Sunrise & Sunset

Hello friends, Mindy with you, sharing a friendship card using pieces of watercolor paper decorated with Ken Oliver Crafts Color Bursts as my main focal image.

I love playing with the Color Bursts, and the next set of Color Bursts - Earth Tones Assortment are now in at Classy Cards 'n Such online store. They are available as singles or as a 6 pack of the colors. 

I trimmed down a piece of my watercolor art to fit my card front, matted with white, on top of a red card stock base. From there, I added a scrap of gold embossed Kraft stock, and added a bit of Ivory cotton teardrop trim around the Kraft stock.

To complete my card, I added a butterfly stamped from the Sunflower Stem PreCut Set from Heartfelt Creations, decorated with tiny Baby Pearls- White.

My sentiment is from Hope and Love Vintage Label set from JustRite Stamps, and is trimmed and attached with Joy! Large Foam Pads to give dimension.

Thank you for joining me today! 

If you are unable to find an item in the store, or would like something special ordered, please email me at beverly@classycardsnsuch.com. 

Thank you for stopping by!!! Until next time...

 

Kraft	Ivory cotton teardrop	Heartfelt Creations Stamps, Sunflower Stem PreCut Set	W2S, Baby Pearls - White
JustRite stamps, Hope and Love Vintage Labels Eight and Nine	Joy! Foam Pads Large	Complete set of Earth Tones Assortment by Ken Oliver

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Your Special Day

Celebrate, friends!  Summer is in full swing!!

Mindy with you this morning, sharing a fun technique to use as a background on a card this summer.  Our challenge this week is called "Splatter" and that is exactly what I did for this background.

To start, I cut a rectangle of watercolor paper just a bit bigger than my A2 size card base. I then took an empty Spritzer Bottle from Tsukeniko, a small amount of water, and the Ultramarine Blue Color Bursts by Ken Oliver Crafts.

You can mix as little, or as much of the liquid as you wish in the spritzer, then replace the cap and shake well to mix. When the color is as dark as you want, unscrew the spritzer and tap the stem on your paintbrush handle to form splatters on your watercolor paper.

I also used the Alizarin Crimson and Violet Color Bursts, to splatter in three colors. After air drying, the watercolor paper was trimmed to fit my card base.

I cut the Decorative Labels Twenty Seven die by Spellbinders, and attached a stamping of the daisy cluster from the Peacock Swirls stamp set by Heartfelt Creations. I added a second shaped daisy on top of the stamping, and added copper colored micro-beads for the center embellishment.

I adhered the entire unit to the card front with Joy! Large Foam Pads, and added a piece of Ivory cotton teardrop trim colored with the Crimson Color Burst.

The sentiment used was from the Mums stamp set by JustRite Stamps. 

I hope this card has inspired you to get out your ink, some paint, or Color Bursts if you have them, and splatter up a storm! We would love to see your creations for this week's card challenge!!

Want to plan ahead and join our weekly challenges? Just click on the Challenge Calendar label, located on the right side of the page. We would love to have you share your creative ideas! Invite your friends to play along! You could be our next Classy Cards 'n Such prize winner!

Thanks for stopping by!!! Until next time...

TS, Spritzer Bottle	Alizarin Crimson Color Burst by Ken Oliver	Ultramarine Blue Color Burst by Ken Oliver	Violet Color Burst by Ken Oliver
Complete set of Color Bursts by Ken Oliver	Spellbinders dies, Decorative Labels Twenty-Seven	Peacock Swirls stamps	Ivory cotton teardrop
JustRite stamps, Mums

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Lace in the Window

Hi, it's Holly posting today!  I love making cards with my dies from Classy Cards 'n Such, and I was inspired to play with the window die this time after I bought some of the gorgeous Iridescent White Flowers Lace.  I knew I wanted this lace to act as a "curtain" inside the window, so I had to see how that would look.

I started by cutting out some Kraft cardstock with the Small Madison Window die.  I also cut out the Small Madison Flower Box from Kraft cardstock.  I stamped both pieces with the Wood Texture stamp from Impression Obsession and then sponged a little extra brown ink around the edges.  I then cut a small piece of the Iridescent White Flowers Lace and taped it to the inside of the stamped window die cut.  Isn't that lace gorgeous?

I glued down the window to a white card base and then I cut out some Leaf Clusters and flowers from the Flower Mound die.  I arranged some of the leaves and flowers near the bottom of the window and then I affixed the Small Madison Flower Box die cut with some Joy Foam Pads over the bottom of the window.  I tucked in a few extra leaves and flowers here and there to fill in the flower box.  The last thing I did was stamp the sentiment from the Hello Daisy stamp set (JustRite) below the window.

I love that Iridescent White Flowers Lace and I think it would look gorgeous with any kind of window card.  Can't you just see this with a fall foliage window or a Christmas window?  Ohhhhhh the possibilities!

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Thanks for stopping by!!! Until next time...

   

Kraft	Beautiful iridescent white flower lace	Small Madison window	Small Madison flower box
Wood Texture Cover-A-Card	Leaf Cluster	Flower Mound	Hello Daisy

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