Thinking of you friend - C4G #281

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme for this challenge is a word inspiration - "rainbow."  Here's my rainbow background... 

I created this background with my TH distress oxide inks... barn door, ripe persimmon, mowed lawn, mustard seed, stormy sky, and dusty concord.  I wiped a strip of each color on my glass mat, then spritzed it all with water, mixed it gently with a paint brush, then laid my water color paper on it.  I dried it with my heat gun, then stamped my images and sentiment with Raisin Boat Oops A Daisy and --very important-- left it in my MISTI.   I was inspired by this technique from Sasha Reade, so I then colored the flowers with a white acrylic paint pen which is opaque.  After that dried, I restamped the flowers.  That's why it's important to leave it in the MISTI. 
I love the look of this technique, so now I need to get more colors of acrylic paint pens!!  Be sure to check out Sasha's video. 

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Friends are the best medicine - C4G #280

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Out theme for this challenge is "friendship"!  

My sentiment (and the title of the post) say "Friends are the best medicine" and that is 100% true!!  My best friend and I live in different countries, and often quite a bit of time passes between visits as well as phone calls, but the minute we connect, we pick up as if we had just spoken yesterday.  And while we share about our lives and the trials we may be facing, we laugh and laugh and laugh together!!  So thankful for her!  

My flower is a digi from MHKDesigns.  My sentiment is Hampton Arts Vintologie Occasions.  That's it!  Simple, but fun. 

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Thinking of you - C4G #279

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  For this challenge, our theme is clean and simple.  I love CAS cards but tend to really struggle with them.  Here's my attempt...

My flowers are Altenew Sweet Spring Birthday stencil.  My sentiment is Papertrey Ink Botanical Silhouettes. Very simple and easy! 

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Go where the road takes you - C4G #278

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "seaside/coast."  

Here's my seaside scene...

My image is Delicious Doodles A Scottish Castle.  I love this image!  It reminds me of my visits to the UK.  I would so love to "go where to road takes me" back to see more castles!!!!  I was able to visit Duff House, Brodie Castle, Fyvie Castle, and Dunnottar Castle (sadly on a very foggy day!) on a trip to Scotland, and was thrilled beyond description to also go to Sandringham and Buckingham Palace!!! 
My paper is the Paper Studio Country Road.  My flower is Sizzix TH Tattered Flowers, and my sentiment is Sunny Studio Happy Camper.  

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Sunflower birthday - C4G #277

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme for this challenge is "brown and green with twine/ribbon."  I used to put ribbon or twine on ALL of my cards, so this was a good chance to get them out again...  (I know, I also have some yellow.)

My card was inspired by THIS CARD.  

Supplies:
*Carta Bella Fall Fun paper
*Cheapo Dies Stitched Banners
*Sizzix Thinlits Essential Type letters
*Spellbinders Layered Script Sentiments "birthday"
*Ribbon and twine from my stash

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

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Happy B...day - C4G #275

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our fun theme is "bees"!  We'd love to have you buzz on over and play along! ;) 

Supplies:

• Pebbles Garden Party paper
• DCWV Spring & Summer Corrugate Stack
• There She Goes Bee Happy bee stamps
• Creative Worship Script Sentiments
• Echo Park Stitched Hexagons
• Sizzix Impresslits Sweet Friend honeycomb die
• Cuttlebug Honeycomb EF
• TH brushed corduroy distress oxide ink
• MS branch punch
  
  

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamps Wed - Anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #750-751 - Anything goes family friendly
Tic Tac Toe #TTC291 - center column: die cut, embossing, layers

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Happy spring - C4G #274

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme this time is "April showers."  Spring has sprung where I live, and we've had some April showers, so I used this cute little girl and her umbrella on my card...

My image is a digi from Your Next Stamp.  It was colored with Copics and fussy cut.  The polka dot paper is Making Memories Just Chillin' and cut with Poppystamps Raining Frame.  My sentiment is from Creative Worship Stamps Spring Blossoms. I finished it off with some twine, punched branches, and a flower from my stash. 

