Beautiful

Hello! Here is my take on the one layer challenge over at Less is More. They want the sentiment to be the main focus this time around.

My apologies for the dark photo, it's storming something fierce here and I couldn't get a good photo.

Sentiment is from Art C that I just picked up at Michael's. I stamped it using the Nano twice to get good coverage on the black ink and then at the last minute decided to heat emboss it using clear embossing powder.

Flowers are from Papertrey, Ink. I picked out a few from several different sets and stamped them using the Butter ink from Lawn Fawn.

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by.

Business

Hi everyone. I saw this sketch over at Always Playing with Paper and decided to give it a whirl.

Stamps are from the new My Favorite Things release. I colored all the icons with Copic markers, then cut them out using square and rectangle stitch dies, which also happen to be from MFT.

The grid paper is layered in dark brown and I used square foam tape to pop up business/office supplies.

I think this turned out to be a fun masculine card. Thanks for stopping in.

Be your own

Hi there. Here is my take on this weeks freshly made sketch.

Stamps are from Papertrey, Ink. Stitched square dies are from My Favorite Things.

Fresh ink used from Impress in basil, sugar and pink lemonade.  Ribbon is from my stash and the dark pink cardstock is from the reflections line from Micheal's. Added a few tiny pearls for the centers of the flowers.

That's it for today. Sorry for the dark photo, it's raining cats and dogs here and a bit gloomy. Thanks for stopping by.

Purple Tulips

Hello! I've had this little tag sitting in my "to make" pile and finally found a sketch it would work with.

Sketch is from CAS on Sunday (see below). I also challenged myself to use some designer paper on this as well. I've got oodles and oodles and really need to use it up or toss.

The tulips are watercolored free hand while I was playing around with a new set. I was a little surprised at how well they turned out. I ended up using a vintage cream cardstock as the base for this card. Close in color but not perfect.

Designer paper is from a pad that I've had a while that I got from Hot Off The Press. Sentiment is from Clearly Besotted. Tag die is from My Favorite Things.

Thanks for stopping by!

Be original

Hi everyone! It's color week over at Less is More and they want us to use citrus colors. As you can see mine colors are pretty subtle which might be due to the inks used and the smallness of the flowers.

Stamps and dies are from Papertrey, Ink. Two of the flowers are popped up using a tiny square of foam tape. I wanted a bit of dimension for this since the flowers are on the small size.

I used Fresh Ink from Impress and the new Lawn Fawn butter ink to stamp the flowers and leaves before cutting them out using the matching dies.

The little bee is from PTI's latest planner stamps set. I colored it using Copic's and a bit of wink of stella for the wings.

Very clean and simple with lots of white space on this one. I'm also adding this into the word week challenge over at Just Us Girls which is flowers.

Thanks for stopping by!

Flower jar

Hi there. I really liked the sketch challenge that is currently over at MFT card challenges.  It went well with a NBUS image that I just got from Stamping Bella.

I got both the stamp and the die. It is stamped onto Neena solar white in 120lb and colored with Copic's. Small squares of foam tape used to pop it up off of the tag.

Tag die and stitched fishtail banner are from My Favorite Things. Sentiment is from Victorine Originals. Designer paper is Lasting Impressions.

White satin ribbon is colored with the same blue copic marker as the one around the jar.

Adding this into Darnell's NBUS challenge and the Tag You're it! challenge. That is it for today. Thanks for stopping in.

Hugs

Hello everyone! Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch, which I'm pairing with two other challenges out there too. I know the hydrangea is a bit large for the sketch, but I decided to go for it anyway.

Stamp and die are new from Ellen Hutson called Mondo Hydrangea. I used shaded lilac distress ink direct to paper. Then stamped the flower with Versamark and heat embossed using white embossing power. Then I took a round paint brush and lightened some of the petals by adding water. Thanks to Jennifer McGuire for the technique.

Added some yellow liquid pearls for the centers. Leaves are die cut out of green cardstock and glued around the hydrangea. Grosgrain ribbon is from my stash that I've had like forever.

Hugs sentiment is new and from Wplus9. I stamped it versafine then heat embossed with clear before running it through the dot embossing folder from We R memory keepers, giving it a subtle texture. 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge is touchy feely (add texture) and Darnell is having another NBUS challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!