Hello from Seattle

Had to do plaid card started with a piece of 6x6 piece of Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 80 lb. Cover Smooth white cardstock then using my ergonomic brushes added and buffalo plaid builder stencil by Altenew and Tim Holtz distress oxide ink festive berries and salvaged patina then I die cut with double stitched rectangle die by Kat Scrappiness as I decided to make my card an A2 card and mounted to a layer of Park Lane 110 lb. smooth black solid core cardstock die cut with Cindy Echtinaw Designs Card Creator Perfect Layers A, then die cut 3 space needle dies by Savvy Stamps with Park Lane 110 lb. smooth black solid core cardstock then on a scrap of Accent cardstock I stamped with Best wishes stamp by V.I.P., from is from Big Bold You stamp set by Winnie & Walter and Washington from Hello from Washington stamp by Biblical Impressions all with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink then punched out with tailored tag by SU and then punch 3 more in scraps of black and cut them in half so I could just make a little border on top and bottom

also made another with Hello from Washington stamp by Biblical Impressions with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink 

Paper Pumpkin Change is beautiful

This card was done with the April 2022 kit. Once again because the cardstock is too flimsy for a card base I cut the card in two with Cindy Echtinaw Designs Card Creator Perfect Layers A to create another card. For the front I mounted it to white gloves glitter cardstock by Core’dinations then added 2 layers more to give dimension added the printed star and clouds and mounted to an A2 card base of Recollections 110 lb. white cardstock for the inside mounted the other part and then stamp from the kits set with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink

Paper Pumpkin Change is beautiful

This card was from the April 2022 kit. I used the printed envelope as a layer which die cut with Cindy Echtinaw Designs Card Creator Perfect Layers A and mounted to an A2 card base of Recollections 110 lb. white cardstock then die cut another layer Recollections 110 lb. white cardstock with double stitched rectangle die by Kat Scrappiness and mounted the printed die cut flower that was supposed to go on the previous card and then added the message from box of sunshine paper pumpkin June 2020 stamp set with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink

Paper Pumpkin Change is beautiful

Made this card with the April 2022 kit. The kit came with "s" or "z" card folds but too flimsy for card bases so I cut the card base into 3 and mounted to card base of Recollections 110 lb. white cardstock then added the printed die cuts of the flowers and banner. On the banner I used bouquet of hope paper pumpkin February 2021 stamp set with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink

Paper Pumpkin Change is beautiful

This is one card I made with April 2022 kit. The kit came with "s" or "z" folds cards but because the cardstock is very flimsy for card bases so I cut the whole cardbase in 3 pieces and mounted to a card base of Recollections 110 lb. white cardstock then added the printed die cuts of the worm flat and the butterfly. On the butterfly the body was flat but the wings I used dimensionals. The message if from to you and yours paper pumpkin November 2018 stamp set with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink

Happy Birthday

Recently my favorite brother-in-law celebrated his 73rd birthday. He likes elephants so this is the card I gave him, an alternative to my paper pumpkin Safari Celebration February 2022 using one of the Sunday Tip or Technique from one of my online groups with was a tutorial by Jennifer McGuire of making fun folds in different ways.

Started by cutting the card base in half and then with double stitched rectangle die by Kat Scrappiness mounted to a die cut Park Lane 110 lb. smooth black solid core cardstock with Cindy Echtinaw Designs Card Creator Perfect Layers A then cut both layers in half then cut & score the A2 card base of Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 120 lb. cover smooth white cardstock into an easel fun fold and mounted each half to the easel then added the printed die cut labels and printed die cut elephant from kit and also printed label from paper pumpkin May 2018. The message on front is from the kit’s set with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink and the stopper is part of a message from stitched leaves mini stamp kit by Gina K Designs same ink. 

The birthday message is It’s your special day by Endless Creations also with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink

Create & Connect 5 make & take

I joined the Pinkfresh Studio Create & Connect online event in May. It was a two day event with 3 classes on Saturday and 2 classes on Sunday plus a demo. Each class included 2 cards except for the watercolor class that was just the technique. Also, there was a make & take on each class. 

