God is Good

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Today, I'm popping to to share a card that

I was inspired to make by the March Butterfly Reflections Ink Mood Board

using some Reverse Confetti goodies.

Isn't it wonderful?

I was inspired by the colours and the photo at the top with the lemon and lime.

Here's my card:

I blended some Iced Aqua Ink onto my Cloud White Cardstock panel

and added some speckles with more ink, mixed with water.

I stamped my leaves and flowers from Rose Garden onto my Rose Garden Confetti Cuts

in Iced Aqua Ink, Lime Green Ink and Navy Ink, 

I stamped my sentiment from God is Good in Navy Ink.

 

Thanks for looking!

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Butterfly Reflections Ink January Mood Board

Today, I have a card to share for
 Butterfly Reflections Ink January Mood Board: 

Isn't it beautiful?
I love these colours together!

I decided to use my Concord & 9th Flourish stamp set to make my card.

I started by stamping my Concord & 9th Barnwood Background stamp onto

 aqua mist cardstock in Altenew Mountain Mist ink. 

I stamped the leaves from Concord & 9th's Flourish stamp set

 in Altenew Cosmic Berry, Moon Rock and PTI Dark Indigo.

I stamped the details over the navy bloom/berries in versamark and then heat

embossed them with Zing! aqua embossing powder.

I stamped my sentiment using Altenew Adore You.

Thanks for looking!

Butterfly Reflections Ink December Mood Board & Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #4

I can't believe it's Christmas Eve Eve!
Only two more sleeps until Christmas...

Today, I have a card to share for
 Butterfly Reflections Ink December Mood Board: 

Isn't it gorgeous?
My card is also for Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #4: Winter:

I decided to use both of my Concord & 9th stamp sets:  Flourish & Barnwood Background.

I started with a piece of vintage cream cardstock, on which I stamped my Barnwood

Background stamp, in Altenew's Morning Frost.

I stamped my flowers, berries and leaves using the Flourish stamp set

and Altenew's velvet, grapevine, evergreen inks and Papertrey Ink's Scarlet Jewel 

and Simply Chartreuse.

I stamped my sentiment (from MFT's Hand-Lettered Holiday)

in Altenew Jet Black ink.

Thanks for looking!

Butterfly Reflections Ink November Mood Board & Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #3

Today, I have a card to share for
 Butterfly Reflections Ink November Mood Board: 

Isn't it gorgeous?
My card is also for Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #3: Sparkle & Shine:

I decided to use my Concord & 9th Flourish stamp set to make my card.

I stamped my leaves and flowers using PTI's Dark Indigo, Melon Berry and Scarlet Jewel.

Then, I stamped some of the accent stamps in versamark and heat embossed them in gold.

I stamped my sentiment (from Simon Says Stamp's Many Thanks)

and was inspired by the gold dipped feathers in the photo to use my MISTI to

ink up the bottom half of the stamp with versamark and stamp it a second time

and heat embossed it in gold.

Thanks for looking!

Butterfly Reflections Ink October Mood Board & Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #2

Today, I have a card to share for
 Butterfly Reflections Ink October Mood Board: 

Isn't it gorgeous?
I love those rich hues!

My card is also for Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #2: Watercolour:

I decided to use my Concord & 9th Flourish stamp set to make my card.

I started by smooshing some PTI Hawaiian Shores ink mixed with water

onto my watercolour panel.

Once it was dry, I stamped the leaves from Concord & 9th's Flourish stamp set

 in PTI's Tropical Teal, after spritzing my inked stamp with water first.

I repeated this for the Summer Sunrise flowers I stamped.

Lastly, I stamped the flowers in Altenew's Cosmic Berry.

I didn't spritz it with water first, because the Altenew inks don't react to that

well, not like the PTI inks do.

I stamped my sentiment using SSS's Big Scripty Sentiments.

Thanks for looking!

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Butterfly Reflections Ink September Mood Board & Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #1 & MFT Card Design Superstar Contest -- do-over

Wow, how's that for a long title!

As you might have guessed, I have a couple of cards to share today....

The first one is for the Butterfly Reflections Ink September Mood Board: 

& Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #1: Celebration:

I decided to use my Concord & 9th Flourish stamp set to make my card.

I made a very simple, one layer card, using some Altenew inks (Desert Nights,

Arctic, Caribbean Sky, Persian Blue, Warm Sunshine) and PTI inks (Orange Zest, Terracotta Tile.)

I stamped my sentiment using PTI's Spring Woods.

My second one is "do-over" for one of the cards I made 

for the MFT Stamps Card Design Superstar Contest -- 2016.

I had created three cards for the challenge, which I shared on Sunday,

but the last one had a sentiment from a Papertrey Ink stamp set

and was therefore disqualified.

I'm so thankful they let me know, so I could still submit a third card for the challenge.

So, if this card looks familiar, it was a copy of the one I shared on Sunday

-- I just changed the sentiment!

Using leaf stamps from MFT's Flashy Florals and Modern Blooms, I stamped the leaves 

on two white cardstock panels -- one in Altenew Morning Frost

and Evening Grey & the other in MFT Orange Zest & Ripe Raspberry, PTI's Spring Moss

& Simply Chartreuse, Altenew's Midnight Violet -- using my MISTI.

I diecut the coloured panel using this gorgeous MFT die that's now retired.

