You Are Not Alone - Winnie and Walter

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Hey...EVERYONE!!!!

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!

I'm having a PARTY and YOU are INVITED!!

Be sure to join in my "virtual" Birthday Party and enter my GIVEAWAY!!

Imagine you live near me and pick out a gift (limit $15) to bring to the Party for me.

Leave a comment on MY BD POST telling me about the "gift" you "brought".

Party doors close on Mon. March 6, 2017 at 11:59 pm PST.

A randomly-drawn party guest will receive a door prize!

Open World-Wide!!

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Hi, Friends.....

I am here to share an out-of-this-world card I made for the big Winnie & Walter - 3rd Birthday Bash celebration over on their blog!!! Not only do they have a GIGANTIC giveaway, but they have 10 different challenges that you can play along with.....including a chance at a big Guest Star slot, if you participate with at least 4 different cards starring their products!! (See their blog post for details on that.) Winnie & Walter challenges are among my favorites anywhere in the papercrafting blogosphere. There are only a couple more days left, so I hope you will join me soon in wishing Shay and everyone at W&W a Happy 3rd Birthday and play along with the challenges!!!

The sentiment is a little hard to read in the photo.  It says "You are not alone."

Has anyone besides me noticed all the fabulous galaxy backgrounds crafters have been making the last few days inspired by the Unity Stamp Co. Galaxy Background Quick Tip video? I realize that many of you have been making these for a long time, but I have only tried it a few times and have never really been satisfied with my results...until now! :) Thank you, Unity!!

Do you like my sweet doggy and kitty pair? These are from the brand-new Winnie & Walter - Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs stamp set and cut out with the corresponding Winnie & Walter - Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs die set. ADORABLE!!!  (THANKS, W&W!!) I used a Unity sentiment to go with the little friends.

Other supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set (large pierced rectangle and sentiment banner)
W plus 9 - Tree Border die set
Distress Ink: Mustard Seed, Worn Lipstick, Faded Jeans, Wilted Violet, Black Soot
Simon Says Stamp - Soft Navy Ink
Simon Says Stamp - Soft Navy 100# Cardstock Versamark ink
Clear embossing powder
Spectrum Noir markers

I really love how this card turned out and I hope you like it, too!!! Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving your nice comments! They mean a lot to me!! There are only a couple more days left of my Virtual Birthday Party and also over at the Winnie & Walter - 3rd Birthday Bash celebration .....so be sure to hurry so you don't miss out!!  Have a nice rest of the weekend!!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter - Three Challenge with Shay (Three sequins, but the are a little hard to see in my night sky.)
2. Winnie & Walter - Cute Critter Challenge with Gayatri
3. Winnie & Walter - Sequins Challenge with Kate
4. Winnie & Walter - Ink Blending with Vanessa
5. Word Art Wednesday Challenge #272-#273 - Anything Goes Family Friendly
6. Die Cut Divas March Challenge - For the Love of Animals/Pets
7. CARDZ TV Designers Challenge #4 - Anything Goes
8. SUYP Cats Only Challenge #15 - Kitty Love
9. One Crazy Stamper March Challenge - Anything Goes (no digis)
10. Cards und More Challenge #179 - Friendship
11. DL.Art March Linky Party - Anything Goes

Many, Many, Many Thanks - Winnie and Walter

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Hey...EVERYONE!!!!

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!

I'm having a PARTY and YOU are INVITED!!

Be sure to join in my "virtual" Birthday Party and enter my GIVEAWAY!!

Imagine you live near me and pick out a gift (limit $15) to bring to the Party for me.

Leave a comment on MY BD POST telling me about the "gift" you "brought".

Party doors close on Mon. March 6, 2017 at 11:59 pm PST.

A randomly-drawn party guest will receive a door prize!

Open World-Wide!!

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Hi, Friends....

I am here with a fun card I made for the big Winnie & Walter - 3rd Birthday Bash celebration over on their blog!!! Not only do they have a GIGANTIC giveaway, but they have 10 different challenges that you can play along with.....including a chance at a big Guest Star slot, if you participate with at least 4 different cards starring their products!! (See their blog post for details on that.) Winnie & Walter challenges are among my favorites anywhere in the papercrafting blogosphere. There are only a few more days left, so I hope you will join me soon in wishing Shay and everyone at W&W a Happy 3rd Birthday and play along with the challenges!!!

