Purple

Today starts a new challenge at Addicted to CAS, it's my turn to host and for this challenge and I chose the code word...

Purple is one of my favorite colors, the other is teal/aqua. 

To make this card, I started with a whit top folding A2 card base and a white panel. I heat embossed several times to make it a thick heat embossed image and then colored it using OLO markers.

The sentiment is by Waffle Flower. 

Addicted to Stmps & More - No 515 Diecuts/Stencils

Today starts a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More. It's time to get out yout dies and stencils, you can use one or the other or both.

I used both.

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel for the image. I stamped the floral image by Altenew on the panel, used the coordinating stencils to color it and then cut it out with the coordinating die. I also used a stencil in the background as well. 

Addicted to Stamps & More 511 - Make Your Mark

Today starts a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More. This fortnight is our coloring challenge. Even though the title is "Make your Mark" it doesn't have to be markers, it can be any coloring medium. 

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base, a white pael and a panel of watercolor paper.  I ran the panel of white cardstock through the die cutting machine with a 3D embossing folder by Altenew and the stamped the floral image from the Let Hope Bloom set from Dare 2B Artzy on watercolor paper and colored it using Distress re-inkers. 

The greeting is also by Dare 2B Artzy from the Grace is enough set.

Cube & Create Insta Hop - January Editiion

Todays card is for the Cube & Create Instagram hop. This fun hop happens every 4th Saturday at 1pm ET. If you would like to join us head over to Instagram for all the deets.

Each month two random color cards are drawn from Renee Clarks Color Cubes to spark our creativity. This month No. 018 and No. 416 were pulled from the original cubes and No. 39 and No. 433 from the new cubes. You do not need to own either version to participate. My card was inspired by No.039 from the new cubes. 

To create my card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel. I used the Wild Meadow Turnabout stamp set and Just Saying Dies both by Concord & 9th. 

For the color palette I used the following inks also by Concord & 9th. Nectar, Oceanside, Tidepool and Midnight in that order. 

I love the way this turned out and will definitely be trying it out with different colors.

ATSM 508 - Birthday

Today starts our bi weekly challenges for 2026 st Addicted to Stamps and More and first up is Birthdays! You can never have to many birthday cards in your stash.

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel. I used the Ditsy Flowers Wallpaper from Altenew. I also used their inks and forgot to write the colors down so I have no clue which they are. 

The Happy Birthday die is from Simon Says Stamp cut out of champagne foil cardstock from Concord & 9th. 

Grays

Today starts a new challenge at AAA Cards, game 301 is anything goes with an option of Monochromatic grays.

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a panel of gray patterned paper cut 3.75 x 4.75 as a background. I cut out the leaves and then shaded them with Silver Stone ink by Altenew. To finish the card I added the greeting which is a rub-on transfer by Hero Arts. 

It was ironic that after I finished this card, my father in law passed a couple das later.

Sending Some Sunshine

Today's card is for an Insta hop that I participate in monthly, Sending Sunshine. The purpose of this hop is to share positive encouraging messages each month.To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel. I created a background using a layering stencil that I have no idea what company it's from because its not marked. The hugs die and sentiment however are from Concord & 9th. I used Altenew inks in Honeydew Glow, Ride The Wave and Aqualicious.

Class of 2025

Today's card is for the CAS challenge over on Splitcoaststampers  of celebrate. Graduation is a reason t celebrate. I typically use a grad hat or something of the sort on a graduation card. This one's for sweet girl graduating this year and I wanted it to be a little more feminine so I added flowers and used the school colors of black and gold.

The flowers are from an Altenew set, the numbers are from Hero Arts and the paper is some I found in my stash and its by Gina K Designs. 

I Started with a white top folding A2 card base coved it with the patterned paper. I stamped the floral image on a seperate piece of cardstock and then used the coordinating stencils and embossing folder to color it and give it dimension. The sentiment is by Taylored Expressions.

Game 289 - A color Challenge

Today starts a new game at AAA Cards and we have a color challenge for you. When I saw these colors I thought floral but wanted to do something a little different so I pulled out this set that I got from the Altenew in person retreat I went to in Syracuse and recreated a card that we made while I was there. 

To make this card, I started with a white top folding white A2 card base and a white panel.  I stamped the candy dish on a seperate piece of white cardstock, colored it with the coordinating stencils and then fussy cut it out. For the macrons I used a die set along with stencils and to finish the card, I added a greeting from the same set. 

AAA 283 A Color Challenge

Today starts a new challenge at AAA Cards. we have a color challenge for you to try. I hope you will play along. 

These colors spoke masculine to me so I made a retirement card. I started with a white top folding A2 b=card base and some strips of two shades of green. For the focal piece I used a stencil and die by Pinkfresh Studio. The stencil actually does four different scene circles at once. 

If you are looking for my Valentines post, I am taking today off and will be back tomorrow for day 6.

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ATCAS275 - Center Focus

It's time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS. Our hostess is Vicki and she chose the code word...

To make my card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel. I cut down the panel using the Dotted Fancy Frame by Pinkfresh Studio.  The flower is from the Altenew Perfect Gift set. I used the following colors to color the flower using the coordinating stencil, Pink Pearl, Coral Bliss, Aloe Vera and Matcha Tea. The sentiment is from the Sentiment Strips set by Altenew. 

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Sending Sunshine January Hop

Todays card is one that I designed for a insta hop that I participate n each month over on Instagram. The op "Sending Sunshine" is to help raise awareness of Suicide. This is very dear to my heart because I lost one of my brothers to suicide.  

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Happy New Year!!!

Happy 2025!

I can't believe it is a new year already. where did 2024 go? Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all a happy 2025. 

To make this card, I started with a white top folding A2 card base and a white panel. I blended two colors of blue ink over the entire panel and then ran it through the die cut machine using a 3D fireworks embossing folder. Next  I used a silver metallic ink pad and ran it across the raised portion. To finish the card, I die cut the 25 out of silver glitter cardstock and added a sentiment.

Christmas Cloche

Welcome to day 21 of my holiday series 25 Days of Christmas Inspiration.

Today's card is brought to you by Concord & 9th and you will be seeing this dieset again. I got this die set last year and never used it until this year and I am in love!

To make this card, I started with a white top folding card base and a panel of Ballet Slipper cardstock. I cut the Ballet Slipper cardstock down to 3.5 x 5 and ran it through the die cutting machine using the Snowfall cover plate for the background. I cut the Cloche and bell out of gold foil cardstock, the tree out of white glitter cardstock, the base out of Silver metallic and the pine branches out of green metallic. I finished cutting the pieces with the merry out of gold glitter cardstock.  I used the Glue Press to adhere them all down. 

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