Masculine Happy Birthday - TSOT701

Hello. Welcome back to another sketch over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.  

I created the background paper using Paperartsy infusions. The stamps used in the background are from Sweet Miss Daisy Designs. 

The cogs are die cuts that are sprayed with the infusions, then highlighted with Lisa Horton waxes.  Some of the cogs and the chain are from Stampin Up! Birthday sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps.

Here is the link to play along.

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Happy Birthday - SSC388

Hello and welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps.

First of all, the textured embossing folder is from Honey Bee stamps. The flowers are a stencil from Taylored Expressions, I used Simon Says Stamp saturated inks throughout.  I cut one of the stencil panels apart to fit the back layer in the back to make everything fit.  The sentiment is from Waffle Flower stamps. 

I hope you join us.  Here is the link to play in the challenge.

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Grill master

Hello. I'm playing in several Masculine theme challenges today.

Nothing like an apron full of Grill utensils to wish a guy a Happy Birthday.  Stamps and dies are from Honey Bee Stamps, except for the Happy Birthday - which is from Jaded Blossom.  Plaid designer paper is from Papertrey, Ink. 

I made a hinge to connect two aprons together for this card. 

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The Paper Players

Dragonfly Dreams - Masculine

Crafty Calendar - All about the men/boys

Sweet Stampin - Something for the boys

Mixed media birthday card - SSC386

Hello and welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  I created this card sketch this go around, so I hope you join in on the challenge. 

I smooched distress ink in Stormy sky to create the background.  The ledger stamp is from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous and it is stamped in hickory smoke archival ink.  

The number stencil is from Gummiapan, and I used black embossing paste from Ranger (Tim H).  The other stamps on the front panel are from LDRS.  Sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps.

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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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Wishing you a beautiful day

Hello. The new sketch challenge over at The Paper Players caught my attention today, and I used it on this card.

My daffodils are almost ready to bloom (early in the PNW this year) and decided to use them as a focal point on this card.  The stamp is an old greenhouse society one from Technique Tuesday and I colored it with Olo markers.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee stamps.  The designer paper in the background is also from an older Fancy Pants 6 x 6 pad. 

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Happy Anniversary - SSC378

Hello and welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps. We have a photo prompt this time.

The heart die is from Echo Park.  It's all one die and can be used so many different ways. Used up a bit of cardstock scraps on it too! The sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps. 

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Happy Birthday - TFC107

Hello and welcome to a new card for our current "purple" challenge at The Flower Challenge.

The flower stamps and dies are from Pink Fresh Studio.  I used Simon Says Stamp inks through the stencils to color them.  The birthday sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps.

Please join us here: The Flower challenge.

Just because - SSC369

Hello and welcome to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  This week we have a photo prompt for you. 

I used dark blue paper in three shades behind the white leaf outline, but it's so hard to tell in the photo.  The sentiment is from The Stamp Market.  The leaf dies are from Gina K Designs.  I used three blue gems from Honey Bee Stamps in the middle of the leaves.  

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ETA: entering this into the Allsort Challenge of Trees, leaves and plants. 

Just a note - TFC#106

Hello! Welcome back to another challenge over at The Flower Challenge.  This time we have a sketch for you to use.

The sunflower dies are from Honey Bee stamps. I used several shades of yellow cardstock from Papertrey Ink to build it.  The sentiment is also from PTI.  

Here is the sketch. 

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Sending paper hugs

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

I smooched distress oxide and distress ink onto watercolor paper using a piece of acetate to create this dreamy background.  The white heat embossed script stamp is an old one from My Favorite Things.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee stamps. 

I splattered some black paint before adding the dragonfly die cuts and their blue vellum shadows. Lastly, I added some dewdrops, which are hard to see unless you enlarge the photo. 

This card is for the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - things with wings

Dream Valley Challenge - things with wings

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You're in my thoughts - TSOT#666

Hi and welcome back to another sketch over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.

The stamps and stencils are from Honey Bee and I used inks from Simon Says Stamp pawsitively saturated ink line to color the flowers.  The dot cover die is from MFT stamps.

Here is the link to the TSOT blog to play along.

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With Sympathy

Hello. Playing in the Just add Ink #741 challenge of simple and elegant today.  I need to add a few sympathy cards to my stash, so I used this challenge as a starting point. 

I cut out a long rectangle using a die onto a piece of cardstock and used it as a stencil for the background on this card.  The silhouette stamp is an old one from Papertrey, ink and stamped in versafine ink.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee stamps.  The stitched outline die is from My Favorite Things. 

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-Laurie

ETA: Adding this to the Allsorts challenge of CAS.

Hi there -TSOT643

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.

 

The Hi There die is from CZ Designs from Simon Says Stamp.  The designer paper I used on the background and on the dragonflies is from Honey Bee Stamps. I cannot remember who makes the dragonfly die. 

Sketch

 

 

Link up here.

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A little note

Hello. Here is a last-minute entry into this week's Freshly Made Sketch challenge. 

The mum flower die is from Honey Bee stamps. I cut it out using a creamy cardstock then blended ink from Pink Fresh (passion fruit, berrylicious, and candy apple) onto the individual petals and green ink for the leaf. The sentiment is an old $1 stamp from Studio G. 

It's been warm and rainy here and this flower helped to brighten my day.  Thanks for stopping by.

Just a note

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

 

 

The flower stamp and die is from Honey Bee Stamps. I colored them with Copic markers. The sentiment is from Studio Calico. My Favorite Things dot square dies and fishtail banner were used when following the sketch below. 

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration.

 

Link up here> Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

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Hello bee-autiful

Hello. Playing in the Wednesday Simon Says Stamp challenge of things with wings today.

The flower stamp, die and stencil is from Honey Bee stamps. I used inks from Simon Says Stamps pawsitively saturated ink to color the flowers. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and I purchased the large bee die from Ebay. 

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Just because

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

 

The large sentiment stamp is from Honey Bee stamps. The gingham designer paper is from Bazzil. 

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration.

 

Link up here> Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

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