The Queen's Scene

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Heartfelt Condolences - CTD816

Hello, crafty friends! I know it’s been months since I’ve posted here on my blog but I have posted cards over on my Instagram page which you can find here: The Queen’s Scene

Today I’m here joining my other Color Throwdown team mates as we honor Barbara Anders who passed away recently from pancreatic cancer. Bar was the backbone of our Color Throwdown Challenge, she handled so many behind the scenes aspects of running our challenge but more than that Bar was a creative inspiration to myself and so many in the paper crafting world. Bar’s cards were beautiful and designed with an experts eye, stamp companies and other online sites were blessed to have her representing their products. I know that Bar is in the hands of the Lord and is resting and no longer in pain.

For my card today, I used this week’s colors along with the following Spellbinders dies: Autumn Sealed Sprigs and Sunflower Serenade and die cut the sunflower from cajun clay (PTI), the leaves from kraft card stock, the maple leaves from pumpkin pie (SU), the flower centers from chocolate chip and the small daisy flowers from apricot card stock. All of the pieces then had distress oxide ink blending on each of them.

For the background I used a piece of cream card stock and die cut it using the Outside in Stitched Rectangle dies, then stamped the Waffle Flower sentiment and used a wood impression plate for just the inside rectangle.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Broni Holcombe

Lynn Put

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Lynn

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Treat Cart - CTD796

Hello there! It’s time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge where we have some fun citrus colors to create with!

For my card, I used the adorable new Lawn Fawn Treat Cart stamp set and Treat Cart dies to create a Father’s Day card. I started out by stamping all of the images in the stamp set, die cutting them using the dies and coloring them using copic makers.

Using the Outside In Stitched Rectangle dies, I die cut one rectangle from some orange gingham Doodlebug paper and another from white card stock which I then used the Cloudy Stencil to stencil on some clouds along the top and used the Simple Stitched Borders dies and some lime green card stock for the bottom. For my sentiments, I used the Everyday Sentiment Banner dies. This was a very fun card to create and I can’t wait to use this set again!

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe

Lynn Put

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Lynn

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Have a Wonderful Day! - CTD790

Hello there! It’s Wednesday and time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge!

For my card I used the Spellbinders Wreath Builder and Little Chickadee dies along with Squeeze the Day sentiment stamp set from Honey Bee Stamps to create a birthday card/thinking of you card. I also used a swiss dot embossing folder on a piece of aqua mist (PTI) card stock for my background and used the following colored card stock to die cut the flowers and bird: daffodil delight, summer sun, old olive, kraft, soft suede (SU).

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe

Lynn Put

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Lynn

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Congrats! - CTD788

Hello there! I’m hostess for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge and I’ve chosen the spring colors of pink, green and yellow. I hope you’ll take the time to play along!

The card I have for today features the Primrose Garden Bundle from Concord &9th, I used the same bundle on my card from last week’s challenge except today I used different colors and a different layout.

I used the following card stock colors to die cut the flowers and leaves: raspberry fizz, limeade ice, simply chartreuse (PTI). Pink pirouette, daffodil delight (SU).

I used the following inks to blend: pine needles & crushed olive for the leaves, wild honey & spiced marmalade (distress oxide inks). Raspberry fizz & hibiscus burst for the flowers (PTI).

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe

Lynn Put

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Lynn

Primrose Garden - CTD787

Hello! Long time no see. I haven’t blogged since January but I have still been creating and sharing over on my Instagram account which you can see here.

Today I’m jumping in to share my card for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge #787 where we’ve got some cool aqua and green colors to create with.

Ever since I saw the new Primrose Garden Bundle from Concord & 9th with the bold flower dies and the coordinating sentiment stamp set, I knew I need it. I’ve made a handful of cards using it so far and I absolutely love it!

To create my card, I started out by die cutting the outline base for the flowers and leaves from always artichoke (SU) card stock and adhering it to a white card base.

