Adulting is hard

Hello. Playing in the photo inspiration challenge today over at Just Add Ink.

I liked the leaves, coffee, and plaid in the photo below and incorporated them into my layout.  

The plaid designer paper is from Memory Box. The leaf is a die from Simon Says Stamp and was cut from a distress ink background that I had in my stash.  The coffee ring stamp is from Altenew and was stamped in Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink.  The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday.

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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.  

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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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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. 

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From me to you

Hello everyone.  Here is another card for the Add a Circle challenge over at The Flower Challenge.

The polka dot background stamp is from Altenew and is stamped in bright pink ink to match the rose circle dies. They are an old one from Simon Says Stamp.  The sentiment is from The Stamp Market.  The coin envelope die is from the paper studio.    

Don't forget that we have prizes available for this challenge as it is our 100th! We will randomly draw winners when the challenge closes on the 25th of the month.  

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Hello

Hello. I'm playing in a few challenges with this family of bears today.

I stamped, colored and cut out the bears from My Favorite Things to create this scene.  I paper-pieced their scarves using plaid designer paper from Say it with stamps/photoplay's Holiday plaid 6x6 paper pad. The tree stamp is from Gina K Designs. I used distress oxide ink in tumbled glass and stenciled on the clouds in the background.

Finally added a bit of twine and a tag to say Hello. The hello sentiment is from Altenew and the tag die is an old one from Papertrey, Ink. I used foam squares to bring the bears up from the background.  The stitched frame is cut three times and glued together as well.  

Thanks for stopping in. I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Tic Tac Toe challenge (see graphic below)

My time to craft - winter animals

Jingle bells - not a creature was stirring

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Congratulations

Hello. Playing in The Paper Players sketch challenge today. I did end up flipping the sketch. 

The circle cut-out die is an oldie which I believe is from Simon Says Stamp.  The sentiment and inks used on the flower are from Simon.  The flower stamp and die are from Altenew.

The designer paper is from Craft Consortium and the self-adhesive black pearls are from Gina Marie Designs.

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Hello - TFC #91

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.

This Altenew flower stamp is colored with Olo markers and fussy cut-out. The little hello stamp is also from Altenew. I matched the satin ribbon colors with the flowers by coloring with the same Olo markers onto white ribbon.  The square dot die is embossed into the base panel instead of cutting it out.                                                                                           

 

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Hello

Hello. Playing in the TGIF challenge of pocket full of posies today. 

The envelope die is from Hero Arts (I believe). All the flower dies are from Concord &  9th. The small hello is from Altenew.  I used an old cuttlebug plaid embossing folder in the background for dimension. 

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Birthday wishes - TFC89

Hello! Welcome to another challenge over at The Flower Challenge blog. It's our mid-month reminder that you still have time to play in the "make a square" card challenge.

Here is the card I created.

The flower and leaf dies are from Altenew. The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday.  

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

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Sending hugs

Hello all - playing in the Freshly Made Sketch #626 today. 

The flower die is from The Stamp Market. I cut it up to sorta resemble the sketch below. The centers are blended with sky color fuse ink from Brass & Bliss. Then I dotted the centers with a yellow acrylic marker from Altenew. Popped a few of the flowers up with foam squares for a bit of dimension. 

The dragonfly die and stencil set is from The Greetery. I used Simon Says pawsitively saturated ink in seafoam and surf to color it, then popped it up with foam tape over the flowers.  I did add some wink of stella to the wings for some sparkle, but it's so darn hard to photograph. The sentiment is from Avery Elle, and the embossing folder is from Darice.

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Thinking of you - TSOT641

Hello everyone. It’s time for a new sketch challenge over at Try a Sketch On Tuesdays.

 The flower stamp and dies are from Altenew. The thinking of you sentiment is from MFT and the mesh die is from Cheery Lynn Designs. 

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration.

 

Link up here> Try a Sketch On Tuesdays.

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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! 

Black, white and yellow birthday card

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.

 

The Flowers are from Altenew. The grid is from My Favorite Things and the sentiment is from Poppy stamps. 

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Happy 7th Birthday

Hello! Welcome to another challenge over at The Flower Challenge blog.  It's our 7th Birthday and our challenge this month is Anything Goes.

 Here is the card I created.

 

The Stamps and stencils are from Altenew. The sentiment is from Jaded Blossom.

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

Link up here. 

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You don't look a day over fabulolus

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.

Here is another quarter of my stenciling session with the Altenew stamps and stencils. Simon Says Stamp inks are used here.  

Dragonfly die is again from Memory Box, I believe. I have so many dragonfly dies that it's hard to keep track. LOL. 

Link up here. 

Hello, and some exciting news!

Hello everyone. I have some exciting news. I've been asked to join the design team over at The Flower Challenge.  WooHoo! Anyway, here is my first card for the Use a Die challenge this month.

I stenciled the flowers using the technique that JM showed a while back so that you get 4 card fronts at once. Then I went back and stamped the corresponding stamp for the flowers.  The stencil and stamps are from Altenew.  Inks are from Simon Says Stamp.

The hello die is a CZ die from Simon Says Stamp. The little dragonfly die is an old one from Memory Box. 

Thanks for stopping in. Have a creative day!