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. 

With Sympathy

Hello. I'm playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today with this sympathy card.

The branch stamp is an old woodblock one from Memory Box.  I used Tombow markers to color the branch and leaves, and then huffed on it to reactivate the inks.  

The stitch dot dies are from Jillian Vance Designs, and the sympathy sentiment is from The Ton.

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Just for you - TFC#105

Hello - here is another reminder about our current challenge over at The Flower Challenge.  We are looking for you to add embellishments.

The flower stamp is favorite from stamplorations - Dee's artsy designs. I used Simon Says Stamp saturated inks to stamp the flower and then added white pearls for their centers.   The sentiment stamp is from Poppy stamps.  

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Happy Birthday

Hello. Playing in the Just Us Girls, anything goes with a stencil challenge today.

The confetti stencil used here is from Waffle Flower.  I used inks from Simon Says Stamp to create the party background.  The Birthday die is cut from Tim Holtz alcohol ink cardstock, and I used three layers of basic black cardstock behind it to add dimension.

Kept it clean and simple for all genders and ages.

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Happy Birthday - TFC#104

Hello. Welcome to another challenge over at The Flower Challenge. We have a color prompt photo for you this month.  

The flower dies are from Pink Fresh Studio.  I colored them using Distress Inks in Peacock Feathers and Ripe Persimmon. The birthday sentiment is from Avery Elle.

Here is the photo:

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Hello - TSOT#673

Hello! It's time for a new sketch over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday. 

I used the cone flower die from Simon Says Stamp as the focal point, along with the big hello die from SSS CZ Designs.

I cut the flowers out of basic white cardstock and then blended butter and mocha ink from SSS to color them accordingly.  The designer paper is from Lasting Impressions. 

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

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A little note - SSC363

Hello. We have a new color inspiration up over at Sunday Stamps.

The sentiment is an old $1 stamp from Studio G.  I used Simon Says Stamp saturated ink to match the colors in the photo below.  The card base is a deep navy blue. The flower stencil is from Gina K Designs.

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So very happy for you TFC#103

Hello all.  This is your reminder that you still have time to play with our embossing challenge over at The Flower Challenge.

This one uses a cobblestone embossing folder from Darice.  The flower stamp and dies are from Simon Says Stamp and are colored with Copic Markers. 

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Thanks

Hi everyone. I spent yesterday at the Stamp and Scrapbook Expo and spent way too much money. However, here is one of the stamp and stencil sets I purchased from The Ton.

I used color fuse inks from Brass and Bliss with the stencil first, then stamped over it with the outline stamp.  The thanks sentiment is part of the set.

I'm entering this into the following challenge.

Addicted to CAS - Floral

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With Sympathy - SSC361

Hello. I'm the hostess for the sketch challenge this time around over at Sunday Stamps. Here is the card that I created first, which inspired the sketch.

The leaf is ink-blended through a stencil using Simon Says Stamps ink.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things. I kept this clean and simple as sympathy cards sort of need to be that way, in my opinion.    Below is the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your inspired by the sketch.

Happy Birthday - SSC360

Welcome to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps. This time around we have a color inspiration board for you.

The sailboat dies are from the former Paper Smooches.  I also used an old Provo Craft embossing folder to create the waves and ink blended over it.  The tiny birthday sentiment is from The Paper Studio.

This is a fun color combo to work with. I can't wait to see what folks come up with. Link up here! 

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Happy Bee-Day

Hello. I'm playing in the sketch challenge over at The Paper Players today.

I recently picked up a new set of clear stamps at Michaels (their Recollections line) that mostly featured bugs. I was drawn to the bee and dragonfly in the set. Anywho, here is the bee stamped and embossed so that I could color it with Copics. I fussy-cut it out and popped it up on top of the honeycomb with foam tape.  

The designer paper is from Moda Scrap, and the sentiment is from Woodware. 

Thanks for popping in to take a look.  

Thank you very much - SSC359

Hello and welcome. We have a new sketch challenge up over at Sunday Stamps today.  Here is what I did with it.

The flower dies are from The Ton called radiant roses.  I used neenah solar white cardstock to cut the layers out.  Next came some coloring using simon says stamp inks and a blending brush.  The sentiment is also from The Ton.  The background is an unbranded script embossing folder. 

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Happy Easter TSOT#668

Hello and welcome to another sketch challenge over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday. 

The bunny is a stencil I picked up from A colorful life stencils (I think).  The sentiment is an old one from the former Angel Company.  I added some cute clay pastel swirl mix from Pretty Pink Posh to mimic Easter Candy. 

Here is the sketch and you can link up here.

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Just a note - TFC#101

Hello and welcome back. I'm sharing another card for the The Flower Challenge add spring colors challenge #101 today.

The stencil is from Papertrey, Ink and I used Simon Says Stamp inks to blend the colors.   The just a note sentiment is also from PTI.   The rectangle dot stitched die is from Jillian Vance Designs.

Hope you join us! Thanks for stopping by.

Hello - SSC358

Hello. Welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps. We have a sketch challenge this week and here is what I did with it.

The small hello sentiment is from Altenew.  Designer paper is from Echo Park and the flower dies are from Sizzix. The scalloped tag die is from Jillian Vance Designs - it's called the Mini Pearl tag die set. 

Thanks for stopping by and you can link up your cards here.

Take care of yourself

Hi all. Playing in the Just Add Ink Swirls challenge today.

I used Tim Holtz's Baroque swirl stamp from Stampers Anonymous to stamp the swirl onto watercolor paper. I really loved how it came out, so I decided to cut it down into sections to fit onto an A2 card.  I used dark navy cardstock to layer the panels.  The sentiment is from Pink and Main.  

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