Seize the Birthday #172 - Butterflies

Hi friends! I just had the best week with my DGS visiting for a week. It's always so fun when he comes to the land of "YES!"  

I made a card today for the latest Seize the Birthday Challenge with a BUTTERFLIES topping:

The challenge is always anything goes but they add a "topping" if you'd like. I have a few butterflies in my stash that are my go-to's.  For this card I used the Bellina Butterfly Triptych die from Poppystamps.

After die cutting from Neenah white cardstock, I layered the butterflies over a watercolor wash, added the SSS sentiment, and layered that piece over some MFT DSP on the card base.  The card was finished off with some matching Pretty Pink Posh sequins and a scrap of DSP to the inside.  I love the airy feel of this die!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week 😎.

The Paper Players #454: A Color Challenge from Jaydee

Hello friends! I'm excited to play along with The Paper Players Color Challenge this week:

I love black & white plus just about any color!  I decided to use yellow this time for my beach card because I'm enjoying the sunshine we've been having lately.  

The card is pretty bold but I guess I should have expected that when I used Hero Arts' Beachy Bold Print background stamp!  I colored in some of the beach umbrellas and flip flops with a yellow Zig Clean Color Marker.  I die cut the Stamps of Life sentiment three times in white cardstock and glued them together.  I also fussy cut one of the colored umbrellas and popped it up on the sentiment label.  All the layers were die cut with Honey Bee's Deckled Edge dies. I added glitter to the stars but, you know, sparkly doesn't photograph that well! 

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you're having a great week!

Hugs,

Annie

A Break from Summer Outdoor Projects!

Hi friends! It's been a busy few weeks. Beautiful weather and lots of company and many outdoor projects but today I was anxious to get in the craft room and play along with a couple of challenges!

The first card is for The Paper Players Theme Challenge hosted by the lovely Claire:

AND to help celebrate Freshly Made Sketches 400th Challenge, I used their sketch that was the very first sketch when the challenge launched 8 years ago. Congratulations!!

I made a school-themed card for my DGS who will be in 4th Grade this year...I can't believe it! I've had this DCWV 'Grade School' paper pad forever that is my go to for school cards.  I white heat embossed the sentiment on a die cut apple (Stamps of Life) and added some VersaMark background dots with a pencil eraser. All were layered on a Hero Arts Black Notecard.

The second card is for the Seize the Birthday AG Challenge with a topping of Flowers:

I watercolored this floral arrangement from Concord & 9th with Zig Clean Color Markers. The MFT Pinstripe background was stamped on a white card base with Catherine Pooler 'It's a Girl' pink ink.  I used a sentiment from MFT's June or July 2016 card kit, white heat embossed on black cardstock, and cut it up and popped it up to work with the 'Wonderful' sentiment.  Nuvo Purple Rain Glitter Drops were added for a little bling to finish it off. 

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you're having an amazing summer!

Hugs,
Annie