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

You're in my thoughts - C4G #273

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Spring has been officially here for a couple of weeks, but our weather obviously missed the memo!  We'll have a warm spring day one day, and the temp drops 40 degrees (F) the next! :P 

All that to say that our theme is "spring flowers."  Let's make it look like spring at least! LOL

(This looks so much better IRL!!!)

My flowers are Spellbinders Roses and Thorns.  I inked them ever so lightly.  My sentiment is from Poppystamps Art Deco Birthday Greetings.  It is a little hard to see in the pic, but I scored the bottom of my panel every 1/8" below the flowers.  I was inspired by this card... 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se3WkQpe3lw&t=1547s

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Thinking of you - C4G #271

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  I got to choose the theme for this challenge, and as I LOVE all forms of embossing, that's our theme.  Dry embossing or heat embossing, we want to see it all.  I used both on my embossed card...

Spring is coming, so I wanted something fun and bright.  I dry embossed the yellow polka dot panel with Spellbinders Poinsettias 3D embossing folder.  With the bright colors and inking, you might not have noticed that my flowers were poinsettias.  We can use all sorts of our supplies for things other than their intended purpose. :)  I fussy cut one of the extra flowers and popped it up. 
My heat embossed/die cut sentiment is Creative Worship Script Sentiments.  

Challenges:

Die Cut Divas March - must dry emboss and/or die cut with manual machine

Word Art Wednesday #742-743 - AG family friendly

The Paper Shelter #666 - AG w/ opt twist embossing

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

with sympathy - C4G #270

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "wings-butterflies, birds, fairies, etc."  

My card has butterflies, but it's unfortunately not a fun, cheery card.  That's what I had planned to make, but I needed sympathy cards.  

My sentiment is JustRite Sympathy Handwritten Sentiment.  The butterfly is Tim Holtz Detailed Butterflies.  The butterfly and paper strip are DCWV Mariposa.  A few adhesive dots finished it off.  

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

I love you - C4G #269

Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme - probably because Valentine's Day is coming up - is "hugs and kisses."  

My image is a Sweet Pea digi from stash.  The sentiment is Die-versions I Love You with Sizzix Thinlits Essential Type "x" and "o."  The BG panel is DCWV Love & Wedding paper.  The flower is from my stash. 

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

praying for you - C4G #268

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  For this challenge, we want to see "pink flowers" on your card.  

Life is hard, but God is good, and it is always good to hear that someone is praying for you, so I made this card for someone hurting.  

My verse and sentiment are more of my printed-and-waiting-to-be-used stash, so I'm not sure where they are from.  My flowers are The Ton Peony Memories Cardmaking layered set.  

I hope this card encourages you today! 

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i miss you - C4G #267

 Happy New Year to you!!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  This time our theme is "country scape."  Mine is not technically a country scape, but I have seen this in the country, and I would enjoy sitting here enjoying the scenery around me! ;) 

I have a box with soooo many digital stamps that I printed but have never used, so I was happy to find this one for this card.  It's an image from Doodle Pantry.  I cut it with CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles, then inked the edges to try to match the color of the image.  My sentiment is Die-versions Everyday Complements. I added the image and sentiment to a panel cut from the same die and added a few Prima flowers. 

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

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Merriest wishes - C4G #264

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Today is also Thanksgiving in the US, so my turkey will go into the oven soon! ;)  And today is my youngest's birthday, so we will double our celebrations! :) 

Back to crafting... our theme for this challenge is "Cute Christmas" so this will be a fun challenge to play along with if you are still making your Christmas cards!

Here's my "cute" card...

My image is FTHS "Candy Cane for Snowman" digi that's been waiting years for me to color and use it. ;)  I colored him and added a Momenta Christmas Phrases sentiment.  Added a few MS punch branches and a bow of baker's twine.  Paper is Crate Paper Snow and Cocoa, and the red and black are colored vellum from my stash. 

