Have a blessed day

Hello. Playing in a few challenged today. I started off with this weeks Freshly Made Sketch, and used a summer flower stamp for the Less is More challenge.  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge is to use your favorite tool - My spellbinder platinum die cutting machine and my mini misti are my favorites and used ALL the time.

The sunflower stamp is a retired stamp from the former Angel Company. I stamped it in versafine, heat embossed with clear embossing powder, then colored with Copic's. The tiny sentiment is made up of words from a clear set from Recollections. 

Kraft cardstock used to cut out the mesh border, which is a favorite die from Cherry Lynn Designs. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

  

Humming bird stained glass

Hello. Playing in the Addicted to CAS challenge of birds today.

The humming bird die is from Cheery Lynn Designs. I colored the inside pieces with Copic markers and then built up the outside with about 5 layers. I used Tonic Nuvo crystal clear glaze to create the stain glass effect and as a final layer embossed one with silver embossing powder. This is the method that Jennifer M did over on her blog.

Flowers and leaf stamps are from Simon Says Stamp and are colored with Copic's.

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You grow through

Hello. Here is this weeks Freshly Made Sketch and what I did with it.

Sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp. Flowers are stamped in Fresh pigment ink and Fabrika Decoru used for the center of the flowers. The pink mesh was done using the mesh die from Cherry Lynn. I stacked two on top of each other to get the dimensions I wanted. Dotted rectangle die is from MFT.

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RI Designers Choice Challenge

Hello! This week at The House That Stamps Built, Joy is our hostess and she has requested that we use up our leftover supplies/paper.  Here is what I did with it.

All stamps are from Repeat Impressions. I stamped the cup on cream colored cardstock and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder so that I could color with Copic's.

I had the mint and flower designer paper in my stash for a while now and was just waiting for a good time to use it. The kraft cardstock is left over after cutting out a mesh panel.

I used white satin ribbon and colored it with Copic' to match the cardstock colors and tucked it behind the cup panel. Stitched square die is from My Favorite Things.

Coffee colored candy dots are from Doodlebug Designs.

Thanks for stopping by and do drop by the rest of the rock stars blogs to see what they did with this challenge.

Heather

Patti

Joy

Cheri

Kathy

Shirley

Deonna

Dandelions

Hi everyone! I had a chance to put this card together for the sketch challenge over at The Paper Players in between loads of laundry today.

I sorta went out of my color comfort zone with this one. I had the dandelions stamped up and sitting in my "to make" box and decided come hell or high water I was going to use it today.  Then I had to search and destroy through my designer papers for something to work. Ya, easier said than done.

I ended up using the mesh die from Cherry Lynn to cut out a piece of kraft to go behind everything. Striped dp came from Fancy Pants, happy go lucky 6 x 6 paper pad. The I just grabbed a dark brown piece that matched the stripe to go behind. Wood self adhesive dots are from My Minds Eye.

Back to house work I go. Got stew in the crock pot and the smell is making my stomach growl, but it's one less thing I have to worry about today. Thanks for stopping by.

Pink tulips

Greetings! Playing around with a newer stamp from Technique Tuesday's Greenhouse Society.


Stamped in black licorice hybrid ink from My Favorite Things. Colored in Copic's and then added some white enamel accents from Ranger on the dots. I was sort of disappointed in the outcome. I expected it to be a bit more white and stand out. Its almost opaque looking.

Cherry lynn die used to cut out the burlap grid in the back ground. Lil Inker stitched die used to cut out the main image.  MFT fishtail banner used to cut out the green cardstock on the side.

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Get well soon

Hey everyone! Played around with this weeks Fusion Challenge and got a bit frustrated. I struggled with finding the right flower stamp to use with this. Everything I tried, I didn't like! Ended up with this!

Flower stamp is from Simon Says Stamp. I used fresh ink in french lavender to stamp the solid flower and black to do the outline. Then I got out the liquid pearls and dabbed some lemon yellow on for the centers.

Sentiment is from Avery Elle. I cut out the dotted banner then stamped the sentiment. It's popped up using foam tape. The white grid/mesh over the lavender cardstock is a die from Cherry Lynn Designs. That die makes great confetti too!

Dragonfly die is from Memory box. I cut the body out of black cardstock and the wings out of vellum. Added some Wink of Stella in clear to get them to appear gossamer. Love how they turned out. Now I get to add this card to the Wednesday challenge over at SSS which is Things that Fly.

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Wishing you

Hi all! Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch. I departed from it just a bit which is unusual for me.

The mesh is a die from Cherry Lynn Designs. I cut two of them and then overlapped them to create the rectangle. Green scalloped border and flower dies are from My Favorite Things.

Added a black button from American Crafts and then tied a bow using ivory bakers twine. Black pearls added on for interest.

Sentiment is from Papetrey, Ink.

Adding thins to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge. This week its anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy

Hi everyone! Here is my take on this weeks Fusion Challenge. This one took a while since I made the flowers.

The flower die is from Cherry Lynn Designs. I used two shades of yellow cardstock from Bazzill to make the flowers. White pearls from Kaisercraft used in the centers. I also added teeny tiny white pearls onto the flower centers in the vine too. The vine is a die from Memory Box that is new to me and hasn't been used until now. I did color it Copic markers.

The white panel is embossed with the wrought iron fence impression plate that I got from PTI, which I don't see on their web site any longer.

Satin ribbon is colored with the same color Copic marker that I colored the vine with. The tag and sentiment are from the Tiny Tags set from PTI.

Adding this card to djkardkreations NBUS challenge. Love this idea for a challenge and you should check it out.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

LIM #172 theme - flowers

Hi everyone! Up with the birds on this fine Sunday and had a chance to whip up a card for this weeks flower theme challenge over at Less is more.

Flower stamp is a two step set from Rubberneckers. I used distress markers and spritzed with water to get the water color effect. Sentiment is from Verve.

I just picked up this wonderful burlap border die from Cherry Lynn Designs. It reminds me more of magic mesh than burlap though. I cut it out of white cardstock and then used scattered straw distress dye to color it. To get it to stick I used dry adhesive called wacky tack from K&Company. I think I'll try using a glue stick next time so that it will adhere better. 

Well, I'm off to hop around some blogs to see what everyone else has been creating. Have a creative day and thanks for stopping in!

ETA: Just saw that the Paper Players have a CAS flower challenge as well - so added this to it.