Thinking of You

For April, the Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge is Spring Fling.

With everyone staying at home these days, I am making a lot of Thinking of You cards. 

This one uses some patterned paper from Gina K. Designs that comes from my favourite pack - Sending Love. I took the colours from the paper - yellow, green and purple, for my flower, leaves and frames.

Using my MISTI, I stamped the sentiment. Then I used my Scor-Buddy to score two lines above the sentiment.

I added my patterned paper above the score lines, and then adhered my flowers. I used foam squares to pop up the middle one.

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Made With Love, By the Sea stamp sets

                             Sending Love patterned paper pack

                             Wild Dandelion, Lucky Clover, Plum Punch ink

Cottage Cutz Stitched Square dies

MISTI

Scor-Buddy

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to everyone! It is certainly strange not going to church, but I will be able to watch a service online and sing along with the Easter hymns. This week, the Mod Squad challenge is Spring has Sprung. We are to make a spring or Easter card.

My MISTI was a life saver for this card. I was able to line up the layers of the lily and stamp them perfectly. I also lined up the sentiment and heat embossed it in gold. Then I stamped the thorns in the corner.

I used a piece of shiny gold cardstock for the mat and then attached this to a white card base.

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Lovely Lilies stamp set by Claire Brennan

                             Ink: Whisper Amalgam; Sweet Corn, Wild Dandelion, Jelly Bean Green, Grass                                             Green, Warm Cocoa

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps: He is Risen stamp set by Rebecca Rios

VersaMark ink

MISTI

Spring Banner

I made this card for a few challenges: Mod Squad Challenge Blog - Spring has Sprung;  Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge - Spring Fling;  and  Double D Challenges - Banner Challenge.

I started with a piece of Hilroy watercolor paper and stamped the flowers, from Gina K. Designs (GKD) Sending Love stamp set, with GKD Jet Black Amalgam ink. I took my ink cubes (GKD Wild Dandelion, Tangerine Twist and Jelly Bean Green) and tapped them on an acrylic block to transfer some ink. Then I used a water brush and 'painted' the flowers and leaves. Once the panel was dry, I added details with some coloured pencils. 

I stamped the banner, from GKD Holiday Frame Fillers by Melanie Muenchinger, on a piece of white cardstock. I curved it a bit and stamped it twice to get the length I needed. I used the banner filler stamp to stamp the colours and wrote my letters with a black marker. I fussy cut it out and went around the edge of the whole thing with a black marker to fill in any white spots.

I matted the focal image with a piece of green gingham from the Sending Love patterned paper pack and then attached this to a piece of black cardstock before adding it to a white card base. I glued on my banner and used a Wink of Stella pen to give the banner some sparkle.

Flexy Fold Card

This month, the theme for the Scor-Pal More Than One Score challenge is Florals, or Anything Goes. I was inspired by a card in the Score, Fold, Create! Project Book by Scor-Pal.

To make this card, you will need:

Scor-Buddy or Scor-Pal

Scor-Tape

Cardstock - I used yellow, and white for the sentiment

Patterned Paper - I used Stampin' Up! Dusty Durango designer series paper, which is 2 sided

Embellishments I used: 

Flowers - Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die D-Lites Blooms Three and Blooms Four

Leaves - Gina K. Designs: Rose Peonies, Give Thanks stamp sets and coordinating dies

                                            Grass Green ink

Sentiment - Stampin' Up! Punch Bunch stamp, 1 3/4" scalloped circle punch

                   Gina K. Designs Sweet Mango ink stamped on white cardstock

ribbon, lace

Cut your cardstock as follows:

Card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Bottom panel: 2 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Top panel: 1 3/4" x 5 1/2"

Cut your patterned paper as follows: 

Layer 1: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

Layer 2: 2 3/8" x 4 5/8"

Layer 3: 1 5/8" x 4 5/8"

With the long edge of the Bottom panel at the top of your Scor-Buddy, score at the 1/2" mark. Repeat with the Top panel piece. At the opposite end of each piece, mark about 3/8" from the end and the measurements shown below to make tabs. Cut with a craft knife. 

On the back, add Scor-Tape to the scored end.

Add the patterned paper to the cardstock.

Using the Bottom panel as a guide, cut a slit for the tab on the Card base 1 1/2" from the right side.

Using the Top panel as a guide, cut a slit in the Bottom panel 2" from the left edge of the patterned paper.

Adhere the 1/2" flap of the Bottom panel to the back of the left hand side of the Card base, even with the bottom. Add ribbon to the inside of the top edge of the Top panel. Adhere the 1/2" flap of the Top panel to the back of the right hand side of the Card base, even with the bottom.

Decorate as desired. Card can be unfolded to fit in an envelope.

We would love for you to join us for this month's challenge. All you need to do is make a project that has more than one score, and tell us where you used your Scor-Pal or Scor-Buddy. You can follow the theme of Flowers, or make an Anything Goes creation.