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Freshly Made Sketches #498

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I am the sketch designer for Freshly Made Sketches this week and I hope you will enjoy this one.

I had seen a video tutorial recently by the wonderful Francine Vuilleme and I wanted to try her technique. I thought this was the perfect time to give it a go. Using an oval die, I cut out some scrap paper and then sponged on Distress Ink (if you have an oval stencil, that would be a great choice too). Then I looked around the craft room for how to finish the card.

The natural choice was the Color Stamp Set and Honey Cuts dies. I love all the phrase choices in the set but this one seemed just perfect.

I hope you enjoy playing along with the sketch this week. And yes, I wish you a color filled day! See you on Wednesday for the start of a new sneak peek for Honey Bee Stamps.

Freshly Made Sketches #497

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Quick post to share the latest from Freshly Made Sketches. Our sketch designer is the wonderful Jacquie Southas and I love this clever layout.

I thought it would be fun to pull out the Everything’s Beachy set again since the sketch made room for fun images. I love this surfer dude! Using the colors from some of the Team Tie Dye paper pack as a guide, I had a good time coloring the surf boards.

I hope you enjoy this one and will come over and play along! Thanks for stopping in. See you soon!

Hey Fall for SugarPea Designs

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Hi everyone! Sharing this card that I created for the SugarPea Designs blog. I know we are still in the heat of summer but I thought I would look towards the cooler days of fall for today’s card.

I love the fun images from the Hey Fall Stamp Set and thought I’d just play with them and create a cute scene. I stamped them in Momento Tuxedo Black Ink on white card stock and colored with my Copic Markers. Using the coordinating SugarCut – Hey Fall dies, I cut them out and them started with the placement.

For the top panel, I cut out a rectangle with the SugarCut – Stitched Rectangles from white card stock. With the Outdoor Scene Builder Stencil, I added some grass then just added the colored images. To frame the image panel, I used the SugarCut – Stitched Scalloped Rectangles. Finally, using the largest of the Stitched Rectangles for sizing, I created the base.

I hope you enjoy this little taste of cool weather and the pumpkins and scarves. Have a wonderful day! Don’t forget that the End of Summer Sale is running through tomorrow (August 4th). Click on the graphic below for my affiliate link to the sale.

Everything Beachy for Ellen Hutson

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Today is release day for the latest from the Summer of Stamping by Ellen Hutson. I’m so happy to share the new Everything Beachy stamp set with you.

The images in this set are ideal for scene building and that is just what I did. I stamped the umbrella, woman and towel and colored them with Copic Markers. Once colored, I fussy cut the images for layering. Next up, I wanted to figure out how to evoke a beach feel without tons more coloring.

To do that, I started with Neenah Desert Storm card stock and inked direct to paper with a Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink Mini. Then I added a bit of texture paste for the surf. Easy and it totally gives an ocean feel. I chose this fun sentiment and cut it using the Nice of You die set (it has something for almost any small straight sentiment!).

Last, I just had to finish the building. I added foam tape underneath all the images and the sentiment. On the umbrella, I doubled the foam tape closest to my bathing beauty to give if a bit of an angle.

I hope you enjoy this inspiration! Make sure you hop over to see all the new products from the release today: Summer of Stamping Release

Ocean Botanicals for SugarPea Stamps and FMS #496

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Been a bit quiet around here for stamping. I am starting to work on some new projects for upcoming releases so I’m getting back to it. I find summer a time for for other focus most years and this year even more so. With the graduation projects in May/June, you probably can surmise that I’m preparing for my oldest to head to college. He is ready…me, not so much. And then there is this Captaining thing. As I work on this challenge, I find it takes a lot of new mental real estate. It is a good thing, but not great for my mojo. So with that….I have combined two of my favorite things for today’s card: Mix It Up Challenge #81 and Freshly Made Sketches.

I was so in love with the inspiration photo from the Mix It Up Challenge that I just immediately pulled out my distress inks to create a background in those ocean and sky colors. I love result! I took the panel I colored and cut it into the panels from the FMS sketch. WOW! Before adding it to the base, I threw on a few gouache splatters.

Again motivated by the inspiration picture, I chose one of the leaf dies from Botanical Branches cut from a distress inked panel. I added an embossed sentiment from the Everyday Sentiments set and then finished with some sequins.

Thanks so much for stopping in today. In case I forget to tell you, I so appreciate all of you! Have a great rest of your week!

Framed: Anenomes for Honey Bee Stamps

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Sharing today for Honey Bee Stamps! I needed a day just to “play” in the stamp room and I thought I should pull out this new Framed: Anenomes stamp set. It is a gorgeous image and one that can be colored with so many mediums. I chose a very loose watercolor look with Distress Ink.

I stamped the image using Versamark Ink onto Tim Holtz Heavystock paper. It is made for distress ink techniques. For each color, I simply “smooshed” the ink from a mini pad onto a small clear block then added water with a paint brush. I took the block direct to paper to apply the color. Using a small block help you keep a little more control on where the color goes but still leaves it loose. If you need a bit more color in a specific place, you can add it with a paint brush. This is a layering process so leave time to allow drying to happen in between adding colors or additional ink.

Because I love the look of pale anemones, I made the leaves and the background bold and kept the flowers in muted tones of Tattered Rose and Antique Linen. For the sentiment, I stamped and heat embossed it onto more of the Heavystock paper. Then I colored it with the Chipped Sapphire in the same way as I did the flower except I made sure there was a bit more solid coverage as a base.

I hope you enjoy this card! Let me know if this makes sense or if you would rather see a video on how to create this look. Thanks so much for dropping in today!

Floral Hello for SugarPea Designs

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Today I’m up on the SugarPea Designs company blog. I was looking through my underused products and thought I would re-visit the Floral Geo CoverPlate Die today. It is such a gorgeous design and I love that it has a great “stand alone” quality.

I cut the cover from a pretty teal card stock and then used the same color underneath. In order to make the texture stand out, I added a bit of ink to the base. It keeps the tone on tone look but with a bit more pop. And let’s face it, that die does ALL the work!

I pulled out the SugarCut – Hello die, another that I love but that has not gotten enough attention. This script really is just lovely! I used it with some iridescent glitter paper from my stash. In person, the sparkle is really pretty! To keep it clean, I just added on a few gems.

I hope you enjoy this card and will take it as inspiration to pull out of a few of your favorites too! Have a great day.

Freshly Made Sketches #494

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Hi everyone! I’m happy to be here with the latest from Freshly Made Sketches today. Our wonderful Narelle is the sketch designer and I love her classic sketch.

I was inspired today by my own garden. I’ll share the pics below! I love this coneflower image from the Wildflowers Stamp Set by Honey Bee Stamps. I colored it to match my flowers and added some bees just like mine too! The coloring was done with Copic Markers.

The sentiment comes from the My Favorite Flowers Stamp set. To add a little texture, I pulled out the Quilted Dots Stencil and added a bit of texture pasted on the Fog Gray paper.

Thanks so much for dropping in today! So happy to have you here.

SugarPea Designs Sweet 2 Repeat – Summer Release

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Over on Instagram, the SugarPea Designs Team is doing our post-release Sweet 2 Repeat Hop. I hope you will come over and join us for a chance to win!

I pulled out the Sunshine Sentiments and SugarCut – Sunshine again. Combined with the Sunburst Stencil, this has a totally different look than my card using the same products last week.

I hope you will join us in our hop. You can start here: Jen’s Instagram Thanks so much for stopping in today. See you soon!

SugarPea Designs Summer Release Day

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I am so happy to be here all week for the SugarPea Designs Summer Release Sweet Peek Week!! Finally it is Release Day! The release goes live on today July 2nd at 2p Eastern.

I am sharing one more project today and I hope you like my version of sunshine!

Using the Sunburst Stencil, I inked up a rainbow of Distress Ink colors. I love how easy it is to create this bold look! The off center design of the sunburst really inspired the rest of the card.

The Sunshine Sentiments and SugarCut – Sunshine Word die created the perfect combination. This message was exactly perfect for my rainbow of colors and one that I hope will inspire you.

Would you like to win a $50 Gift Voucher to our store? Leave a comment below for your chance to win. TWO lucky commenters will be randomly selected from the Sweet Peek Week comments to win a $50 Gift Voucher! Winners will be announced on our blog: Monday, July 5th.

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