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.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy  

Broni Holcombe  

Kelly Schirmer 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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Lynn

Wish I Could Hug You - CTD667

Hello there! It’s Wednesday and time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge where we have some lovely new colors to create with.

For my card I used the Waffle Flower stamp set, Always along with the coordinating Always die set to create a clean and simple card. I kept the emphasis on the images which I colored using copic markers and used spun sugar and a just a bit of abandon coral distress oxide ink and then stamped my sentiment.

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   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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Exciting News!

Hello there! Today I’ve got some exciting news to share, I was asked to be a guest designer for Papertrey Ink/Ink to Paper for this month and I couldn’t be more thrilled!

For my first card, I used two new products that were just released yesterday, the first is the beautiful new Blooming Thoughts stamp set and Blooming Thoughts dies and the second is the Feathered Friends 10 die set. The Blooming Thoughts stamp set is so soft and pretty and not only has some wonderful sentiments included but can be used in many different ways. And the Feathered Friends 10 die set has such great detail to create a realistic bird or create a bird from your imagination.

To create my card I first die cut the stems from the Blooming Thoughts set and stamped them using enchanted evening, spring rain and simply chartreuse ink. Next I die cut all of the pieces for my bird from spring rain card stock and ink blended on some faded jeans, chipped sapphire, spiced marmalade and ripe persimmon destress oxide inks. For my background I die cut the Ornate Cover Plate in soft stone and adhered it to a piece of soft stone card stock for a subtle background.

Once that was done I stamped my sentiment onto a white rectangle, added a horizontal strip of spring rain card stock, added my stems and adhered my die cut blue bird with foam tape. To finish off my card I added a few iridescent sequins.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you’ll pop over to the Papertrey Ink site and check out all of the fantastic new products that were just released!

With Sympathy - CTD626

Good morning! Thanks for stopping by! It’s Wednesday and time for a new Color Throwdown Challenge. Our colors for this week are plum, cream and black and we hope you’ll take the time to play along.

For my card, I used the Altenew stamp set Painted Flowers along with the coordinating Painted Flowers dies to create a sympathy card. I started out by using a rectangle stencil and blending on some antique linen distress oxide ink. Once that was done I used my Misti tool and stamped my sentiment from the Painted Greetings stamp set.

Once my background and sentiment were stamped, I stamped my flowers on some white card stock using pale plum, dusty concord and elegant eggplant inks and stamped the leaves using antique linen distress ink, stamping off the main layer of the leaf, then I die cut all of the flowers. I arranged my die cut flowers around my sentiment and then stamped some of the extra leaves and stems directly on my card base. I popped up three of the flowers with foam tape and adhered the remaining flowers. I added some iridescent plum colored sequins and some glitter on the flowers to finish off my card.

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   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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My Heart is With You - Spellbinders

 Hello! I’m popping in today with a card that I created using the Spellbinders Large Die of the Month which is the Geometrical Floral Frames.

 Geometrical Floral Frames from this months Large Die of the Month kit come with a circle frame and an oval along with several floral and stem dies so that you have a wide variety to choose from when creating a card. I used the oval frame and die cut it twice from espresso card stock along with three stems, then I die cut four of the leafy stems from kraft card stock. the remaining leaf and flowers where die cut from pretty in pink, pirouette pink and hibiscus burst card stock. 

Once I had all of my pieces die cut, I used a panel of white card stock and blended on some spun sugar distress oxide ink in the center, heat dried it and used my Misti tool to stamp my sentiment which was from the Papertrey Ink set, Penned Elegance. I used foam tape and adhered my blended ink panel onto a kraft card base and then added my die cut pieces. As a final detail, I added pearls to the center of some of the flowers and around the die cut stems.

Hugs - CTD501

Hello there, crafty friends! It’s time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge. Our colors for this week are gray, yellow and kraft.

