Throwback Thursday #11

The monthly Throwback Thursday challenge at Wplus9 is a Valentine's Theme.  Even though I don't have the featured stamp set, I wanted to play anyway.  Here's my entry, using one of the first Wplus9 products I bought:

supplies: white, black, and 3 shades of pink to red cardstock, watercolor paper, spun sugar, worn lipstick, abandoned coral, and barn door distress inks, Wplus9 Seasonal Sentiments love and heart dies and their Hand Lettered Thanks stamp set, Simon's Mini Hearts Outline dies

I diluted 4 shades of distress inks and painted them across my watercolor paper, then affixed that to my card base.  Then I cut out the love die 3 times and used the negative to pop above the card base, adding a stamped sentiment and some tiny hearts.

I'm entering this into this month's Die Cut Diva's challenge: Love, Marriage, or Anniversaries.

Thanks for visiting me today!

Just a Note

I finally have the die being featured at Wplus9's monthly Throwback Thursday challenge!  Here's the card I made using it.

supplies: pink and white cardstock, dps from Pebbles Garden Party pad, Wplus9 Quilt Cuts 2 die and Doodle Buds sentiment, tiny pink heart button, Spellbinders Scalloped Rectangles die, cut into a square, Winnie & Walter Audrey Cutaways scalloped panel

I CASEd Maureen's last card.  This tiny little star quilt block is so fun to work with, and the prints in the paper pad were just the right size for it!  Anytime I get to play with paper quilts is a good day, and this sentiment is one I use often when I'm sending out a card.

As always, thanks for visiting!

All Good Wishes

.....to those of us in the States celebrating Thanksgiving this week!  I hope you are able to be with the people who mean the most to you!

I have a card today for this month's Throwback Thursday challenge at Wplus9.

supplies: white cardstock, Woodland Wreaths stamps and dies, a sentiment from a Tim Holtz discontinued card kit, Christmas red stickles, stitched rectangle panel

This is my only Christmas set from Wplus9, so I followed Maureen's examples and used a bright lime green and red combination, with a black sentiment.  

Throwback Thursday

I have really enjoyed playing at Maureen's Throwback Thursdays over on the Wplus9 blog.  Maureen has some wonderful ideas, and though I often don't have the stamp set being featured, it's been fun adapting what I have to her ideas.  This month I used Maureen's color choices, one of her sketches, and her wintery theme to make my entry:

supplies: white, sea glass, navy, and silver glitter cardstocks, Wplus9 Backgrounds & Borders 1 clear stamp set, Lake House, Nautical Navy, and Silver Lining inks, also Seasonal Sentiments and Snowflake Trio dies, silver and blue sequins

Thanks for stopping by - hope you have a creative day!

A Little Something.......

Here's a card for the Throwback Thursday challenge at WPlus9.  I was inspired by Maureen's second card, May Your Blessings be Plenty, and pulled her layout and colors from it.

supplies: kraft, ivory, 2 greens, gold, brick red cardstocks, Wplus9's Quilt Cuts 2 die and sentiment from their Blanket Stitched Blooms set, heart button, and twine

It is always a good day when I get to play with something quilt-related, and I really enjoyed putting this little one together.  I love these autumnal colors, too!  Thanks, Maureen, for a fun afternoon!

Throwback Thursday

I have a card for this month's Throwback Thursday at WPlus9.  I really liked the colors that Maureen used for her samples, so I tried to approximate them.

supplies: Wplus9 Backgrounds & Borders 1, Blanket Stitched Blooms (sentiment), Avery Elle Brushed, Simon's Mint, Wplus9's Silver Lining, and Hero Arts Pale Tomato inks, assorted washi tape, PPP sparkling clear sequins

I stamped the ikat dots in a diagonal, changing colors with each row, and then stamped another smaller panel, added some washi tapes and paint splats and a few sequins and framed it up in black.

Once again, Maureen has pushed me out of my comfort zone, but this design is growing on me!

On Your Special Day

Once a month at the WPlus9 blog, Maureen has a Throwback Thursday challenge, using older stamps.  This month I was taken with her pretty pastel colors, and in particular, her heart card, so I set about making my own version:

supplies: Wplus9 Folk Art Florals and a few Fresh Cut Florals stamps, pale pink, melon, yellow and green inks, with the sentiment stamped in grey, pink pearls

Those curved leaf branches were a big help in making my heart shape!  I thought this would make a simple wedding or anniversary card, and with a change of sentiment, these soft colors would be perfect for a new baby, too!

Another Throwback Thursday card

This is my 2nd entry for this month's Throwback Thursday challenge at the Wplus9 blog.  The idea behind this challenge is to pull out some of our old stamps and use them again - I'll all for that, especially with this adorable Blanket Stitched Blooms from 2013. I was influenced this time by Maureen's 3rd card, but instead of using a curved die for the bottom of the raised panel, I did some fussy-cutting:

supplies: Blanket Stitched Blooms, spun sugar, squeezed lemonade, and bundled sage distress inks, Simon's surf blue ink and sentiment from Flower Friend and dots from Flowers on my Mind, moonshine sequins

I've used this set many times, but have never inked up the smaller flowers which are on the bottom of the card, so thank you, Maureen, for making me give them some love!  This card reminds me of something by Mary Engelbreit!

Throwback Thursday

I really like the idea of pulling out our older stamps and using them again, which is the idea behind the Throwback Thursday challenge at Wplus9.  This month, Maureen made us 3 CAS cards to be inspired by, and here's my first entry:

supplies: Wplus9's Quilt Prints and Hand Lettered Hello, Simon's Green Apple and Hydrangea inks, Hero Arts Navy and Charcoal inks, a lavendar and a green EK success irridescent stickers

I have always loved this Quilt Prints set, because it allows you so much freedom with all the patterns in it, and it's fun to find different color combinations for them!  This is a CASE of Maureen's first card.

I have another idea, so hopefully I'll be back again with a 2nd entry!  Thanks for visiting!