I decided to watch the classes and then work on my cards so at the end I did my own thing but trying to follow the class idea. In some I did change a bit others a lot but guess that's where our creativity comes in place. I didn't follow their colors because well I didn't use their inks so I did what I was feeling at the moment. For 4 classes I used Altenew crisp dye inks and the one that was supposed to be watercolor since I don't do watercolor I used distress oxide inks

The fifth and last class was with Angela Simpson with summer blooms bundle. This bundle included layered stencils and dies. The make & take was done by someone other than who did the class. I forgot to check the make and take card so did an extra layer with my own colors just like always LOL and then realized that it was supposed to be rainbow colors so I added a rainbow on it instead.

For my take on the make and take started by die cutting a piece of Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 80 lb. Cover Smooth white cardstock with Cindy Echtinaw Designs Card Creator Perfect Layers A then I die cut on scrap cardstock the color block rainbow stand alone die cuts to use as a stencil and without reinking my mini blending brushes added purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, pink & red; then die cut the coordinating cuts die gazebo twice on Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 100 lb. Cover Smooth white cardstock. I decided to leave all but the “door”. For the sun I die cut extras for dimension but the leaves I left flat. Used Altenew crisp die inks Sun: pocketful of sunshine collection maple yellow, honey drizzle, warm and cozy collection orange cream; Long leaves: green meadows collection sweet leaf, just green. To embellish used primary sample pack Diamond Dotz freestyle white

Create & Connect 5

I joined the Pinkfresh Studio Create & Connect online event in May. It was a two day event with 3 classes on Saturday and 2 classes on Sunday plus a demo. Each class included 2 cards except for the watercolor class that was just the technique. Also, there was a make & take on each class. 

I decided to watch the classes and then work on my cards so at the end I did my own thing but trying to follow the class idea. In some I did change a bit others a lot but guess that's where our creativity comes in place. I didn't follow their colors because well I didn't use their inks so I did what I was feeling at the moment. For 4 classes I used Altenew crisp dye inks and the one that was supposed to be watercolor since I don't do watercolor I used distress oxide inks

The fifth and last class was with Angela Simpson with summer blooms bundle. This bundle included layered stencils and dies. 

For the second card, started by die cutting essentials mini slimline frames 3 times and gluing them together for dimension, when you cut the big frame a center piece comes out and I used that as a layer I used scraps under to lift it up as originally, I was going to glue flat but didn’t like it and didn’t want to die cut more frames just to get that piece LOL used Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 80 lb. Cover Smooth white cardstock for top layer and scrap cardstock for the bottom layers. Added my pieces flat. For all I used Altenew crisp dye inks. Long leaves: tropical forest collection olive, moss; Little flower: pocketful of sunshine collection maple yellow & red cosmos collection ruby red and pocketful of sunshine collection maple yellow & enchanted garden collection hydrangea; Flowers: green valley collection shadow creek, glacier caves collection Persian blue

Message is from let’s flamingle stamp set with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink and finally embellished with some clear iridescent drops

Create & Connect 5

I joined the Pinkfresh Studio Create & Connect online event in May. It was a two day event with 3 classes on Saturday and 2 classes on Sunday plus a demo. Each class included 2 cards except for the watercolor class that was just the technique. Also, there was a make & take on each class. 

I decided to watch the classes and then work on my cards so at the end I did my own thing but trying to follow the class idea. In some I did change a bit others a lot but guess that's where our creativity comes in place. I didn't follow their colors because well I didn't use their inks so I did what I was feeling at the moment. For 4 classes I used Altenew crisp dye inks and the one that was supposed to be watercolor since I don't do watercolor I used distress oxide inks

The fifth and last class was with Angela Simpson with summer blooms bundle. This bundle included layered stencils and dies.  

