cardmaking - Right as Rain

Time to Play!

I’m sharing a card created with two dies from the newest Poppystamps release – Baby Kittens and Bijou Film Strip.

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I added four of the five kittens from the Baby Kittens die to a panel that I adhered behind the film strip. I created the yarn ball from baker’s twine and completed the card with a sentiment I created on my computer.

Supplies:

[982] DIES- Baby Kittens

[997] DIES- Bijou Film Strip

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Avery Elle Birthday Challenge

I’m sharing a card I created for the first challenge over on the AEI♥U Challenge Blog – the theme is Birthday.

I have a friend with a birthday in May, close to Cinco de Mayo, for whom this would be perfect! The bright colors against a kraft base make me happy (especially as it’s been raining here in the Pacific Northwest on and off for about twenty-four hours)! I invested in some of the new Avery Elle stamp pads to stamp the banners. I especially like the Aquamarine!

Supplies:

Avery Elle Clear Stamps, Cake and Candles	Avery ELLE-ments Dies, Papel Picado Banners	Avery Elle Clear Stamps, Papel Picado Banners	Avery Elle Ink Pad, Sugar Plum
Avery Elle Ink Pad, Aquamarine	Avery Elle Ink Pad, Fizz	Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock, 25 pack	A3 Cardstock, Neenah Environment Desert Storm, 25 pk
VersaMark Inkpad	Hero Arts Embossing Powder, White

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Sparks Challenge – Anything Goes

With spring on my mind, I fashioned a card for the current Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge “Anything Goes” with things associated with spring — bunnies, chicks, and sunny skies!

Hope you’re having a “bright” day!

Supplies:

Paper Smooches Clear Stamps, A Magical Spring	Paper Smooches Clear Stamps, We Totally Click	Paper Smooches Wise Dies, Polaroid	Paper Smooches Wise Dies, Borders 1
Hero Hues Dye Ink: Black	Echo Park 6×6 Pad, A Perfect Summer	Essentials by Ellen: Woodgrain Embossed #110 Cardstock, White, 10 Pk

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Retrosketches #102

I’m sharing a card I created for the latest Retrosketches Challenge. I flipped the sketch horizontally because I thought it worked better with the orientation of the umbrella.

Using the Crafter’s Workshop blank stencil material, I created a rain drop stencil with the Memory Box die. I also created an umbrella stencil using the Up and Away umbrella die cut. I added Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink to the stamped umbrella through the stencil, swiping from the top down. It’s raining here (pouring!) in the Pacific Northwest, so some cheery colors were in order!!

Supplies:

Mama Elephant Clear Stamps, Up And Away	Mama Elephant Creative Cuts, Up and Away	Memory Box Dies, A Little Rain	Crafter’s Workshop Templates, 6×6 Blank Stencil Sheets
Memento Ink Pad, Tuxedo Black	Distress Ink Pad, Squeezed Lemonade	Distress Ink Pad, Broken China	Hero Arts, Layering Paper, Cerulean
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock, 25 pack

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Penny Black Thank You

Today I’m sharing a card that combines an image from a Crafter’s Workshop stencil with a new stamp and die from Penny Black’s “Happy Everything” release.

I stamped the Penny Black Decadence stamp [#40-254] for the background. For the focal image, I used silver embossing paste on a portion of the Crafter’s Workshop Birds of a Feather stencil. The sentiment is from the new Penny Black stamp set Kind Words [#30-226] that I die cut with one of the dies in the Triple Banner set [#51-027].