Three vases for a 'Mazal Tov' card

 

Happy Saturday dear crafty friends!

Today's card is in rather cool colors, inspired by the challenge at Color Throwdown, which asked for light blue, gray and brown:

I partially embossed a white panel, and grounded the vases on a brown cs stripe, which was also embossed in a woodgrain look, so the vases are standing on a wooden shelf.

From a light gray cs I die cut 3 vases, in different shapes (Sizzix Bigs Crockery), and partially distressed them with Distress Oxide 'tumbled glass'.

The vases were adhered on the woodgrain shelf with foam dots, and I added some pre-cut leaves in two brown hues and light blue.

The sentimen, 'Mazal Tov', is from some old letter stickers, in dark brown.

For the layout, I followed a sketch given in a local FB group:

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A birthday card with a green butterfly

For today, I have a rather dramatic birthday card to share.

Th florish stamp is an oldie one from Blue Fern Studios. I think I have it for more than 10 years, and I haven't used it for ages. I stamped it in VersaFine onyx black ink.

The flower is MFT Brilliant Butterflies stamps and dies set. I stamped it in distress oxide inks - rustic wilderness and twisted citron, and again onyx black ink. 

I also stamped some dots in twisted citron ink, and added two glittery enamel dots in dark green.

I double matted the stamped panel with black cardstock and with a white cardstock, which I inked with the distress oxide rustic wildeerness (and so I did for the horizontal stripe at the bottom.

The sentiment was stamped on a citron cardstock with Pinkfresh evergreen ink.

Challenges:

Color Throwdown - white, black, dark green, yellow green:

Freshly Made Sketches - a sketch:

Seize The Birthday - anything goes, without the topping:

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Thanks for being you - a thanks card

 

One of the Top 3

at Inspiration Station

Another Thanks card, with fall collrs.

I used distress oxide inks (festive berries, mustard seed and brushed corduroy) for the slplashes and the hollow leaves. 

The splashes are SU and the sentiments are Duddlebug. The leaves dies are unbranded. 

For the final touch, I added some glittery dots in coordinate colors.

The white panel was mounted with thin foam tapes on the kraft basis.

Challenges:

Color Throwdown #768: yellow gold, brown, red kraft:

Four Seasons - Fall:

Just Us Girls - Thanks:

Inspiration Station - photo inspiration:

I was drawn to the rich fall colors and the foliage.

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A Thank You card with seamless starburst circles

 

Since the terrible massacre that took place in south Israel on Oct. 7th, I had a creavite block. I just couldn't. Now, as the war is still going on, and the kidnapped children, women, men and elderly are still held by Hamas/ISIS, I'm trying slowly to find some comfort in crafting.

The current challenge at The Color Throwdown was a great way to help me getting over this creative block. So I'm very thankful for CTD's ladies for the inspiration.

The bright and cheerful colors inspired me to make a happy and cheerful 'Thank You' card. I was also inspired by the shape of the pillows in the inspiration photo.

I used Pinkfresh Studio Seamless Starburst Circles stamps and stencil set, with some distress oxide inks (kitsch flamingo, mustard seed, bundled sage and rusty hinge).

I also stamped and stenciled another circle, die cut the circle and backed it with more layers of circles, and then adhered it on top, for some dimension. On top of this circle I adhered a glittery enamel dot in rust hues.

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Wishing you well card

 We are at war since this morning.

One of the Weekly Fav

at Color Throwdown

I'm really not in a mood for crafting. This card was already made last night, and I'm posting it only now.

It was inspired by the colors in The Color Throwdown:

And by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches:

Addicted to stamps and more - die cut and/or stencil:

The Male Room - get well soon:

Please pray for us.

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A birthday card with a flower

Today's card was made with the inspiration of two challenges:

Color Throwdown - orange, navy, mustard and aqua:

Frehsly Made Sketches - sketch:

Inkspirational - clean & simple:

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A butterfly on a branch - birthday wishes

One of the weekly fav

at Color Throwdown

Happy Saturday and Shanna Tova everybody!

We had a lovely family gathering yesterday evening, and I spent the morning making a new card, a birthday wishes card. I used scraps of cs, both for the die cuts and for the stamping, reducing the scraps pile!

I die cut the background blue branch, using SSS Clustered Leaves die, and then I die cut from a navy blue cs with SSS Detailed Clustered die, and layered it on the blue branch. I adhered the double branch to the white basis.

I stamped and die cut the butterfly, using MFT More Brilliant Butterflies stamps and dies set (on of my FAV!), with distress oxide inks (mutard seeds, squeezed lemonade and chipped sapphire).

I die cut a small flower and small circles from a yellow cs, adhered it to the branch and above all - adhered the butterfly with foam tape.

The sentiment (SU) was stamped over a yellow cs and adhered to the basis with foam tape.

Challenges:

Color Throwdown #760 - blue, navy and yellow:

Global Design Project #411 - outdoors:

Just Add Ink #670 - just add wildlife:

AAA Birthday #53 - animals:

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Autumn colors card

 

One of the Top Picks

at Inkspirational

As soon as I saw the current challenge at Color Throwdown, I knew I just can't resist those colors! So so beautiful.

I used several distress inks and distress oxide inks - aged mahogany, spiced marmalade, dried marigold and festive berries, with leaves stencil (Creative Impression).

I cut the leaf steam (SSS) from a golden cardstock, and put some of the cut leaves back inside, adhering it to the colored panel.

I die cut a small tag for the sticker sentiment, and added a red twine, and adhered it to the panel.

I then matted the panel with an orange cardstock and adhered it to the maroon basis.

Challenges:

Color Throwdown #579:

Freshly Made Scktches #602:

AAA Cards #248 - add a tag:

Inkspirational #298 - moodboard:

I loved the colors and the autumn leaves on the street.

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Butterfly in cool colors for a birthday card

 

One of the weekly fav

at Color Throwdown

Today's card was inspired by the colors given at The Color Throwdown - grey, aqua and green:

These cool colors are so refreshing, especially as it's pretty hot here these days...

It also goes for the current challenge at Addicted to Stamps and more, which is 'Birthdays':

And the 'Anything Birthday Goes' at AAA Birthday challenge:

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Sending orange, green and brown birthday wishes

 

Happy Saturday dear crafty friends, 

Afte a break, I return with a birthday wishes card.

I used CAS Colours & Sketches sketch:

Along with Color Throwdown challenge colors, which are orange, green and brown:

SimonSays Stamp Wednesday challenge is all about 'Clean and Simple', and so is my card.

Last, but not least, AAA Birthday cards challenge, which is Anything Birthday:

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