Enjoy your day - TSOT#677

Hi, and welcome back to a new sketch challenge over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.

Ok - this one needs a bit of explaining.  The middle section of triangle is made using a napkin and some plastic wrap.  You know the technique of ironing the napkins onto a piece of cardstock by melting plastic wrap between the two with an iron.  Yep, this is that technique.  I made a few, so you might see more of them later.  

The sentiment is from Poppy Stamps, and I used dark green cardstock that matched the color of the ferns.  

Link up here to this fabulous sketch. 

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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 - TSOT#670

Hello. Welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Try A Sketch on Tuesday. 

The birthday sentiment is from Poppy Stamps. The gear border die is from Memory Box, and I enhanced it using distress inks to resemble rusty and oxidized gears. The stripes on the left side are done using a pin-dot border die—you might need to enlarge the photo to see them. 

Link up here! Can't wait to see what you create with this sketch. Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy your day - SSC341

Hello and welcome to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  Here is what I made using the inspiration color prompt photo.

 

I got out my alcohol inks and dropped a bunch of colors that matched the photo below onto a piece of hardboard. Then used alcohol lift ink to create the side panel using a sun stamp from Inkadinkado. I got a little creative using the sun as sea anemones.  The sentiment stamp is from Poppy Stamps.

Join our challenge here.Sunday Stamps. 

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Birthday cheer - SSC338

Hello and welcome to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  We have a new sketch and here is what I made using it. This is a fun one with so many possibilities.

 

I just got this new daisy set from Visible Image and put it to use on this sketch. I fussy cut the daisy out and popped it onto a piece of cardstock that matched the center of the flower. I did continue the splatters that are a part of the daisy stamp on the panel.  The Sentiment is from Poppy stamps.  

Link up here. Sunday Stamps

 

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Happy birthday to you - TSOT644

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. 

I used my Canon printer to print the music notes onto a piece of rice paper. Quite frankly, very surprised it worked, and so well. Then I added a bit of distress antique linen ink over it to give it an aged look.  The birthday sentiment is from Poppy stamps and it's stamped in hickory smoke archival ink. I used gray cardstock in two shades to match the music sheet colors on the panel in the sketch.                                                                                   

Sketch

Link up here.

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Masculine birthday card

Hello. Playing in The Paper Players sketch challenge today. I already had this bird from Whimsy stamps colored and sitting on my desk. I thought it would work great for the sketch below.

Linen cardstock is from Papertrey, Ink (I sure wish it would come back in stock) and the bird is colored with Copic markers.  The birthday sentiment is from Poppy Stamps, which is my go-to for masculine cards due to the font.

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Happy Birthday

Hello. I decided to use the Cheers & Beers guy on the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today.

The stamp is from Unity and the birthday sentiment is from Poppy Stamps. I did cut him down to fit into the square that is called for in the sketch. He's colored with Copics. I used a bit of puffy paint, heated with the heat tool to give it a foamy look on the mug of brew. 

The green plaid paper is from my stash and the stitched dot die is from Jillian Vance Designs. 

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Black, white and yellow birthday card

Hello everyone. Here is your mid-month reminder about the current challenge going on over at The Flower Challenge blog.

 Here is another card that I created for the current challenge.

 

The Flowers are from Altenew. The grid is from My Favorite Things and the sentiment is from Poppy stamps. 

Link up here. 

Sending birthday wishes

Hello. Playing in the AAA birthday card challenge today.

The sentiment stamp is from Poppy stamps. I stamped it onto a balloon die cut from MFT stamps (the tag die is also from MFT).  The candles are from the Simon says stamp birthday borders set. I had the green watercolor wash panel in my stash and put it to use on this card. Trying to clean up my stash of  unused card bits.  

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The guy with the beard - happy birthday

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

The guy with the beard Stamp is from Unity. I colored him with Copic's. The birthday sentiment is from Poppy Stamps. This turned out to be a one layer card too. 

To draw my frame, I used a gift card and ran it through an ink pad and drug it across the carstock to frame him out. 

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.

 

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Happy Birthday

Hello.  Playing in two challenges today. Let's start with the how I created my own background, which is the challenge over at Simon Says Stamp. I used #66 blue watercolor from Kuretake and dabbed it across some watercolor paper. Then I scrunched up some saran wrap, covered it and let it dry.  Next I added some splatters and some lines using a gift card, which was inked up with the unchartered mariner distress ink pad. 

Birthday sentiment was stamped with versamark and hero arts navy cardstock onto vellum then heat embossed with clear powder. I used detail does from Marker Forte to attach the vellum (highly recommend this stuff - super strong). The dragonfly is from Clearly Besotted and cut from black carstock. The outline is vellum that was colored with an ink pad (I think, it's been in my stash for a while). 

I used the sketch from The Paper Players below - which I modified slightly. 

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Get well soon

Hi all. Playing in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of making your own background today.

I used an old wood stamp from Poppy Stamps and Simon Says Stamp pawsitively saturated inks in carnation, peony and rose.  Get well sentiment is from Hero Arts. 

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Birthday balloons

Hello. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today. 

Balloon stamp and die are from MFT. Colored with Copic's. The confetti stencil is from Waffle Flower and the birthday sentiment is from Poppy Stamps. 

Hope you all have a Happy 4th of July, too.

Masculine birthday wishes

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

Went with a mild steampunk masculine design for this one. Sentiment is from Poppy stamps. Tag die is from MFT. The steampunk gears are chipboard from Creative Embellishments. Used some newspaper designer paper that has been in my stash forever on the tag.  kraft cardstock is from PTI.

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration.

 

Link up here> Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

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Happy Birthday

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 followed the sketch this time around. The flowers are washi tape and cut out with the coordinating die from Pink Fresh Studio. Sentiment is from Poppy stamps and the wonderful embossing folder is from Altenew.

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 Birthday to you

Hello. Playing in a color combo challenge today over at Sunday Stamps. 

Washi tape and dies are from Pink Fresh. Birthday sentiment is from Poppy Stamps. I dug out my old tag punches from Stampin Up! to layer the dark navy cardstock on the tag. Colored some satin ribbon with a copic to match the colors int he flowers. 

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