INTERACTIVE FLORAL POCKET

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Playing along with this WORD ART WEDNESDAY challenge

Anything Goes including verse prompt Weeks #768-769

(ends 9/15)

and this challenge BEAUTIFUL BLOSSOMS Anything Floral Goes with Optional Mood Board #44 (ends 9/12)

SOME DETAILS

This older wood mounted stamp has narrow flaps on all sides, except the top, that can be folded under to make an actual pocket.

The bandana was made by cutting two pieces of patterned paper randomly peaked as shown. The edges were brushed with some Distress Aged Paper ink. 

SUPPLIES

pocket stamp with foldable flaps - Limited Edition wood mounted #LE6087

large sentiment stamp - Paper Trey Ink Phrases & Praises clear set

small sentiment stamp - Gina K. Tall Stems clear set

flower dies - Spellbinders Little Blooms die set #S2-380

stitched frame die - MFT Die-namics Wonky Stitch Rectangles die set #MFT-0839

random flat back rhinestones 

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BEE WREATH

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I have another new Alphabet Challenge DT card, following our current theme, I is for Insects. You still have lots and lots of time to play along, and you can enter up to three times any handcrafted items featuring the theme. 

 

I introduced some die cut vintage sheet music to my card for a little unobtrusive visual texture

Playing along with this WORD ART WEDNESDAY challenge #766-767 (ends 8/31?)

and this INKSPIRATIONAL challenge (ends 8/28)

and this THE PICK 3 challenge, choosing Wreath, Stamping and Insects (ends 8/18)

SOME DETAILS

 Wreath was die cut from an old discarded hymnal page. 

The center area of the card base was blended with some Distress yellow ink before gluing the wreath in place. 

Bees were foam mounted. 

Flower stamens were highlighted with white gel pen.

SUPPLIES

flowers and bees stamps and dies - Hero Arts Kit January 2021 #MH0121C

sentiment stamp - Creative Worship #SNS-14-006 The Future

wreath die - Spellbinders Shapeabilities #S4-572 Wreath

sheet music

alcohol ink markers

white gel pen

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LEMON CASCADE.

Hi friends!

Playing along with this AAA Cards Challenge, featuring Marlies’s yummy card to CASE. 

UPDATE:

Thrilled to get a runner-up spot to Anastasiya’s fun card!

Staying in the food theme Marlies chose, and taking a page from GD Maria’s book, I stayed within the fruit-y realm. I just find lemons to be so cheerful, especially in summer ☀️

 

THE PROCESS

To start: On the righthand side, I stamped various lemons in a bluish-gray ink. Then I stamped the wedge 3 times, and a full lemon, images on yellow card stock, fussy cut and shaded them with alcohol markers, and applied them as shown. The wedges are glued flat and the whole is on foam tape.  

The sentiment was stamped in black ink. I found the card too flat looking so I stamped, colored and fussy cut a flower, and a couple leaves from green cardstock, and applied as shown. The flower has some foam tape behind the petals, and was cut almost in half for perspective purposes. 

To finish: Image panel is mounted on darker, textured yellow cardstock. Still not content I added some gloss medium to the leaves and lemon wedge sections. 

*TIP for the day*

Ink formulas matter immensely.  When coloring images in, to avoid bleeding and smudging, I find Memento Tuxedo Black extremely helpful for use with alcohol markers and colored pencils. 

For sentiments, I find Versamark Onyx Black to be juicy and pigmented enough to never need a second stamping to get great coverage. Hope this helps! :o)

SUPPLIES

all stamps - Hero Arts Zest Wishes #CM417 clear set

alcohol markers

Ranger Glossy Accents

black & gray ink pads

colored cardstock

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GOOD LIFE DUCKS.

 Hi friends!

Playing along with this ALPHABET CHALLENGE

D for Double.

(ends 6/25)

These two just make me happy - love how ridiculously over-sized they are for their little pool. I resisted the urge to add googly eyes, but just barely! Settled on outlining the pupils with some neutral gray marker. Pond was cut from a scrap of handmade faux watercolored paper using Distress ink. Both ducks are foam mounted. 

 

SUPPLIES

duck stamps - CTMH Close to My Heart Makin’ Waves #C1365 clear set

sentiment stamp - Kolette Hall

enjoy word stamp - Fiskars Lea Griffith clear set

pool with border dies - FSJ Pool with a View die set #DI-0549

sunrays stencil - Picket FenceSlim Horizontal Rays of Sun

alcohol markers

white gel pen

mirrored bubble flat back gems

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SUNNY SIDE UP FLOWERS.

  Hi friends!

Playing along with this WORD ART WEDNESDAY Challenge 

Anything Goes Weeks #746-747 - I’m using their verse prompt

(ends 4/14).

UPDATE: I got a Top 3! 😃

and this NBUS Challenge #85 (ends 4/30).

and this THE PAPER FUNDAY Challenge #86 

Anything Goes with Optional Die Cuts/Punches (ends 5/3).

