Lucky Rainbow - Stampin' Up! Pick a Season

   I was browsing the many challenges that I follow to see what would spark some creativity and I found it with the Festive Friday challenge!  They have a fun choice board inspired by St. Patrick's Day but the card doesn't necessarily have to be for that day.

  

  For my card I used watercolor, rainbow, metallic thread, cloverleaf and gold.

  This one all started when I decided to make my own watercolor rainbow using waterpainters, reinkers and watercolor paper.  I played around and ended up with some duds but also got a few panels that were pretty.  I used one of them on this card.  I didn't quite get my stripes lined up to cover a whole card front so I trimmed this one down and adhered it to a card front that was embossed with the Eyelet embossing folder.

  I used more water color paper to die cut the sentiment labels.  The larger one is from the retired Tasteful Labels dies and the smaller is cut with the Unbounded Love dies.  For the sentiment I pulled out the long retired Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set and used the "lucky day" one.  For the cloverleaf the Sale-a-bration (SAB) stamp set Pick a Season was perfect so I stamped it a few times in Granny Apple Green ink.

 

  The top label is popped on dimensionals after adding a bit of gold thread behind it.  A few gold enamel dots finish off the details.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Pick a Season (SAB), Itty Bitty Greetings (retired)

Ink: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Azure Afternoon, Gorgeous Grape, Stazon black

Paper: Basic White, watercolor paper

Accessories: Eyelet embossing folder, gold thread, dimensionals, Unbounded Love dies, Tasteful Labels dies (retired), gold enamel dots (retired)

Plaid Crab - Stampin' Up! Ocean Friends

   My local stampers always appreciate a guy card at class so I combined the Ocean Friends stamp set and a bit of the lovely Timeless Plaid DSP for a nice masculine birthday card at my last event.

  The layout may look familiar as I used it for this For the Books card last week for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  The sketch was too fun not to use it again so I changed it up with the colors and stamp set for another look.

  The card starts with a Boho Blue card base.  Boho Blue is an In Color that will be retiring at the end of April so if you love it and don't have it time is running out.  If you already have it double check your card stock supply and reinker so as not to be caught without once it's gone for good.

  I used the largest Around It All die to cut the half circle from the Timeless Plaid DSP and adhered it to the card base.  The seaweed is die cut from Mossy Meadow card stock.  The crab is 2 step stamped with Cajun Craze ink, die cut then popped on dimensionals.  

  The sentiment is from the Spring Corners stamp set and is tucked into the snipped apart crab claws.  To add some interest to the top of the card I stamped some bubbles and then colored them in with a white colored pencil to give them more contrast against the blue.

  Finally a bit of linen thread tied in a knot and accented with an Adhesive-Backed Texture Dot accents the seaweed finishing off the card.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Ocean Friends, Spring Corners (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Boho Blue, Cajun Craze

Paper: Boho Blue, Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Timeless Plaid DSP 

Accessories: Around It All dies (Online Exclusive), Ocean Friends dies, dimensionals, white colored pencil, linen thread, Adhesive-Backed Texture Dot