I Am So Thankful!

The weather forecast is just now changing here as I post this from 79 degrees today into cool fall weather tomorrow with a high of about 60.  Not really thrilled with this forecast but I have to accept that it's turning fall here.  Don't get me wrong...I love the fall turning of the leaves, but we don't usually get to really experience fall...we go from straight 80 degrees summer weather into 30 degrees winter weather!  That being said I made a clean & simple card by ink blending fall colors from Ranger Distress Oxide ink on a white card base, then die cutting a leaf die onto another white card base where the colors would show through.  I stamped the "I am so Thankful" from a Fiskars Occasions stamp set & mounted the whole  panel on some matching card stock from my stash! 

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Winnie & Walter WCMD 2018 Clean & Simple Challenge GP

Hello Friend!

This very simple card was made using a Hero Arts Butterfly & Flower Stamp & Cut set.  I used the flower, leaves & Hello Friend sentiment to stamp on a white card base, colored the flower & leaves & stem with Promarkers.  I glued that panel onto pink colored card stock that matched the flower, then glued the whole creation onto a black card stock base.  I am entering this card into the Winnie & Walter WCMD Clean & Simple Challenge.

Challenges Entered:

Winnie & Walter WCMD 2018 Clean & Simple Challenge GP

Congrats!!

This is my final card for the Walter & Winnie WCMD Black & White Background challenge.  I really don't hardly ever make black & white cards so this was truly something different for me and that's really the whole idea behind the challenge!  So I stamped various images from the Inkadinkado Decorative Doilies stamp set with Hero Arts white pigment ink on black card stock.  The images were looking kind of chalky & dull so I heat embossed white powder over them and glued the panel to a white card base.  I also heat embossed the Congrats sentiment from a Ranger Letter it stamp set on a black card stock strip & glued it onto a white card strip, then adhered it over the entire card front. I think it was pretty cool looking, but the photo I took of it looks kind of washed out....it was overcast & I couldn't get a good picture!

Challenges Entered:

Winnie & Walter WCMD 2018 Black & White Background Challenge GP

I Wuf You!

This is my second card I made for the Winnie & Walter WCMD Black & White Background challenge.  These cute dog images are from a recently purchased stamp & cut set that I think I purchased at Michael's.  Not even sure of the brand...looks like ARTC  & I just thought the images were cute, especially the wiener dog!  Anyway..I stamped them randomly over white card stock & then added the dog paws that were actually from a different stamp set.  The two sentiments were from yet a 3rd & 4th stamp set!  Just goes to show you can combine a lot of different company's stamps to come up with a card. I added the sentiments with some foam tape & mounted the whole panel on a red card base. 

Challenges Entered:

Winnie & Walter WCMD 2018 Black & White Background GP

You are Bee-utiful!

Yesterday was World Cardmaking Day and I created this card for the Winnie & Walter White & Black Background challenge.  I used a stencil I had purchased from a Gina Marie Designs booth at Stampaway in August, taping it down on white card stock & using a sponge dauber to apply Tim Holtz Black Soot distress ink to the stripes while masking off the white space.  It was definitely challenging to keep that black ink from sneaking onto the white card stock!  The flower was made with some die cuts I believe are from My Favorite Things.  I stamped the bee with black ink on the same yellow card stock, cut it out by hand, and attached both to the card with foam tape, then added it to a yellow card base.  Both the bee and sentiment stamp are from Our Daily Bread Be Happy set. I LOVE how the background turned out!  Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek! 

Challenges Entered:

WCMD 2018 Black & White Background GP