With Sympathy

Hello. Playing in the Just add Ink #741 challenge of simple and elegant today.  I need to add a few sympathy cards to my stash, so I used this challenge as a starting point. 

I cut out a long rectangle using a die onto a piece of cardstock and used it as a stencil for the background on this card.  The silhouette stamp is an old one from Papertrey, ink and stamped in versafine ink.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee stamps.  The stitched outline die is from My Favorite Things. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

-Laurie

Sending a little note

Hi all! I'm playing in the theme challenge over at The Paper Players today.  It's all about spring flowers. 

The tulip stamp is from the Friendship Jar Fillers from Papertrey, Ink. I stamped it in Simon Says intense black ink so that I could color them with Copic markers. 

The sentiment is from The Stamp Market and the stitched dies are from MFT stamps.

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happy birthday - TSOT#665

Hello and welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Try A Sketch on Tuesdays.

I kept mine super clean and simple this time.  The birthday sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp and the embossing folder is an old one from Provo Craft/Cuttlebug.  I used dark green cardstock from C&9th to layer and add the stripes on the side.  Sketch below and link to blog is here.

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Congrats

Hello everyone. Welcome to another challenge over at The Flower Challenge.  We are celebrating 100 challenges this go around and we have prizes to give away for playing along.  We are looking for you to add circles to your flower cards.  

The circle embossing folder is from Penny Back. I surrounded it with flowers cut from Pink Fresh Studio dies.  I did use inks color the dies cuts before adding them around the embossing.  The congrats sentiment is from Tim Holtz sizzix dies set. 

I'm giving away this retired Pink Fresh Studio set, which I have never used. We will be drawing winners randomly.  I hope you join us!

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Congratulations - SSC355

Hello and welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  This on has so many possibilities.  

The leaf background stamp is an old red rubber one from Rubbernecker. I inked up with Sage ink from Simon Says Stamp then cut it up for the panels outlined on the sketch below. The leaf die is an old one from Memory Box that was cut from white cardstock and then colored with Copic markers. The sentiment is from MFT stamps. 

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you'll join us over at Sunday Stamps.

Thinking of you

Hello. Playing in a few challenges today with the following Thinking of You card.

I started off using the sketch from CAS on Fridays.  The tag dies are from PTI and MFT.  The tulip stencil is from Echo Park and I used Simon Says Stamp inks and a mini blending brush to create the panel. The sentiment is from Park Lane which I stamped in black ink then heat embossed in clear. 

Below are the challenges I'm entering this into:

CAS on Friday - sketch

Tic-tac-toe challenge - I used the middle going across

Just add ink - Thinking of you and embossing (heat)

 

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Get well soon - TSOT#664

Hello and welcome to another sketch challenge at Try a Sketch on Tuesdays.  Here is the card I made and the sketch for you to use.

 

The sun ray is blended using bright yellow ink from Pink Fresh studio.  All the dies are from different companies that worked well together to create this get-well card.  The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn.  I used Copic markers to highlight the clouds and popped them up using foam tape. 

Sketch

 

 

Link up here.

 

Thanks for stopping by.                                                                                                               

Masculine birthday

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

Okay, so this was an experiment on an idea I saw on Instagram from a DT for Altenew. Sorry, I cannot remember who it was, but they used Altenew's new embossing paste on an embossing folder, and it was such a cool technique that I just had to try it. I used a 2D embossing folder from Darice and Simon Hurley's Lunar paste in refined copper.  Put it on thick (next time I do this, even more so) and let it dry overnight.  Then I just carefully peeled it off. I used a thin coat of Mod Podge to glue it to the cardstock. 

The sentiment is from Memory Box and I heat embossed it with Copper Penny by Brutus Munroe. Added a few metal gears for interest and to tie it all together.

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Thank you very much - SSC354

Hello. Time for a new photo prompt inspiration over at Sunday Stamps. This one was a challenge! 

I ended up going with flowers in the colors pictured below. The dies are from Studio Light.  The sentiment is from The Ton.

Hope you join us and thanks for stopping by.

You are in my thoughts - TFC#99

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.

Stamps, dies and stencils are from Gina K Designs. I used Simon Says Stamp saturated inks to color the flowers.  Added a few self-adhesive black pearls for interest.  

Link up here. 

Hi

Hi! I'm playing in the Just Add Ink photo inspiration challenge today.  Kept this clean and simple.

The big "hi" die is a die from My Favorite Things. The stencil is an unbranded one and I used Simon Says Stamp saturated ink.  The card base is black so that the tulip panel stands out a bit more.

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Love you - TSOT663

Hello and welcome to another sketch challenge at Try a Sketch on Tuesdays.  Here is the card I made and the sketch for you to use.

 

I used several different rolls of washi tape to create the background behind the vellum heart.  The die is from Jillian Vance. I also used a few word dies to create the love you sentiment.  

Sketch

 

 

Link up here.

 

Thanks for stopping by.                                                                                                               

Sending love - TFC#99

Hello! Welcome to another challenge over at The Flower Challenge blog. Here is the card I created.

 

The stencil and sentiment are from Gina K Designs. I used Simon Says Stamp saturated ink and a blending brush to blend out the flower.

Here is the cue card for this month’s challenge.

Link up here.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Love...

Hello. I'm playing in The Paper Players "Love is in the air" theme challenge today.

The heart die is from Echo Park.  I used a distress background that I created using lumberjack plaid that has been sitting in my stash for a while.  I popped up each little heart with a foam square to give this a bit of dimension. 

The sentiment is an old one from Technique Tuesday.  

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Miss you - SSC353

Hello and welcome to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  Here is what I made using the sketch prompt, which I turned sideways.

 

The image is from Impression Obsession, stamped in versafine, heat embossed then colored with Copic markers. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things. 

 

Link up here. Sunday Stamps

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A note of encouragement

Hi there. I'm playing in the CAS on Fridays challenge of flowers today.

The flower dies are from Simon Says Stamp. I cut them out of white cardstock and colored them with Copic markers.  The sentiment is from Wplus9. 

So many possibilities with this die set. Thanks for stopping by. 

Hello - TSOT662

Hi everyone. It's Tuesday, which means there is a new sketch challenge up over at Try aSketch on Tuesday.

The delicate dahlia stamps, stencil, and die are from Gina K Designs. The hello sentiment is also in the set.  I used Simon Says Stamp saturated inks to color them.  The gingham designer paper is from A*Muse studio.  I added a few dew drops for some bling to the card. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you join our challenge. Link above.