I have a card today for The Paper Players (Thankful) and over at The Flower Challenge it’s (CAS). I haven’t played with this Painted Harvest SU set in quite some time and the results are generally quite lovely. I think these flowers look great in any color. I just love Crumb Cake, White and Dark Red together.
Details: I have a mix of MFT and SU on this card.
Hope you have a creative day, Nanc’
hello, I have another Christmas card for you today using the colors we have starting over at Just Us Girls. Our colors are Mint Green, Shades of Gray and White. I did the smooshing technique on watercolor paper for my poinsettia and love the way it turned out. There is a slightly darker cast on the petals that looks a tad blue but still so happy with the results. The scalloped heart at the bottom was made with a MS punch. The shaped dies are from SU and the sentiment is Verve. Both colored card stocks are SU.
You have to come over to JUGS and see the rest of the team’s cards…they are fabulous! While you are there, I hope you get inspired to join us! Nanc’
We have a Photo Challenge over at Just Us Girls that has so much going on you are bound to get inspired by one part or another. It’s always fun to see how different each of the DT members and guest cards are, and how each one of us is inspired differently. Right away when I saw all the florals on the table I knew I was going to get out one of my old SU sets that I really enjoy. I was drawn to the color orange and green that is evident throughout the photo and the pattern along the fence at the top of the picture. That is where my triangular background came to be. I used my white background and scalloped die to pick up the rounded edges of the doilies on the table. I used gold sequins to replica the round decorations on the fence. I used Copics and Colored pencils as my medium.
Please come by and check out the rest of my teammate’s cards and join us! Nanc’
Hello, The card I have for you today is for the CAS Stencil Challenge. What they wanted us to do is use Sprays on our project. I got out my Dylusions-Funky Fuchsia spray and my SU line stencil and got messy. So I don’t make a huge mess, I do mine inside a large piece of construction paper and an opened MFT box as a backdrop….which helps contain it and to keep it from getting everywhere on my work surface.
Here are my card details: Copics and a bit of colored pencil, Gina K-vases, Stupendous-floral stamp and sentiment, SU-oval die, and MFT rectangles both scalloped and stitched.
Below is a picture of my spray and the piece before I colored it with my Copics. I am in love with BG10. I had to fussy cut my florals.
I pray it’s not too many layers for CAS…fingers crossed!!!
Thanks for stopping in….always appreciated. Nanc’ .
Before I get to the details of my card, I am still in the “Forever” beginning stage of how to color with Copics. This by no means came out well, however, I did think of a way to take a mediocre card and make it better by using my scallop rectangles. I am hoping it gave enough added interest to take your eyes off the terrible blending. Did I succeed? LOL. I am still figuring out color families. I decided to leave in sentiment free for now.
This card is for The Flower Challenge where they asked us to use your favorite flower. Which was nearly impossible for anyone who loves flowers. I had troubles deciding, so I went with a Favorite “NEW” flower stamp by MFT. The background was also colored with Copics.
Card Details: Copics, MFT Scalloped dies and Flower stamp, Perfect Pearls, and some fun foam for dimension.
Hi, Just Us Girls is hitting a huge milestone today! This is our 500th Challenge! Can you belive it! I feel very lucky to be a part of such a long and successful challenge site, filled with fellow designers that I refer to as my friends. I can’t wait to see how we celebrate our 1,000th challenge! I have a fun card for you today that is for our Trend Week at Just Us Girls. All you have to do is use circles on your card and or project. I had a little fun with this topic and got out my Verve flowers and went to work. The die cut is from MFT, and I used Oxide inks for my pops of color.
Come check out all the creative ways my teammates and guest Tristan handled this Challenge this week. THERE ARE PRIZES too… 3 in fact!
Please help us in celebrating and join us! I am off to celebrate something too…my birthday!
Hugs,
Nanc’
Hello, Flowers is the topping we have starting today over at Seize the Birthday! The card I have for you above was one I had made a while ago and never got around to posting.
Card Details: Oxide Inks and stenciling, MFT- flowers and wonky rectangles, Vase is Gina K on puffy paper, Circle- SU, the fancy tag is probably Spellbinders, the sentiment is computer generated. Lots of pop dots for dimension.
Before I go I would like to quickly share where I have been the last week or so. Hubby and I took a trip to Chicago and we spent three days exploring the fabulous city. Then Fellow STB-DT member and my Birthday sister Barb and her husband Tom picked us up at the train station. We then got to spend a few more days in Kenosha, Wisconsin at their lovely home. We had a great time and they were such gracious hosts. We also took a drive up to Gina K’s store and lucky for us she was there. It was nice to meet the person that helped start this crazy and wonderful hobby of mine. If it wasn’t for Gina K and other stamping companies, I would never have met so many wonderful card makers, and for that, I will always be grateful. Some photos from our trip:
View from our Hotel room.
Our room is at the top of that narrow peak. If you are ever looking for a nice hotel in downtown Chicago…I recommend The River Hotel.
Fountain Park
Having lunch on the River.
Moonet! I love it!
Lunch with Dave’s cousins. Lynne on the far left works in downtown Chicago. Gary and Jean came up from Michigan.
Love the reflection of the city on the bean in Millennium Park.
Lunch with my cousin Peggy who works in downtown Chicago.
We loved hanging out down by the river. We walked 30 miles in less than three days.
Me in front of Calder sculpture in the middle of downtown.
Gina’s store is about 45 minutes from Barb’s house in Greendale Wisconsin.
Gina K, Barb, and the Jolly Green Giant.
Birthday sisters- Having lunch by the river in downtown Milwaukee.
Me, Dave, Barbara, and Tom. We decided we are all siblings from another mother. The guys are alike and we already knew we were so much alike.
Barbara and I in her Craft room the day we left!
Thanks for sticking with me on this post! Now it’s back to reality! I go back to work on Monday…boohooo!
Take care, Nanc
Today I have a Birthday card for the CAS Watercolour Challenge where they are asking us to make a Bouquet of flowers in Darnell’s honor. I couldn’t pass this challenge up, as I just adore Darnell to pieces. Happy Belated Birthday Darnell! I always feel like I am cheating when I heat emboss my watercolor piece, but so far that is all I have confidence in doing. Maybe someday I will try my hand at no-line watercolouring.
Card details: The images are from Stampendous and colored with Catherine Pooler and SU inks. Rectangles are SU and so are the enamel dots.
Have a fabulously creative day, Nanc’
I have another quick post for you today! I have been eyeing the Tic Tac Toe Challenge going on over at The Paper Players which happens to end today! So I will get right to it! I chose the diagonal of Yellow, Florals, and die-cut.
Card Details: Elizabeth Craft Designs-Daisy die, Background stamp from Stampabilities, both Stitched and Scalloped Rectangles are MFT, and one more piece of that lovely DP from Bo Bunny ( I think)
Have a great day, Nanc’
Hello, Today’s card was first inspired by the Monthly Mix over at Gina K. Designs. The talented Karen Hightower has asked us to use Coral (or Orange) as the dominant color on our card and or project. I don’t make a lot of cards in orange, so this intrigued me right away, not to mention her own card was fabulous and so inspiring too. I am also going to link my card up over at the Rainbow Card Challenge (a new challenge site that I stumbled upon) where they have the same color this month.
Here is a bit of info on my card. The background butterfly stamps, vase and flowers are from Gina K. Designs, the rectangle dies are SU, and the sentiment is from Verve. The images where embossed with white embossing powder, and I water colored my vase and flowers.
I so appreciate you stopping by, Nanc’
