Cards In Envy - Yellow & Black Card Challenge

Cards In Envy - Yellow & Black Card Challenge

I love yellow and black together!

While I was perusing one of email lists I get everyday of card challenges, my eye caught this one and I knew I wanted to participate. The project has to be flat meaning no lumps or bumps that are thicker than 1/4". The sequins are no problem as far as adding dimension. 

I'm just going to enter the card above in this challenge even though I made two. This is my first time creating a card for this challenge. 

What I find interesting and something that I like is that they have a list of upcoming challenge themes on their blog. Right now they are out to January 21, 2019! I love that I can find the themes I like and create a card further in advance. I wish more card challenge blogs would do this. I'd probably be able to participate in more. When you work full-time, some days are more exhausting than others. It's hard to make the deadlines of some of the challenges you want to play along with. Some evenings I just can't get any crafty time in. I don't always have the whole weekend to craft. Enough of that, on to my cards!

Products for both cards are identical except for the sentiment and the stencil I used. The first card uses a stencil from Hero Arts. I'm not sure what the name of it is. The second card uses a stencil from Heidi Swapp. Again I'm not sure what the name is. The image on both is from Rubbernecker Stamps called Floral #4. Both sentiments are from The Most Beauty stamp set by Reverse Confetti. I used Distress Oxide in fossilized amber for the background and VeraFine in onyx black for the sentiment. 

 

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CAS(E) this Sketch #286

I'm playing along with the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge again this week!

They have the best sketches!

CAS(E) this Sketch #286

For this card I used leftover ink that I had used for another card. The distress oxide colors are: carved pumpkin, fossilized amber and salty ocean. I then added some stenciling over the background using Hero Arts Stencil Borders using some of the salty ocean ink. My sentiment is from Reverse Confetti called A friend Like You. I love their stamps, they have the best sentiments! Bling is from Doodlebug Design. 

This was a great clean and simple sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch this week! Be sure to stop over and see all the beautiful cards their design team created!

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Really Big Thanks

I know I keep using this stencil! When I created this card for another challenge I had all that wonderful ink left on the stencil so I made another print. I can't waste ink!

I didn't have time to post and link up my card this morning before work. I came home and when I went to work on this I discovered I had no internet! Nothing tests my patience more than not having internet. I've had so many issues with my carrier. Finally after being on the phone with them for over an hour it's working again. For how long, it's anyone's guess. 

I decided to link this card to two challenges: Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge and the Simon Says Stamp Flicker #79 Challenge. The Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge uses their new products for STAMPtember. Since they are all new products I don't have any yet. You can also use any of their products that you have. I'm using their Thanks On A Line Die and their Really Big Thanks stamp set. The background was created using a Hero Arts stencil called Glorious Petal. All supplies are listed below.

After creating this card I spritzed my stencil and laid my cardstock on top to get the print for this card. I used three distress oxide inks. I wanted the die cut to match so I took candied apple distress ink and watercolored enough cardstock so that I could use the die to cut the word thanks.

I've linked my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Stamped It
Simon Says Flicker Challenge #79: Just Stamp It

Supplies:
Hero Arts Stencil: Glorious Petal
Simon Says Stamp: Really Big Thanks Stamp Set
Simon Says Stamp: Thanks On A Line Die
Distress Oxide Ink: fossilized amber, peeled paint, candied apple
Doodlebug Design Sprinkles: Beetle Black

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Thankful For Your Friendship

 

Hello! I hope everyone is enjoying their three day weekend. I know I am! Last week I made a list of upcoming challenges that I want to participate in. Since then I've slowing been creating cards and deciding which ones I'll finish in time to link up to. I don't think I will get enough cards made to play along with all of them, but nonetheless I enjoy trying to!

I used distress oxide inks over a Hero Arts stencil using my Clarity stencil brushes. I love them and wish I had a few more! They blend ink so effortlessly. I've linked my card to the four challenges below. Be sure to check them out. Their design teams have created some gorgeous cards for all the challenges. 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
Simon Says Flicker Challenge #79: Just Stamp It
Crafty Creations #349: Anything Goes
Creative Moments Challenge 125: Anything Goes

For my sentiment I used a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. I stamped with Versafine black onyx ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. All supplies are listed below. 

Be sure to check out these challenges that I've link my card to:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Simon Says Flicker Challenge #79: Just Stamp It
Crafty Creations #349: Anything Goes
Creative Moments Challenge 125: Anything Goes

Supplies:

Hero Arts Stencil: Glorious Petal 

Simon Says Stamp: Lots Of Thanks Stamp Set

Distress Oxide Ink: fossilized amber, peeled paint, candied apple

Doodlebug Design Sprinkles: Beetle Black
Clarity Stencil Brushes
Versafine Black Onyx Ink
Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder

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Thanks So Very Much

 

This is a second generation print that I made while playing around with my Brusho Crystal Colors a few weeks ago. One of the cards I made can be seen here. I still have another print that I have to create a card with. I slowly make my card panels into cards. I don't always know what type of sentiment I want to use. I let them sit around until one day I look at them and know exactly what I want to use. 

