Christmas Card Club - Pink and White

Good Afternoon and Happy Father's Day. Apologies to my Christmas Card Teamies for being tardy on getting this post done. So let's get started! Today's CCC challenge was selected by our Miss Karen P.  who wanted to see Pink and White, with possible accents of black, silver or gold. I don't use a lot of pink (although I do like pink). Since some of the new brusho colors finally arrived in the mail, and among these was the Rose Red...that's where I started.

First sprayed the card stock with a frost spray that I thought would be sort of silvery...uh-oh...it was sort of a frosted blue. Well, ok, I can work with that  :-); so while it's still wet, sprinkled Rose Red & white brusho crystals over and let the magic happen.

 

- MBox Pine Trio Background die cut out the pink. A Darice Snowflake EF was treated with Versamark, and then embossed the pink piece. Sprinkled Ranger Silver Pearl EP over and this created  a lovely silvery sheen - which still allowed the brusho background to show through.

 

- Cut the Pine Trio again with plain white c/s, and inlaid that into the opening, once the pink piece had been adhered to the top fold white card base. Cut the Pine Trio once again, after applying some glitter white c/s to a piece of Easy Cut Adhesive sticky paper (product is made by iCraft). Removed the backing paper, and it was very easy to inlay over the first white inlay, and this created a bit of dimension.

 

- MBox Vintage Merry Christmas die cut the sentiment from the same white glitter adhesive paper. Since these letters are quite delicate, I see that the M in Merry got just a bit wonky, which I didn't catch until I saw the photo. Oh well, that's my Amish mistake - LOL.

 

- Added some Starfoam sticker lines for a bit more bling, and lastly - some rhinestone centers to the snowflakes.

 

The original thought when approaching this pink & white challenge was to use the pink brusho background and work with a vellum poinsettia. You know what the old saying is about Good Intentions, right?

 

Do please check the cards my team members' shared on this challenge - their links are over on the right side bar. Thanks for joining me on another very hot Sunday afternoon, that has been rather lazy at our house. In a bit we'll be going out for a Father's Day dinner with the family. Hope the day has been a pleasant one for you as well. Big hugs & come again when time allows.

Thank You

Good evening again, after another very hot day. Thank Heavens for air conditioning. We're still hibernating in the coolth, unless we have errands. I've been trying to finish up some cards that were UFO's and here's another one. This beautiful card by Kate sent me on the hunt for this lovely Altenew Vintage Roses stamp.  The Misti came in quite handy for doing these layered roses, but I still need a bit of practice!

- Altenew layered roses were inked with Memento shades of pink, and the leaves with Memento greens.

- Sue Wilson die used for the sentiment.

- Sizzix corner rose embossing... and that's it.

I didn't get the leaves placed as well as I would have desired, but I still liked the card. This is a nifty stamp set, so thanks Kate for the inspiration of your gorgeous card.

Thanks for popping by to visit and come again when you can. In the meantime - stay cool if you're in the heat, warm if it's cold where you live, and Big hugs from me.

DeeDee's Digis - Life's a Beach

Hello. Sorry for being MIA once again. We've been doing some house type chores, had some family visiting, and just generally doing other Life things besides blogs & making cards. (and remember my Missing MoJo? well, it's still hiding - makes it easier to just concentrate on other things, ya know?).

This cute DeeDee's digi had been printed for a while, and finally I took a couple of evenings to finish up this card with it. Once I got in gear, the card didn't take long to put together.

First,  let me share something wonderful that is happening. Happy Little Stampers is starting a new Christmas Challenge next month. (along with the existing Sketch Challenge, there will also be a CAS Challenge.) I am excited to have been asked to be part of the Christmas Challenge DT which will be coming in July. So please take some time to check out these challenges, enjoy the DT's inspiration cards for each - and perhaps take time to join in.

Now on to the card:

 

 

DeeDee's Life's a Beach pre-colored digi was die cut with an MFT stitched circle. Shaded with some Hero Arts Pool while still in the die, using a finger dauber. S/B scalloped circle was cut from a white snippet and colored with Memento Daffodil and a round Ranger sponge tool.  WoS pink used on Miss Piggy's bathing suit, and extra WoS to color the flower bow, and the waves around her yellow float.

 

- Various small dies cut all the embellishments from more white snippets which were colored with copics. Used some stickles on the turtle & sea horses. Used Opal Liquid Pearls on the shells, and spread it with my finger to get a bit of gloss to the shells. Sailboat hull had some glossy accents spread to make the hull glisten.

 

After all was added, then I wondered if it was 'too over the top'. ....Nah, Miss Piggy would enjoy watching all these things if she were floating on the waves at the beach!!!

 

The background is a Brusho piece, embossed with a Darice waves folder. This was made earlier, and looked a lot like water to me, and after embossing, thought it was perfect for this card.

 

There's some really cute sentiments included with this fun digi set, but for this one, the sentiment will go inside.

 

The current DeeDee's June Challenge is featuring another warm weather set which you can find HERE .  It's called Diver Daniel, and is just so cute.

If you participated in last month's challenge, you should have already received this set in your email. (If you participated but didn't receive the set, please contact deedeesdigis@gmail.com -- sometimes things do go wrong with email). If you did not participate in last month's challenge, you can still purchase this set for just $1.25 this month at the shop. 

Thanks for joining me this evening. It's been over 100F for the past 2 days here in our part of Upstate South Carolina. So if we're not running errands, we try to do 'inside' stuff, or do the 'outside stuff' very late in the evening. So keep cool where you may be, and come again, when you have time to chat. Blessings & Hugs.

 

Christmas Card Club - Christmas Scene

Hello & Welcome. Two weeks have passed so it's time for another Christmas Club Card. Our theme for June 7, 2015 - A Christmas Scene - was chosen by our sweet Kate. Since we've been just a bit busy at our house of late with some house maintenance & lawn work, (which is why I've not been around this week)..decided to look through my saved stacks of old Christmas cards. Found several that would have been suitable for this challenge, but finally decided on the one below. Love it when I can repurpose a beautiful card. Hope you'll like it...and also hope that you'll have time to visit my fellow Club members to see their ideas on a Christmas Scene.

 

 

- Recycled card was die cut with a Sue Wilson Ornate Pierced Design (Noble Collection). The very top & bottom of the die cut was trimmed away, and the die pierced design was repeated on these areas with a piercing tool and a SU piercing mat. The black faux mat (snippet) was done by tracing the outside of the die, fussy cutting. Did the same top & bottom trim. Dark brown just didn't pop the color of the sepia-gold tones of the scene with the red background - black did.

 

- Red background was done by spraying a gold over the Winsor Newton Gallery watercolor paper to wet it, then sprinkling Red & Vermillion Brusho crystals into the wet surface. After these 2 colors had bloomed for a bit, there was still some wet surface, so Lemon Brusho was sprinkled over. Used the Ranger Spritzer tool to move the puddles around, then a heat tool. This is really a sparkling red piece, but alas, doesn't show well in the photo.

 

- Elizabeth Craft holly die (white snippet colored with a gold pen and then red WoS pen). Didn't think I could get a green that would look well with the sepia colors, so just used gold. Again, it's not photographing well.

 

- MBox small poinsettia die (same white snippet) colored with the gold pen, then a green WoLuna pen. No sentiment on the outside - the inside verse will be sufficient I think.

 

- Kraft card base and it's done! So that's it for me. Hope you will have a wonderful Sunday, perhaps spend it with your family. Check the sidebar for my fellow members' cards, and also check the Cards by Friends tab at the top for a new card. Thanks for joining me today. Big hugs.