Welcome back to a new year of challenges from The Card Concept. I am so happy to share the first one with you! The inspiration piece is really pretty!
I was inspired by the gold and the flowers in the background plus the sentiment on the note. I was lucky enough to receive this beautiful stamp set from Santa. It is called Hello Lovely by Concord & 9th. I stamped in Versamark and embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I did the same with the sentiment. I added just a touch of color with my Zig markers to mimic the pink in the flowers. All I added was a few gold sequins to finish. I chose the Clean and Graphic style for this week.
I hope you will join us for this one. I’m sure you will see something in our inspiration that you love! This is my second post of the day so don’t forget to check out the latest from Freshly Made Sketches too. Thanks for stopping in. See you soon!
Today is a two post Wednesday and this is my first card for the day. I’m so excited to share the inspiration from The Card Concept for our latest challenge. As I was looking at the beautiful details of that fireplace, I found that the colors and the patterns started to jump out at me and so an idea was born.
I think this flower from Poinsettia (Simon Says Stamp) is simply wonderful to color. I used it with Copics last week but decided to try it with Zig Clean Color Markers for this challenge. I thought the watercolor feel was more in line with the country vibe of the photo. I stamped the flower using Versafine Onyx Black and then masked it to add the leaf. The paper is Fabriano Watercolor Paper. The sentiments from the same stamp set worked perfectly for this so I inked up this combination with Versafine again and used my Misti to make sure my stamping was right. I always use my Misti when I have colored the image (because…well, you know why). I used the Wonky Stitched Rectangles Dies to add a bit more detail when I cut the image panel down to size. Now for the background. I created a card base using this great pattern from Under the Tree DSP (SU ret). Yep, the whole card base. Because the other side (now the inside) is a Kraft pattern with little stars. I love the result!! Finally, I pulled some sequins out and started to mix and match. These happen to all be from Paper Pumpkin kits.
Make sure you check my second post for Freshly Made Sketches too. I am still recovering from our Thanksgiving adventures but the fun was worth all the traveling. Hope you have a great week! See you soon!
We have a beautiful inspiration piece over at The Card Concept this week and it was hard for me to narrow down which elements I wanted to use. No surprise, the team has created some really pretty projects and you are going to have fun with this one!
I chose to use one of my favorite flowers from the Altenew Beautiful Day stamp set. I stamped on Canson Watercolor paper using WPlus9 Black Dye Ink and then colored using Tim Holtz Distress ink in Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry. The pretty mint typewrite inspired the Mint Macaron card base. I cut image layer using Stitched Rectangled from Simon Says Stamp. The sentiment was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black and comes from the Lovely set by Ellen Hutson (Essentials by Ellen). Finally the little details. I added some lace trim and gold thread (hard to see in the picture) to keep with the sketch from this week’s CAS(E) this Sketch. I also colored this for Kathy Racoosin’s Thirty Day Coloring Challenge….a great way to motivate yourself to color just a little every day!
Just a reminder that this is my second post of the day. Please check my card for Freshly Made Sketches as well. I hope you enjoy this and that you are having a great week. See you soon!
It is a double post Wednesday!! Yippee! My second of the day is my card for The Card Concept. We have a beautiful inspiration picture and you are going to have loads of ideas from it. As I was looking through my stash, I realized I was woefully low on pumpkin stamps (seriously??!!). But I had kept this one from a few years ago because it is always fun to color.
I stamped it in WPlus9 Black ink and colored the image with my Zig Clean Color Pens. The best part about saving great images is that you get to re-visit them later when you have different supplies. Coloring this one with the Zigs made me so happy. I’m not totally sure I hit the mark with Clean and Graphic this week but in an attempt to keep it there, I simply added the sentiment from the set and kept the rest clean. The chevron paper is from the old Sweater Weather DSP (ret) that gives a nod to the inspiration. I was also inspired by Ceal’s challenge for Falliday Fest at Splitcoaststampers, FF16Simplybeautiful, which is a Colors of Fall challenge. There are a lot of great ones to join in so go check them out!
I hope you will have fun joining us this week at The Card Concept. Remember that my Freshly Made Sketches post went up earlier so go check that one out too. Thanks so much for stopping in today. See you soon!
