Double D Challenge - When Skies are Gray

 

When Skies Are Gray

Add some gray and

 use patterns, textures, objects from board.....be inspired!

Well this was a fun one for me, as I love this mood board for this challenge.  I knew what I wanted to do immediately.  Sometimes that works for me.  How about you? 

Here is the card that I made for this challenge. 

Don't forget the inside. A little scoring and stamping makes it special

 

Here are the supplies that I used:

MFT Stamp and die Coffee Date

MFT Stitched Heart

MFT Perk up stamp for the sentiment

Stampin Up ink Going Gray

Simon Says Gingham stencil 

Memory Box Wrapped Scalloped Rectangles.

Glossy Accents, and Wink of Stella

twine from my stash

 Here is the prize that you could win if you just enter a project, you have a chance.

 

Please take a look at more inspiration from the Double D team.   You will not be disappointed.

Hues to Use

When I started coloring this Blossoming Cherry digital stamp,I as not thinking of the Hues to Use.  I just wanted to do something different as I recently colored with pinks.  Which, if course Cherry blossoms usually are.  I had heard about the classes at Kit and Clower and signed up.  This was my practice sheet.  Well, not the first practice sheet, but it turned out too good not to make into a card.  You can imagine my surprise when I saw the colors on the Hues to Use.  

The instructions and video's are so easy to follow and once I got my Spectrum Noir markers organized by color, I was so much easier and I have more respect  for them now. 

See for yourself! 

I used the ditial stamp Blossoming Cherry and made it bigger, easier to color that way. The die is Memory Box Wrapped Scalloped Rectangles and the word die is from DieNamics. I cut the words twice in dark brown and layered them so that they have lots of dimension. 

This was very rewarding and I can't wait for the classes to color hair and faces. 

Think about joining in the Hues to Use, if you do, you could be a quest hostess.
I am also entering this card in the Flower Challange #18 anything goes. \
 

Thanks for stopping by, I love and appreciate your comments. 

Dies R Us - St Patrick Day Card

Barbara Campbell here and it is  time for another card from me on the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog.  It is now March and I thought that it called for a St Patrick's Day card.  The card was easy to make, but hard to photograph.  More later.
Here is my card.  

I have to use natural light when taking pictures, and in this case the green card stock did not look green.  I took several pictures.  Today, I tried again to take a better picture of the colors.  I was successful with the green, but now the white looks yellow.  See what I mean.

 I think you get the point.  Now here are the dies that I used for this celebration card.

Poppy Stamps Leaf Window  

Taking a picture was not the only problem that I had with this post.  I used Memory box Banner Parade and was surprised to find that it was no longer carried.  But look what I found in the store.  These dies will work perfectly for you.
Poppy Stamps stitched hearts
Elizabeth Craft Celebraton Flags


 Hope that you take a look at the store, they now carry lots of things not just dies.    

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Seize the Birthday - No Toppings

 We start another month of fabulous ideas for your inspiration at Seize the Birthday.  You can do anything that you like as there are no toppings.  

 

No Toppings 

  Just remember to keep it a Birthday Theme!

We have a new Surprise Party Quest with us for March and April.  Please Welcome 
Kimberly Lackenbach

Here is my card  

I made a collage of this card so that you can see the outside and the inside too. 

   This is the outside, it is a trifold card with a belly band to close it.  

The front has a lot of texture with die cute and the Happy Birthday done with dies. 

 Here is the band removed

I will list the dies at the bottom of this post. 

 Here is the inside, I used my colored pencils to color this cute puppy and girl. 

Supplies:

Gina K cardstock in Sweet Melon

My Favorite Things DP Plaid Patterns

Frantic Stamper Lovely Arched Loop Edger

Die-Namics Word Windows

Simon Says Happy Birthday

Stampin Up Edgelits scallop

Digital stamp from Tiddlyinks, Wryn Puppy Love

Sentiment Lil Inker designs and Altenew 

( Boy that was a lot!)

Thanks so much for stopping by, your comments are much appreciated.  

Stamp TV - Two challenges

I am sharing this card with you today and making a quick post.  I made this card with my practically brand new kit from Gina K Designs called Hearts and Flowers.  Her new kit is out and I realized that I had not even inked up the last one.

Here is my card

 I stamped and die cut the vase of flowers and also the YOU from Gina's dies called You.

 After coloring the flowers and using the swiss dot embossing folder on the top part of the card, I added score lines.  The You is die cut twice and then I applied Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents to it.  It shows well in the photo.  I quickly added a matching envelope to this card.  It was easy as I just stamped the vase of flowers around the edge.
I will be entering this card in two of the challenges at Stamp TV.

MMC22018! And the Envelope Please!  Make an envelope

Release Party Challenge  Use a die on your card.

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate your comments and read every one.