Encouragement Card | MFT Stamps - "Doctor's Orders" Free Digital Download | Alphabet Challenge "B" is for Boy

Hello

I would like to share a very special card with you today that I made for my nephew. He is a new doctor (in practice for less than a year) who joined the Army Reserves while in medical school and was deployed last week for a 6-month tour here in the US to help patients with the Covid 19 virus. He is now stationed in New York City and is working in one of the hardest-hit hospitals in the Bronx. He is a very special person who just wants to serve others and I pray that he will stay healthy.

The new challenge on the Alphabet Blog is "B" and we would love to see your projects with a "Boy" theme. 

MFT Stamps was generous enough to offer four of their Birdie Brown Stamp Sets as free digital downloads during this pandemic, which feature medical professionals. If you haven't had a chance to pick them up, here is the link - MFT Stamps FREE GIFT.

I printed the doctor on 100# white card stock, colored/fussy cut the image. I designed a hinged open-window card base in the Cricut Design Studio (see A2-sized template below for you to download). The window card base was cut from heavy #130 white card stock and the single red frame, which was then glued onto the front.

I stenciled the MFT "Radiating Rays" with Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink on the inside panel and spattered it with shimmer mist. The black die cut letters were glued onto a piece of trimmed kraft paper and adhered to the interior panel. The Birdie Brown Sentiment was die cut with a thin banner die and glued to the card front. The doctor was adhered in place and a few matte gold stars were added to the stenciled panel.

Thanks for joining me and we hope to see your "BOY" projects in our Alphabet Challenge Gallery!

Additional Challenges:

Try It On Tuesdays - Have Fun With Stencils 

Let's Craft and Create - #158 - AG/Opt. Through a Window

Crafty Creations - April AG #408

Krafty Chicks Challenge #504 - All Occasions

Stamplorations April Stencil Challenge

I truly appreciate your comments!

Rachelle ♥

Christmas Card | Penny Black - Berry Speckled | Christmas Craft Creations - Inaugural Challenge "Use A Stamp"

Hey There!

I'm tickled to announce that I have joined the wonderful design team over on the new Christmas Craft Creations Challenge Blog! This is a new monthly challenge that starts on the second Wednesday of each month and will feature Christmas projects throughout the year! Our first challenge is a very easy theme..."Use A Stamp". We hope that you will join us and share your Christmas designs!

I began by taping a piece of hot press watercolor paper to a cutting board and sprayed it with water. I added blue/green watercolors in a random pattern and allowed some of the excess to drip from top to bottom. I dried the paper using my heat tool and went back in to add more color where needed until I was happy with the result. After allowing the panel to thoroughly dry, I brushed it with my anti-static powder tool, stamped the 2017 Penny Black "Berry Speckled" image with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed it with white powder. I added some pearlized/metallic paints in certain areas and spattered the entire panel with diluted white paint. Stickles was added to the berries to give them added sparkle and dimension.

The sentiment was heat embossed using the same process and the panel was adhered to a 5" x 7" white card base; assorted blue sequins were added to finish up the card. This has such a soft, shimmery feel to it and will be fairly easy to mass produce. 

Thanks so much for joining me and please head over to our new challenge at Christmas Craft Creations!

Additional challenges:

The Paper Players - #487 - CAS/Sparkle

Christmas 24 Challenge #008 - Make It Sparkle

Retro Rubber Challenge #133 - Anything Goes

The Holly and Ivy #70 - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I really appreciate your comments!

Rachelle ♥

All Occasion Card | Cut It Up! Challenge #198 - "Our Beautiful Earth"

Happy Fri-YAY!

We are starting a new challenge over on the Cut It Up! Blog today: "Our Beautiful Earth!" We would love to see your projects celebrating/respecting nature, trees, flowers, forests, and creatures great and small! The design team has outdone themselves with some amazing inspiration and we hope that you will join us! We have a great sponsor for this challenge, Wendy at Digital Delights by Louby Loo, who has generously donated a $5 gift code to her online shop. 

This 5" x 7" card features images die cut with the Cricut and Big Shot machines and I used many different die sets from MFT Stamps and Lawn Fawn to put this scene together! I've been using a lot of rainbow images lately in my cards and I think it's my subconsious looking for hopeful signs!

Thanks so much for joining me today and please hop on over to the Cut It Up! Challenge to enter your beautiful earth projects!

Additional Challenges:

Southern Girls Challenge - Anything Goes

Through The Purple Haze - Anything Goes #166

Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies

Love To Craft Challenge Blog - #45 - April Anything Goes

Freshly Made Sketches - #431

Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge - "E" is for Earth

Inkspirational Challenge #231 - Spring

Thank you for taking the time to comment!

Rachelle ♥

All Occasion Card | Ellen Hutson - Mondo Gerbera Daisy - Sparkles Monthly Challenge #127 "Spring Is In The Air"

Hi There! Time for some FLOWER POWER to celebrate spring!

We are finally getting over heavy pollen season here since most of the trees have leafed out and hopefully we can spend a bit more time outside now that the "golden haze" has dissipated a bit! I am so excited to announce that I will be joining the great design team over on the Sparkles Monthly Challenges Blog with his month’s theme: “Spring Is In The Air” and this Mondo Gerbera Daisy Stamp from Ellen Huston just feels like a burst of Spring to me!

