Got a couple of things to share with you today. I've been so busy these past few weeks! Made a couple of cards today that will fit perfect with the Flower Challenge "anything goes" theme and the CAS Watercolour Challenge with a "spring" theme.
Both cards actually fit the Flower Challenge...but the second card is for the CAS Watercolour March challenge. Let's get started....
Have you ever opened your mouth and made a statement, only to realize over a week later that you really should keep your mouth shut?...Yeah, me too....thus the You Matter to Me card. I used Altenew stamps for the blooms, and SSS You Matter sentiment. I used two background stamps...one for the stripes on the card base (IO) and the other for the background under the flowers (PB). Added a few dots with some Nuvo and card done.
I used one of my favorite dies for this card....the Penny Black Poppy die. The sentiment is from SSS You Matter stamp set. The background for the flowers was a piece of water color paper that I was practicing my "smooshing" on. The poppies were also cut from watercolor paper and painted with water colors. I used a SSS stitched rectangle die to cut the background piece from the watercolor background paper that I'd "smooshed" color onto. For a little "extra" I flicked a few splatters of red and teal onto the background.
I seem to flit from one thing to another...and here's part of the reason why.
I made pics of all the inside pages, but decided that would be TOO photo heavy!
Last weekend, I made a trip to visit my daughter, so I could see my granddaughter all dressed up for prom. They do something different at their proms...they have something called "lead out" where all the couples are introduced and all the parents come to watch "lead out". It was really a nice event. Here's a photo of my beautiful granddaughter and her date.
Both cards actually fit the Flower Challenge...but the second card is for the CAS Watercolour March challenge. Let's get started....
Have you ever opened your mouth and made a statement, only to realize over a week later that you really should keep your mouth shut?...Yeah, me too....thus the You Matter to Me card. I used Altenew stamps for the blooms, and SSS You Matter sentiment. I used two background stamps...one for the stripes on the card base (IO) and the other for the background under the flowers (PB). Added a few dots with some Nuvo and card done.
I used one of my favorite dies for this card....the Penny Black Poppy die. The sentiment is from SSS You Matter stamp set. The background for the flowers was a piece of water color paper that I was practicing my "smooshing" on. The poppies were also cut from watercolor paper and painted with water colors. I used a SSS stitched rectangle die to cut the background piece from the watercolor background paper that I'd "smooshed" color onto. For a little "extra" I flicked a few splatters of red and teal onto the background.
I seem to flit from one thing to another...and here's part of the reason why.
Got me a new "toy" a few weeks ago and I've been thoroughly enjoying it! I've been really busy for the last couple of months making clothes to send on a couple of mission trips for my church. One trip is to Haiti this month, and the other trip is to Alaska in August. I've made almost 72 items thus far...shorts, dresses, bibs, burp cloths, blankets, knitted booties and caps, knitted dish cloths....the list goes on. I think I made more shorts than anything...31 in all! Anyway, this machine will do SO much more and I can't wait to learn more (embroidery and monogramming!)
In the mist of learning my new machine...I got a wild hair to make an exploding photo box of my great granddaughter for my grandson and his wife. See...jumping from one thing to another! LOL!
I made pics of all the inside pages, but decided that would be TOO photo heavy!
Last weekend, I made a trip to visit my daughter, so I could see my granddaughter all dressed up for prom. They do something different at their proms...they have something called "lead out" where all the couples are introduced and all the parents come to watch "lead out". It was really a nice event. Here's a photo of my beautiful granddaughter and her date.
As I said before...BOY! have I been busy! Now I'm trying to play catch up all in one blog post! I need to try to post a little more often!
That's all for me today....As always, thanks so much for stopping in. I appreciate your visit...and I appreciate each and every comment!