I diecut the "hello" die that came with my Flashy Florals kit

from black cardstock and adhered it to my diecut shape.

Then, I adhered the shape to my card using dimensional adhesive.

I matted my card on Ripe Raspberry cardstock.

Thanks for looking!

Altenew August Inspiration Challenge, MFT Wednesday Sketch 292 & Butterfly Reflections Ink August Mood Board

Today, I have a couple of cards to share for a few challenges...

My first card is for the Altenew August Inspiration Challenge:

I love the colours in this month's challenge and 

I was also inspired by the graphic to make my card.

I started by inking up a panel of soft stone cardstock with 

Morning Frost and Evening Grey to create an ombre effect for my background.

I diecut several Painted Flowers and stamped them with the coordinating

stamps in versafine onyx black, as well as in Altenew's

Frosty Pink, Coral Berry, Morning Frost and Evening Grey.

I stamped my sentiment (from PTI Spring Woods)

in Versafine Onyx Black.

My second card is for the MFT Wednesday Sketch 292:

As well as for the Butterfly Reflections Ink August Mood Board:

Here's my card, using MFT Flashy Florals:

I started by stamping my flowers and leaves onto their coordinating diecuts,

as well as onto my soft stone background.

I wanted my flower centre to be aqua mist, so I actually stamped it first

onto my diecut and then a second time in versamark and then I heat embossed it in clear.

Then, when I stamped the flower over top, I wiped off the ink from the heat

embossing and the aqua resisted the ink.

I was pleased with how this turned out!

I diecut my frame using my PTI Shaker Shapes: Square die and stamped

my sentiment (from PTI's Choose Joy) in Altenew Dessert Night.

(For the leaves and flower, I used Altenew Morning Frost, 

Evening Grey, Coral Berry and Ruby Red.)

Thanks for looking!

Two cards for four challenges

I'm hoping to have multiple posts today, as I'm participating

in Papertrey Ink's Stamp-a-faire 2016 today,

but I'm starting off with two cards that I made for several challenges.

First of all, I created a card using MFT Wednesday Sketch 290:

And Butterfly Reflections Ink's July Mood Board:

Here's my card:

I had started scoring a piece of white cardstock for another project, but set it aside. 

I decided to trim it and stamp flowers and leaves on it using MFT Modern Blooms.

I inked up a scrap from the scored piece with Altenew Mango Smoothie

and PTI's Limeade Ice and diecut them using a banner die.

I stamped the sentiment (from PTI's KIS: Thank You) in versamark

onto a piece of Tropical Teal cardstock and heat embossed it in white.

I also have a card that I was inspired to make by this week's 

Muse Challenge #175, by Jenni Murray:

I decided to use the Colour Throwdown #402 colour combo:

Here's my card:

I applied some ink to my background with my blending tool

and layered a piece of white cardstock overtop from which I 

diecut a MFT circle die.

I stamped my flowers and leaves using MFT Flashy Florasls,

using the same colour of ink for the different stamp steps, 

but changing the intensity (I used my MISTI to stamp several times, if necessary).

I stamped my sentiment (from PTI's Spring Woods) 

in Versafine onyx black ink.

Thanks for looking!

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Happy Birthday to my mom

Today is my mom's 80th birthday.

My brothers and their families came from B.C and Montreal

to visit this past weekend and we had such a great time!

I really wish we lived closer together -- they are all so fun and wonderful!

I wanted to share the card that I made for her birthday.

I was inspired by the Butterfly Reflections Ink June Mood Board to create my card.

Isn't it fun?

I decided to use my new Flourish stamp set from Concord & 9th to make my card.

I stamped the flowers and leaves in PTI's limeade ice, aqua mist, 

tropical teal, berry sorbet and pure poppy.

I stamped the centres to the blue flowers in versamark and heat embossed

them in Zing! red embossing powder.

I trimmed a strip of navy blue cardstock and heat embossed my
sentiment (from PTI's KIS: birthday) in white.

We all celebrated together on Sunday, but Jonah, Sage & I will be driving
to Winnipeg this afternoon to join my twin brother and his wife
to take my mom out for supper.
You can never have too much celebrating, right? ;)

Thanks for looking!

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Butterfly Reflections Ink May Mood Board

Today, I have a card to share that I made for Sage's voice teacher.

Sage started taking voice lessons with Mrs. Thorleifson in the fall

and has just loved them and her.

She was quite upset to learn that Mrs. Thorleifson accepted a full time

teaching position for the fall and was, regretfully, not going to teach voice anymore.

We got her a little gift to thank her for the past year and I made a card

to go with it.

I was inspired by the Butterfly Reflections Ink May Mood Board:

I loved how bright and cheery the board/colour combo is

and wanted to reflect that in the card I made for Mrs. Thorleifson.

I started by diecutting some Wplus9 Freehand Florals dies and stamping them

with their coordinating stamps in PTI summer sunrise, orange zest, terracotta tile,

hibiscus burst, raspberry fizz and limeade ice and Wplus9 Sweet Gelato and Ocean Drive.

I took a piece of sheet music patterned paper from my scraps and blended orange

zest ink onto it for my border.

I asked Sage what kind of sentiment she wanted: thank you or you are awesome.

She chose the latter, so I stamped the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Big Scripty Sentiments.

I'm also linking this up to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Flowers.

Thanks for looking!