Double D - Butterflies

Dear Ones~
This time over at Double D we are having fun with butterflies. Just look at this amazing Mood Board for our inspiration:

Here's my card:

I have had this Hot off the Press stamp set for awhile, so I thought this was the perfect time to break it in. It's called Art Nouveau and I just love it. Very retro! I white heat embossed the butterfly image on vellum and then colored some of the sections on the back with SU alcohol markers. Then I attached the vellum panel with brads to a piece of Hot off the Press patterned paper. I used a Martha Stewart punch to cut out a bunch of little butterflies in vellum and attached them to the panel, and then embellished with Stickles.

Here's a close up of the image:

Here are the Ingredients:

Stampin' Up Soft Sky Card Stock

Stampin' Up Perfect Plum Card Stock

HOTP Twilight Jewels Patterned Paper

HOTP Art Nouveau Stamp Set

GKD Fabulous Flowers Stamp for Greeting

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

CTMH Eggplant Ink

GKD Clear Embossing Powder

I would love it if you would stop on over to the Double D Blog to see what the other designers have created. And if you play along you could win this beautiful set!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are having a great week. Don't forget to swing by Double D and check us out.  Oh, and I so appreciate your lovely comments!!!

Hugs~

~judy~

Stamp TV - Gray is the New Black

Dear Ones~
Today I made a card for the Stamp TV Monthly Mix Challenge. It has been so long since I have played a challenge over at Stamp TV I can't even remember when it was. Shame on me!!! They are great challenges, offer a great prize, and you get a whole month to get your act together. NO excuses.

So, as you can see by my post title, the challenge this month is to use gray as your main color. Here is my card.

I love the idea of using gray instead of black. Gray is highly under-utilized and it deserves more respect, don't you think? So, for the background panel I did some tone on tone stamping with a stamp from the Dazzling Dahlia Stamp Set. I used Versamark and clear embossing powder.  And I really like that tag die cut, it's from Gina K Designs Decorative Tags die set. The sweet stitching around the edge just adds so much. The flowers are from the Tropical Blooms stamp set which is part of the Hearts and Flowers kit. 

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD Slate and White Card Stock

Recollections Storm Clouds Card Stock

GKD Poppy Prints Patterned Paper

GKD Tropical Flowers Stamp Set

GKD Dazzling Dahlia Stamp Set

GKD Inks in:

*Lipstick Red

*Red Velvet

*Lucky Clover

*Key Lime

GKD Decorative Tag Die Set

Ranger Black Enamel Accents

Thanks for stopping by, I love your comments. I hope you are having a good week, see you soon!

Hugs,

~judy~

Dies R Us - Cheers to You

Dear Ones~
Good Monday Morning. Today I have a masculine card for you over at the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog. Hop on over to see how I made it and the Dies R Us products I used.

Here's my card:

This card was made for my youngest nephew who loves to brew beer. I am told he got a real kick out of it. I had so much fun making it for him. As I said, go on over the the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog and you can see how I made it.

Here are the Ingredients:

Recollections Cream and Coffee Card Stock

Stampin' Up Wood Textures Patterned Paper

Tutti Designs Beer Die Set

Frantic Stamper Double Diamond Card Panel Die

Stampin' Up A Good Day Stamp for Greeting

Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink

Best Glue Ever

Liquid Applique for Foam

*** BY THE WAY - the Dies R Us Store not only carries a wide variety of fantastic Dies. For your paper crafting needs it also carries Embossing Folders, Paper Pads, Inks, and Adhesives, to name just a few.  Click right HERE and you will see a whole list of amazing products that the Dies R Us Store carries at amazing prices! ***

 

And don't forget to come and join in all of the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below. 

 

click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

So glad you stopped by, I hope you have a good week. Thanks for all your lovely comments, I appreciate every one of them!!!

Hugs~

~judy~

Dies R Us - Triple Flower

Dear Ones~
Good Monday morning everyone. Today I am over at the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog with a sweet little feminine card.

I have had this Tutti Designs Triple Flower Edge die for awhile and thought it was time to break it in. Here I die cut it twice, then fussy cut the flowers out and sponged them with Distress Oxide Ink. The background panel is also sponged with Distress Oxide Ink and then spritzed with Dazzling Diamonds glimmer spray. The greeting is heat embossed with Liquid Platinum powder and it's from the GKD Springtime Baskets stamp set.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD White Card Stock

Bundled Sage, Worn Lipstick and Tattered Rose Oxide Inks

Sue Wilson Swirly Leaf Trio Die

Tutti Designs Triple Flower Edge Die 

GKD Springtime Baskets Stamp for Greeting

Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder

   

*** BY THE WAY - the Dies R Us Store not only carries a wide variety of fantastic Dies. For your paper crafting needs it also carries Embossing Folders, Paper Pads, Inks, and Adhesives, to name just a few.  Click right HERE and you will see a whole list of amazing products that the Dies R Us Store carries at amazing prices! ***

 

And don't forget to come and join in all of the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

So glad you stopped by, I hope you have a good week. Thanks for all your lovely comments, I appreciate every one of them!!!

Hugs~

~judy~

Come to the Dark Side

Dear Ones~
This time over at the Mod Squad it's my turn to host. I have chosen to do some coloring on dark card stock. You can use black, dark brown, or any other dark color, and then use colored pencils or other color mediums such as chalk so that your image will show up. You could also use bleach to lighten the image and then color it with markers. Watch a video Gina did showing this technique HERE.

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Gina K. has been in the stamping industry since 1998 and started Gina K. Designs in 2007. As the business grew, Gina asked her husband Tom to leave his position as an attorney to join her in the business. Together they built StampTV, their online video website featuring broadcast quality paper crafting videos, galleries, social network for paper crafters and more! Gina now has over 200,000 followers over her various social media networks and video sites from all around the world.

PRIZE

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

Here's my card:

 For this card I used a Gina K Designs stamp set by Melanie Muenchinger called Stately Flowers 11. The greeting is from the GKD stamp set called You Get Me. The base card stock is GKD Tranquil Teal, with GKD Gold Metallic Card Stock used as a mat. The image was stamped with Versamark on GKD Black Onyx Card Stock and gold heat embossed with GKD Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder.

And here's another card:

For this card I used the GKD Rose Bouquet Stamp set and Plum Punch Card Stock for the base. The greeting is from that same You Get Me stamp set.

 Glad you stopped by, and don't forget to head on over to The Mod Squad Challenge and play along. You could win the prize! I can't wait to see your wonderful creations, and I adore your comments!

Hugs~

~judy~

Double D - Red and Teal

Dear Ones~
This time over at Double D we have a color challenge. We are to use Red and Teal.....LOVE these colors together. Just look at this beautiful Mood Board provided for our inspiration.

Here is my card:

I just love this image by Paper Wishes called Artful Affirmations. It's full of greetings like this. I stamped the focal with red pigment ink by Close to my Heart and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I stamped the image again on teal card stock and fussy cut the heart. The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye and the white dry embossed background panel is from an embossing folder from Paper Studio.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD Red Velvet, White and Blue Lagoon Card Stock

My Mind's Eye Penny Lane Patterned Paper

HOTP Artful Affirmations Stamp

SU Oval Layering Dies

Paper Studio Lines and Dots Embossing Folder

Nuvo Crystal Drops

Stash Ribbon

Stash Dragonfly Punch 

 I would love it if you would stop on over to the Double D Blog to see what the other designers have created. And if you play along you could win these awesome die sets!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are having a great week. Don't forget to swing by Double D and check us out.  Oh, and I so appreciate your lovely comments!!!

Hugs~

~judy~