A non-Christmas twofer today!
Festive Friday is celebrating World Mental Health Day. Though the card doesn't have to relate to mental health, it does have to have three things from their inspiration list. I chose blue, green, and a frame.
I stamped various wildflower stamps in two shades of Distress green, the sentiment and the cat in black, then sponged some blue sky and a bit of green ground (the ground is mostly hidden by the frame). The frame is a pierced square frame die that I cut twice and glued together.
Double D's challenge is "Pink October" for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
I would never in a million years opt to use pink as the background for
this dramatic horse image, but I will need a card in a couple of weeks for one
of the therapeutic riding instructors I volunteer with. She's moving
back to New Zealand for a whole new phase in her life. Her favourite
colour is pink and she also loves sparkle and glitter so I used some pink
glitter cs as a border.
I made the background first by smooshing with 3 shades of pink Oxide
inks on mixed media cs. Then stamped and heat embossed the horse image.
I fussy cut the sections of the sentiment and added them to the image,
and then bordered first with black, then with pink glitter cs.
Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Lavinia cat, variours wildflowers, unknown sentiment
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne, various blue and green Distress inks
Paper - white cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - MFT Pierced Square Frame die
Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Visible Image horse, unknown sentiment
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne, Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry, Tattered Rose, and Spun Sugar
Paper - pink glitter, black, white, and mixed media cs
Size - 5.75" square
Accessories - clear embossing powder
I love that cute Lavinia cat Susan, and the flowers and sky background all within that lovely stitched frame are great, and your second card looks so bright and pretty with the pink smooshed background and complementary pink glitter card to accompany that wonderful horse image, and love the way you have cut the sentiment into strips which goes perfectly. x
ReplyDeletetwo great cards Susan. The cat is sweet among the flowers and such a pretty blended background and the horse is a wonderful image an perfect for your friend xx
ReplyDeleteAwesome cards Susan. LOVE the cat sitting with the flowers and staring off ... they never seen to have a care in the world. :) And the pink background is fabulous, and so is that horse! I bet your friend LOVED the card using her favourite colour! :) xx
ReplyDeleteLove how you framed the horse card with the shiny pink glitter paper, and the way you add the sentiment looks great! Thanks for playing along with us at Festive Friday.
ReplyDeleteAwesome cards, both so creatively beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
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Love the beautiful scene you created with the gorgeous cat. It is so peaceful and calm. Your backgrounds are beautiful! Thank you for playing along with the Festive Friday Challenge.
ReplyDeleteJust a sweet cat among the flowers enjoying the day. I think he may be meditating. The horse looks like he is kicking up mud and having a ball. I think your friend will be in love with this card. Missed you on zoom this month!
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful cards! Thanks so much for linking up to the Double D Challenge. Best of luck to you!
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