ProCRAFTinators Club Hop - June Edition & ATSM 319

Todays card is for two different purposes. First up its for challenge 319 over at Addicted to Stamps & More  where the challenge is of Any Occasion.

It's second purpose is for the ProCRAFTinators Club, a hop over on Instagram that I participate in each month. 

We dust off those monthly subscription kits, online classes, and camp boxes that we wnt to finish, start or recreate. We hop on the second Monday each month. 

This card uses products from this years  Spring Crop & Create. The class was taught by Jennifer McGuire using products from Pinkfresh Studio.

High Tide

Today starts a new game at AAA Cards. Game 316 is a 1+1 challenge and this is how you play. Use one of the outer circles with the inner circle which is summer. For my card, I used Beach. 

To make this card, I started with a white top folding card base and a white panel for the image. I stamped the mermaid, colored her using OLO markers and then cut her out with the coordinating die. I created the "beach"  by ink blending some Salty Ocean at the bottom of the card. 

AAA Card Challenge NO. 315 - A Sketch Challenge

Today starts a new game at AAA Cards and it's a sketch challenge. 

To make this card, I used a stamp set by Trinity Stamps. I stamped the cat & the fiddle in the corner, colored it using OLO markes. I stamped the music noted around him and then added a subtle background using a stencil. 

AAA Cards and ProCRAFTinators Club

Yesterday (because I am late posting) started a new game at AAA Cards. It's our 12th birthday so I hope you will play along. 

This card is also for a hop that I participate in each month called the ProCRAFTnators club. this is a hop that encourages get out those kits and dust them off from past events that you attended and use them. 

My card uses a Simon Hurley kit from this past Spring Crop & Create event.

Addicted to CAS No. 307 - Birthday

Today starts a new challenge at Addicted to CAS. Vicki D is our hostess and she chose the codeword ....

To make this card, I started with  white top folding card base and a panel cut down a quarter of an inch on all sides. I created a mask using die cuts to create the background. I stamped the sunflower image, colored it using OLO Markers and then cut it out with the coordinating die. 

To finish the card, I added a greeting from the same set. 

Addcted to Stamps & More No. 516 - Make Your Mark

Today starts a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More. 

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel cut to the same size. 

To create the background I used a yellow octagonal stamp pad and stamped it directly on the panel. I added the bee, sentiment and honeycomb. I stamped the flowers on a seperate piece of white cardstock, colored them and cut them out with the coordinating die.  

I used a liquid gold pen (that I am now addicted to thanks to my friend May Park) to add gold accents.

 

AAA Cads - Game 313 - A color Challenge

Today starts a new game at AAA Cards and it's a color challenge. I love color challenges. I hope you do as well and will play along with us. 

To make this card, I started with a white top folding card base and a white panel cut to the same size.  Using a polka dot stencil by Creative Worship Stamps I created a background for the balloon. The balloon is a die by The Stamp Market. the greeting is from the Balloon Birthday Greetings set also by The Stamp Market. 

Cube & Create - April Edition

Today's second post is for the Cube & Create Insta Hop.  This hop is where a group of use create cards with inspiration from Sarah Renee Clarks Color Cubes. Each moth cards are randomly pulled and we chose one or both of them as our inspiration.

My card was inspired by the colors on the card No. 745 from the new cubes. I needed a masculine birthday card and these colors were right on target.  The colors I used are Capri, Evergreen and Midnight from Concord & 9th, Blue Raspberry from Gina K designs and Summer Sunrise from Papertrey Ink. 

To create this card, I started with a white top folding card base and a white panel. I cut strips in different sizes from the colors and added them to the white panel. Next I cut out balloons with a die from The Stamp Market and stamped and embossed the greetings also from a set by The Stamp Market directly on the balloons. 

Rediscover Your Supplies - April Edition

Happy Saturday!

Today I have to posts for you this one being the first.  This card is for the Rediscover Your Supplies Insta hop. This hop encourages us to create with those supplies that we have been neglecting or have not even used yet that are tucked away in our studios. Each month there is a theme and this month it is sympathy. Unfortunately as I am getting older I am in need of more sympathy cards. 

To make this card, I started with a white top folding card base and a white panel for the leafy image.  I stamped the leafy image on the white panel and used layering stencils to color it. I used the coordinating die to cut it out and popped it up on the card base. 

the sentiment is also from a set by Pinkfresh Studio. 

Team Tuesday with My Sweet Petunia on A Thursday

I am up on th My Sweet Petunia blog today sharing this card. 

With Mother’s Day being right around the corner I am working on the many cards I send out for that day. Mother’s Day can be a hard day for some, and it was and still is for me. I lost my mom at a very young age and since I became a card maker is had been a ministry of mine to send out Mother’s Day cards to those whom I know it is there first Mother’s Day without their mom, because that day is so hard, and I want them to know that they are being thought of and prayer for.

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base. I created the background by using a die cut to create a stencil and ink blended directly on the card base. Next, I cut the flowers and leaves out of white cardstock placed them on a Sticky Mat, placed that on a Petunia Platform and held it down with two Power Mags as I ink blended color over the die cuts. I removed the die cuts and added them along the bottom of the arched background on the card base. To finish the card, I placed the base in a MINI MISTI and added the sentiment.