Simply Gingham

One of the crafty ladies in our group just became a Grandmother for the first time. She is excited and over the moon.  I wanted to send a card, but was having a hard time since I have no obvious baby stamps or sentiments.  WPlus9's Unforgettable provided the images, and my laptop provided the sentiment.

Coloring was done with copics, the oval's background was inked with Clarity Brushes and Simon Says Stamp inks in Green Leaf and Blue Jay.  The Balloon was colored with copics and then overlaid with Spectrum Sparkle pen in blue and glossy accents for some dimension. The soft gingham paper was a left over piece from a stamp kit.

I am entering this to Double D Challenges,  Simply Gingham is the theme.







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Red White and Green at Color Throwdown

My first thought was Christmas, for the reed, white and green challenge over at Color Throwdown.  Then I saw all the lovely flowers in the gallery. Yes, a red white and green flower card is perfect, and it works well with the Sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

Supplies: Copic Markers, Memento Ink, Stamps by PTI and Penny Black, Die by MFT, SSS Sequins, Sizzix Embossing Folder


  

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Casology Chevrons

Happy Friday!  I am getting a card in this afternoon for Casology's cue Chevron, before hubs and I head out for a free summer concert.

Supplies: Papers-Stampin Up, Stamps-Fresh Squeezed Stamps, Die- MFT, Nuvo Crystal Drops, scrap of glitter tape, glossy accents and spectrum sparkle marker(clear) Hero Arts Ink, Versafine Ink



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Summer Muse Media

Its been a great afternoon, two cards today for several challenges.  I've been listening to an internet radio service - singing (sadly off key my hubby tells me -he's the only one that suffers no animals are close enough to howl), and chair dancing all while making cards. Now that's multi tasking!


And what inspired all this?  Well Anita's card over at Muse#173, and another card for Just us Girls- Summer.  And it just might qualify for the Mixed Media Challenge (stenciling, embossing, and the glittery WOS)

Winnie and Walter's The Big, the bold and seasons stamp set makes another appearance along with Tim Holtz's s Ray's Stencil. My inks are Versafine's Onyx Black, (embossed in clear) and Distress inks in Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, and Mustard Seed. Some yellow and black wink of stella adorn colored card strips for just a bit of subtle shine.  A sampling of A Muse sequins in their yellow hues add a bit of texture.

Here are the challenge graphics:
   

Thanks so much for stopping by.  What is you favorite summer tune?

Summer Greetings

I have a Hero Arts stamp that  whenever I flip through my stack and see, I wonder why I haven't used it lately.  Today is the day!  I love this Tall Flowers stamp and this card will work for three challenges.

Supplies: Tall Flowers Stamp (Hero Arts), Majestic Blue (Versafine), Big Bold Season Cutaway (Winne& Walter), Happy Scenes(Stampin Up), Random Gems, Red (Wink of Stella), Clear Embossing powder, White embossing powder. B29 Copic Marker (I never have the right blue paper!)

I am entering this to these challenges:

I have been trying to get the Just Us Girls challenge into my schedule for weeks, maybe even a couple of months.  Now that I am home again for a few weeks at least, I am going to jump in.  This week it is a word challenge - Summer.

  The red white and blue are my inspiration from the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge. 

  Anything goes at ATSM.

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Seize The Birthday

Hello!  I seem to be in need of more masculine cards, several summer birthday's are for the guys. I like nature for guy cards, so this Seize the Birthday challenge is perfect for one of my needed birthday cards.
The "toppings" for this challenge are Birds, Bees or Butterflies.

My Supplies included:
Ink- Tide Pool and Cup O  Joe (HeroArts), Onyx Black(Versafine), Costal Cabana Cardstock,  Stamp Set Wetlands (Stampin Up).


Here is the challenge graphic:

Bird, Bees, or Butterflies


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Everyone needs some Joy

Hi, blog titles...sometimes it is difficult to decide what to do...right?  Well this post is for my entry to the Share Joy Challenge #42.  I loosely followed this week's sketch. 

My supplies included Hero Arts Stamps and Sentiments from set CL335, a bit of colored pencil, glossy accents and pico embellisher in black.  This of course is going to my Dad with a can you find the differences puzzle inside.

Here is the challenge graphic:

 

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ETA: Thank you Karen for your sweet words, I will link this up to Word Art Wednesday.

And thanks to Betty for letting me know about  ABNH,

Case This Sketch 179

It's hard to resist playing along with a fun sketch like the one up this week at Case This Sketch.  I did not resist.

Supplies used: Simon Says Inks (Olive, Hollyhock); Hero Arts Inks (Raspberry Jam, Cornflower, Green Hills, Passion Flower(old version); Versamark; WPlus9 Stamps and Dies (Hand Painted Flowers, That is All) Silver thread, Silver Embossing Powder, Clear Sequins

Here's Chrissy Larson's  Sketch:

 
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TYI 50

I am still struggling a bit to get back into my grove with the crafting...so it is time to play some challenges they always give the mojo a good kick!

First up, the 50th challenge over at Tag You're it.  I loved the double tag, and the fabulous patterned paper on the back tag. So those were my inspirations.

My supplies included the sentiments and die for Tag you're it, and the Rosebud Trio from DeNami designs.  I used the pink Wink of Stella brush for the buds, and the green is a Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen.

Thanks for stopping by and here is the inspiration photo with Kelly's adorable tag duo:

June CCC

I signed up pretty quickly for the June Card Chain Challenge over at Society of Stampaholics, and my card is going to Deborah.  I didn't get the card made before leaving for California, so I was at the mercy of my limited supplies...though I do think the card turned out well.

I had made a Peerless watercolor swatch book a la Julie Ebersole and took that with me along with a paint brush.  I stamped the Peonies from Altenew on arches hot press watercolor paper, then colored them with a single paint shade, adding more water to fade the color on the outer petals.

The enamel dots are made by using NUVO Crystal Drops.  I saw these  in my facebook feed and the scrapbook store I visited with my friend had a whole bunch, so I picked up a few.  For my learning curve, I was happier with dropping them on my ranger craft sheet, and then once dry adding just a drop more on the card to adhere the dried dots.  When I tried it directly to paper, the oddly shaped ones had to stay. So I say make them separately and then add to your card. After all the work put into it it would be a shame for the embellishment to make it less than it could be.

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