Sending birthday wishes

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

The flower dies are from Sizzix (Simon Hurley). I used up a few of my scraps in my stash box for the flowers.  Always nice to try to deplete that box! Sentiment is from The Ton and the Dragonfly die is a new one from Craft Addiction UK. I added a bit of sparkle to the wings with a glitter brush from Scrapbook.com.

I embossed the smaller stamp die cut using a 3D embossing folder from Honey Bee stamps. Love the texture it provides as a bit of dimension in the background.  Added a bit of jute string to it as well and ended up really liking how it framed up the sentiment. 

Entering this into the following challenges:

A Cut Above - Anything goes with a die cut

Just Add Ink - wings

Allsorts challenge blog - things with wings

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Joy - SSC372

Hello and welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  We have a color challenge this time around.  I decided to go mainly with the colors and create a Christmas card. 

The big joy is a die from Penny Black.  I cut this three times and stacked it up for some dimension.  The berry branch is also a die from PB, and the rest are misc dies from different companies.  

happy bee-day TSOT#681

HI, and welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Try a Sketch on Tuesdays.  

The bee and sentiment are from Jillian Vance Designs.  I used Versafine ink to stamp the bee, and it came out really sharp. Love it!  I added a bit of sparkle onto the wings using a wink of stella pen. The hexagon dies are from Echo Park, and I used some designer paper from Moda Scrap to cut them out.  I did ink the edges on some of them so that they stood out. 

Here is the link to join the challenge.

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Merry Christmas

Hello. Playing in the snow challenge over at Addicted to CAS today.

I used a stencil and Lisa Hortoncraft premium dye metallic pigment ink in silver to create the main snowy panel. I also embossed the snowflakes with silver embossing powder for additional dimension. The panel is popped up with a piece of fun foam. 

The Merry Christmas sentiment die is from Simon Says Stamp and cut out of silver cardstock.  I did back it with vellum that I added a bit of sparkle to with a wink of Stella pen. Lastly, I spritzed it with sparkle shimmer spray, which of course does not show up in the photo. 

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Adding this into these challenges:

Simply clean & simple - Christmas is coming

My Time to craft - stencils

Sending hugs

Hello all - playing in the Freshly Made Sketch #626 today. 

The flower die is from The Stamp Market. I cut it up to sorta resemble the sketch below. The centers are blended with sky color fuse ink from Brass & Bliss. Then I dotted the centers with a yellow acrylic marker from Altenew. Popped a few of the flowers up with foam squares for a bit of dimension. 

The dragonfly die and stencil set is from The Greetery. I used Simon Says pawsitively saturated ink in seafoam and surf to color it, then popped it up with foam tape over the flowers.  I did add some wink of stella to the wings for some sparkle, but it's so darn hard to photograph. The sentiment is from Avery Elle, and the embossing folder is from Darice.

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Hello Beautiful

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

Die is from Honey Bee, stamp is from Picket Fence and the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp. Added a bit of wink of stella on the bee's wings for sparkle. Went with a total clean and simple design based upon the sketch below. 

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration.

 

Link up here> Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

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The birds and the bee's challenge

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week our challenge is The birds and the bee's.

I just got this gorgeous designer paper from Moda Scrap called "save the bee's collection" and put a piece to work for this challenge.  Copic marker used to color the bee along with a bit of wink of stella glitter on his wings. 

There's a new challenge every week over at  The House That Stamps Built, and you don't have to use Repeat Impressions stamps to link up or win. Also, for my blog readers: Enjoy the 10% discount code to the Repeat Impressions Store posted on the sidebar.

 

One lucky person will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate on the first Wednesday of every month – Good luck!

Also, check out our Rock Star blogs to see what they did with the challenge.

 

Donna   Heather   Joy   Shirley   Patti

 

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

 

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Just a note to say...

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week our challenge is Sew Special - sewing theme, real or faux. Here is what I came up with.

I used a stitched circle die and embossed it onto the card base, then added the waterlilies and dragonfly using some fun foam. Stamped the sentiment and called it good.

