Die Cut Divas ~ October Challenge - Reminder Post

Wow - it's already the end of October! I knew that there was something I was supposed to do; that there was something I was forgetting. Then it hit me, I needed to create a blog post here! Hope that you've had an opportunity to join us for our October challenge at Die Cut Divas.

THOUGHTS OF AUTUMN

We're grateful to have Bugaboo Digi Stamps as our sponsor this month. They will give the winner a $12 gift code to stock up on digi stamps from their store.

Here's my card

I used Bugaboo's Pumpkin Witch digital stamp for my card. I printed it out on cardstock with my inkjet printer. I added color with Copic markers C5, 100, E431, E47, Y17, YR04. I used a My Favorite Things Die-namics Zig Zag Stitched Rectangles to die cut the focal panel. I matted with black cardstock to frame the image. I found some black and white printed paper to add some additional interest to the card. I stamped the sentiment from Clearly Besotted's Many Mini Messages stamp set. For a bit of whimsy, I added glossy accents to the witch's eyes. Here's a close-up

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Cupcake Inspirations ~ Challenge #505

It's getting close to that most spooky time of the year. Do you "celebrate" Halloween where you are? I'm a bit of a grinch - can you be a grinch at Halloween or only at Christmas? Anyway, I turn off my lights and hide in my bedroom. I love seeing the little kids all excited for Halloween. It's the older kids that make no effort regarding a costume and just grab their pillow case, that I object to. Oh well, more chocolate for me!

It's time for a new challenge at Cupcake Inspirations

Here's my card

I don't have many Halloween stamps, so I was at a bit of a loss at what to create for this challenge. I turned to digital stamps - in this case, Jo Kavanagh Designs - Halloween Stamps (digital). I found this not so spooky ghose. I printed it out onto cardstock using my inkjet printer. I added the yellow eyes, using Copic marker Y02. I felt like I needed to do a bit more, so I added Copic marker B60 to add a bit of "movement" and "shading" to the ghost. I fussy cut it out. For the background, I used STAMPlorations' ARTplorations Cobweb stencil, Color Box Frost White pigment ink applied with an ink dauber onto a black A2 card panel. The sentiment is stamped using Your Next Stamp's Way Cool Monsters stamp set, onto a scrap of yellow cardstock.

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STAMPlorations ~ 7th Birthday ~ Day 5

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Welcome to day 5 of STAMPlorations Belated 7th Birthday Celebration!

Here's my card

For this card, I started with STAMPlorations Bloomfully: Celebrate floral stamp which I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto some white cardstock. I added color with Copic markers - RV04, RV23, Y02, Y15, YG03, YG63. I fussy cut the image. For the background, I used STAMPlorations Wonky Stitched Grid texture cover plate and some green cardstock. I adhered the green background onto an A2 white card base. I noticed that one can see some white of the card base peeking through. I wasn't sure how I felt about that. However, I kind of like the little hints of white that go with the white border of the floral bloom. For the sentiment, I used a scrap of pink cardstock, cut into a strip and adhered a clear sticker from STAMPlorations Just Thank You clear sticker pack. I adhered the pink strip to the green background. For the floral bloom, I popped it up with dimensionals. 

Click here to check out the rest of day 5 of STAMPlorations belated 7th birthday celebration.

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STAMPlorations ~ 7th Birthday ~ Day 4

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Welcome to day 4 of STAMPlorations Belated 7th Birthday Celebration!

Here's my card

It's another slimline card. For this card, I used STAMPlorations ARTplorations Slimline Flair stencil with ripe persimmon, fired brick, dried marigold distress inks applied with ink daubers. These colors make me happy! My stencil is the blue 7mil size and it feels like it wouldn't take ink applied with an ink blending tool well. With the ink daubers, I was able to pounce the colors on and didn't need to "move" from side to side. My preference is the white 10mil size which would take more lateral movement without shifting out of place. I trimmed the panel slightly so that I could mat with orange cardstock. For the sentiment, I used a clear sticker from STAMPlorations Happy Happy Clear Sticker pack, adhered to a orange/gold cardstock. I trimmed it to size. I added a horizontal strip of red cardstock so that all three colors of distress inks had corresponding color cardstock on the card. I added a few sequins for a bit of sparkle.

