Thursday, April 18, 2024

April 2024 Pinkfresh Challenge




I got my order of Pinkfresh dies just in time to make a card and enter it in the                                                                                 Monthly Challenge.
I was inspired by the colors of dark green and peach and decided to go that and of course, the circles. 
My new dies came in handy for that.  
On a white base of cardstock, I placed a die cut called Overlapping Geo Leaf die with the matching stencils for that set.  I used the inks from Gina K, Peach Bellini, and Altenew Forest Fern.
After using the stencil, I die cut several Circles from Pinkfresh Folk edge Circles and Braded Circle. You can get many different looks to these circles by using the different stacking dies. 

I decided to use two of the peach circles and one forest fern circle. I added a white circle behind and in the middle of the green one. The sentiment is from Pinkfresh, You Are Next Level Amazing stamp. 
I added some clear gems and to make them the peach color I wanted,I just used a marker to color a circle under the gem. 



April's challenge is Circles & Rings!





I think this could be a masculine card if I changed up the colors. 

I am entering this card in the Pinkfresh challenge for April 2024
You can find more information here. 



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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Double D Challenge - Water Related

Darlene has given us some amazing water related images to spark your next card. 


WATER RELATED
(ocean, rain, waterfall, etc)


The Prize

My card




Supplies:
Spellbinders Oval die
Gina K Designs By The Sea Stamp
Altenew Caribbean Dreams die and Stencil 

Lots of things to choose from here, but I chose the sea with a dolphin and a relaxing view. 

Be sure to see the inspiration from the team!  



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Thursday, April 11, 2024

SYB #281 Any Color plus Green



Time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday!
Nancy, our leader is the hostess for this challenge. 
She is asking us to pick a color, any color and add green.
Of course, neutral colors are allowed. 


If you are not into toppings, just make it a Birthday card! 
But if you use our topping, you may have a chance to be a quest designer. 


Here is my card for this challenge. As I needed a masculine birthday card, I went with this theme. 



I knew that I would choose blue to go along with the green for this challenge. I had already made a panel from Gina K Thick Brush stencil and used the poly-glaze foiling sheet too. That was my background panel. 
The die in the front is Spellbinder small die of the month, Gift Border
I die cut that from black shiny packaging. 
The bows are foil paper in green and gold.'
using master layouts from Gina K, I framed the card and popped out the gifts. 
Happy Day is from the same Spellbinder die. 

The team has more inspiration for you Here. 

Our Surprise Party Guest for the next two months is  Jolanda Johnston
 Melanie Hungerford is also with us as she was the winner from the last challenge. 

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Double D - Cute Little Animals

Diane is our host for this challenge. She has shown us these cute images of animals on this 
inspiration board. 

I decided to use the cute stamp from Colorado Crafts as there are a bunch of cute animals there and I have not used my stamps yet.
 
The Prize


Here is my inspiration for you! 



Supplies:

Colorado Crafts Happy Easter stamp and die
Paper Trey Ink Stencil Open Your Heart (love this stencil)
Vellum in an oval sponged with green ink. 
GKD pearls

Be sure to check out the blog for more inspiration from the team. 

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Seize the Birthday # 280 - Spring Floral

Linda has chosen the theme of Spring Florals
More chance to do fun flower cards. 

If you are not a toppings kind of person just make sure it is a birthday theme. 

If you use our topping, you have a chance to be a guest designer.
 I love to see what you can do with this topping. 
Of course, you can just make a birthday card too. 


Here is my flower card.





The inside. 

Supplies are : 
Paper Trey Ink Ornate Die, Honey Bee Spring Joy, stamp and die, 
Gina K Master Layouts 2 dies, banner, and fancy phrases sentiment. 
A bit of twine and a few crystals.

 


 Debrah Wheeler is our Surprise Party Guest for March.
You can find her blog here. 

The team has lots of inspiration for you, Check it out.




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