 

There's a new challenge every week over at  The House That Stamps Built, and you don't have to use Repeat Impressions stamps to link up or win. Also, for my blog readers: Enjoy the 10% discount code to the Repeat Impressions Store posted on the sidebar.

 

One lucky person will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate on the first Wednesday of every month – Good luck!

Also, check out our Rock Star blogs to see what they did with the challenge.

 

Donna   Heather   Joy   Shirley   Patti

 

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

 

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Bee happy

Hello everyone! There is a new challenge over at The Fusion Card Challenge today. Here is my take on it.

I went with the bee for my inspiration. The stamp is from Woodware. I created the back ground by smooching distress oxide and inks onto white distress mixed media cardstock.  I did highlight the wings of the bee with wink of stella, but it's hard to see in the photo.

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Stenciled peonies

Hello. I am determined to use up a lot of my un-used card bits in my stash this year. When I first got the peony stencil from Simon Says Stamp, I used it right away and then threw the panel in my to use later box.  The time is now....

It's been sitting in the box for so long that I now do not remember what inks I used to blend with on this. I did add some wink of stella to the center of the flowers. The green panel in back is embossed with a dotted quilt folder from Darice. 

Birthday sentiment is from Avery Elle and the butterfly die is from Memory Box.

Entering this into these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Layer it up

Freshly Made Sketches

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Christmas inspiration

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week our challenge is the use the following graphic.

I used the color palette and the poinsettia as inspiration. I darkened the cardstock using  distress inks. Glitter added to it using wink of stella. 

 

There's a new challenge every week over at  The House That Stamps Built, and you don't have to use Repeat Impressions stamps to link up or win. Also, for my blog readers: Enjoy the 10% discount code to the Repeat Impressions Store posted on the sidebar.

 

One lucky person will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate on the first Wednesday of every month – Good luck!

Also, check out our Rock Star blogs to see what they did with the challenge.

 

Donna   Heather   Joy   Shirley   Patti

 

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

 

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Thinking of you

Hello. Playing in the CAS(e) this sketch challenge today. I turned the sketch so that the die cut sentiment would fit.

I used watercolor paper and oxide inks to create the colorful background. I used a grid background stamp from MFT and added on top using white unicorn pigment ink from Hero Arts.  Splashed and splattered some additional oxide ink around to finish it off.  Added the sentiment which is die cut several times and stacked up. Added some sparkle with a wink of stella pen.

Have a great weekend! 

Pick of the week - masking

Hi everyone. Laurie here and it's my turn to do a pick of the week. I'm doing a bit of masking using a favorite flower power separate to create this clean and simple card.

I used some removable labeling tape to mask off the area I wanted to stamp. Then I used a T ruler and hand drew lines across the top and bottom. Added a bit of sparkle to the center of the flowers using a wink of stella pen. Layered it with black cardstock and then added it to a white cared base. 

Kept the sentiment simple with "just because" to use for any occasion. 

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CAS birthday card

Hi everyone. Playing in several challenges today.  Started off using the sketch over at CAS(e) this sketch.

Flower stamp is from Inspired by Stamping. I did cut off a few leaves and buds to just focus on the flowers. I did watercolor wash in pink and purple distress and oxide inks. Spritzed it with water and added some wink of stella for bling and sparkle.

Leaf stems are cut from dies from Carte Bella. I added some detailing with forest green ink from hero arts. Sentiment is from Bible Verses.

Adding this into the following challenges:
CAS(e) this Sketch
The Flower Challenge - anything goes
Addicted to CAS - Pink and Purple

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color challenge

Hi everyone! It's color challenge time over at Repeat Impressions.

Here is what I did with it.

I used the sentiment from the unmounted plate 8600.

The oval Hydrangeas are here. 

I stamped the Hydrangea in Intense black ink from SSS and then colored with Copic's. Added a bit of sparkle (wink of Stella) on the bee's wings to that they appeared real.  Then I fussy cut this out.

Blue designer paper is Swiss dot from Bazzill. The navy and yellow are from PTI.

I hope you have a chance to play along with our color challenge. Don't forget that One lucky person will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate! 


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