Supplies:
Stamps: Always Thankful; Ink: Early Espresso, WPlus9 Black Dye Ink, Zig Clean Color Pens; Paper: Canson Watercolor, Sweater Weather DSP (SU ret); Accessories: Zig BrusH2O Water Pen
It is time for a new challenge at The Card Concept and I’m so excited to share my Clean and Graphic card. Our inspiration this week is such fun and I was thought I would use the colors to create my card.
I thought the flower from You Are Enough (Concord and 9th) would be perfect for playing with color. I stamped on Fabriano Watercolor Paper using WPlus9 Black Ink. Then I colored using two of Stampin’ Up’s In Colors, Flirty Flamingo and Sweet Sugarplum. I added a little Tip Top Taupe (mostly because I love the name, haha) to mimic the neutral of the ice cream cone in the photo. I added a sentiment from Lovely (Essentials by Ellen) and some sequins from an old Paper Pumpkin kit. I put the watercolor panel on a Flirty Flamingo card base.
Here is a closeup of how the colors blended. So pretty together! I kept going back in layers to get the variations. This is one of the best things about watercoloring for me. You never quite know how colors will blend and each time you create, the result will be different. I was totally right about this flower being the perfect image!!
The challenge page has so many beautiful pieces by the design team in all the different styles. You are going to be in awe! Just a note, this is my second post for the day. My Freshly Made Sketches post was up first. I hope you like my two projects today. Looking forward to seeing you again soon!
Supplies (affiliate links included):
Stamps: You Are Enough (Concord and 9th), Lovely (Essentials by Ellen – Ellen Hutson); Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, WPlus9 Black Dye Ink, Flirty Flamingo and Sweet Sugarplum (SU In Colors); Paper: Fabriano Watercolor, Flirty Flamingo; Accessories: Zig BrusH2O Water Pen, Sequins (Paper Pumpkin), Dimensionals
I am so happy to share this card with you today for The Card Concept! First of all, I cannot even being to tell you how much I love this sentiment. I have been looking for the perfect place to use it and this card was definitely it! We all need to hear this message over and over (and over and over…..). There are so many people that will try to convince us that we need to change, that we need to do just one more thing, that there is something wrong with us somehow. Nope! Not true. None of that. While there is nothing wrong with working to be the best you, at the end of the day YOU ARE ENOUGH.
Ok….with all that out of the way, I’m going to admit out loud that this inspiration photo completely freaked me out. I first saw it and I had nothing, nada, zilch. I pondered how bad it would be to just call uncle and bail out this week, haha! No, I’m not kidding. So I walked away. For a week! And then it was time to face the challenge and woman up! So I looked at it a different way and saw fun colors and that stitching and I had my answer. Whew!!! I used this fun striped print from Pop of Pink and simply added a shaker with stitched circles. All I had to do was mix up two of my Pretty Pink Posh sequin mixes to get the colors from the inspiration. I took the Summer Mix and pulled out the teal and added some of the green from the Birthday Bling Mix. Perfect! And a Clean and Graphic card created with no wimping out! Sometimes challenges that give me the most trouble to start help me create some of my favorite cards. Totally true for today’s card. I am also submitting this for the Can You Case It challenge this week: Shaker Cards!
I hope you will join right in with us on this one. Use any part of the inspiration photo and pick a style for creating….then off you go! Can’t wait to see you in the gallery. Now this is my second post of the day. You can see my Freshly Made Sketches post by just scrolling. Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon!
Supplies (affiliate links included):
Stamps: Lovely (Essentials by Ellen – Ellen Hutson); Ink: Versafine; Paper: Thick Whisper White, Pop of Pink DSP; Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Mat Circles (LID), Sequins by Pretty Pink Posh (Summer Mix, Birthday Bling Mix for Concord and 9th), Window Sheet, Foam Tape
After a summer hiatus, we are back to stamping over at The Card Concept! And we are starting you off on a happy note with a fabulous inspiration piece that you are sure to love.
As soon as I saw all those little plants in the bright rainbow pots, I thought of this stamp set from an old Paper Pumpkin kit (SU). The little coffee cut just begs to be colored and the sweet plant is a perfect touch. I want this in real life!! I added a sentiment from the Watercolor Wishes set. I just thought this font was a nice match for the image. All of my coloring is using Tim Holtz Distress Inks in a variety of colors. The pink is Picked Raspberry which I totally adore!! I added these sequins from Pretty Pink Posh that mimic the colors from the inspiration and cut the panel using my Wonky Stitches Dies from My Favorite Things. In keeping with the Clean and Graphic style, I put my image panel up on a white card base to complete it.
