Feathered Hello

One of the things I've been doing is keeping busy making cards to send to family and friends.  I can't see them so the next best thing is to send them a special note to let them know I'm thinking of them.  It's hard for all of us to be away from each other.

Today found me playing along with a couple of challenges.  The theme from the Just Us Girls Challenge gave me the perfect opportunity to use one of my new Mini Delight:  Strength stamp set from Altenew.  It's one of their mini stamp and die combos and I love the feather outline and the little stamp that colors just the tip of the feather.  The colors of pink, gray, green and Kraft, from the Color Throwdown Challenge, worked well for the feathers. 

I've entered my card into the following challenges.  For the challenge details, click the image(s) below.

Thanks for stopping by,

Marsha

Products Used

Mini Delight:  Strength stamp set from Altenew

Hello stamp from Taylored Expressions

Toffee, Pink Champagne and Lime Zest inks from Taylored Expressons

Jet Black ink from Altenew

Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Whisper White Thick cardstock from Stampin' Up!

Mini Delight:  Strength Die and Rounded Rectangles Die Set from Altenew

Drip Drops from Taylored Expressions

Cheerful Thank You

With Christmas just over a month away, I know I'm going to need lots of thank you cards.  Here is one I made using one of the panels from the Boxed In Basics set from Taylored Expressions.  I used Copic Markers to color it, then added the panel to a card base of Pacific Point cardstock from Stampin' Up!  For the finishing touch, I added some Cherry Pop Enamel Dots, also from Taylored Expressions.

It's Word Week at Just Us Girls.  For all the challenge details and to share your project, click the image below.

Thanks for stopping by,

Marsha

Hello Friend

It's just a short post for me today.  It's one of those days where there is much to do and so little time in which to do it.  But, I wanted to share the card I designed using a stencil I made from various leaf dies.  It was a fun way to create my own background and use my Distress Oxide Inks.  I spritzed a bit of water onto the inks as well as added some drops of Glossy Accents all over the card front.  Of course, the Glossy Accents drops are not showing up well in the photograph.

Stamp Set:  None; Distress Oxide Inks:  Fired Brick, Frayed Burlap, Wild Honey, Worn Lipstick; Cardstock:  Baked Brown Sugar, Calypso Coral, Chocolate Chip, Sugar Cube; Other:  Assorted Leaves Dies (Darice), Friend Die (Taylored Expressions), Glossy Accents, Hello Die (Taylored Expressions), Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies (Stampin' Up!)

I've entered my card in the following challenges.  For all the challenge details and to share your project, click the images below.

Just Us Girls

The Paper Players

Thanks for stopping by the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha

The Friday Mashup 198 and Just Us Girls 281

In case you are wondering what I'm doing up so late, I'll just come right out and tell you.  I can't sleep!  Thus, 2:43 a.m. is late instead of early.  Make any sense to you?  Don't feel bad, me either.  So, what do I do when I can't sleep?  I make cards.

For this card I combined challenges, The Friday Mashup and Just Us Girls.  It was challenging but fun to try to get the colors and sketch and images to come together.  It took me a few tries.  I wonder if that is because I'm sleep deprived at the moment.  The light blue layer is from the Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper.  To give it a little character, I stamped the honeycomb image from the Butterfly Basics stamp set using Sahara Sand ink.  I stamped off so it gave just a hint of the image.  Both butterflies are stamped using Night of Navy ink.  I love the look of the Smoky Slate card stock with the Night of Navy butterfly.

Stamp Sets:  Butterfly Basics, Gorgeous Grunge; Inks:  Night of Navy, Sahara Sand; Card Stock:  All Abloom Designer Series Paper Stack, Blushing Bride, Night of Navy, Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper, Sahara Sand, Smoky Slate; Accessories & Tools:  Butterfly Thinlits Dies, 5/8" Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Silver Rhinestones (non-Stampin' Up!®), Dimensionals, Glue Dots, SNAIL Adhesive, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine. Stampin' Trimmer

All Stampin' Up!® product unless otherwise noted.

The sketch and flight theme are from The Friday Mashup!

The pretty colors are from the Just Us Girls Challenge.

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha

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