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. Bird and balloon elevated with foam tape. Actual twine tied to balloon. 

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

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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IT’S FETCH TIME

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I love this dog set so much! They are all ridiculously happy, and the sayings are heartfelt in a punny kind of way. Dogs and ball mounted on foam tape, noses covered with Ranger glossy accents, background colored with Distress Oxides and images colored with alcohol inks. 

I’m following along with the newest challenge at  Freshly Made Sketches and keeping it clean, yet detailed, as requested. I hope I’m close enough to the sketch in layout - all was going as planned until I added lanky Mr. String Bean to the mix 😂

SUPPLIES

dogs stamp and die set - Simon Hurley “hot diggity dog!” #HUR83610

grass stencils - Taylored Expressions “Set the Scene - Grass” #TESN66

sentiment stamp - dog set above

cloud dies - Darice “Clouds” #30032576

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HAPPY FALL PUMPKIN

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SUPPLIES

female stamp - Julie Nutting for Prima “Holiday Bliss” set

pumpkin stamp - Paper Inspirations #E9844 “Petite Pumpkin”

cap stamp - TAC #T2182 “Hat Border”

words stamp - Savvy Stamps #697B “Happy Fall Sans Script”

This gal normally has her arms tucked behind her back so I fashioned a couple hands to hold the pumpkin. She also has a blank face area so I added features with a Micron marker. The pumpkin was a bit too large and had lots of vines around it so I trimmed it down and layered it. All image coloring is alcohol markers.

Playing along with this sweet “Follow the Leader” card by Karen at AAA Cards Challenge

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