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  

Kelly Schirmer 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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

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  

Kelly Schirmer 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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

You Are Loved - Where Creativity Meets C9

Hi there!  It's time for this month's Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge!  Our theme for this month is totally appropriate for February, it's Love.  So if you're looking for a fun challenge, grab your Concord & 9th stamps and play along.

 For my card, I used the Concord & 9th stamp set, You Are Enough and did some watercoloring.  This stamp set works beautifully with watercolor in my opinion.  The loopy flower that comes in this set looks great stamped with solid petals as well but watercoloring it is my favorite.  So I stamped the long stem flower and two piece sentiment in black palette ink on watercolor paper and used my watercolors to add color.  I had trimmed down my watercolor paper so that I could add a strip of pink passion (SU) cardstock down the side.  To finish off my card, I added some iridescent sequins and some gold Stickles to the center of the flower.

Thank you kindly for your visit!  I hope you'll join us over at Where Creativity Meets C9 and don't forget to check us out on Instagram and Facebook! 

You Are Enough Stamp Set

Where Creativity Meets C9

Hi there!  I'm up over on the Where Creativity Meets C9 blog today for my solo post for this month sharing a colorful card I created using some Concord & 9th products.  I hope you'll take the time to pop over and say hello.
While you're there why not join in and play along in our current "Try Something New" challenge?

Love Notes - Try Something New

Hello, crafty friends!  I hope you're doing well.  It's time for a new Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge!  This month's challenge is Try Something New which could be anything from trying out a new technique or like my post today some new products.

The members of the Where Creativity Meets C9 design team were lucky enough to be given some New products from this month's release.  Angie & Greg (the owners of Concord & 9th) were so sweet to surprise us with these fun new products.  I was sent, the new Love Notes stamp set and Love Notes Envelope dies.  Two of the dies in this set once cut, create a mini envelope with lots of possibilities for different closers, cut-outs and ways to dress it up including using the Love Notes stamp set which coordinates.  
For my first Love Note, you can see in the pictures above and below, I die cut a white cardstock envelope, then die cut a closer tab and stamped using the xo xo's along the bottom front and along the back flap.  I stamped the xo's in pink passion and pixie pink ink then blended on some pixie pink ink on top.  I also stamped the Love Note on the back flap and a pink heart on the closer tab.  Next I die cut the little tag and bow from the die set and stamped my For You in black ink and glued on the little bow and tied up my envelope with black & white bakers twine. For the note inside, I used a piece of pixie pink cardstock and heat embossed the Hugs & Kisses from the Hugs stamp set, then stamped the xo's again and blended on some pixie pink ink.

 For my second Love Note, I die cut an envelope from vellum and used white embossing powder to heat emboss the front (see first photo up top) and back flap with the outlined hearts from the Love Notes stamp set.  And before taping the envelope together, I die cut a closer tab.  For my inside card, I used another piece of pixie pink cardstock and stamped the xo's on an angle in pixie pink ink, then stamped the To You from Me sentiment on the front in black ink and glued on some silver die cut hearts.

Thank you kindly for your visit!  I hope you'll join us over at Where Creativity Meets C9  blog and don't forget to check us out on Instagram and Facebook! 

Where Creativity Meets C9

Hi there!  I'm up over on the Where Creativity Meets C9 blog today for my solo post for this month sharing a fun Concord & 9th card that I created.  I hope you'll take the time to pop over and say hello! While you're there why not join in and play along in our current Winter challenge?

Winter Wishes - Winter

Hello there!  This is my second post for today so if you're looking for my Newton's Nook Designs post, please view the post below this.   It's time for a new Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge!  This month's challenge is all about Winter, so think frosty days with snow and icicles or in crafty terms, glitter, silver, white, blues or cozy colors.  I hope you'll pull out your Concord & 9th supplies and join us for this month's challenge.

 For my card, I used the Concord & 9th stamp sets, Flourish for the stamped leaves, stems and berries for my background and I used Sophisticated Script Uppercase and Sophisticated Script Lowercase to stamp my Winter Wishes sentiment.  I started out with an enchanted evening card base, then stamped a panel of white cardstock using spring rain & brocade blue inks and the large leaf/stem stamp from the Flourish set.  Then I went back in with enchanted evening ink to stamp some detail into the leaves.  Next I stamped my sentiment onto a die cut oval using enchanted evening ink.  A tip I can pass along when lining up these beautiful script letters is to stamp the center letters first and work your way out.  For instance, I stamped the "n" and "s" in each word and then stamped the reminder of my letters.  I also stamped off using spring rain ink onto my oval sentiment piece, then adhered it to my card with foam tape.  To a bit of sparkle, I added some silver sequins throughout my background.

Thank you for your visit!  I hope you'll join us over at Where Creativity Meets C9  blog and don't forget to check us out on Instagram and Facebook! 
Flourish Stamp Set
from: Concord & 9th


Sophisticated Script Uppercase Stamp Set
from: Concord & 9th 
Sophisticated Script Stamp Set
from: Concord & 9th 

Where Creativity Meets C9

Hi there!  I'm up over on the Where Creativity Meets C9 blog today and I'm sharing a birthday set that I created.  I hope you'll take the time to pop over and check it out. And while you're there why not join in and play along in our current Sparkle and Shine challenge?

Time to Celebrate - 25 Days of Christmas Tags

Good morning!  Today I'm happy to be participating in the 25 Days of Christmas Tags event hosted by the lovely, Tracey McNeely.  I'm excited to be playing along with the Where Creativity Meets C9 team and that Concord & 9th is sponsoring our post today.

For my tag, I used the Concord & 9th stamp set, Wildflower which is one of my favorites, along with the set, Birdie Banners for my sentiment.  I started out by die cutting my tag using the Concord & 9th Bags & Tags dies, then stamped my sentiment, leaf images and mistletoe.  Next I stamped my flowers onto a piece of scrap white cardstock and colored them using Copic markers (R24,R27,R29).  After that I cut out my flowers and adhered them onto my tag, curling up the petals just a bit and used a Wink of Stella glitter pen in the centers of the flowers.  I attached my tag with a red glittered clothes pin and a cut of gold sequin thread to a parchment bag.

There are prizes to be won over at Tracey's blog so be sure to pop over for all of the details!  Thanks for stopping by!

Wildflower Stamp Set
from: Concord & 9th

Birdie Banners Stamp Set from: Concord & 9th


Bags and Tags Dies
from: Concord & 9th