Friday 31 July 2015

Unity Stamps Friends with Flair Linky Party

Here's my card
It's for the Linky Party at Unity Stamps

I stamped the hydrangea from this stamp set first using white pigment ink and then covered with marker-coloured stamp, offset slightly on kraft cardstock.
 
The sentiment is from this stamp set.

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sue
 

Retrosketches #174

Here's my card
It's for the current challenge at Retrosketches





Used these two SU stamp sets and the sentiment is from Simon Says STAMP.

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sue

a2z Scrapbooking Supplies July's Monthly Challenge

Here's my card
It's for the current challenge at a2z Scrapbooking

Our challenge this month is all about Clean and Simple!!




I used this Hero Arts stamp set for the flowers, randomly placed on the card front.

I inked with a variety of Hero Arts shadow inks. I drew the lines with my Copic multiliner to serve as a border for the flowers. 

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sue

Thursday 30 July 2015

One Card - Two Challenges

Here's my card
I'm entering it in the current challenge at Addicted to CAS
 


and the current challenge at Less is More

It's Recipe week and we'd like you to use Snippets
on your card yet still maintaining the CAS look!


I used this Tim Holtz stencil and added colour with distress inks (picked raspberry, twisted citron and peacock feathers) with daubers. I found these flowers which were white heat embossed, coloured with watercolours and fussy cut in a ziploc bag at the bottom of my "I'll use one day, (maybe) box". Cut a banner and added a sentiment.

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sue

CAS on Sunday Challenge #63

Here's my card
It's for the current challenge at CAS on Sunday

 

I found these cool cardboard stencils at Hobby Lobby. I used pumice stone distress ink applied with an ink blending tool for the background. I stamped the sentiment, cut out with a SU oval punch. I matted with the SU scalloped oval punch.

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sue

Happy Little Stampers - July Sketch Challenge

Here's my card
It's for the current sketch challenge at Happy Little Stampers




I used this CTMH stamp and added colour with copic markers.

Darn it all, I missed the closing of the challenge. Oh well, next time!

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sue

Wednesday 29 July 2015

Sweet Sunday Sketch #279

Here's my card
It's for the current challenge at Sweet Sunday Sketch



I inked up a piece of white cardstock using ink blending tools and distress inks (squeezed lemonade, ripe persimmon, picked raspberries and chipped sapphire - in that order). 

Cut out a circle with a die. Stamped the grass and some dragonflies from this Technique Tuesday stamp set. The circle didn't look "right" on a white card base so I used a light gray. Finished the card with a simple banner.

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sue

CAS(E) this Sketch #133

Here's my card
It's for the current challenge at CAS(E) this Sketch!



When I saw the sketch, I thought of generational stamping (is that what it's called?). I inked up my stamp and applied it to the paper three times without re-inking. That way, you get three tones of the same colour.

I used these stamps from SU Easter Blooms set

and these SU inks.

The sentiment is from My Favorite Things/Die-Namics Happy Hellos.

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sue

 



 

Tuesday 28 July 2015

The Friday Mashup! FM218

Here's my card
It's for the current challenge at The Friday Mashup! 

 

Here's your Mashup Challenge this week:
  • Create a project with "Food/Drink on it". 
  • Create a project "using your Markers to color".
  • or Mash it Up and create a "Food/Drink themed project colored with Markers".


I used this The Alley Ways stamp set and used my copics to add colour to the coffee cups. 

I also used this Tim Holtz stencil.

This is my Mashup - food/drink coloured with markers.

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sue
 

A Blog Named Hero - Make the Sentiment the Star

Here's my card
It's for the current challenge at A Blog Named Hero

I knew that this is the card I was wanting to create. I must have started at least a dozen times before I finally finished a card. I was having difficulty with "extra" ink ending up on the card front. I'm not sure if my ink pad is too "juicy" or if it's just operator error!

I lined up my card front on a piece of lined paper at an angle and used a few pieces of post-it tape to hold it in place. I used the lines on the paper to line up the stamps.

 Used this Papertrey Ink stamp set,

 these Paper Smooches stamp set

and this Papertrey Ink stamp set.

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sue

Monday 27 July 2015

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #154 - CAS

Here's my card
It's for the current challenge at Addicted to Stamps

CLEAN AND SIMPLE CREATIONS



I used this Simon Says STAMP stamp set.

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sue
 

Pals Paper Arts PPA261

Here's my card
It's for the current challenge at Pals Paper Arts

07-23 PPA 261
I used two stamp sets from The Alley Way



So, I'm going to link this card to their July linkup also.

I used a swirl embossing folder for the background. Here's a close-up.
 

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sue

Sunday 26 July 2015

Freshly Made Sketches #196

Here's my card
It's for the current challenge at Freshly Made Sketches



I flipped the card 90 degrees. The stamp is from a Unity Stamps. I inked up the stamp with SU markers and spritzed twice with water before applying to the cardstock.

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sue

CASology Week 156

Here's my card
It's for the current challenge at CASology




 I stamped a variety of small flowers in a variety of colours with an "imaginary" border. With my copic multiliner pen I added the squiggly line border.

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sue

Muse Challenge #125

Here's my card

It's for the challenge at Muse Challenge 




Here's the MUSE.


I actually made this card first. However, I wasn't happy with the proportion. So I made the card I've linked up.

Instead of "pen scribbles", I used the scribble flower dies and used the colours closed to those Anita used. I was away at a retreat and had to use what I had. I didn't have any gray polka dot pattern paper so I used gray strip paper instead. I found a "friend" sentiment die to use too.

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sue

Nacho Average Challenge #151

Here's my card
It's for the current challenge at Nacho Average




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sue