Peace on Earth

Hello, hello!  Been awhile again, but I'm back with a card for a few different challenges:  Freshly Made Sketches, Color Hues, CAS Christmas challenge and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.    So, let's have a look at what I made.

The CAS Christmas challenge is to use a poinsettia on your card.   I love me some poinsettias, so I had to play along.   Birch Press Design has a new poinsettia die set called Block Print Poinsettia Vase and it is gorgeous!  I used the vase dies and the poinsettia dies along with an oldie, but goodie notebook paper die from PTI for my elements.  To get the Color Hues colors (burnt red and amber) I used direct to paper inking using Fired Brick and Fossilized Amber distress inks.  The Poinsettia Vase die also includes stems with leaves, but since I was trying to use only the Color Hues colors I left them out.  The vase was cut from the Fossilized Amber and the two pieces layered together using thin foam squares.  I die cut the flowers from the red and the centers from the leftover amber.  I then layered the flowers and centers together.  I die cut the notebook page from white cardstock and adhered the vase and flowers.  This was then added to a white panel layered on a white cardstock base.  I finished with the sentiment from the new Tim Holtz/Simon Says Stamp Season of Wonder stamp and die set.

Well, that's it for me.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day. 

Birch Press Design Post #2

Hello!  Been missing in action again, lol!  But I'm popping in today to let you know that I have a post up on the Birch Press Design blog today and here is a little peek:

Hope you will head over to the blog to see what I created.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Birch Press Design Sept Post #1

 Hello, hello!  Hope all is well in your world.  I have a post up on the Birch Press Design blog today and here is a little peek:

With summer almost over I went in a warm and cozy direction with this card.  I hope you will head over to the blog to have a look.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

Birch Press Design August Post #2

 Hello!  Popping in to share that I have a post up on the Birch Press Design blog today.  Here is a little look at what I created. 

Hope you will head over to the blog to see what I created.  Fall is coming!!!  Have a wonderful day.

Birch Press Design Blog Post #1

 Hello!  Popping in to let you know that I have a post up on the Birch Press Design blog today.  Here is a small peek of what I made. 

Hope you will head over to the BP blog to see what I created.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day. 

Birch Press Design Blog Post #2

Hello, hello!  Can you believe that July is almost over?  Time is flying by way too fast for my liking, lol!  Today I'm on the Birch Press Design blog and here is a little peek of what I made:

I hope you will head over to the blog to let me know what you think.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Birch Press Design July Post #1

 Hello, hello!  Popping in to let you know that I have a post up on the Birch Press Design blog today.  Here is a little look at what I created.

I hope you will hop over to the BPD blog to check out what I created.  Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog and have a wonderful day!

Birch Press Design Blog Post #2

Hello!  Wow... it is already the end of June.  I have a post up on the Birch Press Design blog today and here is a little peek of what I created.

I hope you will head over to the Birch Press blog to see what I created.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day

Birch Press Design June Blog Post #1

 Hello, hello!  Can't believe it is already June!  Time is flying by absolutely way too fast!  Today I have a post up on the Birch Press Design blog and here is a little peek at what I created.

I hope you will head over to the Birch Press Design blog to see my card.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

Birch Press Design Blog Post #2

Hello, hello!  I'm popping in to let you know that I have a post up on the Birch Press Design blog today.  Here is a little peek of what I made:

Hope you will head over to the BPD blog to see what I made.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

Birch Press Design May Blog Post #1

Hello, hello!  Popping in to let you know that I have a blog post up on the Birch Press Design blog today.  Here is a little peek of what I created. 

I hope you will head over to the blog to check out what I created.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

literally the best...

 Hello!  Got another card made so I'm popping into share it.  Haven't had the motivation lately to make anything other than the two cards I made for my niece's boyfriend.  She absolutely loves the cards and can't wait to give them to him!  Today's card is for Color Hues and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.  I just couldn't resist the fun color combo of yellow and blue.  Let's look at what I made.

I kept things very simple by creating flowers using the Birch Press Design Block Print Daisy Flowers die set.  There are two sizes of daisies in the die set. I cut each die from blue and yellow cardstock and then layered a small daisy over the larger one, alternating the colors.   I die cut the centers from white cardstock, adhered them and then added Nuvo drops in Morning Dew to the centers.  When the centers were dry I created the layout on a white cardstock base, adhered everything and then finished with the sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Thanks, Mom stamp and die set.  Like I said, very simple. 

