Happy Wednesday, peeps! WOW---the sun came out in Pennsylvania yesterday---I didn't quite know how to act! It's been MIA for several days, and it was so nice to see it! Anyhoo, I did get a little time in my craft room yesterday...I loved the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches:
loved it so much, I made two cards! The first one uses the colors from Hand Stamped Sentiments:
I am always scrambling for male birthday cards, and I thought these colors were pretty good for a guy..the Blackberry is just dark enough to not be too feminine! I pulled out Sailing Home and some various DSPs and went to work:
Everything is pretty straightforward; I stamped the lighthouse in Night of Navy and diecut it, then added some seagulls and a sun on the Stitched Nested Label panel:
I added some diecuts from the Set Sail die set as well; the wheel and the rope were diecut and added strategically! The sentiment from Rustic Retreat was diecut with the Stitched Rectangle die:
My second card uses the same layout, but I chose to make a Christmas card to fulfill the Christmas Kickstart challenge of Festive Florals:
I've been making several cards using the Poinsettia Petals set, so I made another, this time using some Winter Wonderland papers from Simple Stories:
I stamped two layers of the smallest poinsettia on some Naturals White cardstock, which is now retired, in Baja Breeze ink and diecut them out. I wanted to "shabby" them up a bit since the background papers are a bit muted in color, so I sponged them with some Soft Sky ink and added some "lines" from Gorgeous Grunge in Sahara Sand to imitate the background paper. I added some Champagne foil berries:
and a sentiment from Itty Bitty Christmas, stamped in Calypso Cora and diecut with a Tasteful Labels die:
And since I stamped the inside sentiment crooked, I stamped another poinsettia over it to draw the recipient's eye away from my error, LOL!
And just in case you're wondering what size the panels are; the top left panel is 3 1/8" x 2 3/8"; the panel below it is 7/8" x 2 3/8"; the right panel is 1 1/2" x 4"; and the bottom panel is 1 1/4" x 4".
Cassidy had a busy Saturday last week; before going to the Harvest Party, she helped clean out flower beds!
I'm pretty sure she slept very well that night! Thanks so much for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!
Handsome birthday card and beautiful Christmas card. I love what you did with the poinsettia petals. Stamping crooked is one of the best things I do and I always use the trick you used unless it's beyond a cover up. It's raining here today so I think I'll be in the craft room most of the day. You are a blessing :-)
ReplyDeleteA really fun Sketch, and you had all the dsps to pull it off beautifully, TWICE, LeAnne!
ReplyDeleteLOve what you've done to 'shabby up' that Poinsettia!
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Love that festive floral!
ReplyDeleteLove these.....two beautiful cards...one sketch......and they are totally different!
ReplyDeleteLove both your cards - can't believe they use the same sketch! Thanks for playing again at Christmas Kickstart, always great to see your join the fun, Jo x
ReplyDeleteLove the way you've used all of the pretty papers on these! Two marvelous cards LeAnne!
ReplyDeleteBoth lovely but I especially like the first one - so bright and fresh as a masculine card and perfect with this set!
ReplyDeleteGreat job to create 2 cards with the same sketch. Both cards are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining Tuesday Morning Sketches.
xxx Margreet DT
These are both fantastic! I must say that I really love the Christmas card!
ReplyDeleteGreat tip on the inside sentiment "fix"!
Thanks for playing along with us at Tuesday Morning Sketches!
Debbie ~ TMS DT
Debbie's Dash of This and That
Both cards are beautiful! I love the die cuts you used in the lighthouse card. Thank you for joining us at Tuesday Morning Sketches.
ReplyDeleteTwo gorgeous cards! I love the little details on each panel of your lighthouse one. I would have never thought to make a nautical card in these colors but it looks amazing!!! Thanks for playing along with us at Hand Stamped Sentiments!
ReplyDeleteTwo gorgeous cards, LeAnne - just love the lighthouse with those yummy colors and your poinsettia is sheer perfection!!
ReplyDeleteI love how you used the different dsp and stamped the background for the lighthouse. Great masculine card! I also love your poinsettia card. Thanks for joining us Hand Stamped Sentiments.
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