I stamped the daisy onto 110# white cardstock with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink and heat embossed it with clear powder. The image was colored with water colors, spattered with diluted paints, and die cut using an A2 stitched rectangle die. This panel was adhered to a top-folding A2 card base.

   

Using Pinkfresh Studio's "Pretty Frame Set", I die cut four frames from white cardstock, separated just the skinny inner frame and glued/stacked these together. I added another ink-blended green frame on top, which gave me a dimensional accent window and I glued it into place over the flower. 

I stamped the sentiment using the MISTI and added a few sequins to finish the card. I can’t wait to get this out in the mail to spread a bit of springtime to someone in my family who lives up north - they got more snow over the weekend!

Challenges:

Creativ Fusion Arts & Crafts Blog #16 - Spring Flowers

The Paper Girls - #197 - Florals

Dragonfly Dreams - Add a Flower

Inspirational - #210 - Word Prompt: SPRING

Artistic Stamper - Creative Team Blog - April - In The Garden

Make My Monday Challenge #120 - Spring Flowers

The Flower Challenge #43 - Spring/Autumn

Thank you so much for joining me today and I hope that you stay safe and healthy!

Rachelle ♥

Easter Card | Stampendous Cross

He is Risen and I hope everyone is having Blessed Easter Day! 

I would like to share this Easter Card with you today that features an ink-blended background and a older framed stamped image from Stampendous. This card was fairly easy to put together and I was very happy with the ink blending result - it really looks like the minute just before the sun rises above the horizon and the sky is aglow. 

I hope that everyone is staying safe and I am praying for healing during this very uncertain time.

Challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner #206 - Easter/Spring

Simon Says Stamp - Spring Mood Board

Paper Funday Challenge #16 -AG/Optional Easter

Crafty Cardmakers #254 - Easter

Thanks for joining me!

Rachelle ♥

All Occasion Card | Waffle Flower - Rainbow Panel Die - Alphabet Challenge 10th Anniversary!

Hello!

I think we could all use some sunshine and rainbows right now and I hope that this colorful card fits the bill! I am thrilled to announce that I will be a Guest Designer over on the Alphabet Challenge for the next few months and am so happy to join this amazing team! This great challenge is hitting a huge milestone by celebrating its 10th Anniversary at the start of the alphabet with the "A" - ANYTHING GOES Theme! This is a huge accomplishment and we hope you will submit your projects into the gallery to help us celebrate!

I used a sun-ray stencil and ink blended the background panel with Distress Oxides, spritzed it with shimmer spray and heavily spattered it with metallic watercolors; this panel was adhered to a top-folding A2 card base. The pickup truck (from an old Stampendous Set) was stamped, colored and fussy cut. Using a black marker, I lined the edge all around the image to finish it. I was very lucky and found a striped pattern paper in my stash that really looked like an abstract road! I trimmed a strip to go at the bottom of my layout and glued it into place.

I die cut the cloud/rainbow image twice on heavyweight card stock, trimmed the large cloud separately and glued/stacked them together. The sentiment was stamped using the MISTI and I die cut the rainbow from 5 different card stock colors. Since I only needed one of each color for this project, I just put all of the extras into the back of the die packaging; this way I will have them ready for the next time! I glued the skinny white rainbow frame onto the front, added the color strips in between and popped the cloud and truck into place with foam tape. I finished up the card with a colorful assortment of sequins acting as my raindrops!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you will join us for this special 10th Anniversary "Anything Goes Challenge" on the Alphabet Blog!

Additional Challenges:

Stamping Sensations - Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Joy Of Sets - Tic Tac Toe - Ink Blending/Die Cuts/Fussy Cut

Color Crazy Challenge #14 - AG

Little Red Wagon - #544 - Mix-em Up!

 

Rachelle ♥

Spring/Easter Card | Cut It Up! Challenge #197 - "Hopping Down The Bunny Trail!"

Thinking Happy Thoughts!

We have a great new challenge over on the Cut It Up! Blog: "Hopping Down The Bunny Trail!" and we hope to see your great Spring/Easter Projects featuring rabbits and die cuts! We have a great prize sponsor, Amy Lassiter, from Taylored Expressions, who is generously offering a $25.00 gift code to our winner! Please stop over on the Cut It Up! Blog to see all of the cute creations the design team has on display for this adorable theme!

This card is a product mix-n-match from several different manufacturers: Ellen Hutson (Backyard Bird Friends), Avery Elle (Peek-A-Boo Pals) and MFT Stamps. I created a dome-shaped card by die cutting a base with a left-hand fold. The base was ink-blended with a cloud stencil and all of the images were stamped, colored and cut. I die cut two dome frames from blue card stock and glued them together; the tree branch was taped in place behind the frame. An acetate window was also die cut and then adhered onto the frame. A thin strip of foam tape was added to the back of the entire frame and the edges were brushed with an anti-static powder tool. The excess powder was tapped out and shaker contents were piled onto the center of the card front; the release paper was removed and the shaker frame was pressed down onto the front. The bunny & nest/eggs were glued together and adhered onto the tree branch with foam tape.

Thanks so much for joining me today and we can't wait to see your spring-y designs in our gallery!

Additional Challenges:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - SPRING

Crafty Cardmakers - #253 - Spring

Dream Valley Challenges #222 - Spring Colors

Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge - Spring Mood Board

Mod Squad Challenge - Spring Has Sprung

Paper Funday #16 - AG/Opt. Twist Easter

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie - #139

Krafty Chicks #510 - Stamp Act

Rachelle ♥