Our current challenge at HANDSTAMPED SENTIMENTS (#384) is Color. Such a pretty mix, this time around… I picked one of my favorite retired stamp sets, Lovely Lattice, for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge (#151) for subject, theme and technique and water-colored the image for the Happy Little Stampers March Watercolor Challenge. The Spring theme wasContinue reading “Spring Floral Basket – Such Happy News”
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Biggest Wish – Happy Birthday
One last deadline for today… …the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (#462). To complete the card, I chose the Colors and Theme from the Cookie Challenge (#166) and added the Subject suggested by the Make My Monday Challenge (#169). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (7” x 6” scored at 3½”) Pacific Point cardstock forContinue reading “Biggest Wish – Happy Birthday”
Fable Friends – Happy Spring
Enjoying a lovely Spring morning in the Studio. As mentioned, March seems to be the month for Spring themes and color challenges. I’m game, let’s play! Sketch / Technique: Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (#544), Color: Just Add Ink (#593), Tools: Can You Handle the Pressure (#2) and Technique: Happy Little Stampers – Watercolor (March). HereContinue reading “Fable Friends – Happy Spring”
Celebrate in Style – Truly Tailored
Welcome back! Let’s play with a few challenges… Inspiration Station (#24) Mardi Gras, Retro Rubber (#177) Tic Tac Toe Board and bringing it all together, Freshly Made Sketches (#525). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base / Card Front: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Brushed Gold cardstock. Side Trim: (½” x 5½”) Basic BlackContinue reading “Celebrate in Style – Truly Tailored”
Spring Floral – Thinking of You
Welcome back! A slew of challenges are due, so here we go… Sketch: The Paper Players (#580); Tools: TGIF (#357); Colors / Theme / Tools: Tic Tac Toe (#150) and a Recipe from As You See It (#269) to use all of the elements: Die Cuts / Twine / Textured Embossing / Pastel Colors andContinue reading “Spring Floral – Thinking of You”
Tropical Thank You
Two interesting challenges: My Inque Spot Studio Weekend Challenge to keep you stamping is a Technique – Tissue Watercolor Background(s) and the current Fusion Challenge which includes three (3) suggestions – Colorful Tropical Birds, the Colors and a Sketch. From the Fusion Challenge, I chose five (5) of the Colors: Soft Suede, Merry Merlot, MangoContinue reading “Tropical Thank You”
Playful Dots – Biggest Wish for a Happy Birthday
Welcome back! Some interesting challenges available at the moment. The Global Design Project (#331) team want you to play with Circles and Dots and the Just Add Ink (#592) team wants you to pick two of three elements. I chose Patterned Paper and Layers. I brought these suggestions together using the current sketch from theContinue reading “Playful Dots – Biggest Wish for a Happy Birthday”
Daisy Lane – Wildflower Happy Birthday
Again, I am a little late to the game…my Inque Spot Studio Weekly Challenges to inspire you and keep you stamping from last weekend was incorporated with another challenge, Time Out (#208). I love that colorful daisy in the photograph and used it as inspiration for my card: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scoredContinue reading “Daisy Lane – Wildflower Happy Birthday”
High Tide – You Are Strong
Squeezing in another couple of challenges… Playing with the Retro Rubber Sketch (#176) and the Card Concept (#169) Color and Inspiration Photograph. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Real Red cardstock. Cross Strip: (5½” x 1½”) Cross Hatch Writing piece of vellum paper from the Vellum Layering DesignsContinue reading “High Tide – You Are Strong”
Forever Blossoms – Wedding Card
Just so happens that I have a friend’s wedding coming up. Her Spring wedding colors include a peachy coral theme, so…I chose those colors and the retired stamp set, Forever Blossoms because they both fit the theme. A few challenges on the board: Double Trouble (#104) Challenge…Thing One: Spring Theme, Thing Two: Partner with CreativeContinue reading “Forever Blossoms – Wedding Card”
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