Altenew March Inspiration Challenge

Hello friends! 

I am loving the inspiration photo from Altenew's March 2018 Inspiration Challenge! I've always wanted to go to Greece so this was a fun challenge to make a card for. The inspiration photo had gorgeous pink, coral, blue and light brown tones that were the inspiration for my card below.

The colors that I selected for this were Altenew's Puffy Heart, Sunkissed, Rocky Shore, and Persian Blue. To start, I used Altenew's Halftone Stencil and sponged on Sunkissed ink.

I then die cut out the flower and branches from the Beautiful Day stamp set. This might be my favorite Altenew set! The flower in it is so pretty and has several layers to create a really dimensional look. I stamped the first two layers in Puffy Heart, and the last two layers in Rocky Shore. For the branches, I stamped them once in Rocky Shore, and then used a blender marker to add some Puffy Heart ink to the branches as well.

Lastly I added the sentiment from the new Sakura Blossom set in Persian Blue, and added a few Nuvo drops to complete the card. 

Papertrey Ink MIM #314: Color Wheel Cards

Happy weekend everyone!

Today's card is for Papertrey Ink's latest Make it Monday challenge #314, Color Wheel Cards. You can see their inspiration card and video on the Papertrey Ink blog! 

For this challenge, I decided to make a teacher thank you card using Papertrey Ink's Happy Trails stamp set. This i\set is definitely one of my favorites for its versatility!

For the background, I die cut a circle from a piece of text print patterned paper using Gina K Design's Large Circle die set.

I then die cut six pencils from Gina K layering weight paper and stamped them using the Happy Trails set. The ink colors that I selected for the color wheel are shown in the picture as well. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment and foam mounted it to the card. 

Thanks for stopping by the blog today - I hope you're having a great weekend! 

Less is More Challenge #366: Monochrome

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

For today's blog post I'm sharing a sympathy card that I made for this week's Less is More challenge, which is to design a monochrome card. Most of my cards turn out mostly monochrome (whether I intend them to or not!), so this was a fun challenge for me.

I have a craft fair coming up soon and I realized that I am short on sympathy cards, so that is what I decided to make for the challenge. To start, I taped off a portion of the Honeycomb Background stamp from My Favorite Things in a light gray ink and stamped that directly on my card base. I then added the flowers from Papertrey Ink's newest anniversary stamp set, Mixed Bouquet, in the same gray ink.

Lastly I added the With Sympathy sentiment from Papertrey Ink's Graceful Greetings II stamp set to finish the card. 

Thanks for checking out my cards this week!