SPRING BRANCHES.

Hello!

Added another flower and I think it’s better!

Playing along with the following challenges in no particular order:

this Inspiration Station challenge (ends 2/28).

UPDATE! 😊

and this Just Us Girls challenge (ends 2/25).

and this TGIF challenge (ends 2/26).

and Ellibelle’s Garden Party #12 challenge - anything in or from a garden

 (ends 3/9).

and Alphabet Challenge - V for volume (dimension) on a card (ends 3/6).

UPDATE! :o)

I got a mention as the Spotlight Winner!

I thought this die cut blue panel evoked a feeling of sky, without using one of my favorite scenic design elements - clouds - AGAIN. Maybe tomorrow 😂 The sentiment was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in gold. Branch was die cut and colored and shaded as shown, colored with mini Waffleflower blender brushes and Distress Oxide inks. And to give a feeling of dimension I foam dotted the leaves. Flowers were shaped upwards slightly with soft foam mat and large ball flower shaper before gluing to branches.

SUPPLIES

sentiment stamp - unmarked secondhand set 

branch with flowers dies - Spellbinders Flowering Quince set

background panel die - Penny Black Antique Frame set

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Winter Wonderland

 During coloring one of the blue markers burped ink onto the panel and I was forced to add more spots or start over. Card is pure white IRL.  

1. Stamp children image in black ink, and make a Post-it note mask of them with the second stamping. 

2.Color the children in with markers, and place mask over them.

3. Use Post-its to form top and bottom borders. 

4.Used fingertip daubers to apply blue inks, lightest to darkest. 

5.Unmask children and use acrylic-inked snow stamp on blue panel. 

6.Stamp phrase with black ink.

Stamps: B Line Designs children (#HO140D), Stampin' Up! snow dots background, A Muse Artstamps phrase Road to Friend (#9-8230C)

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Faded Jeans, Broken China, Tumbled Glass

Markers: Copic

Other: Apple Barrel Matte White Acrylic paint, fingertip sponge daubers

Challenges: CAS Christmas November 2019 Warm and Cozy, Creative Inspirations Winter Blues Challenge , Christmas Kickstart Challenge #23 - Snow! , Shopping Our Stash #408 - Here Comes Suzy Snowflake , Ellibelle's Corner Christmas / Holiday Challenge

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May you be blessed and may you be a blessing... :o)

Day at the Beach

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Card measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

STAMPS: I Brake For Stamps - Time To Stamp sheet, and words from Inspirational half sheet

INKS: Stampin' Up! Taken With Teal and Lovely Lilac, Kaleidacolor Blue Breeze

TECHNIQUE: Technique Junkies Spectrum Roll from the Aug 05 newsletter

SUPPLIES: brayer, silver thread, paper piercer, water spritzer, glue pen, pop-dots

NOTES: to get a the mosaic frame I cut strips of four colors and then cut them into squares by angling the cuts randomly ~ for interest I stamped some images on four of the lighter 'tiles' ~ words are pop-dotted ~ cardfront was stamped with the mesh bkgd image

Hope your week is going well :o)