Season's Greetings - TSOT#651

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 circle tag die is from Memory box and I used it to create a shaker card. Snowflake die is from Cheery Lynn and is cut out of silver sparkle cardstock.  Sentiment is from Impress cards and crafts.

Designer paper is from Echo Park and the sharker bits are from Trinity Stamps. 

Sketch

 

 

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Merry Christmas to you and yours

Hello. Playing in this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge today.

The sentiment stamps are from Impress cards and crafts. I stamped them in versamark and heat embossed them in silver.  The snowflakes are from Echo Park and cut out of Tim Holtz Idea-ology silver sparkle cardstock. The embossing folder is an oldie but goodie from Provo Craft/Cuttlebug.  I accidently used the debossed side and then decided it looked pretty darn good behind the snowflake cuts outs, and left it. 

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Merry Christmas

Hello. I've got a last-minute entry into this week's Freshly Made Sketch challenge for you today.

I decided to go with a Christmas card theme for this sketch. The sentiment is from Impress cards and crafts. The designer paper and the snowflake dies are from Echo Park.  The sparkly silver cardstock is from Tim Holtz Idea-ology kraft line. It cut through those delicate snowflake dies with my Empress very well. 

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Happy Birthday

Hello. Playing along with the challenge Woodblock Wednesday with this Birthday card.

My old woodblock stamp is from Impress Cards and Crafts (retired) which used to be a local stamp store for me. Unfortunately, they closed their 3 locations and now have an online store, link above. I sure miss the store in Tukwila - when traffic was bad going home, I'd hop off the freeway and spend an hour looking at all their wonderful inventory.  I'd also spend way too much money there too! LOL. 

I used Simon Says Stamps pawsitively ink to stamp the flowers. The birthday sentiment is from My Favorite Things.

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Trick-or-Treat

 Hello again! It's Laurie sharing another cute ghost from the NEW Halloween ghost stamp set.

I did a fun little corner fold on a piece of  Kelly Panacci Halloween mat pad from K&Company. I found a piece of cardstock in my stash that closely match the skeleton paper and colored the ghost using Copic markers. 

I had this string of bat ribbon in my stash, so I cut one off and stuck it to the trick-or-treat sentiment tag. The spider is a brad that I picked up at my local stamp store ages ago. 

I have one last card to share next week - stay tuned!

Happy Birthday - One layer card

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

 

The flower stamp is from Impress Cards and crafts. The birthday sentiment is from Jaded Blossom. 

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.

ETA: I'm also adding this into the Retro Rubber challenge of anything goes. The stamp I used is a combo stamp (the grass is the main stamp and the flower is on one end of it) and it's at least 10 years old.

 

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Thinking of you

Hi there. Playing in the CAS Colours & Sketches #502 challenge today. 

The Flower stamp is from Impress cards & crafts. I used Simon Says Stamp pawsitively saturated ink in Cherry and sage to stamp the flowers and leaves. Centers are stamped with Versafine Clair.  Thinking of you sentiment is from Hero Arts, as is the red cardstock that I used for the card base.

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Peace, love & joy

Hello. The sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches had my creative juices flowing and here is what I did with it.  I will tell you it was challenging for me, too.

I took creative liberties with the sentiment placement and used the house and church as my circles. 

Dies are from Honey Bee stamps. I used a few Copic markers to color the house, window frames, etc.  To get the glow for the church windows, I used a yellow Copic marker on vellum.

Snowfall grit paste used through a stencil to create the snowy scene. The hills are done using dies and foam tape to get a bit of dimension. The sentiment is from Impress cards and crafts. 

I'm not good at putting together small die cuts, so this was a labor of love for me. I had an idea in my head and I stuck with it to the bitter end. LOL. 

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Holiday greetings in non-traditional colors

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

 

The sentiment is from Impress cards & crafts and the large snowflake is from My Favorite Things. I used Simon Says stamp pawistively saturated ink in sesafoam, surf and ocean to blend with.  Blue cardstock is from Gina K Designs. 

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration and the secondary theme is non-traditional holiday colors. 

 

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Textured Poinsettia

Hello. Playing in the #563 Freshly Made Sketch Challenge today. 

I used a red/pink background from my stash to cut the poinsettia out. Added some fir branches around it and stuck a circle frame in gold per the sketch. 

I purposely left the strings (and added a few more) to the broadcloth panel. I just liked the texture and rustic look of it.

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Merry Christmas - TSOT sketch #536

Hello everyone. It’s time for a new sketch challenge over at Try Stamping On Tuesdays.  This sketch will last the entire month of December.

Sentiment is from Impress cards & crafts and is heat embossed in gold.  Poinsettia dies are from Simon. I blended on some picked raspberry distress ink in the centers. The hot pink grosgrain ribbon was purchased at Joann's years ago and the gold twine is from SU as is the embossing folder in the background.  Tag die is from PTI. 

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Let it snow - Fusion Challenge

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 used a stencil to emboss the light grey cardstock in the background. Hopefully, you can see it. Cut out snowflakes (MFT) using silver mirror cardstock to resemble the circles in the sketch. Heat embossed the sentiment between the snowflakes. 
 

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 .  Natalie Walsh

 

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Happy Christmas - Fusion

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.

Embossing folder is from SU and the ornaments are a die from Memory Box. I just cut them out and colored the top two with Copic's and the bottom one was heat embossed with white embossing powder. Sentiment is from Impress cards & crafts.

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 .  Natalie Walsh

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Noel

Hi all - Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch today.

The big snowflake die is from Trinity stamps. The snowflake background stamp is from Echo Park. It is stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with silver embossing powder.  Oxide inks blended for the background. Mini noel sentiment is from Impress Cards& Crafts.  

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Happy Christmas

Hi all. Playing in this weeks Freshly Made Sketch #504 today.  Went a little rustic on this slimline Christmas card.

I made an online purchase from a stamp company and they wrapped up my purchase in this gingham paper. It was actually a bag, but I cut it apart and used it on this cad. Sentiment is from Impress cards and crafts and I embossed it in Ranger liquid platinum embossing powder. Most of the dies used for the greenery are from Echo Park/Carta Bella. Doodlebug designs made the dark red candy dots that I used for the holly berries.

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Season's Greetings

Hello - playing in the CAS(e) this Sketch #384 challenge today. 

Evergreen branch stamps is from Great Impressions that I've had forever - it's one of my all time favorites and I'll never part with it. I stamped it in Basil green ink from Rubbernecker stamps. The to get the shine, I covered it in pearl embossing powder. The season's greeting stamps if from Impress Cards and Crafts. I stamped it in versamark and heat embossed it with platinum. I also added a few dots randomly around the branches.

Cardstock is rustic white from Papertrey, Ink and I cut out the main panel with a pierced dot die then popped it up with foam. 

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Just a note

Hello-
Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today.

Flower stamps are from Impress. I used Fresh ink, which is a pigment ink to stamp the flowers and leaves. The center is stamped in versafine. 

I changed up the oval to a rectangle to fit my die cut sentiment. 

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