Forever Begins Today – SIP #57

Happy Friday….hope you have a wonderful weekend planned.  It is supposed to be extremely hot here in PA this weekend.  But I’m certainly not complaining…because I LOVE summer! Today’s card is my entry for the Stamp, Ink, Paper challenge…this was fun! Black and White cards really lend themselves to more formal cards like wedding cards, in my opinion…so that’s just what I made. This is a 4 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ square card.  The card…

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Watercolor Artwork – Paper Players #304

I’m back again with another challenge card.  These challenges really keep me on my game and then some.  Here is this week’s Paper Player’s challenge… The “then some” I mentioned above pertains to this challenge.  I have never watercolored before.  Usually I color using ink and a blender pen.  But for this challenge, I needed to break out the Aqua Painter to see what I could do… The card base is Basic Black with a…

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Petite Petals for CYCI #129

One of the things (among so many) that I like about cardmaking challenges is not really knowing exactly what the end result will be until I actually finish the card.  My card for the Can You Case It color challenge was one of those cards.  I was thinking about so many possibilities for this color combo… Once again, I reached for a flower stamp set…. The card base is Sahara Sand.  I then cut another piece…

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A Flourishing Note – GDP #045

The Global Design Project’s challenge this week is a bold and bright color challenge…. My card for this challenge is a clean and simple notecard. The card base is Smoky Slate with a mat of Basic Black and Whisper White.  The sentiment and flower are from the  Flourishing Phrases stamp set. The flower is stamped twice in Melon Mambo.  I cut the second flower to create a layered bloom and popped each layer with dimensionals.…

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