The Card Concept #85 {Rustic Blooms}

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

The Card Concept Challenge #85 {Rustic Blooms}:

I decided to use my Fantasy Floral stamps and dies to make my Clean & Layered card:

I stamped my blooms in Altenew Inks: Frosty Pink, Cotton Candy, Coral Berry

and Ruby Red, as well as PTI's Simply Chartreuse.

I stamped my aqua mist panel with my Concord & 9th Barnwood Background stamp

in Altenew Rocky Shore.

I stamped the sentiment from Papertrey Ink's A Second Helping of Sunshine in 

versamark ink on a strip of black cardstock and heat embossed it in white.

I adhered it with dimensional adhesive.

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Altenew January Inspiration Challenge

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

Altenew January Inspiration Challenge:

I decided to use my Fantasy Floral stamps and dies to make my card:

I stamped my blooms in Altenew Inks: Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, Deep Iris,

Midnight Violet, Mango Smoothie, Warm Sunshine, Sunkissed & Orange Cream,

as well as PTI's Simply Chartreuse & Ripe Avocado.

I stamped the sentiment from Build A Bloom: Camellia in 

versamark ink on a strip of dark grey cardstock and heat embossed it in white.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #256

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

 CAS(E) This Sketch #256 designed by Chrissy Larson:

I have to admit this was a challenging sketch for me.
I also wanted to play along with this month's Blog Hop at Papertrey Ink,
which was to make a card using this photo as inspiration:

Cute, right?

I was going to do something with my Summertime Sweetness set, with popsicles,

but I wasn't thrilled with how that turned out.

So, I decided to be inspired by the fact that it's food, as well as the colours.

Here's my card:

I apologize for the poor photo! 

I haven't been home during the daylight hours this week in order to take a decent picture!

I stamped the little scales and bowls of fruit in colours that matched the inspiration photo.

I overlapped them, like the sketch, and matted it on aqua mist cardstock.

I diecut the hello using my Wet Paint diecuts, from white cardstock.

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, February 1st to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Inspired By All the Little Things #78

Today, I have a card to share for 

Inspired By All the Little Things #78:

I was inspired by the colours, the quatrefoil patterns on the background of two 

cookies and the sweet little birds.

I decided to use my Papertrey Ink Spring Woods stamp set to make my card:

I tried to add some texture to my background by inking up a stencil with versamark

and pressing it onto my white panel.

This didn't really work the way I envisioned, but nevertheless, I heat embossed it

with white embossing powder.

It's very faint and hard to see in the photo.

I blended Altenew Frosty Pink ink over it and spritzed on some Cotton Candy ink

mixed with water.

 I stamped my sentiment (from PTI's Spring Woods) in versamark onto a strip of grey 

cardstock and heat embossed it in white.

I stamped the bird and branch images onto their coordinating diecuts in 

Altenew Morning Frost, Cotton Candy, Coral Berries, Evening Grey and Frosty Pink,

as well as PTI Green Parakeet.

Visit Inspired By All the Little Things to see the rest of the DT's takes 

on the inspiration photo and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Friday, February 2nd to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #255

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

 CAS(E) This Sketch #255 designed by Donna Mikasa:

Here's my card:

I started by blending Altenew Mountain Mist ink onto my panel

and then spritzed it with some Lagoon ink mixed with water.

I stamped the flowers and leaves from Wplus9's Rose Builder and Hellebore Builder stamp sets

onto their coordinating dies.

I stamped the sentiment (from Papertrey Ink) in versamark onto a strip of black
cardstock and heat embossed it in white.

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, January 25th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #254

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

 CAS(E) This Sketch #254 designed by me:

Here's my card:

I started by stamping the frame from Papertrey Ink's Masterpiece stamp set in aqua mist.

I stamped the flowers and leaves from Wplus9's Rose Builder stamp set

onto their coordinating dies.

I also added a few sprigs from Wplus9's Southern Florals set.

I stamped the sentiment (from PTI's KIS: Belated Birthday) in versamark
on a strip of black cardstock and heat embossed it in white.

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, January 18th to link up your card.

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Essentials by Ellen Mix It Up Challenge: January

Today, I have two cards to share for this month's Essentials by Ellen Mix It Up Challenge --

one from me and one from Sage.

Yes, Sage made a card!

