Double D Challenge - Flowers of the month Jan - June

For this challenge at Double D this next two weeks, we have flowers of the month.  Diane is our hostess and you have the first six months of the year to pick from. Diane has given you some ideas.   As usual, I went to a favorite flower of mine that you do not see here.  But it does bloom in June.  I checked.  You may be surprised. 

Here is the card that I did. 

I did a slimline card too.  This is the beautiful stamp and die from Gina K. Colossal Cone Flower

 and I could not resist using it. 

That background is an embossing folder from Pink and Main called Plaid. The coneflower was 

water-colored and then die cut. I used the crossed stitched circle die for the sentiment and

 off set it for more interest. 

There is a prize for the random winner of this challenge. Doesn't it look like a coneflower? 

                                                 

Check out the rest of the team Here. 

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Seize the Birthday #213 - Furry Friends

Hello crafty friends!  Are you ready for a challenge?  We got one for you! Cathy is our host and she has chosen Furry Friends.  This will be fun as there are lots of furry friends stamp sets that will work 

for this. 

Just remember to keep it a Birthday Theme!

If you're not a toppings kinda person, well.....you can just
stick with our usual "Anything Goes"Birthday!

Our Surprise Party Guest is 

Lynda is known as Loopyloo

You can find her blog here. 

loopyloocards.com

Here is the card I did for this challenge. 

You can't get any cuter than these furry friends from Colorado Craft Company.  I bought this stamp after seeing Debbie Hughs use them.  Since then I purchased a few more. 

Just water colored them on watercolors paper and used a much used birthday sentiment from 

Gina K Designs. 

Don't forget to check out the rest of the team for this challenge. 

You can find the blog Here

I am so anxious to see what you will do for this one. 

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Power Poppy Heart Abloom digital

Counting today we have 10 days left here in our winter home before we travel back to Wisconsin to spend the summer. That means I need to pack up not only my clothes but much more importantly, my craft supplies.  Yes, I do take stamps and dies with me.  I found that digital stamps are the best for traveling. This means that my craft room here is basically cleaned and I am not making cards.  But I do have time to do some relaxing coloring.  I printed out the Heart Abloom stamp set on cryogen metallic paper, good for Copics.

https://powerpoppy.com/collections/digital-stamps/products/heart-abloom

It took me a couple of days to color it up, but so worth it and relaxing. 

 It is as large as an 8X11 card stock.  It is very easy to enlarge a digital stamp. I had an idea to make more than one card with this gorgeous stamp from Marcella. 

I proceeded to cut it up to make four cards. 

These are the cards that I got from this one large stamp. 

Needing more than usual cards for prayers and just hellos I stuck to that theme. 

Putting a frame around and fussy cutting some of the flowers for this one. 

Again, I fussy cut the flowers and used a die from Penny Black on this one.

 

This one is a panel die cut on two sides and matted on black and then on Swiss dot EF on a white base. 

This one has the sentiment front and center. 

It will be so good to get back to family and friends as see them again.  

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Double D Challenge - April Showers (water related)

April is usually a rainy month, at least where I live, and so we are celebrating this with our new challenge at Double D.  Darlene has chosen April Showers or (water-related).

Get out your stamps and get going! 

Here is my card for you! 

I could not resist using this almost brand new ( for me)MFT stamp called Puddle Jumper. I placed him on a background of rain by sponging on Distressed Oxide inks in Chipped Sapphire, Broken China, and Tumbled Glass and then added the rain with my white gel pen. He is colored with Copic markers. 

I wish that you could see the puddle that he is splashing in. 

 I covered it and the splashes in Glossy Accents. 

Prize:

Cheapo Dies - Rainy Day

Stop by the Double D Challenge Blog and see what the other team members have done. 

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Color Hues #16 Yellow and Grey

Yellow and Grey are the colors for this challenge at Color Hues. I have been on a roll with these Pantone colors for this year, so why not. Just one more and it was fun. 

Here is my card. 

I found inspiration on my Pinterest page under Cards for Kids!  This is a total Case of that card. I changed the colors (of course) and the animals. When I went to find out who did it, so I could give her credit, it did not go back to her blog.  I searched Miranda K, and found her blog.  It is worth the look! 

For this card, I used these supplies:

MFT Adorable Elephants stamp and dies

Memory Box Banner Parade

Altenew Bold Alphabets

Casual Friday Whole Shebang Sentiment

Fossilized Amber Distressed Oxide ink

Grey and white cardstock. 

I made my own envelope too! 

Go to Color Hues here https://colorhuesthecolorchallenge.blogspot.com/

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