A Hexagon Hello

 Great challenge from a new to me blog using hexagons:

I punched the hexagons from alcohol inked paper with some gold mixative, and layered them on some pretty gold paper.  I embossed the Mauve Mist paper with a honeycomb folder, and added some metal accents from my stash.  I'm playing along with the Make The Cards sketch challenge:

And of course, I missed the deadline by about an hour...

Enjoy Today

When I saw the Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge, I immediately thought it was perfect for washi tape!

Love the narrow washi with the gold layer.  

Rainbows and Ice Cream

 I'm trying to get back to entering challenges.  I have been creating, just not playing along with the great inspiration that challenges provide.  Today, I am playing along with Try Stamping on Tuesday's sketch challenge, with the optional theme rainbows.  Perfect for using my new to me Reverse Confetti Love & Ice Cream stamp and die set.  

I don't have a rainbow die, so I nested some circle dies, and trimmed accordingly.  Love this!!!

Sending Comforting Thoughts

Here is my take on The Paper Players red, grey, and black color challenge:

Darice embossing folder on silver matte paper, Spellbinder cardinal, older CTMH sentiment stamped in Stazon.  Unfortunately, have needed too many of these cards recently.  Damn covid.  

Send A Smile 4 Kids - To Special Men

The May SAS4Kids challenge is to create a card for a child to give to a special man in their life, nurse, doctor, parent, grandparent, friend, etc.  

I love using the cut-aparts in paper pads.  Expands my repertoire of sentiments and images, and you can't go wrong with how perfectly they coordinate!  I embossed the white background with a random stars folder, to pull out the stars in the background of the sentiment panel.  I like to keep masculine cards a little more clean and simple than feminine ones.  

Come join the challenge and show us your cards for a special man!