Try A Sketch On Tuesday ~ Challenge #679

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

Here's my card

I stamped the images using W Plus 9's Doodlbe Buds stamp set using Versafine Onyx Black ink on an A2 panel of 100 lb bristol. I added color by smooshing distress inks (picked raspberry, wilted violet, peacock feathers), spritzing a bit of water and picking up the ink with some acetate. The acetate helped to place the ink in the correct area. I kept adding color until I was happy with the result. I added the colors one at a time. For the sentiment, I used Simon Says STAMP's Bouquet of Thanks stamp set. To complete my card, I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape.

We'd love to see what you create with our sketch in our gallery.

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sue

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #647

Happy Monday! Time for a new sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. Here's the sketch.

Here's my card

For my card, I started with Hero Arts' Hero Florals Lavender Bundle stamp set. I stamped the image onto some 100 lb bristol with Versafine Onyx Black ink. I let the ink dry and added color with distress inks (prize ribbon, wilted violet, rustic wilderness), a bit of water and a paint brush. I wasn't trying to stay in the lines. Rather, I was somewhat hastily adding color. Once the panel was dry, I trimmed it to 1 1/2" x 3 3/4". I matted the panel with purple cardstock. I found some patterned paper with a purple hue and cut it to A2 size. The sentiment is from Mint Owl Studio's Banner Sentiments stamp set. I looked through my stash of ribbons and found one that worked. I made a "fake" bow - it's actually a small piece of ribbon cut on the diagonal on both ends, held in place with a knot in the long piece of ribbon, which is adhered behind the panel. To complete my card, I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape.

We'd love to see your take on our sketch in our gallery.

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sue

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AAA Cards ~ Challenge #299

There is a new clean and simple challenge starting at AAA Cards. Our challenge this fortnight is a color challenge.

Here's my card

For my card, I made a mini slimline card. I used Taylored Expressions' Triple Slim Layering Stencil - In The Garden. I used distress inks - villainous potion, dusty conocrd, tea dye and Concord & 9th's Dove ink, applied with oval ink blending brushes. For the sentiment, I used Simon Says STAMP's Bouquet of Thanks and Concord & 9th's Dove ink. I adhered the panel to a mini slimline card base with double-sided tape to complete my card.

We'd love to see what you create using these colors in our gallery.

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sue

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Addicted to Stamps and More! ~ Challenge #501

We have a new challenge starting at Addicted to Stamps and More! The next challenge in our rotation is

Here's my card

For my card, I started with a white A2 card panel. I used My Favorite Things' Rectangle Extraordinaire stencil and added color with distress inks - mowed lawn, peacock feathers, tumbled glass applied with oval ink blending brushes. I removed the stencil and embossed the panel with Spellbinders EOM - Nov 23 Meandering Floral embossing folder. I removed the embossed panel and adhered it to a white card base with double-sided tape. I added the sentiment using Clearly Besotted's Many Mini Messages stamped onto a scrap of teal cardstock, cut into a double fish-tail banner. I glued it in place to complete my card.

We'd love to see your MAKE YOUR MARK creations in our gallery.

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sue

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Die Cut Divas ~ September Challenge with Birch Press Designs

For the month of September, the challenge at Die Cut Divas is

ANYTHING GOES

Our sponsor this month is Birch Press Designs. They will be giving our winner a $20 gift card. The winner must have a US mailing address. 

Here's my card

For my card, I used Birch Press Design's Block Print Fabulous Flourishes dies and Big Thanks Sugar Script dies. I used some yellow-orange scraps of cardstock to die cut the pieces of the blooms and glued the pieces in place. I die cut the sentiment using yellow cardstock. I adhered the elements to a cream A2 card base. I felt that something was missing. So, using a thin brown marker, I doodled a frame to complete my card.

We'd love to see your ANYTHING GOES creations in our gallery.

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sue

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Addicted to CAS ~ Challenge #291

Time for a new clean and simple challenge at Addicted to CAS. Here's our next code word.

