele and I picked a technique from a video by @lostinpaper, watercolor stamping, to try for making our cards. We also decided that we would use Altenew stamps because we both had a ton of them on hand.

For my first card, I used the stamp set Beautiful Day and Altenew watercolor pens (Fiesta) to create two cards. My first card I used first generation stamping and one of the layers of the large flower.

I chose to use purple and orange as my main colors for my card.

After stamping the colors, I stamped the black outlines. I then splashed some watered down acrylic paint and more watercolor onto the background. I actually used black acrylic paint on all my cards. Some I had a heavy hand in, some I  were more subtle.

On my second card, I used second generation stamping from the colors on my first card.

I actually like the lighter colors on this card than on my first card.

On my both my first and second cards, I finished off with sequins and gems.

For my second set of cards, I decided to try the same technique using the Build a Flower: Hyacinth and did the same technique using Distress Markers.

For my first card, I used two Seedless Preserves and Dusty Concord markers for my flowers, and Mowed Lawn for the stems.

I used Shaded Lilac Distress Stain and black acrylic paint on the background and surrounded the flower with a black frame die cut.

Dandelion Yellow Nuvo Crystal Drops were used for the middle of the flowers.

For my second card, again, I used second generation stamping for my flower.

I chose to make this card a little cleaner. I popped up a black sentiment strip with some foam adhesive.

I added some sequins around the sentiment to give it some presence.

For my third set of cards, I used Leaf Canopy and Oxide ink for this technique.

I stamped the leaves with Iced Spruce Oxide ink and then heat embossed it in silver.

I used an MFT background stamp for the stripes. I added some Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Spray over the front, as well as watered down black acrylic paint.

I added a die cut hugs and some silver glitter paper at the top.

For my second card, the leaves were stamped using the second generation of the first stamped card.

Again I used the MFT stripes background stamp in Iced Spruce and Speckled Egg Oxide Ink.

I added a blue butterfly that was in my stash to the front of this card.

I chose to add the silver glitter paper in the middle of the stripes at the top rather then where I placed it on the first card.

This was the last card I created using this technique. I loved trying this using all these different stamp mediums.

I am going to share my flower cards over at The Flower Challenge. 

I hope to play cards again with Michele another time this summer. It was so much fun stamping "virtually" with her and I would love to do it with someone else if anyone would like to do so. Be sure to pop in on her BLOG POST to see what she created!!

I thank you for taking the time for stopping by!!!