You Brighten My Day

Hi Crafty Friends,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. As challenge hostess for the month, I finish off the month with one last challenge.

Our challenge this week is .....

I love the look of inlaid de cutting using alphabet or word dies over a design on a card which is becoming popularly known as the Eclipse Technique. 

For my card today I pulled out my Painted Peonies stamp set from The Ton which I purchased earlier in the year and hadn't gotten around to using. 

For the Inlaid Die Cutting /Eclipse Technique part of the card I die cut the word "YOU" using the Alphabet set from Karen Burniston.

The "Brighten My Day" sentiment is from a Honey Bee Stamps stamp set.

For the inside of the card I created a pop-up card using the Katherine Label Pop-up die set adding a sentiment from the Painted Peonies stamp set.

I die cut one of the edges from the MFT Stamps Stitched Scallop Basic Edges die set and stamped the peonies over the panels for both the top and bottom of the card.

Here is a side on look at my card so you can see the pop-up portion of the card a little better.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Amy Ottmers

Anja de Regt

Joanne Grzelak

Karen Aicken

Kathleen Adams
Maryann Einam
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Ednie

Supplies:

Painted Peonies Stamp set - The Ton

Just a Note to Say

Hi Crafty Friends,

Lately I seem to be drawn more and more to floral image stamps for some reason. When I saw these fun stamps from The Ton a few months ago I knew I had to add them to my stash. These are layering stamps and it comes in a three stamp set bundle A; B & C. When I ordered mine there was an option to only order A & B which I did, however I wish I had ordered C as well as I have seen some amazing cards using the background that goes with this set. But as that isn't an option anymore ... I will have to make do with what I have.

I have been waiting impatiently for these to arrive as the postal system seems to be on go slow lately, so once they arrived I had to have a quick play! I pulled out my Altenew Warm and Cozy ink cube set which is a set of 4 shades of orange inks and takes the guess work out of choosing the right colors for layering flowers like these. I need to get a few more sets of these ink cubes in the near future 😀.

I added a sentiment and some white rhinestones to finish off the card.

Of course I always like to decorate the inside of my card too, so I stamped the larger peonies on the left hand side of the card. The inside actually looks better as I hadn't conditioned my stamps when I started to play. I added another sentiment from the stamp set.

Stamps: Peony Notes A & B - The Ton

Paper: White; Green; Orange

Dies: Stitched Rectangles - Simon Says Stamp

Other: Black Ink; Firebrick; Autumn Blaze; Orange Cream; Sunkissed Altenew Inks ; Jelly Bean Green; Grass Green - Gina K Inks; White Rhinestones; Multi Medium Matte; Foam Tape