For today’s challenges mash up… Sketch – Paper Craft Crew (#425); Subject – Cardz 4 Guyz (#270) and Color – Paper Players (#540). And this is the result: Steps: For the Guy theme, I chose to work with the Sailing Home stamp set and coordinating Smooth Sailing Dies. Any color would work for a MonochromaticContinue reading “Sailing Home – You Make a Difference”
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A Little Wild – Hello Little Baby
Having fun with a few more challenges… Sketch – Just Add Ink (#553); Subject – CAS on Sunday (#204) and Color – AS You See It (#249). And this is the result: Steps: I chose the sweet little Honey Bear from the retired A Little Wild stamp set for the Baby. Inked in Soft SuedeContinue reading “A Little Wild – Hello Little Baby”
Garden Wishes – Best Wishes
Thought I would try my hand at another new Challenge: Fusion. I like the concept: use the sketch, use the inspiration photo for theme – color – image separately or fuse the two. Although it was a Mother’s Day theme, I went with a Best Wishes theme. Today, I opted for the Sketch only. IContinue reading “Garden Wishes – Best Wishes”
Suite Sampler – Thanks
The sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches – FMS484 is “clean”. Clean usually means lots of “white space” but today I flipped white space to “black space”. Hope you like it! And this is the result: Steps: I wanted to use the Gilded Leafing and selected the silhouette Flower image from the Suite SamplerContinue reading “Suite Sampler – Thanks”
Butterfly Brilliance – Happy Birthday
I came across a new sketch challenge site: Atlantic Hearts and I liked the current sketch so I thought I would see what I could create with it. The challenge: AHSC #419. And this is the result: This sketch was perfect for using up some of my hoard of patterned paper. Yesterday, I used aContinue reading “Butterfly Brilliance – Happy Birthday”
Enjoy the Moment – Good Things Are Worth Waiting For
We are planning a little break in the house of Johnstone and I am working hard at getting ahead with a few more challenges… Sketch – Global Design Project (#290); Colours – CAS Colours & Sketches (#418) and Theme – Make My Monday (#147). And this is the result: Steps: Three elements on the sketchContinue reading “Enjoy the Moment – Good Things Are Worth Waiting For”
Wild About You – Happy Birthday
No end of wonderful challenges to keep me busy… Sketch – Try Stampin’ on Tuesday (#304); Subject – Seize the Birthday (#213) and Theme – Paper Players (#539). And this is the result: Steps: For my Furry Friend, I chose the Lion from the retired Wild About You stamp set. I tilted the Basic WhiteContinue reading “Wild About You – Happy Birthday”
Inspired Thoughts – You Make a Difference
Enjoying time in the Studio and working on another round of challenges…Inspiration came from the following: Sketch – Sketch Saturday (#658); Color – Fab Friday (#212) and Technique – TGIF (#314) And this is the result: Steps: To create the Ombre effect on my three panel strips (⅝” x 3”), I used a variety ofContinue reading “Inspired Thoughts – You Make a Difference”
Butterfly – Thank You
I wanted to try my hand at Kylie Bertucci’s International Highlights Blog Challenge for May. The theme is Thank You. I was influenced/inspired by several other challenges… Sketch – Case-ing Tuesday (#302); Colors – Just Add Ink (JAI552); Styling – TIC TAC TOE (TTTC111). The Tic Tac Toe line includes Embossing, Layers and Scallops. TheContinue reading “Butterfly – Thank You”
Pale Papaya – I Thought of You Today
A quick little card for the current Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge #362 and for the Water Cooler Wednesday Challenge – WCC314. Creating a monochromatic card using the new In-Color Pale Papaya. I created a circle mask when I made my last card. I re-used it for this card. I used the (2⅛”) Layering CircleContinue reading “Pale Papaya – I Thought of You Today”