I had so much fun making this Zany Bird and pairing it with the slightly confused little Yellow Bird...each from the Winnie & Walter - LS Exclusives: So Tweet with Evelin T Designs stamp set and cut out with the corresponding dies. I colored both birds with my Spectrum Noirs and embellished Zany Bird's glasses with a Sakura white gel pen.

I was super-brave and actually cut apart the small typewriter font "Many Thanks" sentiment from the Winnie & Walter - Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs stamp set. The line was pretty small and the words were quite close together, but a small craft knife got in between the tiny words and now I can (in theory, at least!) use them singly, in two rows, or line them back up together. :) I stamped a pattern of just the Thanks sentiment over and over in lines with Versafine ink in Black Onyx.
(That's why I cut the stamp apart. I couldn't bear the thought of having to carefully ink just the one word and having the blank word smearing the previously stamped places!! As it is, I didn't do a perfect job of stamping, but that just adds to the craziness!!)

The larger "Many Thanks" sentiment and the speech balloons are from Winnie & Walter - Sketchy Thoughts stamp set. Zany Bird's speech balloon is not stamped, but ink blended with Distress inks in Picked Raspberry, Twisted Citron and Tumbled Glass and then cut with the Winnie & Walter - Sketchy Thoughts die set. I drew in the question marks for Yellow Bird with the brush marker from my set of Pigma Micron Black Pens. (Making two side-by-side question marks that looked even remotely the same size and shape took me waaaaaaaay too many tries!! lol...)

Do you like the swirly pattern in the frames that I used? Those are from a Winnie & Walter Digital Freebie that they offered 2 years ago for their 1st BD. That might have been the first or maybe second W&W challenge I ever entered and I have become more and more of an enthusiast ever since!! (Find freebie here: 1st Birthday Bash Digital Elements Collection.) These frames fit perfectly inside my My Favorite Things Die-namics - Stitched Square STAX die set. I adorned Zany Bird's frame with blingy sequins. Yellow Bird's Frame contains a comforting cover of leafy plants from the same So Tweet set stamped in Distress Inks - Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint, and Crushed Olive.

Hope you like my crazy card! Thanks, thanks, thanks, and Many Thanks for your lovely comments. You make me heart smile. :)

<3
Janis


Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter - Three Challenge with Shay (Three bird images and my sequins are in groups of three.)
2. Winnie & Walter - Cute Critter Challenge with Gayatri
3. Winnie & Walter - Off the Page Challenge with Keren
4. Winnie & Walter - Sequins Challenge with Kate
5. Winnie & Walter - Bright Colours with Lydia
6. Winnie &Walter - Pattern Making with Mayuri
7. Winnie & Walter - Ink Blending with Vanessa
8. DL.Art Thankful Thursday Challenge #199 - Green (or Thank You)
9. Simon Says Stamp - February Work it Wednesday - Use Green
10. CARDZ TV Designers Challenge #4 - Anything Goes
11. Die Cut Divas March Challenge - For the Love of Animals/Pets
12. Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #332 - Things with Wings
13. Craft Stamper March TIMI Challenge - Anything Goes must stamp

Thinking of You - Winnie and Walter

Not sure why no option listed for Married with 15+ cats......  :)

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Hey...EVERYONE!!!!

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!

I'm having a PARTY and YOU are INVITED!!

Be sure to join in my "virtual" Birthday Party and enter my GIVEAWAY!!

Imagine you live near me and pick out a gift (limit $15) to bring to the Party for me.

Leave a comment on MY BD POST telling me about the "gift" you "brought".

Party doors close on Mon. March 6, 2017 at 11:59 pm PST.

A randomly-drawn party guest will receive a door prize!

Open World-Wide!!

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Hi, Friends....