For the first card, started by die cut cover plate die geo tiles on Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 100 lb. Cover Smooth white cardstock then die cut the coordinating cuts die gazebo twice on Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 100 lb. Cover Smooth white cardstock. Decided to leave the “door” in to cover the edges of the stems which were added flat. For all I used Altenew crisp dye inks

Sun: pocketful of sunshine collection maple yellow, honey drizzle, warm and cozy collection orange cream; Clouds: silver lake; Long leaves: green fields collection frayed leaf, forest glades; Flowers: tropical forest collection olive, enchanted garden collection hydrangea

Create & Connect 4 make & take

I joined the Pinkfresh Studio Create & Connect online event in May. It was a two day event with 3 classes on Saturday and 2 classes on Sunday plus a demo. Each class included 2 cards except for the watercolor class that was just the technique. Also, there was a make & take on each class. 

I decided to watch the classes and then work on my cards so at the end I did my own thing but trying to follow the class idea. In some I did change a bit others a lot but guess that's where our creativity comes in place. I didn't follow their colors because well I didn't use their inks so I did what I was feeling at the moment. For 4 classes I used Altenew crisp dye inks and the one that was supposed to be watercolor since I don't do watercolor I used distress oxide inks

The fourth class was with Manushree Mishra and was with handpicked flowers Bundle. This bundle included stamp set, layered stencils and dies. Manushree only taught the watercolor technique but I don't do watercolor so I decided to do no line coloring with Distress Oxide inks for the class card. The make & take was done by someone other than who did the class.

For my make & take since I hadn't used the stamp set I decided to use it. I die cut first again on a piece of Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 80 lb. Cover Smooth white cardstock, seems I have better luck with die cutting and stamping or stenciling afterwards, can't seem to align the image the other way I did re-stamped again when I was done just to make the black brighter. After I stamped my image with VersaFine Clair nocturne I set aside and then decided that since none of the cards have use the hot foil plate as it was meant to me I would use it that way as I do have the Glimmer Hot Foil System, used the freebie gold foil roll to do the foil with the coordinating hot foil plate geo arch on Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 80 lb. Cover Smooth white cardstock after I foiled it, die cut it with Cindy Echtinaw Designs Card Creator Perfect Layers A and mounted it to an A2 card base of Recollections 110 lb. white cardstock. Then I did my layering stencils, Leaves: lucky clover, cracked pistachio; Flowers 1: shaded lilac, wilted violet; Flowers 2: squeezed lemonade, scattered straw; Flowers 3: spun sugar, saltywater taffy; Flowers 4: fired brick

Then die cut 3 more layers and glued them together for dimension and mounted all to card base. These message: delight in the now and (I) just love what you do were foil die cut sentiments gifts from my friend from Scrapbook.com

This one is from Glimmer hot foil plate Yana Smakula’s Sentiments by Spellbinders since it’s tiny or too thin it was sort of getting lost on the flowers so I added some vellum which I cut with lg oval punch by SU

and then left this other blank to use for what I needed

Create & Connect 4

I joined the Pinkfresh Studio Create & Connect online event in May. It was a two day event with 3 classes on Saturday and 2 classes on Sunday plus a demo. Each class included 2 cards except for the watercolor class that was just the technique. Also, there was a make & take on each class. 

I decided to watch the classes and then work on my cards so at the end I did my own thing but trying to follow the class idea. In some I did change a bit others a lot but guess that's where our creativity comes in place. I didn't follow their colors because well I didn't use their inks so I did what I was feeling at the moment. For 4 classes I used Altenew crisp dye inks and the one that was supposed to be watercolor since I don't do watercolor I used distress oxide inks

The fourth class was with Manushree Mishra and was with handpicked flowers Bundle. This bundle included stamp set, layered stencils and dies. Manushree only taught the watercolor technique but I don't do watercolor so I decided to do no line coloring with Distress Oxide inks for the class cards.

