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Birthday Challenge #337 Geometric Design with Word Dies

 I created 2 of the same card with different color ways.  The one I was most attracted to was this one.  What do you think?

This was a pretty simple card, mostly just die cutting and assembling the pieces so I will just go into the supplies used.  The 2 color sets I used were selected from the Color Cubes (1st Edition)

• Dies
• Mid Century Cover-Altenew **
• Abacus Cover-Altenew **
• Happy Birthday-Stampin'Up
• Diagonal Stitched Rectangle Stacklets-Taylored Expressions
• Cardstock
• Vellum
• Beeswax-Spellbinders
• Saffron-Spellbinders
• Sicily-Spellbinders
• Magenta Madness-Stampin' Up
• Shimmer Black-Amazon

2nd Card with same design was done with a more masculine feel.

• Cardstocks Used
• Evening Evergreen-Stampin' Up
• Cobblestone-Concord & 9th
• Charcoal Brown-Gina K Designs
• Truffle-Spellbinders
• Dark Chocolate-Gina K Designs

The cardstocks came from my stash so I am not sure they are still available (with the exception of the Spellbinders Cardstocks.  These were all from the Colorwheel Line.  Stampin' Up updates their colors pretty regularly so it is likely these specific colors are not available.  The point of the Color Cubes is not to necessarily be exact but to take inspiration from the images on the cards and the palettes themselves.

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Color Challange #143

This color challenge is black and orange.  I didn't want to do the typical Halloween Card.  After a but if thought I decided to use this beautiful butterfly set from Punk Fresh Studio.  I have a kindred with butterflies, my niece loved them.   Since this is breast cancer awareness month and she passed from breast cancer, it seemed fitting to make a card in her honor.

As stated above the set was from Pink Fresh Studios.  I pretty pressed the butterflies with my betterpress and Nocturne VeraFine Ink in5o Spellbinders Betterpress Paper in the color Porcelain.  I was not planning on cutting my butterflies but I made a mess on my paper so it made sense. 

I stenciled the butterflies using the matching stencils and Altenew Golden Sunset Ink Family.   Next I die cut the butterflies and sentiment.  

I went looking for a frame to use and instead found a frame in my black cardstock that I had cut from another project that I thought would work well. I found some patterned paper that would work.   It was an older pack but I think it was from Altenew.   

I arranged everything in the composition I wanted then I decided to add texture to the patterned paper with an embossing folder. I chose the embossing folder from this month's Craft Your Life Kit called Expressive Flora.   I added some ink to the embossing to bring out the texture a bit.  The ink I used was Charcoal Suit from Altenew. 

I adhered the pieces down using some low loft foam tape.  Then I decided to use the leftover piece if patterned paper on the inside if the card pictured below.  I also stamped the sentiment on the inside.  It came from that same Pink Fresh Studios collection called Butterfly Bliss. 

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Halloween Makes thus far

 I don't think I am done with Halloween yet, I have been having way too much fun with it.  Especially after I was able to get my hands on the Hero Arts My Monthly Super Hero Kit.  I wanted that kit in the worst way and it sold out likity split.  But they got some back in stock and I was on a wait list, So I got mine.  I have been trying to play with it each day every since.  Here are a few things I made.  

Yet another Birthday Card

 I was asked to make a card that was themed around playing poker or gambling.  Seemed a perfect fit for the Jack of All Trades and the Wild Joker sets from Jaycee Gaspar and Spellbinders.  I used the colors from the packaging. 

Commissioned Birthday Cards

I was asked to make a Birthday Card for my Sister-in-Law.  Of course, in the commission I also wanted to make one for her from me.  I had this idea to create a light up card from a lightning bug set I received at the Summer Camp with Concord and 9th.  So I put the bugs in the jar and made them light up using lights from Pear Blossom Press.  I think it turned out so cute.  

Then I created a card from a set of Music Instruments from Spellbinders.  This same sister is very much into music so it seemed fitting.  I pretty much used a design I saw for this one.