Masters Stamp-A-Faire #2

OK so let's just say that the Masters Stamp-A-Faire pushed me out of my comfort zone....

First card was inspired by Amy's Starry Night project. Here's the inspiration piece: 

Here's my take....I LOVE how it turned out even though it took me three tries to make a decent inked background that was usable. Think I'll try this technique again but stamp a nativity scene on the horizon. 

My second card was using Kay's Watercolor Like A Master tutorial. This too was my third attempt and while I'm comfortable enough for posting, I want to try again to make it better. I changed up the colors from Kay's example and I don't like the way the two inks Lavender Moon and Royal Velvet blended. Maybe too much contrast in the two colors. Also I realized afterward that Kay pulled additional color in between the flowers using the colors of the flowers. I used the colors of the leaves in between. Perhaps it would have looked better with more purple and pink in between. 

Will definitely try these both again. It was fun to get my fingers and craft space all messy....for one night. Not sure if this could ever be my regular thing though but I loved trying something new. 

Hopefully I'll get some time to try the other projects today but got some things going on with the kids. Thanks for popping in!

PTI June 2016 Blog Hop

Happy Saturday!! Exciting day of the month in the crafting world because its PTI Blog Hop day. Gorgeous inspiration photo this month - full of color and shape. 

For my card I layered a bunch of flowers PTI Mums the Word to mimic the layered jellyfish from the photo. Those ARE jellyfish right? I stamped the the bottom of the MFT Balloon Strings background stamp and added the mums in Plum Pudding, Enchanted Evening, Raspberry Fizz, and Tropical Teal to match the colors in the inspiration photo. What a gorgeous color combo! 

I added a die cut Thanks for Swoosh along the bottom and they skewed the plum pudding and stamped panel on top of an Enchanted Evening base. 

Looking forward to seeing everyone's creations on the Hop! Always such different interpretations! Thanks for popping in! 

Create Along With Us - July 2015

Hi friends -

Long time no see. Its been a while. I had to live through some home renovations in April and May and we are all settled back in but it took a LONG time for me to get my crafty mojo back. I've been reading blogs and websites but hadn't created anything in ages. Seriously, I didn't think I'd make it back into my craft room but decided to just stop thinking about it and jump back in.

I was inspired by this beautiful card by Dawn during July release.....

Here's my take....

For my card, I used the blooms and leaves from Mums The Word to stamp the flowers at the top of the panel. I used Scarlet Jewel, Hibiscus Burst, and Autumn Rose inks as well as Hawaiian Shores and Aqua Mist for the leaves. I stamped a scattering of polka dots across the panel and added a sentiment from Swoosh at the bottom. I didn't have the same Edgers die Dawn used but just used the one I had. Dawn left a little space at the top of her card panel. I left space on the sides of my panel so that more of the Hawaiian Shores card base would show. 

So much fun to use a DT release card as an inspiration piece....love this new monthly PTI challenge! 

Thanks for looking! Hope you had a great weekend. 

PTI September Blog Hop

Its the 25th of the month and you know what that means....PTI Blog Hop! This month's inspiration photo highlights Autumn Rose which is an often neglected color in my stash. 

I created a small thank you card set in each of the challenge color palettes. All are square....my new favorite card size. 

First card uses the recipe of Enchanted Evening, Sweet Blush, and Autumn Rose. This was my favorite of the three color palettes. 

I stamped a background in the three colors using a pattern from Ombre Builders. Sentiment from Thank You Kindly. 

I layered the butterflies from Life is Beautiful and only adhered the top one in the middle while plumping up the wings a little. 

Second card uses the the palette of Autumn Rose, Smokey Shadow, and Soft Stone. I stamped the flowers from Mums The Word on Soft Stone dotted pattern paper.

Last card features the final palette of Smokey Shadow, Autumn Rose, and Ripe Avocado which I paired with one of the challenge sketches. 

I pulled out Round Repeats for this card, one of my favorite sets which I've forgotten about for a while. 

Finished the colorful medallion off with an dusty pink enamel dot. 

That's it for me. I can't wait to see what else everyone created for this month's challenge. Thanks for stopping by! 

Colour Me....Striking #28

Happy Wednesday! Wednesday means that the new Colour Me challenge is here. This week's challenge features the contrasting colors of a pale blue and dark purple. I honestly would have never come up with this pretty color combination myself.

I stamped my favorite flowers from Mums the Word in royal velvet and used a chevron square from Bitty Background Blocks as the 'vase' for the mums. I layered the white panel on aqua mist and then on a card base of royal velvet. And of course, I had to finish the card off with a few enamel dots....my favorite embellishment lately. 

Head on over to the ColourMe blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has to inspire you today.

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

And our featured designer for July.. Anja Curvers

Hope you get a chance to play along this week! Can't wait to check out the gallery to see what you come up with.