Cupcakes

 Hello Everyone,

For today I will be playing along with Twofer Card Challenge and AAA Birthday. Their challenge word was well.... challenging; the word, cupcakes. Here are my cards for today, enjoy!

When you think of cupcakes the first thing that comes to mind is a birthday. For me, it was nothing else. How am I going to showcase two cards with the same image that has different occasions/themes? Okay Twofer, game on!!

First Card
Theme: complete snark!

This is an all-occasion card that can be used for any foodie, baker or anyone who likes to eat. I found this sentiment stamp and laughed out loud! The card features a cupcake full of frosting, but when you lift the flap it reveals the muffin, and the wonderful 'You're Welcome' sentiment presents itself.

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It is also a traditional top folding card where I can put my equally snarky message. I added a shimmery cardstock to the back of the card for dimension and even more interest.

Second Card

Theme: Birthday

So here is the traditional birthday card that features the cupcakes from the first card that are colored using ROY G BIV color scheme. 

The 'Hey Cupcake' was stamped using VersaMark Ink then sprinkled a tiny amount of powder for each color. I then used VersaMark again this time, white powder and set.

Challenges Entered:
Twofer Card Challenge: #38- Cake/Cupcake

AAA Birthday: Game #25- Happy Birthday

The Second Card

   

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and stay crafty my friends.

All the best,

Lucky Shamrocks

 Hello All,

For today I will be playing along with The Color Throwdown and Twofer Card Challenges. Here are my cards for today enjoy!

Card #1

Simply colored using alcohol markers in various shades of green.
For good luck, the sentiment is underlined with a strip of gold paper.

A white sentiment strip and border allows the sentiment to pop off the shamrocks.

Here is a closer shot of the gold strip under the sentiment. Tried to keep it simple since there is so much going on in the background.

Challenges Entered:
The Color Throwdown: cts634
Twofer Card Challenge: Challenge #36- Your Choice

 

Card #2

Utilizing the spotlight technique for this card. At first glance it looks like another St. Patrick's card. It is in fact a love you card. The sentiment was split into two separate black tags. The original sentiment had the word `lucky`included on the stamp.

Used rainbow paper for a small online. This small amount color brings the color throughout the card.

Here is a closer look at the split sentiment. I added some enamel dots for some eye-catching color. I think it adds a lot to the card.

Twofer Card Challenge: Challenge #36- Your Choice

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy.

All the best,

Wonderful Wycinanki

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I have been playing with this stamp/die set for a while now. I haven't posted too many cards featuring it but now I am featuring two of them for Twofer. Here are my cards for today, enjoy!

The two cards feature the stamp from Altenew called, as the title of this post suggests, Wonderful Wycinanki in two completely new ways. I adore this graphic representation of flowers. I invite you to Google 'Wycinanki' and see the panorama of designs and colors.

Card #1:

It seems by looking at some examples of the Wycinanki style that symmetry is their primary design pattern. So I followed by example and created a symmetrical design. 

I was at a loss on what colors to use for this card so I consulted my trust color wheel for inspiration. This is the color scheme using 'secondary' colors. Purples, greens, and oranges seemed like a perfect combination for this card.

Dark purple was used throughout this card. The outer layers of the flowers and the horizontal stripes on the card. I think the stripes frame the flowers and sentiment nicely.

Card #2

This card features the Wonderful Wycinanki stamp and die set. The center flower was stamped while the others were created using the 3D die set. 

Again symmetry is what guided this card.

A closer look at the dimension of the flower. You could do so much with this set! I think next time I am going to try to inlay the pieces. Stay tuned!

Challenges Entered:

Twofer: Challenge #34- Flowers

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy. 

Twofer Silhouettes

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Today I am proud and thrilled to be one of the guest designers at the Twofer Card Challenge! Their theme these next two weeks will be the word- silhouettes. 

How was I going to create a silhouette design? What to do... I needed inspiration so I hopped on Pinterest and found a plethora of silhouettes. You name it and there is its silhouette. I must admit it was a bit overwhelming. I had a professor explain to me a million times- there is a time when the design process has to stop. Now, you just have to produce. So here are my products for today, enjoy!