It's been a while. ;)

Sage and her brothers gave me some Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolours for Christmas,

so, Sage joined me in my craft area the other evening to play with them.

We both stamped the Essentials by Ellen Mondo Peony onto watercolour paper

in versafine onyx black ink and heat embossed it in clear.

Then, we set to colouring them in.

Here's my card:

I added a couple of extra blooms, as well as some splatters.

I stamped my sentiment using two from Concord & 9th's Flourish,

which I stamped in versamark on a strip of grey cardstock and heat embossed in white.

Here's Sage's card:

It's it pretty?

She added the "hello" from Concord & 9th's Flourish and 

the "lovely" from Concord & 9th's Hello Lovely.

Thanks for looking!

Colour Throwdown #474 & Seasons Givings Blog Hop Winners

Today, I have a card to share, as well as the winners from the
Seasons Givings Blog Hop.

First, my card.

I happened to see the latest Colour Throwdown #474 challenge

yesterday morning and was immediately inspired to make a quick card.

Isn't it pretty?

I used my Papertrey Ink Winter Woods stamps and dies to make my card.

I diecut my Winter Woods die from white cardstock, stamped it with Altenew Morning Frost ink

and adhered it over a piece of PTI Vintage Cream cardstock.

I stamped the chickadee on its coordinating die in Altenew Morning Frost (twice)

and Jet Black.

I stamped the sentiment (also from Winter Woods) in Jet Black ink as well.

And, the nine winners of my prize packs are:

 Prize #1: Rachel Vass 

Prize #2: Karen Day 

Prize #3: Bobby  

Prize #4: cm

Prize #5: Larissa Heskett

Prize #6: Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin) 

Prize #7: Marsha

Prize #8:  Kirsty Vittetoe 

Prize #9:  Mirella

Winners, please email me at pennercl@mymts.net
so that I can get your prizes mailed out to you.

Thanks again to everyone who left me such kind comments --
truly a wonderful way to start the new year!

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Inspired By All the Little Things #77

Today, I have a card to share for 

Inspired By All the Little Things #77:

I was inspired by the sweet critters & their colours.

I decided to use my MFT Forest Friends stamp set to make my card, 

as well as the MFT Wednesday Sketch 366:

Here's my card:

I started by blending Altenew Mountain Mist ink onto my panel and then
pressed some Lagoon ink on my acrylic block, mixed it with water and
flicked some onto my panel.
Once it was dry, I diecut the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Frame die from the panel,
as well as from a piece of cardstock, which I stacked and adhered together.

I stamped the critters onto a strip of watercolour paper in versafine black onyx ink
and heat embossed them in clear.
I coloured them in with my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers, as well as my
Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolours.
I stamped the sentiment (also from Forest Friends) in versamark and heat
embossed it in white on a MFT diecut banner.

Visit Inspired By All the Little Things to see the rest of the DT's takes 

on the inspiration photo and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Friday, January 19th to link up your card.

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A Tag You're It Farewell

Today, I'm here to participate in a farewell post

for Tag You're It.

The challenge closed its doors last month,

but Tracey wanted to do a post of both the past and present designers 

as a tribute to it.

I joined the team in June of 2014 (how can that possibly be 3 1/2 years ago?)

This was the first tag I created for the challenge:

Here are a few of my favourite projects I made as a design team member:

August 2014

August 2014

November 2014

While I left the team in December 2014, I was very honoured to be asked to be 

a guest designer for the challenge last month, for which I created this tag:

Please go and check out the favourite tags that the design team has created.

Thanks for looking! 

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CAS(E) This Sketch #253 -- Retro CTS #107

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

 CAS(E) This Sketch #253 designed by N@ Ali:

I decided to use my new Rose Builder set from Wplus9 to make my card.

I started by diecutting my images and stamping them with Altenew ink: Frosty Pink,

Cotton Candy, Coral Berries, Ruby Red and Papertrey Ink ink: Limeade Ice, 

Simply Chartreuse and Ripe Avocado.

I blended Altenew Mountain Mist ink onto the top part of my panel and 

flicked on some Lagoon ink mixed with water.

I stamped my sentiment using PTI's Tropics, in Altenew Jet Black ink.

And here is the card I made originally for the sketch, back in January 2015:

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, January 11th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!