I am continuing my coloring practice for The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge with this card today. I love this retired image it is perfect for working on shading. I also saw the Time Out Challenge #49 with their inspiration challenge: “Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow”. Again….this image is simply perfect. So I got to work. I stamped with Smoky Slate (SU) ink and colored with my Copics. Once I was done, I cut it out with a Stitched Rectangles Die. When I put it on the white panel, it seemed a little blah so I added some stenciled sponging. The stencil is from the Happy Patterns masks group. I used my Ranger Mini Round Blending Tool (I love it because it doesn’t create edges). Once I had the background on, I liked it much better. I popped the image up on Dimensionals and added some Sparkling Clear Sequins (PPP).
I’ll be back tomorrow with the latest from Freshly Made Sketches. I even made another video for it! Thanks for stopping in today. Hope your day is great!
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Stamps: Love is Kindness (SU ret); Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU); Ink: Smoky Slate, Copic Markers; Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies (SSS), Sequins (PPP)
I hope your weekend is going well! We are finally digging out of all the snow and life is returning to normal. Both boys may even go to school tomorrow! Yay!! My oldest missed a whole week. Eek! I know a lot of people make fun of this area and how it handles snow but the reality is that we have equipment that is good for regular little snows and NOT for gigantic storms like Snowzilla. So it takes a bit. But I did have a great time with sledding along with all the shoveling. Over all, a mom win for time spent with the boys!
Meanwhile, back at the stamp table, I was able to finally put together something that I worked on over a week ago. I showed a peek of the coloring in progress on my Instagram page (link is over in my sidebar if you want to follow). I was practicing my no-line coloring using just grays. In this case, Copic Toner Grays T0, T2 and T5. The flower is from Altenew’s Beautiful Day. I stamped in SU Smoky Slate ink and then did the coloring. I added a little white to the center with a White Gel Pen. The sentiment is from Watercolor Wishes and also stamped in Smoky Slate. I cut the white layer with a Lil’ Inkers Border Builders Die and added a piece of Basic Grey Vivienne DSP underneath. Some Sparkling Clear Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh were a nice finishing touch. You can get most of these products all in one place at Simon Says Stamp.
I hope you enjoy this one. I had fun practicing my coloring. Even more fun when it turns into something worth showing (not everything does but the practice is still worth it!). Thought I’d add this in on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge this week – the theme is Anything Goes. Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon!
Stamps: Beautiful Day (Altenew); Ink: Smoky Slate (SU), Copic Markers; Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Basic Gray Vivienne DSP; Accessories: Big Shot, Border Builders Die (LID), Sequins (PPP), White Gel Pen
Welcome to this month’s Fancy Friday Blog Hop! Our team is a group of demonstrators who love to make beautiful things. Sometimes they are clean, sometimes they are layered but the one thing I can say for sure is that our projects will be fancy! If you hopped over from my dear friend Cindy, welcome to the next stop. For January we are creating a Valentines….but very special ones with a twist. No traditional red or pink!My first thought when I considered what colors to use was to somehow add in gold. I went looking for a sketch and found this fun one from Can You Case It. I also wanted to focus on Valentine’s Day for the CASology Adore Challenge. I used a Tea Lace Doily against Basic Black and then layered on some Gold Metallic Thread and heart cut from Gold Foil with the Sweetheart Punch. The sentiment stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder is from And Many More. Finally a few gold Metallic Sequins to finish the image layer. I cut a card base from Basic Black and put on an A2 sized piece of Gold Foil. I think the color combination is really elegant and just as perfect for Valentine’s Day as red or pink!
I’ll be back on Sunday with another card that I had time to create. But for now you need to get to hopping and check out all that the team has created!
The fabulous Kaitlyn Zumbach is up next! As always, she will wow you!
Happy weekend to you!! I hope you are having a great one! I had a little time to stamp yesterday and I wanted to join in some fun challenges. First, I saw an incredibly cool sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch and I decided to combine it with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge to use Ombre in your card.
