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

Happy Birthday

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

The confetti in the background is done using Simon says stamp ink and the confetti stencil from Waffle flower stamps. The birthday sentiment is from Jaded Blossoms.  I also used some thin black washi tape to create the separation on the card. 

I created the balloons using a large round ballon die (didn't fit on the card) just for the "tie," then a circle die, and piece them together.  Added on the string, bows and a white gel pen highlight and called it good.  All balloon dies are from My Favorite Things. 

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Flakes - SSC350

Hello. Welcome back. Today over at Sunday Stamps we have a sketch to play with.

This card took me way tooooo long to make. LOL.  

The snowflake background stitched die is from Waffleflower.  The top hat is a die from Jaded Blossom and the sentiment is from a retired company called There she Goes stamps.  I used black rhinestones for the eyes on the snowman and cut the noses out of scrap orange paper. 

Below is the sketch for you. Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Birthday

Hi everyone.  The Paper Players sketch challenge intrigued me, so decided to play with it today. This also goes well with the feminine challenge over at Simon Says Stamp.

The flower stamp is from Penny Black called blooming. I watercolored them using Mei Liang watercolors, then cut them out using square nesting dies. I did use a marker to darken in the centers. The flower that's in the circle is fussy cut and popped up using foam dimensional tape. The small happy birthday sentiment is from Jaded Blossom. 

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Foiled birthday card

Hello - playing around with foiling today and the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. 

After I foiled the peonies, I colored them with Copic markers. The Birthday sentiment is from Jaded Blossom and heat embossed in gold. I also turned the sketch on its side for a different look.

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Happy Birthday - TFC89

Hello! Welcome to another challenge over at The Flower Challenge blog. Here is the card I created for our challenge of making a square card. 

 The flowers are stamped and then colored with a stencil. I masked off the sentiment strip with mint tape. The birthday sentiment is from Jaded Blossom and the flower stamp/stencil is from Pink Fresh Studio.

Here is the cue card for this month’s challenge.

Link up here. 

Happy Birthday TSOT #638

Hello.  Welcome to the newly renamed Try a Sketch on Tuesday challenge. We are using the same acronym and we will be playing the first and third Tuesday of every month. Our sister challenge site is Double Trouble and we are partnering with them on this first challenge of the year.

Double Trouble is recognizing World Introvert Day using the TSOT Sketch #638.  The BACKGROUND of the sketch will be affected by this humorous occasion.  Whether you are introverted or extroverted, the requirement is to create a project to show us your personality through one of the two fun background choices.  

Introvert:   calm, soft, pastel

Extrovert:  bold, loud, bright 

As you can tell, I'm an Introvert!

The die is from Altenew and I used Simon says stamp pawsitively saturated inks to color the flower and leaves.  The birthday sentiment is from Jaded Blossom. I used a linen 3D embossing folder for the background, but I have no idea where it came from. I wish that companies would mark them with their logo so that they would get credit! 

Happy 7th Birthday

Hello! Welcome to another challenge over at The Flower Challenge blog.  It's our 7th Birthday and our challenge this month is Anything Goes.

 Here is the card I created.

 

The Stamps and stencils are from Altenew. The sentiment is from Jaded Blossom.

Here is the cue card for this month’s challenge.

Link up here. 

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Fall birthday card

Hello. Using an old Memory Box stamp to create this fall birthday card today.

I used Tombow markers to color directly on the stamp, spritzed it with a shot of water, and stamped it on the cardstock. The birthday stamp is from Jaded Blossom. Cut the panel out with a stitched cover die from MFT stamps, then adhere it to a dark chocolate card base. 

Here are a few challenges that I'm adding this to:

Colorful Options - orange

Happy Little Stampers - Birthday AG

Pinspirational challenge - Birthday and leaves - mood board (fall)

Four Seasons - fall

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Thinking of you

Hi all. Playing in the color challenge over at Just add ink today.

The sentiment is a very old $1 stamp set that I've had for 15+ years and have no idea who made it.  

Flower dies are from Jaded Blossom and the leaves and the flower centers were taken from the TH sizzix small tattered florals die set. 

I believe the diamond die is from Memory Box. I did add a bit of yellow saturated ink from Simon behind it to highlight the flowers.  The yellow cardstock is from PTI and the oceanside and aqua sky are from Concord and 9th.

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Birthday balloons

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

 

The balloon die cuts are from MFT and PTI. The birthday sentiment is from Jaded Blossom.

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration.

 

Link up here> Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

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Happy Birthday OLC

Hello. Playing in the one-layer clean and simple challenge over at The Paper Players today.

The birthday sentiment is from Jaded Blossoms. The flower stencil is from Shawn Petite.  I like this so much that I did another color but added a layer.

I used pawsitively saturated ink from Simon Says Stamp to blend the flowers. A black gel pen was used on the centers.

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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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Watercolored birthday card

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

 

Here is the cue card.

Choose two or more colors from the wheel

 

Please visit the Simply Less is More BLOG to see what wonderful creations the design team has come up with.

 

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Birthday balloons

Hello everyone. It’s time for a new challenge over at Try Stamping On Tuesdays. You can use the sketch or add the technique queue into the mix or use both. 

 

I used several balloon stencils from MFT for this one. Sentiment is from Jaded Blossom. Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration.

 

Link up here> Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

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