Here's my GEOMETRIC clean and simple card.

For my one layer card, I used Simon Says STAMP's Patterned Circles stencil with distress inks - wilted violet, picked raspberry, mustard seed, spiced marmalade, mowed lawn, blueprint sketch. I masked off each circle so as not to "contaminate" the colors and moved the stencil around, so that the circles, slightly overlapped. For the sentiment, I used Paper Smooches' Chit Chat stamp set. I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base to complete my card.

We'd love to see your GEOMETRIC clean and simple creations in our gallery.

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sue

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Try A Sketch On Tuesday ~ Challenge #678

We have a new sketch at Try A Sketch On Tuesday. Here it is

Here's my card

For my card, I started with My Favorite Things' Oval Extraordinaire stencil with distress inks - picked raspberry, spiced marmalade, mustard seed, mowed lawn, peacock feathers, applied with oval ink blending brushes. I removed the stencil and put the panel in a Spellbinders' EOM Sep 22 Scattered Fall embossing folder and embossed it for a bit of texture. I die cut a tag using CASual Friday's Tag Buddies and stamped the sentiment using Simon Says STAMP's Lots of Thanks stamp set and Gina K Design's Soft Stone ink. I added some fibers to the tag and glued the tag in place. To complete my card, I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape.

We'd love to see what you create starting with our sketch for inspiration in our gallery.

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sue

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #645

It's Monday which means it's time for a new sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. Here's the sketch.

Here's my card

For my card, I started with the parrot using Your Next Stamp's Parrot-ise stamp set. I stamped the parrot with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and added color with Copics BG09, G07, R17, W3, Y17. I then stamped the sentiment using the same stamp set and trimmed the panel to 2 1/8" x 4 1/4". I found some festive patterned papers using Stampin' Up's Cherry On Top 6x6 DSP pad and cut out pieces similar to those from the sketch. I matted the two largest pieces with a medium gray cardstock and then adhered all the pieces to the main panel. To complete my card, I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape.

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

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sue

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Die Cut Divas ~ Z-Fold Cards with Altenew

It's the last day of the August challenge at Die Cut Divas. Our challenge this month, is to create a Z-Fold card. Our sponsor this month is Altenew. They will be giving our winner a $20 gift card. Thank you Altenew for your generosity. 

Here's my Z-Fold card

For my card, I used Altenew's Bold Bouquet kit consisting of a 3D embossing folder, outline stamp set, layering stencils and die set. I received the kit as part of Scrapbook & Cards Today's Crop & Create Delivered March 2023 event box. I started by stamping the large outline stamp on white cardstock, measuring 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" in varying orientations until there were no large open spaces. I cut the cardstock to 5 1/2" and just shy of 4 1/4", and two pieces at 5 1/2" and just shy of 2 1/8". The cardbase started as a 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of cardstock. I scored at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4" to create the Z-Fold. When I adhered the stamped panels, I flipped the middle one so that the designs weren't to matchy-matchy! I embossed a white panel with the 3D embossing folder. I then lined the stencils up and added color using distress inks - picked raspberry, wilted violet, mowed lawn, applied with oval ink blending brushes. I then fussy cut the large bloom. I glued the left side of the bloom to the top fold of the card. I stamped the sentiment and die cut the You word using the coordinating die and trimmed the Thank word to a small rectangle. I glued these in place. For the center of the card, I die cut a white circle as a place for a message. I glued the circle so that it is hidden behind the bloom.

Here's a photo of the card opened up.

We'd love to see your Z-Fold cards in our gallery which is open only until 9 pm Pacific Time today.

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sue

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AAA Cards ~ Challenge #298

Our next clean and simple challenge at AAA Cards is a "FOLLOW MY LEAD" challenge. This fortnight, we're following Ceal. Here's her card.

It's a pretty autumnal card. Here's my take on Ceal's card.

