Colour Throwdown 453 (X2) & Make It Monday #292

I was so inspired when I saw the inspiration photo for Colour Throwdown 453:

that I made two cards!

For the first one, I tried to recreate the photo, using my jar from Lawn Fawn's Summertime Charm

and some fruit sets from Papertrey Ink.

I started by stamping my jar in Altenew Morning Frost and then using a mask

around the jar and applying Altenew Buttercream with my blending tool.

I stamped the raspberries using Papertrey Ink's Summer Berries set and

Altenew Crimson & Velvet and PTI Green Parakeet & New Leaf.

I made a mask for the berries and stamped the lemon slice using PTI's Still Life: Summer.

Then, I made a mask for the lemon slice and stamped it again, as well

as on it's coordinating diecut.

 For my sentiment, I diecut my "summer" diecut (from Studio Calico)
and blended Green Parakeet and Buttercream onto it.
I stamped the "blessings" using my Easter Blessings set from PTI.

And for my next card, I used
Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday #292: Colour Blocking Three Ways:

I stamped my Brushed Off along the side of my card in Buttercream, 

Mango Smoothie and Green Parakeet inks.

I added the fruit, stamped onto their coordinating diecuts.

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

Thanks for looking!

Altenew July Inspiration Challenge

Today, I have a card to share for the the 

Altenew July Inspiration Challenge:

I decided to use my Altenew Build-a-Flower: Camellia stamp set.

I started by stamping my flower in Altenew Blush, Coral Berries & Ruby Red inks

three times -- twice on my card front and once on a diecut.

Then, using a mask, I stamped the leaves in Frayed Leaf, Olive and Moss.

  

I adhered my diecut using dimensional adhesive and

 stamped my sentiment (from PTI's Spring Woods) in Jet Black ink.

Thanks for looking!

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Fusion & Where Creativity Meets C9 -- Take Two

Today, I have another card to share for the current Fusion Challenge: Hello Cards:

and this month's Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge: Embossing.

Here's my card:

I used my Concord & 9th Lovely stamp set and heat embossed it in gold.

I coloured it in using my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush markers and a water brush.

I also heat embossed my sentiment (from Wplus9's Pretty Peonies set) in gold.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #232

Today, I have a card to share that I made for

 CAS(E) This Sketch #232 designed by Chrissy Larson:



Here's my card:

I started by diecutting the flowers from cardstock and from a post-it note.

I placed the post-it note mask on my background and 

blended Hawaiian Shore ink onto it in the top corner.

I stamped the flowers using Altenew Frosted Pink, Cotton Candy and Coral Berries ink

and PTI Limeade Ice and Simply Chartreuse.

I stamped the hummingbird onto its coordinating diecut in 

Altenew Mountain Mist and Lagoon inks and PTI's Limeade Ice.

I stamped my sentiment from PTI's KIS: Birthday stamp set in Altenew Jet Black ink.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see the rest of the DT's takes on the sketch 

and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, August 3rd to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Fusion & Where Creativity Meets C9

Today, I have a card to share for the current Fusion Challenge: Hello Cards:

and this month's Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge: Embossing.

Here's my card:

I used my Concord & 9th Flourish stamp set and stamped my images

in Altenew inks: Blush, Peach Perfect, Mountain Mist, Volcano Lake

and Sand Dunes.

I stamped the details on the leaves in versamark and heat embossed them in gold.

I also heat embossed my sentiment (from Wplus9's Pretty Peonies set) in gold.

Thanks for looking!

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Papertrey Ink July Blog Hop

I have a card to share for today's Papertrey Ink Blog Hop.

 

 This month's challenge was to use this photo as inspiration:

Isn't it lovely?

Here's my card:

 I started by stamping my berries and leaves (from PTI's Summer Berries) with some masking

in Altenew inks: Morning Frost, Evening Grey, Arctic and Caribbean Blue. 

Then, I diecut my stamped panel using my Shaker Shapes: Square die.

I also diecut the same shape from a coaster, stacked them together,

and adhered them back with my card.

I stamped the sentiment (from Choose Joy) and added a stamped/diecut berry

with some dimensional adhesive.

Thanks for looking!

Freshly Made Sketches #297

Today, I have a card to share for 

Freshly Made Sketches #297:

My co-worker, Jazmyn, asked me to make a card for

her friend's daughter's first birthday

and requested pineapples.

I blended ink onto my background using a mask I made from post-it

notes, three shades of ink and my ink blending tool.

I framed it with my PTI Shaker Shapes: Square die

and stamped it using a sentiment from my PTI Ballerina stamp set.

I stamped my pineapple from my Reverse Confetti pineapple set

in versamark and heat embossed it in gold onto its coordinating diecut.

I diecut my "1" using my PTI dies.

Thanks for looking!

Make It Monday #291

Today, I have a card to share for this week's
Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Emboss Resist Shadow Sentiments.

