Can You Handle the Pressure - Things with Wings

Dear Ones~

There's a new challenge up over at Can You Handle the Pressure. This time the theme  is THINGS WITH WINGS. Here is my card:

I LOVE the Tim Holtz die set Funky Insects. I decided to cut everything out in white to see what it looked like and I really thought it was cool. I die cut 4 rectangles from the GKD Master Layouts 4 die set (they look like postage stamps)  and then embossed each of them with a different embossing folder. Then I added some die cut elements on the moth for an organic look. I really like how this turned out and will be doing more of those critters with flowers and leaves attached to them. I think they look so whimsical.

 

Here is a close up of the moth.

The Ingredients:

GKD White Card Stock

Recollections Rose Petal Card Stock

Tim Holtz Funky Insects Die Set

Spellbinders Mini Blooms and Sprigs Die Set

GKD Master Layouts 4 Die Set

SU Stripes and Splatters Embossing Folder

SU Fern Embossing Folder

GKD Tapestry Embossing Folder

SU Wrapped in Texture Embossing Folder

Trinity Stamps Silver Baubles

Spellbinders Yana's Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die

 If you head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure Blog and play along, you could win this fabulous Darice embossing folder, and don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created. 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by, your comments always make me smile. Please go take a look at the Can You Handle the Pressure blog, there's some wonderful inspiration over there. You won't be sorry.

Until next time dear reader, here's celebrating your Creative Muse.

 ~judy

Double D - Beach Time

Dear Ones~

Time for a new challenge over at Double D, and this time we are playing on THE BEACH. Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration:

 

And here is my card:

I decided to do something different and create a scene looking out of a window. I like to imagine I'm at a summer cottage by the shore and can see the ocean from my window. I have an embossing powder by Emerald Creek called Dirty Sand, and I used it here to create the look of the beach.

The Ingredients:

Close To My Heart Perfect Day Stamp Set

GKD Sandy Beach Card Stock

GKD Warm Cocoa Card Stock

Paper Studio Beach House Patterned Paper

SU Uniquely Artistic Stamp Set

Emerald Creek Dirty Sand Embossing Powder

GKD By the Sea 2 Stamp Set

SU Smooth Sailing Die Set

GKD Master Layouts 5 Die Set

Trinity Stamps Baubles

 

 

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this cute die by Impression Obsession, and don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.  

 

 You should take a minute to swing on over to the Double D Challenge and check it out. There's lots of inspiration to be had there.

 

Until next time, here's celebrating your Creative Muse!!

~judy

Can You Handle the Pressure? - BIRDS

Dear Ones~

There's a new challenge up over at Can You Handle the Pressure.   For this challenge blog you MUST use an EMBOSSING FOLDER on your project.  Heat (wet) embossing is permitted but only in addition to your embossing folder design.  Each new challenge will have a 'TWIST' which is optional ... your choice to use or not.

The OPTIONAL TWIST for today's challenge is:

BIRDS

  Here's my card:

I recently purchased some Nuvo Shimmer Powders, and they are so much fun. I had a go playing with them on a piece of watercolor paper, and the result is what I used to die cut the bird and flowers. I love how she turned out. I die cut a circle, embossed it with the SU Stripes and Splatters embossing folder and then sponged around the edge with Rococo Rose Ink from SU. I placed it behind the bird, thought it showed her off nicely. And I like the soft gray background instead of white or ivory. I feel like it really makes the die cut elements pop.

The Ingredients:

Stampin' Up Blackberry Bliss Card Stock

Tim Holtz Gold Metallic Card Stock

Recollections Stormy Sky Card Stock

Sizzix Tropical Leaves Embossing Folder

SU Stripes and Splatters Embossing Folder

SU Layering Circles Die

SU Rococo Rose Ink

Sizzix Bird Scene Die Set

Sizzix Geo Floral Frame Die

Spellbinders Mini Blooms and Sprigs Die Set for Flowers and Leaves

Spellbinders Yana's Sentiments for Greeting

GKD Master Layouts 2 Die Set

If you head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure Blog and play along, you could win this fabulous embossing folder, and don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by, your comments always make me smile. Please go take a look at the Can You Handle the Pressure blog, there's some wonderful inspiration over there. You won't be sorry.

 

Until next time dear reader, here's celebrating your Creative Muse.

~judy

CHANNELING GINA - GKD Monthly Mix Challenge

 Dear Ones~

It is an honor, and my great good pleasure, to be hosting the June Monthly Mix Challenge over at Gina K Designs. Thank you Gina and Karen for inviting me!!

 

 I have been a fan of Gina's for so many years I have lost count. She is the one who inspired me to get into card making and I have never looked back. I have made many, many wonderful friends because of Stamp TV. Thank you, Gina!

 

My challenge for you this time is CHANNELING GINA. I am inviting you to chose one of Gina's videos and make it your own. Put your own twist on it, but keep the technique or design that she has featured in her video. The link to her videos is HERE. The video I chose to use is HERE. It is called Colored Pencils on Kraft Card Stock. 

