Today I am sharing a detailed embossed Sunflowers card for #TGIFC534. The challenge this week for TGIF Challenges is to use a white gel pen. Gel pens are great for adding details to flowers, they break up the solid color and give a softness to the image. The sunflowers on this card were made with the Sunflower 3D embossing folder. It is an online exclusive that was released earlier this month. As of this post, …
Happy Friday! Today, I have an under the sea inspiration card made with the Pretty Florals stamp bundle. In case you are wondering where under the sea came from, it is this weeks challenge for #TGIFC530. I chose to be inspired from the beautiful colors that are captured in this photo. The blues and purples really drew me in. Instead of creating an underwater scene, I created flowers in those bright hues. Here are the …
Happy Friday! Today, I am bringing you an unexpected color combination with the Impressions Abloom stamp bundle. This unexpected color combination came about for the #TGIFC528 challenge that we have this week. The colors are Lemon Lime Twist, Melon Mambo, and Basic Black. Lemon Lime Twist has got to be one of my least favorite colors to work with, but I forced myself out of my comfort zone to create with it. Don’t get me …
Happy Friday! I have a Sweet Jar treat card for you today. It is a sketch challenge for #TGIFC524. It’s another sketch challenge, and you know how I love them! This one makes designing your card so easy. For today’s card, I used the new bundle called Sweet Jar. It is an online exclusive and the stamp set has a matching punch. I created the background with Pool Party and Smoky Slate cardstock topped with …
It’s Friday and that means it’s time for a Sketch Card Challenge for #TGIFC520. I love when I am given a sketch challenge to do, because the layout is already done for me. My only job is to replace those rectangles with an image and some pretty paper. To do that, I chose to use some new products from the upcoming online exclusives. In fact, there are three that I am going to share with …
Happy Friday! todays card is a Beautiful Butterflies Inspiration challenge card for #TGIFC518. Admitingly, this butterfly card is no where near as colorful as the inspiration photo, but it does share some of the some of the same colors as the flowers. This was actually a card I designed for my niece’s birthday, and became the design for all the swap cards that I shared at OnStage. So, not only did I make this card, …
Today I have a Cheerful Daisies inspiration challenge card for #TGIFC514. I love a good inspiration challenge and this one comes from one of my favorite designer series papers. It’s from page 34 of the Jan-Apr 2025 mini catalog and is pat of the Floral Delight suite. The yellow florals really inspired me from this photo, so I tried to stick with that theme without using too much from the suite. I used the gorgeous …
Happy Friday!! I have a Heart Shaped Hello card for you today. It is for our #TGIFC510 Sale-A-Bration (SAB) challenge. Sale-A-Bration challenges are always fun because there are so many great products to choose from. For this particular challenge, I used three of the items from the brochure. The sentiment and die cuts are from the Heart Shaped bundle on page 12 and can be earned with a $120 purchase. The other two items can …