Happy Birthday~Color Challenge

 

i like the clean, cheerful vibes from the MFT Color Challenge palette and pulled out this cute MFT cupcake die to create a card.  I toyed with adding something to the top of the cupcake and finally subtracted the gem I'd thought to add.

Linking to:

MFT Color Challenge

SSS Wednesday Challenge

Bunny Friends

 What darling images from Gerda Steiner Designs!  I had fun watercoloring them with Arteza Real Brush Markers and a small water brush. The Papertrey Ink Cover plate is called Blooming Hearts.  

Linking to:

Gerda Steiner:  Share Your Designs 

SSS Wednesday Challenge 

Enjoy your Special Day

 

MFT has some adorable new bird and birdhouse dies along with the cutest accessories, and seeing them reminded me of how much I love this older set which is on a larger scale.  (A girl needs the new, smaller ones, too, right?)  I love the sketch, and with some sweet prints, the card came together quickly, completed with a sentiment from MFT Birthday Greetings.

Thanks for taking a look....hoping Spring will arrive shortly,

Christine

Linking to:

MFT Sketch Challenge

SSS Wednesday Challenge (a/g)

PIP Challenge

Faith Moves Mountains

 This is a little thank you post.  The Scalloped Mini Slimline die was a gift from a recent win during a Kat Scrappiness blog hop.  I ordered two sets of mini slimline dies and am having fun trying out new sizes of cards.

The beautifully illustrated Bloomfully Faith set was a gift from Stamplorations.  It's watercolored with dye inks and a water brush.  Shery Russ's illustrating talent made a spot for a beginning watercolorist to have some fun!

Many thanks to both Kat and Shery for these wonderful additions to my crafting stash!

Linking to:

Stamplorations NEAG Challenge

SSS Wednesday Challenge Slimline Cards

PIP Challenge

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

 It is an incredible blessing to volunteer at a local pregnancy help center.  We believe that all life comes from God and share that truth by helping young families in a variety of ways.  I love to send cards to the students in my parenting class, and these stamps from Sweet-N-Sassy say just what I want to share!

Now.....I know that doilies are crocheted and knitting is an altogether different craft, but isn't that stencil so delicate and lovely?

Thanks for stopping by,

Christine

Linking to:

SSS Wednesday Challenge Slimline Cards

PIP Challenge

Birthday Dahlias

 Shauna shared another marvelous video and a fun challenge:  to create a birthday card with a 'wow' factor.   I used some of my favorite PTI products, incorporating bold colors, lots of layers, and a little dimension with foam tape.  It's not my usual pastel card, and all it got was a "nice" from DH.  We had a good laugh when I explained the challenge.

Thanks for taking a look,

Christine

Linking to Papertrey Ink (Shauna's Video Series)

Feel Better

 Svitlana shared a beautiful card on the PTI blog and challenges crafters to create floral cards with a high contrast background.  The black panel was cut with a stitched slim-line die and splattered with white acrylic paint.  The PTI dies are Into the Blooms sets, Roses and Peonies.  The sentiment is on a Tiny Tag adorned with a bit of pink gingham ribbon and some white cotton thread.  The flowers and leaves have a generous application of Wink of Stella that is so sparkly in real life.

Thanks so much for visiting,

Christine

Linking to:

Papertrey Ink Great Cover Up

SSS Wednesday Challenge (Slim Line)