I had the feathers out on my desk still from the FMS Challenge this week so that was my starting place. Instead of using the stamp set that coordinates, I only used the Fancy Feathers Dies (Lil’ Inker Designs) and cut a couple out of Fabriano Watercolor Paper. Then using Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon and Picked Raspberry (sounds like a tasty summer treat, doesn’t it?!), I colored to create a graduated ombre look to the feathers. After they were dry, I spritzed on a little water to add to the look. For the sentiment I went in reverse and inked up the watercolor paper first (same colors) and then cut it out with a little bonus die that I got from Taylored Expressions with an order….love the size and font on this one! Then on to the sketch. I found this one intriguing but challenging. I thought this curved stitched die from the Border Builders set (Lil’ Inker Designs) did a pretty good job of approximating the sketch so I cut some more watercolor paper with it and put in on a Tangerine Tango (SU) card base. Finally I added the White Perfect Accents (backs removed) to finish.
Well, off to see what the weekend holds. Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon!
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress (Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon and Picked Raspberry); Paper: Fabriano Watercolor, Tangerine Tango (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, Fancy Feathers Dies (LID), Border Builders Dies (LID), Joy Die (TE), Zig Water Pen, Dimensionals, White Perfect Accents (SU)
I’m so happy to be able to share this fun card I created last week for the Simon Wednesday Challenge! The challenge was “Something New” and I totally just had to pull out the latest stamp that I got from Concord and 9th called Tree Hugs. I just love that you can create your own birch trees and add a little carving. I suppose that Valentine’s Day is right around the corner (already?!) and this set makes awesome masculine cards! I stamped the trees onto Whisper White using Momento Tuxedo Black ink. It took a little bit of masking to create the angled trees and the branch but nothing too time consuming. Then I set about coloring. I used two Copic colors and that was it! BG11 is the light aqua background and then E31 adds a little shading to the trees and carving. I was so happy that Santa brought me some Copics for Christmas and E31 was in that little pack of neutrals that he knew I just had to have!! When I was all done coloring, I trimmed the image layer using my Big Shot and the Stitched Rectangles Dies from Simon Says Stamp.
Hope you enjoy this fun card. Back on Wednesday for the latest from Freshly Made Sketches! See you then!
Stamp: Tree Hugs (Concord and 9th); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black; Accessories: Big Shot, Drummer Boy Dies(WPlus9), Stitched Rectangles (SSS), Zig Water Pen, Dimensionals, Softly Falling Embossing Folder (SU)
So I have a Saturday card! Yay!!! I had some time to stamp yesterday and just could not resist joining in this fabulous blog hop. Amy and Chaitali have created this spring version of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. Such fun! I mean let’s face it. What is stamping without coffee??!! I know that my stamping is fueled by coffee.
The other thing that goes perfectly with coffee is friends! I love when I get to enjoy a nice cup with mine…such a special treat. I combined the Perfect Blend stamp set with Sweet Dreams DSP to create this fun little card. I stamped the cup three times – on the rectangle print, on the circles print and on Whisper White. I cut them out and then pieced them together to create my cute cup. I wrapped a little bit of Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine around the cup and then added an Itty Bitty Accents Epoxy Sticker with a little piece of coordinating DSP cut with the heart from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack. I took some washi tape and added it to a little clothespin and clipped on the sentiment from the stamp set. More DSP for the banner and Lost Lagoon card stock embossed with Decorative Dots TIEF.
I used this sketch from my friends over at Fab Friday for this card. Now you need to go check out this fun hop. So many people already linked in and guess what?! There are loads of amazing sponsors and all you have to do is join in for a chance to win.
Hope you enjoy this card. I have my stamp club coming over this weekend and I can’t wait to stamp with them! I hope your weekend is full of stamping too! So glad you stopped by today. See you again soon!