Next I die cut the large center flower and matching bud from cool caribbean (SU) and ink blended the center with peacock feathers distress oxide ink and added the black die cut center. For the leaves, I die cut them from old olive and lucky limeade and ink blended on some lucky clover and peeled paint distress oxide ink. the small cluster of flowers were die cut from taken with teal card stock and the medium sized flowers from white card stock and ink blended with tumbled glass. The berries were die cut from limeade ice (PTI) card stock and ink blended with some mowed lawn distress oxide ink. Once I assembled all of my die cut pieces, I die cut and stamped my banner and added some turquoise gems to the white flower centers and some tiny clear gems to the teal ones.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe

Lynn Put

Thanks so much for stopping by!Don't forget, you can follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest to see what I'm up to.

Lynn

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! It’s been a few months since I’ve posted here on my blog but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been creating cards. If you’re not aware, I’ve been posting over on my Instagram account which you can find HERE. Does that mean that I’ll stop posting here on my blog? No, but I won’t be posting as much. In all honesty posting on Instagram is an easier and faster to share my cards and it seems like I don’t get the traffic I used to here on my blog. If Instagram is not your thing, you can also see my cards on Pinterest HERE.

Speaking of Instagram, the above picture is of my top nine most popular cards that I shared on Instagram last year. It really kind of surprised me because almost all of the cards pictured I used Spellbinders dies to create them (other than the hollyhock thank you card which I used The Greetery supplies) and very little stamping.

For those of you who still stop by my blog or subscribe, I thank you and appreciate your support, I hope you’ll continue to do so but also hope you’ll pop over to my Instagram account as well.

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Loads of Fun - CTD763

Hi there! It’s time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge where we have some great new colors to create with!

Recently I purchased the Lawn Fawn Henry’s ABCs alphabet dies and I’m going to try and make sure I actually use them. I thought they be fun to use with the Loads of Fun stamp set since I haven’t used it in quite a while and of course I had to add some mice.

Supplies: Loads of Fun stamp set & dies, Henry’s ABCs dies, Small Slimline with Lift the Flaps, copic markers, white gel pen, Dandy Day stamp set & dies (for mice), tumbled glass & faded jeans distress oxide ink, Everyday Sentiment Banners, Doodlebug patterned paper for paper piecing, Night of navy & dark gray card stock, foam tape & glossy accents for bubbles.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders

Broni Holcombe

Lynn Put

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Peek-A-Boo - Hello Bluebird

Hello, hello! Last Friday was the Hello Bluebird mini fall release and I was excited to be joining the talented design team in creating cards using the adorable new products!

All of my cards were shared over on my Instagram account were I do share more of my cards but today my card features the cute Peek-a-Boo stamp set and dies.

To create my card, I used stamped some of the images from the Peek-a-Boo set, die cut them out and colored them using copic markers. Next I used the Nesting Deckle dies and die cut a piece of white card stock which I blended with tumbled glass and brushed corduroy distress oxide ink and then added some watered down splatters of vintage photo ink along the bottom.

Once that was done, I stamped my sentiment along the top and added my images popping up the fox and the two small pumpkins using foam tape and adhered my panel to a piece of Doodlebug orange gingham paper.

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Friday, September 22, 2023

Fall Mug Additions - Pretty Pink Posh

Hello, hello! Today I’m sharing a card that features the new Fall Mug Additions dies from the latest Pretty Pink Posh release.

These new Fall Mug Additions dies coordinate so well with the previous mug dies and make it so fun to create and mix the different die sets together to make a card. For my card today I used the original Winter Mug dies (the mug & coffee) along with the Valentine Mug Additions dies (the spoon & whip) and the latest Fall Mug dies (the scarf, acorn & leaf).

To create my card I die cut the mug from pumpkin pie card stock and blended around the edges with some cajun craze ink and added the coffee and the dollop of whip which I blended on some antique linen distress ink around the edges and added a fall leaf with some copic marker blending. After that I die cut the scarf from teal card stock and blended on some pine needles distress ink. I die cut the spoon from light gray card stock and blended on some hickory smoke distress ink. The little acorn was die cut from kraft and chocolate chip card stock and I used some brushed corduroy distress ink. After that I used the Autumn Pumpkins stamp set for my sentiment and the Stitched Torn Rectangles dies and adhered my pieces, popping up the mug and acorn with foam tape. For my background, I used the new Deco Leaves stencil on some real rust card stock with some cajun craze ink.

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Fall Jar - Pretty Pink Posh

Hi there! I hope you’re having a good day! I’m popping in with a card that features the Fall Jar stamp set from this month’s Pretty Pink Posh release.

