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

 

Stamps used for this are: W plus 9 for the flowers in the background using Simon Says Stamp pawsitively saturated ink. Sentiment is from A Jillian Vance Design. Embossed the middle panel for added dimension. 

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration.

 

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Sending hugs

Hello and welcome to another sketch challenge for Try Stamping On Tuesday. 

This is a very old set from Simon Says Stamp. I stamped the flower directly onto the gingham cardstock as an experiment and ended up liking it. The border die is cut out of white cardstock then I took some yellow bakers twine and threaded it through the top eyelets. Gingham designer paper is from A*Muse Studio.

Thanks for stopping by - have a great day.

Good things....

Hi everyone! I had an opportunity to play around with a few challenges last night. Verve has a eat me, drink me inspiration challenge that was the basis for the start of my card.

All stamps and dies are from Verve.

Cupcakes are colored with Copic's and the middle one is popped up using a foam square.

To get the ombre effect on the cardstock I got out my air compressor and airbrushed with a Ciao marker. Which means that I had to manipulate it a bit with some foam squares to get it to fit into the air gun.

Stitched dies are from My Favorite Things and the stitched banner die (black cardstock) is from Simon Says Stamp.

This card is for the following challenges:
Verve Eat me, Drink me June challenge
Simon Says Stamp - make it masculine
The Friday Mashup - ombre

Pink cupcake

Hi everyone! Here is my take on this week's Freshly Made Sketch which I also paired with The Card Concept #31 challenge.

Cupcake stamp and die is from Verve. I colored it with Copic's and then added some cotton candy stickles to jazz it up a bit. It's also popped up using foam tape. I hardly ever use my stickles, and it finally dawned on my why. I don't have any patience to let them dry.

The circle and banner die is from My Favorite Things, which is now discontinued, I believe. Sentiment is from Tim Holtz.

The pink designer paper is from Lasting Memories. I added the perforated holes down both sides of the white cardstock to give this a bit more dimension. However, decided to keep this one clean and simple and stopped there!

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

NBUS Challenge #2

Hi everyone! The beach was fantastic for the whole week. Only about 4 hours of rain one day and the rest is was blue sky, warm and sunny!  I posted a few pictures over on Facebook if you want a look see.

Darnell is doing another NBUS challenge over on her blog at djkardkreations and here are the options this go around.

1. Christmas
2. Make two cards using the same stamp.
3. Both of the above.
4. None of the above.

 My first card I'm showing today (I did another I'll post later) is using #4.

I returned from our trip to find some of the new Verve stamps and dies that I had ordered prior to leaving.

So my "never before used schtuff" is the stamps and dies from Verve on this card. I used two different stamp sets/dies to make this card. The bluebells are from the set called Framed Florals and the sentiment and frame are from the set called Small Packages. 

Designer paper is from M's Reflection line. White stitched panel is cut from a Lil' Inker Designs die.

That it for this one. I'll post another later on that is in a different category.

 

Celebrate

Hi everyone! Here's my take on this clean and simple stamping sketch seen here.

I just got the newest Polka Dot Parade #12 from Papertrey, Ink and put it to use on this card.

The candles are stamped in cherry red ink from MFT. Flames are stamped in versafine ink and then heat embossed so that I could color them with yellow Copic markers.

The word celebrate is from The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby). I used a piece of designer paper from scrap basket so I have no idea where it came from. 

Added black grosgrain ribbon and decided to leave off the middle piece as the size of my ribbon wasn't wide enough to accommodate it.

Red button is from American Crafts and added a bit of red baker twine. The flag is cut from the pennant border from Verve.

I did use some foam tape to pop the panel up on my card base for this one. I like the dimension that it gives.

Well, that's it for today. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Celebrate

Hi everyone! Here's my take on this past Mojo Monday's sketch. I also paired it up with this weeks CAS-ual Fridays challenge.

The celebrate stamp is a $1 stamp from Studio G and colored with Copics.

