Getting Peachy

 Me Again!  

These large florals from Altenew have always been one of my favorites.  I tend to go red with them, but this time I tried a pale peach- and with the brown leaves, I love them!  

I colored the poppies with Copics and then fussy cut them out.  

I added brown foliage using the same stamp set (Wallpaper Art).  

I darkened the centers of the flowers with a black micron pen.  The sentiment is from Creative Worship Stamps.  A few light brown sequins finish the card.  

I am linking up to the following-

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Fabulous Florals.  

Just Us Girls for their wonderful inspiration mood board this week with the peachy pinks and the vintage brown tones! 

Triple B Challenge where I used blooms, of course.  

Thanks for visiting and have a blessed weekend!

Lee Ann  

CAS Whale

 Hello Friends!  

I hope everyone had a wonderful and patriotic 4th of July!  We had a bit of storm damage here with a huge tree limb going down, but once power was restored, it wasn't anything to lose sleep over.  

I was intrigued by the inspiration photo for this week's Inspired By Challenge.  I came up with this CAS card.  

Here is the inspiration photo~

The whale is a Lesia Zgharda design; sentiment is from Creative Worship Stamps.  I used some Altenew Brass Shimmer Relief Paste with a stencil from A Colorful Life Designs for the background.  A few white sequins finish the card.  

I am also linking up to the Alphabet Challenge- E is for Embossing, wet,

as well as Addicted to CAS, Pattern   

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Lee Ann  

Pink Trellis

 Hello All and Happy Fourth of July Week! 

With it still being furnace-like outside, I am once again inside crafting.  It has been quite some time since I participated in an Altenew Challenge, but since I just got some Altenew goodies, I wanted to play along.  

I was inspired by several parts of this picture.   Of course the pink flowers, but also the pale blue curtain and the Moroccan style white lattice.  I was also inspired by the brass items and embossed the 'thanks' in brass.  

I used the following products~

Altenew Cascading Flowers Stamp Set

Altenew Dainty Leaves Die Set

Altenew Sulfur Cosmos Stamp Set

Altenew Rustic Charm Propject Kit

Sizzix retired cover plate die

Copic Markers

Tim Holtz Speckled Egg Distress Spray

I am also linking up to the following 

-Just Us Girls Challenge- die week

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed July 4th!  

Lee Ann  

 

Geo Giraffes

 Happy Summer Crafty Friends!  

Do your summer plans include crafting?  Travelling?  Projects around the home?  I am ready to catch up on all the things.  

Baby cards are on the agenda so I pulled out an oldie, yet never used stamp set from Altenew.  I was inspired by the Festive Friday Challenge~

I used masculine colors, textured cardstock, and geometric design for this card.  

Mostly I did a lot of fussy cutting after stamping the image on 3 different colors of cs.  I used an old, old SU embossing folder and the sentiment is a retired SnSS set.  

I am also linking up to Can You Handle the Pressure- Zoo Animals and Inkspirational Challenges- Celebrate.  

Thanks for stopping by! 

Lee Ann  

Blue Blooms

 Me Again!  

Yep, I worked in another card this weekend, using the color palette from Color Dare~

Here is the color challenge~

Old and new.  I used both on this card- my new dies from Penny Black and an old peony stamp from The Ton and even older patterned paper from Stampin Up. The background panel uses a die from Altenew.  

I am also linking up to the Triple B April Challenge.  

Simple Sympathy

 Hello Again!  

The sketch over at Atlantic Hearts Challenge is one of my favorites so I had to play along.  

We have some grey skies so getting a good picture was not in the cards today.  I kept it simple but colored, fussy cut and used a technique I have not used in a long while.  

Here is the sketch~

I used one of my favorite Altenew sets; sadly I think it has been discontinued.  I colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  I took a strip of drywall tape and rubbed a distress stamp along it and then stuck it to the card panel.  I 'painted' a bit of alcohol over the inked tape to give the ink a bit of a distressed look, but not so much as one would get with water.  

I am also linking up to 

Stamp Simply- Anything Goes, and Addicted to Stamps and More- Make Your Mark, 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed week! 

Lee Ann  

Classic Colors

 Hello, Hello!

A friend of mine requested sympathy cards, so I pulled out some oldies but goodies.  

 The background was embossed with a Tim Holtz 3D embossing folder that I had inked up with Altenew Cloudy Sky Ink.  I then spritzed it with water to get the speckled look.  

Once the panel was dry, I used a Delicata Gold Glitz Pigment Ink and lightly passed it over the raised areas of the embossing.  I cut the panel to size and backed it with some yellow cs.  

