Lilies of the Valley Birthday

I made a card for the SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge today and here it is. It is the last card I need to make for April - yippee:)

I stamped the image with Memento black ink and colored with Copics. It's from JustRite Stampers. I cut it out with an oval Nestability (and trimmed a little bit) and matted with Gumball Green cardstock that I cut with a scalloped oval Nestability. I added white gel pen to the scallops and Star Dust Stickles to the flowers. I mounted on foam squares. The center strip was embossed with a SU/Sizzix embossing folder. The sentiment is from Gina K.

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SCS Sketch Challenge - Plus Washi Tape

I had a little time (while Wyatt was napping. Thanks, Wyatt!) to make a card for the SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge for Wednesday. 

I got some Washi tape for Christmas and thought this would be a good use for it. The flower was pre-made, but I stuck a little Washi tape on a scrap of cardstock and punched out a circle from it for the flower center. The sentiment was stamped with the birthday stamp from Stampin' Up!'s Banner Greetings using Gumball Green ink. The greens match a lot better in real life! I mounted it on foam squares.

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SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge - Rose Birthday

This is for last week's SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge. The roses are from Kitchen Sink and were stamped off a few years ago courtesy of my friend, Harriet while she was visiting me. Thanks, Harriet - it's almost time again!! I cut the rose and the leaves out, leaving a thin white border around them. I mounted the rose with the three leaves on Pop Dots. The single leaf is glued directly on the white cardstock. The sentiment is from Gina K and is stamped in Jardin Moss. The pink strip down the middle was embossed with a Swiss Dots folder and the patterned paper is from Recollections. This one is going to my sister-in-law in Georgia who grows very beautiful roses.


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Two Sketch Challenge Cards

I made both of these cards for this week's SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge. For this first one, I started with a dollar stamp from Michael's. I colored it with Copics and added the "pearls" in the centers with a Pearl Pen. The embossing on the green layer was done with a Sizzix folder and the purple layer was embossed with a Swiss Dots folder. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. The edge of the purple piece was done with a Martha Stewart punch. I also added a bow.

For this one, I used a Technique Tuesday stamp for my main image. I used the Swiss Dots folder for all the white layers. The sentiment is again from PTI and the decorative edge was again done with a Martha Stewart punch. The butterfly is also a Martha Stewart punch, and I added pearls for the body.


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SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge

I made this card for SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge #353. I saw it when I was up during the night Tuesday night and designed it in my head before I went back to sleep. It was fun to actually make it and have it turn out the way I thought it would. I don't usually work that way!

The main image is from Repeat Impressions and is called Winter's Eve. (You can find it on this page.) I stamped it using Memories Soft Silver ink. The sentiment is from Rubber Stampede and is stamped in Night of Navy. It's matted with silver and Night of Navy cardstock and mounted on Dimensionals. The strip down the middle is embossed with a Cuttlebug snowflake border folder and is matted with Night of Navy.

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SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge

I made this card yesterday for SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge #349. 


I started with white daisies and sprayed them with blue glimmer mist. I added the centers, which I cut with glittery yellow cardstock. The sentiment is from Gina K and stamped with Versamagic Night Sky. I embossed the background panel with my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. The matting is Enchanted Evening by Papertrey Ink.


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SplitCoastStampers Free4All Challenge

I made this card last week for the SplitCoastStampers Free4All Challenge.  The challenge was to CASE a stamping friend.


I chose to CASE Harriet's card for SCS Sketch Challenge #336.  Here is her card.  I used a Penny Black Sticker, cut it into two pieces, matted with True Thyme cardstock (from Stampin' Up!) and added the sentiment, which is from Studio G (the dollar bin at Michael's) and stamped with True Thyme ink.


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SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge

I made this card for the SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge #337. 


For this card I used Harriet's Sweet 'N Sassy stamp set called Wildflowers.  I colored the stamp with markers and then spritzed with water before stamping. I added Flower Soft to the centers. The matting is Stampin' Up! Always Artichoke and the patterned paper is from My Minds Eye. The image panel is mounted on Dimensionals. The sentiment is from PTI and is stamped in Always Artichoke.


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Pink Birthday - SCS Sketch Challenge

I made this card last week when I needed some quick cards and was looking through my stickers/rub-ons drawer.  I used last week's SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge.

I came across this "label" from Martha Stewart that I got clearanced a while back at Michael's. The borders were on it, and so was the flower. I just stamped the sentiment - from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics set. I used my Martha Stewart scoring tool to score the lines on the side. The patterned paper is from an older pad from Stampin' up!

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SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge

I made this card yesterday for the Sketch Challenge on SplitCoastStampers.

The embossing was done with two different Sizzix folders. The stamps are from an Impression Obsession set. I sponged some Taken With Teal ink around the edges of the sentiment. The balloon is cut out (even the string), colored with a Copic marker, and mounted on a foam square.

Edited to add:  This is for you, Becky.  The teal piece is embossed with a folder from this set.  The top white piece is embossed with a folder from this set.

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SCS Sketch Challenge - Anniversary

I made this card last week for SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge #291. I made it Clean and Simple and replaced a layer with the sentiment.

My stamps are all from Papertrey Ink's Wishing You set.  I stamped with Stampin' Up!'s Bliss Blue and Old Olive. I think the patterned paper is probably SU! The matting is SU! Bliss Blue. 


