Seize the Birthday - #166 Presents

Welcome back! I created a birthday card for my stepdaughter's birthday in June and made sure one of the elements was a present for the latest Topping over at Seize the Birthday:

I'm still in a watercoloring mood and enjoying trying different mediums.  This time I used a $2.99 watercolor set from Crayola (my grandson's :) and it was better than I expected! The images and die cuts are from Simon Says Stamp's 'Birthday Numbers' set.

I really like this challenge...I'm making birthday cards ahead of time rather than the day before!  Thanks for stopping by!

The Paper Players #443 - LeAnne's Sketch

Hi there! This week over at The Paper Players is a sketch challenge from the lovely LeAnne:

I started out with a simple card idea for a dear friend. It ended up being completely different than what I had imagined but that happens sometimes, right?!

Lots of inking going on with this one! Would you believe it started out with a white card base and layer. I started stamping and blending some Catherine Pooler Sage ink and just kept going.  I thought it was such a pretty color 😁. The watercolored stamped images are also from Catherine Pooler - 'Fluttering Friends' and 'F as in...' 

Thanks, LeAnne, for a fun sketch! Hope you all are having a great week!

Hugs,

Annie

CASology Week 343: COLOR

Hi There! The last card I made today was for CASology, one of my favorite challenges, that I haven't played with in F-O-R-E-V-E-R.  I've missed playing along and glad I could sneak this one in before time ran out. The cue is COLOR and like many others in the link up, it reminded me of colorful rainbows.

It also reminded me of my rainbow collection of flip flops!  Yes, definitely my shoe of choice as the weather warms up :)

The center was masked off and the rainbow blended with Distress Inks over the white heat embossed flip flops.  Pretty simple and colorful! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week!

Hugs,
Annie

Seize the Birthday #165 - Balloons

Hello again! This time around I'm playing along over at Seize the Birthday where the topping is Balloons:

I had just picked up these adorable balloons from Unity Stamp Company and thought they'd be perfect for this challenge.  I love anything with a smiley face! I did a lot of masking and stamped the balloon "crowd." Then they were watercolored in rainbow colors using my Zig markers.

A strip of black/white DSP was added to the left side, some black/white May Arts twine tied at the top and finished it off with some black dot stamping. I like how this turned out for a happy Happy Birthday card!

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great week ahead!

Hugs,

Annie

Freshly Made Sketches #388

Welcome back! Here's the second card for the day using the latest sketch from Freshly Made Sketches as a jumping off point:

I hope I didn't "jump" too far off the sketch. I stamped the center layer with Catherine Pooler's inks and border stamp.  I added the parrot and tropical leaves from Altenew's 'Parrot Paradise' and some fun sequins from Neat & Tangled.  

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great week!

Hugs,

Annie

 

Paper Players #442 - CAS Challenge from Laurie

Well, all the crafting stars aligned and I was able to play today.  I made four different cards and the first one I'm posting is for The Paper Players latest challenge for a Clean & Simple project with a "Plants" theme:

I was in a watercoloring mood and EUREKA, I found a stamp set in my stash that I had never used before! I'm sure I'm not the only one that has happened too 😉. It sure makes me happy! The set I used is from Art Impressions and I watercolored with Zig markers on Bristol cardstock.

Thanks for visiting ~ I hope you have a great week!

Hugs,

Annie