As October's Guest Designer, I'm pleased to post a second card for the Winter Scene challenge reminder!

White on white with just a touch of gold!  Dies and stamps (Catherine Pooler Designs).

​So excited to be a Guest Designer for CAS Christmas Challenge October 2019!

​Ever walk into a snowy forest in winter?  It is the most peaceful​ and beautiful experience.

I used Stampers Anonymous Tree Line images from Tim Holtz Collection and Distress Inks (Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Bundled Sage and Forest Moss in that order), spritzed and stamped using The Misti onto Distress Watercolor Cardstock.  Once the trees were completely dry, I went in and water colored a background sky (Distress Tumbled Glass) and snowy shadows (Distress Weathered Wood) under the trees.

​It is snowing in my scene, so I splattered Dr. Martin Hydrus White and Memory Mists Iridescent spray.  An absolute favorite sentiment by Stampendous (that I hope I never lose!) was stamped in StazOn Stone Gray.

​Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO

LYN

Besides adding 3D foam tape to embellishing the circle, the guy and the birthday horn, a little bit of jute finished the card.  So, for a guy card, I think I captured a nice amount of embellishments.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Ahhnouncing (A Muse Studio)
Papers:  Welcome Home (6x6 Carta Bella)
Accessories:  Stitched Circles (A Muse Studio), Versafine Onyx Black Ink, Tombow Markers, Scotch 3D Foam Tape

Thanks for Stopping By!

XOXO

LYN

LOVE this sketch!!!!

I used failed watercolor backgrounds for this entire card including the ferns.  I diecut one of the ferns backwards to have it facing the opposite direction.  Sentiment from SU Dragonfly Dreams stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.  Love, love, love...

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo

LYN

I never know how a challenge will affect me and that's what I love about them in the creative process.
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  Here are two challenges that I'm submitting a card to:

Here's my card:
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I've always loved this A Muse Studio (Charming Gardeners) set and, especially, the sentiment.  Watercolor paper (Strathmore) assisted in the lovely fluid coloring (Altenew) of the flowers.  Images were stamped in Versafine Onxy Black ink.

Inchies intrigue me.  Here's my take:

I love punny stamps and this Amuse Studio Go Hog Wild Stamp & Die set is perfect for a birthday sentiment.  A little Tim Holtz stencil background with Tattered Rose Distress Oxide created the background. Glitter the birthday hat and the card is good to go.  Versafine Onyx Black ink.


Thanks for Stopping By!

XOXO
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LYN

I fully expected to direct my card making with Florida in mind, and because I didn't have many fall stamps here.  Between making a list of challenges to respond to the other day, I found a really cool diecut tree that would work for me (unfortunately, the manufacturer isn't marked, but I think it's from Verve who is now closed)!  Sentiment is from Stampendous.  Cardstock FSJ.

The second inspiration I had was the challenge of an inlaid die on the AAA Cards challenge site!  It's supposed to be an image encompassing 1/3 of the card and this is where I may have taken up more than 1/3!

I am linking this card to the following challenge sites:

AAA Cards #149
The Male Room #119
Fusion Card Challenge
Inspired By #89

The fun part of this card is the background behind the diecut tree.  It is a failed watercolor that continues to work for other designs!!!  Lesson:  Don't throw away what might be ruined backgrounds or paintings!  They can be re-used for some beautiful opportunities.

I played around with stamping a large butterfly in distress ink and watercolor painting it.  Got completely finished with the card and, thinking the splatters were dry, smeared them and ruined the card!  Ugh!

Take 2 is a my own butterfly watercolor (freestyle with no sketching) and then I doodled it!  Pretty sparkly sequins and glitter finished the card.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Bold Wings Sentiment (FSJ)
Papers: Strathmore Watercolor
Accessories:  Watercolor (Kuretake Gansai Tambi), Sequins (A Muse Studio), Glitter (Stampendous), Two-Way Glue Pen (Tsukineko)

Thanks for Stopping By!

XOXO

LYN

​I couldn't resist responding to TGIF Challenge #225 to create a card all on black!  Lucky for me it also worked for The Flower Challenge #35.

​Yesterday while doing some warm up watercolor, I decided one of the three warm ups was a total failure.  However, not to be discouraged, I knew it would work as a background for diecuts, which is the inspiration for my card today!  After diecutting the flowers and leaves, I decided the intricate flowers were a little lost on the black.  I stamped the flowers with the solid image on white cardstock using silver ink and then just layered the delicate die over the solid flowers.  For the leaves, I diecut and then affixed to a white card base.  All the little pieces were glued back into the cutout areas.

​To give the black panel a little more interest, I dry embossed it.

​Here's a photo of the failed watercolor warmup that morphed into my diecut flowers!

Being back in New York doesn't give me quite the vast expanse of time to create as I have in Florida, but I will make the best of it!

Today I'm responding to two challenges in one card as follows:

I absolutely love black, white & one other color in card making!  It's so crisp and clean!  I also love designing in a not-so-typical format without getting too complicated.

Here is my card in a flat lay position.  Notice the front word panel is perfectly centered over the inside blue panel.

Here is the same card in an upright position.  TIP:  Create the inside of the card first.  By centering the blue panel, it is much easier to then center the front panel evenly over the inside blue panel.

​Gotta show you a tool I've had for years and years that I dug out for affixing the diecut letters!  Many of you have this tool, but in case yours is collecting dust somewhere, grab it and use it for smallish diecuts.  So fast and easy!

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Happy Greetings (Stampendous)
Papers:  Hammermill Cover, Copy, Color,  Fun Stampers Journey, Fiesta (A Muse Studio), Doodlebug Flock
Accessories: Spot On Sentiment Dies (Catherine Pooler), Pierced Rectangles (Spellbinders), Versafine Onyx Black Ink


Thanks for Stopping By!

XOXO

LYN