Hello from Toni: Altenew Craft-a-Flower Roses

Hi, everyone!  Today's card reflects my first experience with Altenew's series of Craft-a-Flower layering dies. In this case I'm using the Altenew Craft-a-Flower Antique Rose Layering Dies.

Holy crap, people.  Just look at this!  

There are 4 flower layers working from darkest to lightest. The only layer that gave me any pause was the last (palest pinks) because when cut they're all separate but I just took a quick look at the included diagram and good to go.

The large leaves have only 3 layers and then there's the tri-leaf impressed leaves. Easy peasy there. 

I used the Altenew 3D Organic Linen embossing folder with a piece of Honey Bee Team Tie Dye 6x6 paper for the background. Such amazing texture!

The sentiment is from Pinkfresh Studio Infinite Blooms which happened to be sitting nearby.  I am a creature of convenience, after all.  :)

I'll see you again soon.  If you'd like to check out my other creations in the meantime, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.  

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Hello from Toni: Bonus Pride Card

Since it's Pride month, I thought of some of my friends and thought I would work up a few cards. I especially love the MFT Rain or Shine sentiment which is so inclusive in this context.  Yay!

I love the looks of different layers in the card, in no small part due to how well the Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine Remix and Sunny Studio Subtle Grey Tones go together. 

I'll see you on Monday for a regular post!  Have a great weekend!

If you'd like to check out my other creations in the meantime, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.  

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Hello Sunshine...

Hello everyone, happy Wednesday! Mayra here with you today. I am so happy to be here. I am sharing this summer-themed card using the cute Happy Hugs stamp set from Lawn Fawn. 

I began by coloring all of the images using Copic markers. I used the Let's Go Nuts, Ocean Shell-fie, On The Beach, and the Mermaid For You stamp sets. For the brown areas, E41, E31, E55, E84, E97, E81 and E87.I used  For the yellow, I used YR24, Y19, Y08, and Y11. 

I then die-cut the larger of the rectangles from the Basic Rectangles set. Then I die cut the Tropical Backdrop and Palm Tree Border, along with the layers for the palm trees, and sand area. I also used the Slimline Stitched Hillside Border to create the beach waves. Next, I added color to the base panel using Lawn Fawn Inks. The colors I used were: Minty Fresh, Merman, and Peacock. For the water, I used Merman, Peacock , and a bit of Fish Tank. For the sand, I used Sugar Cookie, Pizza Crust, and Walnut. To add a bit more color to the palm tree leaves, I used a bit of Sunflower, Jalapeno, and Noble Fir. For the yellow areas, I used Sunflower, and No.2 Pencil. 

I then I die cut the little sun from the Outside In Stitched Sun die set to add to the top of the card. The sentiment are from the Magic Messages and the Hey Lady stamp sets. 

I hope you enjoy the card I created to share with you today. Thank you very much for taking the time to stop by. I hope you each have a wonderful and blessed day. Please feel welcome to visit me on my blog, IG or Pinterest. 

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Hello from Toni: Aloha with Avery Elle

 

Aloha, my lovelies!  The weather is warming up, people are getting vaccinated and now it's easier to turn my eye towards an honest-to-goodness vacation.  Same?

Both of my cards today use the Avery Elle Luau set. Soo cute! I love these hula critters!

For the first card I used the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Leaves and Flowers Stencil along with Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina for the background.

I cut a piece of vellum using one of the Lawn Fawn Flippin' Awesome Add-on dies and adhered it to the background using double-sided tape.

I fussy cut the bear's arm and some of the skirt leaves and paper-pieced them.  I had accidentally spilled water on the original image (argh!) and didn't want to let all that coloring go to waste.

Speaking of coloring, I colored up all of my images using Copics. 

For the second card, I stamped the backgrounding using the Avery Elle Luau Party tiki mask and leaves using DO Salvaged Patina and Mowed Lawn.

I mounted a circle cut from Honey Bee Team Tie-Dye 6x6 paper (built-in sunset!) and added island elements from Sunny Studio Tropical Scenes.  That made it really easy for me to add the Avery Elle Luau Party images to finish up the scene.

Aloha!  I'll see you again soon.  If you'd like to check out my other creations in the meantime, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.  

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