Butterfly on an originally designed background

This card is meeting the criteria of two challenges this week and they are:

http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2025/06/june-challenge-use-one-or-more.html

and because I made my own background paper for this card it also qualified for the Craft Rocket challenge here: 

https://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/06/challenge-126-no-designpaper.html

Here are the details of this card: The background was made with A Colorful Life stencils and distress oxide inks. Then I stamped a Gina K flower from a set that came from Unity in versafine black over that, also a text stamp was used fom Bo Bunny, and the main focus is the layer butterfly stamp that is from Hero Art, as is the sentiment. I used Distress Ink on the layering of  the butterfly. I mounted all of this onto a light blue card base. 

 

Try it on Tuesday - Santa Claus is coming to Town

 

This is one of my favorite of my Santa stamps that came from Rubber Stampede that I have had for years. Today I used it on a stenciled background blended with distress oxide fired brick ink. I mounted the Santa on two different design papers for a mat. I punched bows with a Martha Stewart punch out of the red design paper print. The gold foil paper I cut using a die cut for the sentiment. (Not sure of the source of tat die.) I used alcohol marker to color Santa. The card base is red cardstock. 

I am entering this card in this week's Try it on Tuesday challenge and you can find the details and link here: https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2024/12/santa-claus-is-coming-to-town.html

Christmas in July challenges

It is so fun getting some Christmas cards made in July and ahead of the game. I am using this card for the Krafty Chicks Christmas challenge #724 this week and the details can be found here:

https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/07/krafty-chicks-challenge-724-christmas.html

 and

I am also using this the the Cut it Up challenge which is hosting a Christmas

in July theme since I used dies for the trees and the gnome. The details for this challenge can be found here:

https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/07/cut-it-up-challenge-308-christmas-in.html

I used the cloud stencil from A Colorful Life for the background sky by blending distress oxide inks. The gnome is a stamp and die set that came from Rubbernecker. The tree dies are from Momenta. 

 

Jingle Belle Blog banner challenge

The challenge for the Jingle Belles this week was to use their blog banner as a source of inspiration. So I was inspired by the pink, the trees, and the sparkle on the trees. I stenciled a triangular pattern onto some printed design paper. I added this white silhouette of a tree and some forest animals as the main focus, and added pearls as snowflakes. I added some sparkly Nuvo to the tree to add a little glisten. I decided I would use pink ink on the sentiment as well. You can find the Jingle Belle challenge linky here:

https://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-blog-header-christmas.html

I am seriously card making now for the rest of my Christmas cards. I try to do these challenges and others during to year to keep me with a pretty good stash to begin with but now it will be strictly Christmas cards that I will be creating. 

 

Use Your Stuff 489

This is one of my newest stamps set designed by Gina K. The sentiment is from Pink Fresh. I colored the three blossoms with copic markers and then used colored pencils for highlights on the image. The background was done with a background stamp from Impression Obsessions and a stencil from Gina K. I used green distressed oxide inks for this. I used versafine clair black for the sentiment.

I made this card for the Use Your Stuff Challenge - 3 items in one cluster. You can find the details for this challenge here:

http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/2023/07/489-three-item-cluster.html

 

Jingle Bell Challenge No Stamping

I used dies from Impression Obsessions for this card, and stenciled a background with a Rubbernecker stencil. The ink used for the stenciling is distress oxide ink on a piece of design paper. A few gemstones were added for the decorations on the tree. 

You can find the details of this challenge here:

http://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/2023/05/no-stamping-christmas.html

 

BYSHC Linky Party

https://byshcardmakers.blogspot.com/2023/04/spring-into-christmas-2023-byshc-linky.html

 I have been needing to get started on Christmas cards and this Linky Party is a real motivation for me. Thanks, Ladies. I stenciled my card with a Gina K stencil using distress oxide inks and this digital is from Angie Blom Digitals that I had ordered last Christmas season. I used distress oxide ink blended for the sky. This is CAS design and an easy to mail card for next Christmas. Thanks again BYSHC for this fun event. It is helping get my mojo going so that I can get a number of these seasonal cards made months ahead. 

CAS on Friday

This is my CAS on Friday card for the insect challenge. I used a dragonfly stencil from "A Colorful Life." The arches are from a part of another stencil from "A colorful life." The stamps are from Stampendous. The stenciling was done with distress oxide ink, The stamping was done with black Versafine Clair. This is a one layer card, and quick and easy card to make. That makes it a CAS in my book. 

 You can find the details of the challenge here: 

http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.com/2023/01/challenge-248-insects.html

Color Throwdown Challenge #721

                                         

This is for the Color Throwdown  challenge this week. The image is a Power Poppy digital and I used copic markers to color the image. The background is done with Pine distress oxide ink. I stamped a few partial pine needles onto the smashed background. I did a little gold gilding to it as well.  You can find the details for the challenge here:

   https://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2022/11/color-throwdown-721.html

Cardz 4 Galz - watercolor background

I made this card using a watercolor background water coloring with distress oxide inks. The image is a digital from Power Poppy. I colored the image with copic markers.  I used a sparkle pen for the halo and the berries. 

You can find the details of the challenge here:

http://cardz4galz.blogspot.com/2022/11/185-watercolour-background-image-or-both.html
 

Crafty Hazelnut Christmas challenge - H is for Holy Family

I made this card for the  Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge to use some thing that starts with H so I used the Holy family and their Halos. I used a piece of white paper that was embossed with a 3D embossing folder from Sizzix. Then I stenciled over it with my brand new star stencil from A Colorful Life, using blue distress oxide ink. I really love the way it turned out.  I used silver chrome paper and black cardstock for the die.  

