Let it bee

Hi. I decided to play with this week's Freshly Made Sketch again and came up with this.

I tore my stamps apart looking for a specific stamp and die set for the bee, and frustratingly, never found it.  Ended up fussy cutting this one from Recollections.  I added color using Copic markers and the wings have sparkle spritz on them.

The sentiment is from Creative Expressions, and the die is from Brass & Bliss. I had a yellow background already created in my background stash, so added that behind the dots.  The line of dots that is supposed to resemble the flight of the bee is done using a sewing tracing wheel in black ink. 

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Some days - TSOT691

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

The sentiment, dogs, and the hydrant are all from My Favorite Things.  I've colored them all with Copic markers. Then fussy cut the two dogs out to fit within the circles outlined in the sketch. 

Here is the link up to join us for the sketch.

Also, you can combine this with our sister challenge over at Twisted Sister:

Thing 3: Twisted Sister's optional twist is to include any 4-legged animal(s) on your project."

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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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Nailed it - TSOT659

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

The stamps are from Technique Tuesday. I fussy cut two of the nails to use behind the sentiment panel. The self-adhesive silver pearls are supposed to resemble nails as well. I specifically used an odd number of them, but looking at it now, maybe I should have added that last one to balance it out. What do you think?

Here is the sketch.

Link up here.

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Poinsettia's and patterned paper

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This month we are focusing on Christmas and our option this week is to use patterned paper.

My patterned paper is from last year's Tim Holtz collection. I stamped the poinsettia's, colored with copic's and then fussy cut them out. Used the same marker on the seam binding for the tag. 

 

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

 

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Autumn themed thinking of you

Hello. Playing in the Addicted to CAS challenge #207, which is Autumn.

Pumpkin and crow stamps are from Plum Purdy (they don't make stamps any more). I stamped the pumpkin in Honey Bee intense black ink (loving this ink) so that I could color it using Copic's. The small crow was stamped in versafine clair ink, then heat embossed so that I could fussy cut him out. I did pop him up for dimension on the card. The thinking of you sentiment is from Altenew.

Neenah cardstock used as the base and it's top folding. In hindsight, I think I should have embossed the pumpkin image as well so that the crow stood out more. 

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Non traditional colors holiday card

Hi everyone. Merry Christmas to one and all. 

It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week our challenge is the ever popular Anything Goes.

Chose to do a card that is a little non-traditional in colors for the last of the Holiday cards. Poinsettia is colored with Copic makers and fussy cut out. Then I added some foam tape to pop it up for added dimension. Framed it using some shinny black cardstock. 

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

Esther
Heather
Joy
Shirley

Patti

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http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

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