Sunday, May 25, 2025

Pink Fresh Challenge for May




This is my entry for the May 2025 Pink Fresh Challenge. 





Supplies are: 
Nested hexagons dies
Be fearless stamps, stencil and die
Sentiment is Spellbinders Press Plate Cheers to you.
Inks, Turquoise Sea, Ocean Mist, Jelly Bea Green,
Lemon Drop and Sweet Corn, Soft Stone, Light and Medium Carnation.  
(that is a lot of inks)
I forgot to take my stencils from Florida when we left last week, so I had to rely on what I have here. The soft gray stencil is an old one and I have no idea where I got it. I love the soft colors on this card and I think the stencil works. 
Check out the challenge. 



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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Seize the Birthday Challenge #306 - Use a Frame

Our next challenge at Seize the Birthday is hosted by Ashwini. She has selected as the topping for this challenge to use a frame. Of course if you are not into toppings, you know that anything goes as long as it is a Birthday theme. 


If you choose to use the topping, you have a chance to be a Surprise Party Guest! 


Here is my example for you. 



Supplies for this card:
GKD card stock Turquoise Sea 
Pink Fresh Sweet Blossoms Die
Notched corner rectangles
Simon Says falling hearts stencil
GKD Radiant Roses Poly glaze sentiment. 







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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Double D Challenge - May's Birth flower or stone


Theme:  May's Birth Flowers
(Lily of the Valley and Hawthorn)
and Birthstone is Emerald
Be inspired by any of the three.



I found that this challenge was really a challenge for me. I didn't have a single stamp or die that was a Lilly of the Valley. I investigated that other option of flower and did my best to come up with a Hawthorn Flower. Here is what I did.

Using The Greetery Botani Cuts Geranium die, I shaded it with the colors in the inspiration photo. 
Then added the small stamens that I saw with Nuvo Pearl Gold drops. 
The inks are GKD Tomato Soup, Coral Reef and the new Sunkissed Coral
Simon Says Small Die Hello cut twice for the sentiment. 
Embossing folder by Sizzix, Textured Expressions
A strip of gold glitter paper on the black band
White dots on the leaves with White Posca pen (should have left that out)

I like how it turned out.


 


 I hope to see you at Double D! 




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Thursday, May 8, 2025

Seize the Birthday Challenge - #305 Flowers


Our leader,Nancy is our hostess for this challenge and the topping is flowers. 
Of course you can just make it a birthday card and still enter. 
But what fun it would be to use the topping for a chance to be a guest designer with us! 

Here is how I started my card. This is a sheet of 6X6 design paper from Spellbinder Woodland Tales. It actually looks like it had wrinkles in it, but it is just shading. 


By just adding more dimension with die cut flowers and leaves, this card came together quickly. 


A close-up picture. 



Supplies for this card:
Spellbinders Woodland tales design paper
Layered Anemone die
The Greetery Botani Cuts Palm die
Gina K Designs the Northern Woods for the sentiment. 



We have a Surprise Party Quest with us for the next two months. I am sure that you have seen her work before as she is not new to paper crafting. We are happy to have her. 
Give her some love!





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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Double D Challenge - Designer Paper

Hello Crafters! It is another challenge at Double D and it is a fun one. Diane has chosen Designer Paper! I am sure that you have some tucked away and now you can use it on your project. 
Here is some inspiration for you. 


Diane is our Host,  has noted that it is also National Scrapbook month. If you into scrapbooking, feel free to a scrapbook page. 

Prize





I had a 6X6 designer pad that was almost used up I loved the papers in that pad and decided to use them in the challenge. They are from Moda Scrap 
Other supplies are: GKD ML 1 and 4
Base cardstock is Jellybean Green
The sentiment is from Gina as well called A Little Love. 
I used gold foil to separate the sections and for the LOVE die
I fussy cut the butterfly for the leftover designer paper. 



 I hope to see you at Double D! 


I am also entering this card in Simon Says Anything goes featuring Gina K 


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Monday, May 5, 2025

Thanks, and using dies


This card will be entered in the Pink Fresh May 2025 Inspiration Challenge 
and 
A Cut Above for May anything goes




I started out with a stencil by Pink Fresh called Geometric Tile in the colors in the challenge. Then I die cut many Pink Fresh Nested Hexagons in white. layering them for demension. I used a small and a larger die to make a frame. The flowers were done with Pink Fresh Sweet Blossoms die and stencil. I chose small ones to place in each hexagon and reserved the third one for my sentiment. That is Pink Fresh You are Next Level Amazing stamp. A few gems from my stash. I like the thin black border on the front panel too. 





I am also entering this card in a new challenge. Stencil fun. 


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