Hello Sweet Friend

 

Today I have another card for you. My card uses the Altenew Build a Flower Bearded Iris stamp and die set. This is the first time I've used one of their Build A Flower stamp and die sets. It is not perfect as you can tell by the cut off stem but I think it turned out good.

For my card I started with the stamping. When I bought this set I bought the Altenew recommended mini ink pads so that is what I used to stamp my image.  I started with some Versafine Clare  Nocturine Ink to stamp the outline of my iris. I then used the layering stamp set to stamp my image. Lining it up was a bit of a challenge because some of the highlighted for the layering was small and clear on the stamp set. Once I had my image stamped I used the coordinating die set to cut my Iris out.

Next I decided to mount my Iris onto some yellow Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes paper. I cut the pattern paper with a Spellbinder Oval dies. I then decided I wanted to mat that layer with some black cardstock. The next bigger size in the Spellbinders Oval die set wast bigger than I wanted. I then went searching through my stash to find something that would work. I found an oval die in a Memory Box Stitched Oval die that would work and cut that from the black cardstock and cut that out.

I then decided to run the yellow pattern paper with my die cutting machine with the Memory Box pinpoint leaf plate metal die. I love the look it gives to the pattern paper.

Now to assemble the card. I started with some heavy weight cardstock cut scored and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I adhered the yellow patterned paper to the black oval layer with some liquid adhesive. Next I adhered the Iris to the yellow pattern paper with liquid adhesive. I then adhered the  oval layers to my card base with some foam tape.

I then decided to white heat emboss my sentiment on some black cardstock. The sentiment is from the same stamp set as the Bearded Iris. I used a small oval die from the Hero Arts Infinity Oval Dies to cut my sentiment. It was adhered to the oval layer with some liquid adhesive. I added some Honeybee Stamps little purple hearts from the Ultra Violet Sequins Mix under the sentiment.

I love how this card turned out. My mom and I both love iris so I'm glad to have this stamp set. But I do have some practicing to do.

Thanks so much for visiting today. I hope you come back soon.

Let's Craft and Create Challenge # 173 AG Option Punch It!

 

It's that time again for a new challenge over at Let's Craft and Create. The new challenge is Anything Goes PUNCH IT! - (Use a hand punch and/or die).  I don't own a lot of punches so this one was a bit of a challenge for me. So I took to Pinterest for some inspiration. This is what I came up with.

I started with some heavyweight white card stock that I cut, scored and folded to make a 41/4" X 5 1/2" card base.  I cut a mat using some yellow gold colored pattern paper from the Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes 6" X 6" paper pad. I cut it to 4 1/8" X 5 3/8".

I then cut down a piece of weight card stock to 4" X 5 1/4". I also cut my patterned paper down to 4" X 5 1/4". The pattern paper is from the Bo Bunny You're Invited 6" X 6" paper pad. Next I took a wild leap of faith and put my white card stock in my paper trimmer at a bit of a diagonal and eye balling it cut my card stock. It was the perfect size. I then used my white card stock as a bit of a template to cut my pattern paper at just the right angle. It worked!

Next came the important decision of which of my punches I wanted to use. I decided on this scalloped punch from EK Success.  After punching it I laid everything out on my card. I decided I did not like the look with the pattern paper showing through the openings. I had a scrap of the watercolor wishes left so I adhered that behind the scallops then cut off the excess. I liked that much better.

Finally it was time to start adhering everything. I used some liquid adhesive to adhere my pattern paper to the yellow paper. Next I used some foam tape to adhere my white card stock to the yellow paper. Now time for a sentiment. I decided on this Thanks die from Simon Says Stamp. I cut the shadow out of black and the top layer out of white card stock. I adhered them together with some liquid glue. I then adhered it to my card front also with some liquid glue.

My sub sentiment came from the Reverse Confetti So Many Sentiments stamp set. I used Versamark Ink to stamp it on some black card stock. I added some Simon Says Stamp Detail White Embossing powder to it and heat set that. I then used a MFT Oval Word Die to cut out my sentiment.

 

I added some yellow sequins to the scallops using sequins from a Simon Says Stamp Pineapple Sequins mix. I then adhered my card front to my card base using liquid adhesive.

 

Now it is your turn. Head over to  Let's Craft and Create and enter your creation into the challenge for a chance to win a prize.

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Masculine Birthday Card

 

Here is the birthday card I made for my husband's birthday next week. This image was created using the draw and cut feature in Cricut Design Space. I found the image in Cricut Access. It was a Draw and Cut image already but I wanted to make some changes. I duplicated the image 3 times and using the contour feature hid the contours I didn't want so I could make the lighthouse red, the windows a dark blue, and the clouds a very light blue. I had a lot of fun playing with this one.

I found the sand layers in Access also and just resized them to fit what I needed. I cut everything out of white card stock. After my Cricut Maker drew and cut everything it was time to get working on putting my card together.

For my card base I started with some heavy weight card stock that was cut, scored and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card. Next I took the two layers for the sand and ink blended them with some Antique Linen and Vintage Photo distress ink. I then added some splatter to them using the same inks and a small round paint brush.

I found the blue pattern paper in my stash so not sure where it came from. I think it is from the Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes 6 X 6 paper pad. I couldn't find anymore of it. The corners were already cut at an angle. It was perfect for the sky in my scene.

I adhered the two sand layers to the bottom of the blue pattern paper using some liquid adhesive. I stamped my sentiment using some Simon Says Stamp Soft Navy ink. Next I added my lighthouse. The bottom of the lighthouse was adhered directly to the sand layers using liquid adhesive. Since the lower part of the lighthouse was on the two layers of sand I adhered the upper part of the lighthouse with a layer of foam tape so that it would be level with the bottom part. 

I was left with some blank spots at the top that needed something. So I went through my stamps and found the birds in a Hero Arts card kit that I bought a couple of years ago. I stamped them on each side of the lighthouse using the same Soft Navy ink I used for the sentiment. I then used some foam tape on the back of my scene to pop it up and adhere it to my card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Feel free to leave me a comment and let me know what you think.