Flowers, Flower Everywhere

Dear Ones~
Hope this finds you enjoying your Memorial Day holiday.

Today's offering has been created for the Double D Challenge. This time we are invited to include multiple flowers on our creation. Here are the tiles they have provided us for inspiration. I think all the photos are just lovely!!

Here's my card:

I stamped the images from GKD's stamp set Wild Blossoms, attached the matted panel to my card base, and then overlaid the whole front with vellum. I love the soft look it created. I have used some of the new In Colors from Stampin' Up. I'm really warming up to them, it was super fun to stamp this panel. I die cut the butterfly from some glitter paper that matched that gorgeous Berry Burst color, and die cut the "hello" with a Tranquil Tide and Berry Burst card stock and then stacked them together.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD White Card Stock

SU Berry Burst Card

Tranquil Tide Card

SU Inks In:

*Berry Burst

Tranquil Tide

*Blushing Bride

GKD Wild Blossoms Stamps

Die-namics Happy Hello Die

SU Bold Butterfly Thinlits

Paper Studio Glitter Stack

Clear Crystal Drops 

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate your comments so much! It has been sunny here most of the day, perfect for putting something on the grill. Have a great week and I hope to see you back here soon. My computer has been acting up, so I fear I will be taking it to the Apple Hospital tomorrow for a check up. I may be out of commission for a few days.

Hugs,

~judy~

Just Us Girls #395 - Photo Week

Dear Ones~
This week is photo week over at Just Us Girls, and our gal Nancy has provided us with this beautiful photo for our inspiration. Aren't those cookies gorgeous? Way too beautiful to eat!!!

And here is my card:

I had a terrible time photographing this. I just could not get the lighting right. But I did the best I could. Of course I chose to do an all white card, using a pearlized card stock. That Mixed Media 2 die from Tim Holtz seemed to fit the bill to recreate the texture of that beautiful cookie. I used the Darice Circle Interlock embossing folder for that fishtail banner and added Crystal Drops for accents. The butterfly is from Cheery Lynn. I think it might be retired because I couldn't find it on their website. The bow was tied using Gina's method.

Here are the Ingredients:

Core' dinations Pearlized Card Stock

Darice Circle Interlock Embossing Folder

Tim Holtz Mixed Media 2 Die

Cheery Lynn Butterfly

Ivory Seashell Crystal Drops

Stash Ribbon

Please visit the JUST US GIRLS blog to see the wonderful examples that our May Guest Designer Kathie, and the rest of the team have made this week. And remember, if you win Chic of the Week in any of our May challenges, you will be in the running to be chosen as our Guest Designer for the month of July!!   Good luck, and I hope to see you there. 

Thanks for stopping by, I adore your comments!
They always make me smile!!

Hugs~

~judy

Just Us Girls #394 - Color Week

Dear Ones~
This week is COLOR WEEK over at Just Us Girls, and I'm your host. I have chosen the colors Lime Green, Turquoise and Navy. As always with color challenges, you are to use ONLY the three chosen colors as well as any neutrals that you need.  Neutrals are white, ivory, kraft, black, brown or gray.

Here is my card:

The layered background was cut on my Cricut. I was gifted with this svg file, and I think it's called A2 Card Stacking Circles. That's all I know, sorry I'm not more help.  The balloon is a die from Stampin' Up and was cut on turquoise glitter card stock, as were the clouds. LOVE me some glitter - can you tell?

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD In the Navy, Turquoise Sea and Jellybean Green Card Stock

Paper Studio Glitter Stack Card Stock

My Mind's Eye Penny Lane Patterned Paper for Background

SU Up and Away Thinlits Dies

SU Lift Me Up Stamp for Greeting

SU Night of Navy Ink for Greeting

Stash Gems

Please visit the JUST US GIRLS blog to see the wonderful examples that our May Guest Designer Kathie and the rest of the team have made this week. And remember, if you win Chic of the Week in any of our May challenges, you will be in the running to be chosen as our Guest Designer for the month of July!!   Good luck, and I hope to see you there. 

Thanks for stopping by, I adore your comments!
They always make me smile!!