We just got back from a trip to Chicago yesterday.  We got to spend a few days with our daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren.  How awesome!  The kids are growing so fast!  And of course, they are just the cutest:)


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SCS Sketch Challenge

   I made this card for Sketch Challenge #278 on SplitCoastStampers last week and I'm finally getting a chance to share it with you! 
   I brayered Fresh Snow ink from Papertrey Ink onto a "Paws" Fiskars texture plate, then used it to emboss my Kraft cardstock. I cut it into fourths for the background. The puppy stamp is from Repeat Impressions ("Play Time Puppy") and is stamped on Kraft and colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I sponged around the edges with white. The sentiment is also from Repeat Impressions, and is stamped with Fresh Snow and again, I sponged the edges.
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Birdhouse Sketch Challenge

   I made this card for Sketch Challenge #277 on SplitCoastStampers.
   The birdhouse stamp is from Repeat Impressions.  I stamped it three times and hand drew the posts.  I colored them with Stampin' Up! markers - Mauve Mist, Bliss Blue, Certainly Celery, Pale Plum and Perfect Plum.  The matting for the layers is the corresponding cardstocks from SU!  The center layer is embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions, also.
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SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge - Baby Girl

This card is for this week's SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge - #275 and also for this week's Flutter By Wednesday, which is to use sparkle and a butterfly. It is for the birth of our new granddaughter. (It also works for the CAS challenge - to only use stamping for the sentiment.)

The papers are from Debbie Mumm's Baby Girl cardstock pad. The solid pink is from Stampin' Up! I think it's Positively Pink. The bottom patterned paper had a little sparkle, but I added Stickles over the existing sparkled spots so they would show more. The sentiment is done with my JustRite Stamper. (In real life, it has her last name on it:) ) I added tiny pearls on each scallop. It is mounted on Pop Dots. The butterflies are punched with a Martha Stewart punch and have pearl bodies and Stickled wings. The larger one is on a Pop Dot piece.

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Lucky Me!!

I linked a card up to Flutter By Wednesday last week, and lo and behold - I won blog candy from Danni!  How lucky can I be?  Here is a link to the post about my winning.  Thanks so much, Danni - and Christy, too!  And here is a link to Christy's Tiddlyink Etsy shop.


This card uses one of the digi images I won.  I colored her with two of my three Copic markers and one SU! marker.  I added Star Dust Stickles to her wings.  (They were still a little wet when I took this picture.)  I cut out and embossed her with a Circle Nestability.  The matting is cut with another Nestability - called Blossom.  The colored/patterned paper is from a Stampin' Up! pad I have.  The sentiment (surprise - not!! ) is from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics.  The sentiment and image are mounted on Pop Dots.  I made this card using SplitCoastStampers Sketch #272.  It also qualifies for the No Time to Stamp blog's Stamp Simply challenge - to add texture to a Clean and Simple card.

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Two Cards - One Sketch

I am sharing two cards today, using the same sketch.  They were both made for this week's SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge (#272).  


There is almost no stamping on this card - only the sentiment, which is from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics and is stamped in Stampin' Up!'s Riding Hood Red ink. The papers are all from Lasting Impressions Summer Love. I cut out the flowers on the circle. The entire circle panel and the sentiment are mounted on Pop Dots.

This second card is done entirely in Very Vanilla and Close to Cocoa. I used four different Cuttlebug folders for the texture. The circles were cut with Nestabilities. The owl stamp is from Michael's and the birthday sentiment is again from PTI's Birthday Basics set. (What did I ever do without that set! LOL!) I sponged around all of the edges.  The sentiment and owl are mounted on Pop Dots.


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A Pink and Green Challenge - with a Sketch Challenge, too

Here is another card for the Sketch Challenge on SplitCoastStampers.  It's also for a couple challenges to use pink and green - the Flourishes challenge and Sharon Johnson's blog challenge.


The stamp is from Northwoods.  I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.  I sponged the edges with Stampin' Up!'s Garden Green.  The image, the sentiment and the bottom layer are matted with SU!'s Garden Green.  The patterned cardstock is from Debbie Mumm's Baby Girl matstack.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics set.  I sponged that, too.


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SCS Sketch Challenge - Just Because

I made this card last night for the Sketch Challenge on SplitCoastStampers.  I realized this morning that I didn't follow the sketch exactly - the sentiment should have been between the layers.  Oh well!  

Super simple.  I stopped in to Michael's yesterday while I was out and picked up this stamp by Studio 18 in the dollar bin.  (It's a wooden one.)  Actually, now that I'm remembering, I think it was only fifty cents!  I colored it with Stampin' Up! markers - Garden Green, Ruby Red and Only Orange.  I "variegated" the sentiment.  The patterned papers are from Die Cuts With a View - Fun in the Sun Summer Matstack and are matted with SU!'s Garden Green.

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SCS Sketch Challenge

This card is for SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge #253. The challenge states you can replace the triangle with another shape, so my shape is "acorn!"

The sentiment is from 2RedBananas' new October/November Journaling Spot. I masked it off and stamped the background with oak leaves from Stampin' Up!'s Lovely As a Tree in Versafine Vintage Sepia. The kraft panel is embossed with a Victoria Cuttlebug folder. The acorns (from the same 2RedBananas set) are paper pieced and mounted on Pop Dots.

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SCS Sketch Challenge in Black and White

This card is for this week's SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge - #250.

The three top layers of patterned papers are all from The Paper Studio Black and White pack. The bottom layer is wheeled with a Forever Flowers wheel from Stampin' Up! All of the printed paper is matted with black. The flowers are sparkly - that is not white speckles on them in the picture - it's actually sparkles. I wish that showed up better in the picture. I got the flowers at Michael's (Prima Fabric Fancy Black Diamond) last week and have been wanting to make a black and white card ever since. I thought the sketch challenge would give me a good start on it. The sentiment is from the SU! set Special Blessings. The three squares and the sentiment are mounted on Pop Dots.

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