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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Happy Birthday - TFC#93

Hello! Welcome to another challenge over at The Flower Challenge blog.

The flowers are watercolored and splattered with white. The Birthday sentiment is  Pink and Main. 

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

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Thinking of you SSC327

Hello and welcome to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  Here is what I made using the inspiration color prompt photo below. The 

The butterfly is an old one from Stampin Up! I stamped it twice, fussy cut one out and colored with watercolors to match the red and orange in the photo below.  I stamped another onto the card base and then popped up the colored one using a foam strip. The leaf panel is done with a stencil. I used the thinking of you sentiment from Recollections to finish off the card. 

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Happy Birthday

Hello.  Playing in two challenges today. Let's start with the how I created my own background, which is the challenge over at Simon Says Stamp. I used #66 blue watercolor from Kuretake and dabbed it across some watercolor paper. Then I scrunched up some saran wrap, covered it and let it dry.  Next I added some splatters and some lines using a gift card, which was inked up with the unchartered mariner distress ink pad. 

Birthday sentiment was stamped with versamark and hero arts navy cardstock onto vellum then heat embossed with clear powder. I used detail does from Marker Forte to attach the vellum (highly recommend this stuff - super strong). The dragonfly is from Clearly Besotted and cut from black carstock. The outline is vellum that was colored with an ink pad (I think, it's been in my stash for a while). 

I used the sketch from The Paper Players below - which I modified slightly. 

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Sending hugs

Hello. Playing in the CAS Flower challenge today.

Practicing some no line watercoloring on this one. Flower stamp is from Simon Says Stamp. I did draw in the center of the flower with a fine multiliner black pen. Sentiment is from Avery Elle.  

Added some self adhesive pink pearls for added interest and to finish off the card.

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Find joy in the ordinary

Hello - playing in the Addicted to CAS code word of Flower today.

Watercolored the Hydrangea (mondo hydrangea is from Essentials by Ellen) and splattered some blue paint around after. Sentiment is from Hamption Arts.  Stitched dot outline die is from Jillian Vance. 

Get well wishes

Hello. Here's a quick get well card I made for the color challenge over at Just Us Girls.

The flower stamp is from Gina K Designs. I colored it with Tombow markers and spritzed it with water and stamped it onto watercolor paper. The sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink. I did a bit of stamp surgery on it to get it to stack like I wanted against the flower stem. It is heat embossed using silver embossing powder. 

The stitched dot rectangle die is from Jillian Vance Designs.

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Christmas wishes

Hello! Here is a card I created using distress inks and a Penny Black stamp.

I smooched bundled sage and aged mahogany onto my craft mat, spritzed with water and picked it up with the stamp. Then stamped it onto watercolor paper on the smooth side. Then took a paint brush and filled it in here and there. 

Added the sentiment and some gold pearls and layered it with the same colors of cardstock. I really like how it turned out. I also found that using red rubber stamps works best for this technique too.

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Use up your fall scraps

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week our challenge is to use up your fall scraps.

 

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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With sympathy

Hello. Here is another card that came about while playing with the new Villainous Potion distress ink.

Stamps are from My Favorite Things. I used bundled sage for the leaf stem on this. I inked up the stamps and spritzed with water onto watercolor paper. The flower is stamped twice. Sentiment is from Hero Arts.

Entering this into the Addicted to CAS challenge of purple found here.

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abstract watercolor thanks

Hello. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch this week with this abstract watercolor stamped panel.

Flower stamp is from Concord & 9th. I smooched the following distress inks: bundled sage, scattered straw and wild honey onto my craft mat and spritzed with water. Then stuck the hello lovey flower stamp into it and stamped it on watercolor paper. Moved the watercolor around, spritzed it, heat set and called it good. Then I stamped the French script from Darkroom door around the perimeter of the flowers using the same technique but with just bundle sage. Thanks sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp, stamped in versafine and heat embossed in clear embossing powder.

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Masculine - just because

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

I water colored this using TomBow markers. Took me three tries to get it right. Almost gave up on the darn thing. 

 

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 because

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 opted to go with the sketch this time around. Peony stamp is from Simon Says Stamp and is stamped on watercolor paper and heat embossed with Ranger white detail embossing powder. I used Tombow markers to watercolor it.  Sentiment is from Memory Box. Designer paper is from my stash. 

Please check out the Design Team’s creations for this challenge, once again, they have knocked it out of the park.

Betty J Clarie Grantham Jeanne Jachna  Jen Mitchell  Karren Johnson  Linda Callahan Lyndal Higgins   Michelle Leone  Michelle Lupton  Tristan Dawes  Wanda Cullen

 

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Just for you

Hi everyone. There is a new sketch challenge up over at Try Stamping on Tuesday.

Flower stamp is from Altenew and watercolored using Tombow markers.  Sentiment is from reverse confetti. Designer paper is from Hello Beautiful by Piatek Trzyastego/Marta Piekarczyk. 

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Congratulations

Hi all - Snow day here. I've got about 12 inches on the ground and stuck in the house. So, decided to play in the latest Mojo Monday sketch #553. It's supposed to be a mini slim line edition, but I made mine the traditional size. 

Flower and sentiment are from Simon Says Stamp. I heat embossed the flower onto watercolor paper using detail white from Ranger. Watercolored it using Tombow markers.  Pink designer paper is from Papertrey, Ink.

ETA: Adding this into the Trend week of slimline cards over at Just Us Girls.

Thanks for stopping by - onto the next project, since it's better than shoveling snow! 

Hydrangea's

Hello - What is this, my third post today? Wow, the mojo was flowing today. LOL =) I'm now playing in the Twofer challenge with the code word of Flowers. 

Mondo Hydrangea is from Ellen Hutson. I stamped it in versamark ink and heat embossed it using detail white embossing powder from Ranger. Then I spritzed them both heavily with water and dipped a paint brush into blue watercolor and let it run. Layered both of these onto navy blue cardstock.

Once dried, I added the sentiments and the flower centers using fabrika decoru drops.  Sympathy sentiment is from Honey Bee and the birthday one is from Simon Says Stamp.