 

Hugs~

~judy~

 

Just Us Girls #393 - Trend Week

 Dear Ones!
This week it's TREND WEEK over at Just Us Girls, and our gal Sue has invited us to make a background using inks, Distress Oxide, Distress or otherwise. Here is my card:

I chose to use Oxides in Wilted Violet and Faded Jeans. I sponged the inks onto a piece of GKD Foilable Image Sheet, placed a piece of silver foil over the sheet when I was done sponging, and ran it through my laminator. The result is this beautiful silver foiled background. It's really stunning in real life - foiling is so difficult to photograph. The medallion is from Stampin' Up, a multi-step stamp set called Make a Medallion. I stamped it in the same Oxide Ink colors as the background.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD White and Vibrant Violet Card Stock

Stash Silver Foiled Card Stock

GKD Foil Image Sheet from the Sending Love STV Kit

Wilted Violet and Faded Jeans Oxide Inks

SU Make a Medallion Stamp Set

GKD Fabulous Frame Stamp for Greeting

GKD Silver Embossing Powder

SU Nesting Circles Dies

Please visit the JUST US GIRLS blog to see the wonderful examples that our May Guest Designer  Kathie and the rest of the team have made this week. And remember, if you win Chic of the Week in any of our May challenges, you will be in the running to be chosen as our Guest Designer for the month of July!!   Good luck, and I hope to see you there. 

Thanks for stopping by, I adore your comments!
They always make me smile!!

Hugs~

~judy~

Garden Gate

Dear Ones~
Today's offering has been made for the Stamp TV Monday Challenge. This week Cat has asked us to use THIS....or THAT. THIS is an embossing folder, THAT is vellum. We can use either one. I chose both.

Here's my card:

Isn't this image adorable? It's part of a GKD's stamp set called Cottage Garden, by Claire Brennan. I love all of Claire's work. I stamped the image on GKD heavy weight card stock and colored it with my Stampin' Up Markers. I heat embossed the greeting on vellum and attached it to the panel that was die cut with a stitched scalloped rectangle. The background is white card stock that has been embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder. I fussy cut the little blue birds and popped them up with dimensionals. The flowers were punched from various stash punches.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD Red Hot and White Card Stock

Cuttlebug Swiss Dot Embossing Folder

Die-namics Stitched Mini Scalloped Rectangle

GKD Cottage Garden Stamp Set

Stash Flower Punches

Yellow Nuvo Crystal Drops

Thanks for stopping by, I adore your comments. And don't forget to head over to the Stamp TV Challenge and play along. You could win a $20 gift voucher if you use Gina K stamps.

Hugs~

~judy~

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Happy Fourth!!!!

Dear Ones~

This is my second blog post for today. I'm on a roll. This card has been made for the

 Double D Challenge. 

This time we are invited to use red, white and blue 

and/or stars and stripes.

Here is what I came up with:

 This was a fun challenge. I die cut the Spellbinders Diagonal Chevron cover plate with both GKD Blue Denim and the star patterned paper. Then I inlaid the patterned paper into the blue denim die cut. I love doing that.....so satisfying when the pieces fit perfectly. I had some gold eyelash yarn that I thought would be great to attach to the underside of the star to look the tail of a comet. I dunno - maybe it doesn't look like a comet's tail, but I like it. And I layered a couple of die cut buttons from PTI in the middle of the star.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD Blue Denim, Tomato Soup and White Card Stock

Basic Grey Life of the Party Patterned Paper

Spellinders Diagonal Chevron Die

Quick Cuts Nesting Stars Dies

PTI Button Stack Dies

GKD Holiday Frame Stamp for Greeting

Stash Gold Cord on Buttons

Stash Brass Dots

I'm so happy that you stopped by! 

Thank you for your wonderful comments.

Hugs~

~judy~

Sweet Pea Frame

Dear Ones~
Welcome, and hope your week will be grand. It's sunny but chilly here in Northern Michigan. I WANT SUMMER!!!!

Here's one of my cards for today:

This is a simple card made for a couple of challenges that required us to use a frame. Here I have done some simple coloring with Copics. The image is from Power Poppy's Sweet Memories stamp set. The greeting is from Power Poppy's Natural Beauty stamp set. The bow is tied using the Gina K method. You can watch her do it HERE.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD Fresh Asparagus Card Stock

GKD White Card Stock

DCWV Susan Winget Patterned Paper

Spellbinders Floral Oval Die

Spellbinders Classic Oval Die

Power Poppy Sweet Memories Stamp

Power Poppy Natural Beauty Stamp

Copic Markers

Ivory Shell Crystal Drops

Stash Ribbon

This will be entered in the following challenges:

Power Poppy Power and Spark Challenge - Frame It Up

 

Simon Says Monday Challenge - It's a Frame Up

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate your comments very much. Now I'm on to my next blog post.

