Greetings! It is time for a new challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenge. For the next two weeks, show us your projects with a Fresh Look of Spring! For my own card, I began by watercoloring a panel with springlike colors. I tore bits of it and added it to a card panel. The focal panel is by Red Lead Paperworks, and the little girl and sentiment are by Oxford Impressions, as are the delicate bird buttons. A vintage seam binding bow completes my card. Please check out the inspiring work of the rest of our Design Team and then I hope you will consider making a project of your own to share with us. As always, our generous sponsor FlonzCraft has a $20 gift voucher for one of our lucky participants. Thanks for dropping by. Hugs, Yvonne
Greetings! Thank you, as always, for stopping by today. I recently popped over to one of my first ever challenge sites that I joined called Make My Monday and saw they are having a "Girly Birthday" challenge. I decided to join in and cooked up the following card. The perfume bottles by Crafty Individuals are stamped onto the card base with Watering Can Archival Ink. Audrey is stamped with Black Archival Ink, trimmed and mounted to the card front over a frilly pink doily. The sentiment, by Hero Arts was added next. I decided to add a bit of pink and red dotted washi tape for a punch of color. Thanks for all your inspiring and encouraging comments. Best, Yvonne
Greetings! Just getting back into joining into challenges and found that Unity Stamps has a challenge site called "Be Inspired!" As you can see above, I chose the color challenge for my project. I do not have a lot of Unity Stamps, yet, but have recently done some stocking up. Just waiting for them to arrive. I began with an 8" x 8" card base. I added scraps of designer paper in light and true turquoise to the card base. I then added scraps of a recycled paper bag. I stamped "She Leaped" on scrap card and water colored her with Inktense Pencils. After adhering her to the card front, I determined more color was needed in the background so I added several shades of Dylusions Ink Sprays. To brighten up the background, I dipped a spray bottle cap in Golden Titanium White Fluid Acrylics and stamped it all over the background. I also added some Golden High Flow White Titanium Acrylic to the right top of the card and let it drip down the card front. The sentiment, also by Unity, was stamped with Archival Ink onto scrap card, trimmed and added to the card front. The border of the sentiment was added with a Black pen. A scrap of yellow and white fabric and a yellow button complete my card. I really enjoyed making this card. Thanks for dropping by!
Greetings! My post today is a last in a series of posts for March 2015 Gecko Galz Imagery. I cannot speak highly enough about the gorgeous images that Gecko Galz offers month after month, year after year. The image above is from the Fashionable Hats Collage Sheet. It's funny, but I still find it hard to incorporate hearts into my cards except at Valentine's Day. Anyone else struggle with this? Thanks for stopping by. Hugs, Yvonne
Greetings! Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I am back to share with you another card I made with the March 2015 Gecko Galz imagery. The gazebo and sentiment are from Oxford Impressions and the metal corners are from Funkie Junkie Boutique. Best, Yvonne
Greetings! Back with another card I made with the new imagery for March 2015 from Gecko Galz. When I saw this Victorian Spring Stamp I just loved it. At first I planned to color it in, but I really liked it in black and white so I decided to emphasize black and white instead with just a hint of soft color in the background using Victorian Spring Paper. The sentiment is by Red Lead Paperworks and I added washi tape, Dr. PH Martins India Ink drops, and used Golden High Flow paint in Titanium White. Thank so much for stopping by. I hope you take a look at all of the wonderful new images over at Gecko Galz. Best, Yvonne
Greetings! Over the next few days, I will be sharing with you a number of cards that I made with new imagery over at Gecko Galz for March 2015. For my first card, I worked with Victorian Spring Icons, Victorian Spring Paper Pack and In the Garden Collage Sheets, all released in March by Gecko Galz to create my card. The sentiment is from Oxford Impressions. A bit of Ranger Stickles for sparkle and a vintage seam binding bow complete my card. Thanks for dropping by. Best, Yvonne
