Freshly Made Sketches 442

This Freshly Made Sketch worked beautifully in the creation of a birthday card for one of our daughters-in-law.  I used stamps and dies from Gina K's Elegant Asters set.  The images were colored with markers and the top layer of the card was dry-embossed. I wish I could find some more of this cardstock; it was just one piece in my stash and it has some tiny flecks in the paper.

Only Black and White

Although my blog title is "Beyond Just Black and White," the current Double D Challenge calls for "only black and white." 

My card features a moth instead of a butterfly, a large Stampotique image.  The sentiment is from Gina K Designs. It doesn't show up in the photo, but the moth is also covered in clear Wink of Stella for a slight glistening effect. 

Color Throwdown #530

It was catch-up day after church today; I haven't been crafting for a week.  Color Throwdown's challenge is due tomorrow,and I actually found dark pink cardstock (on my monitor, it looks a bit red, but it's pink) in my stash--one sheet.  Recently, I used the Sizzix "Magical Butterfly" die but didn't complete my card; I liked the idea of "shadowing" the pink butterfly with a black one (yes, there is a black butterfly under the pink one) on the gray and white background.  The sentiment is from a mini stamp set from Gina K. Dry embossing of the gray strip and black rhinestones add some texture.

Freshly Made with Feathers

While searching for a shape for the focus on this card for Freshly Made Sketches, I "found" a large ziploc bag full of my "feathers" -- stamps and dies.  I LOVE feathers, but I rarely use them, for some strange reason.  I chose dies from Simon Says, designer paper from Posh "Simple Stories."  The sentiment is from a large set of feathers stamps and sentiments by Gina K Designs.  

Two Spring Cards

GinaK Design, Authentique paper, Penny Black sentiment

Penny Black "Delicate Florals"

Valentines

I have a whole box of heart/Valentine stamps, but I didn't use one of them for these cards!  Instead, I chose to use Gina K Designs' "Love Letters" patterned paper and a Die-namics set of heart dies, a few red buttons and some ribbon and baker's twine. The pink and black card features a heart image from Simon Says Stamp.  Sentiments will go inside.