Hello, I am the hostess this week at Just Us Girlsand it happens to be Photo Week. I thought this picture was just lovely and hope you and the girls over at JUGS did too!
Card Details: I used a mix of three mediums to color my image. Watercolors, Watercolored pencils, and Zigs. I heat embossed the image with white Embossing powder first. This stamp is from Northwoods Rubber Stamps, and the sentiment is from Stampin Up. The flowers and background paper are burnt orange and not red as they may appear in the photo.
Hello, I hope your day is off to a great start! We have a great topping starting today over at Seize the Birthday! The topping is rainbow colors. A couple of weeks or so ago I received this great new die and stamp set from SU called Celebrate Sunflowers and I thought this would be perfect to execute this idea I had rolling around in my head.
I may have made this a bit more time consuming than it needed to be as I cut my sunflower out first and then colored the petals with my SU watercolor brush and various inks. I thought I would have better control of the colors this way. I thought the bottom of the card needed something so I have this fun double scallop from MFT and of course, my go-to sentiment is Verve. I few SU enamel dots in primary colors and I was done. CAS is a challenge for me but this time I came out on top! LOL
I am joining is NBUS today too! Since this was the first time I used my sunflower set.
Please come see all the various types of rainbow designs over at Seize the Birthday and join us! Nanc’
Hello, Today over at Seize the Birthday we have a new challenge beginning and Ashwini has picked a tic tac toe board for us to chose from. I always enjoy these types of challenges.
I have chosen the middle row of; Inlaid-die-cutting, flowers, and water coloring. I just love this flower from MFT and thought it would look great watercolored. I heat embossed the flower first and then while I was at it I decided to watercolor the background as well. Since I finally got the die-cut ( that is constantly out of stock over at MFT) to go with the flower it worked perfectly for the inlaid part of my row. I finished it off with an MFT birthday greeting and some sequins.
I hope you will come check out the lovely array of cards over at Seize the Birthday…the team and our guest Jen did a great job once again.
We have a gorgeous picture for your inspiration at Just Us Girls today. I can attest that our sunsets have been pretty magnificent as of late and starting next week they are supposed to be getting even more intense due to the Saharan Dust Plume that is headed towards the US. We shall see if they look as good as they predict. This photo couldn’t have come at a more perfect time.
I did a quick watercolor background on my card and the silhouette palm tree is from MFT.
I hope you will be inspired to come over to JUGS and check out what the team did with this picture and while you are there join us. Before I go I would like to thank Mugdha for being with us this month. We really enjoyed your creativity and amazing cards and hope you will come back again soon.
I am also linking my card up over at TGIF Challengewhere they have a summer vibe challenge going on. Nothing screams summer to me than gorgeous sunsets.
Hello, I have a watercolored card for you today that goes with our next topping that I so happen have selected over at Seize the Birthday. I used this beautiful hydrangea stamp from Gina K Designs. The sentiment is one of my go-to stamps from Stampin Up. As you can see I heat embossed with white powder before I got started painting. Some splatters, sequins, and ribbon and I was done.
I need to thank our Surprise Party Guest Jo for being with us for the past 2 months. It’s been such a joy having you with us and I look forward to having your wonderful cards in our gallery again soon.
Please come join check out the DT’s cards at Seize the Birthday and I hope you will join us, Nanc’
Hello, I was trying to make a few cards for some upcoming challenges and it wasn’t going well yesterday, so I decided to write a post instead. I did some water coloring a few days ago and the next day after some thought and suggestions over on IG, I turned the items into two cards instead of one. You see, I had made two background panels and I liked them both and was trying to figure out which one to use.
I am linking the above card up over at The Flower Challenge where they have asked us to use Navy and one other color on our project. I as you have seen I chose pink.
Card Details: Stamps are mostly Altnew with the exception of the “Wishing You Well” greeting is from Stampin Up. I used Catherine Pooler inks and some stencils to make my backgrounds. Speaking of backgrounds… I did a double stencil technique and it worked perfectly. I made both a rectangle and circle stencil with some thick acetate and placed that down over my first decorative stencil. I used some washi tape to hold everything in place. It was so much fun, I made about ten more backgrounds while I was at it in various colors and shapes.
I so appreciate you stopping in and I hope you have a lovely day, Nanc’.
Hello, I thought I would join along in the challenge at Freshly Made Sketchesthis week. I needed to make a card for a co-worker that is retiring at the end of this school year and I knew this sketch would get me started in the right direction. I pulled out one of my favorite floral stamp sets by Stampendous and did some under layer water coloring with a bit of Prisma coloring to define some areas of the images. I have certainly been on a coloring craze as of late. I added some flicked watercolors splats when I was done. The Designer Paper is from MFT.
I hope whatever you do this holiday weekend it contains something that brings you joy, Nanc’
Hello, I have another card using this fabulous Gerbera Daisy stamp from Simon Says Stamps. I wanted to join in the fun over at CAS Watercolourwhere their challenge is Spring Flowers. I used an oldy but goody tool from back in the day when I sold Creative Memories to make my swaying hill design. I have no idea why I didn’t pull out my many stitched border dies. LOL. Please tell me that sometimes you all forget too what you even have in your mounds of supplies that would have made things simpler. The sentiment is from Gina K Designs. In hindsight, I wish I would have left the top right flower uncolored as well.
I am also going to link this up over at Time Out Challenges as well. They have a challenge that is inspired by words.
Thanks for paying me a visit I so appreciate it! Take care and happy crafting! Nanc’
Hello, I have been immersing myself into water coloring this weekend and I finally have a card that I am rather happy with. My friend Barb is an amazing designer, colorist, and cardmaker and a very great friend, and she is hosting a challenge Flowers for the Front Line over at The Power Poppyblog and I wanted to join in the fun! Not sure if you have ever seen the talent over there, but it’s truly remarkable! I knew I was going to have to step up my game to even enter something in the gallery.
I have had this fabulous Gerbera Daisy background stamp from SSS for quite some time and had yet to break the package and open it up. So, once again I am going to enter it over at NBUS and this will be my third entry over at The Flower Challenge.
The sentiment is from MFT and the Kind die is from SSS. ( Never used as well.) I have three layers under the Kind die for added dimension.
Thanks so much for stopping by and please stay well! Nanc’
Hello, Today’s card was inspired by the fun Sketch going on over at CAS(E) this Sketch. Not only did the sketch intrigue me, but DT member Michele Ferguson’s card really got me excited to play along. It is fabulous and got my wheels a crackin’. I have had these “new to me” butterflies from SU on my desk for quite some time and I am glad I found a reason to use them. I started off using 3 colors of Oxide inks, some water, and a paintbrush along with a SU-striped stencil to make my rays of color. I did quite a few layers and I love the way it turned out. Next, I did the smooshing technique for the butterflies. Finally, I fussy cut the butterflies out and all was going smoothly until it was time for the sentiment. UGH! It looks terrible! I guess I rocked the block a bit. I was going to start over or cover it with a tag and then remembered my word “Acceptance” (New Year’s Resolution) and refrained. Folks, it wasn’t easy!
I am so glad you stopped by today! Happy creating, Nanc’
Hello, I am the hostess this week at Just Us Girls and it happens to be Photo Week. I thought this picture was just lovely and hope you and the girls over at JUGS did too! 
