HIPPITY HOP

Paper Players Challenge has CAS and animals for their current theme - since I needed another Easter card, I went with the bunny and chick for my animals and lots of white space - and no flowers anywhere!!

My little bunny, chick and egg are from an old PTI set called "Hippity Hoppity" - so cute.  I added a little color with copic marker to the bunny and chick - cut out the eggs from patterned paper.  Assembled with the die cut grass and added the sentiment.

Since I have a bunny on my card I am also entering my card at the ModSquad Challenge where the theme is "springtime bunnies".

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BLACK AND WHITE

The current Color Hues Challenge wants just black and white on a card - so did a variation of a design I did earlier this week.

I first spattered the background of my black card with white gouache.  Die cut a bunch of leaves and flowers from white heavyweight cs and arranged on the background.  Popped up the centers of the flowers for some dimension.  Added black enamel dots in the flower centers and a sentiment and done.

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PRINTMAKING

CAS Mix-Up is celebrating their fifth anniversary this month with the challenge of using printmaking.  It's been one of those techniques I've been meaning to try when I first saw Kathy Racoosin demo it last summer.  The other reason I had to enter a card in this month's challenge 'cause it was  five years ago in March 2016 I was the winner on this CAS challenge.  Thought I should make an Easter card again, but couldn't think of anything that would work.

I used a old PTI stamp and die set - Meadow Greens - along with DI inks - faded jeans, iced spruce and forest moss. Messed around with the print technique and then found a spot I liked for a background and die cut a rectangle.  Stamped the detail on the die cut fern with forest moss.  Put it all together with sentiment and done.

Retro Rubber's current challenge is "anything goes" and since my stamp is probably over five years old, I'm entering my card there also.

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EASTER BLESSINGS

I like to send Easter greetings to my family and special friends and thought the floral theme at A Blog Named Hero's challenge was a good way to begin.

 

One of my new Hero Arts purchases was the Hibiscus Fancy Die - die cut multiples of the flowers and leaves and using a blending brush colored them - very quick and easy.  Gave the card base texture with a circle impression plate before adding the flower arrangement.  A small sentiment and a few sequins and done!  The case base is HA nautical navy and used HA precision glue to adhere everything together.

Hero Arts has so many gorgeous florals - am sure you'll be able to create a beautiful card and enter it in our challenge this month and be eligible for one of two prize gift certificates from Hero Arts.

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LAYERED PEONY

Fell in love with the color combo at The Paper Players this week.

Recently purchased several Memory Box paper pads that are perfect for layered die cut flowers.  After cutting out my flower and leaves, I used my copics to add a bit of depth.

One of my blogging friends (maybe Greta or Cat??) sent me the die cut that I used for the background.

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TWOFER CHALLENGE

This month at the Twofer Challenge the theme is "your choice" - so of course, if I have a choice it's going to be flowers.

I used a Clearly Besotted stamp for both of my cards.  The yellow flowers were stamped on watercolor paper - used watercolor pencils to color and then fussy cut the piece.  Die cut the black stripe background on which I stamped the sentiment and put it all together.  For my second card I randomly stamped the flower directly onto the card base, masked the edges and colored blended the center.  Added the two black frames and the sentiment and done.  On both cards I used black Nuvo drops in the flower centers and also around the yellow flower.

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TIC TAC TOE #104

Die cut, Flower and Colouring are the three elements I chose from Joanne's great challenge board for this week.

I smooshed watercolour paper partly with various pink and then green DI inks.  Stamped and die cut the flower and leaves.  Also smooshed the background and trimmed it down to 3.25"x5".  Arranged it all on a white card base, added some Nuvo drops and enamel dots and done.  Since the front is quite busy, I'll put a sentiment on the inside or just use it for a notecard.

Join our challenge this week - winner will be a guest designer on a future challenge.

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MORE RED, WHITE AND KRAFT

My card today for CAS Christmas went thru a few revisions until I was finally satisfied with the outcome.

I wanted to do a slimline card but had difficulty is creating the background with the color restrictions.  Finally went with a shaker design using vellum instead of acetate to give the sky a more cloudy effect.  I glued down some of the snowflakes and sequins and then left others loose inside and also adhered a few on the outside. The snowbanks were glued to the inside of the frame and then the vellum in back.  The trees are on the outside of the shaker.

I am also using this card as part of my homework for the Altenew Academy class I took recently (slimline and shaker).

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RED, KRAFT AND WHITE

CAS Christmas wants red, kraft and white on a card for their challenge this month.  I have several ideas, but this is my first one.