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Stamps: Perfect Blend; Paper: Sweet Dreams DSP, Whisper White; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Mini Clothespin, Washi Tape, Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine, Itty Bitty Accents Epoxy Stickers and Punch, Big Shot, Decorative Dots TIEF
Today is the day! I’m the hostess for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge (HYCCT1430) and I have to confess, I’m a little nervous! Fortunately, some of my stamping friends have already joined in as sample makers for my challenge!!
This is the 5th year that Splitcoaststampers has hosted this amazing month long series of challenges in support of those struggling with cancer. The MD Anderson Cancer Center is the recipient of so many of the cards. Some are just for encouragement but most are donated so that those in the hospital can find just the right one to brighten someone’s day.
As I thought about a theme, I found this quote (turned into a graphic with My Digital Studio by me):
I know that when a diagnosis of cancer is first given, it can seem like the world has turned against you so it seemed fitting that I base my challenge on this quote. The theme of my challenge is Hope Soars. I challenge you to create cards inspired by things that take off! I hope that you will come over to Splitcoaststampers and join me. There is even the opportunity to win prizes! So you can help a worthy cause and win cool crafty stuff! Perfect!
Here is my own sample card for the theme. While much of the month has focused on breast cancer, for me the inspiration was actually my dad who passed away from colon cancer. So I chose to use a more masculine palette. I pulled out the retired Epic Day DSP and created a tiny paper airplane. Then using the Word Bubble Framelits (these are on special this week, by the way), I cut out some clouds. I love that the one of the clouds has inspirational words! The sentiment is from Truly Grateful stamped in Soft Suede. I distressed the panel and did some crazy stitching to add a little character to the card and that was it other than a bit of sponging.
Now I mentioned that some of my creative friends created samples for me. Make sure you go take a look at the work by Linda Callahan (abbysmom2198), Jen Mitchell (jenmitchell) and Rita Wright (kyann22), along with the other amazing hostesses who joined in so far. You can see the whole gallery for my challenge here: Gallery for HYCCT1430. I am looking forward to seeing that gallery fill up even more!
Thanks so much for stopping in today. I really hope you will consider sharing your talents for this fantastic cause! For easy access to all the challenges, click here: Hope You Can Cling To Master Challenge Thread
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Stamp: Truly Grateful; Paper: Naturals Ivory, Epic Day DSP; Ink: Soft Suede; Accessories: Big Shot, Word Bubbles Framelits, Sewing Machine, Stampin’ Distress Tool, Sponges, Hot Glue
As promised, I’m back today with another one of my Hope You Can Cling To Challenge cards. This one is for Debbi’s “Tissue? I hardly even know you!” challenge (HYCCT1423). Let’s face it, when a diagnosis of cancer is given, tissues are needed in great abundance. So we are challenged to use tissue on a card. As soon as I saw this one I knew exactly what I wanted to make!!
The Natural Filter Paper is one of the great secret treasures of the new catalog. I love it! For today’s card, I cut a piece of it to the same size as my image layer (3-7/8″ sq) and ran it through my Big Shot with the retired Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder (I still love that one!). Then I sewed the layer down onto Crumb Cake card stock. The flower was created using a variation of this tutorial. Instead of hand cutting the flow (because who has time for that?), I used my Big Shot and the Fun Flowers Die (retired). I cut 12 layers all at once out of pink tissue paper and the folded them like the tutorial shows. Punched the hole and threaded through some Metallic Baker’s Twine with the metal thread removed (I had use the metal strands on another project). Tie a knot and then unravel the twine a bit. I liked the look enough to let it show as an extra detail. I layered some more Filter Paper over a strip of Crumb Cake card stock and stamped the sentiment from And Many More.
My hope is that someone at the MD Anderson Cancer Center will be able to share this with their very special mom. My little stack for the center is growing and I’m hoping to have even more by the end of the month! Oh…and I’m the hostess for the challenge on Oct. 30th. Can hardly even wait to share my theme with you!!