It’s my first time putting these dies to use; I purchased them last year I think, during the Spellbinders warehouse sale. The discount was very generous, and I especially love the hardiness and cheerful vibe of anemones - we have a little patch of white ones I look forward to seeing come up and bloom every year.  *TIP* (If you leave all your newest purchases in a clear bin near your workspace til you use them at least once, you’ll never run the risk of filing them into the proper category unused, never to see the light of day again!)

This card came together super easily so I don’t think there’s anything earth-shattering to say about it! Just that the dies cut beautifully, and I’m pretty happy with the color mix from my random stash of card stock. Pre-textured pink card stock for a little more interest.  *TIP* (which I forgot to do! To get rid of those pesky release dot marks you get when die cutting, any tool with a round ball on the end, like a flower shaper, or scoring tool, works wonderfully. To avoid getting the card stock shiny with the circular rubbing, you may want to use a thin sheet of paper in between.)

SUPPLIES

flower dies - Spellbinders Fresh Picked Anemones #S6-228

verse words - free printable from Word Art Wednesday Challenge blog

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BIRDS & BRANCHES.

 Hi friends!

Playing along with this ALPHABET CHALLENGE

Y is for Yellow Flowers (ends 4/16).

and this COLOR DARE CHALLENGE

Shades of Yellow Plus 1 Color Choice (ends 4/9).

UPDATE!

and this TRIPLE B APRIL 2026 CHALLENGE 

 Yellows Inspiration Board (ends 4/30).

and this COLOURFUL OPTIONS CHALLENGE 

Yellow (ends 4/28).

The star of this show is definitely the embossing folder, and I don’t even know who made it - I bought it in a batch with others. If anyone knows please let me know and I’ll update!

Birds were filled in lightly with various blue and yellow colored pencils. Sentiment was embossed in gold. Large flowers were shaped a bit by hand and tinted with a mini blending brush in the centers outward. Flower centers were some matte gold die cut circle scraps from a previous project (everything gets saved in my crafty zone :o)

SUPPLIES

sentiment stamp - Spellbinders Love Never Fails #STP-051

embossing folder - unknown

colored pencils

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IT’S YOUR DAY BALLOONS.

  Hi friends!

Playing along with this ADDICTED TO CAS CHALLENGE (ends 4/3).

this I LOVE PROMARKERS & OTHER MEDIUMS CHALLENGE

#604 Cute & Whimsical or Anything Goes (ends 4/12).

and this TRY IT ON TUESDAY CHALLENGE Make It Cute (ends 4/13).

and this SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE #323 Add a Tag (ends 4/7).

and this CARDS FOR GUYZ CHALLENGES #384 Light Blue & Brown (ends 4/19).

I have a post on how to get this type of easy striped circle HERE  I used an old loyal Cropadile tool to set the rivet for tag purposes and added some waxed twine. 

I did some alcohol marker coloring and die cut him out, then covered the balloons with clear glaze. His head was foam mounted and his shoes were glued down. Sentiment was stamped in Tempting Turquoise. 

SUPPLIES

boy with balloons and sentiment stamps - Pink & Main

Diamond Dots silver circles - Stampendous

dotted embossing folder - unknown

Copic alcohol ink marker

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FABULOUS BIRTHDAY BUTTERFLY.

Hello! 

Playing along with this Seize the Birthday challenge (ends 3/10).

and this Classic Design Anything Goes with Optional Twist: 

Blooms or Butterflies challenge (ends 3/12).

UPDATE:

I was a Random Winner 😁

I tracked this die cut butterfly down in another state a few years back, when it went on sale, because the store (Joanns RIP I miss you!) here had run out of them. I was, and still am, in love with the ginormous size of it, and the incredible detail. 

After embossing the brick wall I just trimmed it down a bit and distressed the edges. To get the gradient on the butterfly I ink blended Distress Oxide inks onto white cardstock (to do it after cutting would risk tearing the skinny sections).  Dots were cut from the leftover butterfly panel and embellished with a few flat back rhinestone gems. Words and the top wing were foam mounted. Word strip is preprinted. Birthday word is much sparklier in real life - but photo-ing after midnight so… LOL

SUPPLIES

brick wall embossing folder - Sizzix

birthday dies - Honey Bee Bitty Buzzwords set

butterfly die - Sizzix Thinlits #665201

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COLORFUL HI.

Hello!

Playing along with the AAA Colourful Colourboard #25 challenge (ends 3/14)

UPDATE: I got a mention! 😃

I used this texture background stamp and a platform stamp positioner to repeatedly ink up each area with some juicy Catherine Pooler mini pads. No idea who made it as it had unmarked cushion cling on the back when I acquired it many years ago. 

SUPPLIES

texture background stamp - unmarked

hi die - Spellbinders Fresh Picked Sentiments

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