 

I began by embossing the front of an A2 kraft card base with a woodgrain ef and spattering it with white guoache.  Put together the boxwood wreath with some red enamel dots/berries and a red twine bow and added to my card base. Popped up the sentiment and done.

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HOMEWORK DAY 4

Just a quick post this afternoon with a card for Altenew's Progressive Cardmaking Day 4.  Justine made a card using the inlay die cutting technique along with patterned paper.

 

I die cut the leaves from some Altenew pp and also three times from heavy white cardstock - layered up the white pieces so the leaves would have some depth. I liked the idea of using leafy pp along with the leaf die. Adhered to a small background (also layered up) and then onto the card base.  Added the birthday sentiment, a few sequins and done.  A very CAS card but the gluing the layered leaves together was quite fiddly!

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TO GUNDI IN GERMANY

Decided to join the February Card Chain Challenge and am sending a card to Gundi in Germany.  Used the colors for this month which are gray, red and navy and made a fun fold card like this one.  

I used a stitched die cut circle and the beautiful bergenia embossing folder.  Brushed white pigment ink over the embossed areas.  Assembled the card and added the little sentiment and some enamel dots and done.

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MORE HOMEWORK FOR ALTENEW ACADEMY

Have two more cards for the Progressive Cardmaking 2 class.  

The top card is from day 2 where Justine used an origami folded square made from patterned paper.  After several tries I finally was able to make a decent little folded square.  I had to find my thinnest paper as heavier ones just cracked or I had really hard time getting the fold straight.  I used a circle cover plate to give some texture to the background.  Will add a sentiment when I decide who will receive it.

Day 3 was all about embossing folders.  I used a favorite - Beautiful Berginia - on black cs. Then I brushed gold Perfect Pearls over the surface, trimmed the piece to 3"x4.25 and mounted on the card base with foam tape.  Added the little sentiment and done.

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ENVELOPE POSIES

Have a pretty birthday card for you today using the envelope and flowers from the January 2020 MMH kit which is now available in the HA catalog.  These stamps and dies were voted as the favorite kit for 2020 - and they're now available for all of you who missed out on buying them last year!  You'll find them on p. 29 of the new catalog.

I first die cut a bunch of the flowers and leaves and blended on base colors.  Also used flowers from this new set.  Then shaded with copics to give them some depth.  I stamped script (very old HA stamp) on the envelope with my favorite HA black ink.  Arranged my bouquet in the envelope, added the sentiment, a few clear enamel dots and done!  I used a circle cover plate die on my card base for extra interest and texture.

There's still one more day to enter your "Anything Goes" card in our current challenge for a chance to win one of two HA gift certificates. 

 

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POCKETFUL OF POSIES

Today I'm up as lead designer for TicTacToe Challenge #102.  I had fun designing my board and hope you'll find a row that challenges you.

I went down the right side for my card - thinking of you, stitching and flowers.

I die cut a bunch of the flowers and arranged them in the little heart pocket.  Used two stitch border dies to emboss a frame on a pale gray card base.  Added the sentiment and done.

I hope you'll join in our challenge this week - have fun creating a wonderful card!

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ALTENEW ACADEMY DAY 2

Justine's challenge homework for us on day 2 of Progressive Cardmaking was to try the same design with different size borders.  Since I had the large peony bloom on my desk, I just went with that as my stamp.  

I stamped the flower on a piece 4.25x5.5" cs and masked it for stamping the leaves.  Then I masked off the edges with some 1" post-it tape and blended the blue inks in the center.  Trimmed it to 3.45x5" and mounted on an A2 card base.  Left off a sentiment until I need a card with a particular sentiment.

For my second card, I kicked up the stamping a notch. With the MISTI, I stamped the flower and the leaves on an A2 card base and a piece of 4.25x5.5" cs.  Then I trimmed the single sheet and did the ink blended rectangle.  Matched this piece to the card base, added the sentiment and some sequins and done.  On both cards I used a blue set of Altenew inks and their small blending brush.

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MASKING AND EMBOSS RESIST

I'm taking Justine Hovey's Altenew Academy class (Progressive Cardmaking 2) which began today - thought I needed a little boost to my creativity.  Today Justine demoed several ways to give something extra to your cards.  I combined two of them - masking and embossed resist.

I used a pale pink cardstock for my base and stamped the large bloom and embossed in white.  Made a mask for my flower and ink blended around it.  Then used the same colors for some blending in the center of the flower.  Trimmed my panel down and adhered on an ivory base.  Stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set and fussy cut.  Added it over the flower along with some clear enamel dots and homework finished for day 1!!

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