The recipe challenge at As You See It required 6 items and I think I’ve managed to incorporate them all. I have 3 different patterned papers, all in shades of yellow, several die cuts, a vellum circle, the sentiment and enamel dots. It also fits the summer challenge at Four Seasons, partly due to the colour in the upper left corner along with a slightly tropical look reflected in the sunglasses. I began by die cutting several layers of the words and sunglasses and glued the layers together for more depth and stability. Setting these aside I searched for another patterned piece that wouldn’t detract from the MFT die cuts and found a piece in my stash that has faint sunrays on it. Unfortunately even the vellum hides that pattern more than I wanted but it is there. I used a tiny stamp from a Stampendous set to get the palm tree reflection and went over that with Nuvo Crystal drops. The thank you is from Hampton Arts and the enamel dots are Gum Drops from YNS. I also added a few extra dots in gold using Nuvo Crystal drops, but I think they are a mistake. Too late to change it now but a lesson learned.

All in all I’m pleased with the result and happy it works for two challenges. We are back in a heat wave this week and it is already very hot outside. The house painters are finding the paint dries as soon as applied even working in the shade. We had a good boating trip and met up with close friends who wined and dined us a few times. There was a day of heavy much needed rain but it cleared up and was nice without being too hot. Right now even on the water it would be too hot.

Thanks for taking a look it is appreciated.

This is my first post as a new design team member at Make My Monday and the challenge is for 3 of anything. As you can see I chose these little birds. The stamp set is from Your Next Stamp, sadly an online store that has since closed, and I stamped, coloured then fussy cut each one. The bird legs were too difficult to cut so I stamped the birds onto the background and popped up the fussy cut bodies on top. Sentiment is part of the same set. They were coloured with metallic watercolours. The background was done using part of a flower stencil. I just kept moving the leaves around adding the ink as I did so. Ink used was Peeled Paint Distress Oxide and a dab of Dried Marigold here and there. I went over the piece with some Perfect Pearl powder to get some shimmer. Once I cut it down to the right size I used a black pen around the edges and added it to the yellow card front. Using a scrap piece of black behind the sentiment so only 2 edges show I added it at the bottom and then placed the YNS Gumdrops as you see.

A very uncomplicated card, but it is quite pretty in real life. As often happens the photograph doesn’t do it justice and for once the camera has caught all the shimmer which washes out some of the colour behind.

Thanks for stopping by and we look forward to seeing your entries in the gallery.

I am entering this into the following challenges.

Our challenge theme at Cardz 4 Galz is A Summer Day, which for many of you is an extremely hot one this year. What better way to spend a summer day than to be on a beach with water close by?

For my card I used a new stamp set found on Amazon made by a company called Mvchifay Clear stamps and it had matching dies with it. I added stamps from other sets, Kitchen Sink stamps for the water, clouds from an MFT set, and a StampinUp set for my sunshine. For my sandy beach I used some real sandpaper, an idea I got from a stamping buddy recently. I stamped the water and added a few scrap pieces near the sand to give some curves to the edges. The images were coloured with pencils and Sakura glaze pens. I also added Nuvo Crystal drops to the ball and life rings. As well I stacked several die cuts together to get more dimension.

I quite like the result which is not always the case, as you know. Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to seeing your cards in the gallery.

This slimline card uses an Elizabeth Craft die which I sponged with the challenge colours. Inspiration came from something seen on Pinterest which gave me an idea. I created the words on my computer and printed them onto Vellum which I then cut to fit the signs. To add them I used Distress Collage medium. The background was created using a metallic pigment ink from Scrapbook.com and a tiny candle stamp from an incentive set by GKD. I added some clear heat embossing over the candles, and sponged the edge of the layer to give it some colour. The base card was also sponged around the edges so that it would match those used on the sign. I popped up the sign with foam and adhered it as you see. With a few embellishments added the card was complete.

A simple card but I kind of like it. Thanks for popping in to take a look. I appreciate it.