Esssentials by Ellen May Pin-Sight Challenge

Hello everyone!  As I was looking at my email this morning I saw this inspiring photo for the Essentials by Ellen May Pin-Sight Challenge and immediately knew the card I wanted to make!

The first 2 things that caught my attention were the sweet little heart and the gorgeous, soft colored flowers!

The Essentials by Ellen Wild Garden flower dies were just perfect for this project!  I cut a variety of the flowers in soft colors and placed them in my heart.  The heart (cut with a MFT die), was popped up on 2 layers of foam tape to give it a shadow box affect.  I placed a layer of PTI tiny dot vellum over top.  The sentiment is from the Essentials by Ellen Mondo Magnolia stamp set.  I love how this turned out :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today, have a good one!

Essentials by Ellen May Mix It Up Challenge

Hello!  I have a card to share today that I made for the current Essentials by Ellen Mix It Up challenge.

I placed my first order with Ellen Hudson recently, and I cannot tell you how impressed I am with their service (FAST shipping), and the quality of the products I ordered (and their packaging is fabulous too!)  I used the Mondo Magnolia stamp set and die to make my flower; the paper is from the Heidi Swapp 6X6 Favorite Things paper pad.  The little cluster of buds next to the word "hello" were cut with the Essentials by Ellen Wild Garden die set.  The pink scalloped frame is from PTI.  I added some glossy accents to the word "hello" (which I fussy cut), and some Wink of Stella to the center of the flower and the buds.  The Avery Elle products I used on my card are from their Custom Panels Die set (the curved edge die underneath the sentiment, and the full card die to cut the black and white striped paper).  I'm looking forward to seeing what new products Essentials by Ellen has coming, love their style!

Thanks for stopping by today, have a fabulous weekend!

The Gossip Column #2 Geometrics

Hello!  I have a card to share today that I made for The Gossip Column with Taheera Atchia over at Winnie & Walter.  This challenge is all about geometric shapes.  A little nerdy fact about me, I've always been fascinated with "shapes", and what you can do with them.  I remember when my kids were little we would play a game with their drawing board where I would draw a simple geometric shape and ask them to use their imagination and see what they could turn it into.  So this challenge was A LOT of fun for me, and if I had the time I'm sure I could spend hours coming up with different cards.

To design the hexagon shapes on my card I used the small squiggle triangle from Winnie & Walters Scenery: Rectangle & Triangle, stamping with a rainbow of colors.  This is a great triangle to use for this process because it's very forgiving, you really don't have to line things up "perfectly" to make a basic hexagon shape.  The word "hello" was cut using the In a Word: Hello Cutaway.  I actually used a sparkly black paper here, which you cannot see at all in my photo, but it looks very cool irl!

Be sure to take a look at this challenge over on the Winnie & Walter blog, it's loads of fun and there are great prizes to be won!

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Hello there!

Happy Mother's Day!  I have a card to share today that I made for the Sparkle & Shine Challenge.  I had won a 25.00 gift certificate to Winnie & Walter in the last Sparkle & Shine challenge so I thought it only fitting to use one of the items I was able to purchase with that gc on this card :)

I was inspired by the polka dots and pretty colors of the picture above, and wanted to use them on my card. 

The pretty rose was die cut from Winnie & Walter's new Maggie's Roses Cutaways.  I love the intricate detail of these dies!  There are so many creative ways you could use these dies, here I chose patterned paper for the base (from AC Dots & Stripes paper pad).  The leaf die and top curved die are from PTI, and the flag die is from MFT.  The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn.  I added a sprinkling of clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh to finish my card.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a lovely day!

 

Thankful for you

Back with another challenge card for the Winnie & Walter NSD with Pinkfresh Studio event.  This time it's a create a background challenge.

I really do enjoy creating my own backgrounds but don't do it very often.  For this card I used all Winnie & Walter stamps, the gate from This Awesome House, and the leaf cluster and small flower design from A Tree For All Seasons, to stamp my background.  The sentiment is from A Tree For All Seasons.  I added some splatters of ink, silver thread, and sequins to finish my card.

That's all for now, thanks for stopping by!

Have a Fun Birthday

I was able to squeeze in a couple of cards for the NSD challenges with Pink Fresh Studio going on this week at Winnie & Walter (just in the nick of time, whew!)  This card is for the Card Sketch Challenge.

For my card I used the triangles from Scenery: It's a Wonderful Pennant to make my banners.  I used distress inks (Orange Marmalade, Worn Lipstick, and Picked Raspberry), which I inked up the stamp with and then sprayed with a little bit of water then stamped.  I also used those inks to make the spatters on my card.  The sentiment is from several Winnie & Walter sets.  I cut the star with a PTI die using white glitter paper.  I love how this turned out, quite festive I think :)

I'll be back soon with another post and another contest card.

Elle's Studio Part 2

Hello!  I'm back with more cards that I made with the April Elle's Studio kit featuring the gorgeous Cienna collection!

I still can't believe how many cards I was able to make from this kit, and I've got tons of paper left!  So happy to have discovered this company, and I can't wait to see what they have coming for May!

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day!