For this panel I took the stencil that was already full of color and pressed my panel onto it. I think it looks beautiful even if you can't make out what the original stencil look like. I like all the randomness of color. I think it made a gorgeous background. All supplies are listed below. 

Again I die cut three of the word thanks and adhered them together. I seem to be doing this with all my word dies now. I really love how it adds dimension. I also heat embossed the sentiment that I stamped.

Supplies:

Cardstock

Stamp - WPlus9 - Hand Lettered Thanks
Brusho Crystal Colours - Lemon, Rose Red, Orange
Bling - Doodlebug Design Inc Sprinkles - Beetle Black Assortment
Die - Echo Park - Sentiments Word Die Set
Stencil - Hero Arts - Large Flower Stencil

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A Birthday Hello

Today's card is for the Simply Create Too Challenge - Use Flowers. I made some panels this past  weekend using the large flower stencil from Hero Arts. For the color I used Brusho Crystal Colours and I love how bright and cheery this turned out! The sentiment is from WPlus9 and the word die is from Echo Park. All supplies are listed below. 

I die cut the word three times and adhered it together for dimension. 

Supplies:

Cardstock

Stamp - WPlus9 - Hand Lettered Hello
Die - Echo Park - Sentiments Word Die Set
Die - Taylored Expressions - Stitched Banner Stacklets
Bling - Doodlebug Designs Sprinkles - Bumblebee assortment
Stencil - Hero Arts - Large Flower Stencil
Brusho Crystal Colours - Lemon, Rose Red, Orange

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Stenciled Cards

I was able to finish my cards this evening. Actually one was done, I just had to stamp the sentiment on the card below. The process of making them is exactly the same as the cards I posted yesterday. You can see them here. The only difference is some of the products. 

For the card above I used the hand lettered thanks stamp set and matching die from WPlus9. Distress oxide inks used on this card are peacock feathers, fossilized amber and twisted citron. I added Nuvo crystal drops for the embellishments.

This thanks you card uses a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp called Thanks for Being There. I stamped everything with versatile onyx black ink and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Distress oxide inks used were broken china and wilted violet. 

Something I noticed that was interesting is on the large thanks stamp not all of the embossing powder embossed. It's fine on the other images. I have to wonder if the shimmer spray had something to do with it since the images is so large. 

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Smile & Hello

 

Today I pulled out a stencil I bought from Hero Arts called Graphic Patterns Stencil Pair. I'm not sure how old it is as I picked it up at a stamp show I just went to.  It may be a little older, but it's new to me. I create four stenciled panels. Since there are two stencils I used each stencil to make two panels using different colors of distress oxide inks. For the card above I used salty ocean and cracked pistachio. Fossilized amber and picked raspberry were used for the card below.

I used an Echo Park die called sentiments word die set for the first card. There are five dies in the set. The sentiments are: enjoy, thanks, hello, smile and today. For the other part of the sentiment I used a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp called choose happy.

After I stenciled each panel, I spritzed some water onto each panel to let the ink activate. I then misted some sheer shimmer spritz by Imagine crafts over each panel. The photos don't capture the shimmer on the cards, but it looks really cool. 

The card above uses a die from WPlus9 and the sentiment is from their matching stamp set called hand lettered hello. For each card I diecut the smile and hello dies three times and adhered them together. I also heat embossed the sentiments using clear and white embossing powder. On the second card I used ebony black Nuvo crystal drops. 

I'll post the other two cards in another blog post. 

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January Card Swap

It's time to share my cards again that I made for a swap I belong to. We took the month of December off. These are the first cards I've made since November. I didn't even get Christmas cards out this year. I started them and just never finished. I've played around with different mediums and created some backgrounds but that's about all I've managed to do. I really felt like I was struggling when I was making these cards for the swap. I'm hoping that getting back to it each month will get me going. I've even thought I should participate in a few cards challenges thinking that might help to get my creative juice flowing again. 

For this card I used Kuretake watercolors. I watched a video series by Justine Hovey on watercolor and tried this technique. I used a background stamp from Hero Arts called Hexagon Background CG517. I heat embossed with white embossing powder. Sentiment is from PrintWorks F2545.

I used Dyan Reaveley's paints for this card with a stencil by Stampin' Up called Happy Patterns. I love these paints and have nothing but wonderful things to say about them! Sentiment is by Hero Arts C4482. The below also uses her paints. Stencil is from Hero Arts called Petals Pair and sentiment is from PrintWorks E2627.

This card uses a Hero Arts background stamp called Floating Flowers CG124. I again used Kuretake watercolors. I know this looks pink but I actually used red. I think when I rolled my paper towels over it while it was wet it really made it lighten up. Sentiment by PrintWorks D3613.

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Sunday Morning Cards

Sharing a couple cards I made earlier today while listening to the wind howl and the rain hit the windows. 

For both of these cards I picked out some random patterned paper from my stash. Lord knows I have plenty of it! I love being able to use it with stencils. The red paper is from October Afternoon and the teal paper is from Core'dinations. I used Hero Arts Petals Stencil Pair with Ranger Texture Paste on both of these cards. The flowers on the teal card are some leftovers sitting on my craft table that I used on another card.

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