Just for you - TSOT#707

Hello, and welcome back to another challenge over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.  We have a fun one this go around and want you to add some hand drawn doodles onto your card.

Main branch stamp is from Alison Bomber/Paper Artsy.  The sentiment square is from Papertry, Ink.  I doodles around the light blue ink blended background using a multi-liner pen. 

Click here to join in the fun.

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Happy Halloween - TSOT#705

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

The background designer paper is an old one from my stash from Lil Inkers.  The bats are die cut out of black cardstock and the sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.

Here is the link to play along!

Just keep swimming - SSC389

Hello and welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  I took liberty with the sketch and went with shapes that closely resembled an oval for grins and giggles. 

The stamps and dies are from an old set; just keep swimming from Papertrey, Ink.

I ink blended the strip behind the whales and added bubbles before popping the whales down. I colored them both with Copic's. 

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Fly away

Hello. I'm playing in the Freshly Made Sketch today using this grungy card.

The designer paper is from Memory-place called visionaries. I cut it to fit the sketch and distressed it and inked the edges.  Added it to a top folding cream card base and layer, that I also distressed.  I have an old making memories distress tool that got a good work out on this card.  The ink I used to distress everything in is walnut stain. 

The stamps in the background match the designer paper somewhat.  The type stamp is from Papertrey, Ink and I used antique linen to stamp it in.  The dots are from Tim Holtz and stamped in Cocoa ink from Simon Says Stamp.  Lastly, the fly away sentiment is from Woodware.

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For you

Hi there. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today with this card.

The flower dies are from Altenew. I used the embossing folder that came with this to add texture to the petals.  I added the color using Simon says stamp pawsitively saturated ink and a blending brush.

The embossing folder on the left is also from Simon Say Stamp.  The dragonfly die is an old one from Memory Box and the sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.

The dragonfly is suspended only on the petal and appears to be floating in real life.

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Congratulations

I'm playing in a few challenges today with the following card.

I started with the stencil in the background from The Crafters Workshop.  I used tumbled glass oxide ink and a blending brush to get the stained glass look from the stencil.  Then I cut two skinny strips of black cardstock to frame it out. 

The tulip stamp is from Papertrey, Ink and colored with Copic markers.  The congratulations sentiment is from Altenew. 

Challenges:

Just Us Girls - anything goes stencil week

Freshly Made Sketches

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Happy Birthday

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

I started off with the sketch over at Just add Ink.  The fern is a very old rubber stamp from the former Angel Company.  I stamped it in juniper dye ink from Simon Says Stamp.  The birthday sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink. I heat embossed it with alabaster embossing powder from Brutus Munroe.  The circle "31" is made using a jump ring and glossy accents over a section of a numbered dsp that I had in my stash.

Here are the challenges for this card.

Just add ink

CAS on Friday - anything goes

Simply clean and simple - SCAS Feb -add greenery

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Holiday tag cards

Hello. I'm adding a couple of holiday tag cards to the mix for the 2025 fall/winter coffee lovers blog hop.

Stamps and dies are from Hero Arts.  The gingham designer paper is from My Favorite Things.  The baker's twine and the red grosgrain ribbon is from PTI.

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Just a note

Hi again.  I'm cleaning and organizing my craft room today, and that led to some creativity.  This one is inspired by the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches.

The long notebook page was created using an old Papertrey, Ink die.  For the lines, I used an old background stamp from My Favorite Things.  The clipboard die is from Sizzix/Tim Holtz.  

The notebook paper on it is from a patterned paper pad from PTI called pencil me in.    The "just a note" is a stamp from the Ink Blot Shop. I thought it was funny how it fit into the lines on the notebook paper.  

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Happy Birthday - TFC#106

Hi, and welcome back.  Here is another card for the current challenge over at The Flower Challenge. The sketch to use is below.

The sunflower stamp is an old one from the former Angel Company.  I colored the flowers with Copic markers.  The sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.

Here is the link to join the challenge!

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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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Let it snow - SSC367

Hello. Welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps.

This sketch is a good one to add to your arsenal for repeated use!   

The stencil in the background is done with color fuse ink from Rubbernecker (Brass & Bliss).  The sentiment is from PTI and stamped in Versafine ink.  The snowflake is from SSS and cut out of neenah cardstock.  Then I decided to use some navy blue glitter on it.

I'm not a fan of glitter, but this turned out pretty good.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with this sketch.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs! - SSC365

Hi all. We have a new sketch up over at Sunday Stamps.  

The corner dies are from Papertrey, Ink that I've had in my stash forever.  The gingham paper comes from Echo Park and the circle hugs stamp is from Concord & 9th.  I also used C&9 eucalyptus ink and cardstock.

This should be a fun sketch - I can't wait to see what you come up with.

Thanks for stopping by.

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.

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. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

-Laurie

ETA: Adding this to the Allsorts challenge of CAS.

Sending a little note

Hi all! I'm playing in the theme challenge over at The Paper Players today.  It's all about spring flowers. 

The tulip stamp is from the Friendship Jar Fillers from Papertrey, Ink. I stamped it in Simon Says intense black ink so that I could color them with Copic markers. 

The sentiment is from The Stamp Market and the stitched dies are from MFT stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

Season's greetings - TFC98

Hello.  Here is your reminder post regarding The Flower Challenge's current sparkle challenge. 

I used the same die but added a lot of rock candy glitter. The sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink. 

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