Playing Cards with Friends - June 2023

I am so excited to have another PNW friend as my Playing Cards with Friends guest for June 2023!  

Nancy Littrell - or as we know her Scandinancy Creates - and her husband have wonderful adventures together each year when they aren't busy with their gorgeous bit of Heaven on Earth in Oregon!  I love that she shares wonderful photos of both with me!

Nancy also makes really wonderful cards using lots of techniques: stenciling, and alcohol inking, to name just a few!  

Today, we are celebrating National Say hi Day!  You can read all about how this holiday came about here.  Based on that, here is our assignment:

• Use fruit on your card - stamped, stenciled, die-cut or even hand-painted!
• Say hi, or hello in honor of Say hi Day!

Now there are many ways of saying hi and I found one of them in my stash - along with two darling sets from Pigment Craft Co. that I combined for my card today - here she is...

These hands are meant to be holding a cup of coffee - but strawberries were on the menu today!

These are the inks I used and lovely background die from Pinkfresh.

I'm sure Nancy has raspberries, and strawberries growing somewhere in their gardens - maybe even blueberries?  I'd fill that cute little bowl with yogurt and head out to the garden and pick to my heart's content for the perfect parfait.  

Thank you, Nancy for accepting my invitation to play cards!  I'm rushing over now and inviting all of our friends to join me there!  xx

=] Michele

Pigment Craft Co.: Berry Patch stamps, and dies.  These Hands warm Easily stamps, and dies.

Pinkfresh Studios: Floral Lace die.

Pink Lemonade cardstock MFT 

Altenew Inspiration Challenge June 2023

Even as tempted as I was to play with those Rocktrumpet flowers again, an older set caught my attention today for 

Altenew's June 2023 Inspiration Challenge!

Deepa's Petunias are gorgeous, aren't they? No petunias in my stash, sadly ... will these Basic Blooms do? Fingers crossed!

I pulled out lots of inks to capture her colors!

My card panel was cut using a Rounded Rectangle die from olive card and stamped with one of the lovely Altenew Leaf Clusters before popping it up and arranging my Basic Blooms.

One of Altenew's Versatile Greetings was gold hot-foiled and planted in the lower corner.  I'd better get these planted in their gallery right now before I forget!  Thanks for stopping by!

=] Michele