Encore Challenge

 

Today I am posting my cards for the The Encore Challenge!  This is a monthly challenge to be posted on the 25th with a group of friends, also from the April Retreat.  Some may post on their blog and I will note those with blogs at the end of this post.  And, some might post on other social media. Darlene came up with this challenge and these are her words:  Go and grab a stamp set, stencil or dies--your choice, that you have used once before and have always wanted to revisit it and use it again.  However, despite your best intentions, you have yet to use it!  Now's your chance! Go dig it out and have fun with it once again.  Create anything you like, a card, gift card holder, decorate a gift bag, make a refrigerator magnet...whatever lights up your creative juices! So--Encore Challenge! 

My plan is to pick a different company each month to highlight and maybe even a different product than the month before.  For June,  I picked a Create-In Quad stencil set from Taylored Expressions called Flit & Flutter. The quad stencil makes 4 cards panels and there is also some matching dies.  Plus, I also have some coordinating Foil-It panels and foiled three panels in gold and silver.  I took the 4 foiled panels to Camp Stamp-In-Oga last Saturday and ink blended them, so I now have 12 card fronts for future use.  I made these two cards from one of the blended panels.  

For my Hummingbird card, I die cut the two birds out of the panel.  I then die cut the panel and silver metallic backer with my Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2. I then used foam tape behind the hummingbirds for added dimension. The sentiment is from my stash and is from Pinkfresh Studios.   I added some Taylored Expression Bits & Pieces in silver around the image.

For the floral card, I also die cut th4 flowers and the butterfly from the inked panel. The background is a Taylored Expressions Rays Pierce & Cut Plate. I again used foam tape behind the flowers and butterfly. The sentiment is from my stash and is from Pinkfresh Studios.   I added some Taylored Expression Bits & Pieces in silver around the image.

I am not sure who will post each month on their blog, but this is a list of the other ladies who do have blogs.  Jeanette, Carol, Terry, Darlene.  Be sure to come back on July 25th to see another fun card for The Encore Challenge!


Image/Sentiment: Taylored Expressions Create-In-Quads Flit & Flutter Stencil and Dies/Pinkfresh Studio Sentiment

Cardstock:  The Paper Cut 100# Cougar Opaque White

Ink: Taylored Expressions Cupcake, Plum Punch, Dragon Fruit, Huckleberry

Accessories:  Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2 dies; Taylored Expressions Rays Pierce & Cut Plate, Bits & Pieces Silver Drip Drops