As I was cleaning up from yesterday’s card, I came across another Reverse Confetti floral stamp and discovered several flowers and leaves that I had previously colored and die cut. It didn’t take too long to make another Mother’s Day card for the Stock Your Stash Challenge which ends tomorrow.

Today’s florals come from a set “Tall Blooms”- another one that’s been in my collection for quite a few years. 

After arranging the flowers on a piece of black cardstock, and adding the sentiment (from Pink and Main), I had to hunt through my cardstock for a piece of paper the right color for the mat. It turned out to be a good search. A friend ordered some Papertrey Ink cardstock for me weeks ago, and I had misplaced a couple of the packs which didn’t fit in the usual place. Low and behold, there they were! Neither of them worked for the card, but a mystery’s been solved. Better yet, I have the Pure Poppy cardstock that I love and don’t need to order more. The beautiful paper matting the florals is Orchid from The Stamp Market. I have a sample pack of all their colors and it’s proven to be a good purchase on several occasions.

When I put the panel on the white card base, it looked rather blah, so I added a strip of black and white striped patterned paper from My Favorite Things, and that seemed to perk it up a bit!

The sun is shining, but no walks until a delivery is made between 11:00 and 1:00. Rain is forecast for the afternoon, so hopefully we’ll get out before then. Hope your day is going well!

I have a birthday card for two challenges, one of which ends at noon today—so getting it in just “under the wire!”

I love the AAA Cards Challenge for a one-inch strip across a card, and I used just one stamp from Papertrey Ink, “Ombre Builder,” made up of many small images rather than using a single small stamp. And the card definitely fits in The Paper Players’ Challenge for a CAS Birthday card.

You won’t be surprised to see yet another red, black and white color combination. It’s a fave, and a great one for either a male or female recipient. 

It might be one of the quickest of cards to made as well. The only trick was needing to stamp the image several times to get each of the tiny triangles a solid black. With the MISTI stamping tool, that’s an easy task. A simple stamped sentiment from The Stamp Market, “Tons of Type” and a red heart from a very old punch and it was done. Simple layers thanks to the Gina K “Master Layout” dies.

A quick post to share a card for the new Addicted to CAS Challenge: Flower, and the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: CAS.

I’ve used several of the images from the Waffle Flower “Bouquet Builder 4” set, but this one seems to be my favorite.

I stamped the image on watercolor paper and used my Karin watercolor markers. I love how vibrant the colors are. Then I used a very light blue wash around the flower. I’m always a bit hesitant to try this for fear I’ll ruin the whole thing, but it worked out fine in this case.

I added a white embossed sentiment stamped on black cardstock from The Greetery’s “Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You.” Then as I often do, I die cut that panel and a dark blue panel with the Gina K “Master Layout” dies and layered them onto a bright blue cardbase. It’s definitely a CAS design!

Today is Adam’s birthday. Since we were just there, I was able to leave his card and gift with Sarah. I used a new-to-me (NBUS!) stamp from My Favorite Things called “Trendy Triangles.” It’s somewhat reminiscent of an older Altenew stamp I have, but there are more triangle options with this set, plus I splurged on the dies. I’ve been waiting for an excuse to get it out. 

I chose one of my favorite color combinations: red, white, and black, but added a nice gray as well. 

I just love all the different designs for the triangles: stripes of several sizes, polka dots, graphs, open and closed. It makes for a really dynamic design—and great for a masculine card.

The sentiment is from The Greetery’s “Sentiment Suite: Birthday. I added three enamel dots to mimic the dots in the triangle on the top of the card. The focal layer and the thin black layer were cut with my favorite “Master Layout” dies by Gina K. They were layered on a Pure Poppy card base. 

I’m entering this in two birthday challenges: Simon Says Wednesday Challenge–their 12th birthday, and Seize the Birthday. There’s always an optional topping. Interestingly, this time it’s squares and I’ve used triangles, so I’ll enter this without the topping! And, of course, the NBUS Challenge. *Edited to add that I missed the cut-off for the Seize the Birthday challenge which ended this morning!

I had a chance to play around with a new-to-me stamp, stencil, and die cut from Pinkfresh Studio, “Floral Notes.” It’s designed to fit a slimline card which is what I’ve done this time, but once I saw some card makers cut the design in two pieces to use on A2 sized cards, I knew it would be a versatile set to own. I’m pretty new to using the coloring stencils, but I’ve had good success both times. For me, they are much easier to use than layering stamps.

I used a variety of Pinkfresh inks with blending brushes to color the flowers and leaves before die cutting the floral arrangement. Then I used the smaller of the two dies in the Pinkfresh “Slimline Diagonal Stitched Rectangle” die set and stenciled just one part of a two-part stencil from Pinkfresh “Slimline Argyle” as a background.

I die cut the larger stitched piece from a piece of Lovely Lady cardstock by Papertrey Ink—one of my favorite pinks. The sentiment is from Pink and Main’s “Special Day.” This card is already in an envelope waiting to be mailed to a friend whose birthday is next week.

I’m linking this up to three challenges: The Flower Challenge: Pretty Pastels, The Paper Players where the challenge is Spring Flowers, and Time Out with a quote about April and getting out in the garden. April’s a little early in the northeast for these flowers, but the daffodils are up, and we’ve planted pansies in our front yard which has given me hope for an early spring!