Hey Chickie! --FMS 325

February 25, 2018

I am playing along with the fun sketch by Amy at Freshly Made Sketches.  

My card is created on a Berry Blast card base.  A white layer was embossed with a polka dot embossing folder.  I found this jelly bean paper in my Easter stash and cut the rectangle to match the sketch.  I stamped the image in Memento black ink using the Neat and Tangled Cottontail Cuties stamp set.  I colored her with Copic Makers and cut her out using the matching dies.  Wink of Stella was added for shine  I cut out and egg and the stripes using the Lawn Fawn Happy Hatchling die set.  The sentiment is stamped in black using the Cottontail Cuties set. 




I am so glad you stopped by my blog today!  

Have a fantastic week!  

HUGS!

Claire

Hey Chickie -- FabFri131

February 25, 2018

I am playing along with the Fab Friday Challenge.  Their sketch was perfect for the card I wanted to create.  

My card is created on a white card base.  I used a scalloped border die to cut the Wisteria Wonder card stock for my background.  The banner was cut with Lawn Fawn plaid paper.  The little girl is stamped using the Cottontail Cuties stamp set by Neat and Tangled.  I colored her and the wagon/eggs with Copic Markers and cut them out using the matching dies.  I cut a white egg die to place behind the girl.  I popped her up with dimensionals.  A Baker's Twine bow was added to the top to complete the sketch!  If you see a little wet drop at the top of my card, it was sprinkling outside when I took my picture.  LOL!  I was trying to get the pictures taken before it starting raining.  

Thanks for stopping by my blog!  Have a wonderful week!

HUGS!

Claire

Wishing You Joy---Keeping Christmas

February 25, 2018

I am honored  to be a part of the Keeping Christmas Inspiration Blog Hop.  

The team and I have decided to do a monthly Keeping Christmas Inspiration Hop! We will be sharing Christmas creations on the 25th of each month!!!

The whole idea is to have some Christmas cards and projects in our stash all ready to go for December 2018!

So hop along and be sure to visit each blog. 

There is a lot of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

Kelly Lunceford

Lesley Croghan

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater (me)

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

I really enjoyed creating my cards.  I don't usually do multiple cards of the same creation, but this time they all seemed different to me.  I guess you could say they all had a different personality!  LOL!  

I started by choosing four colors for my backgrounds.  I used Marina Mist, Tempting Turquoise, Garden Green and Real Red.  

I stamped the Penny Black Mosaic Patterned stamp in Versa Mark Ink and heat embossed it in white powder on the four colors and trimmed the panels to 3 3/4 X 5.  Using the Stampin' Up! Large Letters Framelits  I cut out the word JOY on each panel.  I cut the word JOY five more times in each color to fill in the negative space.  

The "Wishing You" was created on matching colors using Versa Mark ink and heat embossed with white powder.  The MFT Fishtail Banner die was used to cut out the sentiment.  I created the card bases 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 in each color and the coordinating panel was cut to create the layers.  

Before adhering to the layers, I wrapped white Baker's twine around the card three time.  The letters were filled in the negative spaces and a bow and button were added for fun!  

I sure hope you enjoyed my cards today!  Thanks for stopping by!  Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.  I love to hear from you!

 Now it's time to hop along and check out all the other fabulous posts on the hop. There's sure to be a lot of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!  The hop is hosted by the fabulous Kelly Lunceford's blog, so head over there to start from the beginning.

ENJOY the blog hop!  I hope we inspired you to make a few cards, too!

HUGS!

Claire