majestic heron...

 Hello!  Popping in to share a card that I made for the Paper Players challenge to make a clean and simple card with a critter.  I will also be posting this to the Memory Box August challenge since I did use a Memory Box die on the card.  The other dies are from Birch Press Design.  Let's have a look.

The most recent Birch Press Design release is beyond amazing.  I have been having a ball creating cards with the dies.   Most of the dies are aquatic in nature, but there are several different bird die set.  Two featuring cranes and one featuring a majestic heron.  We have herons here in the Puget Sound region and it is always fun seeing them slowly moving through the shoreline looking for little fish swimming in the shallows.  That was what I was going for when I created my card.   For my heron I used direct to paper inking to get the colors I wanted.  Once I was happy with the colors die cut the pieces, let them dry and then assembled my heron.  For his "shoreline" I die cut white cardstock using a Memory Box Curved Cap Pinpoint layer die and then inked the bottom with Broken China and Tumbled Glass distress oxide inks and the top with what Broken China ink was left on my brush.   The little shore waves were created by using the Sea Kelp die.  I then inked up the pieces with the residual ink on the brush used for the Tumbled Glass.  The little fish are also from the Sea Kelp die set.  I inked them up with residual oxide ink from my green brush.   Everything was adhered to my background piece and I finished with a sentiment from a Simon Says Stamp stamp set.  

That's it for me.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

thank you kindly...

 Hello!  I made a card and now I'm sharing it, lol!  This is for Freshly Made Sketches and Color Hues.  The Color Hues combo is lilac and mint two colors that I don't often put together, but I challenged myself to give it a try.   Here's what I made.

I used Shaded Lilac and Salvaged Patina distress oxides and ink blended the Memory Box Cottage Flower Stem.    I used Waffle Flower Crafts 1+ blender brushes and tried to add some shading.  You can see a little bit of it on the leaves, but my Shaded Lilac pad was really juicy and despite adding several layers of color to the center of the flower, there isn't much difference.  Oh well, I tried!  I did use a little bit of Antique Linen for the flower center.  I have several Memory Box patterned paper pads and I found these neutral plaid that has a bit of minty color to it.  I used that along with strips of light gray and white cardstocks that I embossed with my old favorite Sizzix Swiss Dot embossing folder.  The sentiment is a new product from Memory Box/Open Studio called Greetings Tabs.   The tabs come in black and white, circle or strip and feature either thank you sentiments or birthday sentiments.   Perfect for when you just need to add a quick sentiment to a card.  

Since I did do some ink blending I'm also going to add this to the Memory Box February challenge of ink blending.   I'm also going to add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge. 

That's it for me!  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

more floral cards...

 Hello!  Popping in with a couple more floral cards.  Today's cards are for Freshly Made Sketches and Color Throwdown and Memory Box monthly challenge and Color Hues.  (Affiliate linked list of supplies at the end of this post.  Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)  First up is my card for Freshly Made Sketches and Color Throwdown.

Super simple card that I boosted up a little with the embossed background.  I used the SSS Brushed Flower stamp set and lovely bright inks from Pinkfresh Studio.  The embossed background was created using the SSS Geometric Lattice embossing folder.  The sentiment is from the Simple Thank You sentiment set and was stamped using VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne.  I adhered everything with thin 3D foam squares from Scrapbook Adhesives. 

My second card is for the Color Hues and Memory Box challenge.  The Memory Box challenge is May Flowers making the die set I used called Gentle Blossom perfect for the challenge.  I also used the Memory Box Hello Friend Posh Script die set on the card.  I die cut the flower and leaf parts from bristol cardstock and then inked them with Pinkfresh Studio inks in Berrylicious and Candy Apple and Ocean Breeze and Aquamarine.  I thought using the bristol cardstock would be a good thing, but despite blending on alot of ink it doesn't look like I did.  Also, my aqua is more toward the green side of aqua instead of the blue side of aqua.  Hope that is okay.  This card is also very simple.  I die cut a panel of white cardstock and then just adhered the flower and leaves.  The sentiment was die cut from white cardstock three times and stacked.  I die cut the shadow from thick vellum, adhered the white sentiment and then added it to the card front.

I think I will also add this card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge to layer it up.

Affiliate linked supply list:

Platinum 6

Bearly Arts Glue

Scrapbook Adhesive thin 3D foam

Fog Cardstock

Brushed Flowers Stamp

Brushed Flowers Dies

Geometric Lattice Embossing Folder

Pinkfresh Studio Heartbeat ink cubes

Pinkfresh Studio Over the Hill cubes

Pinkfresh Studio Starry Night cubes

Memory Box Gentle Blossom Dies

Memory Box Hello Friend Posh Script Dies

Simon Says Stamp Simple Thank You stamp set

VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne Ink

Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely day!