I’m so glad you stopped in today. I really hope you will join us in crafting for this wonderful cause. There is a new challenge every day this month so plenty of inspiration! For easy access to all the challenges, click here: Hope You Can Cling To Master Challenge Thread
Stamp: And Many More; Paper: Crumb Cake; Ink: Soft Suede; Accessories: Big Shot, Lacy Brocade TIEF (ret), Fun Flowers Die (ret), Natural Filter Paper, Pink Tissue Paper, Metallic Baker’s Twine, Dimensionals
I’m back with a card that made me so happy to make! I get to share another one of my Hope You Can Cling To Challenge cards today. This one is for Patricia’s “Get Inked” challenge (HYCCT1421). Her inspiration is her mother and the dots they put on her every time she went for treatment so that the machines could be properly placed. So we are to create cards with dots and spots.
I started this card by cutting a template from a window sheet with the Hexagon Hive Framelit. Using that as a stencil, I sponged on Pink Pirouette ink moving the stencil as needed to get the right hexagons filled in. I then stamped on spots with the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set and Smoky Slate ink that had been stamped off. But that didn’t seem “spotty” enough (or special enough) so I pulled out some retired Moonlight Smooch Pearlized Ink and splattered it on the card by tapping the applicator with my bone folder. It adds such a pretty touch in person! My butterfly from Papillon Potpourri is stamped in Smoky Slate onto White Vellum and heat embossed with Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder then punched with the Elegant Butterfly Punch. I added some Basic Pearls onto him to coordinate with the Pearl ink. FInally, I chose a sentiment from Work of Art. I love this sentiment but I think this will be particularly meaningful to someone at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. At least I hope so!
I’m so glad you stopped in today. I really hope you will join us in crafting for this wonderful cause. There is a new challenge every day this month so plenty of inspiration! For easy access to all the challenges, click here: Hope You Can Cling To Master Challenge Thread
Oh do I have something fun for you today! I get to share one of my Hope You Can Cling To Challenge cards today. This one is for Diane’s Two by Two, Side by Side Challenge. She asked us to use pink and purple and two of something on the card. Her story about the creation of her idea is really moving so make sure you take a look!
After looking around through my stamps, I happened upon this retired one that I received two years ago at Stampin’ Up’s Convention. It seemed perfect! Then I remembered a new technique I saw the other day from Allison Okamitsu about coloring embossed images with Blendabilities. It is perfect way to create a chalkboard image and color specific elements, don’t you think? All I had to do was stamp with Whisper White Craft Ink and emboss with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. Then I used the Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry Blendabilities to color the words and details of the stamp. I used the Labels Framelits to cut the image and then created the blackboard look with Basic Black card stock and White Craft Ink again. I used a wide paint brush to make it look more like an erased board. Then I took some of my hoarded Flower Trim (hey….I really do hoard it, I still love it!), and used reinkers to color the flowers. I added a layer of Pink Pirouette and put it on a black card base. This card turned out even better than in my head which always makes me really happy. I’m hoping the message will remind one of the patients at the MD Anderson Cancer Center of her strength.
Because yesterday was World Card Making Day, I had to get a bit inky and my boys joined in too! I love it when that happens! My oldest created a card for yesterday’s HYCCT challenge to use no traditional adhesive. He immediately thought washi tape and I thought his choice was so clever!
My younger son chose to make “just a nice card” for someone. He used a Paper Pumpkin kit and then wrote a very kind note inside. Made my heart happy!
I’m so glad you stopped in today. I really hope you will join us in crafting for this wonderful cause. There is a new challenge every day this month so plenty of inspiration! I hope your weekend has been great. See you again soon!
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Stamp: I Am; Paper: Basic Black, Pink Pirouette; Ink: Whisper White Craft Ink, Blendabilities – Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry Collections; Accessories: Big Shot, Labels Framelits, Dimensionals
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