Just saying

Hello. Playing in The Paper Players sketch challenge today. This also uses "bits and pieces" from my bits box that works for the challenge over at Less is More.

I literally had the frog, the leaf background panel and the leaves cut out in my recycled MFT box that sits on the right side of my stamping desk. I used the sketch to put it all together.

The green leafy background started out with just distress oxide inks, then I stamped the leaf BG stamp onto it with versamark and heat embossed with clear powder. Well.....that covered the whole card, not just the leaves. It was kind of cool to look at an angle, but it really didn't show up. So, I stuck it in my stamp platform and stamped it again with dark green ink and embossed it again. Liked it and it went into my bits box, and now to use on this card. Frog is from Your Next Stamp, colored with Copic's and cut out with my Brother Scan N Cut and then popped up using foam tape. Sentiment is from Lawn Fawn.

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Party till the cows come home

Hello. Using the sketch over at The Paper Players as a jumping off point in the TGIC Challenge of masking.

Stamps are from Your Next Stamp. I used Inkadinkado masking paper to mask the cow. Colored with Copic's. Inside message says "party till the cows come home." yes, I just had to add the googlie eyes for a fun factor. Thank goodness I had enough!

I turned the sketch on its side to accommodate the number of my cows. Designer wood paper is from Moda Scrap that I just got from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

That's it for today. See ya, gotta get back to my household chores.


 

Send a card

Hello. Mailing out the following cards (most of them have already been shown here) to friends today based upon the SSS challenge, send a card to a friend day. I'm late sending them out by a couple of days, but they're still going out in today's mail.

I have so many cards that I need to start sending out or giving away, its pathetic. Starting on it now. Thanks for the challenge SSS. Link in the photo below.

From the whole herd

Hello. Playing in a few Anything goes challenges today.

Stamps are from "Your next stamp."  I did a bit of masking to get all the animals in and then colored with Copic's.  Added a bit of glossy accents to each of their eyes, which made this all the more fun.

Challenges:
Crafting by Designs
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
Sunny Day Crafting  - A is for Animals

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Toucan do it!

Hello. Sorry for being MIA for the last week. I've been down in San Diego on business, but I'm back now and creating again.

Here is something for the CAS feathered friends challenge over at The Paper Players.

Stamps are from Your Next Stamp. I stamped the toucan in Versafine onto some Neenah solar white, heat embossed him in clear and then colored with Copic's.

I used a dark gray cardstock as the base for the card.  

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Sticky Note

Hi everyone.  My mojo has been missing these last few days. Everything that I've tried to make went into the trash. Here is a fun shaker card that actually came together, after several tries.

Isn't this frog super cute? It's from Your Next Stamp. I stamped it in Versafine, heat embossed it and then colored with Copic's. He is glued to the front of the acetate so that the beads and glitter float behind him. Which makes the sentiment (came with the stamp set) fun.

Adding this to the Inkspirational designers choice challenge of windows.

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Need a floaty?

Hey all! Here is a great little encouragement card that I'm going to send off to one of my co-workers. She's been a bit stressed lately.

Is he not the cutest? He's from Your next stamp. I stamped him using my Nano to make sure I got a good and solid black impression with the Versafine ink. I then heat embossed it using clear embossing powder.  Colored with Copic's and then dug through my stash to find coordinating cardstock.

I ran the pool blue through the next generation embossing folder from We R Memory Keepers to match the spots on the floaty. Added two flags on either side with coordinating colors for some added interested. Dies are from My Favorite Things.

Inside of this I stamped "I'm here for you" which also comes in the set.

I used a bit of glossy accents on his swim mask to give it the appearance of glass. In real life it's pretty cool.

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