Some More Cards Featuring Concord & 9th Annuals Stamp and Die Set

These last two cards made with my Concord and 9th Annuals stamp and die set might be my favorite.  I was running out of alternative ideas and then remembered a set of delicate word dies.  I love the simplicity of these cards.  The background is the Concord and 9th Plaid background stamp.

I used some Crystal Accents on the cardstock word die cuts.  I'm very pleased and think this was a great crafty session!

A Notecard Set Using Concord & 9th Annuals Stamp and Die Set

I had stamped our some of the floral images using my Concord and 9th Annuals Stamp and die set.  I used Bristol paper making them perfect for coloring with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.  When I went to use them on cards, I also decided to create my own background using my Concord and 9th Plaid background stamp set with coordinating Distress Oxide inks.  I'm ever so pleased with how these turned out.  

Yellow usually isn't my preference.  In this case, this yellow and orange card is my favorite.  Go figure!

Of course, green is my favorite color and so this card is a close second.  So soft and pretty.  Wish I had an occasion to use this card right away.  I have some more pieces on the bench from my stamping frenzy, so I think more cards are in the works.

Hello Beautiful - More Greetery Print Shop Fresh Florals

I'm stopping in to share some more cards made using blooms from my stamping endeavor with the The Greetery Print Shop Fresh Florals stamps and dies.  This time I paired them with The Greetery Have a Word - Beautiful die cuts using shiny gold foil paper.  I had some of the Heartfelt Creations Delicate Lace die cuts on the table and so they made their way into these cards as well. 

I have had so much fun with the blooms and coordinating them into cards.  I know I won't stop now...

Better Together - A Mix and Match Challenge Week 8 by Andie

During this time of quarantine, Brandy and I miss crafting together.  It isn't that we did so often - we didn't see each other every week sometimes.  It's more that we can't see each other.  So I had an idea to create a challenge each week - one just for Brandy and she could create one just for me.  Brandy has to amp the idea up and came up with our official title.  This is our eighth week of challenges.  I present to you Week Eight of the Better Together - A Mix and Match Challenge.

Brandy's Challenge for Andie:

Cool/sweet Treats with a summer pallet. 

Your color pallet and inspiration photo are provided.

I had so much fun with the challenge this week.  Again, this challenge caused me to think outside my typical box.  I remembered a free 6 x 6 patterned paper pad with coordinating ephemera in the stash.  I pulled that out with the intention to use it to make cards just using the ephemera in a collage style card.  However, the ephemera didn't have a lot of sweet treats so I went searching what to add.  I had my Silhouette machine out for another project and so I just decided to search for a cut file that fit.  I found these delightful popsicles and away we went.   

The sentiments are from two different stamps sets.  "Happy Birthday" is from the Simply Said stamp set from Clearly Besotted and the "today is all about you" is from the Reverse Confetti Word Up stamp set.  Other than that, it's a patterned paper show.  A couple of the cards I added Crystal Accents to create some shine.  Otherwise, the cards seem to make themselves.

I'm not sure we meant to have these challenges go on so long.  Arizona is opening back up, but both Brandy and I are being cautious about how much we expose one another until we see a little more concrete data.  As such, we continue to miss our time together.  We've decided to shake up the challenge a bit for the month of June.  More on that next week.

Happy June, everyone.  It's officially here.

Better Together - A Mix and Match Challenge Week 8 by Brandy

During this time of quarantine, Brandy and I miss crafting together.  It isn't that we did so often - we didn't see each other every week sometimes.  It's more that we can't see each other.  So I had an idea to create a challenge each week - one just for Brandy and she could create one just for me.  Brandy has to amp the idea up and came up with our official title.  This is our eighth week of challenges.  I present to you Week Eight of the Better Together - A Mix and Match Challenge.

Andie's Challenge for Brandy:

This challenge is meant to challenge you to be delicate, fine even, in your work.  You can create a card, a scrapbook layout, a project for the house.  The palette is provided to challenge you.  The poem is provided to inspire you.  Be kind with yourself.  Be delicate and sweet.  I promise you… every little thing is going to be alright.

I did something a little different and made a bookmark from a Spellbinders die, I have had forever.   I used a stamp from Our Daily Bread that has become a very important part of dealing with the Covid19 Pandemic as Andie has shared several links to beautiful recordings by choirs.  I also remember this being Sunday at the end of every church service when I was young and would go with my Grandma.  The berries and vines are the WPlus9 Botanical Bunch.

I had a challenge with the color pallet, but it did remind me of the Gansai Tambi watercolor set.  It took me a couple of tries and this is as close as I came.  The vines are more of a teal than the photo shows.  There is also some clear glitter throughout, but I don't think you can see it that well.