We're going to have projects for one more day to continue our belated 7th birthday celebration! Click here to check out day 4 of the belated 7th birthday celebration.

If you're interested in STAMPlorations products, check out their store here. Use my code STAMPGIRLSUE for a 20% savings on your purchase.

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STAMPlorations ~ 7th Birthday ~ Day 3

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Welcome to day 3 of STAMPlorations Belated 7th Birthday Celebration.

Here's my card

I started this card with STAMPlorations ARTplorations Prehistoric Life stencil and shaded lilac, tumbled glass and cracked pistachio distress inks, applied with an ink blending tool. I tapped off the ink a couple of times before applying it to my white card panel because I was looking for a muted look. I trimmed the panel to 3" x 3.75". I then stamped the floral outline using STAMPlorations Bloomfully: Celebrate stamp and Versafine Onyx Black ink. I matted the panel on black cardstock. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set onto some light teal cardstock and applied the matted panel to the cardstock. 

We're going to have more projects for the next two days to continue our belated 7th birthday celebration! Click here to check out day 3 of the belated 7th birthday celebration.

If you're interested in STAMPlorations products, check out their store here. Use my code STAMPGIRLSUE for a 20% savings on your purchase.

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Try Stampin' on Tuesday ~ Challenge #480

It's time for a new challenge at Try Stampin' on Tuesday. Here's the challenge

Here's my card

For this card, I started with a strip of watercolor paper, 1.75" x 5.5". I added stripes of color using distress inks (twisted citron, salty ocean) applied with a water brush. I tried to match the areas of color to the sketch. When dry, I adhered it to a light teal A2 card panel. I die cut the butterfly using Paper Smooches Butterfly Duet. To the butterfly's body, I added an adhesive faux pearl. For the sentiment, I used a STAMPlorations clear sticker from its New Day sticker pack. As you can see, I moved the sentiment to the place of the second "dot". 

We'd love to see how you're inspired by this challenge's sketch.

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STAMPlorations ~7th Birthday ~ Day 2

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Welcome to day 2 of STAMPlorations Belated 7th Birthday Celebration. 

Here's my card

This is my first slimline card. For those who are unfamiliar with slimline cards, they are cards that fit into a standard #10 (office) envelope. The cards measure 3.5" x 8.5". I started with a 3.5" x 8.5" white piece of cardstock. I used STAMPlorations ARTplorations Bamboo slimline stencil with twisted citron distress ink, applied with an ink blending tool. I felt that the image was "flat" so I tried to add some dimension and interest with Prismacolor Premier colored pencils - olive green and limepeel. Here's a close-up.

I was hesitant to cover up the bamboo. So, I chose to heat emboss the sentiment, using STAMPlorations It's a Girl Thing: Sunshine stamp set and silver embossing powder on vellum. I trimmed the panel slightly to mat with an olive green cardstock to complete the card.

We're going to have projects for the next three days to continue our belated 7th birthday celebration! Click here to check out day 2 of the belated 7th birthday celebration.

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #391

Who's ready for a new challenge at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge? I know that I am. With all the restrictions and COVID stuff, I love being able to escape to my craft space and create. Playing with paper makes me happy. 

Here's this week's sketch

Here's my card

I started this card by selecting the patterned paper. This flowery paper is by My Mind's Eye from its The Sweetest Thing 6x5 paper pack. I cut the paper into a fish-tail banner, measuring approximately 2.25" x 4". I used some paper scraps and My Favorite Things Die-namics Flower and Leaf Trio die set to die cut some flowers. For the tag, I used My Favorite Things Die-namics Tag Builder Blueprints 2. The sentiment uses Papertrey Ink's Keep It Simple: Thank You stamp set. I adhered everything to a natural A2 card base. I added some adhesive rhinestones to the center of the flowers for a bit of sparkle.

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STAMPlorations ~ 7th Birthday ~ Day 1

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2020 has been a crazy, mixed-up year because of COVID. So, it just seems natural that the birthday celebration at STAMPlorations has been delayed - until now! It's time for a party!!!!

