Hello Stamplings!
Happy Monday! I hope this find you well! As you read this, I will be having fun in Las Vegas ~ or as some people call it, Lost Wages! I'm meeting a friend from my early work days in the 70s for some getaway girl time!🎰🍹
Before I left Nellie in charge of The Mister, the lads and I were inspired by a few challenges to create these designs.
Onefer
This week is A = Anything Goes on the I.D.E.A.S. Calendar, so there are no curt tails when it comes to designing! Just for fun, I went all out and stamped, inked, die cut, and stenciled! I also CASED my friend Linda, with an emphasis on "copy!" Thank you, Lin!
The blossoms are NBUS from Pinkfresh called "Delicate Floral Print," blended with lilac and aqua CP inks using the stencils. The embossing folder is v.o., but still NBUS, from the Paper Studio. The sediment is from PTI. The nice thing about this simple layout is you get two cards out of the deal! I used a shiny platinum piece of Washi Tape from Altenew to separate the panels and Hammy and Stanley winked the flowers.
Challenges
Addicted to Stamps and More: Make your mark.
Color Hues: Lilac and aqua.
Just Us Girls: Stencil week.
SSS Wednesday: Make it girly.
Twofer
.jpg)
This design is in the running for QACAS-iest design of 2025! I love it and what a great way to use pretty pp! If you like CAS (clean and simple) designs and you aren't familiar with Freshly Made Sketches, you should check them out. (They very kindly have a tab listing all their prior sketches!)
At first, the textured aqua panel on the left had no design. I set it aside, but I kept looking back at it and my right leg started twitching. It stopped as soon as I lightly stenciled a leafy pattern. When you know, you know.
Challenges
Alphabet Challenge: L is for leaves.
Freshly Made Sketches: A sketch by Jen T.
Seize the Birthday: Use a stencil.
Threefer
.jpg)
I like to play in the Rudolph Days Challenge when I can. It only runs at the end of each month from the 25th to the last day of the month. It's always Anything Goes as long as it is a Christmas design.
For this card I stamped the Pink Fresh wreath on mixed media paper with Versamark and heat-embossed it with gold. I then painted the poinsettia with my Ohuhu markers and sent it down the line to the winkers. (Pink Fresh has beautiful Washi Tape you can use for the wreath, but I was in the mood for painting.)
I added a wee sediment and popped the wreath onto a black panel embossed with a NBUS e/f from SU called "Petals-a-Plenty." It's really a generic flower, but I thought they looked like little poinsettias. To add a little extra schparkle, I heat-embossed the rim all around in gold.
Other challenges
52 Christmas Card Throwdown: Embossing.
Christmas Kickstart: Positively poinsettias.
Jingle Belles: Color challenge. I used red, green, white, and black.
~~~
You will find a linky tool below for you to share your creations with no restrictions! Your card may help motivate others out of their creative schlumps or give someone a step-off for their own design!
I love seeing what you create, visiting you, and pinning your designs!
Thank you so much to everyone who shared their designs last week! Mwah!
I.D.E.A.S. Calendar: A = Anything Goes
I love seeing what you create, visiting you, and pinning your designs!
Thank you so much to everyone who shared their designs last week! Mwah!
Enjoy your week! I may miss next week or be late depending on, you know, how much sleep I need to catch up on or if I'm off buying an island somewhere with the millions I'm just sure I'm going to win on the penny slots!
*Life is too short!
31 comments:
FAB cards and lovely colours too
Enjoy your time in Las Vegas and ... I HOPE YOU WIN!
Kathyk
Fab cards Darnell, the one for Color Hues is very pretty, well done the boys with the twinkling up. I recognise the DP from the sketch card, I have some lurking in my DP stash! Have a great time with your friends in Vegas. :)
Super selection of cards as always. Good luck on the penny slots 😊
You and the boys had a busy and productive week, Dolly! I love the pretty flowers and embossing cut on the diagonal with the Washi tape making the design pop! The second card is such a great sketch and your stenciling adds even more interest! I love how the painted wreath pops against the black embossing! I hope you're having a fantastic time in Vegas!
Lots of eye candy in this post! Love the card you did for JUGS it turned out beautiful! Thanks for joining in 😀
O Darnell, your skill with the English language just cracks me up - thank you for making me smile today! Hugs, Kate!
Darnell, these are 3 fabulous cards! Each one unique and heart-warming.
