Enjoy Your Special Day

It's snowing here in the mountains today, so I'm having lots of fun spending time in my craft studio and making cards for upcoming birthdays :)

The theme at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is "Anything Goes." I'm linking this one up over there:

 

My neighbor friend has a birthday coming up later in April. We really enjoy going on hiking adventures together, so I thought this Mountain Scene Cover Plate from Erin Lee Creative was the perfect fit for making her a card for her special day!

 

She also loves bright, happy colors, and that's what inspired my color combo.

I paired my scene up with a foiled sentiment from an ephemera pack by Pinkfresh Studio. These are so handy to have around and I love the touch of shimmer they add to my creations!

 

And that's it. Pretty simple. No stamping on this one (*gasp)! That's a rarity for me ;)

Thanks for visiting!

Have a great day!!!

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Supplies:

Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah); Pacific Point, Gorgeous Grape, Shaded Spruce, Soft Suede, Early Espresso (Stampin' Up); Hawaiian Shores, Raspberry Fizz (Papertrey Ink)

Dies: Mountain Scene Cover Plate (Erin Lee Creative)

Other: sentiment from Foiled Sentiments Ephemera (Pinkfresh Studio)

Adhesive: Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal), Zots Bling - Tiny (Therm-o-web)

 

Happy Birthday

Happy Saturday! Today I'm playing along with the Seize the Birthday Challenge: Things In A Garden. Fun!!!

The Butterflies Hot Foil Plate/Stencils/Dies from Pinkfresh Studio are some of my favorites and here I've paired them up with a new-to-me 3D embossing folder called Rose Bouquet from Altenew. I think these products work so well together! LOVE it!!!

Just look at all of that fabulous shimmer and shine from the foiling:
 

I was so excited about how this turned out that I made another one in magenta:

 

Which one do you like best?

Thanks for visiting!

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: sentiment from Friendly Silhouettes (Gina K)

Ink: Icing On The Cake, Ginger, Sauna, Whipped Honey (Catherine Pooler); Black Jack, It's A Girl, Party Dress, Flirty Fuchsia, Icing On The Cake (Catherine Pooler)

Cardstock: Basic White (Stampin' Up); Solar White (Neenah); Dark Chocolate and Canyon Clay (Papertrey Ink); Smokey Shadow and Raspberry Fizz (Papertrey Ink)

Hot Foil Plate: Butterflies (Pinkfresh Studio)

Glimmer Foil: Silver (Spellbinders); Pewter (Spellbinders)

Embossing Folder: Rose Bouquet Botanical 3D Embossing Folder (Altenew)

Dies: Butterflies (Pinkfresh Studio); A2 Layers (Waffle Flower); Sentiment Strips (Gina K)

Adhesive: Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal); Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn); 3D Foam Squares - Large (Scrapbook.com) 

 

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) 

 

You're A Whole Lot Of Awesome

Hello there! Today I'm playing along with the NBUS Challenge :) I have to confess I have A LOT of "never-before-used-schtuff" and one of my goals is to make a deliberate effort to put it all to good use! This challenge is the perfect motivator!

My card features a new-to-me stamp set from Pink Fresh Studio called Whole Lot Of Awesome (...Don't you just LOVE that sentiment?!?!!!)

This is a great stamp set for putting all of those gorgeous colored inks to use too!!! Here I used Midnight, Aqua Sky, Sprout, and Honeysuckle (from Concord and 9th)!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hope you're having a fabulous weekend!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Whole Lot Of Awesome (Pinkfresh Studio)

Ink: Midnight, Aqua Sky, Sprout, Honeysuckle (Concord and 9th)

Cardstock: White (Ink To Paper)

Dies: Wonky Stitches (Avery Elle)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (X-Press It)
 

 

Pinkfresh Studio WCMD Challenge #2 - Thank You

Hello there! Did you see all of the fun challenges Pinkfresh Studio is hosting in honor of World Card Making Day?!?!!! Today I'm playing along with Challenge 2 - Thank You.

I absolutely ADORE all of the sweet images in the Playful Animals 1 and 2 stamp sets by Pinkfresh Studio!!! Sooo super cute!!! Here I used them to create a couple of mini thank you cards (measuring 3 3/8" by 2 1/8"):

I love having little cards like this on hand and ready to go :)

Hope you're having a fabulous day!

Thanks for visiting!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Playful Animal Friends 1 (Pinkfresh Studio), Playful Animal Friends 2 (Pinkfresh Studio), Dream On (Pinkfresh Studio)

Ink: Buttercup, Parsley, Evergreen, Mushroom, Cranberry, Marmalade, Eggplant (Concord and 9th); Tangerine Tango (Stampin' Up); Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: White (Ink To Paper), Kraft (Recollections)

Dies: Nesting Card Templates (Lifestyle Crafts)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn)