SPARKLE RAINFALL

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Playing along with the following challenges in no particular order:

this Addicted to CAS challenge (ends 3/6) I sure hope I am CAS enough to play along!

and this I Spy with My Little Eye challenge - Something You Love (ends 3/15) because I love a good rain day! :o)

and this All About challenge (ends 3/4)

This is a pretty straight forward CAS card - a few die cuts, and the stamped image is colored in with alcohol markers *TIP* die cut images with a lot of white edging can be minimized if desired by running a neutral marker that blends with the background along the white edge.

Main image mounted on foam tape. Embellishments are random flat back rhinestones from stash. 

SUPPLIES

girl and sentiment stamps - Spellbinders Cute Boots clear set 

cloud die -Darice set

background panel die - Penny Black Antique Frame set

flat back aurora rhinestones 

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GARDEN LATTICE HELLO

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I have to say, I wasn’t loving the bright colors as I was going along, but I believe in pushing through to see the final product.  Then if I still really dislike it, into the recycle process it goes. I have some plastic sleeves of paper parts - stamped, die cut, embossed, backgrounds, card stock and pattern paper strips, etc. A couple times a year I dig it all out and usually make about a dozen or more pretty decent cards!

Playing along with the following challenges in no particular order:

this Allsorts #843 challenge - Embossing or Anything Goes (ends 2/25?)

and this Stencil Fun challenge - Create Your Own Background (ends 3/27?)

and this Pick 3 challenge (ends 3/17) - I chose Flowers, Bright Colors and Embellishments 

and this Sweet Stampin’ challenge - No Designer Paper

 (ends 2/27)

This stencil set is 5 layers, one for each color. I colored them all in with Hero Arts Hero Hues inks and blender brushes (except green, which is a Distress ink). I then cleaned and dried the first layer plastic stencil sheet and sponged Versamark through it so it was on the lightest pink area only. I heat embossed this area with holographic powder (an OLLLLD jar of PSX! But I say if it still works, and I don’t hate it, use it up 😂) The rest is straight forward - I die cut the lattice once, and the Hello 2x, then glued as shown. Embellishments are random flat back rhinestones from stash. 

SUPPLIES

Hello sentiment stamp - Spellbinders A Little Hello Sentiments set 

lattice medallion die - Spellbinders Spring Label Motifs set

flower frame stencil set - Spellbinders Stamp of the Month Jan 25 Nature’s Frame 

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SHINE BRIGHT WEAVE

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I’ve been waiting a long time to use some of this patterned paper - I love it but it is so busy! I kind of like the downtown-at-night feeling it gives here. The SHINE in person is brilliant but it’s very cloudy today and doesn’t show up well.

Playing along with this Sunday Stamps #380 sketch challenge 

SHINE was cut from a Duck brand roll of sticky back glitter paper attached to scrap cardstock, and then adhered to the shadow cut from shimmer white vellum. YOU was cut from yellow cardstock twice for dimension and covered with Distress Stickles in Clear Rock Candy. I’ve found the easiest way for me to do paper weaving on a card is to glue the very ends of the horizontal strips on one edge only, weave the upright strips, then start gluing just the bottom ends of the those strips. After making sure the vertical strips are all straight and dry, it’s time to glue the other end of the horizontal strips. I don’t find any need to glue the center sections of the horizontal strips because when the vertical strips are glued at the longer end as well, everything is secure enough. 

SUPPLIES

Shine word die - Spellbinders Shine Bright set

You word die - Spellbinders Fresh Picked Sentiments set

patterned paper - Paper Rose Inky Splash 6” x 6” pack

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SPRING BRANCHES

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Added another flower and I think it’s better!

Playing along with the following challenges in no particular order:

this Inspiration Station challenge (ends 2/28)

and this Just Us Girls challenge (ends 2/25)

and this TGIF challenge (ends 2/26)

and Ellibelle’s Garden Party #12 challenge - anything in or from a garden

 (ends 3/9)

and Alphabet Challenge - V for volume (dimension) on a card (ends 2/4?)

I thought this die cut blue panel evoked a feeling of sky, without using one of my favorite scenic design elements - clouds - AGAIN. Maybe tomorrow 😂 The sentiment was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in gold. Branch was die cut and colored and shaded as shown, colored with mini Waffleflower blender brushes and Distress Oxide inks. And to give a feeling of dimension I foam dotted the leaves. Flowers were shaped upwards slightly with soft foam mat and large ball flower shaper before gluing to branches.

SUPPLIES

sentiment stamp - unmarked secondhand set 

branch with flowers dies - Spellbinders Flowering Quince set

background panel die - Penny Black Antique Frame set

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DOUBLE PUG HUGS

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Playing along with this CAS Colours and Sketches challenge (ends 3/2)

The pug was stamped directly onto the card panel in Memento black ink as shown, and then the heart was stamped in red. They were colored with alcohol markers, and to give a feeling of dimension I outlined the pugs with a neutral warm gray marker. Noses got a dab of Glossy Accents for a wet nose effect. Sentiment was stamped repeatedly with SU Blushing Bride. 

SUPPLIES

Pug, sentiment and heart stamps - Simon Hurley Big Hugs clear 

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HELLO THERE CAT

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Playing along with this Word Power challenge (ends 2/26), where the sentiment is to be the most prominent, and this As You Like It challenge (ends 2/24?), where the question of the moment is Cute or Elegant (and why). I like most every style - a beautiful card is a beautiful card! These days I tend to make cute and colorful and CAS, because there is so much in the world that is hard and confusing and I enjoy the lightness and visual clarity I get while crafting these 😃

It’s hard to see in the photo, but the sentiment is a gradient, stamped with lighter purple a few times and then over stamped with darker ink on the bottom two thirds. (And of course I ended up with a piece of lint, or cat hair, on the hello stamp on the last impression 😂)

Sky and grass were stenciled, Critters were stamped in caramel colored Memento ink, colored in with alcohol markers, die cut, then elevated with very thin foam tape. I wanted to keep everything feeling very flat because of the sweet, goofy, one dimensional style of the cat and dragonflies, and I think the flat back googly eyes I gave the cat add to this vibe pretty well.

SUPPLIES

cat and dragonflies stamp & die set - Elizabeth Craft Designs Purr clear by Krista Schneider

word stamps - Ranger Letter It by Taylor Huizenga clear set

grass stencil - Taylored Expressions

cloud stencil - A Colorful Life

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