Get well soon

Hello. I finally got my new Paperartsy set designed by Alison Bomber and was playing around with it and a new stencil from Studio Light and came up with this.

I used walnut distress ink with the stencil, then stamped the tallest grass stamp over it.  Get well sentiment is from My Favorite Things. 

I'm entering this into the following challenges.

Simply Clean & Simple - nature

CAS on Friday - get well

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Mixed media birthday card - SSC386

Hello and welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  I created this card sketch this go around, so I hope you join in on the challenge. 

I smooched distress ink in Stormy sky to create the background.  The ledger stamp is from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous and it is stamped in hickory smoke archival ink.  

The number stencil is from Gummiapan, and I used black embossing paste from Ranger (Tim H).  The other stamps on the front panel are from LDRS.  Sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps.

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From me to you

Hello. I'm playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today with some new dies and stamps from Gummiapan.

The heart tag and the notebook border are new as is the type background stamp.  I used it on the smaller heart dies (PTI) as well, using antique linen oxide ink. You'll have to enlarge the photo to see that.  The sentiment stamps on the heart tag are from The Stamp Market and the xoxo is from Whimsy stamps.  

I used walnut stain distress ink on the edges of the type panel and added the small bow to the tag and called this done.

By the way, Color Me Nordic is a US based online store for Gummiapan dies, stamps and they're also carrying Craft Addiction UK dies too.  

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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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Happy Birthday

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

I started out with a large piece of watercolor paper and distress spray inks in stormy sky and antique linen.  I used a brayer to even out and spread the colors.  The dots are done using a stencil from The Crafters Workshop and embossing paste.  Then I stenciled on jumbled numbers using stormy sky distress ink.

The script words is a stamp from Darkroom Door, which I stamped in hickory smoke archival ink.  Added white and black splatters all over too.  Once everything was dry, I cut out the rectangles using a deckled die.  Added stormy sky distress ink to the edges with a dauber and popped them up using foam tape on the card base.  The birthday sentiment and die are from Waffle Flower. 

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Spread your wings

Hello. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today with this card(s).  

The designer paper is from Unity stamp company.  The border die is from Globeland (Amazon) and the butterfly is an old one from Cloud 9 Designs.  I heat embossed it and colored it to match the dsp with walnut stain distress ink.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things. 

I added an eyelet to the file tab just to be different and stuck it between the two dot rectangles. The swirl behind the main panel is from the same butterfly set, I just masked off the sentiment just to get the swirl.

I thought this was a bit plain, so after I took the photo above, I went back and added a bit of walnut stain distress ink around the perimeter of the card.  Which do you like better? 

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Faux watercolor flower

Hello. I just received the new Willow Wolfe stamps from Sizzix and had to play right away.

I used distress inks in Victorian velvet, aged mahogany, and scattered straw to create the flower. I added the lighter ink first, spritzed with water, stamped, repeat with all other colors.  The leaf and stem stamp was done using tombow markers and a bit of water spritzed on it.

After this dried, I went back with the outline stamp and stamped it with Versafine ink.  Love the results.

Adding this to the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - beautiful blooms

The Paper Players - clean and simple florals

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Just sayin' - TSOT689

Hello and welcome back to another card sketch over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.  This one is an awesome way to use up some designer paper scraps.  

I used distress inks to blend the background of the panel sitting on top of all the designer papers. All of those papers were in my blue scrap pile.  The sentiment and dies are from CZ Designs from Simon Says Stamp.

Here is the link to join the challenge - and remember to use up those scraps!

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Winter wishes - TSOT687

Hello. There is a new sketch up over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday and it's a fun one!

I obviously flipped it to take advantage of more space to work with on this sketch.  The houses, church and tree dies are from Gina K Designs.  The mountain dies are very old and I cannot remember where they are from, if I had to guess, it would be MFT. 

Ink blended the sky and mountains using Distress inks.  I did put some gold sparkly vellum behind the buildings to represent lights. 

Hope you play along with us by linking up here!

Take care.

Thinking of you

Hi there! I decided to play in the sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches tonight and came up with this.

The designer paper is from Tim Holtz memoranda pack.  I paired it with a strip of enchanted evening grosgrain ribbon from Papertrey, Ink.  Fig leaf die is from Simon Says Stamp and the sentiment is from My Favorite Things.  Added a small twine bow to ground the fig die cut and called it good.

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Take care!

Hello. Playing in the Dragonfly Dreams tag challenge today with this card.

The tag is from Simon Says Stamp and distressed with walnut stain distress ink.  The background is from a paper towel that I used to catch the "drips" from my Keurig coffee maker.  I thought it would make a good background so I used some liquitex matte medium to adhere it to a card base.

Rose sticker is from my stash (might be from Arden creative)

Script stamp - MFT stamps

Tim Holtz old tape stickers

Altenew - Sentiment

Twine 

Cotton frayed ribbon - Ribbli

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Masculine Birthday card

Hi everyone! Playing in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge today - they are looking for masculine cards featuring Tim Holtz products.

I used TH distress inks with stencils to create this birthday card.  Stencils are from The Crafters Workshop.

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Happiest of birthdays - SSC370

Welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps. Today, we have a fun sketch for you.

The leaf dies are from Jillian Vance Designs.  I used book pages that I had dyed autumn colors using distress ink on the leaves. Then inked up the edges a bit.  The sentiment is from The Stamp Market. 

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ETA: adding this into Addicted to CAS

 

Thinking of you

Hello. Playing in a few challenges today with this fall card.

The leaf die is from Simon Says Stamp.  I used old book pages to cut out several leaves.  Then, I proceeded to distress them using Ranger Distress inks.  The sentiment is from The Ton, and I added some clear dew drops for added interest.

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Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches

Just us girls

CAS on Friday

Paper craft crew

Adulting is hard

Hello. Playing in the photo inspiration challenge today over at Just Add Ink.

I liked the leaves, coffee, and plaid in the photo below and incorporated them into my layout.  

The plaid designer paper is from Memory Box. The leaf is a die from Simon Says Stamp and was cut from a distress ink background that I had in my stash.  The coffee ring stamp is from Altenew and was stamped in Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink.  The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday.

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Thinking of you - TFC#104

 Hi again. Here is another card that I created for the color challenge over at The Flower Challenge.  

I used the same Distress Ink colors in Peacock Feather and Ripe Persimmon.  The flower dies are from Casual Fridays, and the sentiment is from Parklane stamps.  I added some white self-adhesive pearls to the centers of the flowers for added interest.  

Hope you'll join us for this challenge.  The Flower Challenge

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