Lockdown Greetings

We're now on day 43 of strict lockdown - out of the red zone, but still pretty much blocked at home except for our 2 shopping days a week. I'm getting tired of this second round, so needed something with a bit a humour. 

I do give myself a little talking to now and again to remind me that I have so much to be thankful for, and we're not nearly in as bad situation as those who've lived through wars or those stuck in refugee camps.

So here's a hello from lockdown!

Could not resist another shadow box ... I wanted to use my NBUS Hero Arts Paper Layering Window Shutters die! 

Cheers!

And if you want to see it in action ...

My entry to ...

... Color Hues Challenge : Yellow & Grey

... Divas That Die Cut : Windows or Apertures

... The Daily Marker 10 Day Colour Challenge

... NBUS #25

Wisteria Hello

Love the challenge at AAA Cards ... a one inch strip! A great opportunity to use smaller stamps. More NBUS ... the Mini Starry Flowers & Dainty Diamonds 3D embossing folder.

I stamped the flowers, then masked them. Distress around them. The flowers were coloured with Copics and I added little black doodle dots.

I added white enamel dots to the flower centres.

Here is a comparison of the Mini Starry Flowers to the orginal size.

My entry to ...

... AAA Cards : One Inch Strip

... Altenew April 2021 Challenge

... CASology #388 : Hello

... The Daily Marker 10 Day Colour Challenge

... NBUS #25

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Happiest Birthday

My Anita Jeram stamps arrived! Yay!

I was trying to make a card for my adult daughter who was to be celebrating her birthday under lockdown - for the second time - so wanted something cheerful. But ever had a card run away from you, and it was not what you planned at all?

I wanted to use the ray stencil to bring sunshine and warmth so that's where I started. Then I like the frame idea. Thought I'd add some grass & the 2 little bunnies.

So it ended up being more for a child. 

I added some black doodle lines to my grass stencil.

My entry to ...

... Just Us Girls #579 : Use more than 1 Stencil

... Addicted to Stamps & More : Birthdays

... NBUS Challenge #25

... The Daily Marker 10 Day Colouring Challenge

Birthday Rose

Using up another of my Hero Arts flowers - one of my favourites - Antique Rose Stem.

My entry to ...

... AAA Cards : One corner & opt flowers

...  CAS Colours & Sketches #328 - Colours

Citrus Celebrations

It's time for our new CASology Challenge. This fortnight our cue word is CITRUS.

So fresh!

So fun!

Just right to add to champagne and have a celebration.

Come and check on the creations of the design team and be inspired. Looking forward to seeing your take on the cue word.

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet (you are here)

Jen Wills 

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

Sue Symens

Guest Designer : Jill V

Sponsor : Uniko

Embossed Gatefold Card

I have the coloured and cut flowers I made a few days ago that need to be put on cards.

I used the pink and purple Fleurette on this card. Going with the pale blue one this time with another gatefold card. 

You don't need the two fronts to be the same size, I just moved the measurements. I also made the gap smaller so that I could have the flower in a vertical layout. I used a die cut to emboss the 2 fronts and the back panel.

A close up of the embossing.

My entry to ...

... Freshly Made Sketches #394 - I rotated the sketch.

... The Paper Players #447 : Sketch

... Addicted to Stamps & More : Make Your Mark

Sympathy Bridge Gatefold Card

I've been Copic colouring some of my favourite Hero Arts flowers ... Antique Rose Stem, Fleurettes and Hydrangea ... for the The Daily Marker 30 Day colouring Challenge.

I was watching tennis so didn't mind fussy cutting them.

I knew I wanted to use at least one of them for a bridge gatefold card. Although a number of people have made these 3D cards, it was Jennifer McGuire's blog post this week that spurred me to try one.

The flower on it's own would have been quite fragile so I decided to use a heart as a frame to help support it.

Here it is standing open.

This is what it looks like when folded flat to go in the envelope.

Here's a close-up of the wonderful dimension.

My entry for ...

... A Blog Named Hero - Sympathy

... Freshly Made Sketches #393 - I rotated the sketch.

... Color Throwdown #548

Flowers

Trying my hand a no line watercolouring for The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge. 

I wanted to have a flower pot, so I used one of the vases from Versatile Vases, only adding some C1 Copics for shadows, but embossing it to give texture.

The "wood table" is patterned paper from the Essential Rock Collection.

My entry to ...

... Altenew June Inspiration Challenge

Leaf Canopy Collage #2

Here is my second card with the smaller leaf canopy that was left over from THIS card.

As the leaf was smaller, there was more room for the bigger acetate butterfly.

My entry for ...

... Altenew Monthly Inspiration Challenge