I am here with one more card for this evening that I made for the big Winnie & Walter - 3rd Birthday Bash celebration over on their blog!!! Not only do they have a GIGANTIC giveaway, but they have 10 different challenges that you can play along with.....including a chance at a big Guest Star slot, if you participate with at least 4 different cards starring their products!! (See their blog post for details on that.) Winnie & Walter challenges are among my favorites anywhere in the papercrafting blogosphere. I hope you will join me in wishing Shay and everyone at W&W a Happy 3rd Birthday and play along with the challenges!!!

This is much more CAS than my usual style, but I like the wide open space with the little birdie from the Winnie & Walter - LS Exclusives: So Tweet with Evelin T Designs stamp set and cut with the corresponding Winnie & Walter - LS Exclusives: So Tweet with Evelin T Designs die set. I used a Distress Ink smooshed background in spring pastels that I am pleasantly surprised shows up in the photograph. (I wasn't sure that it would be visible against the bright colors of the rest of the card!! lol...)

The little fellow's balloon is from the same So Tweet stamp set. The sentiment is from the Winnie & Walter - Sketchy Thoughts stamp set and barely fits inside the balloon, but I think it looks okay, anyway. What do you think? I colored the birdie and his balloon with Distress Markers and Distress Inks with my waterbrush. I die cut my layered panels with my go-to Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set and Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set. (LOVE those Essential series die sets!!!) Lastly, I attached a few sequins to add some sparkle and fun.

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me so many sweet comments! They mean a lot to me!! I hope to see you at my Virtual Birthday Party and also over at the Winnie & Walter - 3rd Birthday Bash celebration. Have a great rest of the week!!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter - Three Challenge with Shay (My sequins are in groups of three.)
2. Winnie & Walter - Ink Smooshing Challenge with Heather H.
3. Winnie & Walter - Cute Critter Challenge with Gayatri
4. Winnie & Walter - Sequins Challenge with Kate
5. Winnie & Walter - Bright Colours with Lydia
6. Winnie & Walter - Mood Board Challenge with Heather P (I was inspired by the spring colors and the nature theme.)
  
7. Cuttlebug Mania - It's a Zoo Out There (must use a manual die cut/embossing machine)
8. Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #332 - Things with Wings
9. CARDZ TV - Anything Goes Designers Challenge #3
10. AAA Cards - CAS Game #84 - Watercolor

Many Thanks - Winnie and Walter

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Hey...EVERYONE!!!!

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!

I'm having a PARTY and YOU are INVITED!!

Be sure to join in my "virtual" Birthday Party and enter my GIVEAWAY!!

Imagine you live near me and pick out a gift (limit $15) to bring to the Party for me.

Leave a comment on MY BD POST telling me about the "gift" you "brought".

Party doors close on Mon. March 6, 2017 at 11:59 pm PST.

A randomly-drawn party guest will receive a door prize!

Open World-Wide!!

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Hi, Friends....

I am back with another card to share for the big Winnie & Walter - 3rd Birthday Bash celebration over on their blog!!! Not only do they have a GIGANTIC giveaway, but they have 10 different challenges that you can play along with.....including a chance at a big Guest Star slot, if you participate with at least 4 different cards starring their products!! (See their blog post for details on that.) Winnie & Walter challenges are among my favorites anywhere in the papercrafting blogosphere. I hope you will join me in wishing Shay and everyone at W&W a Happy 3rd Birthday and play along with the challenges!!!

These colors are so much brighter and prettier in real life..... (sigh)

Since it is my Birthday Week, I have several thank yous to write so I thought I better make a few thank you cards. I love this little birdie from the Winnie & Walter - LS Exclusives: So Tweet with Evelin T Designs stamp set. I stamped him and some little hearts from the same set plus the sentiment from the Winnie & Walter - Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs stamp set onto a smooshed background. 

I die cut the stamped piece with the long tag from the Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set and slipped a fun piece of mesh underneath it. I mounted it on a DCWV background cut with the large scalloped rectangle from the Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set. A pretty gingham tie, a few sequins, and some accents from my clear Wink of Stella pen....and I was done. Sweet!!!