For the second card, started by die cutting coordinating die from scraps about 4 times glued together for dimension and then one from Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 80 lb. Cover Smooth white cardstock for top layer. Once again didn't use the stamp set so started the the layered stencils on the top layer. Leaves: rustic wilderness, peeled paint; Flowers 1: kitsch flamingo, picked raspberry; Flowers 2: dried marigold, rusty hinge; Flowers 3:  fossilized amber; Flowers 4: dusty concord, villainous potion then glued the piece on top of the others and mounted on an A2 card base of Recollections 110 lb. white cardstock

Messages are from the die cut foiled sentiments 3 except for “you got this” that was a gift from a friend that is getting into foil and send me some foil die cut sentiments she got from Scrapbook.com and finally embellished with metallic gold jewels by Pretty Pink Posh

Create & Connect 4

I joined the Pinkfresh Studio Create & Connect online event in May. It was a two day event with 3 classes on Saturday and 2 classes on Sunday plus a demo. Each class included 2 cards except for the watercolor class that was just the technique. Also, there was a make & take on each class. 

I decided to watch the classes and then work on my cards so at the end I did my own thing but trying to follow the class idea. In some I did change a bit others a lot but guess that's where our creativity comes in place. I didn't follow their colors because well I didn't use their inks so I did what I was feeling at the moment. For 4 classes I used Altenew crisp dye inks and the one that was supposed to be watercolor since I don't do watercolor I used distress oxide inks

The fourth class was with Manushree Mishra and was with handpicked flowers Bundle. This bundle included stamp set, layered stencils and dies. Manushree only taught the watercolor technique but I don't do watercolor so I decided to do no line coloring with Distress Oxide inks.

For the first card I still follow the layout given by Heather except I cut my image to the size of the mini slimline I figured if I left the full image first my OCD when you die cut something you can see the ugliness on the back second if the image is too give it will be bended while in transit with PO they don't take care of envelopes. I started by die cutting essentials mini slimline frames 3 times and gluing them together for dimension used Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 80 lb. Cover Smooth white cardstock for top layer and scrap cardstock for the bottom layers

Die cut from scrap just the center of the flower for dimension and the flower was glued straight on the whole panel and cut off whatever was out. This bundle had stamp set which I didn’t use for this card only the layered stencils and coordinating die cuts, I die cut first and then stenciled. Leaves: rustic wilderness, peeled paint; Flowers 1: kitsch flamingo, picked raspberry; Flowers 2: dried marigold, rusty hinge; Flowers 3:  mustard seed, fossilized amber; Flowers 4: dusty concord

Message is from the die cut foiled sentiments 3 and finally embellished with metallic gold jewels by Pretty Pink Posh

Happy 4th of July

Hope you all have a fun and safe holiday. Don't forget we still in pandemic so whatever you do to celebrate do it safely and maintain social distancing and wear mask to avoid getting sick.

These are the only cards I was able to make this year holiday came too soon. Started by grabbing a layer of Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 80 lb. cover smooth white cardstock and blended Tim Holtz distress oxide inks speckled egg, mermaid lagoon & blueprint sketch with Altenew ergonomic brush then die cut it with Cindy Echtinaw Designs Card Creator Perfect Layers A then die cut 6 layers of red Recollections 65 lb. cardstock, 6 layers of blue 65 lb. cardstock and 5 layers of 65 lb. white cardstock plus one of Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 80 lb. cover smooth white cardstock of stand alone color block rainbow cut by Pinkfresh Studio glued them together and then aligned three red, three white and three blue to create my rainbow. I stamped the message with regular Tim Holtz distress ink blueprint sketch from the stamp set land of the free by Altenew and mounted to an A2 card base of Recollections 110 lb. white cardstock

Extra from class 2

After I finished the first day of classes since I still had the supplies from Channin Pelletier class the peony fantasy bundle which included stamp set, layered stencils and coordinating dies. I decided to make another set of cards since my stash is a bit short at the moment. Do wish they had something other than flowers but oh well we can't choose what they bring out.

I used the same stitched plate I had used before by Concord & 9^th quilted card front die then arranged the flowers from the set and then every where were the lines crossed, I added a rhinestone from my stash.

