two cards....

Hey friends!!  Popping in with a couple of cards to share that I made for a few challenges.  The first card uses the current Freshly Made Sketches layout.  This week has been teacher appreciation and so I wanted to make a card for my little guy's teacher.   I recently got the Reverse Confetti set All Apples and the matching dies.  I also purchased the RC School Days quick card panels and so I used two of them, along with a quick card panel from another set, Hoppin' Dots, to make my card.  The little ruler is from Simon Says Stamp as is the teacher word die.  The thank you is from PTI Botanical Blocks stamp set.  I die cut the apples from a quick card panel from School Days and the leaves from the Hoppin' Dots panel.   The word teacher was also die cut from Hoppin' Dots several times and then adhered together.  The second panel from School Days was used as my base layer for all the die cuts.  To get a nice placement of the thank you I used my mini MISTI. 

The second card is for the current Color Throwdown challenge, as well as the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge:  stencil it.  I started with a panel of white cardstock and then using the stencils from the PTI Color Pop: Butterflies mini make it market kit and all the colors in the combo I created my background.   Once the stenciling was done I went back in the with detail stamps and used the same inks to add those to the butterflies.  The little flowers were added using light grey ink and then added the bodies of the butterflies using black ink.  The sentiment, also from Color Pop:  Butterflies was die cut four time and adhered together.  I added the light blue ink to create a sort of ombre effect.  The sentiment was stamped on black cardstock using watermark ink, white embossing powder was added and heat set.  I then cut the banner out using the banner die that comes in the Color Pop:  Butterflies kit.   The panel was then die cut, the die cut sentiment and banner were adhered.   Love the PTI stencils.  They are so easy to use and super sturdy!!  

Thanks for stopping by today...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  white; soft stone; RC quick card panels; Stamps:  Reverse Confetti, Simon Says Stamp and PaperTrey Ink; Dies:  Reverse Confetti, Simon Says Stamp and PaperTrey Ink; Inks:  Stampin Up! Groovy Guava, Marina Mist, Pumpkin Pie and Pretty in Pink, VersaMark watermark ink, VersaFine Onyx Black