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me your kind comments!!! I hope to see you at my Virtual Birthday Party and also over at the Winnie & Walter - 3rd Birthday Bash celebration. I still have another card to share with you, so I will see you soon!!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter - Three Challenge with Shay (Three colors on my smooshed background, three sequins, three hearts.)
2. Winnie & Walter - Ink Smooshing Challenge with Heather H.
3. Winnie & Walter - Cute Critter Challenge with Gayatri
4. Winnie & Walter - Sequins Challenge with Kate
5. Winnie & Walter - Mood Board Challenge with Heather P (I was inspired by the spring colors and the nature theme.)
  
6. CARDZ TV - Anything Goes Designers Challenge #3
7. Simon Says Stamp - February Work it Wednesday - Use Green
8. Cuttlebug Mania - It's a Zoo Out There (must use a manual die cut/embossing machine)
9. DL.Art Thankful Thursday Challenge #199 - Green (or Thank You)
10. Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #332 - Things with Wings

You Mean the World to Me - Winnie and Walter

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Hey...EVERYONE!!!!
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!
I'm having a PARTY and YOU are INVITED!!
Be sure to join in my "virtual" Birthday Party and enter my GIVEAWAY!!
Imagine you live near me and pick out a gift (limit $15) to bring to the Party for me.
Leave a comment on MY BD POST telling me about the "gift" you "brought".
Party doors close on Mon. March 6, 2017 at 11:59 pm PST.
A randomly-drawn party guest will receive a door prize!
Open World-Wide!!
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Hi, Friends.....

I am here with a super-CAS card to share that I made for the big Winnie & Walter - 3rd Birthday Bash celebration over on their blog!!! (I say super-CAS, but that is all relative....It is CAS for me......but it is still layered!!) Not only does W&W have a GIGANTIC giveaway, but they have 10 different challenges that you can play along with.....including a chance at a big Guest Star slot, if you participate with at least 4 different cards starring their products!! (See their blog post for details on that.) Winnie & Walter challenges are among my favorites anywhere in the papercrafting blogosphere. I hope you will join me in wishing Shay and everyone at W&W a Happy 3rd Birthday and play along with the challenges!!!

I made this card for my dear hubby who works long hours out of town. He has been gone a lot lately on work trips (some for 2 or 3 weeks at a time).  I want him to know I miss him when he is gone and that I appreciate his hard work that enables me to stay home and craft. :) Since it is for a guy, I wanted it to be CAS and not fussy.

I love this brushstroke sentiment from Winnie & Walter - Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs stamp set. I stamped it with Versafine ink in Onyx Black onto a smooshed background made with Distress Inks in Twisted Citron and Salty Ocean. (Don't you love how the colors blended to a bright green between the two swipes?) Lastly, I used the two sizes of pierced rectangles from the Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set and black matting to finish this card. Very simple design, but I know my hubby will love it. <3 <3 <3

Thank you for stopping by. I love reading your kind comments!!! I hope to see you at my Virtual Birthday Party and also over at the Winnie & Walter - 3rd Birthday Bash celebration. I still have more cards to share with you, so I will see you soon!!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter - Three Challenge with Shay (Three colors on my smooshed background.)
2. Winnie & Walter - Ink Smooshing Challenge with Heather H.
3. Winnie & Walter - Bright Colours with Lydia
4. Winnie & Walter - Mood Board Challenge with Heather P (I was inspired by the bright colors in this mood board.)
 
5. AAA Cards - CAS Game #84 - Watercolor 
6. Simon Says Stamp - February Work it Wednesday - Use Green
7. DL.Art February Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
8. CARDZ TV - Anything Goes Designers Challenge #3

Giraffe Anniversary - Winnie & Walter

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Hey...EVERYONE!!!!
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!
I'm having a PARTY and YOU are INVITED!!
Be sure to join in my "virtual" Birthday Party and enter my GIVEAWAY!!
Imagine you live near me and pick out a gift (limit $15) to bring to the Party for me.
Leave a comment on MY BD POST telling me about the "gift" you "brought".
Party doors close on Mon. March 6, 2017 at 11:59 pm PST.
A randomly-drawn party guest will receive a door prize!
Open World-Wide!!
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Hi, Friends.....