Just an admin note, this is my second post of the day. If you are looking for my card for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge, just roll down. Thanks for stopping in today. I hope you are inspired by the team and have a great time choosing YOUR style this week for the challenge! See you soon!
Today’s challenges over at The Card Concept is going to make you jump for joy! The inspiration image is so pretty!! It won’t take long for you to see how I got to this card, for sure!
So first, I knew that I had to use a peony. This pretty one from You’ve Got This is perfect for the job! I simply stamped in Versamark and then embossed using Gold embossing powder to mimic the gold in the image. The flower was colored using Zig Markers. Next I decided to use my Clarity Stencil Brushes to apply some Soft Sky ink to a Thick Whisper White panel. The brushes make the ink go on so beautifully!! I cut that colored panel plus a sentiment panel using Stitched Rectangle Dies and then added a gold embossed sentiment from the Flower Patch set. Some sequins from an old Paper Pumpkin went so perfectly with this that I had to use them!
Ok, this is my Clean and Graphic take on the inspiration piece this week! If you missed it, I also have a Freshly Made Sketches card up today in the post below. (A reminder that every other Wednesday I will have two posts) The team over at The Card Concept has a widely varied and gorgeous set of cards to get you on your way! I hope you will join us!
Back on Friday with this month’s Fancy Friday! Until then, thanks for stopping in!
Supplies:
Stamps: You’ve Got This, Flower Patch; Ink: Versamark, Soft Sky ; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Tim Holtz Watercolor; Accessories: Clarity Stamps Stencil Brushes, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Zig Clean Color Markers, Sequins, Heat Tool, Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS)
So guess what?!! I have a fun announcement to make! Yes, I have been holding out on you but I can finally share. I am one of two new additions to the design team at The Card Concept! Now try to contain your shock but I’m one of the clean designers….. Clean and Graphic to be exact. The definition: Clean lines, simple treatment of text, no frills, bare boned, message communicated quickly. Yep….I think Lesley (the challenge creator) knows me pretty well!
Our inspiration for this challenge spoke to me right away. I knew right away that I was going to pull out this sentiment from Paper Pumpkin. This one makes me smile every single time!! I’ll share why a little further on. For the background, I pulled out the Dots & Stripes stencil (to mimic the graphic) and my new Clarity Stencil Brushes. Yes, they really are ALL that. You can blend and no lines or unevenness shows. I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks and they blended so well! To keep it clean, I simply added the sentiment to an offset panel and a few sequins.
So now the sentiment. When I first graduated from Air Force Pilot Training, I became an instructor in the T-38, the secondary training jet at the time (and a beautiful, fast, pointy nosed jet it is!!). My students were more advanced so we could give them a little more latitude as they learned. Instead of direct intervention, we could give verbal hints and suggestions. Well, apparently over time I started calling my students “sunshine”. As in “What is the plan, Sunshine” or “Where are you going, Sunshine”. They learned that when I called them Sunshine that they might need to reconsider what they were doing, lol. Fast forward almost 20 years…. My husband finds that another instructor that I flew with is in his Guard unit. I had totally forgotten about the Sunshine thing until he was telling my husband about it. Needless to say, the reminder brought back some good laughs and stories!! And yes, the military is remarkably small sometimes. My friend who works with my husband is also a pilot at United with me. So there it is….Hello Sunshine! And really, no corrections needed. Hmmm….I think I might need to send this one in to my friend, don’t you think?
So if you stuck with me, thanks for humoring me. Sometimes cards just have a bigger story! So now you need to jump over and see the rest of the inspiration from the design team. Make sure you add in a welcome to the lovely Ilina Crouse too. How amazing to be a part of this fabulous group! Thanks for stopping in. See you soon! (and a reminder that my Freshly Made Sketches post is down one…went up a little earlier today)
Supplies (affiliate links included):
Stamps: Paper Pumpkin (SU); Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink ; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Basic Black; Accessories: Clarity Stamps Stencil Brushes, Dots & Stripes Stencil (SU), Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh and SU)
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Welcome back to a new year of challenges from The Card Concept. I am so happy to share the first one with you! The inspiration piece is really pretty!
I hope you will join us for this one. I’m sure you will see something in our inspiration that you love! This is my second post of the day so don’t forget to check out the latest from Freshly Made Sketches too. Thanks for stopping in. See you soon!
