Thinking of you - TSOT#669

Hello, and welcome to another sketch challenge over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.  So many possibilities to use up some designer paper on this one.

The designer paper is from Moda Scrap that I've been hoarding for a while. ;-) The flower bud is from Altenew, with a few Marth Stewart leaf punches behind it.  The sentiment is from the Stamp Market. The rectangle dot stitch dies are from Jillian Vance Designs. 

Here is the sketch and you can link up your cards here!

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Happy Birthday

Hello. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today. I kept it very clean and simple for this birthday card.

Peony stamp and die is from Pink and Main. Colored with Copic's. The tiny birthday sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.

I added two sets of leaves using a punch from Martha Stewart Crafts to balance out the flower. My Favorite Things dot border die used on the top panel.

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Love you

Hi there - Playing in this weeks Freshly Made Sketch. 

No stamping on this - gasp! Designer paper and cardstock base is from PTI. Hydrangea flower dies and the You die are from Simon Says Stamp. I bought the love lemon alpha beads at my LSS before they took a sabbatical, and used them for the centers of the flowers to spell out the love sentiment.  The you is stacked three times. It drives me crazy that I can't get it perfectly lined up sometimes. UGH! 

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Designer Choice Challenge - Hello

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week our challenge is a Designer Choice Challenge and it's my turn. I would like you to use the following photo as your jumping off point to create a card.  Hope it inspires you.

I used speckled egg distress oxide ink on the top of the card. I applied it direct to paper to match the door on the photo. I liked the ghost of the wreath on the door and added that. I created a bit of shiplap on the bottom of my card using a barn wood planks die from Honey Bee stamps. Martha Stewart punch used for the little flowers and the wreath.  Hello and the keys are stamps from Repeat Impressions. 

The butterfly charm is covering up a "goof" that occurred when I was finishing off this card. Oil from my fingers or some such thing left a darker blob. Instead of starting over, I just covered it up. And yes, those are brads that I used across the top of the shiplap. Had to dig deep into my stash for those. LOL.

 

There's a new challenge every week over at  The House That Stamps Built, and you don't have to use Repeat Impressions stamps to link up or win. Also, for my blog readers: Enjoy the 10% discount code to the Repeat Impressions Store posted on the sidebar.

 

One lucky person will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate on the first Wednesday of every month – Good luck!

Also, check out our Rock Star blogs to see what they did with the challenge.

 

Donna   Heather   Joy   Shirley   Patti

 

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

 

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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 was inspired by the flowers in the vase and the window behind it in the photo. 

Vase stamp is from Papertrey, Ink. I used a punch from Martha Stewart to create all the little flowers. To match the flowers in the photo, I used a Copic marker to color the paper before punching the flowers out. Tiny pearls used for the centers of the flowers. Window die is an old one from Memory Box. I did put a piece of acetate behind it to give it a bit of realism.  Sentiment is from Hero Arts.

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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Project of the week - creating backgrounds

Hello. It's my turn to create a project of the week. I created my own pearlized background using the following stamp and supplies.

I used the snowflake positive stamp and stamped it randomly in versamark onto a piece of navy cardstock. To fill in the gaps, I used the versamark pen to add dots. The embossing powder I used was a blue pearl from Hero Arts. I really like how well it turned out on the navy. So pretty. 

The sentiment is stamped onto a piece of white cardstock, then cut out with a long rectangle die. Then I used the snowflake punch and punched it in several areas. I used a piece of silver glitter cardstock to punch out three more snowflakes. That way I could layer them back in and add one more to balance it out. All are popped up using foam tape.

and here is the final design. So much fun and so pretty in real life.

Stamps used:
6004-M, Snow Positive
6116-M, Master Builder

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Cup of cheer!

Hello! Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch #409 and the coffee lovers fall and winter blog hop today. Also adding this into the SSS anything goes challenge.

Coffee cup stamps and die are from Hero Arts. Designer paper is from Fancy Pants, called Timbergrove, which I've had in my Christmas paper stash for a while now. Used an old Martha Stewart craft punch on the snowflakes. Tried to match the DP color and used a Copic marker to color one of the snowflakes and the self adhesive pearl.

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Designer Choice Challenge - circles

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week it is designer choice and Joy wants us to use circles. Here is what I came up with.

I used a circle tag and added the flower (which is fussy cut out) and the sentiment from Repeat Impressions. Leaves are punched out using green cardstock scraps. Finished this off with a few self adhesive pearls. I used a copic marker to color the satin ribbon, tied it on with scrappers floss. The tag is popped up with foam tape to the dot embossed panel (isn't a dot a circle?). Added the pink strips to each side using some connect glue. 

There's a new challenge every week over at  The House That Stamps Built, and you don't have to use Repeat Impressions stamps to link up or win. Also, for my blog readers: Enjoy the 10% discount code to the Repeat Impressions Store posted on the sidebar.

One lucky person will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate on the first Wednesday of every month – Good luck!

Also, check out our Rock Star blogs to see what they did with the challenge.

Donna

Esther

Heather
Joy
Shirley
Patti

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

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-Laurie