Challenge Your Stash

This month sure seems to roll around quickly.  Since today is the 28th, it means it is time for our Challenge Your Stash group.  Our hostess this month is Suzy and she chose Valentine's day as a theme.  She challenged us to make a card about love or friendship.  

For my card I decided to make a Valentines card.  I went to one of my favorite Stampin Up sets called "From The Heart".  I think this was one of the first stamp sets I bought in 1999 and I still love it.  I stamped the dog, cat, bird and girl and then colored them with my copic markers.  I then used my Brother Scan n cut to cut the images out.  The heart rectangle is a cutting die Rectangle Shape by Studio Light.  The paper is "Hello Valentine" by Echo Park.  The sentiment is from Jaded Blossom Heart Wreath.  So you can see I used alot of different elements on this card.

Thanks to Suzy for a great theme this month.

 

PIP Challenge #2507

 Time for another challenge over at Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenges.  Our challenge this month is being sponsored by Varada Sharma.  

I love Varada Sharma stamps because she has so many florals and I love coloring florals.  I decided to make 2 cards for my post this week because I was having so much fun with the images.

The first image is called "Wild Flowers".  I colored the images with my copic markers and then used my Scan n cut to cut the image out with.  The designer paper I used for the card is Bee Happy by Echo Park.  I love the black background because I thought it made the image pop.

The second image I used was "Comforting Thoughts".  It seems like I never have enough Sympathy cards so this one was fun to color and then I chose a simple layout for the card.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set.  The Designer paper is from "Flora" by Carta Bella.

I hope you check out Varada Sharma Stamps because they are so versatile and fun to play with.

Creative Crew February 2025

Well it is posting day for our Creative Crew group on Splitcoaststampers.  Carol is our hostess this month and I love the image she chose for our challenge.  I am getting so tired of cold weather so a little humor is nice.  Our theme for February is "Spunky February Babes" (aka S.O.B.).  Their slogan is "ladies are like fine wine, we get better with age".  This month we celebrate women who are intelligent, confident, not afraid to speak their mind or reinvent themselves.  As we age, we don't get as much recognition as we did when we were younger but we are the same if not better.  So we are showing a little spunk in our cards this month.

The image is from Rubbernecker and the sentiment is from Dylusions.  The Designer paper is from The Paper Studio "Pretty as a Poppy".

I colored up the fun image and then put it on the designer paper.  I cut out the sentiment and just put it on the side.  I like it crooked, makes it even more spunky.  You can see what the rest of the team did by clicking on their name below.  Thanks Carol for a great challenge.

Barb

Carol

Darlene

Jeanette

Lorraine - SCS Gallery

Terry

Tracie - That's Me

 

PIP Challenge #2505

 Today we have a new challenge over at Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenges.  This week's sponsor is Lawn Fawn.

                                          

I am a true lover of Lawn Fawn Stamps.  What I love about these stamps is that you can create quite the story using all the little images.  For my card today I am using the stamp set "Berry Special".  

I just love strawberries and mice images and fell in love with this stamp set.  I started out by coloring the images with my copic markers.  I then created a story by placing the images on the card.  I used a MFT Scallop circle for the white and then placed the different images in the circle.  The sentiment was made using white embossing powder.

Be sure and check out all the fun stamp sets at Lawn Fawn.  Always fun to play with.