CREATE SOMETHING

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Playing along with this Sunday Stamp sketch challenge 

Scissor was die cut out of matte silver and brown cardstock, fixed together with a metal brad, and the handles elevated with tiny foam pop dots.

SUPPLIES

scissor die - Spellbinders Field Notes Tools 

words stamp - Spellbinders Paint Your World Sentiments clear set

stitched border die - MFT Wonky Stitched Rectangle

patterned paper - Stampin’ Up! (retired)

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PINK TEA

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Playing along with the Addicted to CAS challenge

This card was extremely straight forward to make. I stamped off most of the ink on the large dotted circle so it would fade into the background. The steam was stamped in a charcoal gray ink to lighten it up a bit but still tie into the black sentiment. Just a few random flat back dots to add a little interest. 

SUPPLIES

sentiment stamp - unbranded clear set

cup and steam stamps - Stampin’ Up! Definitely Decorative Tea Time set

 dotted circle stamp - Picket Fence Polka Dot Grunge

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BIRDIE WITH A BALLOON

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I never met a bird image I didn’t love and this little guy is a treat - just happy to be invited to the party 🎉 

Playing along with The Paper Players challenge

Bird was fussy cut and colored with alcohol markers. (The key here is to throw the towel in on delicate cutting and just stamp the bird image on the card base for the legs and tassel, and then fussy cut a duplicate colored-in body stamped on scrap cardstock to mount over it.) Bird and balloon elevated with foam tape. Actual twine tied to balloon and affixed inside box. 

SUPPLIES

box die - Spellbinders Surprise Box

bird and balloon stamps - Hero Arts Wonderful Birthday clear set

 dotted embossing folder - Tim Holtz

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BIRD ON A BRANCH

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Another way to use this die set with a sketch challenge. I would’ve liked the branches to be a bit thicker to more closely match the inspiration illustration below, but we work with whatever we have 😃

Playing along with the AAA Challenge sketch

and the Make My Monday #271 Use 2 Dies challenge

Bird colored with colored pencils to evoke a sort-of chickadee vibe. Leaves, bird and greeting elevated with foam tape. That’s about it!

SUPPLIES

branch and bird die set - Spellbinders Perched Birds by Vicky Papaioannou

quote bubble die - Picket Fence Word Bubbles

word stamp - LDRS Creative Just a Note

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BIRDS ON BRANCHES

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Spring feels right around the corner today, with sunshine, unusually warm temps, and birds chirping.

Playing along with the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches

Top half of card sponged with Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass. Beaks colored in with alcohol marker.  Branches with leaves elevated with teeny tiny dimensional circles. Sentiment is an ancient one and was hand mounted on a random wood block somewhere along its journey- will definitely be unmounting it to use in the stamp positioner as it is impossible to stamp a good enough impression as it is, and my Soft Suede ink pad is a bit dry.

SUPPLIES

die set - Spellbinders Perched Birds by Vicky Papaioannou

words stamp - unbranded

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BIG PUG LOVE

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Another cute dog stamp - just a joy to work with! 

Stamped him on kraft cardstock and used a white gel pen on his eyes (oh the challenge of finding a good one - I’m so open to suggestions), added some glossy accents to his nose, and colored his tongue pink. By using the thickest foam tape under the “a”, a little thinner type under the “h” and “n”, and none on the rest, in person you get the illusion that there is some foreground dimension. I couldn’t find a stencil to suit for a swirling fall leaves effect so I used this background stamp and a fade effect by applying ink with a flat blender brush. It was hard to judge how much pale orange ink I had on the stamp and I covered a slightly larger area than I intended. 

Playing along with the current challenge theme at Addicted to CAS Challenge

SUPPLIES

dog stamp - Simon Hurley “big hugs” #HUR85560 set

heart stamp - Stampin! Up! “I {Heart} Hearts” Set

alphabet stamp set - PSX “Lower Case Typewriter”

sentiment stamp - Stampendous Fran’s “Every Occasion” #SSC1354

swirly background stamp - Judikins #2130 J

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