Happy Anniversary

Today I'm playing along with two challenges: (1) Freshly Made Sketches Challenge and (2) NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff) Challenge.

Here's what I created:

 

My parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary later this month, so I wanted to make them an extra special card. Since the 50th anniversary of marriage is also known as the "Golden Anniversary" I broke out some hot foil plates and gold foil :) I've had these glimmer hot foil plates in my stash for awhile but this is my first time using them (It's that good old "I shop way faster than I craft" problem----ha!)

These magnolias are so gorgeous! I'm really excited about how this turned out :) I hope my parents love it!
 

Thanks for visiting!

Have a great weekend!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: sentiment from Wave (The Ton)

Ink: Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: White (Hammermill), Solar White (Neenah), Black (Recollections)

Vellum: White (DeNami Design)

Glimmer Hot Foil Plates: Magnolia Bouquet (Spellbinders), Diagonal Glimmer Stripes (Spellbinders)

Glimmer Foil: Gold (Spellbinders)

Dies: Magnolia Bouquet (Spellbinders), Sentiment Strips (Gina K)

Adhesive: Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up), Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue, Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal)

Sending You Love and Strength

Today I'm playing along in a new-to-me challenge: Daring Cardmakers

This was just the challenge I needed to get my mojo going. A dear friend recently asked me to make some handmade cards for her to send to four of her friends who are currently battling cancer. The description of Viva Magenta on the Daring Cardmakers Challenge blog prompted me to check out the description of this color on the Pantone website. You can read more about it HERE but not only do they say that this color promotes joy and optimism but they also say it's "expressive of a new signal of strength" and refer to Viva Magenta as "brave and fearless." I found this all so inspiring and immediately got to work on a Viva Magenta card. Here's my creation:

The butterfly is hot foiled---LOVE the shimmer and shine!!!

Color was applied to the hot foiled butterfly image using blending brushes, the coordinating butterfly stencils and inks (all supplies are listed at the bottom of my post).
 

Thank you so much for visiting.

Have a great day!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Just Sentiments - Thinking of You (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko), It's A Girl/Party Dress/Flirty Fuchsia/Icing On The Cake (Catherine Pooler)

Hot Foiling Plate: Butterflies (Pinkfresh Studio)

Glimmer Hot Foil: Pewter (Spellbinders)

Cardstock: White (Neenah), Raspberry Fizz (Papertrey Ink)

Dies: Butterflies (Pinkfresh Studio), Fishtail Flags STAX (MFT), Sparkling Diamonds (Pinkfresh Studio)

Adhesive: Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal), Connect Glue (Gina K) 

 

Love You

Happy Mother's Day to all of the wonderful moms out there!

Today I'm playing along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. This time around Simon Says: "Feminine."

I made this card for my mom for Mother's Day :) It's my first ever hot foiled card, and I'm so excited about how it turned out!!!
 

 

Thanks so much for visiting!

Have a fabulous day!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: sentiment from Penned Pretty (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko), Black Jack (Catherine Pooler)

Distress Oxide Ink: Scattered Straw, Carved Pumpkin, Barn Door, Crackling Campfire (Ranger)

Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah), Black (Recollections), Lemon Tart (Papertrey Ink)

Hot Foil Plate: Butterflies (Pinkfresh Studio)

Foil: Gold (Spellbinders)

Dies: Butterflies (Pinkfresh Studio), Basic Set (Mama Elephant), trail from Stitched Butterflies (Lil' Inker)

Other: Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker (for splatters) (Stampin' Up)

Embellishments: Gold Glitter Enamel Dots (Stampin' Up)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (X-Press It), Foam Adhesive (Scrapbook.com)