The Flower Challenge #77 Reminder

 

I have adopted a rule in my studio - have I mentioned it before??  

Any new product must have at least four three  two uses before it can be stored away - smart right? lol This rule also made my reminder card for The Flower Challenge #77 Use your Latest Stamps or Dies pretty simple - and simple it is how I've kept it.  

So simple that I made TWO!  One end of this Altenew Magnificent Branch was stamped 

in brown ink onto watercolor card:

... the other end in black on Bristol card!  Either of these can be colored by the recipient if they so choose!

Have you used all of your new goodies yet?  We'd love to see them in our gallery, friends!  Thanks for stopping by!

=] Michele

The Flower Challenge #72 Add Sparkle!

Hello my friends!  Time for a new challenge from The Flower Challenge - and time to get your sparkle on!!  

The lovely flowers where this little bird is perched was calling [or cooing?] for a bit of sparkle today!  Here's a closeup so you can see that bit of stickle-sparkle in action...

I just know you will have fun with this one - can't wait to see our gallery fill up with all of your sparkle!  Let's go see how my teamies brought their sparkle to the table.  We have a very special guest this month - Donna Mikasa!

Thanks for stopping by!

=] Michele

The Flower Challenge #71 Reminder

 Just stopping in with a little reminder that there is still time to circle over to The Flower Challenge with your cards!  Here's your assignment:

I found a very old much-loved set from SSS: Scribble Flowers - they sure look circular from where I'm sitting!  Even if they are a little wonky! lol  I found a second way of adding a circle by cutting a circle of this sweet tone-on-tone gingham to plant my blooms and sentiment in!

Have you played yet?  You have more than enough time to make a card or two!

=] Michele

SSS Scribble Flowers and dies

Waffle Flower Crafts - Hey there! foil plates and coordinating dies combo

Honey Bee: Gingham Galore Spring collection of paper

The Flower Challenge #71 Circles

We have a fun challenge for you this month at The Flower Challenge - hope you like it!

If you follow my cardmaking journey you've seen my fast and sure love of these wonderful Honeysuckles - I've saved this pretty pink duo just for you today! 

I've incorporated the 'circle' in the shape of my card, and the fun

circular pattern from that hemstitched die - a few round enamels dots 

for good measure!

I had a new set of Concord & 9th sentiment dies to use so I searched my snippets for the perfect green for the shadow layer - loved that it had this wonderful texture, too!

It was high-time I used these perfect pinks, and brilliant greens 

for those honeysuckles!

So, where will you find your circles to share?  We can't wait to see them in The Flower Challenge gallery soon!  Now, let's go see how my talented teamies added circles to flowers - or flowers to circles!  OH!!  and my sweet friend Therese is our guest this month!!!

=] Michele

The Flower Challenge #69 - Blue and Yellow

 

Continued support for those brave people of Ukraine, we've chosen blue and yellow for our color challenge this month at The Flower Challenge!   My card started with a few foiled hexagons from Pinkfresh Studios... foiled one at a time, of course...

... and then the fun continued with stamping galore!

I think this is as 'mixed media' as I've ever been! ha!  Only a few shades of blue, and yellow were used to color my flowers, and butterflies.  Then I added bits of stamping in grey, a few random dots of color, and a wonderful sentiment from W+9's Flora and Fauna 3 set - love that there is a die included for that sentiment!

I'm looking forward to all the blue and yellow cards in our gallery this week!  Thank you for playing!  Come see what my friend Nancy Penir, of Artful Notions, has added to our gallery as our featured guest this month!  

=]  Michele

The Flower Challenge #65 - Occasions reminder

 

I'm back to remind you that there is still plenty of time, and occasions, to share a card with The Flower Challenge #65!   

The Occasion I'm celebrating today is a birthday!  More specifically, my friend Marcia's!  She has rekindled my love of all things PTI - and these [Fall Florals] darlings just remind me of a favorite Buttonbush! 

It was a treat to use the 2022 Pantone Color of the Year: Very Peri - Periwinkle to be exact.  I found a pretty good purplish-blue match for it from SSS's Hydrangea ink. 

A sprinkling of Pinkfresh jewels, CP Twilight grey ink, and another very old PTI Mix & Mat die.

Oyster Grey cardstock from EH.

I hope you have a moment to come with me to see all the other DT reminder cards!  They are all so wonderful!  Our guest Trina, and the 'new kids' on the team have outdone themselves!  Let's go...

=] Michele

The Flower Challenge #54 Shades of Purple

 

It's time to remind you that you still have plenty of time to create florals in the beautiful Shades of Purple for The Flower Challenge!  My teammates have so many gorgeous cards - please check them out here - you're sure to be inspired!  