For the flowers I stamped the image with classic stampin pad Sahara sand then used the layered stencils. Was going to re-stamp in black ink but when I was done but decided not to re-stamp. Used Altenew crisp dye inks. Leaves: nature's wonders collection misty moor, green meadows collection sweet leaf & just green; Flower 1: nature's wonders collection misty moor, deep blue seas collection sea breeze, turquoise, tide blue; Flower 2: nature's wonders collection misty moor, sugarplums collection pale mauve, amethyst & grape agate. Finally die cut them with coordinating die plus some extras in white card stock for dimension

Create & Connect 3 make & take

I joined the Pinkfresh Studio Create & Connect online event in May. It was a two day event with 3 classes on Saturday and 2 classes on Sunday plus a demo. Each class included 2 cards except for the watercolor class that was just the technique. Also, there was a make & take on each class. 

I decided to watch the classes and then work on my cards so at the end I did my own thing but trying to follow the class idea. In some I did change a bit others a lot but guess that's where our creativity comes in place. I didn't follow their colors because well I didn't use their inks so I did what I was feeling at the moment. For 4 classes I used Altenew crisp dye inks and the one that was supposed to be watercolor since I don't do watercolor I used distress oxide inks

The third class was with Heather Hoffman with butterfly garden bundle. This bundle included stamp set, layered stencils which you needed otherwise the whole was not showing completely and dies. The make & take was done by someone other than who did the class.

For my make & take I decided to use all my left over pieces from the previous two cards. I started by die cutting essentials mini slimline frame 3 times and gluing them together for dimension. Then I cut a slim line layer of Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 80 lb. Cover Smooth white cardstock and added some Altenew crisp dye ink sea shore collection mountain mist then glued the frame and mounted to a slim line card base 3-1/8” x 6-1/8” of Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 120 lb. Cover Smooth white cardstock then arranged all the leftover stamped pieces I had which were two butterflies and greenery. Stamped the message from the set and die cut the big message and finally some added clear iridescent drops

Once again, these layered stencils don’t do the whole thing so you need the stamp to finish the flowers and the butterflies. I did the stenciling first and stamped after with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink and die cut.

Used Altenew crisp dye inks Butterflies: rock gray collection pure graphite, green fields collection jet black, red cosmos collection ruby red, sunset collection velvet; Leaves: sea shore collection volcano lake, lagoon

Create & Connect 3

I joined the Pinkfresh Studio Create & Connect online event in May. It was a two day event with 3 classes on Saturday and 2 classes on Sunday plus a demo. Each class included 2 cards except for the watercolor class that was just the technique. Also, there was a make & take on each class. 

I decided to watch the classes and then work on my cards so at the end I did my own thing but trying to follow the class idea. In some I did change a bit others a lot but guess that's where our creativity comes in place. I didn't follow their colors because well I didn't use their inks so I did what I was feeling at the moment. For 4 classes I used Altenew crisp dye inks and the one that was supposed to be watercolor since I don't do watercolor I used distress oxide inks

The third class was with Heather Hoffman with butterfly garden bundle. This bundle included stamp set, layered stencils which you needed otherwise the whole was not showing completely and dies. 

For the second card, we were supposed to puzzle the pieces as they came out of the die in two different dimensions and filling with iridescent clear drops but I didn't like it as it was like some of the stems were flying so first used the stitched plate by Concord & 9^th quilted card front die then arranged the top images as they were coming from my message and the bottom images from the bottom of the card. They all had different dimensions some had 2 layers some 3 others 4. The message is from Scripty sayings stamp set by Lawn Fawn cut with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink die cut from die in glimmer hot foil plate everyday sentiments II by Spellbinders mounted with foam and finally some clear iridescent drops

Once again, these layered stencils don’t do the whole thing so you need the stamp to finish the flowers and the butterflies. I did the stenciling first and stamped after with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink and then die cut.

Used Altenew crisp dye ink Butterflies: rock gray collection pure graphite, green fields collection jet black, red cosmos collection ruby red, red sunset collection velvet; Leaves: green fields collection frayed leaf, forest glades; Flowers: cool summer night collection ocean waves, dusk

EDITED

This is what it would have look if I have done the puzzle