Tuesday, 11 February 2025

Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #486

It's time for a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More! For the next fortnight, our challenge will be 


Our Make Your Mark challenge expects you to make a mark - with pens, markers, inks, paints, chalks, sprays. You get the idea!

Here's my card


For my card, I started by randomly ink blending on an A2 panel of 100 lb bristol with distress inks - bundled sage, scattered straw, pumice stone. I spritzed the panel with a little water for some added detail. When the panel was dry, I stamped the flower using Altenew's Build-A-Flower: Cornflower Layering stamp set. To add color to the flower, I smooshed some distress inks - blueprint sketch, chipped sapphire, mowed lawn, and picked the ink with a wet paint brush. The sentiment uses Simon Says STAMP's Lots of Thanks stamp set. I trimmed the panel slightly and matted with an A2 panel of black cardstock. To complete my card, I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base.

We'd love to see how you Made A Mark to create a card in our gallery.

Thanks for stopping by

sue


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Sunday, 9 February 2025

Die Cut Divas ~Shaking It Up with Hero Arts

Hello Crafty Friends! The current challenge at Die Cut Divas is a fun one. We're shaking it up as our challenge is

MAKE A SHAKER CARD

Our sponsor this month is Hero Arts. They will be giving our winner a $25 gift card. Thank you Hero Arts for your generosity and for supporting paper crafters.


Here's my shaker card


For the shaker part, I used some plastic packaging and made a little pocket, approximately 2 1/2" square. I used double sided tape to close the edges but left one edge open, so that I could add the sequins. After I added the sequins, I closed the final edge, again with double sided tape. For the card front, I die cut using Hero Arts Looking Glass Green House dies. I die cut the window from a dark gray and the sprigs of flowers using white cardstock. I added color to the sprigs with Concord & 9's inks - grapefruit, watermelon, wheat, buttercup, marmalade, parsley. I glued the sprigs to the back of the window. 

Here's a close-up of the window.



For the main panel, I started with a light gray A2 card panel and added pumice stone distress ink over a My Favorite Things' Mix-ables Brick Wall stencil with an oval ink blending brush. I die cut a square, a little smaller than the window panel with a square die. This allowed me to adhere the window in place with double-sided tape. I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base to complete my card. I left my card without a sentiment. I could add one later or leave it the way it is. 

We'd love to see your shaker cards in our gallery.

Thanks for stopping by

sue


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Saturday, 8 February 2025

Addicted to CAS ~ Challenge #276

We have a new challenge starting now at Addicted to CAS. For the next fortnight, our Code Word is


Yesterday, February 7th, was Send A Friend A Card Day. It's not too late. What a great way to keep in touch with friends, brighten someone's day, send a smile to a friend. Here's my card.


This was meant to be a one-layer card and guess who had some ink on a finger and left a smudge on the panel - yup, me! Ok, backing up a bit. I stamped this adorable image of Winnie the Pooh and his faithful friend Piglet, using Unity Stamps' Winnie the Pooh How Do You Spell Love? stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a white A2 card panel. I added color with Ohuhu markers - G191, G289, R192, RV194, Y691, Y696 and Copic marker RV04. To hide the smudge, I die cut the panel using a My Favorite Things' Stitched Square STAX die. I adhered it to a white A2 note card and stamped the sentiment using the same stamp set to complete my card. 

We'd love to see your FRIENDS creation in our gallery.

Thanks for stopping by

sue

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Tuesday, 4 February 2025

Try A Sketch on Tuesday ~ Challenge #663

Happy Tuesday! There is a new challenge starting at Try A Sketch On Tuesday. Here's the sketch.


Here's my take on the sketch


For my card, I started with Scrapbook & Cards Today's Change the World stamp and die set that I received as part of my Crop & Create Delivered October 2021 kit. I stamped and heat embossed with white embossing powder the image and added color with distress inks - picked raspberry, abandoned coral, fossilized amber, twisted citron, peacock feathers, applied with oval ink blending brushes. I chose the colors that matched the patterned papers I chose from a paper pad. I die cut the image with the coordinating die. I cut the strips to roughly 7/16". I glued the strips in place on a light gray A2 card panel and then glued the focal image in place. I heat embossed the sentiment from the same stamp set, also with white embossing powder on a strip of cardstock. I trimmed the sentiment strip and glued it in place. To complete my card, I adhered the A2 panel to a white A2 card base.

We'd love to see how you're inspired by our sketch in our gallery.

Thanks for stopping by

sue


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Monday, 3 February 2025

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #615

Happy Monday! It's time for a new challenge at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. Here's our sketch


Here's my card


Sometimes, things just don't go according to plan. I started with a white A2 card panel and intended to stencil the bloom in the upper left corner using Simon Says STAMP's Bouquet of Roses stencil with distress inks (mermaid lagoon, lucky clover) applied with oval ink blending brushes. Well, I guess, I didn't do a good job of masking the area and I ended up with ink where I had not intended it. So, I decided to fussy cut it and adhere it to a white A2 card base. Keeping with the rose theme, I used Paper Smooches' Roses die set which came with the flower and the leaves. I chose to ink blend some white cardstock with the same two distress inks and die cut from that. I was going to leave the inlaid parts white but the contrast was too extreme so I lightly ink blended those parts (after I glued them in place, of course)! For the sentiment, I used Papertrey Ink's Keep It Simple: Thank You stamp set with white embossing powder on a scrap of green cardstock, which I trimmed to a sentiment strip. I glued the various elements in place to complete my card.

We'd love to see how you're inspired by our sketch, in our gallery.

 Thanks for stopping by

sue

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Saturday, 1 February 2025

AAA Cards ~ Challenge #483

It's time for a new challenge at AAA Cards. Our challenge for the next two weeks is a color challenge. 


Here's my card


For my one-layer card, I started with a white A2 card base, Pink & Main's Mask It Circle stencil and my Wendy Vecchi's Make Art STAY-tion. I positioned the stencil on the front of the card base using the magnets of the Make Art STAY-tion. I then positioned the various sections of Simon Says STAMP's Holiday Horizon stencil and added color with distress inks - bundled sage, hickory smoke, and Concord & 9's Dove inks applied with oval ink blending brushes. For the sentiment, I stamped using a stamp from Simon Says STAMP's Bouquet of Thanks stamp set.

We'd love to see your cards in our gallery. Please remember that this is a clean and simple challenge.

Thanks for stopping by

sue

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Friday, 31 January 2025

Die Cut Divas ~ Let's Party with Whimsy Stamps

Last day of January means a post for the last day of January's challenge at Die Cut Divas. This month we didn't have a sponsor. However Whimsy Stamps very generously is giving our winner a $15 gift voucher to their online store. Thank you Whimsy Stamps.


Our challenge for this month was to 

USE SOMETHING NEW


Here's my card


For my card, I used Whimsy Stamp's Let's Party digital stamp which I had recently purchased - so it was my something new! I sized the digital stamp and printed it out with my inkjet printer. I added color with Ohuhu markers BG042, E287, G191, G284, R186, V276, Y488, Y691 and Copic marker E41. I die cut the panel using Scrapbook.com's Nested A2 arches. For the sentiment, I stamped on a scrap of teal cardstock using Clearly Besotted's Many Mini Messages stamp set and cut the scrap down to a thin strip. I found a patterned paper for my background from my collection of patterned papers. I adhered the focal image and sentiment to a A2 panel cut from the patterned paper. To complete my card, I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape.

Our challenge ends at 9 pm today, Pacific time. We'd love to see how you used something new on your card in our gallery.

Thanks for stopping by

sue


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