Strawberries!

 I had a few of the flowers and strawberries from the Pinkfresh Studio Blossoms & Berries stamp, die and stencil set from THIS post. Finally got them on a card. Afraid I took some artistic license and coloured the flowers! Next time I'll do white flowers for real strawberry flowers.

My entry to ...

... Inspired By Challenge : Strawberries

Blossoms & Berries ... and Flower Boxes

 Playing with my NBUS Pinkfresh Studio Blossoms & Berries set of stamp, die and stencil. I did 2 different colour combos and will get 4 cards from each set. (I still have to assemble the last one.)

The first 2 designs are mirror images of each other.

I had a grouping of the flowers laying on my table and thought they would look lovely in a flower box!

My entry to ...

... Addicted to Stamps & More : Birthdays

... CAS Colours & Sketches : Colours

... Divas that Die Cut : Anything Goes

... Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Add a Sentiment

... NBUS #60 

Monochrome Ornaments

 My friend lent me her set of Pinkfresh Studio Ornaments - simply wonderful that it has the accompanying stencil and die. I decided to go with a monochrome gold/creme set. I used Platinum embossing on cream card, and stencilled in shades of cream/gold adding a little Delicata Gold here and there.

As wonderful as it would be to put them all on one card, I decided to see how many cards I could get out with one set of ornaments.  Turns out I got 5! Yippee!

For the first design, I used 3 ornaments on the card varying the shapes and sizes to get a good balance. I can't remember who gave the great tip of scoring the edges of your top card but thank you. A extra touch for a CAS card.

I also painted in parts with Delicata gold refill ink.

For the second design I used the positive and negative dies of an arch.

For the negative cut, I embossed the card with a linen embossing folder to give a little texture.

For the last lonely ornament, I was wondering how I could use it. Such a particular shape and not that big.  But then I remembered this wonderul star embossing folder! Gives it that extra impact.  And I just love these dies of tag/labels that also have a matching embossing folder to give them extra detail.

I just may have to borrow this set again.

My entry to ...

... Time Out Challenge #252 : Winter/Holiday

... Divas tha Die Cut : All About the Holidays

... TGIF #448 - Theme

... Less is More #497 - D is for Deck the Halls

... CAS on Friday - Christmas

... Can You Handle the Pressure : Anything Goes with a Twist of Christmas

Musical Birthday Wishes

What card do you make when your friend is an incredible musician and loves hydrangeas? One with blooms and notes!

My NBUS music set from The Greetery ... it normally has Christmas Theme songs, but I found a skinny birthday wish that I could bend to follow the staff lines. The flowers are from the Pinkfresh Studio Roses & Hydrangea Set.

My entry to ...

... The Flower Challenge : Anything Goes

... NBUS #55

 

Candy Cane Circles

My new Christmas supplies from Pinkfresh Studio ... love the candy cane effect of the red rings behind the slim braided circles.

There is no stamping on this card which is very unusual for me. Wonderful to use the layered Festive Leaves Stencil and die, and the foiled sentiments are so chic.

Catching the foiled sentiments - I cut one sentiment into 3 to fit in the circles.

My entry to ...

... Color Hues Challenge - Scarlet & Green

... NBUS Challenge #44

... Die Cut Divas : Anything Goes

Embossing Folders and Watercolour

I had this one flower image left over from my watercolour morning. It wasn't working with the lace die cut I had planned for it. So I decided it needed to be put in a plant box.

Cut a square and embossed with my new Altenew Checkered Squares 3D embossing folder. The background panel was an inked Stampin' Up Tasteful Textile embossing folder.

Isn't the 3D texture amazing?!

My entry to ...

... Freshly Made Sketches #557

... NBUS #43