Sparkly Wallflower

Altenew December Challenge Hello all! Today I am excited to share the cards that I made for the Altenew December Challenge (where we get to pick one of the inspiration images from the past year) to make a card based on the January 2021 inspiration photo. I loved the color combination of red/dark pink, light pink and brown since I got some pretty cool new items from Altenew that I thought would work well for this color scheme. And since the theme over at Modsquad Challenge this week is What's new? (and can include showing off some of our new crafty presents from the holidays), I thought I would enter it over there as well. Finally, this set of cards was a part of the the "homework" for my level 1 certification for Altenew's Educator Certification Program (AECP) focusing on the Celebration: Stencil Techniques class so I wanted to show you how I made three backgrounds (two that were used for today's cards, and one in reserve for later). Supplies used: Stamps: Alte

Celebrate! Hello all! Today I wanted to share a card I made for the Modsquad Challeng e's current theme of It's a celebration and Simon Says Stamp's  Monday Challenge (Party!) and Wednesday Challenge (It's time to party!) . I had a lot of fun playing with this older stamp set from My Favorite Things and a sentiment from Pinkfresh Studios. Supplies used: Stamps: My Favorite Things' Fireworks , Pinkfresh Studio's My Favorite Things to Say stamp set Dies: Gina K Master Layout 2 set, stitched circle die in my stash, two different star dies in my stash Paper: Smooth white cardstock, watercolor paper, glitter gold cardstock, Tessler Crafts' NACRE Circle paper Ink: VersaFine Clair in Purple Delight and Twilight Embossing Powders: Ranger's Holographic and Vintage Pearl Sprays: Technique Junkies' Mardi Gras and Thulian Pink Shimmering Bliss sprays Sequins: Retired sequin mix from Neat and Tangled   Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape Bearly Art

 Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #453 Hello!  Today I am excited to share a few cards I made as a part of the Design Team for the newest Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#453). I had had a lot of fun playing with Hero Arts' Succulent Bouquet--a set I bought a while back and not touched since last summer summer. We hope you can join us this week! Supplies used:  Stamps: Hero Art's Succulent Bouquet stamp and die set Dies: Hero Art's Succulent Bouquet stamp and die set, Gina K's Master Layout 2 die set, smaller stitched rectangular die in my stash Paper: Patterned paper in my stash, Polished Pink Vellum (from Stampin' Up!'s 2021-2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum pack ), Pearlescent Specialty Paper , smooth white cardstock, ink smooshed paper in my stash Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers in a variety of colors Altenew's Watercolor Brush Markers from the Tropical Fiesta Set, Autum Festival Set and Spring Garden set Sakura Gelly Roll Clear Glitter Stardust Bo

Dots and Stripes Hello!  I love making cards that allow me to use up some things leftover from previous projects, and this card allowed me to use up two! I was inspired by the Little Red Wagon's Challenge #633 (dots and stripes) so I sharing this card there as well as over at Tuesday Morning Sketches' Annual Anything Goes Challenge . Supplies used:  Stamps: Hero Art's Succulent Bouquet stamp and die set Dies: Hero Art's Succulent Bouquet stamp and die set, Gina K's Master Layout 2 die set Paper: Patterned paper in my stash, watercolor paper, ink smooshed paper in my stash Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers in a variety of colors Altenew's Watercolor Brush Markers from the Tropical Fiesta Set, Autumn Festival Set and Spring Garden set Embossing Powder: Ranger's Copper embossing powder Tim Holtz's Sentiment Label Stickers The Crafter's Workshop's Terre Verte Stencil Butter Vicki Boutin's Kaleidoscope stencils Sequins: Catherine Pooler&

You Are Amazing Hello! Today's cards were inspired by a few challenges: Sunday Stamps' Sketch Challenge #272 , Color Dare #475 (I chose the 3 colors of red, green and pink) and Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies December Challenge .  In addition, these cards are part of the "homework" for Altenew's Easy Die Cutting Techniques, part of the process to meet the requirements of Level 1 of Altenew Educator Certification Program.          Supplies used: Stamps and Dies: Altenew's Floral Halos Stamp and Die bundle as well as Our Friendship Blooms Stamp ad Die bundle Ink: Twilight and Rainforest VersaFine Clair, Catherine Pooler Party Dress ink Watercolors: Altenew's Watercolor Brush Markers from the Spring Garden set (Autumn Blaze, Limeade, Rubellite), Tropical Fiesta set (Crimson, Lime), and Autumn Festival set (Cotton Candy) Paper: smooth white cardstock and watercolor paper in my stash, light green foil paper in my stash Washi tape: Altenew

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #452 Hello friends! I hope you are having a wonderful week. I made these cards on the last days of work for me in 2021 and this post was written on the morning on the last day of school (I teach at a local high school), so if I come across as punchy or silly, please excuse it. Sadly, we have two colleagues who have had to recently go on long term medical leave, and so we are all sending them cards before we go away for a break to let them know that we are thinking about them. So I decided to use this sketch to make them. I decided to go with bright, happy butterflies and hearts to hopefully bring a smile to their day. I hope you like them and consider playing along with us over at Atlantic Hearts this week. Supplies used: Stamps: Simon Says Stamp's Butterfly Kisses stamp and die bundle, Altenew's Watercolor Dots Stamp Set Dies: Gina K's Master Layout 7 die set, Simon Says Stamp's Butterfly Kisses stamp and die bundle Punch: Ek Tools’

National Hot Cocoa Day Card Hello friends! Today's cards were inspired by the National Hot Cocoa Day challenge over the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog. I had a lot of fun playing with this beautiful die set by The Ton stamps and finishing up Holiday cards and thinking about cards for Valentine's Day for my kids (they are both big Hot Chocolate fans, and would love these cards). To be honest, I made a few other cards like these earlier last week right before the announcement for this challenge was announced, so I hope that it okay to make similar cards for this challenge that were created after the challenge was announced (fingers crossed). Supplies used:  Stamps:Lawn Fawn's Thanks a Latte stamp set Dies: The Ton's Holiday Coffee Dies , Gina K's Master Layout 2 die set, Simon Says Stamp's Mini Snowflake Mandala die Paper: Simon Says Stamp White Glitter Cardstock, smooth white cardstock, previously alcohol inked Yupo paper, glitter cardstock in my stash, pat