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Warm snowman wishes - C4G #263

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  This time our theme is "build me a snowman" so we want to see your snowmen.  Or snowwomen. ;) 

My paper is Scrapbook Customs Christmas Watercolor.   My snowman is from TH Vault Winter Wishes.  My sentiment is from Taylored Expressions All Together - Occasions 3.  The middle pane was cut with KatScrappiness Wavy Wonky Stitched Rectangles, and I embossed the Poppystamps Stitched Landscapes snow bank with Darice Crackle EF and inked the edge.  

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

happy birthday to my sweet friend - C4G #262

 Hi!  It is time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  This time our theme is colouring.  I'm not very skillful in my colouring, but I played around and tried to blend a few markers.  Not very impressive, but it's better than I used to be able to do...

My flowers and sentiment are Honey Bee Stamps Darling Dahlias.  The background paper was in my scrap box.  The sentiment was kind of lost against the busy background, so I added a piece of vellum across the bottom and it really helped it stand out.   I added a few tiny silver circles to finish it off. 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #722-723 - anything goes that's family friendly

Addicted to Stamps and More #504 - any occasion (I did birthday)

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

A little girl's birthday - C4G #261

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  This time, we are creating for little gals!  Our theme is "for a little girl."  

Here's my card...

My little girl silhouette is Birdie Brown.  I colored the flowers and added some Wink of Stella for a little shimmer.  My paper is dry embossed with Cuttlebug Heritage.  My sentiment is Penny Black Your Day.  I embossed it with Ranger Chunky EP, so it's super shiny.  

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Floral thanks - C4G #260

 Hello!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "purple and green" for this challenge.  (I don't care for purple, so this was really a challenge for me! LOL)

Here's my card...

My flowers are Hero Arts Layering Peonies Bunch Stencil.  I used TH distress oxide inks, then used Versamark on the last layer for some shine and dimension. (See closeup below.)  I fussy cut one side of the flowers then cut with Echo Park Stitched Squares.  And cut the frame with a larger size.  My sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps Framed Anemones.  

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

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Have a fabulous birthday - C4G #259

Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is dies or punches.  That's very easy for me... I make very few cards that don't have a die cut on them! :). 

Here is my card...

I created my background by cutting Poppystamps Circling Frame in vellum and using it as a stencil.  I ink blended TH Oxide speckled egg, tumbled glass, and stormy sky.  I then stamped the tree from Fiskars Build a Tree.  (I have had this set for over 10 years, and this is only the 2nd time I've used it!)  I added some leaves with Poppystamps Orchard Leaves.  My van is Honey Bee Stamps Beach Bound.  The sentiment is Poppystamps Art Deco birthday Greetings.  It's such a fun card! 

Challenges:
A Cut Above Sept (2nd entry) - AG with a die cut
613 Avenue Create Sept - AG with opt twist: leaves
Die Cut Divas Sept - AG with a die cut
Sweet Stampin' - use die cuts

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

 Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Sweet friend - C4G #258

 We are ready for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is stitching - faux or real.  I attempted to machine stitch on cardstock once and it did not go well.  I'm too impatient to stitch by hand on a card, so I have faux stitching on my card. :)  (With stitched dies, it's so easy!)

I cut out a panel with KatScrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangles.  I then ran that through Sizzix Impresslits Sweet Friend embossing folder.  (Unfortunately, it somewhat flattened the stitching from the first die, so it's harder to see, but it's still there.) The sentiment and bees - yes, I know bees aren't brown - are from the same Impresslits set.  I dry embossed the piece peeking through with Sizzix Cloudy Day.  My hexagons are Echo Park Stitched Hexagons. All this stitching and I didn't poke my finger once! ;) 

We'd love to have you come play along with us at Cardz 4 Galz! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!