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Freshly Made Sketches #633

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A wonderful sketch this week from our talented and oh so awesome Linda Callahan. She has created a fun design for us at Freshly Made Sketches, one that is sure to inspire.

I decided to put all the focus on this amazing embossing folder from Honey Bee Stamps called Sandie’s Garden. So much detail and so pretty! I embossed it on a panel of Spellbinders Betterpress Cotton Card Stock and then cut out the center rectangle. The center is popped up with some gold card stock underneath. Just a peek but I think a special touch.

I added some gold thread to try to comply with the sketch (probably a stretch but…that is how it goes sometimes) and added a pretty heat embossed sentiment. I love that this one could be for a wedding, birthday or just because! A few shiny gold pearls to finish.

Hope you will hop over and join us this week. Been a bit busy around here but still trying to get some crafting in where I can. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Playing Cards with Friends – April 2023

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Imagine my delight when my friend Michele Ferguson invited me to play along with her “Playing Cards with Friends” series! I’m a bit of a fan girl of her work so this is super fun! The parameters for this month’s creating are:

  •           April 15th Husband Appreciation Day! 
  •           Make a card for your husband
  •           Let’s include masculine colors:  shades of blue, and greens.
  •           Add alpha dies, or die cut words!

I thought that using a more graphic element would get this moving in the masculine direction. I used the Plaid A2 Hot Foil Plate with Spellbinders Black Foil. This is my first time using the black foil and I’m a BIG fan. It stretches the hot foil plates and gives a different vibe than an inked background. To comply with the rules, I spritzed a piece of card stock with Tumbled Glass and Lost Shadow Distress Sprays and then inked part of it with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink. I cut two different leaves from the Lovely Layers: Greenery set.

For the sentiment, I pondered and pondered the right words. And then I saw this one. Fortunately, it has a coordinating die set so I could cut it out and comply with the parameters! I don’t know about you but this is pretty much the perfect husband sentiment. Our lives are so crazy and we are forever going different directions. When we do have time together, it is usually local and really just NOT traveling. It really is the little things that are so big!

Now I cannot wait to see what Michele has created for today! Let’s head over to her blog now to see! Here is her link for today: Michele’s Playing Cards with Friends April

Thanks so much for joining us today. And for all of you out there with wonderful husbands, get to that craft room and make a card for him! A big thanks to Michele for inviting me to play along!!

Freshly Made Sketches #576

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Another amazing sketch from my friends at Freshly Made Sketches this week! This week’s sketch is courtesy of the incredible Amy O’Neill and I love the options on this one. So many choices!!

I’ll admit I had a few starts and stops on this one. One idea seemed smart until I started trying to line up the images and then…nope. So I moved on and started scouring through the stash. I came upon an old die that matched some washi tape from Pinkfresh Studio called Painted Florals. It is since retired but they have others that are similar. I thought the cluster looked a lot like the sketch so I went with it. I put the tape down on white card stock and then cut it out with the die. Easy as that.

And then I had an a-ha moment. I had not used the new Spring Medley 3D Embossing Folder yet and all I can say is wow. I mean really wow. I truly had underestimated my need for these folders (worry not, I’ll be fixing that). I cannot even believe how much it adds to this card. I ran some Concord and 9th Peacock Card Stock through with the fold and I’m in awe. I love how this folder goes with the image and I think it will be great with so many of my florals. I added a Pinkfresh Studio foil sentiment since the lines in the washi tape are gold and then put on a few matte gold pearls. For not a lot of work, this card packs a lot of texture!

I hope you’ll come over to visit the challenge and see all that the team has done with the sketch. An amazing variety! Thanks for stopping in today. See you again soon!

Floral Reflection from Spellbinders

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I’m super excited to be a part of the November release from Spellbinders and I get to share part of the Floral Reflection Collection. This is a beautiful group of products! To show the versatility, I created two cards with the same design but that look totally different.

My first card starts with a base of Fog cardstock. Using the Solid Floral Reflection Hot Foil Plate I added some Opal Foil to the paper and then cut it out with the coordinating Floral Reflection Etched Dies. As part of the supporting layer, I added more foil with the Splatter Sentiments rectangle hot foil plate. So pretty in person!

I cut some of the new Sealed Wildflowers from white cardstock and decided I liked the look of them just plain over the Opal Foil. So elegant! Using Moondust Foil, I added a sentiment from Everyday Sentiments II Hot Foil Plates. I found some matching gems in my stash which finish the flowers perfectly!

Not content with just one version, I thought it would be fun to color the flowers for a totally different effect. I chose fall colors in Distress Inks and blended them onto the die cut flowers. This time I foiled some Splatters with Matte Gold and cut them out with the same die.

The gold is so pretty with the fall colors and really creates a totally different feel that the first card. As you can see, I’m all about using one idea to create different cards right now. I am never a fan of mass production but sometimes designing all new things every time is prohibitive. This method is a sweet spot and maybe one you will find helpful too!

I hope you like these! Make sure to go over and check the entire new release from Spellbinders. Links below are to the products and you’ll be able to find more once you are there. Thanks for stopping in today. See you again soon!

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