I surely was!

I've chosen bright shades of purple Distress inks for my reminder card - a lovely second try using this fabulous Altenew  Tranquility Rose layering stencils:

After all this masking, a bit of 'selective die-cutting' always makes me happy!

Beccy's Place is our sponsor for #54 - you're sure to find 

lots of wonderful digital floral images to make you happy there!

We can't wait to see more of your purple florals!

=] Michele

CAS Christmas November and The Flower Challenge #50

 

I'm coming in quite late in the game ... and really not sure if my card will qualify!  But, I did have fun recently with a new die for the 2020 Season, and promised to share my creations using my Altenew Poinsettia die and patterned paper.  Maybe it was a die you purchased this year, as well?  It seems to be 'out of stock' everywhere I shop!

CAS Christmas November 2020 is asking for Non-traditional Colours ... I can't imagine my Poinsettia being more non-traditional!  See if you agree...

In real life this piece of Altenew paper from their Sweet Moments paper pack features shades of grey-green, and navy... makes me happy, I'll tell ya.  

The Flower Challenge #50 is asking for florals with a sentiment - I think this one works for that one!

Same Sweet Moments paper collection this one in red, with grey and navy!

Happy Monday!
=]  Michele

Altenew Inspiration Challenge November 2020

 

Between the loads of fun I had on Monday, I contemplated the November 2020 Altenew Inspiration photo.  For a girl whose favorite color is grey, this was truly a challenge!  I love Erum's card, and her fabulous videos are another treat I indulge in on Monday each week.  

There is another new Poinsettia in my stash ... Altenew's Modern one.  It has really beautiful sentiments, too.  I reached for my water color pan set, and here's where Erum's tropical vibe took me - btw those little tropical leaves are from my snippets box - from Waffle Flower Craft.

Since this sentiment [Altenew - Apothecary Labels] is quite prominent in navy - 

I'll share this one with 

The Flower Challenge #50 too!

Thanks so much for stopping by ... means so much to me!

=]  Michele

Thank you Altenew!!!

Brown & Pink and Navy & Turquoise!

I'm back again with, as my title suggests, lots of color - which is a challenge for me in itself!  

The Flower Challenge is looking for Brown & Pink! 

That color combo reminded me of all the wonderful Hydrangea I've dried over the years!  Here are some from last year!

Guess what came out to play?  Of course it had to be my 

 EBE Mondo Hydrangea!  she is my most favorite 

of all the Mondo flowers!  

Stamped in GinaK's Skeleton Leaves amalgam ink, and water colored with Arteza markers, with a bit of pencil detailing.

Here's a little closeup:

and the supplies I used:

Next up ... my entry for Color Hues #2 . They're looking for shades of  Navy and Turquoise !  I've been saving this little tweet-y [borrowed from a friend - thanks Marcia] for the perfect occasion... also the perfect occasion to use this trick for adding texture to your Copic colored images from Kathy Racoosin ... it added the most wonderful wooly texture, don't you think?

All it takes is a tiny bit of colorless blending solution on

a bit terry cloth - this is the tiny square Kathy handed

out to us at MFT at a class I attended there

with Nancy Leppek and Bobby Hagen!

Happy weekend-eve my friends!  Hope your plans include lots of fun, and a bit of crafting!

=]  Michele

Before anyone asks... the embossing on my card is just one folder from many in a wonderful gift, from a fabulous friend who prefers to remain anonymous!  Thank you SO very much!!!  I LOVE the perfect branches for my little feathered friend!

a bit of Altenew for The Flower Challenge #40

I know.  yes.  I'm back.  But I've had this idea for The Flower Challenge #40 that HAD to be made!  I may have done a wee bit of shopping during the holidays - well someone had to buy me that perfect gift that keeps on giving!


One of the items I used today was a free with purchase that came with my new Spellbinders Platinum 6 die cut machine - the banner dies from Scrapbook.com - it truly was a banner day when I conquered this shaped card design!!

Ready?  set... card:

No it isn't magic... an inverted banner of acetate

makes the magic happen!  I love how those

darling Weekend Doodles get to hang out off the edge!

 

It folds flat for sending …

 

 

… and with a few more of those banners, it has a cute little place for the inside sentiment!

 

Hope you like it... I hope the gals at The Flower Challenge like it, too!!  I'll also be sending it over to The Altenew January 2020 Inspiration Challenge!

Enjoy the rest of your week - and thanks for your visits!
=]  Michele

Altenew: Weekend Doodles and dies, and Fresh Freesia for the inside sentiment.  Copic colored.