Here is my card:

I chose to use Innocent Pink Card Stock instead of Kraft, and I hand stamped the floral spray by using Masking Magic and images from Arjita's and Lisa's stamp sets. I colored the resulting image with my Prisma Colors and Gamsol, highlighting it with my white gel pen, and fussy cutting it out. Then I mounted it onto a piece of White Heavy Weight Card Stock, which I scored to create a lattice look. The die cut HELLO from the A Little Hello Layering Stencil Bundle, along with a vellum die cut silhouette behind, finished off the piece. This is a 5x7 card.

 

The Ingredients:

 

GKD Heavy White, Black Onyx and Innocent Pink Card Stock

GKD Obsidian Amalgam Ink

GKD Masking Magic

GKD Bloomin' Wild Stamp Set

GKD Grateful Spray Stamp Set

GKD Count It All Joy Stamp Set

GKD A Little Hello Layering Stencil Bundle

Master Layouts 8 Die Set

Prisma Color Pencils with Gamsol

 

 

I do hope you will join us for this month's challenge. If you play along you could win one of three $25 gift certificates. I can't wait to see your creations.

 

Thank you for your lovely comments, as always they make me smile. 

And until next time, here's celebrating your Creative Muse.

 

Hugs~

~judy

Double D - White with One Color Only

 Dear Ones~

This time over at Double D the challenge is to use white and ONE OTHER COLOR only. Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration:

This is my card:

I love yellow and I don't use it very often. I decided it would be fun to use it for this challenge. I had a great time stitching the mandala, it's so relaxing.  Lots of dies used here with an embossing folder thrown in.

The Ingredients:

GKD white and Wild Dandelion Card Stock

Spellbinders Sparkling Mandala Die

DMC Embroidery floss

GKD Friendly Silhouettes for Greeting

GKD Wild Dandelion Ink

SU Rectangle Stitched Framelits

SU Ornate Layers Die Set

SU Stripes and Splatters Embossing Folder

Studio Katia Arctic Breeze Pearls

 

 

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win these wonderful Pops Of Color in Ocean Waves Pearl and White, and don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.

 You should take a minute to swing on over to the Double D Challenge and check it out. There's lots of inspiration to be had there.

 

Until next time, here's celebrating your Creative Muse!!

~judy

Can You Handle the Pressure - Butterflies Twist

Dear Ones~

Another challenge is up over at the Can You Handle the Pressure blog.

 

 For this challenge blog you MUST use an EMBOSSING FOLDER on our project.  Heat (wet) embossing is permitted but only in addition to your embossing folder design.  Each new challenge will have a 'TWIST' which is optional ... your choice to use or not.

The OPTIONAL TWIST for today's challenge is:

BUTTERFLIES

The twist is OPTIONAL!!
As long as you use an embossing folder, your project qualifies!!!

 

Here is my card: 

For this card I used a die called Sensational Butterfly Collage by Memory Box. I first cut it out of metallic gold card stock, and then cut it out a second time with patterned paper from Crafter's Consortium called Ink Drops Vivid. All the patterned paper pieces were inlaid into the gold die cut. Time consuming for sure, but really worth it.  The white panels behind the butterfly are die cut pieces from the Sensational Butterfly Collage die which I ran through a Swiss Dot embossing folder by Cuttlebug. An oldie but definitely a goodie. Those pieces were inlaid as well.

 

 

  The Ingredients:

 SU Blackberry Bliss and Soft Succulent Card Stock

GKD Lovely Lilac and White Card Stock

Tim Holtz Metallic Card Stock

Crafter's Consortium Ink Drops Vivid Patterned Paper

Memory Box Sensational Butterflies Collage

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

SU Flourishing Flowers Stamp for Greeting

Trinity Stamps Bubble Blowout Baubles

 

 

 

 

We have a special treat this time. Our GUEST DESIGNER is one of my besties -  Barbara Campbell. She has created a fabulous design for your inspiration so go check out her BLOG and see. She is over-the-top talented. Thanks for sharing, Barb!!!

 

If you head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure Blog and play along, you could win this fabulous Park Lane embossing folder, and don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created.

 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by, your comments always make me smile. Please go take a look at the Can You Handle the Pressure blog, there's some wonderful inspiration over there. You won't be sorry.

Until next time dear reader, here's celebrating your Creative Muse.

 ~judy

 

 

 

 

 

Double D - Monochrome

Dear Ones~

The challenge this time over at Double D is Monochromatic. This is one of my favorite techniques, using only one color or multiple tones of the same color. Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration:

Here is my card: 

I decided to use shades of tan for this card. I used a new to me die set by Spellbinders called Be Bold Blooms. This die set is simply fabulous and I can't wait to play with it more. 

The Ingredients:

Gkd Kraft and Sandy Beach Card Stock

Scrapbook.Com Neutrals Smooth Card Stock

Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms Die Set

SU Wrapped in Texture Embossing Folder

SU Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp for Greeting

Trinity Stamps Baubles

Diamond Stickles

 

 

 

 

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this beautiful paper pack, and don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created. 

You really should swing on over to the Double D Challenge and check it out. You won't be sorry, there's lots of inspiration to be had there. 

Until next time, here's celebrating your Creative Muse!!

~judy