More Yellow!

Hi friends, 

I'm here with another card with plenty of yellow... I seem to have spring and sun in my mind already. Like in my previous post, again I'm using floral stamps by Altenew. The paisley background is stamped with Funky Fossil paisley stamp and I've also used an Taylored Expression embossing folder. Coloring with Copics. Hope you like and thanks for popping by! 

Challenges I'm entering:

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Embossing folder

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

We Love Stamping: Anything Stamped Goes

Stamping Sensations: Stamping and dies

Guest Designing for Uniko November/December Challenge!

HI guys!

Today I have the honor to guest design in Uniko Challenge! I was the happy winner of their September/October challenge and it's great to join the talented design team for this new challenge where the theme is Christmas with the optional twist of 'tree'. All the challenge information and plenty of DT inspiration HERE! Thank you Uniko team for inviting me to join! 

I decided to go with the twist in this card and played with a large Taylored Expressions birch background stamp. I've heat embossed it on black card with liquid platinum embossing powder and then added some gold and white paint splatters for shimmer and "snow". The die cut sentiment is by Stamplorations. I quite like the modern feel this card has and I do think it's gender neutral as well! 

I'd like to join:

Penny Black and More: Christmas (my 3rd entry)

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

We have a new challenge for you at Inkspirational Challenges, a word prompt "Cloud"! 

I used background paper with cloud images to ground my Ellen Hutson flower, colored with waterolors. The sentiment is by Taylored Expressions. I finished the card with some sequins. This card couldn't be much simpler! :) 

Please head oon over to our challenge blog for more inspiration from the design team and for all the challenge details. Happy crafting, I hope to see you joining us! 

I'd like to join:

The Flower challenge: Anything Goes 

(my 4th entry)

Butterflies for Challenges

Hi friends, I hope you have a good Sunday evening!

I'm here to share a CAS card for three fun challenges:

Less Is More: Stripes

Inspired by All the Little Things: photo inspiration

CAS Mix Up: Inlaid die cutting, stamping + your choice (dry embossing, copics). My 2nd entry to this challenge!

I've used a Taylored Expressions embossing folder for creating the stripes in my card base. For the focal point I cut a white circle and stamped PTI butterflies on it. I then cut a black frame where I inlaid the white circle. I think inlaid die-cuts are so good for CAS! Less layers, more CAS, right. :) The butterflies are colored in with Copics and I've also coated them with Wink of Stella. I added white dots with white gel pen to perk up the frame a bit. My usual choice would have been to add a sentiment heat embossed with white powder on black card but I wanted to add some grey to the card (inspired by the silver in the photo inspiration) and I actually really like the outcome! 

Sorry for the shadows in the card (well they do show that I've popped up the circle with foam adhesive!), I had to photograph this in unnatural light. It's late here already. :)

Thanks for popping by and happy new week!

Thank You Card for Challenges

Hi friends!

Several photos of today's card due to light issues.. The black card I used is truly black, not "worn out black" as it looks like in the photos of the whole card. 

I' entering:

Less Is More: Washi

AAA Cards: Use Die Cuts

CAS on Sunday: Sentiment

Addicted to Stamps and More: CAS

I've made a sort of masculine card where I played with gold-black washi that has a distressed, foiled look -I think it was the shimmer from the foil that gave my little old pocket camera the hard time! The die cut sentiment comes from Taylored Expressions and it was a gift from my wonderful Time Out DT friend Jill. If you don't know her blog My Life In Paper you are in for a treat when you go ahead and click HERE! Thank you Jill for this awesome die!

The card is very dimensional -I've popped up the black panel with fun foam and there's 4 layers in the die cut sentiment. My first time using Stick It adhesive by the way -how did I ever survive without?!? What a product! I'm never stacking dies without this baby again! 

I hope you like my card and thanks for popping by.