Time Out Challenge #231 & NBUS #47

It's been quite a while since I have entered a card in these 2 challenges.  I have 2 cards to share with you today.

I used masking tape to make these two clean & simple cards.  I love how they turned out.  I was inspired by Gina K's card below using rainbow colors and design.  I used Gina's stamp sets, Never Lose Hope and Butterfly Trio.  Butterflies are one of my favorite things to stamp.

And the sentiment is Big Birthday by Gina also.

Time Out

As these are new stamps to me, I also linked up to NBUS.

Darnel's NBUS

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Seize the Birthday # 254 - Colleen - Candles

Welcome to our second challenge this month at STB

The talented Colleen wants us to use candles on our cards.  Do you ever have subjects that for some reason you can't make a decent card from it.  Well, birds are one for me and also candles.  But this is a little bit different from all the other cute cards that people make with candles.  I do like how this turned out.

Come join us in the fun.  The DT's have lots of great inspiration for you.

If you're not a toppings kinda person, well...you can just
stick with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!

The choice is yours!

Gina K's Master Layout 1 and her double stitched circles.

Winnie & Walter Ring in the Celebration stamp set with CP inks

Gina K's Layered Confetti Stencil

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Color Hues #56 Pink & Red

A card for Color Hues.

  In my growing up years we were told that pink and red clashed.  But as styles change, so do color combinations.  Red and pink are really pretty together.

Altenew's Dasies Stencil and 3D EF

Gina K Inks - Pink & Red

PTI-s Graceful Greetings

Gina K's Soft White Pearl Mix

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Just Us Girls #661 - Color Week

Squeezing in a card for JUGS this week.

Need to start making cards for Christmas next year.  This color palette just made me think of Snowflakes and used this new to me stencil.

The Greetery Frosty Flakes Stencil 

 Gina K Snowflake Trio Die

PTI embellishments

Blended with Gina K inks

PTI's It's a Sign Holiday Sentiments

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Seize the Birthday #253 - Winged Things

 Happy New Year

Welcome back 

Hope you all had a wonderful Holiday with family and friends.  Or should I say survived another Holiday. Lol...

Our challenge at STB this month is hosted by Cathy, and she would like us to include Winged Things on our cards.  I hope you'll join us.  Come see the amazing cards by our DT's for inspiration.

Of course, my favorite winged things are butterflies.  I had a sheet of Alcohol Inks, in my stash, in one of my favorite colors and decided to die cut some butterflies from Rubberneck's Butterflies Are Free Stramp and Die set.

The Oval and card are from Gina K.'s Master Layout #1 

The EF is one I used while playing at Colleen's

Black embellishments from Gina K.

But if you're not a toppings kinda person, well...you can just
stick with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!

The choice is yours!

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Color Hues #55

Finally able to enter the Color Hues challenge.  I have been wanting to make a card all week, but just wasn't able to get to my craft room to play.  Spent the day watching the Seahawks win for a chance in the playoffs, on a very dreary Oregon Day and creating this card.

I tried all of my light pinks and just couldn't get a good light pink.  Ended up blending Gina K's Light Carnation to get this soft pink.  

Used Altenew's Garden Treasure and embossed with gold Embossing Powder.  The EF is one I had in my stash so don't know the name of it.  

Gina K's Pearl Mix Black, Gold & Silver embellishments.

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Color Hues #53

A card for Color Hues using the colors Scarlet & Green

Still in Christmas mode. 

I used Echo Park Diagonal Buffalo Plaid stencil with Gina K Inks and a couple of pre colored images from MFT Happy Ho-Ho Holidays with Copics. 

Pinkfresh Essential Jewels Mix

Gina K's Master Layout #11

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