From me to you

Hello. I'm playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today with some new dies and stamps from Gummiapan.

The heart tag and the notebook border are new as is the type background stamp.  I used it on the smaller heart dies (PTI) as well, using antique linen oxide ink. You'll have to enlarge the photo to see that.  The sentiment stamps on the heart tag are from The Stamp Market and the xoxo is from Whimsy stamps.  

I used walnut stain distress ink on the edges of the type panel and added the small bow to the tag and called this done.

By the way, Color Me Nordic is a US based online store for Gummiapan dies, stamps and they're also carrying Craft Addiction UK dies too.  

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Collect beautiful moments - TSOT#695

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

I decided to do a spotlight technique with the butterfly for this challenge.  Butterfly stamps is from Tim Holtz, stampers anonymous.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.  I used up some yellow scraps with the fishtail banners on the left-hand side.  

Here is the link to join in the challenge.

Try a Sketch on Tuesday.

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Just sayin' hello - SSC385

Hello and welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps.

The flower stamps, stencil and dies are from Concord & 9th.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up! and the pretty pink designer paper is from Papertrey, Ink.

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CAS - Happy Birthday

Hello. I'm playing in three challenged today with the following card.

I started off with the sketch over at Just Add Ink.  Then worked in some heat embossing, red and kept it clean and simple for the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge. Also adding it into the double trouble challenge. 

The flower stamp and die is from Altenew. I used Olo markers to color it.  The round die in the back is from Craft Addiction UK and the birthday sentiment is an off brand from Amazon that Crissy Stokes recommended. 

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Fly away

Hello. I'm playing in the Freshly Made Sketch today using this grungy card.

The designer paper is from Memory-place called visionaries. I cut it to fit the sketch and distressed it and inked the edges.  Added it to a top folding cream card base and layer, that I also distressed.  I have an old making memories distress tool that got a good work out on this card.  The ink I used to distress everything in is walnut stain. 

The stamps in the background match the designer paper somewhat.  The type stamp is from Papertrey, Ink and I used antique linen to stamp it in.  The dots are from Tim Holtz and stamped in Cocoa ink from Simon Says Stamp.  Lastly, the fly away sentiment is from Woodware.

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Have a wonderful day - TSOT#694

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

I went with a subtle take on the designer paper using a sky/cloud piece from the Craft Consortium.  The flower dies are from Gummiapan.  I used a bit of silver embossing powder around the holes in the flowers to give it a bit more dimension and interest.  Sentiment is from The Ton and the stitched cover die is from My Favorite Things.

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ETA: Link Double Trouble 

Believe in yourself

Hello. Playing with the latest sketch challenge over at The Paper Players today.

I used items from Simon Says Stamp A little artsy Card Kit. The sentiment is also from Simon but out of the Artful Pallet kit.

I did add a strip of Tim Holtz black cardstock along the side of the designer paper out of the kit.  I like how it defined the paper. The daisy is colored using SSS ink with a blending brush using the stencil that came in the kit.  Lastly, I added a few paint splatters. 

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With Sympathy

Hello. I recently came across this watercolor panel in my scrap pile and decided to turn it into a card.

Sentiment is from My Favorite Things.  I know that I used Tombow markers on the stamp and then added splatter to finish it off.  The green dot designer paper is an old piece from lasting impressions that I've had in my stash forever.  My card base is slightly darker than my watercolor paper, but decided to go for it anyway! 

Adding this into the sympathy challenge over at CAS on Sunday.

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Hello - SSC384

Hello and welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.

I went with the pinks and gray in the color palette.  The cherry blossom stamp is an old one from Flourishes, who are no longer in business.  The hello sentiment is from MFT stamps. colored with Copics. 

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For you

Hi there. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today with this card.

The flower dies are from Altenew. I used the embossing folder that came with this to add texture to the petals.  I added the color using Simon says stamp pawsitively saturated ink and a blending brush.

The embossing folder on the left is also from Simon Say Stamp.  The dragonfly die is an old one from Memory Box and the sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.

The dragonfly is suspended only on the petal and appears to be floating in real life.

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Thank you - TSOT#693

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

I used a stencil as the main focus for this card.  Eucalyptus and juniper ink from Simon Says Stamp was ink blended through the stencil.  The sentiment is from My favorite Things.  

The circle charms are made using jump rings, glossy accents and designer paper. So much fun to make and use as dimensional interest on cards.

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Happy Birthday

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

I started out with a large piece of watercolor paper and distress spray inks in stormy sky and antique linen.  I used a brayer to even out and spread the colors.  The dots are done using a stencil from The Crafters Workshop and embossing paste.  Then I stenciled on jumbled numbers using stormy sky distress ink.

The script words is a stamp from Darkroom Door, which I stamped in hickory smoke archival ink.  Added white and black splatters all over too.  Once everything was dry, I cut out the rectangles using a deckled die.  Added stormy sky distress ink to the edges with a dauber and popped them up using foam tape on the card base.  The birthday sentiment and die are from Waffle Flower. 

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Thank you - SSC383

Hello and welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.

The big bee stamp is from Park Lane. I stamped it in Versafine, heat embossed it and colored it with Copics.  Used a glitter brush pen from Scrapbook.com to add some sparkle to its wings. 

Ink blended the honeycomb with Simon say stamps pawsitively saturated ink in yellows through a stencil.  The sentiment is from Jillian Vance Designs.

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Spread your wings

Hello. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today with this card(s).  

The designer paper is from Unity stamp company.  The border die is from Globeland (Amazon) and the butterfly is an old one from Cloud 9 Designs.  I heat embossed it and colored it to match the dsp with walnut stain distress ink.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things. 

I added an eyelet to the file tab just to be different and stuck it between the two dot rectangles. The swirl behind the main panel is from the same butterfly set, I just masked off the sentiment just to get the swirl.

I thought this was a bit plain, so after I took the photo above, I went back and added a bit of walnut stain distress ink around the perimeter of the card.  Which do you like better? 

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Heartfelt thanks - TSOT692

Hello and welcome back to another sketch over at TSOT.

The stamps I used on the panels in the background are from Stampin Up!  The sentiment is from Altenew's press plates sentiment series. I recommend checking them out, they are an investment, but well worth the money.  

Here is the link to join in on the sketch challenge.

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ETA: Adding this into the following challenge.

Be true

Hello. I'm playing in the tic-tac-toe challenge over at The Paper Players today.

The flower stamp is from Unity stamp company.  I stamped it in Versafine ink and heat embossed it so that I could watercolor the flowers. Then cut it out using a deckled die and highlighted it with distress walnut stain ink. 

The side "be true" sentiment is from Tim Holtz ideaology rub on pack. I actually used a label cut from die tucked behind the main panel to create the tab.  The No. 4899 is from Field Notes. 

The left-hand side is made up of folded khaki packing paper that I recycled. Added a bit of lace and glued it behind the main panel.  

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