That's it for me.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Birch Press Design April Post #2

Hello, hello!  Can't believe it is the end of April!  I'm popping in to let you know that I have a post up on the Birch Press Design blog today.   Here is a little peek of what I created. 

Hope you will head over to the blog to check out what I created.  Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Birch Press Design April Post #1

 Hello, hello!  Just popping in to let you know that I have a post up on the Birch Press Design blog today and here is a little peek of what I created.

Hope you will head over to the Birch Press blog to see the full card.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Birch Press Design March Blog Post #2

 Hello, hello!  Popping in to let you know that I have a post up on the Birch Press Design blog today.  Here is a little peek of what I made.

I hope you will head over to the blog to check out what I made.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Bold Colors...

 Hello!  Popping in to share a couple of cards that I made using new products from Birch Press Design and some very bold colors!   Let's have a look at what I made.

This card will be heading to Freshly Made Sketches and Color Hues.  The Color Hues combo this time is a pretty bold one of purple and marigold.  Not colors that I normally use, but it is a challenge and so I gave it a go, lol!  I inked up some smooth bristol cardstock with Altenew Deep Iris and Snapdragon inks and then used the new Block Print Lovely Flowers die to cut the main flowers and round centers.  I used vellum to cut the stamens.  I then layered everything as you see.  I used an older Birch Press die set called Foliage Bunch to set out little stems from vellum.  I arranged everything on my card front and then finished with a sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Inspiration Quotes stamp set.  Pretty bold, but it is growing on me, lol.

My second card is for the current Just Us Girls challenge which features a fun mood board of painted rocks.  I obviously didn't go with a rock theme, lol, but went with some of the bold colors found on the rocks, as well as the darker gray.   To create the peacock I die cut the feather portion from a white cardstock panel and then removed all the fall out pieces.  I die cut another set of feathers and used that as a stencil to ink up the feathers with different colors of ink (Altenew's Deep Iris, Shadow Creek, Blue Horizon and Galactic Stream).  Once the stenciling was done I trimmed out the portion I needed, added glue to the piece and then aligned it with the feather openings.  The body of the peacock was die cut from white cardstock, inked with the colors used for the feathers.  To darken up the body a bit I blended on some black ink.  I assembled the body using glue, added the highlights and then adhered it to the panel.  I finished with a sentiment from the Birch Press Elegant Sentiments stamp set and adhered the panel to a dark gray cardstock base.

Well, that's it for me.  Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Birch Press Design March Post #1

 Hello, hello!  Hope your March is going well.  Ours has been a little up and down.  Sunny and warm one day, cold and rainy the next!   I'm just glad that we seem to have dodged snow where I live!  I'm popping in to let you know that I have a post up on the Birch Press Design blog today.  Here is a little peek of what I created.

I hope you will head over to the blog to check out this spring inspired design!  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

Birch Press Design February Post #2

 Hello, hello!  Popping in to let you know that I have a post up on the Birch Press Design blog today.  Here is a little peek of what I made.

Hope you will head over to the blog to see the full card.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Birch Press Design February Post #1

 Hello!  Popping in to let you know that I have a post up on the Birch Press Design blog today.  Here is a little peek of what I made.

Hope you will head over to the blog and take a look at what I made.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

for you...

 Hello!  I am popping in to share a card that I made with more papers from the January Your Paper Insider subscription box.   This card will be heading off to Freshly Made Sketches and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.  Let's look at what I made.

The January subscription box contained this absolutely gorgeous Yuzenshi Chiyogami paper in Dusty Pink.  I just had to use it on a card.   The soft yellowish flowers on the paper have a wonderful velvety touch to them.   I also used Glama Natural Clear vellum from the box for the circle element.  The butterflies were die cut using the new Linear Boho Butterflies from Birch Press Design.  I die cut the larger ones from light pink cardstock from my stash and the smaller ones and butterfly bodies from the Light Pink Non-shed glitter cardstock from the subscription box.  I die cut the vellum using Poppystamps Simple Rings die.  I adhered the butterflies to the vellum circle before adhering the circle to my cardfront so I could hide the glue behind the butterflies.  Per the FMS layout I adhered a strip of

the Yunzenshi Chiyogami paper to a panel of white cardstock, added the butterfly circle and then finished with the sentiment from the BPD Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings stamp set.   

That's it for me.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!