Thanks

Hi everyone. I spent yesterday at the Stamp and Scrapbook Expo and spent way too much money. However, here is one of the stamp and stencil sets I purchased from The Ton.

I used color fuse inks from Brass and Bliss with the stencil first, then stamped over it with the outline stamp.  The thanks sentiment is part of the set.

I'm entering this into the following challenge.

Addicted to CAS - Floral

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Thinking of you - TSOT#671

Hello! Here is another sketch challenge for you to play with from Try A Sketch on Tuesday.

I used an old background that I had in my stash.  It appears that I used distress ink in speckled egg and antique linen. The marbled stamp is from Kaisercraft, and it is stamped in Hickory Smoke archival ink. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things.

I used a deckled tearing ruler from KW-triO to tear the background as per the sketch below. 

There are a lot of possibilities with this sketch. Link up here, and thanks for stopping in.

With Sympathy - SSC361

Hello. I'm the hostess for the sketch challenge this time around over at Sunday Stamps. Here is the card that I created first, which inspired the sketch.

The leaf is ink-blended through a stencil using Simon Says Stamps ink.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things. I kept this clean and simple as sympathy cards sort of need to be that way, in my opinion.    Below is the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your inspired by the sketch.

Congrats - TFC#102

Hello. Here is another take on this month's Flower Challenge of adding spots or stripes to your creation.

The flower die is from The Ton, and I used Simon Says Stamp inks to color the paper once cut.  The congrats sentiment is from Studio Calico.  The striped designer paper is from My Favorite Things.

Here is the link for you to play along!

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Sending paper hugs

Hello. I'm playing in a few challenges with this card today.

I smooched distress oxide and distress ink onto watercolor paper using a piece of acetate to create this dreamy background.  The white heat embossed script stamp is an old one from My Favorite Things.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee stamps. 

I splattered some black paint before adding the dragonfly die cuts and their blue vellum shadows. Lastly, I added some dewdrops, which are hard to see unless you enlarge the photo. 

This card is for the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - things with wings

Dream Valley Challenge - things with wings

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Happy Birthday - TSOT#670

Hello. Welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Try A Sketch on Tuesday. 

The birthday sentiment is from Poppy Stamps. The gear border die is from Memory Box, and I enhanced it using distress inks to resemble rusty and oxidized gears. The stripes on the left side are done using a pin-dot border die—you might need to enlarge the photo to see them. 

Link up here! Can't wait to see what you create with this sketch. Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday - SSC360

Welcome to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps. This time around we have a color inspiration board for you.

The sailboat dies are from the former Paper Smooches.  I also used an old Provo Craft embossing folder to create the waves and ink blended over it.  The tiny birthday sentiment is from The Paper Studio.

This is a fun color combo to work with. I can't wait to see what folks come up with. Link up here! 

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You make everything better!

Hello. Playing in a few challenges today with this card. The sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches, and I used the left column down on the tic-tac-toe challenge.  See below.

The tools and the peg board are dies from Taylored Expressions. I added a few bits of duct tape to the board using the small tape dies from Tim Holtz Sizzix vault die set 666876. (It is the set that has the clipboard in it). Silver cardstock from TH used for the tools. I did end up cutting down the peg board a bit to better fit the sketch.

The ruler is from an old set called The Necessities by Limited Edition. I had to stamp it on yellow cardstock to resemble the rulers that used to hang out in my Dad's garage.  The sentiment is from Avery Elle, and I used the small nail die cut (cut off a bit) as an exclamation point. 

This could be used as a Father's Day card or a birthday card.  

Thanks for stopping by. 

Thinking of you - TFC#102

Welcome back to another challenge over at The Flower Challenge.  Your cue card this round is to add spots or stripes.

I used the Swiss dot background stamp from Altenew.  The rose is a die from The Ton. I used Simon Says Stamp ink to color it.  The dragonfly stamp is from Impression Obsession, and the sentiment is also from Altenew.  

Link up here!

Thanks for stopping in. 

Time to celebrate

Hi all. I'm playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today with this card.

The Roman numeral clock die is from The Frantic Stamper. I did cut it twice and doubled it up for dimension.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things, and the gingham designer paper is from A Muse Studio.  I cannot for the life of me remember where the medium scalloped border die is from.  I plan on using this as a retirement card, but it could be used for many occasions. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Thinking of you - TSOT#669

Hello, and welcome to another sketch challenge over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.  So many possibilities to use up some designer paper on this one.

The designer paper is from Moda Scrap that I've been hoarding for a while. ;-) The flower bud is from Altenew, with a few Marth Stewart leaf punches behind it.  The sentiment is from the Stamp Market. The rectangle dot stitch dies are from Jillian Vance Designs. 

Here is the sketch and you can link up your cards here!

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Happy Bee-Day

Hello. I'm playing in the sketch challenge over at The Paper Players today.

I recently picked up a new set of clear stamps at Michaels (their Recollections line) that mostly featured bugs. I was drawn to the bee and dragonfly in the set. Anywho, here is the bee stamped and embossed so that I could color it with Copics. I fussy-cut it out and popped it up on top of the honeycomb with foam tape.  

The designer paper is from Moda Scrap, and the sentiment is from Woodware. 

Thanks for popping in to take a look.  

Thank you very much - SSC359

Hello and welcome. We have a new sketch challenge up over at Sunday Stamps today.  Here is what I did with it.

The flower dies are from The Ton called radiant roses.  I used neenah solar white cardstock to cut the layers out.  Next came some coloring using simon says stamp inks and a blending brush.  The sentiment is also from The Ton.  The background is an unbranded script embossing folder. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Sending a little note

Hello. I'm participating in the sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches today. What I had in mind and what I ended up with were very far apart. LOL.

The eucalyptus paper is from Concord & 9th.  I cut apart the distress brick die cut from Picket Fence to work in both squares.  The leaf branch is cut from both black and eucalyptus paper and layered together so it stands out a bit more.  The sentiment is from The Stamp Market, and the small dragonfly is an oldie but goodie from Memory Box.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Easter TSOT#668

Hello and welcome to another sketch challenge over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday. 

The bunny is a stencil I picked up from A colorful life stencils (I think).  The sentiment is an old one from the former Angel Company.  I added some cute clay pastel swirl mix from Pretty Pink Posh to mimic Easter Candy. 

Here is the sketch and you can link up here.

Thanks for stopping by.

Just a note - TFC#101

Hello and welcome back. I'm sharing another card for the The Flower Challenge add spring colors challenge #101 today.

The stencil is from Papertrey, Ink and I used Simon Says Stamp inks to blend the colors.   The just a note sentiment is also from PTI.   The rectangle dot stitched die is from Jillian Vance Designs.

Hope you join us! Thanks for stopping by.

Hello - SSC358

Hello. Welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps. We have a sketch challenge this week and here is what I did with it.

The small hello sentiment is from Altenew.  Designer paper is from Echo Park and the flower dies are from Sizzix. The scalloped tag die is from Jillian Vance Designs - it's called the Mini Pearl tag die set. 

Thanks for stopping by and you can link up your cards here.