get well soon

 hi there stampers!

I was on a roll today and found so many lovely leaf stamps that I had to keep making cards. The challenge at AAA cards this week is:

The ginkgo leaves from Stampin Up Loyal Leaves were stamped with distress oxide ink, masking between stamping to overlap the 2nd leaf. The mask was then put on the 2nd leaf and the x marks stencilled using Paper Rose Mark Maker stencil and distress oxide ink. The sentiment from Kaisercraft was stamped on a white strip, layered 3 times and glued over the images. The panel was adhered to a panel that was blended with the same happy yellow distress oxide ink around the edges.

I do love the fresh green and happy yellow together and thought they would certainly give some cheering up to a friend who is under the weather.

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so proud of you

 hello!

Feeling crafty today - that's probably a good thing.  I thought a challenge would be fun and I found one that enticed me from the lovely people on PerfectlyCAS. 

The first challenge for 2021, #11: 

I like this CAS idea of using only 1/3 or less of the card, which suits my (emerging) style.  Not always, but I think the cards I like most are simple and surrounded by white space. I'll try to do more of them and see where it leads... 

I've always liked the look of a single leaf. There's something natural and powerful about it. It says 'This is me, just as I am".  No pretence.

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supplies: 

Craft giraffe stencil: circles

Altenew inks: dew drops, galactic stream

Altenew stamp: sentiment strips

Stampin Up! stamp: Loyal Leaves

you are strong

 hello stampers!

Today I have a clean, green card. I was inspired by the big Melia tree in our garden which is covered in new bright green leaves at the moment and wanted to capture that dewy greenness (is that a word?). I used this week's challenge at CAS(E) this sketch CTS #402 as inspiration for the design.

I think this design lends itself to many interpretations, but I thought I'd stick fairly closely to the elements. 

  

The Forever Greenery DSP from Stampin' Up! has some lovely papers so I used some as the background and then layered some fussy cut leaves on top to make it like a bouquet. A little shaded spruce card cut into leaves and intermingled gives it some dimension.  I added a few dew drops for that fresh dewy look and finished it off with bright white twine.

Green and white I think is my favourite colour combination - so clean and fresh. I hope you can find the time to spend relaxing in a garden today.

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Supplies:

cardstock: whisper white, shaded spruce

ink: balmy blue, shaded spruce, Altenew Sea Glass

paper: Forever Greenery DSP

stamp: Stampin' Up! Loyal Leaves

you're amazing

It's been warmer here the last few weeks, with the trees now in full leaf and sunny days more frequent. Sitting under a tree in the garden yesterday, enjoying the shade and gentle rustling of the leaves inspired the idea of this card.  The Just Add Ink challenge this week provided a simple template and the round birch leaf shape fitted perfectly.

The birch leaf is stamped in Garden Green on Garden Green card, then fussy cut to show off the lovely detail. Mounted on an embossed card showing the elegant trunks of birch trees forming the perfect backdrop. Some ink daubing on the sentiment toned down the whiteness, tying it in with the colours. Finished off with a couple of dewdrops to signify the soft supple new leaves of the season. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

card: Garden Green, Whisper White, Crumb Cake

ink: Garden Green, Crumb Cake

stamp: Loyal Leaves

embossing folder: Woodland 

clear epoxy droplets

stamp: Altenew Sentiment Strips