Die Cut Divas ~ July Challenge with My Favorite Things

Over at Die Cut Divas, our challenge for the month of July is

BIRTHDAYS

We selected the Birthday theme as it's the birthday month of our July sponsor, My Favorite Things who will be giving our winner a $25 prize.

Here's my card

For my card, I used a retired My Favorite Things stamp set, Smitten Kitten. My Favorite Things has so many adorable critter stamps. One could easily replace this kitten with another critter. I stamped the kitty with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and added color with Copic markers - C5, E21, E50, E71, R32. I can't remember where I found the party hat but I did stamp it also with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and added color with Copic markers RV14, V15. I then fussy cut it and added an adhesive sparkly dot. For the kitty, I die cut with a My Favorite Things Stitched Circle STAX die-namics die. For the sentiment, I used the same stamp set and Versafine Onyx Black ink. I die cut the sentiment with a My Favorite Things Skinny Strips die. I found some patterned paper that went with my purple theme, which I cut with a Waffle Flower Additional A2 Layers die. I adhered the panel to a light gray A2 card base to complete my card.

We'd love to see your Birthday creations in our gallery this month.

Thanks for stopping by

sue

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Happy Little Stampers ~ July Anything Goes With Dies Challenge

There's a new challenge starting at Happy Little Stampers ~ Anything Goes with Dies today.

Here's a card I made that I hope will encourage you to pull out a die or some dies and be crafty today.

For my card, I was inspired by this card by I'm in Haven

For my card, I die cut twice with Simon Says STAMP's Simple Stems with white cardstock. I adhered the two outlines together to give a bit of dimension. For the insides of the leaves, I colored them with Copic markers - B24, BG05, G05, R29, V06, Y06, YR16. Yes, the tips of my fingers did get some ink on them - LOL! I stamped the sentiment on a white A2 card base using Clearly Besotted's A Little Sentimental stamp set and Concord & 9's Dove ink. I glued the outline to my card base and then glued each leaf in place in rainbow color order. So, the outline is two layers thick and the leaves only one layer thick. 

Hope you'll pull out some dies (or a die), play with them and some paper and post in our gallery this month.

Thanks for stopping by

sue

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Happy Little Stampers ~ July Stencil Challenge

More July fun over at Happy Little Stampers ~ Stencil Challenge. Here's our July Challenge, which to be honest is the same challenge - anything goes, every month.

Here's my card

For my card, I started with Taylored Expressions' Triple Slim Layering Stencils - In The Garden. If you not familiar with Taylored Expressions' Triple Layering Stencils and Create-In-Quads Layering Stencils, you don't know what you're missing. Granted, it's an arm workout - so you could miss arm day at the gym - LOL! The stencils are set up so that you create either three (triple) or four (quads) card panels at the same time with the same ink choices. It's really quite amazing. I used distress inks - abandoned coral, mustard seed, dusty concord, peeled paint applied with oval ink blending brushes. I created three panels at the same time. I cut them into three panels and used one for this card. I stamped the sentiment using Simon Says STAMP's Thanks stamp set with Concord & 9th's Dove ink and matted with an olive/green panel. I adhered this all to a white mini-slimline card base to complete my card.

We'd love to see your stencilled cards in our gallery this month.

Thanks for stopping by

sue

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Happy Little Stampers ~ July Christmas Challenge

Christmas in July! It's time for our July Challenge at Happy Little Stampers ~ Christmas Challenge.

Here's my card

For my card, I started by making a circle mask using a Sizzix circle die and a large post-it note. I placed the mask on a white A2 card panel and applied tumbled glass distress ink, applied with an oval ink blending brush in the central area. I left the mask in place and stamped the trees using Hero Arts Winter Silhouettes stamp set and PinkFresh Studio's Sky Blue ink. I carefully removed the mask and then stamped the little deer from the same stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black ink. To add the "twinkle" to my card, I used a Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust Glitter silver gel pen and "decorated" the trees. The sentiment is from the same Hero Arts stamp set and was heat embossed with silver embossing powder. I trimmed the A2 card panel slightly and matted with a silver shimmer cardstock. I then adhered this panel to a white A2 card base to complete my card.

We'd love to see your Christmas cards in our gallery. Will you incorporate "twinkle" onto your card?

Thanks for stopping by

sue

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Try Stampin' On Tuesday ~ Challenge #614

Anyone else's days all mixed up? It happens to me whenever there are long weekends. I almost forgot to post my card for Try Stampin' On Tuesday. We have a new challenge for you for the next two weeks.

Here's my card

For my card, I started with this cute monster using Your Next Stamp's Way Cool Monsters. I'm sad that Your Next Stamp is closing and I wish their owner all the best in whatever her future endeavours may be. I stamped this monster with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on some white cardstock. I picked out the paper for the stripes so I tried to match as best I could with my Copic markers. I used BG49, E71, G07 R17, Y17 and added glossy accents to the eyes. I think monsters should have bulging eyes, right? Once the glossy accents dried, I used a die from Echo Park Stitched Oval Nesting die set to die cut the oval. I glued the strips of patterned paper to a white A2 card base and then adhered the oval with the monster in place to complete my card.

We'd love to see how you're inspired by our sketch. Please add your cards to our gallery.

Thanks for stopping by

sue

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Happy Little Stampers ~ July Birthday Challenge

Lately, I've sent a bunch of birthday cards. It's time for me to re-stock. Our July Challenge at Happy Little Stampers ~ Birthday Challenge helps me to do that.

Here's my card

For my card, I used Your Next Stamp's Celebrating You stamp set and die. I received these items in the kit for Crop and Create Delivered March 2021. I was sad to read that Your Next Stamp is closing after 14 year. There's a big sale there, in case you're interested. Best of luck to them in whatever they do next! 

I stamped the image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and added color with Copic markers - B02, B12, BG13, BG15, RV21, RV23, V12, V15, YR04, YR16. I used the coordinating die to die cut the image. On a white A2 card base, I stamped the sentiment and added a "blob" of salvaged patina to provide a bit of a background for the die cut. 

We'd love to see your Birthday creations in our gallery this month.

Thanks for stopping by

sue

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Addicted to CAS ~ Challenge #241

Happy Canada Day to any Canadians visiting my blog today. It's time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS. Here's our challenge

Admittedly, I'm pushing the clean and simple a little bit with this shaker card.

I used supplies that I received in my Crop and Create Delivered - Spring 2022 box, specifically Honey Bee Stamps' Celebrate dies, sequins and Layering Streamers - stencils (3). I used the layering streamers,my Wendy Vecchi's Make Art STAY-tion and PinkFresh inks Sunshine, Sparkling Rose, Grassy Knoll, Blue Jay and Sky Blue applied with oval ink blending brushes. I die cut the star from the panel and made a shaker area behind it with some acetate and dimensional adhesive. On a scrap of white cardstock, I applied residual ink on the oval ink blending brushes in rainbow order and die cut the word "celebrate" from it. It's a trick I learned from one of the Crop and Create Delivered events to perfectly match the colors on the ink blended/stencilled panel. 

We'd love to see your "celebrate" cards in our gallery this fortnight.

Thanks for stopping by

sue

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