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March 14, 2024

SKETCH CHALLENGE x2

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I was thrilled to find this sweet little sketch challenge to play along with this week! Such a perfect layout for using up all sorts of leftover scrap card stock and DP. They mentioned using Stampin’ Up! products and I was happy to go for it, though I’m guessing most items are probably retired by now. But as we know in cardmaking world, substitutions are at worst a slight delay and at best a stroke of genius! 

Paper Craft Crew



Image was colored in with colored pencils, mostly Prismacolor. I used a little striped blue & white cotton twine by Jillibean Soup, and some white enamel dots from Altenew. Flags and sentiment were fussycut. 

SUPPLIES
bunny and word stamps - Stampin’ Up! Fable Friends set
clouds embossing folder - Stampin’ Up! Cloudy Day
dots embossing folder - Stampin’ Up! Perfect Polka Dots
scallop edge die & embossing folder -Stampin’ Up! Adorning Accents
yellow ink - Stampin’ Up! Crushed Curry
designer papers - Stampin’ Up! Subtle Florals I

Also entering this card in the following Challenges:

I Spy with My Little Eye - Beginning with B



Image was stamped in pale tan ink for a no-line watercolor effect, then colored in with colored pencils, mostly Prismacolor. I used some random twine-colored cording, tied and then stuck down with Zots super sticky glue dots under the bows. Flags and sentiment were fussycut. 

SUPPLIES
flowers stamp - Stampin’ Up! Blessings of Home set
flowers die - Stampin’ Up! Flowers of Home set
word stamp - Altenew set
text stamp - Stampin’ Up! French Script
background embossing folder - Stampin’ Up! Subtle
scallop edge embossing folder -Stampin’ Up! Delicate Designs
scallop edge die  -Stampin’ Up! Edgelits Large Scallop
designer papers - Stampin’ Up! Sherbet Colors

Also entering this card in the following Challenges:

Elliebelle’s Crafty Wednesday - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Flora & Fauna


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March 13, 2024

SPRING TULIP

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Playing along with few challenges:







Love love love to see those tulip leaves coming up each Spring!

SUPPLIES

large tulip stamp - Hero Arts (2000)
small tulip bunch stamp - Northwoods
spatter stamp - Stampin' Up! French Foliage set
background word stamp - Endless Creations, Inc.
foliage background stamp - Stampin' Up! Antique Background 
circular word stamp - Autumn Leaves Sentiments Circles set


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March 12, 2024

KITTY GARDENER

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Playing along with the following challenges:






How cute is this silly cat?! He looks young but he’s an oldie - 1996. Gardening keeps one young :o)

SUPPLIES

cat stamp - Dewey, Inkum & Howe Calvin Cat
stitched frame die - My Favorite Things Wonky Stitched Rectangles
large label - Stampin’ Up! Stitched Seasons Framelits set
words - Stampers Anonymous THMM111
paper - My Favorite Things Rainbow Love pad
colored pencils
Ranger Media Gloss Spray


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March 11, 2024

PINK, YELLOW AND GREEN

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Playing along with current The Paper Players challenge:



Top two flower heads are foam mounted for a little dimension. Colors are a bit lighter in person. 


SUPPLIES

flower heads and Beautiful stamps and dies - Altenew Simple Flowers set


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March 10, 2024

SUNSHINE BEES

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 Playing along with:
 



 I’ve known about the general importance of bees as pollinators, but in researching them to make sure they were a Spring-appropriate subject, this website showed me I had no idea how much there is to know:



I had a leftover piece of faux watercolor with smooshed Distress ink that worked perfectly as the base layer for this card. On the top layer I die cut the honeycomb twice and then stamped the leafy branch in two shades of green.  I blended green along one lower side, and blue at the top and opposite side. All items are foam mounted.  Wings of bees are covered in Stickles Frosted Lace glitter glue.  I glued the white honeycomb cell borders back in. Black word strip is from Creative Expressions.


SUPPLIES

bee stamps and dies, honeycomb stamp and die, honeycomb die - Stampin' Up! Honey Bee set
leafy branch stamp - PrintWorks Annette Allen Watkins Leaf Pattern



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FLORAL HELLO

Joining in at the CAS on Friday challenge - Hello, and We Love Stamping challenge - FEMININE




This deep embossing folder works great but I was a little heavy on the pressure. Next time I will opt for a lighter cardstock or a spritz of water before running it through the machine.  I spritzed a bit of Avery Elle Shimmer Spray over the whole cardfront, which makes it glow nicely in natural sunlight.



SUPPLIES

floral embossing folder and corresponding stencils - Altenew Ballerina Magnolia set
words - same as above
shimmer spray - Avery Elle
enamel dots - BoBunny


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