Smile - leafy green

This card is a summery card with all the different shades of green leaves in the background. And the use of the yellow die cut sentiment reminds me of summer sunshine. 

If I had it to do over again I probably would have used the Pink Fresh Studio crystals for a different bling look - but seeing as I was creating this from my stash at the lake I used what I had on hand.

I like the look of the vellum on top - it softens it just a bit.

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

https://www.pinkfreshstudio.com/blogs/card-making-challenges/july-2020-challenge

You Make Me Happy Layout

Today I created a layout page. I was following the Pink Fresh Studio July monthly challenge when creating this layout and I am really happy with how it all turned out. I used some of the floral stamps from the Spring Floral Stamp set, the Pink Fresh Liquid Watercolours, and the sentiment came from the Just Because Stamp set. 

What a fun project this turned out to be. Watercolouring is such fun. 

I will be entering this in the following challenge:

https://www.pinkfreshstudio.com/blogs/card-making-challenges/july-2020-challenge

Summer is Flowers

Summer means beautiful flowers. And what better company to capture that than Pink Fresh Studio. Their floral stamps are so gorgeous and versatile. 

Here is the card that I created using those amazing Pink Fresh liquid watercolours! Those water colours are so amazing and fun to use. 

I will be entering this card in their monthly challenge. 

https://www.pinkfreshstudio.com/blogs/card-making-challenges/july-2020-challenge

A garden of flowers

I have to be honest - when I saw the title to the current Challenge at Your Next Stamp I loved it but had to replace a word. 

The title of the current challenge is “How does your garden grow?”  - well if I am being honest in my flower garden only the heartiest of all the flowers survive. Sadly I did not get the green thumb that my grandmother had. So instead I think of this challenge as “ How does Grandma’s Garden grow”. And that answer is easy - it was the most beautiful I had ever seen! From peonies to morning glories, iris to lilies her garden had it all. 

And with that I created some fun floral cards for this great challenge. Unfortunately I do not yet have any stamps from this great company - but trust me I do have my eye on some very cute sets. 

 I had fun doing some very simple water colouring for this card. 

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

https://yournextstamp.com/blog/challenge-142-comment-to-win/

You’re Tweet

This is a sweet little card featuring a sweet little bird from the Newton’s Nook freebie digital stamps. I made a simple sun ray background and then laid down 2 color strips on the side and cut out the stamp image in a circle shape. 

I will be entering this simple card in the following challenges:

https://pammiesinkypinkieschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/06/pip-challenge-2026-with-theme.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pammiesInkyPinkieschallenges+%28******Pammie%27s+Inky+Pinkies****+************Challenges*********%29

Sunny sunflower

I really love how this card came together. 

It all started with this adorable sunflower which is a free digital stamp from Newton’s Nook. I can’t wait until my Newton’s Nook parcel shows up in the mail. I have high hopes that it will show up this week - fingers crossed. 

The stamp is fussy cut and popped up on foam tape. I used cloud and hillside dies to create the background for the card using scraps of paper. 

This was a fun card to make, and I am very happy with it. It definitely reminds me of the beautiful sunflowers in gardens!

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

http://www.inkypawschallenge.com/2020/06/inky-paws-challenge-126.html

https://yournextstamp.com/blog/challenge-142-comment-to-win/

Life is better in Flip Flops

I can’t wait to go to the lake and spend my summer in flip flops down at the beach. That was all the inspiration that I needed to create this fun flip flop card. I used a sweet freebie from Newton’s Nook while I wait for my first stamp set from this awesome company. 

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

http://www.inkypawschallenge.com/2020/06/inky-paws-challenge-126.html

The SSS challenge is titled Bright and Cheery. I think this card fits this with the bright yellow color and being at the beach definitely makes me cheery!

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-bright-and-cheerful/