Here's my card

I started with the new STAMPlorations ARTplorations Flexi-Template squares. If I label the components of the flexi-template squares, starting with the full square as one, the next size as two, and so on. I picked out number two and number four templates (leaving the space between, which is the size of number three template, for inking). I started with a 4.25" x 4.25" white cardstock square. I adhered the templates with post-it tape, using template three as a space holder to position number four template. I added cracked pistachio distress ink with an ink blending tool to the space between the two templates. I wanted a bit more interest. I used STAMPlorations ARTplorations Flair stencil with peacock feathers and mermaid lagoon distress inks, applied with ink blending tools, to add some detail to the area. Here's a close-up.

For the sentiment, I used STAMPlorations Say it Big: Do What You Love stamp with Hero Arts pale tomato ink. I trimmed the panel down to 3.75" x 3.75", matted with a light teal and adhered it to a 4.25" x 4.25" white card base.

I love that these flexi-templates make me think outside the box. I'm pretty happy how my first experiment turned out. 

We're going to have projects for the next four days to continue our belated 7th birthday celebration!

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Cupcake Inspirations ~ Challenge #504 Reminder Post

Have you had a chance to join our current challenge at Cupcake Inspirations? It's a color combination challenge

Here's my card

I used Hero Arts Color Layering For You Flowers stamp set with Hero Arts Passion Flower, Raspberry Jam, Red Royal, Moss inks and Crushed Olive distress ink for the flowers and leaves. I stamped the layered leaves onto a white A2 card and stamped the flowers onto scrap cardstock and fussy cut the flowers. When adhering the flowers, I popped up the largest flower with dimensionals. The sentiment uses Simon Says STAMP's Big Scripty Greetings and Hero Arts Soft Granite ink. 

There's still a few days left in our challenge. We'd love to see your creations there.

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sue

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STAMPlorations CAS ~ October Reminder Post

How is it possible the middle of October? It's seems crazy how quickly the days and months go by. However, it is mid-month, and it's time for a reminder to join the current challenge at STAMPlorations CAS

Here's my card

I decided to add the "optional twist of gray and orange". I started by inking up a square acrylic block with distress inks (dried marigold, spiced marmalade, carved pumpkin). I spritzed the ink a few times with water and "stamped" the acrylic block onto 96 lb bristol. There were some areas that didn't get enough coverage, so I repeated the process a few times. I waited for the panel to dry. I then stamped the butterfly and sentiment from STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies 2. I trimmed the A2 panel down and matted with orange cardstock. 

There is still time for you to join us.

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Cupcake Inspirations ~ Challenge #504

 We have a new challenge at Cupcake Inspirations

Isn't this an interesting color combination? I would never have thought to have combined these colors. Here's my card

Since I have a rather large collection of patterned papers, I looked through to find some papers that were olive, red and lavender. I cut the papers into 1" squares and then rounded two opposite corners with my Crop-o-dile Corner Chomper. I adhered the squares onto an natural A2 card. For the sentiment, I used scrap olive and black paper and Simon Says STAMP's Script Thanks die set.

We'd love to see how you're inspired by our color combination this week.

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sue

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Die Cut Divas ~ October Challenge

 We have a new challenge at Die Cut Divas. In time for autumn  our challenge is

THOUGHTS OF AUTUMN

We're grateful to have Bugaboo Digi Stamps as our sponsor this month. They will give the winner a $12 gift code to stock up on digi stamps from their store.

Here's my card

When I think of autumn, I think of Halloween. I started with this darling Bugaboo digital stamp called Halloween Kitty which I printed out on cardstock with my inkjet printer. I added color with Copic markers - 100, BV08, C2, C5, R11, Y17, YR04. I die cut the kitty using My Favorite Things Die-Namics stitched circle. I found some autumnal colored patterned paper cut to 2.75" x 5.5" and adhered to an orange A2 card. The sentiment is stamped on a scrap of gray cardstock using Your Next Stamp's Way Cool Monsters stamp set. 

We'd love to see your autumn-inspired card. Don't forget to use a die-cut.

