Hello there! Glad to see you!
It's Thursday and everyone over half the U.S. are prepping for a "Major Winter Weather Event" as the weather guys are calling it. Here in Central NC we've gone from hearing 3-6 inches of snow/sleet/freezing to now maybe 1-3 inches of snow/sleet/freezing rain. I know around here even 2 inches of snow is major but personally, anything under five inches of snow I don't call "major". Then again I grew up in WV and we got our fair share of winter storms way beyond 1-3 inches. And my hubs, being from Michigan, loves the snow and misses it immensely. He was very excited initially to hear we may get lots of snow. Now he's just annoyed. He is one of those who literally did walk a mile in a foot of snow to school. LOL
But on to the real important things --- cardmaking and card challenge!
Today there is a new challenge up at Seize The Birthday. Cathy is our hostess and her choice for Toppings is Rainbow of Colors!
I love doing rainbow colored cards but for some reason this time it stumped me! And then I made not one, but two cards! hahaha The first one, above, I kept very simple. I used the Bookshelf die and stencil by Waffle Flower to create my rainbow book background. I had already picked out my sentiment before that I knew I wanted to use. Then I found that cute book napping cat stamp, by Gerda Steiner, in my stash and combined it with the sentiment (SugarPea Designs) embossed in white on vellum and fussy cut. I love how it all came together. I will confess, the stenciling did take a bit figuring out the order of colors and carefully stenciling.
My second card is fairly simple too. Again I used Waffle Flower stamps (Cattitude) and dies (Happy). I also used a postage stamp die by Catherine Pooler that was already cut. I cut the Happy in the white panel and ink blended it so the letters would be inked as well. Next I layered three white Happy dies with the colored one to pop it up. Next, I stamped the cats around the letters in Midnight ink (CP Designs) and the sentiment. Placed it on a black card base, glued in the stacked Happy.
🎈🎈🎈Please stop by the STB blog and check out all the rest of the team's beautiful rainbow colored birthday cards including our Surprise Guest, Helen! I truly am blessed to be part of this talented team. Remember, we also have our ATG Birthday challenge if you're not feeling a Toppings challenge. We love having you play either way! 🎈🎈🎈
Thank you for visiting my blog and hope you come back soon!
"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”
– Twyla Tharp
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