Freshly Made Sketches #404

Hi friends! I made a couple of cards today to play along with challenges.  The first card was for the latest Freshly Made Sketch #404:

Now as I look at it, I probably should have cut down the layer a bit more but I just couldn't do it!  The background stamp from Taylored Expressions called Bloomin' Background was so perfect for this sketch with the oval 'built in' with the background.  I spent so much time watercoloring with my Zigs, adding sparkle with my Nuvo Glitter pen, and white gel pen accents, I wanted to keep as many of the blooms as possible 😉.  I layered it on the card base after adding 3 hello black die cuts, glued together.  Hopefully I'll be forgiven!

Thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you had a great weekend!

Happy Fall Y'All!
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

The Paper Players #448: Joanne's Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge

Yay for a 5th week over at The Paper Players!  It means its a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge which I think are so much fun!

I went with the diagonal for this card: Die-cut, Yellow, & Florals.

The 'Mondo Sakura' (Ellen Hutson) was gold heat embossed and watercolored with Zig Clean Color markers.  The deckled rectangle (Honey Bee) was misted with yellow Distress Ink and layered on a Mango (Memory Box) card base. Some gold glittery leaves (Catherine Pooler Die) were added under the popped up Sakura floral cluster.  The card was finished off with a popped up gold heat embossed banner sentiment (Concord & 9th). I really like gold embossing...should do it more often!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you and yours have a fun (and SAFE) 4th of July!

Hugs,

Annie 

The Paper Players #401: A Color Challenge from Joanne

Well, did y'all have fun celebrating our 400th Challenge?  We were blown away by the amazing entries! Thank you for helping us celebrate and we can't wait to see who all the winners are from our random prize drawings! Winners will be announced on Wednesday the 18th and good luck to all!

Now, on to this week's Paper Players challenge which is a bright color challenge hosted by the amazing Joanne:

Pretty color combo!  I just had to go with a floral theme and use my Hero Arts Color Layering Fuchsia stamp set for this one.  I have a fuchsia hanging basket in my backyard with these exact colors! It started out on the front porch but I found out that the neighborhood deer loved it too, thus it was relocated...what was left anyway!

We hope you'll join in the fun this week and play along!  Check out the other beauties from the DT too:

The Paper Players Design Team

• Claire
• Joanne 
• Jaydee
• Laurie
• LeAnne
• Nance
• Sandy
• Elizabeth 
• Jan

And just a few rules:

1. Create a new paper project.
2. Upload your project to your blog with a link back to The Paper Players.
3. Provide a direct link to your blog post for your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than FOUR challenges (including ours).

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have fun with the colors and enjoy your week!

Hugs,

Annie

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #37

Happy Monday! Today I'm playing along with Tic Tac Toe Challenge #37.  I've missed the last couple and really wanted to make the deadline this time!

I went with Floral, Gold or Silver, & Sequins on the diagonal:

This card was fun to make and could have gone several different ways.  I used PTI's Mighty Bloom Die and die cut the white layer.  Then I used Distress Oxides (Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, & Wild Honey on the second layer.  I also made a mask so I could use VersaMark on random petals and heat emboss with Ranger Gold EP.  After layering the negative die cut over the distressed piece, I mounted it on an Avery Elle Raspberry card base.  I popped up the gold embossed sentiment from a Ranger Letter It! stamp set and added some gold sequins.

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