Got my work done early yesterday so spent the rest of the day in the craft room! There were quite a few challenges I had ideas for so here’s what I came up with.
First is my card for Just Us Girls #559, which was the inspiration photo shown below. I knew I had the perfect embossing folder, and a new set I hadn’t even used yet from Honey Bee Stamps. I also want to submit this card to Krafty Chicks #530 – theme is “occasions” this week, and also to Sieze the Birthday #202 – anything goes, but also using the optional challenge of “texture.”
Next up is my card for the Paper Players #514, which this week is a sketch challenge (pictured below). I live in Arizona and these stamps are sold at an independent stamp store and made by a local artist. I stamped the images with black, then masked them to blend the colored background. The border was hand drawn (except for the “Hello”). I confess I copied it from a stamp in the set, but it didn’t fit my base so I had to improvise. I am pretty good at drawing crooked lines in general so I thought I could handle this!
My next card is for the challenge at Color Hues #4. The color combination this time is orange and blue. I decided to use an alcohol ink background I had made a while ago to create a fishbowl scene. I’ve also never used the sentiment before so thought this would be a good choice.
My final card is for the challenge at CAS(e) this Sketch #395. I used another alcohol ink background I had made a while ago. The grapes are a stamp from Technique Tuesday which I colored with Copic markers and cut out. I embossed a small piece to go behind them and highlighted it with a little gold ink, which unfortunately you can only see in real life!
Four great cards! I love your alcohol backgrounds. The seaweed and tiny shells add great detail to your fish bowl with those vibrant orange fish! The sentiment is perfect. Thanks for joining us at Color Hues.
Four fab cards, your bowl of goldfish is perfect for our latest challenge at Color Hues. The alcohol panel was a great choice for those cute fish to swim in, TFS. 🙂
WOW! If I didn’t hit the jackpot with this post. First, your card for JUGS is perfect! That embossing folder and beautiful vase of flowers is gorgeous!!! I can see your inspiration no doubt! It works perfectly for our Texture topping at Seize the Birthday! Next, your Arizona card is sooooo creative! I think you may have just won at TPP. As for your fish card for Color Hues…I love that sentiment and your background! Well done with our colors! Finally, your grape card is beautiful and reminded me of the trip to Georgia and all the wineries we visited, we just got back this past Sunday. Thanks for playing along with my teams at Just Us Girls, Seize the Birthday, and Color Hues!
Wow, you were very productive! I love that embossing folder, and it’s a beautiful birthday card. Love the graphic design and bright colours of the second. Great fishy scene with the alcohol ink background! And the fourth card is very classy. Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday and Color Hues!
Gorgeous clock EF – very jelly of that – have been trying fto find clock dies, EF and stamps – they are always out of stock – oh well I will keep searching! Your other cards are fabulous too – see you again at Seize the Birthday – Cheers Maurs xxx
Melanie, your hand drawn sentiment is perfect with the whimsical feel of those fabulous stamps. Such a great take on the sketch. So glad you joined us at the Paper Players this week
Jaydee
Oh, I love AZ! I used to live there. This card is amazing! Such a great take on the sketch! So happy you joined us at The Paper Players this week!
Fabulous cards Melanie! I love the JUGS card (congratulations on being a winner there this week!) and your Arizona-themed card for our challenge is great! I love that your stamps were created by a local artist and your background reminds me of a desert sunset and totally brings the whole card together. Thanks for sharing with us over at The Paper Players this week!
I have to say that all these cards are great and the one you just won with at JUGS is special and I can see why it was chosen. Congratulations on them all and especially on your win.
Thank you Johanna!
Your day in the craft room was quite productive, Melanie. I love all your cards. The one for Just Us Girls is spot on with the embossed clocks and beautiful bouquet. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.
Hi Melanie!
I love the way you used orange and blue in your beautiful card!
Such a fun sentiment!
Thanks for playing at the Color Hues challenge!