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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Two birthday cards, using solid cardstock scraps

 Every now and then, I go to my solid cardstocks scraps, and try to use them and reduce the big pile.

For these two cards, I went for warm colors. 

The first:

I adhered the stripes on a black cs (also from the scraps bin), and for the interest I adhered them in different hights.

Then I adhered it to a white basis, add a sticker, and that's it. I didn't feel like adding any additional accents.

It goes for the AAA Birthday challenge blog, which asked for 'Geometric', and I used rectangles:

Since I was left with scraps from this card, I decided to make another one:

This time, I used kraft basis, turned the stripes to the side, again in different hights, and added some leaves in cooler colors, to make this card more colorful.

So this 2nd card is for the 'Colourful' challenge at AAA Colourful challenge:

And here both of the cards together:

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A Happy Birthday card - leftover of the scraps

When I finished my previous card (HERE), there was a leftover of the scraps panel I made, so I decided to use it for another birthday card.

I die cut the sentiment from the panel, and used two very thin stripes on the bottom of the card.

I adhered some pre-cut flowers and sprigs (also using scraps of solid cardstocks), added a few enamel dots, and my card is done!

Challenges:

SimonSays stamp Monday challenge - Party Time

SimonSays stamp Wednesday challenge - Party

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Sunny colors for a birthday card

Seize the Birthday has a lovely challenge - CASE the designer:

Well, I DOUBLED cased them!

I really loved Barbara's card, who, in her turn, cased Cathy's card, so here're both cards:

First, Cathy's card:

And Barbara's card:

As you can see, my take on those two cards is very loose, but that's okay when you Copy And Selectevly Edit a creation....

I was inspired by the vertical panel, and it has been a while since I made a card with this design.

Instead of a panel with alcohol inks or an embossed panel, my panel is with layering stencils.

I matted only the sides of the panel and adhered it to a kraft basis, as I thought kraft was so perfect with these sunny colors.

I added stripes of sentiemnt from my pre-made pile, and added some enamel dots.

It also goes for the 'Anything Goes' challenge at SimonSays Wednesday challenge.

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A birthday card in coral, dark green and silver

 

One of the fav

 at Color Throwdown

Hello crafty friends!

I have a new card to share with you, made with the inspiration of a few challenges.

At The Color Throwdown #721, the colors chosen by Amy Rysavy were way out of my comfort zone! I rearly use coral on my crads, but I wanted to give it a try:

I stamped and heat embossed the flowers' outlines with Lindy's Gang Silver Moon Sapphire ep. The inside of the flowers were stamped with Ranger's Tea Rose archival ink, and the flowers were die cut.

The leaves were stamped with Ranger's Library Green archival ink and die cut. I also stamped a few sprigs in green, directly on the white basis.

I also stamped the sentiment in green ink.

I cut 3 stripes of silver cardstock, and heat embossed them with the Lindy's ep. I wanted the stripes to ground my flowers, so I adhered the stripes diagonally, and aranged the flowers and the leaves toward the left bottom corner.

To finish up, I added a glitter green enamel dot to the center of the big flower, and a few silver glitter enamel dots around the sentiment.

The white panel was adhered to a silver cardstock basis.

Somehow, in the photo the green looks much more darker than in real, but I couldn't get a better take of the card to show it.

It also goes for the Embossing challenge at AAA Birthday cards challenge:

It also goes to the 'Anyting Goes' challenge at SimonSays Wednesday challenge.

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A floating heart with an inlaid flower - with love card

A winner at 

Global Project Design

Another card in my journey of reducing the scraps...

This time I made a floating element, a colorful heart shape, with an inlaid black flower.

It's a very lovely technique, and quite simple, but you do need to run the acetate sheet many times throw the die cutting machine.

I added some glittery orange enamel dots, and a die cut sentiment in black.

I followed the sketch from Global Project Design #370:

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A rainbow on the edge - CAS card using solid cardstock scraps

 

I'm still working on reducing the pile of scraps... After I made 2 blue-green cards (you can see them HERE), I opted for a more colorful design - the whole rainbow colors!

I adhered the colorful scraps on a scrap of a white cardstock, this time not lining them up, for more interest.

The colorful panel was adhered to the edge of the kraft basis with foam tape.

I die cut the sentiment 3 times for some dimensional, and adhered  to the kraft basis.

I die cut a branch with leaves (SSS Detailed Leaf Cluster die) from a textured white carstock, and adhered it to the kraft basis, partialy under the colorful stripes.

Challenges:

AAA Cards #228 - along the edge + rainbows:

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A Happy Birthday card in plaid

 

A winner at CAS on Friday challenge blog

Happy Saturday!

Here's a CAS birthday card I made, to match with this caddy I made before.

It goes for 3 challenges:

Just Add Ink #528 - choose two:

I chose ribbon and sequins.

CAS on Friday #191 - plaid

Festive Friday:

I chose sequins, ribbon, cream/ivory, and plaid

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A flowery Thank You card

Another CAS card, this time a flowery colorful one.

It was made all with 3 stamps and 4 colors, and ond leftover piece of yellow cs.

Challenges:

Global Design Project - sketch:

Color Throwdown: pink, blue, green and yellow

I went on the more vivid version of the colors, rather the pastel one.

Festive Friday:

I used CAS design, one layer card, floral theme.

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It's all perspective - CSI case file no. 318

Winner at Splashy Mix challenge
May 2020

First Fav at Challenge YOUrself

It's a new month and that means a new files (challenges) at CSI.

The first one is Case file no. 318:

I went the traditional way: All 5 colors of the scheme are here. These colors are so fantastic together!

For the eviedence I used: wood background, polaroid frame, cameras and a clock.

My journaling, written  directly on the background, is of some of my thoughts this pereiod - how it is all perspective that makes one capble of going through crisis and harsh period in life, and how time changes our perspective.

I followed Laura Whitaker's April sketch for My creative Scrapbooking. I just love Laura's sketches!

It also goes for the current challenge at Challenge YOUrself, which asked of a b/w photo:

And for the new mixed media challenge at Splashy mix challenge 17:

I was inspired by the orange and yeallow colors.

Here're some close-ups on the details:

Lots of Prima Marketing flowers!

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Use up those scraps! - two cards

We're nearly the end of April, and I'm almost done with my April Counterfeit kit. Although I used only one of the 12x12 pages, I used almost all the smaller papers and many of the embellishments (including my counterfeited ones!).

I run into two sketches which were just perfect to use more of my kit scraps, and made two cards.

The first card:

I used Freshly Made Sketches #432:

I rotated the sketch to the side, as I wanted to use this long 'thank you' die.

The circle is a handmade 'chipboard' that I was very happy to use here.

The second card:

I used Atlantic Hearts Sketches #365:

Again, the circle is a handmade 'chipboard'.

Loooking again at the card, I might just add some black faux stitching to the edges of the pp.

Both cards go also for the 'All occasion' challenge at Krafty Chicks.

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