Tropical...Just For You

 Hello there, crafty friends!

 

Today I'm sharing a tropical inspired card for a new challenge at the Double D Challenge Blog.  The theme is "Tropical" with a fun and colorful mood board to inspire your project.  Check it out and play along!

 

just for you

 

When I think tropical, its always hibiscus flowers that come to mind and they have to be a coral/pink color.  I chose the coral in different shades and inked them up a bit.  It was time to pull out the pineapple embossing folder and die set that I rarely use also.  Pineapples are tropical too, right? The gold framed window aperture has an embossed pineapple background with a die cut pineapple behind the sentiment among the foliage.  I used a darker blue card base so the bright colors would be the focal point.

 From my stash...

Bazzill Cardstock

 Darice Pineapple Embossing Folder

Tesslar Crafts Ellentina Pineapple Die Cut 

Memory Box Hibiscus and Sentiment Dies 

My Colors Cardstock 

 

Sharing with these challenges:

CYHTP - AG, Pineapple EF/6-24-26 

 

Thanks for dropping by today.

Hope to see you back again soon.

Bows for Baby

 The first challenge for June is live at the Double D Challenge Blog!

 

This month's theme is all about "Bows"! 

 Add a bow, any kind of bow to your project.  It can be ribbon, stamped, a die cut...just add a bow.  Link it up and you could be one of the top three Creative Winners chosen by the Design Team.  

My card was inspired by a baby shower that our daughter organized for a dear friend.

Here's the card I made...

sweet

The background is embossed with clouds on bling cardstock and double matted in both blue and pink on a white card base. The blue bow and umbrella are embellished with pink flowers and sentiment.

 

From my stash...

AC Bazzill Bling

Altenew Sentiment Die 

Cheapo Dies Umbrella

Darice Cloud Embossing Folder

Recollections Flowers

 

 I am also sharing a few photos from the baby shower which had a "bow" theme.

Here's the invitation with the details hidden.

 Sharing with these challenges:

CYHTP - Anything Goes with twist of Embellishments/6-10-26 

 

Die Cut Divas June - AG with a Die Cut, Dry Embossing/6-30-26

Stop by and play along with this fun challenge at the Double D Challenge Blog!

Thanks for coming by and have the best day.

 

SO HAPPY FOR YOU

 The June challenge is up at A Cut Above Die Cut Challenge Blog!

 

My share today is pretty much a monochrome aside from the green outlined design on the patterned paper and stamped focal image. 

 

SO HAPPY FOR YOU

 

This floral DP reminded me of a vintage wallpaper design.  Pretty pattern, but it's kind of  busy and I wasn't sure how to use it on a card, so I stuck with a simple, clean palette of white and green. It's matted with a coordinating paper from the collection.  The focal flower looked very similar to the pattern and I had green ink that was a perfect match although it didn't photograph that way.  I stamped the floral image twice and adhered them together with foam tape for dimension.  The sentiment is part of the same stamp/die set.  I embellished the corners and smaller flowers with white pearls.

 

From my stash...

Altenew Rosa Gallica Stamp/Die Set

CTMH Garden Green Ink 

Queen & Co. White Pearls

Uniquely Creative Whispers of Wisdom 6x6 Pad 

 

Sharing in these challenges:

 Cut It Up Challenge #357 - Friendship/6-8-26

 

Die Cut Diva's June - AG With A Die Cut/7-3-26 

Stop on over to A Cut Above Die Cut Challenge Blog and play along.  There's a $5 GC prize to one lucky winner chosen by random draw.

 

Thanks for coming by!

Have the best day.

Have a good day!

Welcome crafty friends... 

 

 There's a new challenge up at the Double D Challenge Blog!  Today's theme is "Splatters!" 

 

 This brings to mind so many things for me.... jumping in a puddle that splatters, using a mixer that splatters on the walls (and me), dropping a drink that splatters everywhere! But, let's keep it in craft mode where it deals with paints, mists, inks and other MM products.

 

Here's a colorful and fun mood board to inspire you.

  

The Double D Team will be choosing a Top Creative Winner and an additional three Creative Winners. 

So stop on by and play along with this fun challenge!
 

I am in my "magical" mode and love splashing and splattering with them in addition to adding acrylic paint splatters.  They seem to be finding their way onto many of my recent projects.

 

have a good day
 

I used bronze metallic paper for matting the focal panel and the sentiment.  A bit of coastal colors on this card with the shades of blues and tans.  I used white acrylic to add the splatters to the background.  The blue sentiment is offset in white on the bronze mat with a few white enamel dots scattered around.

 

From my stash

CTMH White Enamel Dots 

Folk Art Wicker White Acrylic 

Lindy's Gang/Katie Pertiet Designs Magicals 

 

You have until Sunday, May 31st at 8 PM EST to enter.

Double D "Splatters" Challenge 

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

New Day!

Hi crafty friends!

A new challenge is up at the Double D with the theme of "Watercolor". The mood board inspiration is beautiful and the Design Team will be choosing top creative projects!

Tim Holtz Distress Stains

I went with bold summer colors on my card...

tomorrow is a new day
  I used shimmer water colors for the background on this card.  Water does magical things to the sprinkles of powdered color.  The different colors that show up are amazing when spritzed with water.  Water color paint was used on a stamp to add random images around the edges.  The stamped sentiment is now a favorite of mine.  I used a floral laser cut as the focal image and added a couple of buzzing bees to embellish.

 

From my stash...

Arden Creative/KPD Laurel Grove Laser Cut

Arden Creative/KPD Maker Series Grove Notes Stamp

CTMH Watercolor Palette Paints 

Katie Pertiet Designs for Lindy's Magicals 

 Grazing Grasshopper, Hello Buttercup, Lazing in the Laurels, Pink Petal Panic

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
 

Sharing with these challenges:

The Paper Funday #87, May - Anything Goes with twist/5-31-26 

 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Make It Bright/5-13-26

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Have the best day.