To create my card, I stamped the images from the Fall Jar stamp set, then die cut them out using the Fall Jar dies and colored them using copic markers. Once that was done, I adhered my images, popping up the sunflower, acorn and butterfly with foam tape, to a white rectangle which I had blended on some wild honey along the bottom. I matted my white card stock panel with a piece of chocolate chip card stock and I also used the stitched frame from the Fancy Cake dies to die cut some chocolate chip card stock for around the outer edge. For my background I used a piece of brown plaid and polka dot paper.

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Sunday, September 17, 2023

Fall Mug Additions - Pretty Pink Posh

Hello there! Today I’m sharing a card that features the new Pretty Pink Posh Fall Mug Additions dies from this months new release.

To create my card, I started out by using the Winter Mug dies to die cut the mug from gray card stock and the coffee inside the mug from kraft card stock. Next I used the new Fall Mug Additions dies to die cut the sunflower from daffodil and chocolate chip card stock and the leaves from lucky limeade, the fox and mushroom from cream, red, cajun craze and black card stock and the cinnamon stick and fall leaf from real rust. I also used the Valentine Mug Additions dies to die cut the dollop of whip.

Once all of my pieces were die cut from the different colored card stock, I used distress oxide inks to add shading. For the mug I used black soot, for the fox and whip I used antique linen, for the cinnamon stick I used vintage photo. On the I used carved pumpkin in the center and lucky clover on the leaves. The fall leaf I used ripe persimmon and the mushroom I used antique linen and fired brick.

For the background I used a piece of cajun craze card stock and used the new Deco Leaves stencil. I used the new Stitched Torn Rectangle dies with cream card stock as a base for all of my die cut pieces and sentiment which I die cut from chocolate chip card stock.

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

Pretty Pink Posh September Release

Hello there, crafty friends! Today I’m excited to be joining a group of talented designers to showcase the fun new fall products from this month’s Pretty Pink Posh release! The products from this month’s Pretty Pink Posh release are full of fall and thanksgiving goodness and I just know you’re going to love it! The new Pretty Pink Posh release with be available on September 12th so be sure to mark your calendar!

For my project, I used the new Autumn Pumpkins stamp set and Autumn Pumpkins dies along with the Scallop Box Card dies to create a three dimensional fall card. This is such a pretty and versatile pumpkin set where the images could be used individually or in a grouping to create a scene.

To create my autumn greetings card, I used some kraft card stock and the Scallop Box Card dies to create the base and some cream card stock for the scallop pieces. Next I used the new Layered Fall Wreath Stencil along with some distress oxide inks (carved pumpkin, ripe persimmon, fired brick, brushed corduroy, vintage photo, ground espresso, peeled paint and seedless preserves) and stenciled the cream card stock pieces and then brushed the edges with antique linen distress oxide ink.

Once my Scallop Box Card was assembled, I stamped several of the pumpkin images as well as the sentiment from the Autumn Pumpkins stamp set, die cut them and colored them using copic markers. Starting from the back of my card, I added the largest of the pumpkin images and the smaller to the front and then adhered the sentiment with foam tape to the front panel.

There are 3 $30 gift certificate up for grabs (one winner each day of the blog hop). Winners will be picked randomly. Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PST on 0/19/2023. Winners will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh blog.

BLOG HOP DAY 3 (September 14)

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Hollyhocks Anniversary - CTD758

Hi there! I’m hostess over at the Color Throwdown Challenge for this week and I chose the colors pink, green, magenta and white for us to create with. I can’t wait to see what you create using these colors!

For my card I used The Greetery’s Hollyhock BotaniCuts dies to create an anniversary card. I started out by die cutting the leaves in mellow moss and the flowers in white, pink pirouette and raspberry fizz card stock and then using peeled paint, scattered straw and spun sugar distress oxide ink along with some Altenew razzleberry and Pinkalicious ink to blend on each die cut piece. I also blended some spun sugar distress ink on the background of my white card base. I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set, Think Big Favorites for my sentiment which I stamped onto a strip of raspberry fizz card stock for along the bottom of my card. As a finishing touch, in the center of each flower I added some yellow Stickles glitter.