Welcome to another Card Chain Challenge Reveal - they seem to roll around quickly!! You can see the full May reveal featuring cards from thirty-two amazing players HERE. I sent my card to Joanne (Slices of Life) in Connecticut:
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Friday, June 2, 2023
May 2023 Card Chain Reveal
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Ink Blended Columbines
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Last Day of Diva Tic-Tac-Toe
I had fun with the middle horizontal row of the tic-tac-toe board (Ribbon, the word Love, Heart), pulling out some newer Hero Arts with an old fave. I die cut a heart & stamped the word LOVE & white heat embossed it. Added some stenciling with my new Petal Burst. I stamped & fussy cut the sub-sentiment, stamped then die cut and colored the heart lock and key. Covered the gold with clear lacquer. Die cut some rectangle layers in red, black and print. Added some ribbon & done!
For my bonus today, I thought - what the heck - I'll do a "cover all" checking all the boxes!
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Purple Winter Gnome
Monday, May 22, 2023
Pair of Birthday cards plus more poinsettias...
Happy Monday! Hope you had as productive a weekend as I did! I'll get to those cards in a bit, but first, a couple of May birthday cards - one sent to my friend Heather (Stamping and Stitching) and one to another friend Betty (created by bjk). Each reported receiving her card timely - yay! First up, Heather's card:
Heather loves blue so I went that route, adding some grey & yellow to coordinated with the Lawn Fawn pp. Next, Betty's card - filled with a cuts from a Spellbinders flowers set which I used for the first time (adding to Darnell's May NBUS Challenge for that reason):
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Diva Tic-Tac-Toe, Anyone?
Friday, May 19, 2023
Unusual Colors for Christmas - Gorgeous!
Sunday, May 14, 2023
Happy Mother's Day!
I have a couple people left for whom I make a Mother's Day card. My mom's sister Carol (called Tia) and Queen Mum Mary (my friend & the mom to my former quartet's lead singer). I made the card below first, then made a very similar one for my second (won't share that one).
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
April 2023 Card Chain Challenge Reveal
Hi all - Can't believe it's May 2nd already - April flew and we're finally well into spring! I'm popping in today to share my card for the April Card Chain Challenge. Twenty-eight people participated & you can see the entire reveal HERE.
My card went to the amazing Jo (Jo Blogs) in the UK. Jo brightens our lives every month with several challenge blogs in addition to the Card Chain, including one of my favorites - Christmas Kickstart.Sunday, April 30, 2023
Last Day for Watercoloring at Die Cut Divas
Hi everyone - hope all is well with you! Today I'm providing inspiration with the end of month team over at Die Cut Divas. It's the last day for our Water Color Challenge with the amazing Altenew as our sponsor. You have until 9pm Pacific Time to enter.
We will select a random winner from eligible April entries & Altenew will give that winner an Artists' Watercolor 24 Pan Set!! Here's my card:
Process: Apply watercolors to watercolor paper, let dry.Die cut flowers and leaves, then assemble.Die cut doily & a panel of patterned paper.Stamp a sentiment on a thin strip.Assemble elements on card.
Friday, April 21, 2023
Watercoloring with Altenew
Process: Hot foil the Golden Days flower onto the smoother side of a 6x8" piece of watercolor paper using pewter foil and a hot foiling system (I used Spellbinders Glimmer).Stencil the flower using the coordinating stencil set & water reactive inks. Move the ink with water & brushes. Spritz lightly with shimmer spray through the base flower stencil. Let dry thoroughly.Die cut into two pieces using the Mix and Match Frames deckle die (save one piece for bonus project). Layer onto metallic panel die cut with the dotted frame die. Add to A2 card.Stamp the thank you sentiment from the Floral Sprig set. Add a few dots from the die cut frame.