I am happy you got this post up before your little getaway. Vegas is one place I have not been. Hope you are having a good time. As for your card today...Love the beautiful florals and divided panel card that you made for Color Hues. The shiny Washi tape worked out perfectly. You know, I love a little sparkle on a card. The other cards are wonderful too and I must check out Rudolph Days, sounds intriguing. Take care and thanks for playing at Color Hues.
I hope you enjoyed your little trip and didn't loose too much on those slot machines. I love both your cards. the first one tips it for me, so pretty xx
Three lovelies today, Darnell! The PF stamp is so pretty and coordinates nicely with the embossed panel. Love that strip of gold and the die cut sentiment. I have to say you matched up your stenciled piece with the patterned paper perfectly on Card #2. It's like a negative and positive of the same design. Thanks for sharing at Seize the Birthday, too! Card #3 -- I've had that EF for years and have always used it as poinsettias, even though I don't think it was intended that way. I had forgotten the name of it, so thanks for that! It makes a perfect background for your wreath. Enjoy your girl-time getaway!
Hello Darnell! Your selection of beautiful creations made me smile today! I love that beautiful design you came up with on the top one in the diagonal layout! Very striking! The layout with the leaves is so soft and pretty too! Your black background for the pretty Christmas wreath is perfect and classy! Thank you so much for sharing your lovely project with us at the Alphabet Challenge my friend!
Pretty card. Great split design. Thanks for sharing over at Alphabet challenge
Great selection of cards. Enjoy your trip!
Have fun on your Girl's getaway in Vegas. Three fantastic cards, Darnell. You stenciled card is very cute and with such lovely colors. The pretty colors of aqua and pink makes such a lovely card, and the Christmas card is quite dynamic. Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday.
Three lovely card Darnell, all so very different. Have a fabulous time in Las Vegas. It's a long time since we went there, probably around 20 years or so. Hope you come home with lots of extra dollars in your purse.
Liz x
Gorgeous inspiration for Anything Goes week, Darnell - I've made my card - just not posting til Wednesday :)
I love the diagonal patterns on card one, the stenciled leaves on card two & the yummy wreath on card three - you've been busy!!
Oh my goodness, Darnell - you've outdone yourself with three marvelous cards today!! I think the first one is my favorite, though. I hope you enjoy your new island. :-) We missed you today.
When you get crafting you really pour out some beauties, Darnell. That split panel with the stenciled flowers is a great design and the embossing goes well with the flowers. Thanks for sharing that one with us at Just Us Girls. Your watercolored, poinsettia adorned wreath is delightful and very dramatic on the black background. Thanks for sharing that one with Jo and me at Christmas Kickstart.
These are all fabulous cards! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!
Spotted your pretty little stenciled number over in our JUGs gallery. It's sure to make the recipient feel much better! Three fabulous cards, today, Darnell. Good luck in Vegas. Hope you get those millions for that island!
Your beautiful cards are all so different. They definitely scream, "Our Darnell is versatile!" I love how you inspire all of us to try something new.
Great way to use texture! And fun technique on the 2nd one! Hugs, Gerrina
These are all fabulous and I totally agree with the "when you know, you know" on your leaf card. So glad you joined us this week at FMS!
Fabulous collection of embossing at the forefront.
I hope you’re having a fun time, and picking which island, meantime thanks for sharing your fab cards, particularly like the first, as I can get two for one 😍😃🤗
I hope you are winning in Vegas! More fab work from you. The threefer is amazing, would never have thought of a black EF background, the results with your painting look so good. Thanks for sharing at Rudolph Days Challenge.
Now remember what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas! lol All your card and fabulous but the first card with the pretty flowers and the partial embossing is so lovely. Thank you for sharing with us at the Color Hues!
Great card, as always. I like combination of dry embossing and stamping at the first card. The leaves card is beautiful CAS design and Christmas card is an eye catcher with the black background.
Enjoy the week in Las Vegas. I'm sure it would be a lot of laughing and good mood.
I will share on of my cards at your IDEAS callender.
Hugs, Sonja
Such prettily coloured flowers and then the wonderful embossed panel Darnell and love the way you have split the design diagonally. Then what a fab look using the two dp's both stencilled with a pretty leaf design and lastly the really terrific brightly coloured wreath and it really pops placed over the black and gold dry embossed flowers. I hope you are having a great time and not losing your 'wages'...lol., and hope the penny slots are kind to you. x
3 beauties here Darnell, great idea to stencil onto the designer paper, must remember that! Have a fab time on your trip :) and thankyou for linking up to STB, Cathy x
What a delight to come here for one card and discover three! These are all just beautiful but I do love the one for CH the bestest. :-) So if you disappear on us we can assume you're on an island vaca?
Post a Comment