Peachy Blossom

Hi there 🙂 I really challenged myself with this card, as I used my least favorite color….peach!! I found a pretty background paper on the flip side of a piece that I’d purchased a long time ago. The flower was cut using a Honey Bee Coneflower die, using some peach card stock, and colored a bit with my Copics. I also added a bit of Wink of Stella to some of the petals for a bit of shimmer. I placed the assembled flower on a white die cut to make it really pop. I cut the sentiment 4 times, and layered them up for some dimension. Some matting frames everything perfectly. Even though this is not a color I like, I’m really happy with the end result 🙂

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Allsorts Challenge – Week 733 ATG with option of Blooms, Bees and/or Butterflies

As You Like It – Favorite Non Birthday Occasion? A Hello, or blank card, as you can send it to someone whenever you’re thinking of them

Creative Inspirations – June – Something for the Girls

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – #2324 ATG

Colorful Options – June – Peach

YeeHaw

Hi there 🙂 It’s time for another challenge at Creative Fingers. Our challenges are always ATG – we love to see whatever your creative minds come up with!! Our sponsor this time is the amazing Angelique, who is offering this gorgeous floral deco stencil set, which has 5 amazing stencils in the pack!

I’ve been on a run of making birthday cards for men lately. I have way more men to give cards to than women, and I find them to be quite the challenge. I had to giggle at this image from Mo’s Digital Pencil. The look on this guy’s face conveys the feeling of getting even older perfectly – but family is always excited when you make another year!! I colored YeeHaw with my Copics, then masked the image so I could stencil an ugly wallpaper print behind him – I picture him at Aunt Ethel’s place for the forced celebration, and, of course, Aunt Ethel would have wallpaper like this!! Ethel’s little granddaughter added insult to injury by plunking a pretty purple sparkly birthday hat on his head!!

I found some background paper that coordinated nicely with the colors in the image, and added a few semi circle die cuts to the layout. A sprinkling of gold confetti and spirals is a final reminder of what an exciting occasion this is for!!

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Creative Moments – June #246 – Boys and Men

Crazy is Our Name, Stencils are Our Game – June ATG with a Stencil (optional layered stencil)

A Place to Start – June ATG

Crafter’s Cafe – #298 Humorous

Classic Design Challenge – #6 June ATG

Santa’s Clothes

Hi there 🙂 Time for another Christmas card. I’m so behind my Christmas makes for this year, that I just know that it’s going to be a rush to the finish once the holidays approach!! For this one, I used a fun image from The Paper Shelter. It’s perfect for my brother’s Christmas card, as he is the most amazing and special Santa I know <3 I colored up Getting Ready for Christmas with my Copics, after printing the image slightly smaller than I wanted the finished card to be. The matting added some extra “oomph” to the card, in place of embellishments. I die cut the sentiment with the same dotted paper used in the matting to tie everything together. That was all this fun CAS card needed 🙂

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge – Week 23 ATG

Most Magical Time of the Year – #9 Anything Halloween or Christmas

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – #207 ATG

The Paper Shelter – #557 For That Special Man

Lily Sympathy

Hi there 🙂 Sympathy cards are some of the hardest to make, I find, but it’s always good to have a few in your stash for sad occasions. I used a free coloring page from Ellie Marks for this one. I printed it card size, and colored it up with my Prismacolor pencils. I stamped and embossed a large sympathy sentiment in the blank space between the flowers, then double matted it with coordinating colors. The card really didn’t need anything else after that, so I called it done!!

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Coloring With Pencils – June ATG

As You Like It Challenge – Favorite: Pastels or Brights? Brights!! They bring cheer to even a very sad occasion.

Penny’s Papercrafty Challenge – #548 ATG

Classic Design Challenge – #6 June ATG

Mirtillamente Challenge – #21 June ATG

Hey Birthday Girl!

Hi there 🙂 I made this card for a special girl, whose favorite color is green, and who likes things that are a bit edgy. I used an image from Oddball Art. I can’t find a store that’s open anymore, but there is an Oddball Art Facebook page 🙂 This image is a bit different from most of Lizzy Love’s, but I thought it was perfect for the card! I colored it with my Copics, then tore and inked the edges.

