Haven't Posted in a few weeks

 I have been creating, I just have not stopped to post in a bit.  Because of this, I have a few cards to showcase.  Wow, as I look at the pictures I have some catching up to do.  Get your favorite drink and relax this may be a long one.  Some of these I made a while back so I may struggle remembering the colors or exact products, seems they were worthy to share just the same. 

 The first is a set of cards, inspired by the pattern on my clothing.  This one I actually wrote down most of what I used so it should be fairly comprehensive.  Here is the inspiration.  

I love the muted color palette and the way the flowers were laid out.  I liked that the flowers were coral colored and yellow and also a purple/pink.  I set out to find a stamp/stencil set that would foot the bill.  I used the Hello Beautiful Craft Your Life Project Set from Altenew.  This is an older set but is still available.  I thought I was going to need several flowers so I blended several panels with different flower configurations and cut them out with the dies.  I used the Jade Dreams, Martian Terrain, Pocketful of Sunshine and Rose Petal Ink families from Altenew.  For my background I started with the Natures Wonders, Marshland cardstock from Altenew.  I put a quarter sheet of the cardstock on my Stampwheel platform, and with my large blending brushes from lightest to darkest I blended around the outside of the panel to create a glow in the center of the pane. On a couple of quarter panels of Hammermill 100# cardstock I blended several clusters of the flowers.  I cut them out using the matching dies.  I had many more flowers so I ended up with four cards.  I used the Serene Archways for one card and some printed acetate I had in my stash to make a see-through card for another.  I did primarily use Altenew products for these cards as you see, I was having fun with the process.  I stamped the images in a tone on tone on the background panel and dotted Nuvo Drops in the flower centers in the color Bottle Green.  The sentiment was from the Altenew set and the gems were from the Let's Party Set from Honeybee Stamps.  I learned how to create 5x7 top folding cards from Yana Smakula in a card making event I participated in and I used that process to make this into a 5x7 top folding card for something different.  The inside has a spray of the matching flowers.  

A few of the pictures show the inside of the card, so there are multiple of the same card. 

Card Front

Card inside

See Through Card

Flat Shaker with Vellum

Serene Arches Panel

Next, Birthday Fishes using The Greetery.  I am a sucker for anything related to the sea, especially in the summer so when I saw the Crab Honeycomb Die from The Greetery I was unable to resist.  I busted it out as soon as I got it to make this cute interactive card.  The card stays flat for mailing, but it tells the recipient what to do to pop out the belly in the cute ball of honeycomb paper.  I also popped it up on an action wobbler.  This crab is so cute!

How it is mailed.

 

Honeycomb expanded.

for my background I sued the Under the Sea stencil set form Waffle Flower, I used Ink from Altenew, Marine Life Family.  The cardstock for the crab was from my stash, the colors were Real Red, Night of Navy from StampinUp!, Basil, Powder from Concord & 9th.  Inside I lightly stamped a scene of fishes swimming in some coral, these stamps were from Exquisite Ocean My Favorite Things Stamps (no longer in business sadly).  I used some lighter colors so a person could write their message to the recipient over the top if they wished. 

Next is another set from Altenew.  This one is from the Creative Cuts Subscription.  This set is called Lemon Tree 

I apologize as I have no idea what colors I used here I did not write them down.  The lemon shadows were done with a matching alcohol ink marker, I dotted the sides with a fine liner.  The squeeze the day sentiment came from the set.  The pot for the tree was cut from a scrap piece that I had stenciled some time ago with a silver paste, I just thought it would be cute for the pot when I was going through my scraps.  When you make panels you don't end up using, save them you can always use them for things later.  The tree itself was cut from the green and I colored the branch parts and the "dirt" with the darkest brown marker I had.  The background was from a 3D embossing folder I had received in a Spellbinders Weekender Kit from last fall. (2025), it seemed to fit.  I did not color it at all just left it white.  

I have found several other cards I had not posted but for today I am going to call this it.  Hope you enjoy.