Thinking of you

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

The leaf die is from Simon Says Stamp.  I used old book pages to cut out several leaves.  Then, I proceeded to distress them using Ranger Distress inks.  The sentiment is from The Ton, and I added some clear dew drops for added interest.

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Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches

Just us girls

CAS on Friday

Paper craft crew

Time to celebrate

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

The Roman numeral clock die is from The Frantic Stamper. I did cut it twice and doubled it up for dimension.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things, and the gingham designer paper is from A Muse Studio.  I cannot for the life of me remember where the medium scalloped border die is from.  I plan on using this as a retirement card, but it could be used for many occasions. 

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Happy Easter

Hello. Playing in two clean and simple challenges today with this Easter bunny card.

The Bunny stamp is an old wood block one from Great Impressions.  I stamped it in Versafine, then heat embossed it with clear so that I could color the bunnies with Copics. 

The sentiment is from Echo Park. I chopped the card down to 4.25 x 4.25 to accommodate the image and prevent it from getting lost. 

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This is going into the following challenges:

CAS ocan Sunday - Easter

Addicted to CAS - Bunny

Gift giving bear

Hello all.

Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch #663 challenge today and a few others below.

The bear image is from My Favorite Things. I stamped him onto kraft cardstock and colored it with primsacolor pencils. The stitched snowflake cover die is from Waffleflower which is used on the green panel to add a bit more interest. 

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Challenges:

CAS on Friday

Simply Clean & Simple - Christmas is coming

Fall thank you

Hello. Playing in a few challenges today with this clean and simple card.

The leaf stamp is an oldie but goodie from Papertrey, Ink.  I used Simon Says Stamp saturated inks on them. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and the dot stitched border die is from Jillian Vance Designs.

Enter this into:

CAS on Friday - Leaves

Simply clean & simple - signs of fall

Hero Arts - Anything goes

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With Sympathy

Hello. I have been playing around with Ranger distress inks and making backgrounds in fall colors. One of them turned into this.

The maple leaf die is from Simon Says Stamp. I used scorched timber distress ink to ink up the edges before popping it up using foam tape.  The embossing folder is an older one from Sizzix and the sentiment and die are from My favorite things.  I did layer the embossed panel onto a very dark green piece of cardstock (which looks almost black in the photo). 

 

Adding this into the following challenges:

Just add ink - texture and foliage

My Time to Craft - add texture

Simply clean & Simple - signs of fall

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Clean and simple sympathy card

Hello. Playing in The Paper Players clean and simple challenge of sympathy or encouragement. 

The silhouette sprig and sentiment stamp are from My Favorite Things.  I used the postage die from Penny Black to cut out a panel then used it as a stencil to create a tall and skinny area to stamp the sprig silhouette. Tumbled glass distress oxide ink used with a blending brush. 

I did add some shine to the dots with a black gel pen, but you can't see it in the photo. 

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So very happy for you

Hello. I'm playing in a few challenges with this clean and simple card today.

The flower dies are from Papertrey, Inc. I cut them out of white cardstock then ink blended over them using SSS pawsitively saturated ink in cheeky and blush.  White buttons are used for the centers of the flowers and I had to tie them with twine to get a cute bow for the centers on each.

The sentiment is from The Ton. The dot outline die is from a blueprints die collection from MFT stamps. Tiny dew drops from Memory Box finish this off.

Adding this to the following challenges.

Beautiful Blossom challenge - mood board below

The Paper Players - Spring Flowers

CAS of Friday - Spring

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All of me loves all of you

Hello. Playing in Valentine's clean and simple challenge today over at CAS on Sunday, Moving Along With The Times: Feb Challenge 163 - LOVE HEARTS, and Just Us Girls.

The heart die is from Echo Park. I cut it out of white cardstock and then did some ink blending using Pink Fresh ink in coral reef, passion fruit, berrylicious, and candy apple. The sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink and the silver arrow is part of a die set from Lil' Inkers. I cut it out of some recycled foil.

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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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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. 

Link up here. 

Thanks

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

I actually watercolored the flowers freehand on this tag.  The sentiment is from WPlus9.

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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Boo

Hello - I am thrilled to be asked to design a few cards for Gerda Steiner Designs. I'm delighted to introduce you to a new die that will be available over at Gerda Steiner Designs soon.  I did something a little bit different with it and inlaid it after embossing the card front with several of the die cuts.  The designer paper is from Die Cuts With a View.

Here it is up close - I cut out a few and used them to emboss the card front. 

The set does come with a shadow die, but I did not use it since I inlaid the die cut after embossing it. 

I hope you are inspired to get this super cute stamp set and design a few cards for your friends and family. They also can be used on treat bags or Halloween decor. 

Stayed tuned for more Halloween goodness later this month with a new stamp set to be released soon.

Just be-claws

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge over at Less Is More. The cue card is calling for Under the Sea.

The stamp and sentiment are from The Angel Company. I used Simon Says Stamp pawsitively saturated ink to stamp that cute little lobster.  

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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With Sympathy

Hello. Playing in The Flower Challenge #82 challenge of clean and simple today.

The sentiment is from Altenew and the lavender die is from Gummiapan. I colored them with Copic markers.  The Stitched dot die is from Jillian Vance Designs. 

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Congratulations - wedding card

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

The dies are from My Favorite Things. I used an embossing folder on the wedding dress. I also added some pearls, because what wedding dress doesn't have pearls on it? 

Challenges:

Polkadoodles - Anything goes

Can you handle the pressure - embossing, wedding

Cardz 4 Galz - dies/punches

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All you need is love

Hello. Playing over at Time Out Challenges today #229 of Romantic. 

Sentiment stamps are from Simon Says Stamp. The embossing folder is from Darice and the heart die is from Pink and Main. I have no idea who made the plaid pink dsp - it's Valentine's Day 6 x 6 paper pack that has been in my stash forever.

Are you thinking about that Beattle's song now?  Sorry for the earworm. ;-)

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