The Spot #151

Welcome back and have I got a fun card today! 
SLIMLINE!!! 

My friends over at The Spot Creative Challenge totally working with trends and what's hot in the crafting industry. 

Did my slimline card with lots of dies and floral elements. 

Starting with the Die- Its the fabulous Gem Frame, I cut it with three colors purple tones 
in Lavender Fields, Deep Iris and Winter Cloud.  
The sentiment comes from Many Thanks, which offers a variety of fonts and sizes. 

Next is the floral which I use an old fav of mine, the Build A Flower: Larkspur, done in Enchanted Garden mini inks. The center of the Larkspurs are done in Golden Sunset mini inks.  The leaves were done with  Green Valley mini inks. 

The small details are with Enamel Dots in Shades of Purple and the 3 1/2 wide by 8 1/2 long. I also used a gel pen to add some white in each of the florals center area.  

I really enjoyed making a card for the challenge at The Spot. 

God Bless

:) 
EB

Birthdays - The Spot Challenge #107

Hello and welcome back to the blog.
Today was fabulous, I finally got some sleep and I am feeling fabulous! So my friends at The Spot Challenge have a great birthday card challenge I had to join them.



https://www.thespotcreativechallenge.com/2020/04/the-spot-theme-challenge-107-birthday.html

Birthday cards are always fun, this one is for my granddaughter, she loves blue! The stamps and print are both from Lawn Fawn. I colored it with a couple of copics. Since I didn't have the dies, I fussy cut the images with my brand new scissors from Stampin' Up that I got from my friend Andrea. 

Have a fabulous day!
God Bless
:)

Eva

Metals Card - The Spot Challenge #106

Hello and welcome back.  LIfe has really slowed down since the beginning of the month. Another day having to stay in, with limited travel.  I'm getting better at making grocery orders at Walmart.com and making sure to unclick the no substitutions box. So far, It's been nice to work on the tasks at home that might have been overlooked and chores that have built up getting done.  In other news, the school dist has ended school for the year. Since they start in August and end in May, they were just a few weeks away from the end of the school year. I'm praying that school starts without any problems.  

Today is all about the beauty that is metal cardstock with a soft base of pink and gray.   I went with a peachy pink called Rouge, and a Dark Gray cardstock from Altenew. The sentiment is also from Altenew and one of my personal favorites. More Than Words is one of those sets, you will use over and over again.  I used Pure Graphite ink color from Altenew.

Next is the Copper Glitter paper that I paired with the Daisy Bouquet die from Gina Marie. I bought it so long ago, and it fits perfectly with the style of design I was going for.

Lastly, there is the layer of Vellum which is from a kit I got along the way, and I would call this from my stash. The lovely but lost items that we find in our search for crafty things. 

Well, that's it for today, I hope you will check out,  The Spot challenge. In the meantime, pray to the heavens that life will find some kindness for each of us. God bless and take care.

:)
Eva

Rosy Outlook - The Spot Challenge #104

Hello and welcome back to the blog! It has been a week, a lot of staying home, keeping ourselves busy and staying healthy!  With CoVid 19 keeping us on lockdown, we can only thank the Lord, that we aren't sick.  So I want to start today's post with a quick prayer.

Heavenly Father, please give us the strength to perfect our weakness. 

Give us comfort in our hour of need. Amen

Now, onto the work at hand!  The Spot has a sketch challenge this week!

Of course, I've got two cards for everyone today, one for the Spot challenge, and one for fun! Let's see what I used to create my card for this week's challenge. 

All of the products I am using are from Altenew.com! 

I loved the sketch, but it came with challenges for a person, who normally only uses up to 2 layers. I grabbed some of the products I normally keep on my desk, the Rosy Outlook stamp and die set was just one of the items. I used the Tea Party and Green Fields Oval Ink Collections for all of the images.  The sentiment is in Obsidian Black Ink.

I also added some Dark Gray Cardstock and 80lb White Cardstock to give the sketch the clean look that I love so much!

The Essentials Black and White paper pack has so many incredible designs, it was hard to pick. But this simple line one went with perfectly.

The sentiment is from the Mini stamp Best Sentiments, it's very similar to Label Love, which I why I love it so much! In Obsidian Black ink of course!

My second card

Has many of the same products with one difference, I didn't use the Essential Black and White paper pack, instead, I used the Bubble Wrap Stencil.  For this, I used the Lightest shade of gray from the Rock Collection oval inks in - Limestone.

I added a 1/4 strip on the left side of the card and moved my images to the center towards the top of the card. 

Overall I love how this card turned out. It's a personal favorite of mine. 

Anywho, I hope you will check out the challenge at The Spot, you can click on the challenge image and the link will take you to their site!

Have a great day, God bless my friends
Eva
:)

Summer Garden

Hello and welcome back! It has been a weird week... My back is still an issue, thus why I haven't been blogging. Sitting for too long doesn't make for a happy crafter.  I've been trying to get some cards ready to blog, I hope you enjoy!

https://www.thespotcreativechallenge.com/2020/03/the-spot-theme-challenge-104-spring.html

Here are today's cards, yup two of them. My paper pack from Altenew.com is Summer Garden, I am obsessed with it. Such amazing prints in the pack that you won't be disappointed. Both of my cards fit the challenge at the spot, so why not add them to the challenge! :) I hope you will check them out!

Starting with my first card

Altenew's Sumer Garden paper pack is the inspiration for both of the cards today. But my first card is all about one of the prints that made a fabulous background.  I added a few layers in Gold Foil and Blush cardstock.

I have the Frilly Frame Die in Gold Foil, as the accent layer. Which looks amazing over the Summer Garden print. Then I used my Halftone Nesting Circle dies for the next two layers.  Both card bases were made with 80lb White cardstock.

Blush is one of those colors that can pretty much fit anywhere you'd like, so I used it on today's card. For both the third layer and small sentiment layer which is from the Hello and Hugs stamp set. 

As you can see I used Obsidian Black for both stamps. With a bit of 80lb white cardstock for the Hello layer.  Thanks to the gold foil cardstock, my card didn't need any additional bling and this one is finished.  

My second card

Again, I am using the Summer Garden paper pack.  This time I fussy cut one of the images from the pack.  The floral print was incredible to use, I was sad to have to cut it, but some things are bigger than ourselves! lol!

For a cutting tip with smallish areas add a post-it under the area for added stability to the area.  Which gives you amazing results.  I also added a touch of the Golden Edge Washi, at the bottom of the card.

For the sentiment, I went with my favorite stamp set - Label Love, its fabulous and universal for any card.  Plus it looks great in colors like this in Mountain Mist mini ink cube.

Altenew has so many incredible colors to chose from, collections and different media to use to get your cards looking fresh and outstanding.  Both card bases were made with 80lb White cardstock.

Links you might want to check out!

Altenew Educator Program - https://altenew.com/pages/altenew-educator-certification-program
Summer Gaden Paper Pack - https://shrsl.com/26yj7
Label Love - https://shrsl.com/26yjg
Mountain Mist Ink - https://shrsl.com/26yjn

Thanks for joining, I hope you have a wonderful day! Stay healthy and safe.  God bless!
:) Eva