Time for this week’s Sunday Sketch – SS049. A sneak peek of one of the new stamp sets that will debut in May. Flowers of Friendship is a sweet little set with a bunch of Thank You sentiments and comes bundled with a coordinating Flowers and Leaves punch. Over at The Flower Challenge #55, theContinue reading “Flowers of Friendship – Thank You”
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Etched in Nature – Important Friends
Yesterday I took inspiration from the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches for the card I made with Embossing Paste. Today I created a card that was truer to the sketch. FMS482 is a nice clean layout. I changed the orientation of my card by turning it to a horizontal position to better suit theContinue reading “Etched in Nature – Important Friends”
Basic Patterns Decorative Masks – Weekend Technique Challenge #2
Continuing with this week’s Weekend Challenge to keep you stamping exploring Stencils and some of the techniques that you can do with them, I created my card using Embossing Paste. This is an excellent way to use Decorative Masks to create dimension on your projects. I chose to try the Slim Line card design overContinue reading “Basic Patterns Decorative Masks – Weekend Technique Challenge #2”
Weekend Technique Challenge – Basic Patterns Decorative Masks
This week’s Weekend Challenge to keep you stamping explores Stencils and some of the techniques that can be employed when using them. For this card, I chose to use Decorative Masks to make my own patterned paper. I decided to use the current sketch challenge over at The Spot – #158 for the layout ofContinue reading “Weekend Technique Challenge – Basic Patterns Decorative Masks”
Best Year – Vintage Birthday
This week, I actually have the stamp set suggested for Thursday’s Stampin’ Through the Catalog Challenge. Best Year is a versatile stamp set with a lot of great sentiments with carryforward statements for the inside of the card. The general layout for the card I created was inspired by the current Global Design Project ChallengeContinue reading “Best Year – Vintage Birthday”
Oh, Snap – It’s Your Birthday
Time again to work on the weekly Case-ing Tuesday Challenge #300. This week the Sample and Sketch is from page 72 of the Mini Spring Catalog. I decided to mix it up with the Paper Players #537 Theme Challenge and the Tic Tac Toe #109 Line Challenge. And this is the result: The Tic TacContinue reading “Oh, Snap – It’s Your Birthday”
Be Awesome – There is Nothing Better!
I created this card for the Colour INKspiration Challenge – CI97. These are fun colors to work with. To create my color collage, I chose to use the backside of Dots from the Life is Beautiful stamp set. The colors: Rococo Rose, Calypso Color, Pumpkin Pie and Crushed Curry were stamped off once and randomlyContinue reading “Be Awesome – There is Nothing Better!”
Rooted in Nature – Father’s Day
I wanted to create a card for the current Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #313 and the deadline is today. The theme: Masculine. Always a challenge to create cards for men. For most, pinks and purples just doesn’t cut it! I chose the layout from the current Paper Craft Crew Challenge – PCC422 and since I usedContinue reading “Rooted in Nature – Father’s Day”
Nothing’s Better Than…Coffee: Let’s Have Some!
Sitting here this morning enjoying my cup of coffee and decided to use that as inspiration for the card I created for these two challenges: Layout: Freshly Made Sketches – FMS481 Color: Just Add Ink – JAI550 And this is the result: I chose to use the Nothing’s Better Than stamp set. I stamped nineContinue reading “Nothing’s Better Than…Coffee: Let’s Have Some!”
Hello – Welcome Home
Time for this week’s Sunday Sketch – SS048. I chose to use the colors suggested by this week’s Weekend Color Challenge. This is a mixed media creation. Found materials, Ink blending and Embossing to create my own background paper. Taking inspiration from the photo image and choosing to use a stamp from the March 2020Continue reading “Hello – Welcome Home”