Saturday, March 15, 2025

You Made My Day

  



Today is the 15th and this is my card this month for our The Creative Crew!  We are a group of 7--Jeanette, Carol, Darlene, Lorraine, Terry, Tracie and me. Each month will be a new challenge posed by one of the members sending out a kit. Or in the case of this month and maybe next, we post a sketch and color challenge.  That is what Jeanette and I did for March-Jeanette came up with a sketch and I pulled a random card for my Color Cube.

 


First, you might notice my card is backwards from the sketch.  I actually printed out the sketch and when I copied it to my document, I must have hit flip as it printed backwards.  I did realize that as the word sentiment was also backwards.......... But, as I was thinking of my card, I decided I want to use my BetterPress Machine and picked a fun Pinkfresh Studio floral image.  The design of the image was better coming off of the right side instead of the left, so I went with a reverse image!  The Pinkfresh set is called Always Smiling and it comes with a stamp set, press plates, set of stencils and a die set.  I used The Paper Cuts 111#White Hammered Cardstock and 3 BetterPress inks on the plate.  I then trimmed if to be a card front panel and placed is on a white cardbase.  I stamped the sentiment with Hero Arts Black Intense Ink and die cut it three times for dimension.  I added 3 yellow flower sequins as shown in the sketch.  This was a very fun card to make and I like the colors of  the pressed image!




I hope all of The Creative Crew Gals enjoy my card this month.  Please be sure to stop in to see what fun crafty cards are posted this month.  All of the blogs can be found on my left sidebar.  Our teammate Lorraine does not have a blog, so please check out her card in her SCS gallery.   I am sure you will enjoy all of the fun holiday cards!

We will be back in April with another challenge that Jeanette and I will pose to the group.   Be sure to check in with us on the 15th to see what fun is planned!


Image/Sentiment:   Pinkfresh Studio Always Smiling Set-Press Plate, Stamp Set Sentiment and Coordinating Die

Cardstock/Patterned Paper: The Paper Cut 100# Cougar Opaque White, 111# White Hammered Cardstock

Ink: Hero Arts Intense Black; BetterPress Inks Saffron, Leaf, Strawberry

Accessories:  Stampin' Up Yellow Flower Sequins

4 comments:

Jeanette (Forest Ranger) said...

Barb, I love the softness of this. You used the bold colors of the challenge, but the white makes them look so dainty. And I love how you used the sketch - flipped. Sweet card!

Darlene LeTavec said...

This is absolutely beautiful! You complimented the graceful image with the soft colors of inks, and the soft impression from the Better Press adds to the overall affect! I love it. Thanks for such a great challenge this month. I really enjoyed it!

Carol W said...

What a great card Barb. I love how you incorporated all the colors in the challenge. The image really makes the card. Great job.

Tracie said...

Love your card. I really like how you made different colors with the stamp.