For my card, I started by stencilling the central area of a white A2 card base, using part of the Ranger/Dylusions Alphabet Border small stencil and mustard seed distress ink, applied with an oval ink blending brush. For the leaves, I ink blended using distress inks, spiced marmalade, brushed corduroy and mustard seed somewhat randomly on some white cardstock. I die cut the leaves using Paper Smooches' Large Leaves dies. I glued the leaves in place. For the sentiment, I used Altenew's With Gratitude stamp set and Hero Arts Cup O' Joe ink.

We'd love to see how you were inspired by Ceal's card in our gallery.

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sue

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Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #500

We have a new challenge starting today at Addicted to Stamps and More! Our next challenge in our rotation is

Here's my card

For my card, I used Taylored Expressions' Create-in-Quads Layering Stencil, Flit & Flutter that I received as part of Scrapbook & Cards Today's Crop & Create Delivered Spring 2025 event box. I used distress inks - mowed lawn, peacock feathers, picked raspberry, wilted violet, blueprint sketch and Concord & 9th's mushroom ink applied with oval ink blending brushes. I used the coordinating dies to die cut the hummingbirds. I adhered the panel to a dark blue A2 card panel. I used dimensionals to afix the hummingbirds, slightly offset, so some of the dark blue shows through. For the sentiment, I used Simon Says STAMP's Bouquet of Thanks with PinkFresh Studio's sapphire ink. To complete my card, I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape. 

We'd love to see your die cut &/or stencil creations in our gallery.

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sue

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Addicted to CAS ~ Challenge #290

There is a new clean and simple challenge at Addicted to CAS

Here's my card

For my card, I used etched metal dies from Scrapbook & Cards Today's Crop & Create Delivered March 2021 virtual card class. I used scraps of colored cardstock to die cut the sections of the rainbow. The clouds were also part of the dies received in the event box. I glued the die cuts onto a light gray A2 card panel. I stamped the sentiment using Paper Smooches' Word Salad stamp set and Gina K Design's Soft Stone ink. To complete my card, I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape. 

We'd love to see your RAINBOW clean and simple cards in our gallery.

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sue

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Try A Sketch On Tuesday ~ Challenge #677

It's Tuesday which means it's time for a new challenge at Try A Sketch On Tuesday. Here's our sketch.

Here's my fan fold card

I used two patterned papers, a matching teal cardstock and white cardstock. I looked for instructions for a fan fold card. I tried using the measurements I found online but was not happy with the way the pieces came together. However, the instructions gave me a good starting point. I cut all the pieces and adhered them in place. For the sentiment, I used Simon Says STAMP's Lots of Thanks stamp set and PinkFresh Studio's mermaid cove ink stamped onto white cardstock. I matted with the teal cardstock and glued it in place to complete my card. It was fun to try a new style of card.

We'd love to see your interpretation of our sketch.

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sue

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #643

Some how the day got away from me. It's still technically Monday here on the West Coast. Monday, means it's time for a new challenge at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. Here's the sketch.

Here's my card

The great thing about this sketch is one can create 4 cards. Let me explain. I used Spellbinders EOM Sept 2022, called Scattered Fall embossing folder with four A2 panels of different shades of teal cardstock. I embossed each panel and cut each panel into four strips. I used one strip from each shade and adhered it to a white A2 card base. For the sentiment, I die cut it using Simon Says STAMP's Script Thanks die and glued it into place. With the remaining strips, one can easily created three other similar cards altering the placement of the strips and voila, a total of four similar cards!

We'd love to see what you create with this sketch as a starting point in our gallery.

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sue

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AAA Cards ~ Challenge #297

Time for a new clean and simple challenge at AAA Cards. For the next fortnight, our challenge will be

Here's my card for Challenge #297. I chose to use the Optional twist of All Green.

