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Wednesday 16 June 2021

Double the sunshine

Hello, crafting friends!

The sunshine continues here in the heart of England and I'm enjoying it so much I've extended it to the craft square metre - twice!


I used Clearly Besotted's Sunny Days stencil in these two cards. It is such a favourite of mine partly because it has proved to be so versatile and if you're interested in seeing some more fun ways to use this stencil just click here :)

CARD ONE
For this one, I positioned just the bottom of the stencil over the top of my card panel.


I blended an ombré effect into the stencil using an orange red, an orange and a yellow ink. That was masked off and I blended blue ink out to a fade beneath it to represent a sea.


The sentiment from Altenew's Birthday Greetings, and the boat and birds from Waffleflower's Lighthouse, were all stamped together in black ink using a stamping platform.

CARD TWO
It occurred to me that I could ink up one part of the stencil, then turn it 180 degrees and ink it up again to make a whole sunshine - tada!


In fact it left a narrow white strip in the sun's centre but I sponged that in seamlessly. But it didn't matter in the end because I decided to add a banner sentiment over the top. This one is from Winnie and Walter's Sugar Rush, stamped in orange ink. I was so happy to find that a new sentiment from Uniko's Floral Vines fits perfectly inside it!


In interior design and fashion, they're always talking about 'disruptor colours' - the idea being that a tiny bit of something that doesn't seem to  'go' jolts the eye and adds excitement to a scheme or outfit. It works for cards too! Here, I added three non-matching embellishments - an orange enamel dot, a blue sequin and a gold gem.

EDITED TO ADD AN AWARD
Delighted that Card Two was the Designer Choice at Tic Tac Toe challenge and that Card One won an honourable mention at Seize the Birthday AND was a Festive Friday Fave


CHALLENGES
I'm linking both these cards up with this month's Twofer Challenge where the challenge prompt is Sun or Sunrays. In this challenge we must make two cards using the same stamp, die or stencil, making sure that the cards are for two different occasions, and are two different designs.


I'm also linking CARD ONE up with Festive Friday where I've chosen CAS, blue and boat from the inspiration list; and Seize the Birthday where the challenge is to create a birthday card and I've gone for the optional twist of nayutical.


With CARD TWO, I'm also joining in with the Tic Tac Toe challenge, where I've chosen the middle row Hello/friend/sun or sunshine; Day of the Month Card Club, where they're celebrating Best Friend Day; and Happy Little Stampers Stencil challenge where anything using stencils goes.

AND IN OTHER NEWS
Despite closing all the windows and blinds upstairs during the day, it's still too hot for my fluffy girl to sleep comfortably - and she'll put up with anything rather than go downstairs by herself and sleep on the cool kitchen tiles! But I have come up with a cunning plan! I get a couple of her dog towels, spray them lightly with water and pop them in the chest freezer, and get them out just before it's time to settle down. She is delighted!

Sending hugs,

27 comments:

  1. Wonderful sunny cards - love ‘em xxx

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  2. Gorgeous design layouts,both cards are stunning in their simplicity.

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  3. I love these 2, both beautifully CAS and thanks for teaching me about disruptor colours. what a good and effective idea. I shall definitely try to remember it, that's the challenge! xx

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  4. What a good mama you are, not to mention brilliant! Did you put a pillowcase in the freezer for your own pillow?! What? Oh, yes, oh my, your Twofer designs are sensational, Vicky! That birthday card ... really one word says it all: flawless! I'm pinning, printing, bookmarking, just wowza in every way. I thought it was a whole sun ray you blended half of, but it's even more clever to take a half sun and make it whole! The sweet banner worked perfectly. Thank you for playing in TCC #39! Hugs, Darnell

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  5. WOW! I am loving that happy birthday nautical card! The use of 3rds is fabulous. Thanks for joining in at HLS Stencil Challenge and STB

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  6. Really super creations Vicky, so bright and cheerful.

    Kath x

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  7. Vicky, what a treat to see your card in the TTT challenge gallery this week. I loved seeing your two card designs with the stencil, they are both ingenious and oh, so pretty! Thanks so much for joining us this week!

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  8. Two Gorgeous CAS stenciled sunshine rays, Vicky. I loved both techniques. TFS your details for creating your Two cards for 2 different occasions. Sounds like you solved Eva's too hot to sleep issue, too:-) Love and Hugs...Nancy

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  9. I could not say it any better than Meg...they ARE "stunning in their simplicity!" Thanks for the inspiration!♥

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  10. Two gorgeous makes Vicky. I love the sunny sailing scene and so clever to use the other end of the stencil to make a really pretty sun with a great banner sentiment and love the added sparkles too. x

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  11. I love everything you've done with this stencil, Vicky! Your inking is beautiful and bright! Love the sailboat beneath the sunny sky! The whole sunshine works perfectly with the simple sentiment! Two awesome cards using this sunshine! Thanks for sharing them with us at The Twofer Challenge!

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  12. Sunny and very happy card with great beauty Vicky. What a great idea for Eva to be comfortable.
    Faith x

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  13. Beautiful cards, Vicky! I love both of them. Such fun and happy cards! So happy you joined us at the TTTC this week.

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  14. Fabulous sunshine twofer, Vicky!! Just love both but especially the scene with the rising sun - so beautiful!!

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  15. What a great twofer Vicky - that sun stencil is awesome and I love how you made two super creative cards with it.

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  16. Vicky, this pair packs an incredible punch! So wonderfully CAS, and so cool! LOVE them both. Using those three different embellishments absolutely works - I'm going to borrow that idea! That's an awesome stencil and you've used it perfectly of this pair. Thank you so much for joining us at The Twofer Challenge! Bev

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  17. Love your twofer cards... so wonderfully simple!

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  18. Such a fun set of cards! Love your ink blending, saw your creations over at the Twofer Challenge!

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  19. Love your sunshine cards! Thanks for joining us at FF!

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  20. Two wonderful clean and simple cards, Vicky! I love the sun stencil. What a great little scene you have created with the sailboat! I am so happy you shared at Festive Friday!

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  21. What are gorgeous pair of cards. I'm loving what you have done with that stencil. Thank you for joining us at the Festive Friday Challenge

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  22. Very pretty cards, Vicky, and beautiful blending. Thanks for joining us at Festive Friday Challenge. :)

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  23. What a creative twofer! Both cards are so well designed in fabulous layouts! I love them! Thank you so much for playing along at Seize the Birthday!

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  24. Oh how I love both of these cards, Vicky! I am late in getting to commenting, so I didn't see the birthday one until now. I love it so much, and what a wonderful two-fer pair. I'm going to have to CASe here! Thanks so much for playing with us at Festive Friday. It's always a joy to see your work!

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  25. Hello again and huge congratulations, Vicky! Your fabulous project was selected as a Festive Fave over at the Festive Friday Challenge. As a reminder, you can hop over to the challenge to grab your winner's badge for your blog. Thanks so much for joining us and I hope you will play along again soon!

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  26. Two fabulous sunny cards! Thank you for joining us at Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge.

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I'd love to know what you think. Do leave me a comment - it always makes my day! Vicky x


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