Day 6, Smoosh Resist

Haha!  Love the title for this day's class in Altenew Academy!  I really think I set a personal record for how quickly this card came together!

I used the same Distress Ink colors that Laura Basson did in the lesson.  I used the gorgeous flower from Altenew"s Beautiful Day.  The sentiment is from that set too.  The clear dew drops (that's what I call them :) are from Pretty Pink Posh  and are officially called droplets.

This was really fun to make and I thought it turned out pretty good.  My test is always "would I send it to someone".  LOL!

Thanks for taking a look!

Day 2, Generation Stamping

I've enjoyed Altenew's Altenew Academy, Clean, Simple and Colorful Techniques in spite of having forgotten about it until yesterday.  It is a fantastic class!  How could you not like it with the fabulous, enjoyable, and talented Laura Bassen teaching us these fun techniques.

For Day 2 I needed a geometric shaped stamp.  Well, seriously, the only thing close was from a stamp set by Sunny Studio called Birthday Smiles.  I actually used the ice cream cone stamp for my generation stamping.  I highlighted one of the stamps by finishing it with the layering stamp for the cone.  My biggest hurdle was finding inks to do the generation stamping with.  I really don't have a lot of quality dye inks.  I know there are some fabulous ones out there---but how to choose?!!

Anyway, here's the card with some Wink of Stella and a few sequins added.  I really like it when I'm reminded to look at my stamps differently!   Thanks for looking :)

I'm entering this in Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge "food and drink".

Tweet Friends Thank You card

I've made a thank you card with two of my most favorite stamps by My Favorite Things called Beautiful Blooms and Tweet Friends and their coordinating Die-namics by the same names.  I also used the perfect handwritten sentiment from Joy Clair from the Thank You for Everything stamp set.  The checked tablecloth was made with a cute gingham stamp from Lawn Fawn called Gingham Backdrops.

I inked a bit of a background yellow with Distress Ink in Squeezed Lemonade.

I just love how this card turned out.  It was quite the challenge to get all of the flowers and stems that I stamped situated just right! :)

I'm entering this into Joy Clair's Monthly Challenge for March titled Spring.   I think this card fits the bill with all of the soft spring colors!

  Thanks so much for taking a look & for any comments you would like to leave!

Lasting Hearts Card Drive cards

I wish I'd had more time to make more cards for this awesome card drive.  I first read about it on Jennifer McGuire's blog post here.  She is one amazing, talented, and very caring blogger and designer.

Here are the cards I made.  Thanks for taking a look!

Altenew Beautiful Day stamps (card inspired by May Sukyong Park, click HERE for blog post.)

I used Spellbinders Die D-Lites called Flower Surprise along with some patterned paper in my stash.  The embossing folder is We R Memory Keepers.

Left:  Mondo Hydrangea by Julie for Ellen Hutson w/JustRite Three In a Row die; right:Altenew Beautiful Day stamps colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers

This is a piece I watercolored in the Online Card Classes for Card Makers Intermediate Techniques.  Was glad to find a way to use it for a card.