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sue

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Try Stampin' On Tuesday ~ Challenge #478

 It's Tuesday so that could only mean one thing! It's time for a new challenge at Try Stampin' on Tuesday. For the next two weeks, our challenge is

Our optional theme is spooky

Here's my card

Clearly, I did not follow the optional theme of spooky! I started with the three horizontal strips. I used Simon Says STAMP's Clouds for Days stencil with Salty Ocean Distress ink, applied with an ink blending tool on some white cardstock. I cut the three horizontal strips - 4" x 1". I then stamped the cute seagull from My Favorite Things' Seaside Seagulls stamp set with Memento Tuxedo black ink. I added some color with Copic markers C2, Y38, YR04. I die cut using Sizzix circle dies. To make the circle pop, I matted with a scalloped circle die cut from black cardstock using Spellbinders' Scalloped circle dies. For the vertical banner, I used scrap blue cardstock, cut into a fish-tailed banner and stamped with a sentiment from the same MFT stamp set. I adhered the pieces onto a light blue A2 card.

We'd love to see what you create.

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sue

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #389

Is it just me, or do the days seem to go by faster than usual? I don't know if it's the "covid" thing or if I just can't get organized enough to get anything accomplished. I put things off and before I know it, it's the next month! UGH! Breathe - right?

Anyway, it's time for a new challenge at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. Here is this week's sketch

Here's my card

To start this card, I picked a 6x6 paper pack. In this case, I chose My Mind's Eye's Notable 6x6 paper pack. I chose three patterned papers that worked together - one for the background, one for the triangle and one to mat the sentiment panel. The sentiment is a stamp from Simon Says STAMP's Big Scripty stamp set, stamped with Hero Arts Charcoal ink. I double matted the sentiment panel to help it pop off the patterned paper. The flower is made with Paper Smooches' Dainty Flowers die. I added a few sequins for a bit of shine.

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Cupcake Inspirations ~ Challenge #503 Reminder Post

 Popping by with a reminder of the current challenge at Cupcake Inspirations

This week's card is a hockey card

I purchased the CTMH Power Play stamp set back when my nephew played hockey. I don't think he's played for 5 years or maybe more! I stamped the player and puck with Memento Tuxedo black ink and my MISTI. It was good that I used my MISTI because I had to re-stamp several times for the black to get good coverage. I added color with Copic markers E43, E50, Y17. I used my nephew's team colors as inspiration. For the sentiment, I used Ink Blot Shop's Simple Sentiments stamp set. 

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Rainbow Card Challenge ~ October Challenge

Really? It's October? Does Covid make the days and months go faster? It sure does feel that way. Nonetheless, it's time for a new challenge at Rainbow Card Challenge. This month, our challenge is

Do you ever have an idea in your head, execute it and it doesn't exactly look the way you thought? Yup, that happened to me for my "smoky slate" card. It was OK but it just lacked something. So, I tried again. I was much happier with this result. Here's my card

I started with Altenew's Feeling Dotty stencil, light gray cardstock and weathered wood distress ink, applied with an oval makeup brush. I stamped the butterfly using Stampin' Up's God's Beauty stamp set and Versafine Onyx Black ink. I added some grasses using Technique Tuesday's Wildflowers and Growing Wild stamp sets. Then, I brushed off my Creative Memories' oval custom cutting system and cut a large oval. I adhered the oval to some dark gray cardstock, matted with a medium gray. I found some tone on tone patterned paper for the vertical strip to complete the card.

We'd love to see what kind of "smoky slate" card you create.

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STAMPlorations CAS Card Challenge ~ October

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Welcome! It's nice to be back after our summer vacation. It's time for a new challenge at STAMPlorations CAS. This month our challenge is

Here's my card

I started this card by applying an anti-static bag over some white cardstock. I then stamped the "inside" of the coffee cup using STAMPlorations Coffee to Go: Fall + Winter stamp set with Hero Arts soft granite ink. I immediately applied clear embossing powder to the "wet" ink and heat set the image. I focused on the pumpkin because I was wanting to add color with a Copic marker. It was a good thing that I was using my MISTI because I needed to re-apply the ink and embossing powder to get good coverage of the pumpkin outline before heat setting it. I haven't yet mastered being able to use my heat tool without warping the paper. I set the image under some paper to flatten it out. I then used Copic YR16 to add color to the pumpkin. I then stamped the outline of the coffee cup using the same stamp set and fussy cut the image out. For the background, I used some post-it tape to mask off a horizontal area and used ARTplorations Dots 'N Beans stencil with hickory smoke distress ink to create the background stripe. I completed my card with a small nest of silver thread, placed behind the coffee cup. Here's a close-up.

We'd love to see how you're inspired to create a clean and simple card. 

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