I don't normally combine challenges in one post but one of today's cards is for two challenges and both challenges are color challenges! Are you curious? Read on!
Sheri's pretty coral and green challenge at Color Hues kept calling me back for a floral and I found just the stamp for it - inspired by these incredible Sweet Peas on the interweb:
... and a stamp set that a very sweet friend gifted me quite some time ago...
Stamped onto Canson wc paper and colored with Distress reinkers in
Abandoned Coral, Crushed Olive and Peeled Paint. Cut with an old MFT Wonky Rectangle die.
That fun sentiment die is from Pinkfresh Studio: Take Care stand-alone die
but I simply used the outline portion - cut twice and layered for stability.
A sprinkle of PF gems and all layered on a card base.
Next up: a card for The Paper Players #741 and JUGS #778 -
Cover panel embossed with Simon Hurley's Bark EF
Another gift from a friend: The Stamp Market's Pencil Box cut from C&9th cardstock.
along with Spring Tulip - colored with Copics.
Each one of those teensy colored pencils has 5 pieces that come together
so realistically!
Thanks, Ina, for the shoutout!
I hope you're having a wonderful weekend! I appreciate your visit!
=] Michele
30 comments:
Two fabulous cards Michele! The sentiment on the first one reminds me of sweet pea tendrils ( so appropriate!) and I'm in awe of the dimension and layering on the second one - which is also perfect for our challenge over at The Paper Players this week!
You have been a busy bee today, Michele! Love both of these cards! The flowers on the first one are just stunning, as is the die cut outline sentiment. Beautiful watercoloring. The second card for TPP has such a fun way to send a message with the pencil box and pencils, dolled up just a bit with the die cut flower. Thank you so much for joining in at both Color Hues and the Paper Players, you know we always love seeing your cards in the gallery!
Your sweet peas are gorgeous and rival the real things, Michele! I love how you did the sentiment. Kudos for getting those thin pieces lined up and glued together! Amazing! And the pencil box and pencils are so dimensional that they look so real! What a fun card, my friend!
You and I were on the same page today by making a card for more than one challenge! I made one for 4... that's a record for me LOL! These are both pretty, Michele. I love the color of your delicate sweet peas and, my goodness, those pencils look so darn real!!
Oops, I forgot to thank you for playing along with us at Just Us Girls! Love it when you do ;)
Wonderful cards! You have generous friends 😀. Thanks for sharing at JUGS
Michele. Love both cards. Really loving the simple take care outline... very nice. And of course, your watercoloring...just beautiful!
Love your use of the little pencils! Thanks for sharing with Just Us Girls.
Two awesome cards Michele! Your sweet peas are so beautifully water colored and look fabulous against all the white! Love the die cut sentiment too! I'm intrigued by your 2nd card...are those real colored pencils in the box, or stamped ones that just look so real?? Either way, I love, LOVE the card! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Color Hues again...we always love seeing your creativity in the gallery! Hugs. :0)
Wowza! Your pencil box card is pretty dang amazing! What a cool idea! That background is boss and dare I say...those pencils look REAL! Or are they real? It's hard to tell! Anyway, the sentiment on the first card is a testament to your patience. That would have given me fits!!! But WOW, is it fabulous! The florals are pretty sweet too!
Your sweet peas are SO sweet in the CH colors and those colored pencils are super realistic! Love them!
Both of them are beauties, Michele, and I love the colored pencil one for our challenge at JUGS so much! For a minute I thought the pencils were real! What a beautifiul CAS box you created for them with that very pretty flower die!!! Thanks for much for joining us this week!
The sweet peas are so very pretty, Michele. I love the colors and the neat sentiment, too. The colored pencils card is fabulous too. I'll be honest I cannot quite tell if the pencils are real or not. Kudos to YOU for that!
Two very sweet cards here Michele! I had to take a closer look at the colored pencils..... I thought they were real!
Two fabulous cards Michele. Love the pretty blooms and outline die on the first card. Your coloring is perfect. Those pencils look so real on the second card. I bet you had a time putting all of them together. The colored outline flower is lovely.
Both cards are incredibly stunning, Michele! Your watercoloring and the outline die, then your pretty flower and VERY realistic pencil box -- wow!
I love the way you've changed things up with the sentiment in the first card--another indication of your creative genius!!! The sweet peas are gorgeous, and we're so happy to find you in the Color Hues gallery again. I LOVE those pencils--somehow I've never seen them before. As a former elementary school teacher they would have been an often used die in my stash during those years.
I adore both your cards Michele. They both look amazing and so realistic is the pencil box and pencils incredible work well done. 💖
Yes, you just had to do some flowers for this color challenge, and what pretty flowers they are! Love the scent of sweet peas and I swear I can smell them right now. Cool how you only used the outline for the sentiment die. Michele, the pencil box is amazing! I really thought the pencils were real and had to click for a close up to be sure. What a great die set! The tulip on the front is so pretty. Love the Bark embossing. Wow x 2!
Gorgeous cards. Love the coral sweet peas with the green sentiment die. Think I am going to look that one up. I have never seen those pencil dies before, aren't they wonderful and you have made such a cute box for them. xx
Your sweet peas are so 'sweet' and beautifully coloured. You know how to knock my socks off with your aaaaaaamazing layered pencil 'case'. Perfect color hues and so creative. Super background and such a pretty flower for the pencils to lean on. Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us again this week at JUGS Michele.
Love, love your coral and green card, your coloring is super!
I always loved those Sweet Peas and haven't used mine in a while. Yours are so lovely in coral, Michele. Those pencils are very realistic and the entire card is delightful.
Your sweet peas are living up to their names. So pretty with the delicate die sentiment. YOur pencils card WOW. they look so real in the photo. Rocking it!
Michele another beauty for Color Hues! The picture you provided is gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your beautiful take care flower and I love your penxil box too! So cute! Thankyou so much for sharing with us again at the Color Hues!
Beautiful cards! But let’s talk about those pencils - they look real…..but that’s the point……don’t mind me I just entertain myself here….
Two fabulous cards Michele. LOVE sweet peas, but have never seen coral ones before. They are so pretty!! And I love your second card with those adorable pencils you've created. :) xx
Are you sure those pencil crayons are just die cuts, they look SO real! Your delicate sweet peas in shades of coral are perfect for the Color Hues challenge and I love the subtle sentiment, such a great idea. Thanks for linking it up at Color Hues. :)
Love those realistic looking crayons with the delicate outline flower on the box, Michele - stunning! Congrats on your win at JUGS!!
Those pencils look so real - like you could pick them up and start drawing! 5 pieces, you say - good thing they go together so well! A beautiful card, as always. Thanks for sharing it with us at The Paper Players.
hahaha I thought they were real pencils when I first saw them... these cards are wonderful my friend!
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