Can You Handle the Pressure - BEACH

 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:

BEACH

Here's my card:

I have used a stamp set by Stampin' Up called Ocean Front. It's all done with stamping, but it looks like watercolor. So much fun to use. I added a lot of Trinity Stamp Baubles to look like bubbles and I love the look. After the card was stamped I ran it through a SU Bark Embossing Folder for some texture and then added some embossing powder by Emerald Creek called Dirty Sand for more texture as well.

The Ingredients:

GKD Kraft, Powder Blue and Ivory Cardstock

SU Ocean Front Stamp Set

GKD By the Sea 2 Stamp Set

SSS Tiny Words Stamp Set for Greeting

GKD Powder Blue, Turquoise Sea, Moonlit Fog 

and Fresh Asparagus Ink

SSS Latte Ink

SU Bark Embossing Folder

Emerald Creek Dirty Sand Embossing Powder

Trinity Stamp Baubles

 

If you head on over to the Can You Handle the Pressure Blog and play along, you could win this adorable embossing folder by Park Lane, 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 - Purple-Blue-Green~~~All or One

 Dear Ones~

We have a fabulous new challenge up over at Double D. This is one that asks us to use designated colors: PURPLE~BLUE~GREEN. Twist is that you can use all or just one of these colors. Look at the stunning Mood Board for our inspiration:

And here is my card:

Oh my GOSH do I love these colors together. I used a die cut dragonfly from a Stampin' Up and sprinkled it with 3 different Distress Glazes in purple, green and blue. I used a couple of embossing folders for interest on the background for texture.

The Ingredients:

Recollections Lime, Purple and Teal Card Stock

GKD White Card Stock

SU Dragonfly Dreams Die

Salty Ocean, Twisted Citron and Wilted Violet Distress Glaze

Altenew Enchanted Enchanted Vines Embossing Folder

Tim Holtz Crackle Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Circles Dies

SU Bottled Happiness for Greeting

 

 

 

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win this adorable little hummingbird die from 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 - Summer

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:

 SUMMER 

Here's My Card~

I just adore how this cute little card turned out. The image is an old digi stamp and I'm sorry but I do not have a clue where it came from. I could not resist using it because I think it SCREAMS summer. The embossing folder is a new one from Gina K Designs called Lattice, but I think it looks like an ice cream cone...lol. I colored the sweet image with my alcohol markers, something I haven't used in awhile. I forgot how much fun they are. The seeds and eyes are colored in with a black gel pen for dimension.

 

The Ingredients:

GKd Lipstick, Turquoise Sea, Wild Dandelion 

and White Card Stock

GKD Master Layouts 6

GKD Lattice Embossing Folder

Dick Blick Alcohol Markers

GKD Hello Sunshine Stamp Set for Greeting

Stash Patterned Paper

SU Layered Square Dies

Trinity Stamps Baubles.

 

 

 

 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

Power Poppy - Another Glassy Eye

 Dear Ones~

I have another entry for the Power Poppy Challenge Blog - Glassy Eyed. Here is my card:

This time I used colored pencils and the image is called Helebores. 

 

 

 The Ingredients:

GKD Lovely Lilac, Black Onyx and White Card Stock

Power Poppy Helebores Digital Image

Prismacolor Pencils

GHD Master Layouts 2 Die Set

Simon Says Stamp Tiny Greetings Stamp Set

Trinity Stamps Baubles

 

I really enjoyed coloring these digis, they are so beautiful!  I hope you swing on over to the Power Poppy Blog, there's lots of fun things going on over there. And thanks for all your comments, they always make me smile.

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

~judy

Power Poppy - Glassy Eyed

 

Dear Ones~

I decided to enter the challenge over at Power Poppy this month. One of my dearest and most talented  online BFFs is part of the Bloom Brigade Design Team, and she has been showcasing lots of Power Poppy images on her BLOG. The challenge is called Glassy Eyed, and it invites us to use an image that is IN glass or UNDER glass. Glass is difficult to color realistically. I am still learning.

Here is my card:

I love this image from the digi stamp set called Accentuate the Positive. I colored it with my alcohol markers and really enjoyed it. I haven't used my markers for quite awhile. I wanted this card to be very simple, with just the image as the focal.

Here's a little closeup of the Mason Jar. 

The Ingredients:

GKD White and Black Onyx Card Stock

Power Poppy Accentuate the Positive Digital Stamp

GKD Master Layouts 2 Die Set

Dick Blick Alcohol Markers

Trinity Stamps Pearl Baubles

White and Black Gel Pens

It's been fun to just enter a challenge without doing it for a Design Team. I hope you swing on over to the Power Poppy Blog, there's lots of fun things going on over there. And thanks for all your comments, they always make me smile.

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

~judy

Double D - Creatures Under the Sea

 Dear Ones~

There's another challenge up over at Double D and this time it's CREATURES UNDER THE SEA. Here is the Mood Board for our inspiration:

Here's what I came up with:

I have to admit that I don't really have many stamps, etc. that go along with this theme, but I do have this set from Stampin' Up, so that's what I went with. I cut an oval in the Sea Glass card stock and then embossed it with the Stampin' Up Old World Paper embossing folder. I love the texture it gave the paper, kind of like water. I cut the wild flower leaves from a couple of different colors of card stock and placed them inside the oval. I love that fishnet die cut, the die is from the Stampin' Up Under the Sea Framelits.

The Ingredients:

GKD Tranquil Teal, Sea Glass & White Card Stock

SU Old World Paper Embossing Folder

SU Sea of Textures Stamp Set

SU Under the Sea Framelits

The Greetery Summer Findings Die Set for Shells

Wild Flowers Die Set

GKD Tranquil Teal, Innocent Pink, 

Plum Punch & Sea Glass Ink

Trinity Stamps Baubles

 

If you head on over to the  Double D Challenge Blog and play along, you could win these cute die sets by Cottage Cutz, 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