Make the Cards Challenge - Guest Designer

Dear Ones~

I have been invited once again to be a Guest Designer over at Make the Cards Challenge. I am so honored.

This is a fun challenge blog that changes every week, and there is always something new or different to create.  Our challenge this week is a sketch, and here it is:

 

And here is my card:

I love this sketch, it lends itself so well to using different patterned papers, which is my "thing". For the background I stamped the purple card stock with a GKD background stamp called Petite Flourish in Versamark Ink and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder for a tone on tone look. That FABULOUS cone flower die set is from Honey Bee Stamps and is in VERY high demand. It keeps being sold out, so I was really happy to snag it. A little die cutting, a little shading with ink and sponge, and you have a gorgeous creation!!!

Here are the Ingredients:

Recollections Very Violet Card Stock

GKD White, Grass Green and Fresh Asparagus Card Stock

GKD Petite Flourish Background Stamp 

GKD Clear Embossing Powder

Recollections Petite Floral Patterned Papers

Spellbinder Scalloped Circle die

Honey Bee Lovely Layers Coneflower Die Set

GKD Fresh Asparagus and Wild Lilac Ink

SU Meadow Die for Greeting

GKD Fanciful Tags Stamp for Greeting 

GKD White Detail Embossing Powder for Greeting

 

 

You can enter your creation  HERE.  

The Make the Cards Challenge winner will be the following week's Featured Creator.

Use #mtcc30 and #makethecardschallenge on your card projects when you post them to social media or in public forums and galleries.

For more info and rules for the challenges, click HERE.

Thanks for stopping by, I love to read all your wonderful comments. Stay well, and until next time, here's to celebrating your Creative Muse!

 

Hugs,

~judY

 

 

 

Double D - Fruit and Veggies

 Dear Ones~

This time over at Double D it's FRUITS and VEGETABLES. How fun!!! Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration, just look at all those beautiful colors:

And now my card:

I wanted to do something more clean and simple this time, and I thought that this fig stamp from Stampin' Up would do the trick. That background die cut is a HUGE new die from Stampin' Up as well called Beautiful Leaves. I think it's gorgeous!!! I colored the focal with my new Caran D'ache Luminance colored pencils. They were a birthday gift - I am in heaven. They are so much nicer than Prismacolors.

 

 

The Ingredients:

GKD White Card Stock

GKD Whisper Card Stock

SU Fabulous Flora Stamp Set for Focal

Just Rite Sympathy Handwritten Sentiments for Greeting

SU Beautiful Leaves Die

SU Stitched Nested Labels Die

Trinity Stamps Baubles

Caran d'Ache Luminance Colored Pencils

 

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this adorable die set from Frantic Stamper, and don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created for your inspiration. 

  I'm so glad you stopped by, I adore your comments. They always make me smile. Please stay well and enjoy your crafting. Now head on over to Double D to see what's going on. 

 

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

~judy

Double D Blog Hop for Altenew

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Dear Ones~

Welcome to the FABULOUS

Ultimate Blog Hop With Altenew

 

 

 Our Double D Challenge Blog has been invited to participate in a HUGE blog hop and there are so many wonderful Challenge Blogs participating. We are in very elite and creative company! Here they are:

The purpose of this hop is to bring an awareness of all the CHALLENGE BLOGS out there.  It's wonderful to have all the information in one spot. It is my great good pleasure, along with my Double D Teamies, to be able to share my creations using fabulous Altenew products with you. Here is what I have come up with:

Altenew is famous for their wonderful layered floral dies and I really enjoyed using this Craft-a-Flower Tulip die set. I don't have any Altenew card stock, so I took some white and colored it with Altenew Inks. I just smeared the ink cube all over the paper. Worked pretty well. The pattern behind the circle is a really fun multi layering stamp set by Altenew called Pattern Power. There are several different patterns in this set, and when stamped multiple times in different positions with different colors of ink they give a unique 3D effect. The greeting was stamped with Espresso Ink and fussy cut.

 

 

The Ingredients:

Kraft and White Card Stock

Altenew Inks In: Sand Dunes, Rocky Shore, Mocha, Espresso, Sweet Leaf, Hunter Green, Blush, Coral Bliss, Rouge

Altenew Craft-a-Flower Tulip Die Set

Altenew Pattern Power Stamp Set

Altenew Golden Feather Stamp Set for Greeting

 Spellbinders Classic Circle Die

 

 

 

 

 Here is another card I did as well:

This one is really classic Altenew. They are well known for their beautiful floral illustrations which lend themselves very well to coloring, so I thought I would do this simple card. I just stamped the several floral images on Bristol, using masking to layer the flowers and leaves. Then I colored the resulting image with Zigs.

