Freshly Made Sketches #273

Fortunately, with all this snow here in Vancouver, I've been staying home and sitting at my crafting table. This makes my heart very happy. I saw the sketch for the current challenge at Freshly Made Sketches and just knew what I would do.



Here's my card

So ... my inspiration was to use three pieces of washi tape. Wait .... WHAT???? Use washi tape you say? You mean it's not just for collecting???? I know ... such craziness! I chose three washi tape that reminded me of a party. So - I chose the sentiment from Paper Smooches Birthday sampler stamp set.

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sue

MFT Card: Sketch Challenge #318

It's been awhile since I was organized enough to join the sketch challenge at MFT. Here's this week's sketch



Here's my card

I love the clean & simple look to the sketch. I started with MFT Spotlight Sentiments stamp set. I stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink, covered with clear embossing powder which I heat set. I then added distress inks with ink blending tools - twisted citron, mermaid lagoon and peacock feathers. I found a scrap of black embossed paper to use on the right edge. I added a few sequins to finish the card.

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sue 

Less is More; Challenge #313

So, I finally took my distress crayons out to play with them. They are so creamy - I love applying them to paper. The current challenge at Less is More is 

It's Recipe week and we're looking for 
1 or more balloons on your project

I knew what I would do. Using some 96 lb bristol paper, I blended a few colours of distress crayons together - seedless preserves, picked raspberry, twisted citron, peacock feathers, spiced marmalade and festive berries. I used a water brush (with very little water) to blend the colours a bit. I let the paper dry and then die cut balloons using WPlus9 Whole Lotta Happy dies and MFT DIe-Namics Birthday Wishes & Balloons dies. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches Birthday Sampler stamp set. I drew in the balloons strings with a black fine marker. Here's my card

I love how the distress crayons and water brush created a mottled effect. I thought that the card needed "something else", so I added a thin border of patterned striped paper.

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sue 

Christmas Card Throwdown January - Colours

Even though we've just gone through the busy hectic Christmas season, it's never too early to start making Christmas cards - right?  Check out the current challenge at Christmas Card Throwdown




Here's my card

I started with a cream coloured card base. I used SU's Early Espresso and Hero Arts Mint to Green Ombre ink with Neat & Tangled's Bright Baubles stamp set to make this Christmas card with mono-chromatic tree decorations. It's actually a one-layer card too!

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sue

Muse Card Challenge #201

I'm the self-proclaimed Queen of Procrastination! It's something I'm working on. Happy to announce that I'm ahead of the deadline for the current challenge at Muse Card Club. This week's Muse is the super talented Valentyna.  Here is her stunning card.



I was inspired by
- the use of die cuts
- the colours
- the sentiment - combination of capital letters and script
- the general sketch with lots of white space

Here's my card

I used MFT DIE-namics Fancy Flourishes die and Poppystamps Groovy Flower die. The sentiment is from Simon Says STAMP Lots of Thanks stamp set.

Thanks for visiting and thank you to Valentyna for such a beautiful card to be inspired by.
sue

a2z Scrapbooking - February Challenge

It's February 1st, so it must be time for a new challenge at a2z Scrapbooking

The challenge this month is 

Here's my card

I was inspired by the awesome Virginia Lu in this post. Here's her card



I "made" my own red vellum by rubbing my Hero Arts Strawberry ink pad over 100 lb vellum. I let it dry overnight. I then used white embossing powder with Hero Arts Happy Mother's Day stamp set flowers and heat set them. I find that the vellum warps less if I let the heat tool heat up before applying the heat to the vellum. I find that by minimizing the time that the heat tool is over the vellum, the vellum tends to stay "flat-er". I then fussy-cut the flowers. Using the same white embossing powder, I heat embossed the sentiment from Hero Arts Color Layering Graphic Flowers stamp set on black cardstock. I added some red sequins to add a bit of shine.

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sue

House of Cards - February Challenge

Hi! Where did January go? It feels like it was just New Years Eve. Well, seeing that it's now February 1st, then it must be time for a new challenge at House of Cards

FEBRUARY 2017

Love Theme and/or Colors

Here's my card

I was inspired by the striped hearts and the stripes of colour on the photo inspiration. It reminded me of paint swatches from the paint store. So, I went to a local paint store, pretending that I was looking for paint colours (shhhh ... don't tell) in the pink family. I die cut hearts of two sizes using Memory Box Cherub Hearts dies.

I masked off a 1.5" area with post-it tape and added Hickory Smoke distress ink with an ink blending tool. I carefully removed the post-it tape. I assembled the hearts in a bit of a random fashion. The sentiment is from Simon Says STAMP's Handwritten Sentiments.

Thanks for visiting

sue