Designer paper is from DCWV and I used the big dots embossing folder on the blue cardstock. Pennant die is from Verve, which I used on the lime green cardstock and then layered it with blue. Added some green rhinestones for some bling as we head into the new year!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend! Only 5 more days until Christmas - I'm so not ready! UGH!








Challenges:
Mojo Monday #324
CAS-ual Friday - CFC124 Happy New Year
SSS - Bling it on

Mojo Monday #322 - Rustic

Hi there! I had a few minutes free yesterday and got to play around with this weeks Mojo Monday sketch challenge. 

Yep, I turned it on it's side. Tree stamp and die are from Verve. I used green cardstock from Bazzill and to give them a bit of depth, I added color using Copic markers. All are popped up using foam tape, but the center one is a bit higher than the back two to give it more dimension.

Designer paper is from K&Company and the branch stamp in the back is from Great Impressions. Twine and a green button from American Crafts finish this off.

This card will go to one of the guys on my Christmas card list this year! ;-)

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Winter Greetings

Good Morning! Here is another kraft and red Christmas card - I just love this color combo for some reason.

Sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink and the Tree stamp is from Poppy Stamps. I made the plaid back ground using the Faux Ribbons PTI stamp set. Wild Cherry ink from MFT and Powdered Sugar ink from The Stamps of Life were used to create it.

Tag die is from Verve and I tied on a double strand of red bakers twine just so that it would stand out a bit more. All cardstock is from PTI.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:
Less is more - Tree theme
CAS-ual Fridays - tags and bags

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Mojo 315 - kraft, red and white

Hi everyone! I just bought this snowflake stencil at Impress rubber stamps today and came right home and played around with it.  This is what I ended up doing with it!

The snowflake in the center is an old $1 stamp from Michael's and the sentiment is from Verve. Both are stamped in White craft ink and then heat embossed with white embossing powder.

The stencil is done on kraft cardstock using fresh snow ink and then heat set. Sizzix embossing folder used on the back panel and the red cardstock and ribbon is pure poppy from PTI. Bow Easy used to tie the bow. Pennant trim die is from Verve.  Sketch is from Mojo Monday #315.

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Think pink

Good Morning! Thought I would share my Breast Cancer awareness card with you all today!

Sentiment is from A*Muse and stamped in pink lemonade fresh ink. Polka dot designer paper is from Papertrey, Ink and cut with my medium scalloped border from Lifestyle Crafts. The tag die is from Verve and that pink heart ribbon is something that I picked up at the clinic where I got my Mammogram done. Hot pink scrappers floss added to the tag to continue the think pink theme!

Ladies, if you haven't had your annual mammogram done - make an appointment and take care of you! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

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Hi everyone! I had some time this past weekend to get a little bit inky! Here's a card I made using a past sketch (#108) from deconstructing Jen. 

Stamps are from The Stamps of Life. I had to search and destroy through my ink stash for a purple ink that matched the designer paper. Finally ended up going with Iris from Palette ink to stamp the flowers.

Designer paper is from Kaisercraft and the the solid cardstock is from Bazzill. I ran the green panel through the "lines" embossing folder from The Paper Studio to give it some texture.

Label die is from Verve.  Sorry that the picture is dark, but in real life this is very bright and cheerful!

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Shabby Chic

Hi everyone! I have never tried to do a shabby chic card - you know,  the soft distressed romantic look. I'm more of a clean and simple kind of girl. Well, since Verve Diva Dare is tattered pages this month, I decided to give it a try.

I've got to say that I'm very pleased with how it turned out! Click on the picture to get a better look at the distressing!

Card base is rustic cream cardstock from Papetrey, Ink. I cut another piece and took a pair of scissors to the sides to distress it. The sentiment is from Verve and cut out using their awesome tag die! The soft striped designer paper is from the soft serenity collection from Provo Craft that I got years ago!

The leaves are die cut and then distressed with peel paint distress ink. I also used worn lipstick to dye the seam binding that is attached to the tag. Finally I added a double strand of self adhesive pearls to the bottom to bling it up a bit.

What do you think? I'd love to hear if I did justice to this shabby chic card. Thanks for stopping by!