Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Hibiscus

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

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The LEAD of the Hibiscus 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.

Here's my card, using my new Wplus9 Southern Summer Florals 2 stamps and dies:

I started by pressing some PTI Hawaiian Shores and Soft Stones inks onto my acrylic block,

spritzing it heavily with water and pressing it onto my cardstock panel.

When it was dry, I layered my blooms and leaves over top, stamped in Altenew

Frosted Pink, Cotton Candy, Autumn Blaze, Ruby Red, Morning Frost

and Mountain Mist.

I trimmed my panel and layered it over a piece of PTI Aqua Mist cardstock.

I stamped the "wedding day" (from PTI Songbirds) in Mountain Mist.

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

Betty Wright

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

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Curtain Call Pinterest Boards

Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Hibiscus

for the challenge details and to play along with us!

Thanks for looking!

MFT Wednesday Sketch 345 & Colour Challenge 75

Today, I have a card to share for this week's 

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge:

and Colour Challenge:

Here's my card:

I started by using a scrap of aqua cardstock that I had stamped with my

Concerd & 9th woodgrain stamp as my border.

I added a wreath that I had diecut using Reverse Confetti Wreaths Confetti Cuts.

I stamped the flowers and leaves using Altenew Emerald, Mountain Mist,

Sapphire, Blush and Rouge inks and MFT's Fall Florals and Flashy Florals

flowers and leaves on their coordinating diecuts.

I stamped my sentiment (from Papertrey Ink's Spring Woods)

in Sapphire ink.

Thanks for looking!

Make It Monday #294 & Freshly Make Sketches #300

Today, I have a card to share for this week's 

Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Monochrome Colour Pop
and for Freshly Made Sketches #300:

Here's my card:

I started by stamping the leaves from Songbirds twice on my white cardstock panel --

once in Altenew Evening Grey and once in Altenew Morning Frost.

I mixed these two inks with water and flicked them on my panel with a paintbrush.

I diecut my stamped panel with my Papertrey Ink KIS: Frames die

as well as a panel of aqua mist cardstock.

I replaced the diecut, adding the aqua frame as a layer beneath my stamped frame

and stamped my sentiment (from PTI Spring Woods).

I stamped the butterfly (from PTI Masterpiece) in versamark, heat embossed it in white

and cut it out by hand, before adhering it to my card with dimensional adhesive.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #234

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

 CAS(E) This Sketch #234 designed by Donna Mikasa:



Here's my card, using my new Wplus9 Southern Summer Florals 2 stamps and dies:

I blended some Altenew Warm Sunshine ink onto my background

and layered my blooms and leaves over top, stamped in Altenew

Frosted Pink, Cotton Candy, Coral Berries, Ruby Red, Morning Frost

and PTI's Dark Indigo.

I trimmed my panel and layered it over a second panel, onto which I had

blended Dark Indigo ink with my blending tool.

I diecut the banner using a Neat and Tangled die and stamped my 

sentiment (from PTI's Songbirds).

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 24th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

MFT Wednesday Sketch 344

Today, I have a card to share that I made using
the MFT Wednesday Sketch 344:

I decided to rotate the sketch and to use my MFT Forest Friends stamps and dies
to make my card:

I started by blending PTI Hawaiian Shores and Green Parakeet onto my background panel,

using a "stencil/mask" I created with a Pretty Pink Posh border die.

I diecut the critters and trees from watercolour paper and stamped them in versamark ink.

I heat embossed them in clear and coloured them in using my Zig Clean

Colour Real Brush Markers and a water brush.

I stamped the sentiment from Forest Friends in versamark and heat
embossed it on clear.

Thanks for looking!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Herb Garden -- Take Two & Freshly Made Sketches #199

I have another card to share that I made using the current

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Herb Garden:

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I also used Freshly Made Sketches #199 to make my card:

I used MFT's Fall Florals to make my card:

I stamped the leaves in Altenew Moss and PTI Simply Chartreuse.

I diecut the sentiment (from Wplus9's Basic Greetings dies) twice,

once from black cardstock and once from white cardstock, onto which

I blended Moss ink with my blending tool.

I stacked them together, overlapping them slighting and adhered them to my card.

Remember, there's still time to play along with this

 Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #233

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

 CAS(E) This Sketch #233 designed by Hannelie Bester:



I decided to rotate the sketch to make my card:

I started by stamping my Altenew Magnolia in Altenew Cocoa, 

Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, Blush, Frosted Pink, Peach Perfect & Rouge and then 

diecutting it using the coordinating die.

I blended Hawaiian Shores ink onto my background with my blending tool

and flicked more Hawaiian Shores ink mixed with water onto my panel,

as well as just plain water.

I stamped my sentiment from the Magnolia stamp set in Altenew Jet Black ink

and onto a strip of black cardstock, which I heat embossed 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, August 10th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Herb Garden

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

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The LEAD of the Herb Garden 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 Wednesday Sketch Challenge:


Here's my card:

I started by stamping the leaves from MFT Flashy Florals and Modern Blooms

in three shades of green ink, spritzing them with water before stamping them.

When they were dry, I diecut the panel using a scalloped frame

and then adhered them over a piece of black cardstock, using dimensional adhesive

for the scalloped diecut.

I diecut the "happy" (using a PTI die) & stamped the "wedding day" on a strip of white cardstock.

A trio of PTI Rainstones finishes it off.

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

Donna Idlet  (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: Herb Garden

for the challenge details and to play along with us!

Thanks for looking!

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!