The flower was all die cut from white cs using Altenew's Peony Dream 3D Die Set.  I used some distress ink in Scattered Straw and Fossilized Amber to add a bit of color to the flower.  Everything was assembled including a small sentiment strip.  Last but not least, some SSS Moonshine Sequins were added.  

I am linking up to Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge- Make your own background

The Flower Challenge- Add Layers

Triple B April Challenge

Four Seasons Spring Challenge

Thanks for visiting!  

Lee Ann  

Supplies used in today's project(s)

3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS	Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS
Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins SSS	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
Mini Distress Ink Pad, Fossililzed Amber SSS | scrpbk	Canson XL Watercolor Pad SSS | Blick
Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer SSS | scrpbk	Gina K Connect Glue SSS | scrpbk
SSS Tim Holtz 3D Botanical embossing folder SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Scattered Straw SSS | scrpbk
Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne SSS | scrpbk	Altenew Peony Dream 3D Die Set Altenew
Altenew Tranquility Cub Inks Altenew	MISTI SSS
Delicata Gold Glitz Pigment Ink SSS | scrpbk

Lovely in Lavender

 Hello Friends, 

I love this stamp from Altenew.  I don't usually use purple much, but I decided to give it a go and love the result.  

Stamp is Majestic Bloom, stamped with Memento Ink, colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  The leaves are from the Wallpaper Art Stamp Set (which is currently 20% off).  They are stamped in Lava Rock ink from the Warm Grey Cube Set.  

A layer of patterned paper and a beautiful sentiment from Stamp Simply stamped with Versafine Claire Nocturne ink finishes this CAS card-it is one of my classic go-to card sketches.  Versafine Claire in is by far the best black in for deep, rich black color, only one or two stamps needed for solid images, and is now my go to for sentiments.  Never thought I would switch, but here we are. 

I am linking up to ~

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge- Easter/spring

Addicted to CAS- key word is Bloom

Word Art Wednesday

Thanks for stopping by! 

Lee Ann  

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers SSS | Blick	3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS	Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins SSS
EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors SSS | scrpbk	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink SSS | scrpbk	Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne SSS | scrpbk
MISTI SSS	Altenew Majestic Blooms Altenew
Altenew Wallpaper Art Stamp and Die Bundle Altenew

Bluebird

Hello and Happy February! 

Aren't you glad to be done with the month of January?!  February sounds like spring is right around the corner, and I am ready for the birds.  I love hearing them sing.  We have a pair of blue birds that visit often and I love watching as they sit on the deck railing. 

I am still trying to get out of my comfort zone and played with more new dies, this time the Honey Bee Stamps Spring Birds Lovely Layered Dies.    It's been a minute since I did something grungy; and yes, I needed to make a bluebird.

 I was inspired by a couple of stand out crafty ladies- Jennifer McGuire and Debby Hughes.  The bird parts were die cut out and sponged with Distress Ink.  I assembled the bird and set him aside.  The background was done using a piece a Mixed Media Paper and Distress Ink again.  

Using white acrylic ink and some leftover distress ink, I added splatters to the background and to the bird. 

When the panel was to my liking, I die cut a circle from the panel and then die cut a circle from a piece of Gmund Savannah cardstock and inset it into the background panel negative space circle.  The Altenew Mid Century Frame Die was die cut from white cs and layered over the circle die. 

I popped up the bird on scrap cs and adhered it over the circle.  The sentiment is from the SnSS Stamp set, Song Birds.  I made a sentiment strip and then added a bit of glitz by swiping the edges of the strip with Delicata Golden Glitz Ink.  A few SSS Moonshine Sequins finish the card.  

I am linking up to~

As You See It Challenge- my latest purchase is these bird dies from Honey Bee Stamps

Cut It Up Challenge- This Makes Me Happy

Word Art Wednesday- Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Lee Ann  

Supplies used in today's project(s)

3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS	Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins SSS
EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors SSS | scrpbk	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
Distress Ink Pad, Salty Ocean SSS | scrpbk	Distress Ink Pad, Rusty Hinge SSS | scrpbk
Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer SSS	Gina K Connect Glue SSS | scrpbk
Canson Mixed Media Paper Blick	Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne SSS | scrpbk
MISTI SSS	SnSS Songbirds Stamp Set SSS | SnSS
Honeybee Stamps Spring Birds Lovely Layered Dies scrpbk	Altenew Midcentury Frame Die scrpbk
Delicata Gold Glitz Pigment Ink SSS | scrpbk