I found some green printed pieces of card stock that fit with the feel of the card. After spattering the net printed piece with some black paint, I layered the pieces together in a random way, adding some screw head brads, and a zig zag brad for a bit of embellishment. The cute, yet edgy, image, a bit of grunge, and the green colors make this a perfect card for a special girl 🙂

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Creative Inspirations – June Something for Girls

Digi Choosday – Week 22 ATG

A Place to Start – June ATG

Rabisco Challenge – June ATG

Your Scrapbook Place – June ATG

Playful Pug

Hi there 🙂 I have this fun card, made from a sweet image from Wink Wink Ink. I printed this Playful Pug up card size, so he could steal the show! After coloring him up with my Copics, I fussy cut him out, and went to work arranging the rest of the card. I embossed some scraps of paper to use for the candles, then used more scraps to cut the flames out. While I was in my scrap drawer, I found some other pieces that were great for cutting the confetti and pom poms (?) out. A few strips of green scrap paper were cut into grass for the pup to play in. As a finishing touch, I added a bit of sparkle to the candle flames.

I’d like to enter this in the following:

The Paper Funday Challenge – #54 – Anything Goes with Optional Twist: No Squares Allowed

Crafter’s Cafe – Animals

Penny’s Papercrafty Challenge – #548 ATG

Classic Design Challenge – #6 June ATG

Crafts Galore Encore – #112 June ATG

Kick Up Your Heels

Hi there 🙂 I have an interactive birthday card to share today, featuring a fun image from QKR Stampede. they have a new online store, I can’t find this particular image in it, but it’s still being stocked. You can find this image HERE (thank you Nana Connie!!) I colored this cute donkey up with my Copics, then fussy cut him out. I knew that I had to make an interactive card, and went to work with the background. I colored in a grassy pasture under a blue sky, then added the sentiment. After assembling the card, I added some tiny flowers in the grass. Then, there was nothing else to do but play with the donkey!!

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Crafter’s Cafe – Animals

QKR Stampede – #466 ATG

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – #2322 ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – #207 ATG

Let’s Craft and Create – #196 AG + Hip to be Square

Dam!

Hi there 🙂 I have another birthday card for a work associate today. He happens to be a year and a half older than me, with the key word being older! You can bet your last dollar that I never let him forget it!! I used a free page from Coloring Book Cafe for this card. I colored this guy up with my Copics, then cut the image out with a circle die. I had some tiny letter stickers, so I personalized the mug, too.

I found a really cool forest print background paper, that I thought would be perfect for this card. I started layering the card, inking the large DAM die cut a bit for a bit more interest, and adding the second part of the sentiment on a stamped banner. The wood die cuts were the perfect addition!

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Crafter’s Cafe – Animals

Die Cut Divas – Use Critters

Digi Choosday Craft Challenge – Week 21 ATG

Dream Valley Challenge – #293 ATG

Passion for Markers – Week 693 For a Man or Boy

Way To Go!

Hi there 🙂 Everybody needs some encouragement every once in a while, and this thumbs up guy is the perfect image for that kind of card!! The image is from Kenny K…..I know I’m not the only one that’s sad that the store closed, but I’m so happy that I stocked up while I could!! I colored the image using my Copics, then fussy cut it out. I found some fun paper to use for the background, and cut a wavy part out to reveal some black that I’d doodled stars and dots on with my Posca pen. I positioned the image at the end of the cut out, then die cut the sentiment twice to give it a shadowed effect. Next time I have someone that needs a bit of a pat on the back, I have the perfect card to give!

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Passion for Markers – Week 692 Make It Square

Penny’s Papercrafty Challenge – #547 ATG

Polkadoodles Challenge – Week 22 ATG

As You Like It Challenges – Favorite – Pastels or Bright Colors? Bright! I love the way they pop, and they are so happy!! Also easier to color lol.

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – #2321 Bingo! I went down the middle, vertically

Ginger’s Candy Cane

Hi there 🙂 I recently won a prize from Whimsy Stamps, so had to make a card using part of my prize winnings. This twisty frame slimline die made me think of candy canes, so I knew that the first card I made with it had to be a Christmas one!! I went through my Whimsy images and found this adorable Gingerbread Man that was the perfect thing to use when thinking candy canes! I colored it up with my Copics, then fussy cut it out.

After cutting all the necessary background elements out, I embossed the centre part with a fun circle patterned folder. After layering everything up, I popped on the ginger with some foam dots, and added a die cut sentiment.

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Allsorts Challenge – Week 731 ATG with option of Use Your Dies

The Paper Funday Challenge – #53 May ATG with optional twist of Emboss It!

Most Magical Time of the Year – #9 Most Magical Anything Christmas or Halloween goes

Dream Valley Challenges – #295 ATG

Crafty Catz – #640 ATG