In my thoughts and heart

Our post has finally reopened. And I received 4 parcels that I have been waiting for for over 2 months.

Could not resist playing with the Memory Box Scribble Rose Trio die cut.

My entry to ...

... CAS on Friday : Use a Die

... The Flower Challenge : Monochrome

... The Paper Players : Sketch #492

... NBUS Challenge #14 New Memory Box Scribble Rose Trio Die

Beautiful Blessings

When you need to throw a card together very quickly, then it's time to grab some patterned paper. The summer garden paper pack from Altenew is beautiful.

My entry for ...

... Freshly Made Sketches

... Inkspirational : Garden

Pastel Rainbow Blossom ... and the Negative

I've had some questions on how I made the Rainbow Blossom, so I made another one and took photos of the steps.  

Step 1 : Paint a background. This time I used Distress Inks instead of watercolours to paint the background.

Step 2 : Die cut the painted background plus a plain white card stock. The card stock had stayed in the die cut, and I put a piece of sticky back paper which kept all the pieces in place.

Step 3 : Glue the die cut white card stock to your card.

Step 4 : Glue the painted pieces into the corresponding places on the card.

Step 5 : Add a sentiment and button embellishment. This time I die cut some "buttons", doubled them up and added glossy accents to make them more realistic.

You can also use the negative die cut to make another card.

I will enter this to the CASual Fridays Challenge : Beautiful Rainbows.

Ombre Butterfly flight

So happy with the cue word at CASology Challenge this week - it's Butterfly! And I love butterflies. A bit of a challenge in deciding which butterfly I would use from my stash of stamps and dies ... so many choices.

To keep things CAS, I decided to go with a monochrome colour theme, and took out a sheet of the wonderful ombre paper of Echo Park. 

Flutter on over and get more inspiration from our gifted design team ...

Anna Uhras

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet (you are here)

Jen Wills 

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Kevin Bray

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

Guest Designer: Barb G

Supplies :
Butterfly die - MFT Dienamics
Flight path - Simon Says Stamp Stitched Flourish Ribbon 
Sentiment - Stampin' Up
Heart pearls - Hero Arts

I will also submit this to ...

... Diva's That Diecut Challenge : Love is in the Air

CASology #266 : Cake

Time for cake! This week's CASology challenge is CAKE. Who can resist a good cake? What is your favourite?  I think mine is carrot cake, or my grandmother's Cinnamon topped cake.

Coloured with Prismacolor Pencils.

I added Liquid pearls to make some delicious looking frosting, and layered the cake to give dimension.

You can always get more inspiration from our gifted design team ...

Anna Uhras

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet (you are here)

Jen Wills 

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

Sherrie Mannion

Guest Designer : Claire

CASology #257 : Wish

What is it about dandelions that make them so magical that we can make wishes with them?! So light, dreamy and enchanting.

We all wish for things ... and send good wishes to others, so come and enter this week's CASology Challenge : Wish. 

Come on over and see the inspiration by the DT members :

Anna Uhras

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet (you are here)

Jen Wills 

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

Sherrie Mannion

Sponsor : Uniko Studio

I will also enter this to the Flower Challenge : Embossing Heat/Dry

CASology #251 : Medicine

I hope that no one is sick ... but if you are, here's a warm bowl of chicken soup. It might not cure you, but it warms your heart and it's good for the soul.

This week's cue word for the CASology Challenge is Medicine. 

If you need a little medicinal help, pop on over to our design team members and see their inspiration.

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester

Hazel Hodgkins

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet (you are here)

Jen Wills 

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield

Rachel Bergfeld

Sherrie Mannion

Guest designer : Gwendolyn

Sponsor : Serendipity Stamps

Doodle Buds

The delightful Doodle Buds stamp and die set from WPlus9 ...

Doing more layers than I normally do ... embossing paste, Distress Ink watercolour wash over it, frame die .. and topping off with a touch of Wink of Stella.

My entry for ...

... Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Use more than 1 die or Punch

... Inkspirational : Watercolour Smooshing

... CAS Watercolour : Spring

More Vellum

To play in the Just Us Girls Vellum Challenge, I did more of Jennifer McGuire's rainbow effect on vellum.

Mom

Since I started stamping over 20 years ago, I'm much more at home with my stamps than dies. Getting to use some of my "new" diecuts that have been sitting here for weeks if not months.

I will enter this to Freshly Made Sketch challenge

and The Paper Players Challenge