I am here with a super-fun anniversary card that I made for the big Winnie & Walter - 3rd Birthday Bash celebration over on their blog!!! Not only do they have a GIGANTIC giveaway, but they have 10 different challenges that you can play along with.....including a chance at a big Guest Star slot, if you participate with at least 4 different cards starring their products!! (See their blog post for details on that.) Winnie & Walter challenges are among my favorites anywhere in the papercrafting blogosphere. I hope you will join me in wishing Shay and everyone at W&W a Happy 3rd Birthday and play along with the challenges!!!

I try to make an anniversary card for each couple in our small church, so I always like to have some on hand. This one started with a stenciled background that had been lying dormant in my stash for quite some time that I die cut with my Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set. When I saw the adorable giraffes in the brand-new Winnie & Walter - Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs stamp set, I knew I wanted to use it with this background.  (The background was made by sponging Versamark ink through a stencil from the Artistcellar - JKB TEXTures 2 Series 4-stencil set and then heat embossed with gold powder. Love the exotic animal print look!!)


 For my giraffes, I used a sheet of mixed media paper dyed with Imagine Crafts (Tsukineko) Walnut Ink Crystals. Have you ever played with these before? If you have used Brushos or ColorBursts, you have a pretty good idea of the process. These are more granular and crystalline than the fine powders, though, so you get some deeply concentrated areas where the larger crystals dissolved slowly. I LOVE the variations inherent in these kind of coloring media!! I hovered my clear giraffe stamp over my 9 X 11 sheet till I found a place with the right distribution of spots and waves. Then I stamped and die cut the sweet little pair.

Uh, oh.......Another Crafty Janis Brainy Idea hit me!!! Why not embellish the pair so you know which one is which!!?? I stamped and cut a hat out of the same Walnut Stain background using my Winnie & Walter - LS Exclusives: So Tweet with Evelin T Designs stamps and die sets. (Who knew the little hats for the birdies would fit the giraffes???? I thought I would give it a try and it worked!! Yay!!)  For Mrs. G, I made a simple blingy necklace from sequins. Aren't these two just adorable??? 

I pulled out a deep yellow patterned paper oval (MFT stitched oval die cut) and as soon as I had it behind them, I saw a big huge moon rising over the African savanna! Perfect. I cut some gold foiled cardstock hearts with the little heart dies from the same So Tweet set and combined them with some wonderful Serendipity Stamps - Mixed Wood-Grain Sequins. (How perfect are these for a safari look? I wish you could see them better in the photo!!)

Do you like my little giraffe couple?? I just love how this card turned out. So much fun!!!  Hope you enjoyed it, too.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope to see you at my Virtual Birthday Party and also over at the Winnie & Walter - 3rd Birthday Bash celebration. I still have more cards to share with you, but most of them will have to wait until tomorrow!!

<3
Janis
Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter - Three Challenge with Shay (I used sets of three hearts and three sequins.)
2. Winnie & Walter - Stencil Challenge with Kelly
3. Winnie & Walter - Cute Critter Challenge with Gayatri
4. Winnie & Walter - Sequins Challenge with Kate
5. Cuttlebug Mania - It's a Zoo Out There (must use a manual die cut/embossing machine)
6. CARDZ TV - Anything Goes Designers Challenge #3
7. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
8. Penny Black and More February Challenge - Use Favorite Stamp
9. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper February Challenge - Use Patterned Paper
10. DL.Art February Linky Challenge - Anything Goes

Stenciled Sorry For Your Loss - Winnie and Walter

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Hey...EVERYONE!!!!

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!

I'm having a PARTY and YOU are INVITED!!

Be sure to join in my "virtual" Birthday Party and enter my GIVEAWAY!!

Imagine you live near me and pick out a gift (limit $15) to bring to the Party for me.

Leave a comment on MY BD POST telling me about the "gift" you "brought".

Party doors close on Mon. March 6, 2017 at 11:59 pm PST.

A randomly-drawn party guest will receive a door prize!

Open World-Wide!!

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Hi, Friends....