 For my card, I used a new to me stamp company and stamp set, I used the Waffle Flower set Always. I wanted this set the second I laid eyes on it, not only was it drawn by Flora Waycott who is an artist I admire and I’ve followed on Instagram for quite some time, but it also features a sweet image of a girl with a bird (I love birds).
To make my card, I used my Misti tool and stamped out all of the images from the set. Next I used my Copic markers to color the images I knew I wanted to use and then since I don’t have the dies yet, I hand cut each image out. After that, I die cut a piece of white cardstock using an Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables die and blended on some wild honey distress ink. I stamped my sentiment along the bottom of my inked piece and adhered it with foam tape to a gray piece of Doodlebug Designs gingham paper and my card base. Next I adhered my flowers and stems and then the girl image with more foam tape. To finish off my card, I added some silver and iridescent sequins.

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 you can see all the sample entries in one location.
Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen
Kathy Schweinfurth - July’s Guest Designer

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Waffle Flower Crafts - Clear Acrylic Stamps - Always
MISTI Stamping Tool - The Most Incredible Stamp Tool Invented

Doodlebug Design - Petite Prints Collection - 6 x 6 Paper Pad - Gingham and Linen

Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Dies - Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables

Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Pads - Mini - Wild Honey

My Heart is with You - CTD482

Hello and thank you for stopping by! It’s Wednesday and time for a brand new Color Throwdown Challenge!  For challenge #482, our colors are pink, kraft and gray.

 For my card, I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set Flower Power along with the coordinating dies to create a clean and simple card. I started out with a white card base, then used the Quatrefoil Stencil and stenciled on some gray ink just in the center portion of my card. Next I die cut a white stitched oval from the Make-it-Market:Shakers & Sprinkles kit and glued that to the center of my card base. Then I used my Misti tool and stamped sentiment which was from the Penned Elegance set. After that, I die cut several of the flowers, stems and leaves from the Flower Power set and stamped them. I stamped the flowers in pretty in pink ink and rolled the top of the petals in regal rose, then stamped the centers in chocolate chip. The stems I stamped in cocoa and the leaves in kraft and then glued all of my pieces around the oval on my card base, popping up three of the flowers with foam tape. To finish off my card, I added three silver sequins.

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 you can see all the sample entries in one location.
Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

Claire - February Guest Designer

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Sending Hugs - (CTD396)

Hello!  It's time for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge.

For my card, I went with a clean & simple design and used this week's colors from our CTD challenge and the layout from the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge.  I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set, Beautiful Butterflies and randomly stamped them in the center of my card using the three different colors from the challenge (sticking with the rule of odd numbers, 5 of each color).  Then I used the stamp set and coordinating dies from the PTI Big Hugs set and die cut the Hugs once from white craft foam and once from white cardstock, glued them together. and adhered them to my card front.  After that, I stamped the "sending" sentiment from the Big Hugs set in black ink and matted my stamped panel onto a die cut scalloped edge piece.  As a final touch I added a few iridescent sequins.

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 you can see all the sample entries in one location.
Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

Kara Vrabel - June Guest Designer

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With Deepest Sympathy

Hello!  Happy Saturday!  The card I'm sharing today is a sympathy card for a gentleman my husband knew through his work.  From what my husband told me, this gentleman was a man who had a strong belief in God and enjoyed gardening so I hope this card is fitting. I am so happy that Papertrey Ink released a bird stamp set with a series for the different seasons!  I love birds, I own birds, we feed the wild birds outside our home and I enjoy watching them so I knew I needed the PTI Winter Woods and Spring Woods stamp sets.   For my card today, I started out with a white card base, then cut a panel of aqua mist card stock 5 1/4" x 4" and sponged on some peacock feathers distress ink along the outer edges especially at the bottom and adhered that to my card base.  Next I die cut the coordinating Winter Woods cover plate from brown card stock and the bird and branches from the Spring Woods set from white card stock.    I stamped my bird in tropical teal, black and (close to cocoa ink SU) and the branches in (chocolate chip SU), new leaf and hawaiian shores.  After stamping my flowers, I went back and added some shading with Copic markers and added a white dot to the center of each flower using a gel pen.  I stamped my sympathy sentiment onto a white banner using black ink and arranged all of my pieces together (cutting some of the branches) onto my sponged panel, popping up the bird with foam adhesive. I think while I have the supplies all out on my desk I will create a few more of these cards in this style, sympathy cards are always the hardest to make when you actually need one.
Enjoy your weekend!