Birthday wishes

Hello. I'm playing in the color challenge over at Just Add Ink today with this card.

The bird stamp is a very old rubber stamp from the former Angel Company.  It's a set that I will never get rid of.  It is colored with Copic markers.  The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday.  I had the embossed gray panel in my stash, and it came in handy with the color challenge below.  The tag die is from Scrapbook.com.

I'm also adding this into the challenges linked below.

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Just Add Ink

Cut it Up - For the boys

The Male room - outdoors

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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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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Start each day

Hi again. Take 2 on the Freshly Made Sketch #657 and the word prompt #748 over at JUG's.

I used the leaf 3D embossing folder from Tim Holtz and then added some paper piercing. I had an extra leaf left over from the first card I made and used it here.  Add the sentiment from TH Stampers Anonymous and a few gold pearls.  The brown gingham ribbon was found in my ribbon stash. I love how it works here.

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A note to say hello - TSOT652

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.

Stamps are from Wplus9. I used Concord and 9th ink and cardstock in Eucalyptus. The background strips are embossed using the 3D dot folder from SSS.

Sketch

 

 

Link up here.

 

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Hello - SSC337

Hello and welcome to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  Here is what I made using the sketch or inspiration color prompt photo.

 

The flower die is from Honey Bee stamps.  I used paper that coordinates with the photo below and added distress ink to deepen the colors.

Link up here. Sunday Stamps

Thinking of you

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

 

The sentiment stamp is from My Favorite Things. I did heat embossed it using clear embossing powder.  The dragonfly die is from Paper Roses and cut out of turquoise metallic cardstock from Tim Holtz. Lastly, the daisy panel is embossed toilet tissue. Yes, you read that right. It's amazing how well it is embossed. I used 4 squares and ran them through the 3D embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp. I colored the centers with a yellow paint marker.

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Here is the sketch:

 

 

Happy Birthday TSOT #638

Hello.  Welcome to the newly renamed Try a Sketch on Tuesday challenge. We are using the same acronym and we will be playing the first and third Tuesday of every month. Our sister challenge site is Double Trouble and we are partnering with them on this first challenge of the year.

Double Trouble is recognizing World Introvert Day using the TSOT Sketch #638.  The BACKGROUND of the sketch will be affected by this humorous occasion.  Whether you are introverted or extroverted, the requirement is to create a project to show us your personality through one of the two fun background choices.  

Introvert:   calm, soft, pastel

Extrovert:  bold, loud, bright 

As you can tell, I'm an Introvert!

The die is from Altenew and I used Simon says stamp pawsitively saturated inks to color the flower and leaves.  The birthday sentiment is from Jaded Blossom. I used a linen 3D embossing folder for the background, but I have no idea where it came from. I wish that companies would mark them with their logo so that they would get credit! 

Thank you

Hi all. Moving on from Holiday cards......Here's one I created with the Sketch over at Sunday Stamps today.

The embossing folder is from Spellbinders. I used the CZ Thank you dies from Simon Says Stamps and cut them out of black cardstock and doubled it up for dimension.  Used a bit of black and white gingham ribbon on the right-hand side as called out in the sketch. 

I love how crisp and CAS this turned out. 

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Spread kindness

Hello. It's a D for Dragonfly over at the Alphabet challenge blog.  Thought I'd play along today since dragonflies are my favorite.

The dragonfly die is from The Greetery. I used an alcohol background that I had in my stash to cut up the wings. The spread kindness sentiment is from Mama Elephant. I've already forgotten who makes the lovely 3D embossing folder. Anyway, I highlighted the flowers using some pan pastels. 

Entering this into the following other challenges:

Cut it up - send me flowers

Paper Dragonfly - anything goes

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Life is better with sandy feet

Hello and Welcome to another Fusion Card Challenge, where you can use the sketch or the photo or both. Here is what I did with it.

 

I turned the sketch sideways on this one. Wood embossing folder used with weathered wood distress ink on the backround. Grit paste used on the kraft cardstock to look like sand. Love how it turned out. 

Sentiment is from Hero Arts. I used a die to cut out a medium star from white cardstock and scored it so that I could get it to stand up. 

Please check out the Design Team’s creations for this challenge, once again, they have knocked it out of the park.

Betty J . Clarie Grantham . Jeanne Jachna . Jen Mitchell  . Karren Johnson . Linda Callahan . Lyndal Higgins  . Michelle Leone . Michelle Lupton . Tristan Dawes . Wanda Cullen .  Natalie Walsh

 

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Hello

Hello and Welcome to another Fusion Card Challenge, where you can use the sketch or the photo or both. Here is what I did with it.

Designer paper is from Wildrose studio called dancing daisies. Hello stamp is from Honey Bee stamps. Used a textured embossing folder to mimic the texture on the hat.  

Please check out the Design Team’s creations for this challenge, once again, they have knocked it out of the park.

Betty J . Clarie Grantham . Jeanne Jachna . Jen Mitchell  . Karren Johnson . Linda Callahan . Lyndal Higgins  . Michelle Leone . Michelle Lupton . Tristan Dawes . Wanda Cullen .  Natalie Walsh

 

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Embossed birthday card

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

Embossing folder is from Simon Says Stamp. I heat embossing the birthday sentiment and used some gold washi tape to define the lower embossed half.  

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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Birthday wishes

Hello - 

Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge with this masculine card.

Tool 3D embossing folder is from Memory Box as is the plaid designer paper. Big birthday stamp is from Honey Bee and stamped in fresh pigment ink in capri blue to match the blue in the plaid.  The "wishes" is stamp from Memory Box. 

I needed to restock my stash of masculine birthday cards and this sketch works really well for them.

Thinking of you

Hello - playing in the Cas(e) this sketch challenge #389 today. I used a background that I created eons ago using distress oxide inks and a Tim Holtz 3D embossing folder.

The vertical stamp is from Gina K Designs. I love the debossed texture on this one.

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