Poinsettia Layout in Blues

Here is my first Pinkfresh Studio inspired layout for the year. This is a layout using a picture from 6 years ago. 

I used Pinkfresh papers from the Oh What Fun collection as well as stencil and inked poinsettias in a coordinating blue and red as well as the beautiful curvy leaves die cut out of silver paper. 

All of the pieces are placed on an ink smooched mixed media background. 

I always have so much fun doing the ink stencils. But I have to say what an amazing game changer it was for me to use the hammer mill 100lb paper this first time to make these poinsettias! I had been searching for this smooth white paper after hearing Leah and Heather talk about it in their Pinkfresh live videos and boy were they right! Amazing quality and what a difference it makes to ink blending.  Just look how it matches the paper - shocking!! 

I will be entering this in the following Pinkfresh challenge. The January challenge is all about revisiting the past 12 challenges. So mine follows the December challenge which was all about the Christmas Season. 

https://www.pinkfreshstudio.com/blogs/card-making-challenges/january-2022-challenge

Peace and Joy Gold and Green Card

Every year I say that I will make Christmas cards all through the year so that I have a stack of them ready come next Christmas. Oh, and every year it doesn’t happen - lol. So here is my first Christmas card made in January. 

This is a Pinkfresh card using the diagonal background die, the gorgeous poinsettia stencil, the curvy leaves die, and the beautiful holiday sentiments which I stamped, heat embossed, and cut with the coordinating die. 

I absolutely love ink stenciling the many amazing florals from Pinkfresh Studio! So much fun!! I can’t wait for my butterfly stencils to arrive. I know I will be using them lots very soon. 

I will be entering this card in the Pinkfresh Studio Challenge for January. January’s challenge is a throw back to the year that just past and so I followed the December challenge that was everything Christmas. 

https://www.pinkfreshstudio.com/blogs/card-making-challenges/january-2022-challenge

Naughty Kitty Christmas card

Today I am sharing a fun Naughty Kittwn Christmas card that was made with Newtons Nook supplies. Meowy Christmas 6x6 Paper Pad and the adorable stamp set Kitten Christmas made this cute card come together very quickly. 

I think that the little kitten with the lights is so cute. And the one playing with the ornament- well I have definitely seen my own cats do that. We often even tied our tree to anchor it so that it didn’t come crashing down while the cats would play in it. 

Aren’t those papers so great?! The tiny little gifts on the left side of the ribbon were cut out of the page of presents. 

I will be entering this card in the following challenge: 

https://www.inkypawschallenge.com/2021/11/inky-paws-challenge-162.html?m=1

Merriest Christmas Layout

I had some time today to enjoy some crafting me time. After inking up page after page of the amazing Pink Fresh Poinsettia stamp stencil washi tape set I knew they were perfect for a cute layout. 

Yes this layout is one that should have been created a few years ago. Those lovely little ladies will soon be getting their learners license but it sure was fun seeing them as littles once again. 

The ink stenciling was so much fun. I used a combination of Pink Fresh inks and Distress Inks to get the dark combo and I was very happy with how it turned out. I added a few extra leaf branches from an older Pink Fresh set called Christmas Florals. 

I also added some paper and cut outs from the Oh What Fun Paper pack and the Holiday sentiments which I heat embossed and cut with the coordinating die. When I was happy with it and had it adhered down I splattered some gold metallic water color. 

So that was my fun for the day. I can’t believe that another Christmas will soon be here. I guess I will have more photos to turn into fun layouts. 

I will be entering this in the following challenge: 

https://www.pinkfreshstudio.com/blogs/card-making-challenges/november-2021-challenge

Merry Christmas Stamped All Around Card

I enjoyed some fun crafting time today and decided to spend it making some Christmas cards. 

I started this card off by stamping the spruce greenery all around the edge of the card. Staying with the traditional red green and gold once again I heat embossed both the sentiment and the poinsettia floral in gold. 

Today’s card was simple leaving white space. I really like how it turned out. 

I will be entering this in the following challenge:

https://theflowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-flower-challenge-61-use-shape-and.html?m=1

Noel Christmas Card

I am sure that there are lots of people who are almost finished creating their handmade Christmas cards - I am not one of those people. In fact I have probably only got half a dozen of them done so far. So when I saw the challenge on The Flower Challenge blog I figured that a Christmas card was a great way to go. 

First I used a Rare Earth pine branch to create my background around the top. Then I used the small floral Christmas flowers that I heat embossed in gold and coloured in with ink. I created the candle in the same way. The sentiment is gold heat embossed. The shape element on my card is the scalloped rectangle cut from the metallic red paper. 

I really do like creating with the traditional Christmas color pallet of red green and gold. 

I will be entering this in the following challenge:

https://theflowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-flower-challenge-61-use-shape-and.html?m=1

You Are Loved

I have been so busy at work lately that I haven’t taken the time when I get home to do any blogging of my card or layout creations all I do is create. So I guess tonight I am trying to get caught up on documentation of my creativity. 

My last card is another card with lots of layered stencils being used. 

Both the background and the floral daisy wreath were components that I created this summer at the cabin. I took my PinkFresh inks and stencils with some paper and brushes and it was a fun and relaxing way to relax after a long day at the beach - oh take me back to those wonderful and warm days!! 

Dimension and gems were used for those finishing touches. 

I will be entering this in the following challenges

https://www.pinkfreshstudio.com/blogs/card-inspirations/world-card-making-day-2021-blog-challenge

https://theflowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-flower-challenge-61-use-shape-and.html?m=1

- the shape I incorporated was that lovely heart. 

I am so happy with how this card turned out - I see more of these similar in design in my future craft adventures. I definitely can’t get enough of the amazing Pink Fresh Studio stencils.