Natural honey

Hello. I'm playing in the Freshly Made Sketch #700 today.  

The stamp set is from Elizabeth Craft Designs, Every Day Elements from Annette Green, called Honeybee.  The honey comb stamp in the set is used for the squares, and then I heat-embossed the natural honey label. As you can see I also fussy cut another bee and popped it up over the bee on the label.  Added a bit of bling to his wings with a shimmer pen and rock candy glitter. 

I used shrink plastic to create the small organic honey circle and then colored it to match the paper. 

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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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You're one in a melon

Hello.  I'm playing in the Just Us Girls die challenge today.  They are looking for summer things
in your stamps and dies.  Here is what I came up with.

The watermelon stamp and dies are from Sunny Studio. I stamped them in black Versafine ink and then heat embossed, so that I could color them with Copic markers. 

The sentiment is from Memory Box.  I dug through all my cardstock and came up with colors that matched the watermelons and used them for layering and the fishtail banners. 

The stitched dot dies are from Jillian Vance Designs.

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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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Blessed are the curious

Hello.  Today, I'm sharing a mixed-media card that I created a while ago. It goes well with the Just Us Girls Challenge of number(s).

I started out with watercolor paper and used speckled egg ink to color the background.  Then added rice paper from Stamperia. The stamps in the background were randomly done to create interest.  The focal point gears are a die from Memory Box, and the sentiment is a sticker from Tim Holtz.  To finish this, I splattered some gold paint over the top. 

Stamps:

Creative Expressions - Sam Poole

Stamperia - Dewdrops, Vicky P

Lesia Zgharda 

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Challenges:

Just Us Girls - numbers

Creative Artiste mixed media challenge - anything goes

You make everything better!

Hello. Playing in a few challenges today with this card. The sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches, and I used the left column down on the tic-tac-toe challenge.  See below.

The tools and the peg board are dies from Taylored Expressions. I added a few bits of duct tape to the board using the small tape dies from Tim Holtz Sizzix vault die set 666876. (It is the set that has the clipboard in it). Silver cardstock from TH used for the tools. I did end up cutting down the peg board a bit to better fit the sketch.

The ruler is from an old set called The Necessities by Limited Edition. I had to stamp it on yellow cardstock to resemble the rulers that used to hang out in my Dad's garage.  The sentiment is from Avery Elle, and I used the small nail die cut (cut off a bit) as an exclamation point. 

This could be used as a Father's Day card or a birthday card.  

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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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Sending love - TFC#99

Hello! Welcome to another challenge over at The Flower Challenge blog. Here is the card I created.

 

The stencil and sentiment are from Gina K Designs. I used Simon Says Stamp saturated ink and a blending brush to blend out the flower.

Here is the cue card for this month’s challenge.

Link up here.

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Miss you - SSC353

Hello and welcome to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  Here is what I made using the sketch prompt, which I turned sideways.

 

The image is from Impression Obsession, stamped in versafine, heat embossed then colored with Copic markers. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things. 

 

Link up here. Sunday Stamps

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So sorry

Hi everyone, I'm playing in the TGIF #503 sketch challenge today. I decided to do a non-holiday card. 

The fern stamp is from Waffle Flower. I stamped it in artichoke ink from Simon Says Stamp. I liked the color so much that I decided to ink blend the back rectangles and the back layering piece in the same color. 

The sentiment is from Gina K and the stitched cover die is from My Favorite Things.  

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Forever - TFC96

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

 Here are two more cards that I created for the current challenge of adding a stencil.

 

Both use stamps, stencils, and dies from Waffle Flower.

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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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Take care of yourself - TSOT642

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.

 

The flower die is from Honey Bee and I used SSS pawsitively saturated ink in cheeky, blush, pucker, field, and fairway to color the white card stock.  The sentiment strip is from a stamp set from Pink and Main. I stamped it using Versafine ink and then heat embossed it with clear powder. I used a bit of washi tape for the center stripe. 

Sketch:

Link up here.

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Just because

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

 

The large sentiment stamp is from Honey Bee stamps. The gingham designer paper is from Bazzil. 

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration.

 

Link up here> Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

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Hang in there

Hello. I dug out a very old stamp set from the former Angel Company to play in the theme challenge of fashion over at Less is More.

I stamped it in versafine ink and heat embossed it in clear so that I could color with Copic's. Kept this very clean and simple. After cutting the main panel out with a stitched die, I put some fun foam on the back and stuck it on the same color card base.  

This set also included a bra and a sentiment that say "thanks for your support." An oldie, but a goody and worth hanging onto. 

Have a great day! 

Fusion Card Challenge - congratulations

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 chose to follow the sketch and the colors in the photo. I used distress oxide inks and watercolor paper to create a background. Stamped the congratulations (stamps from Frantic Stamper) and heat embossed it, so that it would stand out on the water color paper. 

Please check out the Design Team’s creations for this challenge.

Barb Ghigliotty

Betty J
Jeanne Jachna
Jen Mitchell
Karren Johnson
Linda Callahan
Lyndal Higgins 
Michelle Leone

Michelle Lupton
Tristan Dawes
Wanda Cullen