I started with some 100 lb bristol. I smooshed some distress ink - twisted citron, mowed lawn, rustic wilderness, added a spritz of water and picked up the ink with a brush to cover the bristol paper. I kept adding ink until I liked the effect. I set the bristol aside to dry. I die cut the sprig using Poppystamps Leafy Sprig die from dark green cardstock. When the bristol dried, I cut it down to 2" x 2 3/4" and matted with the same dark green cardstock. I stamped the sentiment using Hero Arts Color Layering Bouquet stamp set and PinkFresh Studio's evergreen ink on a natural card panel. I glued the focal image in place and to complete my card, I adhered the A2 natural panel to a A2 natural card base with double-sided tape.

We'd love to see your clean and simple creations in our gallery. 

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sue

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Addicted to Stamps and More! ~ Challenge #499

 The next challenge up in our rotation at Addicted to Stamps and More! is

I had the perfect opportunity to create a "wedding card" for a co-worker. It certainly would qualify as ANY OCCASION. Of course, the pressure was on to create a special card. Here's what I came up with.

I started with a Spellbinders' embossing folder, Hydrangea Blooms, EOM - Feb 23. I'm glad that the embossing folders are quite large, as my mission was to create as large a card as I could so that the co-workers could sign it. I made my card 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". I cut a piece of vellum to 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and embossed it with the folder. I was able to adhere the vellum with a mini dot roller to the white cardbase. I then die cut the hearts and heart outlines using white shimmer cardstock and  a Stamp Market A bit of Everything die that I received as part of my kit for Scrapbook & Cards Today's Crop & Create Delivered October 2021 event. You might be able to see the shimmer in this photo.

For the sentiment, I heat embossed with silver powder using Simon Says STAMP's Handwritten Greetings stamp set on light gray cardstock which I trimmed to a rectangle. I glued the hearts and heart outlines, as well as the sentiment strip to the vellum. To complete the card, I added some rhinestones for a bit of sparkle. 

We look forward to seeing your ANY OCCASION card in our gallery.

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sue

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Die Cut Divas ~ Z Fold Cards with Altenew

Our August Challenge at Die Cut Divas is 

Z-FOLD CARDS

Our sponsor this month is Altenew. They will be giving our winner a $20 gift card. Thank you Altenew for your generosity.

Here is my card

For my card, I used Altenew's Perfect Gift 3D embossing folder, 6x6 stencil (2 layers) and die set that I received as part of Scrapbook & Cards Today's Crop & Create Delivered - September 2023 event box. I started by embossing white cardstock with the 3D embossing folder. I added color using the 6x6 stencil and spiced marmalade, mowed lawn and fossilized amber distress inks applied with oval ink blending brushes. I then used the coordinating die to die cut the flower and leaves. I used a Sizzix circle die to cut an orange circle for the card front and a white circle for the inside of the card. I used Altenew's Adore You stamp set and Gina K Design's Soft Stone ink to stamp the sentiment on the orange circle. I created the Z fold white cardbase using a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of white cardstock. I scored at 4 1/4" and 2 1/8". I found some polka dot paper that worked as the background. I cut the paper to one piece of 5 1/2" x just shy of 4 1/4" and two pieces of 5 1/2" x just shy of 2 1/8". The dimensions are just shy to allow space for the folds. I adhered the patterned papers in place. Then, I glued the orange circle, only on the left side to the top left panel and glued the flower in place. I adhered the white circle for the message, directly behind the orange circle inside the card to complete my Z fold card. Here's what it looks like "flat".

We'd love to see your Z fold creations in our gallery.

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sue

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Addicted to CAS ~ Challenge #289

When life seems to be spinning too quickly for me, I slow down by crafting at my table. There is something about playing with paper that calms me. There is a new clean and simple challenge starting at Addicted to CAS. Our code word for the next two weeks is

Here's my card

For my card, I dusted off my Stampin' Up Square Postage Stamp punch. I punched squares from patterned papers in the Carta Bella 6 x 6 Flora No. 5 paper pad. For the sentiment, I used Simon Says STAMP's Script Thanks dies and rose metallic and vellum for the layers. I gled the squares and sentiment on a light gray A2 card panel and completed my card by adhering the panel to a white A2 card base with double-sided tape.

We'd love to see your SQUARE-inspired cards in our gallery.

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sue

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