The world is but a canvas

Hi there. Here is my take on the sketch over at Sunday Stamps.

I started off playing around with some water colors. I wasn't liking what I was getting with them and switched to Gelatos. They gave me more control and the colors were more muted and soft. I scribbled them onto an acrylic block, spritzed then with water then painted on.

Small butterfly die is from Memory Box and the dragonfly is from Clearly Besotted.

Quote sentiment stamp is from Technique Tuesday.









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I don't do mornings

Hi there. Here is my card for the one layer, favorite drink or beverage challenge over at Less Is More.

Stamp is from Whipper Snapper. Stamped it in Versafine, heat embossed with clear embossing powder and then colored with Copic's.

Got out the air compressor and air brushed the yellow morning sunshine around her to give this a bit more color depth.

Sentiment is from Paper Company.


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Daisy thank you

Hi everyone!  Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch.

Daisies are from Raisin Boat and are colored with Copic's.

Thank you sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp and the bitty dot designer paper is from A*Muse. Neenah solar white and the black is from PTI.

Kept this clean and simple to go into my card stash. Seems I don't have a lot of thank you cards left.










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Tic Tac Toe challenge

Hi everyone. Time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. We were challenge to use the graphic below to create our card. Here is what I did with it.

I used the pine branch and added some snow to it using flower soft (remember that stuff?).  Then I cut it out using a stitched die and added some green buttons.  The corrugated cardstock is from DCWV.

This was a super fun challenge! So why not join in?

Play along with us and start stamping up a card now. We can’t wait to see your creations!
Don’t forget… Take part in one weekly challenge or all of them. The more you play along, the more chances you have to win! Each submission enters you in the drawing for our gift certificate. And you don’t always have to use our stamps in your creations, but we will reward you if you do. Each submission using a Repeat Impressions stamp will earn you an additional entry in the drawing!

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

Heather

Patti

Joy

Cheri

Donna

Shirley

Deonna

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

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Ombre hugs

Hello. Here is my card for a few challenges today. I started off with the color challenge of Ombre over at Less is More.

The "sending hugs" dies are new from MFT, so that counts for the challenges over at Just Us Girls and Simon Says Stamps.

To get the ombre effect, I used shaded lilac distress ink and a round ink blender. Once I got what I sort of liked, I cut out the words then added some water splotches to the rest of the panel.

I took some seam binding and dyed it with the matching reinker.

My apologies for the dark photo, it's a nasty gloomy day outside. Perfect for doing chores and crafting but not for taking pictures.

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Birthday wishes

Hello. Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch.

I used stamps from Purple Onion Designs and memento markers to create the scene.

Vertical greeting is from Gina K Designs.

Dug up some pink cardstock to match the memento marker to create the side panels and layer behind main panel. Lastly, added some black dots to the flower centers with a black soot distress marker.

Pretty quick and simple, which was a bonus during my busy day today!















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Winners!!!

Hello! Just popping in to say that I have decided to split up my blog candy (and added more) to the four ladies who up loaded a card to my Blog Anniversary post.

So, congratulations going out to:

Donna Thielker
Patti Gilliam
Sarah Biswabic
Shirley Hotop

Thanks ladies, for being long time follows and participating! Goodies will be arriving soon!