Hugs~

~judy~

Just Us Girls #392 - Word Week

 

Dear Ones~

This week is WORD WEEK over at Just Us Girls, and our gal Maria has chosen the word MOTHER. How appropriate with Mother's Day just around the corner.

Here's my example:

 My mom is no longer with me, but I have a very dear friend who's mom is still very much around, and I always enjoy sending her a Mother's Day card. This card was made with a fantastic die from Stampin' Up called Delicate Floral Thinlits. Isn't it gorgeous?

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD White Card Stock

SU Sweet Sugarplum Card Stock

SU Sweet Sugarplum Ink

SU Delicate Floral Thinlits

SU Delicate Details Stamps

GKD Holiday Frame Fillers for Greeting

SU Balloon Pop Up Thinlits for Ribbon

Stash Pearls.

I would like to welcome our May Guest Designer Kathie Durgan. Kathie is over-the-top talented and we are lucky to have her with us this month. Go check out her BLOG to see what I mean.

Please visit the JUST US GIRLS blog to see the wonderful examples that Kathie, and the rest of the team have made this week. And remember, if you win Chic of the Week in any of our May challenges, you will be in the running to be chosen as our Guest Designer for the month of July!!   Good luck, and I hope to see you there. 

Thanks for stopping by, I adore your comments!
They always make me smile!!

 

Hugs~

~judy~

Garden Treasure

Dear Ones~
I have been making way too many sympathy cards lately. And this is another one. I will be entering this in the Altenew May Inspiration Challenge. Here is their inspiration photo:

And here's my card:

I love the colors in the photo, one of my favorite combinations.  I have used the Altenew stamp set called Garden Treasure. As with many of Altenew sets, this one has companion dies. I layered the white background card stock onto gold and then cut an oval to reveal the patterned paper beneath.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD White Card Stock

Stash Gold Card Stock

SU Layering Oval Die

Colorbök Modern Millinery Patterned Paper

Altenew Garden Treasure Stamp and Die Set

SU Inks In:

*Pink Pirrouette

*Melon Mambo

*Cherry Cobbler

*Pear Pizzazz

*Wild Wasabi

*Always Artichoke

*Basic Black

GKD Fabulous Flowers for Greeting

GKD Gold Embossing Powder

Stash Pearls

Thanks for stopping by. I'm off to make another card. I appreciate your sweet comments, they make me so happy!!!

Hugs~

~judy~

Mod Squad Challenge -Positively Negative

Dear Ones~
This week over at The Mod Squad Challenge it is my great good pleasure to be the host. For the challenge I have chosen the technique Positively Negative. My challenge is for you to create 2 different images, one light and one dark, then cut them in half and connect the POSITIVE and the NEGATIVE together. Confused? Read on, it will all become clear.

The sponsor this week is Gina K Designs and Stamp TV

Stamp TV is a free online community featuring card making, stamping techniques and project videos for paper crafters using stamps and other products by Gina K. Designs. Be sure to check out StampTV for a ton of great videos and techniques. They also have weekly challenges. Shop Gina K Designs.

THE PRIZE

A $20 gift certificate to the Gina K Designs store.

 Here is my first example:

As you can see, I stamped the feather from the Gina K Designs stamp set Fine Feathers on white card stock with Gina K Designs Blue Lagoon Ink. Then I stamped it again on Blue Lagoon card stock with Versamark and heat embossed with white powder. I then cut each image in half and attached the positive (white card stock) to the negative (Blue Lagoon) card stock. The patterned paper is from Gina K Designs Here Comes the Sun patterned paper pack.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD Black Onyx, White and Blue Lagoon Card Stock

GKD Here Comes the Sun Patterned Paper
GKD Fine Feathers Stamp Set
Versamark Ink

GKE White Embossing Powder

GKD Blue Lagoon and Black Onyx Ink

Nuvo Crystal Drops

And here is my next example:

Same steps with the stamps here. For this card I used an older Gina K Designs butterfly stamp from the set called Birthday Blessings. Inks and card stock are Gina K Designs Red Hot. The patterned paper is again from the Here Comes the Sun patterned paper.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD Red Hot and White Card Stock

GKD Here Comes the Sun Patterned Paper

GKD Birthday Blessings Stamp

GKD Red Hot Ink
Versamark Ink

GKD White Embossing Powder

SU Nesting Circles Die

Martha Stewart Lacy Punch

Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles Embossing Folder 

Stash Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to head on over to The Mod Squad Challenge and play along. I can't wait to see your wonderful creations, and I adore your comments.

Hugs~

~judy~