Happy Holidays

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

I used an old Papertrey, Ink stamp set to stamp the holly. The Sentiment is from Raisin Boat stamps that are no longer in business. 

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration.

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Christmas stamps

Hello. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today. 

I used the Christmas postage stamp washi tape from 49th and Market to create the strips and layered it with red cardstock. The sentiment is from the former Raisin Boat company. I used the largest postage stamp die from Unity to showcase the stamp strips for this holiday card.

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Trick or treat mummy

Hello everyone. It’s time for a new sketch challenge over at Try Stamping On Tuesdays.  The optional theme this time is "spooky."

The mummy stamp is from Raisin Boat (no longer in business). I also did a bit of stenciling with the bats (Echo park) and used some of that wonderful black opaque texture paste from Tim Holtz and Ranger.  I used a bit of white seam binding to match the mummy. 

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration.

 

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Get well soon

Hello. Playing over at The Paper Players clean and simple get well challenge today.

The Cherry blossom stamp is from the former Raisin Boat stamp company. I used TomBow markers on it and spritzed with water to get the watercolor look that the stamp is all about.  The get well sentiment is from Clearly Besotted.  

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Happy Anniversary

Hi everyone - time for another sketch from Try Stamping on Tuesdays. Optional theme is anniversary on this one.

Daisy stamp and die is from Hero Arts. Used the daisy 3D embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp in the back ground. Sentiment is from Raisin Boat. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

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Autumn leaves

Hello. Playing in the 500th Freshly Made Sketch challenge today. 

On the main panel in the background I used the leaf stencil from Echo Park Paper and embossed it onto the paper. It's kind of hard to see in the photo, but in real life, it adds a bit more dimension.

The leaf dies are from Simon Says Stamp. I blended some distress ink onto bristol paper then cut them out. I went back and added some black ink directly onto the die and ran them through my die cut machine to give the veins a bit more POP.  Sentiment is from Raisin Boat stamps (sadly no longer around).  The moss green cardstock is from Paper Pizazz. 

As most of you know who follow my blog, I generally play along with Freshly Made Sketch challenges. I was even honored to be a guest designer once. So, I'm super excited for the big #500 and the companies who have generously donated prizes.  Thanks for the awesome sketches and the inspiration from all of the design team over the last decade!

Thanks,

Black and white rose

Hello. Playing in the Double D challenge today. However, my rose is singular.

Rose stamp is from Gray Wolf Graphics. I had several of these images stamped up and coloring them up.  When I looked at one not colored, and wow, it looked pretty awesome not colored. So, off and running I went with the black and white theme here. The sentiment is from Raisin Boat, black and white striped paper is from MFT and the dies are from Technique Tuesday.

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Just for you

Hi everyone. Created this card for a few challenges today. I started off with the sketch over at CAS Colours and sketches and then paired it with the photo challenge at Just Us Girls.

Daisy stamps are from Raisin Boat. I stamped them in Versafine and heat embossed so that I could color the centers and background with Copic's.

The lady bug is from the Penny Black set called Happy Spring. Sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.

I used a curved border die from Spellbinders to cut the card base, then adhered the daisy panel behind.  Added some piercing along the curves for added interest.

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Daisy thank you

Hi everyone!  Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch.

Daisies are from Raisin Boat and are colored with Copic's.

Thank you sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp and the bitty dot designer paper is from A*Muse. Neenah solar white and the black is from PTI.

Kept this clean and simple to go into my card stash. Seems I don't have a lot of thank you cards left.










See you soon.

FM #160 - chicken soup

Hi all! Here is my take on this week's Friday Mashup! Sketch is below and the theme this week was get well.

The chicken in the pot stamp is from Raisin boat and is colored with Copic's. Rectangle nestie used to cut him out. Sentiment is from Verve.

The chicken wire is from the barnyard boarders set from PTI. I used silver ink from Colorbox to stamp it on white cardstock and I love how it turned out.

Red gingham paper was from A*Muse, which I don't think they carry any longer. All panels layered in black using the mini perfect layers tool.

That's it for today! Thanks for stopping by!

Cackle

Hi everyone! I get a kick out of this chicken every time I look at it. It's one of those images that just make you grin.

and the sentiment....funny!

Stamps are from Raisin Boat. I colored the chicken with Copic markers in C00, and C1 and orange and red in the appropriate places.  I stamped the sentiment and then splattered ink onto it before cutting it with a circle nestie.

The red distressed gingham paper is from My Minds Eye. It and the black cardstock are cut with an edge border die from PTI.

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Get well soon

Hi everyone!  Since I'm not watching the big game or the commerical's I had some time on my hands to play with this weeks sketch over at SCS.

As you can see, I turned the sketch on it's side and then left off the grads/pearls on the left hand side. 

Stamps are from Raisin Boat. I stamped the chicken in the pot in Memento ink then colored with Copic's.  I played around a bit with the outline coloring and finally think I got it looking half way decent. Chicken wire is stamped in silver ink from Colorbox and then die cut using the fish tails dies from MFT.

Gingham designer paper is from Making Memories and layered with dark navy card stock from Bazzill. Silver ribbon used on side to go with the chicken wire.

Thanks for stopping in!