Just a note

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge over at Less Is More. It's a theme challenge this week and we are looking for Music.

The just a note die is from Concord & 9th. I used a music sheet background stamp from Gina K designs and cut out the sentiment. Added a few notes around it for interest. The stitch dot frame die is from Jillian Vance Designs. 

Here is the cue card.

 

Please visit the Simply Less is More BLOG to see what wonderful creations the design team has come up with.

 

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Gnome birthday

Hello. Playing in The Paper Players sketch challenge today.

I just got a lot of new background stamps from Echo Park as they were having a huge warehouse sale. The houndstooth background was one of them. 

The Gnome die is a recent purchase from Gummianpan. I cut him out of white cardstock, then colored him up with Copic markers.  Background embossing folder is from SU and the birthday sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.

I used a bunch of distress inks and oxides to blend out the tag and took creative licensing with the sentiment placement. 

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Happy Everything

Hello everyone. It’s time for a new sketch challenge over at Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

 

So, I pulled out a few old stamps for this card. The denim background stamp is from either Stampin Up or MFT. The paisley stamp is from The Angel Company and the sentiment and flower are from Papertrey, Ink.  

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration.

 

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Fall birthday card

Hello. Using an old Memory Box stamp to create this fall birthday card today.

I used Tombow markers to color directly on the stamp, spritzed it with a shot of water, and stamped it on the cardstock. The birthday stamp is from Jaded Blossom. Cut the panel out with a stitched cover die from MFT stamps, then adhere it to a dark chocolate card base. 

Here are a few challenges that I'm adding this to:

Colorful Options - orange

Happy Little Stampers - Birthday AG

Pinspirational challenge - Birthday and leaves - mood board (fall)

Four Seasons - fall

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C is for Celebrate

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge over at Less Is More.

The celebrate stamp is from Papertrey, Ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The champagne bottle dies are from My favorite Things.  

Here is the cue card.

 

Please visit the Simply Less is More BLOG to see what wonderful creations the design team has come up with.

 

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You don't look a day over fabulolus

Hello everyone. Here is your mid-month reminder about the current challenge going on over at The Flower Challenge blog.

 

Here is another card that I created for the current challenge.

Here is another quarter of my stenciling session with the Altenew stamps and stencils. Simon Says Stamp inks are used here.  

Dragonfly die is again from Memory Box, I believe. I have so many dragonfly dies that it's hard to keep track. LOL. 

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Have a fun and spooky Halloween

Hello everyone, 

Here is the last card that I designed using the new stamp set called Halloween Ghosts. This is such a cute set with so many possibilities for a lot of cute cards and Halloween projects. 

I kept this card very clean and simple. I stamped the ghost in versafine ink then heat embossed it so that I could color it with Copic markers. I then highlighted the glasses with glossy accents. 

I found a piece of cardstock that matched the color I used on the glasses to stamp the sentiment. A square die was used to cut out the image and then I layered everything in black. As you can see by the shadow, I did use foam tape behind the ghost to give it some dimension. 

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Wishing you all kinds of happy.

Hello. Playing in The Freshly Made Sketches challenge today.

The leaf dies are from Lawn Fawn. I cut them out of Hammer Mill smooth cardstock and then blended an assortment of Oxide inks onto them.

The sentiment is from The Ton and the mesh die is from Cheery Lynn. The Stitched rectangle die is from MFT. 

Sending get well wishes

Hello. Playing in the Paper Dragonfly challenge #21 - Fall Splendor and the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge #225. Went with the bottom row. 

Dies are from Lawn Fawn. I cut them out, added Versamark to them, and then dusted each one with a bit of perfect pearls. The sentiment die and stamp is from Wplus9.  Rustic cream cardstock is from Papertrey, Ink.  In real life those little leaves sure do shine nicely.

 

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Trick-or-Treat

 Hello again! It's Laurie sharing another cute ghost from the NEW Halloween ghost stamp set.

I did a fun little corner fold on a piece of  Kelly Panacci Halloween mat pad from K&Company. I found a piece of cardstock in my stash that closely match the skeleton paper and colored the ghost using Copic markers. 

I had this string of bat ribbon in my stash, so I cut one off and stuck it to the trick-or-treat sentiment tag. The spider is a brad that I picked up at my local stamp store ages ago. 

I have one last card to share next week - stay tuned!

Dog gone it

Hello everyone. It’s time for a new sketch challenge over at Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

 

The dog stamps are from My Favorite Things and are colored with Copic markers.  The bone die is from the former Paper Smooches company.

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration.

 

Link up here> Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

ETA: adding this into The Paper players theme challenge.

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Hello, and some exciting news!

Hello everyone. I have some exciting news. I've been asked to join the design team over at The Flower Challenge.  WooHoo! Anyway, here is my first card for the Use a Die challenge this month.

I stenciled the flowers using the technique that JM showed a while back so that you get 4 card fronts at once. Then I went back and stamped the corresponding stamp for the flowers.  The stencil and stamps are from Altenew.  Inks are from Simon Says Stamp.

The hello die is a CZ die from Simon Says Stamp. The little dragonfly die is an old one from Memory Box. 

Thanks for stopping in. Have a creative day! 

Just a note to say hello

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge over at Less Is More.

This beautiful lavender die is from Gummianpan.  The sentiment is form Studio Calico. I used Copic markers to color the lavender. 

Here is the cue card.

 

Please visit the Simply Less is More BLOG to see what wonderful creations the design team has come up with.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

EEK!

Hi everyone.  It's Laurie back with another Halloween ghost card.

I stamped the ghost in Versafine ink and heat embossed it so that I could color it with Copic's. I have had the designer paper in my Halloween stash of paper forever, so it was fun to put it to use on this card. It came from a Tim Coffey Halloween pack of paper put out by K&Company. 

I used a few stitched dies to cut the ghost out and the fishtail banner. Layered it onto a black background and adhered everything onto a purple card base. 

Stayed tuned for next Thursday as I have another creation made with this stamp set.

Birthday wishes

Hello. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch #600 challenge today. 

The butterfly die is from Memory Box and the sentiment stamp is from My Favorite Things.  The background is done using my 5 x 7 gelli plate and a stencil from Shawn Petite, plus some bubble wrap, metallic paint, etc. There are a lot of layers on those sheets. 

I cut the solid portion of the butterfly out of metallic gold cardstock from Tim Holtz to match the paint used on the background I created. I had a lot of fun creating so many sheets of gelli prints but it's time to use them up.

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Group photo

Hello, it's Laurie again and welcome back to another card for the new Halloween Ghost stamp set that will be released soon. I call this one, Group Photo.

I did a lot of masking for this one. I used intense black ink from Honey Bee stamps to stamp them all out, which is a Copic friendly ink. Then spent some time coloring them all out. I did add some goofy/scary bloodshot marks to the ghost holding the sign with a red gel pen. All of the eyes are highlighted with glossy accents. So in real life they a super shiny, but it never shows well in photos. 

I will be back next soon with another card to showcase this fun new set.

Thanks!

No stamping card

Hello everyone. It’s time for a new sketch challenge over at Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

So, this card uses a few rub on's from 49th and Market. I added them onto a piece of fabric (muslin) and shredded a few of the edges to give it a raw edge.  I cut out a few leaves out of white cardstock, colored them with Copic's and used that for the scalloped edge. 

 

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration, and please Link up here> Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

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