I am back with another card to share for the big Winnie & Walter - 3rd Birthday Bash celebration over on their blog!!! Not only do they have a GIGANTIC giveaway, but they have 10 different challenges that you can play along with.....including a chance at a big Guest Star slot, if you participate with at least 4 different cards starring their products!! (See their blog post for details on that.) Winnie & Walter challenges are among my favorites anywhere in the papercrafting blogosphere. I hope you will join me in wishing Shay and everyone at W&W a Happy 3rd Birthday and play along with the challenges!!!

I really have had fun pulling things out of my reject pile and making them into my Winnie & Walter entries. This time, while I was rummaging, I pulled out a stenciled background from a couple of years ago. It wasn't a W&W stencil, but I have modified it into a pretty card with my versatile W&W Essentials dies. Winnie & Walter offers several selections of Essentials Cutaways sets....I only have two of them, but I reach for them over and over and over!!

Can I just take time out right now to say how much I LOVE Winnie & Walter products?.....Particularly their dies! Several weeks ago I was organizing my die collection onto magnetic sheets.....and it all of a sudden hit me. Winnie & Walter ALWAYS includes a magnetic sheet in each of their die packages.....be it a single word die... or a coordinating set that goes with their stamps.... or a stand-alone set like their Essentials series. Not only that, but they are the only one of the 17 or so different companies that I own dies from that consistently does that! Sometimes we might not consciously notice these little extras that are included....but they make a huge difference!! THANK YOU, W&W!!! You are the best!!!

Products used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set (scalloped rectangle and butterflies)
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set (large pierced rectangle and banner)
Unity sentiment (from Feb.2015 Sentiment Kit)
Stamper's Anonymous - Wendy Vecchi - Build a Bloom - Stamp It (Stencils included in this package.)
Distress Inks
Stampendous - Stamp and Bond Embossing Powder
Clearsnap - Designer Foils
Ranger - Glossy Accents
Clear Wink of Stella pen
Versafine Ink - Imperial Purple
Clear embossing powder from my stash
Scraps of DCWV paper and cardstock for the panels, banner, and butterflies
Blue lace seam binding ribbon from stash
Pale blue ribbon from stash

I really like the restful colors of this card for a sympathy card. Like most of us, it can be difficult for me to make one of these when a sad occasion arises, so I like to have a few on hand.

Although the stenciling on this patterned paper background worked just fine, I was FOILED in my attempt at foiling the flower stamp. After relegating it to sit on time-out (for misbehavior) for a year and half in my reject pile, I relented and decided to embrace the arty look of the incomplete foiling and use it for this challenge. Somehow it looks a lot better to me now than it did at the time when I was horrified at the foiling flub!! (In case you are interested, here is a link to the "other half" of this background where I tried something different...NOT foiling!!! :) I am better at editing now and the colors you see here on my new card are closer to true.)

I am also playing along with Mrs. A's current Butterfly Challenge where she asks us to use the requisite Butterfly(ies) plus G is for Glossy Accents &/or S is for the color Slate Blue. I used both options. My little butterflies are colored with Clear Wink of Stella pen first, and then covered with Glossy Accents....which gives them a shimmery pearlized finish.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope to see you at my Virtual Birthday Party and also over at the Winnie & Walter - 3rd Birthday Bash celebration and Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge. I still have more cards to share with you! I will see how many I get posted today. Some might have to wait till tomorrow. :)

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Butterfly Challenge #73 - Butterfly(ies) + G is for Glossy Accents &/or S is for the color Slate Blue
2. Winnie & Walter - Three Challenge with Shay (I used three butterflies and three rows of lace.)
3. Winnie & Walter - Ink Blending with Vanessa (I blended two colors of ink for the stenciled flowers)
4. Winnie & Walter - Stencil Challenge with Kelly
5. Winnie & Walter - Mood Board Challenge with Heather P (I was inspired by the florals, the butterfly, and the pattern of the gray/white panel.)
 
6. CARDZ TV - Anything Goes Designers Challenge #3
7. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
8. HeARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes (must stamp) 
9. Penny Black and More February Challenge - Use Favorite Stamp (I used my favorite floral stamp and stencil set.)
10. Pixie's Snippets Playground Weeks #269-270 - Use Snippets