I love JADE!!! My favorite gem ha ha...

The color is GREEN!!!

Welcome to the Rainbow Card Challenge for March. You can make any type of card as long as the colors are monochromatic green. 

This one was not hard for me. I had just learned a new technique for making back-grounds and was in the mood for trying it out. I saw this technique on Bonnie Klass' blog and then watched a video by Eileen Godwin on YouTube. So I ended up making 4 cards with the same background but using different colors. And I loved them all!!! I can see that I will be using this technique quite a lot to make cards with the same technique but different designs.

So here's my card:

Here's a close up of the leaf:

 

The background is done by using a straight edge (I used a plastic sheet that some stamps came on) and applying color off the edge on to paper in short strokes. You really need to watch the video to see clearly how it's done. So then you keep moving the edge around at different angles and applying colors in the same color family but different shades.

Once you get your colors how you want it, pick out some stencils to lay down and color on top. This is what gives it the interest and makes it pop. I used 3 different stencils in different spots and in deeper shades. When that's done you can stamp a stamp right on top of the image or stamp separately and color, fussy cut and apply.

I made a yellow background with blue/purple flowers attached on top and I liked that a lot.

This is very versatile and a great go-to when you need a card quickly. Once you get that background colored, you're almost done!!!

Embrace your crafty self...

Elena

Is this February???

Hello, thank you for visiting me.

This is my first February in Arizona!!! It's hard to wrap my head around this winter season when flowers are still blooming (we have beautiful roses right outside our window). The desert looks just like the desert does all year long. And I don't have a winter coat or boots!!! We do get pretty cool during the night and right now the temps have dipped to the 50's and rainy during the day. But most of the time the sun is shining and that makes it feel wonderful...

So now that I've filled you in on my little neck of the woods, I'll go on and share with you the card that I made for the Rainbow Card Challenge. Here's the inspiration for the month of February:

Beautiful, isn't it??

But mauve???

I don't even have a mauve color in my assortment of ink pads, water colors, pencils, and pens. But, as I was sorting through my stash of inks I found two, that when blended together, came out looking pretty much like mauve. They were the "Dew Drop Multi Surface Chalk Ink" in Perfect Plumeria and Sahara Sand. I bought these years ago, so I don't even know if they sell them any more. AND, I had a piece of paper large enough to make the frame for my card that was the perfect mauve with white polka dots color. YAY!!!

So here's my card:

The flower is from Ellen Hutson. I have used it many times already. It's such a nice, large, flower that it fits in with a lot of cards I like to make. I stamped it in black. Colored it with the Sahara Sand first, then touched it with just a light Plumeria. And it worked!!!

The background is a die cut lattice (sort of). 

I had to cut the frame by hand, using a ruler. I don't have a frame die... I really need to get that because I like a frame on almost all of my cards. That would save me time and a headache... definitely on my to do list!!!

Sorry about the second close up picture is down here. My computer is really giving me trouble. UGH!!! Another thing gone wrong!!!

So I will end here.

THANK YOU for visiting.

Blessings,

Elena

January 1, 2021

Hello bloggers,

It's been a long few months since I posted a card.

I have moved from Ohio to Arizona, got Covid for most of November, and then had to unpack and organize before I could get my head into making a card. Praise God we all got through the sickness ok with no lingering after-effects. We were sure sick for a while and my son-in-law complained that he can't ever remember feeling that sick for that long ever before. 

As I have mentioned before, my friend Dee and I have a challenge going between the two of us and we use the alphabet as our prompt. We are on I right now and I had decided to use this mouse with the ink bottle for "ink", even before the move. And I didn't change my mind! 

So here's my card with this cute little mouse. It's a very simple card but that's all I could do for right now.

This is a Penny Black stamp from a long time ago. I bought it used about 10 years ago.  I don't use these mouse stamps very often, but I like them a lot.

I used Bristol water color paper but colored everything with pencils. 

The frame is a die cut from Gina Marie designs and it's the "wonky stitched frame". This is my first time I got to use it because I bought it just before we moved here. 

The mouse on the envelope was colored with pencils too. 

So I am entering this card in these challenges:

Watercooler Wednesday Challenges: anything goes

Die Cut Divas Challenge: frame it... my frame is a die cut

Love to Scrap Challenge: Anything goes

Patties Creation Challenge: Anything goes

Thank you for visiting me

I pray for you and your loved ones to be blessed greatly in 

2021!!!