Green, Green, Everywhere

I needed another birthday card, so I decided to use green and enter it in the Mod Squad Challenge - Green, Green Everywhere. We can only use the colour green, with a neutral as an accent, if necessary.

This was a fairly quick card to make. I only used one colour of ink and the same colour of cardstock - Jelly Bean Green. 

I stamped the flourish all over the background, and sponged around the edge with a sponge dauber. After stamping the sentiment on another piece of cardstock, I embossed it with clear embossing powder and cut it out with a stitched circle die. I also cut out another larger circle and sponged the outside of the circle. That way, when I layer the sentiment on top, it looks like a darker cardstock in behind.

I took a piece of twine, wrapped it around the background piece, threaded it through a button and tied it. I attached the background panel onto a white card base with some foam squares, and then added the sentiment pieces with some more foam squares.

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Dazzling Dahlia, Made with Love Stamp sets
                             Jelly Bean Green ink
                             Jelly Bean Green, White cardstock 
Cottage Cutz Stitched Circle die set
Button, twine, sponge dauber, clear embossing powder, foam squares from my stash

Flowered Thank You

I needed a thank you card and decided to make one with flowers to enter into the Gina K. Designs March Monthly Mix Challenge - Flower Power. 

I started with a piece of white cardstock and stamped the flowers. After I stamped the purple one, I used a piece of masking paper to cover the flower and stamped the yellow flower on the left. Then I masked that one as well and stamped the pink, masked again and stamped the yellow one on the right. These are two step stamps, so the outline is in a darker ink than the main flower. I then stamped the leaves, again masking off the flowers so the leaves look like they are behind the flowers.

After stamping the sentiment, I heat embossed it in clear. I matted the panel with Wild Lilac card stock and attached it to a white card base.

I thought the flowers made it look a little more like Spring, as we had two snowfalls in three days this week. I am certainly looking forward to warmer temperatures and real flowers in the garden!


I used the following supplies:
Gina K. Designs: Painted Autumn, Dazzling Dahlia Stamp sets
                            Lovely Lavender, Wild Lilac, Lemon Drop, Wild Dandelion, Bubblegum Pink,                                               Dusty Rose, Grass Green ink
                            Wild Lilac, White cardstock 
Inkadinkado Stamping Mask paper

clear embossing powder from my stash