The Ingredients:

 White Bristol Card Stock

Altenew Wallpaper Art Stamp Set

Altenew Build-a-Flower Anemone Stamp Set for Greeting

Stash Striped Patterned Paper

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens

Altenew Jet Black Dye Ink

 

Prizes

 $250 in total prizes!!! To celebrate this fantastic blog hop, Altenew is giving away $25 gift certificates to TEN LUCKY WINNERS. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced over at the Altenew Blog on September 5th, 2021.

 

  Special Offer  

FREE U.S. SHIPPING with code HAPPYO8A8, or $5 OFF international shipping with code SHIPPINGO8A8 at checkout on orders over $39 from 8/10/2021 at 12:01 am EDT to 8/11/2021 at 11:59 pm EDT. Shop here: https://altenew.com/collections/all-altenew-products

 NOT VALID on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other promo codes.

 

Altenew

AAA Card Challenge 

Happy Little Stampers

Addicted to CAS 

Perfectly CAS 

Addicted to Stamps and More! 

Seize the Birthday 

Color Hues the Color Challenge 

Time Out Challenge 

Less is More Challenge 

Double D Challenge Blog 

The Sisterhood of Crafters 

Color Throwdown 

 

I hope you will join the fun and maybe find a new Challenge Blog you didn't know was out there. As always, I adore your comments, thanks so much for stopping by.

 

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

~judy

Mod Squad Challenge - Thank You Month

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Dear Ones~

This time over at Mod Squad we are celebrating Thank You Month. We are creating a thank you card and then sending it to the sponsor who is supporting the challenge. My sponsor is Gina from Gina K Designs, so the thank you cards must be sent to her.

 

 SPONSOR

                                             SHOP GINA K DESIGNS

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, an online video website featuring broadcast quality paper crafting videos, galleries, a social network for paper crafters and more! Since then they have created a new website called Gina K Designs. Gina now has over 200,000 followers over her various social media networks and video sites from all around the world. Gina’s goal is to continue to offer top quality signature products through her online store Gina K. Designs, along with informative and creative crafting videos. There is also a monthly card challenge, where you have 3 chances to win a $25 gift certificate. Visit that HERE.

PRIZE

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

 

Here's my card:

For this card I decided to do something with a rainbow colorway because Gina really loves rainbows. I began by using the Large Wreath Builder Template (which is a bonus included in the new Eclectic Fun Card Kit), and with GKD Obsidian Amalgam Ink on some GKD White Heavy Base Weight Card Stock I stamped several images from the GKD Mandala Maker 2 Stamp set, part of the new Eclectic Fun Card Kit as well. Then I colored the images with my Prismacolor Pencils. The greeting is from the It's All You Incentive Stamp Set, free with a $75 order this month. I stamped it in GKD Obsidian Amalgam Ink and die cut it with the Master Layouts 7 stitched circle die and then cut another circle in GKD Black Onyx Card Stock with the plain circle die from the same die set. The card base was cut from some GKD Black Onyx Card Stock. I added some black gems from Trinity Stamps as a final touch of bling.

 Thanks for stopping by, I always enjoy your comments. And don't forget to swing on over to The Mod Squad Challenge and play along. You could win the prize.

Until next time, here's celebrating 

your Creative Muse.

Hugs,

~judy

 

 

Double D - Mason Jars

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 Dear Ones~

This time over at Double D our theme is Mason Jars. How adorable, I just LOVE them. They are good for so many things, from holding flowers to pebbles I have found on the beach. Here is the Mood Board if you need some inspiration:

And here is my card:

I have been in love with the little mini slimline cards lately. They are so fun to do and always make the recipient smile. Here I stamped a couple of Stampin' Up images onto some Bristol and then colored the image in with my Zigs. LOVE how the Zigs behave on Bristol. I stamped the greeting from another Stampin' Up stamp set and then fussy cut around the letters.

 I think it looks Mason Jar-y, don't you??

 

 

The Ingredients:

 GKD Lipstick & White Card Stock

Strathmore Bristol Card Stock

SU Jar of Flowers Stamp Set

SU Jar of Love Stamp Set for Greeting

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

Recollections Petite Floral Patterned Paper

Stash Twine

Black Stickles for Flower Centers

 

 

 

 

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this Precious Marieke Blooming Summer Stamp Set, and don't forget to check out all the beautiful cards the other designers have created for your inspiration.

  I'm so glad you stopped by, I adore your comments. They always make me smile. Please stay well and enjoy your crafting. Now head on over to Double D to see what's going on. 

 

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

~judy