Merry Christmas - SSC391

Hello and welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  The sketch is a square card this go around.

The background was created using a lot of different mediums onto a master board.  It includes gesso, paint and paperatsy infusions, stamps, stencils etc.  I used the blanket-stitched dies from Pink Fresh Studio to cut the squares out. 

The snowflakes dies from My Favorite Things and the Merry Christmas sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.  

Here is the sketch. 

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With Sympathy - TSOT#696

Hello and welcome back to another challenge over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.  I created this 5 x 7  mixed media card using the sketch below. 

I sectioned off a sheet of mixed media paper into a quad and proceeded to add ink, stenciling, stamping, etc.  Sentiment is from Avery Elle.  

Here is the link to join in on the fun!

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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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Happy Birthday - TSOT#674

Hello. It's time for another sketch challenge over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.

This was a fun background to make. A lot of smooching and layering going on! 

Inks are from Simon Says Stamp - their pawsitively saturated inks react with water brilliantly.  The  number stencil is from Tim Holtz, and I used some crackle embossing paste from Ranger.  The birthday sentiment die was cut from TH black alcohol ink cardstock. I also used a script stamp from Darkroom Door within the background. 

To create the circles, I used the top of an old Jello container, two different bottle caps I had laying around with the darkest blue ink, then spritzed with water.   

Below is the sketch and here is the link to play in the challenge. 

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Just because - SSC329

Hello and welcome to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  Here is what I made using the inspiration color prompt photo.  This one was a challenge for me as I don't have any of the plum colors in ink or cardstock/paper in my stash.

So, I made my own plum color using watercolors and decided to make this card a mixed-media one.

There are a lot of different stamps used on this one. However, the main die is from Memory Box. I also did a bit of stenciling using a stencil from TCW and Gina K Designs texture paste.  

Stamps: Stampin Up! - gorgeous grunge, Darkroom door - Script and Crafters Companion sentiment. Inks: SSS orchid and Ranger distress archival in hickory smoke.  Altenew jet black liquid ink for the splatters.

Link up here. Sunday Stamps

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Mixed media card

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

I've had this snippet in my stash from a mixed-media play session that I finally put to use on this card.

I used the cling wrap watercolor smooch technique with the blue. Then added a layer of embossing paste through a stencil. A script background stamp and splatter is added to the mix to finish off the card panel. The dragonfly is a die that I cut out - added some Nuvo silver gilding flakes to it and stuck it on its shadow. The shadow was done by adding some blue perfect pearl to it. It sparkles in real life. 

I really like how this turned out.  Thanks for stopping by.

abstract watercolor thanks

Hello. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch this week with this abstract watercolor stamped panel.

Flower stamp is from Concord & 9th. I smooched the following distress inks: bundled sage, scattered straw and wild honey onto my craft mat and spritzed with water. Then stuck the hello lovey flower stamp into it and stamped it on watercolor paper. Moved the watercolor around, spritzed it, heat set and called it good. Then I stamped the French script from Darkroom door around the perimeter of the flowers using the same technique but with just bundle sage. Thanks sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp, stamped in versafine and heat embossed in clear embossing powder.

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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.

I went with the sketch on this Fusion challenge. I stamped a few background stamps randomly in versafine and heat embossed them in white. The plaid is from The Ton and the script is from Darkroom Door. To create the color wash, I used tumbled glass, speckled egg and antique linen and did a bit of smooching and layering until I was happy with the results.  The plaid embossing folder from Spellbinders was used on the tag. The hello die is three layers thick so that it stands out a bit. 

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

 

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Colorful thanks

Hi everyone. Playing in a few challenges today. I used the color palette from Sunday Stamps below as a jumping off point to create this.

I made my own background using distress oxide inks in peacock feathers, wilted violet and cracked pisatchio. I also used some black soot to distress the leaf branch. Click on picture to enlarge and see all the detail.

I used the following stamps to create the background with versamark and clear embossing powder.
French script and corrugated iron from darkroom door
Fancy flourishes from Papertrey, Ink.

To seal everything up, I brushed on some clear glaze from Faber Castell.  Thanks die is cut out three times in glossy black cardstock and stacked together.

The challenge over at Simon Says Stamp is to create your own background.

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Take the time

To stop and smell the Coffee! Made this for the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

Stamps are from The Darkroom Door. Coffee cup is stamped in versafine, heat embossed and then colored with Copic's. The background on this is done with the shaving cream technique. I have this stashed away in my background stash of unused card bits forever and finally got to use it.

Doily die is from Papertrey, Ink.

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