I've been invited to the wedding shower for the daughter of a friend of mine
next weekend, so I decided to make a card for it.
I have some very cute wrapping paper with bicycles on it,
so I made a coordinating card using Pedal Pusher.

I made a mistake in my technique though...
Instead of stamping my sentiment (from PTI's Wet Paint III) in a black ink
and then a second time in versamark, like Ashley suggested,
I used versafine black ink.
But I had a hard time getting my stamp completely clean after that,
and, as a result, my shadow is a little grey.

I stamped the wheels in versafine onyx black and heat embossed them in clear.

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

1. Austin left for a missions trip with twenty-five other youth and leaders

from our church on Wednesday.

After a layover in Montreal, they arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti yesterday.

I'm very excited for this opportunity for him!

You can follow their trip here, if you'd like.

2. After church on Sunday, Austin and I drove to Winnipeg and spent the afternoon together,

just the two of us.

We did a little shopping and went to see Baby Driver at the theatre.

Unfortunately, I realized later that we hadn't taken any photos of our day out. :(

3. I got new glasses. 

Sage and my friend, Val, helped me pick them out.

And Sage took this photo of me. :)

4. I shared a couple of weeks ago how I sold the front display at Two30Nine 

and redesigned it to fit into my client's kitchen (click here to see photos).

Well, I wanted to share a peek of the new front display that I designed to take its place.

It combines so many of my favourite things:

white shaker cabinets, herringbone tile, glass cabinets, floating shelves,

Fantasy Brown granite countertops and an island in one of our new Coastal colours.

Intrigued?

You can see more of it here.

5. I have another card for this week's CTS:

 and for the current Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Surf's Up:

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I decided to make a card using my MFT butterfly set -- in different shades of blue. 

I stamped my butterfly onto its coordinating diecut 

and layered it over a piece of cardstock that I'd smooshed with PTI Hawaiian Shores ink.

I stamped my sentiment (from PTI's KIS: Sympathy) 

on a strip of navy cardstock and heat embossed it in white.

Thanks for looking!

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CAS(E) This Sketch #231

Today, I have a card to share that I made for

 CAS(E) This Sketch #231 designed by N@Ali:



I also used MFT Colour Challenge 73:

Here's my card:

I found this fun Crate Paper journaling card in my stash and trimmed it down for my card.

I used the coordinating patterned paper as my background and to diecut my butterfly

(from MFT's Beautiful Butterflies set.)

I blended some Altenew Volcano ink onto my aqua mist background panel

and onto the banner I diecut using MFT dies.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see the rest of the DT's takes on the sketch 

and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, July 27th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Freshly Made Sketches 296

Today, I have a card to share that I made using

Freshly Made Sketches 296:

Here's my card:

I made my frame by diecutting my PTI Shaker Shapes: Square twice -- once

from PTI Linen Cardstock and once from a PTI Coaster.

I stacked them together and adhered them to my card.

I stamped the hummingbird and petunias using Humming Along onto their coordinating diecuts

and adhered them to my card, using dimensional adhesive for the hummingbird.

I stamped the sentiment using PTI's Songbirds.

Thanks for looking!

Create Along with Us: July 2017

Today, I have a couple of cards to share that I made for this month's

Create Along With Us at Papertrey Ink.

Having just purchased the Humming Along set last month,

I was inspired by Dawn's card to use it:

I decided to use the same flowers as Dawn did and made this card:

I stamped the hummingbird and flowers from Humming Along onto their coordinating diecuts

and layered them over a piece of PTI Linen cardstock that I diecut using my

Mama Elephant Femme Frames die.

I stamped the sentiment using SSS Big Scripty Sentiments.

And, then, I decided to make a second card, using the petunias from the set.

I just changed up the colours slightly.

This time, my sentiment was from PTI's Tropics.

Thanks for looking!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Surf's Up

It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!

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The LEAD of the Surf's Up Challenge will be invited as a 

Guest Designer in a future challenge!
Please visit the Curtain Call Challenge Blog for all the challenge info and deadline.

I was also inspired by this week's Muse Card Club Challenge
to included a camouflaged sentiment diecut on my card:

Here's my card:

I started by smooshing some PTI Tropical Teal and Hawaiian Shores ink
onto my watercolour  paper background.
Once dry, I diecut the thanks from it, careful to keep all of the pieces from the diecut.

I diecut two more "thanks" (using a MFT die) from PTI coasters and 

layered them together, with the original diecut on top.

Make sure you visit each of the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge
 designers' blogs for more inspiration!

Lean from SugarGem (our guest designer)

Betty Wright

Kim Singdahlsen
Leigh Penner
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Lynn Mangan
Marisa Ritzen
Maureen Plut
Melody Rupple
Sheri Gilson
Silke Ledlow
Tara Godfrey

Follow us!
Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge Facebook Page
Curtain Call Pinterest Boards

Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Surf's Up

for the challenge details and to play along with us!

Thanks for looking!

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