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Heart2Heart March Guest DT: Bee You Card

Monday, March 28, 2016

Hello, Kraftie Friends!

This is my last week as a Guest Designer for Heart2Heart CTMH Challenge Blog!
They have a new challenge every Monday and you have until the end of the month to link your creations, using CTMH products.

This week's Challenge is: For the Birds & the Bees.

And here's my card:

I used retired patterned paper, Cricut-cut overlay in black and inked in Gold, and retired WOTG stamp set. I added some paper flowers (Prima) and Glitz Glitter in centers.

Thank you, H2H team for inviting me to be a GDT!

Challenges:

1. Artistic Inspiration #153: AG

2. Crafting From the Heart #105: AG

3. Craft Your Passion #305: Always AG

4. Eureka Stamps #186: Spring is in the Air

Mixed Media {Mon}: Heart2Heart March Guest DT - Monogram

Monday, March 21, 2016

Hello, Kraftie Friends!

This is my 4th week as a Guest Designer for Heart2Heart CTMH Challenge Blog!
They have a new challenge every Monday and you have until the end of the month to link your creations, using CTMH products.

This week's Challenge: Monograms.

I started with the base...adhering pieces of patterned papers on the sides.

On a 8" x 12" piece of white cardstock, I stamped letter "Fs" in different fonts.

I threw in a little Mixed Media - using paint (All-Purpose Paint and Gelato diluted in water) - coloring the letters, splattering and watercoloring the edges. Let it dry.

After it dried, I layered more patterned papers, the 5 x 7 photo and the title (foam stickers by American Crafts).

Then, I used a bunch of different stamp sets to stamping and embellishments to the page.

Challenges:

1. Heart2Heart CTMH Challenge: Monograms

2. Scrapbook March Spelling Bee Challenge: S-O-N-S (Splatter-Orange-Numbers-"more" Splatter)

3. Simon Says Wed: Cute and Cuddly

4. Word Art Wed #222-223: Anything Goes

Heart2Heart March Guest DT: Color Fern

Monday, March 14, 2016

Hello, Kraftie Friends!

This is my third week as a Guest Designer for Heart2Heart CTMH Challenge Blog!
They have a new challenge every Monday and you have until the end of the month to link your creations, using CTMH products.

This week is a color challenge: Fern.

I didn't have any cardstock (...actually, I did...but was too lazy to look for it), so I decided to use what I had in hand: ShinHan Touch Twin markers (Leaf Green and Sap Green)!

Here's my card:

I trimmed a green mat and colored the edges with the markers.
I stamped the background (Botanical Backgrounds) in black ink and colored them with the markers.
I stamped "happy" (WOTG) on white cardstock, outlined with the markers and fussy cut it.
I adhered the mat and panel on card base, added a strip of silver vellum, and adhered the sentiment.
Finally, I added some green flowers (Prima) and some pearls for the centers.

Challenges:
1. Heart2Heart CTMH Challenge: Fern
2. Simon Says Wed: A Bit O' Green

3. Time Out #51: Spring

4. Stamping Sensations March: Flower Power

Heart2Heart March Guest DT: Retirement Challenge

Monday, March 7, 2016

Hello, Kraftie Friends!

This is my second week as a Guest Designer for Heart2Heart CTMH Challenge Blog!
They have a new challenge every Monday and you have until the end of the month to link your creations, using CTMH products.

The challenge this week is...Retirement.

I decided to use a "retired" CTMH Stamp of the Month, called Beloved Bouquet.

The card could also be used as a "Retirement" Card.

I cut a card with Artfully Sent CTMH Cricut cartridge and backed it with Kaleidoscope and Zoe papers.
Draw "strings", using a silver gel pen, on the cut card base.
Ink and stamp flowers and leaves stamps and cut them out. I used 2 different shades of ink, one for the outlined image and one for the bold image.
Ink and stamp "baby breath" and cut them out.

Arrange your "bouquet" on the card, using foam tape for the flowers. Add sequins.

This is what it looks from the inside...I used a border punch on Kaleidoscope patterned paper:

Challenges:
1. H2H CTMH Challenge: Retirement
2. Word Art Wed #221: AGoes (#4)
3. Die Cut Divas: Something Spring
4. Crafting from the Heart #102: Always AGoes
5. Craft Your Passion #302: Always AGoes

Heart2Heart March Guest DT: Prickly Hug Card

Monday, February 29, 2016

(I have 2 posts today...please, click HERE for Club Scrap's Artist Team Blog Hop)

Hello, Kraftie Friends!

I'm a Guest Designer for Heart2Heart CTMH Challenge Blog in March!
They have a new challenge every Monday and you have until the end of the month to link your creations, using CTMH products.

Here's my card for the first challenge of the month (although it's not quite March, yet...ha! But they didn't want to wait 'til the 7th to start!):

The challenge this week is "3"...I chose to use 3 cactus plants.

The stamp set is called "Stuck On You". I stamped the images and cut them out (although they have a compatible die set). I colored them with alcohol-based markers.

I blended ink on the card base. On the white panel, I stamped some dots several times for the "sand" and pierced it with my piercing tool.

I arranged my pots and plants and adhered them on.

Finally, I added a sentiment, some sequins and a couple of tiny flowers (left overs from my border punch).

Challenges:
1. Heart2Heart Challenge Blog: 3
2. Craft Your Passion #301: Always Anything Goes
3. Simon Says Wed Anything Goes
4. Simon Says Work It Wed Feb 2016