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! 

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!

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! 

A friendly easel card - C4G #252

It's time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  This time, I got to chose the theme, and we are making easel cards! :)  

Here is mine...

It was a fun and very easy card to make.  (Link to instructions below.)  My paper, including the main image/sentiment, is Carta Bella My Favorite Things.  My inside sentiment is Creative Worship Heartfelt Thoughts.  I fussy cut a flower and used a foam dot to raise it so it would hold the folded panel upright. 

 I found the instructions in this Youtube video... Beautiful World Easel Card. 

Please come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!  I think that easel cards are so pretty yet are very easy to make! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

hello friend - TMS #778

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  We've got a fun sketch this week!! 

This sketch was so easy, but I made it even easier... I just cut paper. :)  My paper is Carta Bella My Favorite Things.  The patterned panels and the sentiment are all from the pad.  I did fussy cut a couple of butterflies to give a bit of dimension.  Simple but still cute!

Here's the sketch...

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT... 

Donna

Melissa

Patti
Walter

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

True friends - C4G #228

 It's time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme for this challenge is "inspired by a book."  The first book that came to mind that I could showcase on a card was "Anne of Green Gables" by L.M. Montgomery.  I read this book (and the whole series) many, many times as a girl!!  [Growing up in Atlantic Canada, I was able to visit Green Gables (the tourist site) and Prince Edward Island many times.]  I loved the book so much that when the movie came out in the '80's, all I could think was, "The book was better!" LOL

So here is Anne with an "e"!! :) 

My image and sentimen are "Anne of Green Gables" from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.  All my paper is bits and pieces from my scrap box.  My dies are Darice Swirl Vine, Sizzix TH Small Tattered Flowers, SSS Tiny Tags, and a MS branch punch.  

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

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!  

If friends were flowers - TMS #660

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches! 

The sentiment and flower are digis from MHK Designs.  I colored the flower with Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cut it.  The back Kraft panel is embossed with Darice Cherry Blossom. I cut 3 ovals with Spellbinders Petite Ovals.  The sentiment was cut with Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics. 

Here is our sketch... (I'm interested to see how everyone will interpret the ovals behind the front panel.)

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT... 

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!