Birthstone Challenge - January & February 2023

Hello and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Can you believe we are in 2023.... HOLY COW!!!

Have you heard!!??!! There is a new challenge out in blogland starting today. It's  Birthstone Challenges-  and I am on the design team. And I think you will love this challenge!!

Here is the breakdown - Challenge starts on the 1st every other month. Jan. March, May, July, Sept. Nov. and will end on the 15th of the following month. So the challenge lasts a month and a half.

Birthstones for the 1st challenge are Garnet and/or Amethyst. 

Now since my birthday is in February I am using the Amethyst color but I have also made another card using the Garnet color, the January birthstone. 

Since January is the first month let me share that card first. I made my card using a garnet colored card stock as the focal point

I decided to carry over the red color into the image. And what better image to use than a cardinal. I used some outline sticker borders to just add additional interest to the garnet colored strips

OK

Lets move on to the February birthstone color - Amethyst (my birthstone)/Purple

For the background paper on this card I used a pretty DP that has swirls of color mainly purple on it.  Kind reminds me of a marbled look and to add some additional interest I randomly added some gold embossing powder. 

I stamped a pretty flower on vellum and used white embossing powder. I fussy cut the flowers and glued them to the card. Next I stamped that same flower onto purple CS and used white embossing 

powder. I fussy cut that flower out as well and popped it up between the center of the two vellum flowers. I used gold glitter on the flower center.

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY GARNET PROJECT

Stamps: Rubber stamp - Divinity Designs- Cardinal ; Sentiment - Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz - Crazy Talk Paper/Card Stock: White CS, Red/Garnet CS Ink: VersaFine Clair - Morning Mist Dies Used: Divinity Designs- Cardinal Accessories: Spectrum Noir alcohol Markers; Outline Stickers - Borders; Staedler Triplus Fineliner Various colors

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY AMETHYST PROJECT

Stamps: Clear stamp -Dare2BArtzy - Let It Go (flower), Doodle Flowers (Sentiment) Paper/Card Stock: White CS; Purple/Amethyst CS; Rainbow Paper Pad; Vellum Ink: VersaMark Accessories: Embossing Powder - White, Gold; Glitter - Gold

I am submitting my cards in the following challenges:

• Sweet Stampers  #75 - Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede (M, P1/P15, 4E, SIO) #457 - Always Anything Goes
• Love to Craft #72 TBA
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Well that is it for now. Hope you enjoyed my cards using the 2 birthstone colors. I hope you will enter this new challenge over at Birthstone Challenges. We'd love to see your projects over on the new challenge blog. 

See you soon,