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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Congratulations

I'm playing in a few challenges today with the following card.

I started with the stencil in the background from The Crafters Workshop.  I used tumbled glass oxide ink and a blending brush to get the stained glass look from the stencil.  Then I cut two skinny strips of black cardstock to frame it out. 

The tulip stamp is from Papertrey, Ink and colored with Copic markers.  The congratulations sentiment is from Altenew. 

Challenges:

Just Us Girls - anything goes stencil week

Freshly Made Sketches

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Sending hugs - SSC382

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

I ink blended an oval for the background and raised the sentiment panel a bit for this one.  I used Simon Says Stamp marine blue ink and stenciled through a die cut oval first.  Then I stamped the flower branch through it as well.  The stamp is from Alison Bombers Paper Artsy collection, and I used Tombow markers and huffed on them to stamp. 

Sentiment is from The Stamp Market.  The little banner die is from Technique Tuesday.

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Sending birthday wishes

Hello. Playing in a few challenges today with this card.

The flower dies are from Sizzix (Simon Hurley). I used up a few of my scraps in my stash box for the flowers.  Always nice to try to deplete that box! Sentiment is from The Ton and the Dragonfly die is a new one from Craft Addiction UK. I added a bit of sparkle to the wings with a glitter brush from Scrapbook.com.

I embossed the smaller stamp die cut using a 3D embossing folder from Honey Bee stamps. Love the texture it provides as a bit of dimension in the background.  Added a bit of jute string to it as well and ended up really liking how it framed up the sentiment. 

Entering this into the following challenges:

A Cut Above - Anything goes with a die cut

Just Add Ink - wings

Allsorts challenge blog - things with wings

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Some days - TSOT691

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

The sentiment, dogs, and the hydrant are all from My Favorite Things.  I've colored them all with Copic markers. Then fussy cut the two dogs out to fit within the circles outlined in the sketch. 

Here is the link up to join us for the sketch.

Also, you can combine this with our sister challenge over at Twisted Sister:

Thing 3: Twisted Sister's optional twist is to include any 4-legged animal(s) on your project."

Link

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Faux watercolor flower

Hello. I just received the new Willow Wolfe stamps from Sizzix and had to play right away.

I used distress inks in Victorian velvet, aged mahogany, and scattered straw to create the flower. I added the lighter ink first, spritzed with water, stamped, repeat with all other colors.  The leaf and stem stamp was done using tombow markers and a bit of water spritzed on it.

After this dried, I went back with the outline stamp and stamped it with Versafine ink.  Love the results.

Adding this to the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - beautiful blooms

The Paper Players - clean and simple florals

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Happy Birthday

Hello. Playing in this week's Freshly Made Sketch with the following card.  I'm a bit late to the mix but found a tag in my stash of junk journal stuff that worked really well for this sketch.  Of course, I had to cut it down to fit on a card front, but happy with it, nevertheless.

The tag itself is made from a paper towel roll.  The designer paper I believe is actually rice paper. I did dig around in my stash to see if I could find it, but of course I was not successful.   

The sentiment is from Altenew's one go solid sentiment press plate.  Both the tag and the sentiment are popped up using foam tape. 

Lastly, the addition on the top right of the tag is a skin I created using stencil butter that is adhered to a silicone mat that had wonderful texture to it.  After it dried, it peeled right off and I glued it onto the tag. 

Ribbon colored with Copic markers for the top of the tag. 

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Sometimes - SSC361

Hello and welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  This week we have a color palette to jump start your creativity! 

The designer paper and dies are from Echo Park.  The sentiment is from Hampton Arts.  

I hope you join us this go around.  Thanks for stopping in.

Just a note - TSOT690

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

I went with a music theme.  Embossing folders by provo craft and Stampin Up! The music dsp is actually a sheet of real music that I picked up at a charity shop.  

Hope you join us over at TSOT - here is the link to play with us.

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