HAPPY EASTER CHICK

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Playing along with this AAA CARDS CHALLENGE

(ends 4/11)

and this INKSPIRATIONAL CHALLENGE 

#364 (ends 4/10)

and this TRIPLE B APRIL 2026 CHALLENGE 

 Yellows Inspiration Board (ends May 4?)

and this COLOURFUL OPTIONS CHALLENGE 

Yellow (ends 4/28)

Sun rays and grass were stenciled in lightly. Bird was stamped in black Memento ink and filled in loosely with alcohol ink markers. This panel was cut down and fitted inside the stitched border of the embossed white panel. I was not planning to add gems, but… black ink smudges 😂 I love Versafine black ink for sentiments but it does require more than 30 seconds drying time.

SUPPLIES

bird in flowers stamp - Penny Black Dancing Chick! #2564F

sentiment stamp - Stampin’ Up! Glorious Gift set

embossing folder - Crichton Cuttlebug Pinking Stitch

grass stencil - Taylored Expressions Set the Scene Grass #TESN66

sun rays stencil - MFT My Favorite Things #ST-170

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BIRDS & BRANCHES

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Playing along with this ALPHABET CHALLENGE

Y is for Yellow Flowers (ends 4/16?)

and this COLOR DARE CHALLENGE

Shades of Yellow Plus 1 Color Choice (ends 4/9?)

and this TRIPLE B APRIL 2026 CHALLENGE 

 Yellows Inspiration Board (ends May 4?)

and this COLOURFUL OPTIONS CHALLENGE 

Yellow (ends 4/28)

The star of this show is definitely the embossing folder, and I don’t even know who made it - I bought it in a batch with others. If anyone knows please let me know and I’ll update!

Birds were filled in lightly with various blue and yellow colored pencils. Sentiment was embossed in gold. Large flowers were shaped a bit by hand and tinted with a mini blending brush in the centers outward. Flower centers were some matte gold die cut circle scraps from a previous project (everything gets saved in my crafty zone :o)

SUPPLIES

sentiment stamp - Spellbinders Love Never Fails #STP-051

embossing folder - unknown

colored pencils

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IT’S YOUR DAY BALLOONS

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Playing along with this ADDICTED TO CAS CHALLENGE (ends 4/3)

this I LOVE PROMARKERS & OTHER MEDIUMS CHALLENGE

#604 Cute & Whimsical or Anything Goes (ends 4/12?)

and this TRY IT ON TUESDAY CHALLENGE Make It Cute (ends 4/13?)

and this SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE #323 Add a Tag (ends 4/7?)

and this CARDS FOR GUYZ CHALLENGES #384 Light Blue & Brown (ends 4/19?)

I have a post on how to get this type of easy striped circle HERE  I used an old loyal Cropadile tool to set the rivet for tag purposes and added some waxed twine. 

I did some alcohol marker coloring and die cut him out, then covered the balloons with clear glaze. His head was foam mounted and his shoes were glued down. Sentiment was stamped in Tempting Turquoise. 

SUPPLIES

boy with balloons and sentiment stamps - Pink & Main

Diamond Dots silver circles - Stampendous

dotted embossing folder - unknown

Copic alcohol ink marker

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HIPPEST CHAIR

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Playing along with this RETRO RUBBER CHALLENGE (ends 4/3)

These unmounted red rubber stamps from Paper Candy were purchased sometime between the late 90’s and early 2000’s!

This card is pretty straightforward, following the sketch - just some alcohol marker coloring and some accents with the silver pen on the chair legs and white gel pen highlights. Fussy cutting and a circle die for the clock. Clock and sentiment were foam mounted. 

Does anyone else feel like they are sitting in Grandma’s living room?! Mine was very hip in every decade 😍

SUPPLIES

chair, table, clock and sentiment stamps - Paper Candy

enamel dots - BoBunny Beautiful Things

Copic alcohol ink markers

silver pen - Pentel Slicci

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NIFTY CHAIR

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Playing along with this FRESHLY MADE SKETCHES CHALLENGE (ends 4/6)

These unmounted red rubber stamps were made long before many of us dreamed of die cutting images in our own homes! So lots and lots of fussy cutting. But I love them so they get to stay :o)

The border stamp is 7 squares long so I stamped that repeatedly - pretty easy to line up as one end has a connecting line and one doesn’t, and I still have some ProvoCraft acrylic mounting blocks with grid lines incised. Then I used an Exacto style pen knife to trim the edge of the panel - not as torn as the sample but close enough, I think, and more in keeping with the overall style. The rest is pretty straightforward - just some alcohol marker coloring and some accents with the gold pen on the lamp and chair legs to coordinate with the matte gold panel behind the main white one. Sentiment was stamped in SU Blue Bayou. 

SUPPLIES

chair, lamp, border, sentiment stamps - Paper Candy

enamel dots - Echo Park New Day

Copic alcohol ink markers

gold pen - Pentel Slicci

The inside of the card, which is as white as the outside square, but keeps photoing yellow-toned because there is no daylight to work with. The “picture” frame is gold, as are the chair legs. 

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CHICKEN THANKS

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Playing along with this CREATIVE INSPIRATION CHALLENGE #37 Anything Goes (ends 4/30)

and this DL.ART CHALLENGE April Anything Goes (ends 4/30)

A quick and easy card made specifically to send along with a package today to a Penny Black fan. 

I stamped the image in Memento black ink, and colored it in with alcohol markers. Some days I really appreciate the colored index stickers on wood mounted stamps as coloring guidance. Today I probably couldn’t ring the bell on the creativity meter if a jumbo carnival prize depended on it :o) I loosely covered the image with a torn Post-it and blended Yo-Yo yellow ink through the stencil as shown. I attached a flat back faceted heart gem to the envelope part of the image. Torn chicken wire was stamped in gray ink to make it more silvery feeling. 

SUPPLIES

 chicken stamp - Penny Black What a Day! #2350F

chicken wire - Stampendous Chicken Wire #CRR318

ray stencil - My Favorite Things

heart gem - Park Lane

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