 Details for this challenge can be found here:

http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/chnc-challenge-619.html

CCEE2233 - Pluto Demoted Day

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's Frances here again with our last challenge for the month, thank you to all of you who played along this week.

According to the Days of the Year web site, yesterday 24th August was Pluto Demoted Day, this day marks the occasion in 2006 when Pluto was demoted from being a planet to a dwarf planet. For our challenge today, create a card that has a space theme.

Now let's take a peek at our Design Team's creations. HERE

I used the distress oxide ink smash technique for my background. I added sequin stars, and some Sizzix dies. The sentiment is from Tim Holtz idea-o-logy that I altered the ending of. 

The sentiment says:  "Not only does my mind wander...sometimes it"

and here is the altered part, I wrote as the conclusion of this statement:

"drifts into outer space."

 

CAS on Friday - Silhouettes

 I love cards with silhouettes and have a great number of silhouette stamps and dies. This one is using a die from Impression Obsessions. I blended the blue on with a blending brush with broken china distress oxide ink, and using the same ink I stamped the dots for snow. The sentiment is stamped in versafine clair black using a stamp from Unity. 

Details for this challenge can be found here:

http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.com/2022/07/challenge-235-silhouette.html

Less is More 468

 

http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2022/07/challenge-468-emboss.html

I used a border Darice embossing folder for this card, I blended some distress oxide ink around the edges. The die set I used is from Sizzix. 

Double D Challenge - use white and one color

I love collecting stamps, stencils, and dies from all sorts of sources as there are so many great companies out there offering such a beautiful variety of things. I love mixing them together to see what I can create. That is exactly what I did here. I used Broken China distress oxide ink for my color. choice. I used a Gina K stencil using the Broken China ink/ I used a Sweet and Sassy background texture with versamark ink and white embossing powder to bring out the white off my card. I cut a Sizzix flower die from white cardstock. I added the turquoise flower sequins with pearl centers as an embellishment. The sentiment iss from a Tim Holtz Idea-o-logy pad. 

Details here: https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2022/06/white-with-one-other-color-only.html

 

CCEE2220 - Healthy Vision Month

 

 Hi friends!

Kelly here with your last challenge for May!

I hope you have enjoyed the fun challenges!

May is Healthy Vision Month so show us your cards with glasses,

eye charts, any kind of eyeball as the  focal point!

Please use the keyword CCEE2220 if you use an online gallery!

Make sure you make it over to the CCEEwebsite to check on the cards made by the design team. 

http://www.cceestampers.blogspot.com

My card was made with a Colorful Life designs stencil and distress oxide inks. Then I stamped over that with an Impression Obsession background stamp. The main image is from Unity as are the sentiments.  I added the stick on glasses. 

 

BYSHC Linky Party

 

How excited I was to run across this fabulous Linky Party that you can find here:

https://byshcardmakers.blogspot.com/2022/04/spring-into-christmas-2022-byshc-linky.html

I stamped with distress oxide ink this green pine needle stamp from Unity Stamps. I used Versafine clair black in to stamp the ornament also from Unity stamps. Both of these were stamp on a piece of Graphics 45 design paper. The other papers in the background are from Graphics 45 as well. I colored the flowers and leaves on the ornament with colored pencils. I mounted this on black cardstock and then used a black cardstock cardbase. I used gold chrome cardstock to die cut the sentiment from a Sizzix Christmas die cut set. 

Can you handle pressure? with a twist of Easter

This is one of my favorite techniques to use with my embossing folders. I ink the indented inside part of the folder so that the background turns out the color of the ink. In this case I use Robin Egg distress oxide ink. I die cut a cross and flowers out of white. Added tiny rhinestones for the centers of the flowers. I tied a matching ribbon up the side.  

You can find the details for this challenge here:

https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2022/04/anything-goes-embossing-with-twist-of.html

CCE2213 "No Housework Day"

 April 7, 2022 CCEE2213 –

Hi, Liz Williams here for the April challenges for CCEE.

 Let’s celebrate “NO HOUSEWORK DAY” by spending the day in our stamp rooms celebrating by doing a “Free for All” card theme of your choice. Have fun!! 

Check out all these great ideas our design team has created for this challenge over on the blog site:

http://www.cceestampers.blogspot.com

I promise I did not make this up, but it sounds like a day I really can celebrate. Any excuse to be in the stamproom is a great day for me!! Today I made this card and getting to play with some new stamps that just arrived in the mail yesterday from Sweet and Sassy! So here is the card I made with two of my new stamp sets and an old Sunflower stamp that is ancient. I watercolored some of the background stamping with the same blue distressed oxide ink with which I had stamped the image. That takes a little more time but water coloring is very relaxing for me. 

Tic Tac Toe #155

I made this card using the Tic Tac Toe challenge #155 this week. I used flowers, embossing, and sympathy card. The 3 D embossing folder is from Sizzix, the tulip stamp is from Unity, and the sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly. The images were stamped in Versafine Clair Black ink, and the tulips were colored with Copic markers. I used the new saltwater taffy distress oxide ink for the stenciling. 

https://tictactoechallenge.com/tttc155-featured-designer-claire/