My two cards feature the silhouette of a young lady. However, I didn't notice that I created silhouettes within my silhouettes. The slimline card features silhouetted leaves among the young lady's hair. The ocean scene of the young lady is filled with silhouettes of aquatic life.

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Twofer Challenge: Silhouettes

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First Card

I found this .svg file on the internet for free. I loved it and decided THIS was going to be my design! I downloaded the file, turned on my Cricut, and got to work. I took out the positive space for the next card. I was left with an opening to stencil the hair.

The rainbow hair is the star of the show so I wanted to keep the sentiment simple.
A minimal heart design popped up from the card base is all this card needed.

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Second Card

This is the result of the area I took out of the last image. All I did was lay the positive space on a white piece of cardstock. I trimmed it down and started sponging. I used Seedless Preserves, Salty Ocean, and Iced Spruce Distress Inks to create the ombre ocean water. I then stamped the sea creature in black and gray to create depth in the ocean.

Sponging it lightly will skip over some of the raised
areas of the card creating a white outline.

Challenges Entered

Just Us Girls: #557 Trend Week- Ombre

I am entering my aquatic scene card

Shopping Our Stash: #430: On-Trend- Slimline

I  am entering my rainbow slimline card

Well, that is all for me!! I want to thank Twofer Challenge again for this amazing opportunity to be their guest designer for this challenge. I also want to thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to join me at TheGrandStampede. If you are new to my blog, please consider following me to get all my postings. If you are so inclined to leave a comment and let me know how I am doing, that would be great too.

I hope you all have a fantastic day and lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. Stay safe and healthy!!

All the best,

Moonshine

 Hello Everyone,

For today I will be playing along with the Twofer card challenge. Here are my cards for today, enjoy!

The two cards feature the moon in two completely ways. One is graphic and the other more traditional. The moon was part of the June's My Hero Monthly kit.

The two moon diecuts collectively create a graphic design element.
The sentiment consists of two circle dies offset to look like.... well... a crescent moon.

I added an adhesive gem between the two elements for separation. Without the gems, it didn't seem to make sense. This was a good way to distinguish the elements.

A small pictoral tutorial of how I worked this design. I played around with the design elements and when I found one I like I die-cut a template. This way I could insert the moons in the right place all the time without mess or inconsistency. 

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Second Card

I found inspiration for this card on Pinterest (DUH! 😉). See here. The aurora intrigued me and thought I would try to CASE the pin I saw. Easy-peasy right? Wrong! This was probably one of the hardest cards I have ever created.

Trying to replicate the 'glow' of an aurora and Seeka's card was very challenging. After four tries I think I got it. A bit darker but the glow is there 😎. 

I didn't want the aurora to be seen through these openings. So, I added some gray cardstock to cover the color behind it.

Challenges Entered:

Twofer: Challenge #30- Sun/Moon

This is a wonderful encouragement card and I am giving to a person who made my son a mask for school. His face didn't fit any mask I provided so I asked my neighbor and she agreed. So along with this card, I am giving her nine more as a thank you and I'm slipping some cash in there too. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy. 

Butterflies

Hello All,

For today I will be playing along with Twofer and Sunday Stamps Challenge. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

Card 1:

Distressed Slimline Card

 

Sponged the background using DI per the Sunday Stamps color pallette. I then wet the CS which left more of a distressed look. Put a lattice stencil on the CS and sponged using white pigment ink. Lastly added stenciled blotches and stamped flourishes to finish the distressed look. For the butterflies, I heat embossed on vellum and adhered them to the card only by their bodies so the wings would be free.

Card 2:

Translucent Butterfly

The background was stenciled using gold'ish shimmer spray.  
I masked off the blue chevron for interest.
Adhering the stencil with Pixie Spray was a miracle worker! 

Using the MISTI I stamped the butterfly on the dried CS and then colored the wings with a white colored pencil. I then added some Wink of Stella for some sparkle.

This was the best shot I could get showing the sparkle. After the sparkle has dried the butterfly was faded due to the white coloring and the addition of the Wink of Stella. So, I took my butterfly back to the MISTI and stamped it in black again.

Challenges Entered:

Sunday Stamps: SSC235- Color Challenge

Entering Card 1

Twofer: Challenge #29- Butterflies

Entering Card 1 & 2 (of course 😉)

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy.