FMS321, A birthday card

Wow, it's been 10 days since I've posted on my blog. I do try not to let that long go by, but we have been really busy.  We spent a few days in Quartzsite for a rally of our FMCA group, then my girls all came to visit. Even my Texas girl flew in.    It was soooo nice to spend time with my girls!

So, I've had all these adorable sets here that I haven't had a chance to play with.  Today I'm playing along with Freshly Made Sketches. Such a simple, cute sketch to play with. So many things that can be done. I love sketches like that and I seem to enjoy FMS quite often.

The main set I'm using today is from the new 2018 Occasions catalog, the Petal Palette Bundle. Petal Palette stamps and the Petals and more Dies.   My colors today are: Blushing Bride, Powder Pink, Lemon Lime Twist, black and white.   I also used the scallop die from the Seasonal Layers Dies.

The sentiment is from Happy Wishes and the splotches are from Waterfront.    The ribbon is the new white organza 1/4".

I sponged on the powder pink then used the Blushing Bride to put on splatters, stamped leaves as well as die cutting some.
To check out the challenge and see what everyone else did, especially the team, go here.

Petal Palette Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$35.00

Petals & More Thinlits Dies

$34.00

Petal Palette Clear-Mount Bundle

$62.00

Happy Wishes Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$0.00

Waterfront Photopolymer Stamp Set

$17.00

Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Organza Ribbon

$6.00

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A fun new technique, and Fusion's 4th anniversary

Yes, my 2nd card for the Fusion challenge.  I came across this technique while searching for something else on youtube.  It's from Jennifer McGuire again, I just love her style.  This one uses your dies to stamp with. Actually, you emboss using it.  I had a terrible time with my die moving when I took it off after running it through the Big shot, but that is my fault. All my clear plates are so warped!    It seems like it's the Precision Plate that does it.  I really love my plate, so I've decided that I will order some new plates and just use the old ones only on the Precision plate, it's hard to do much of anything on those warped plates.

This time I think I got both the sketch and the photo in my card.  I love this, but I can see where I sure need some practice.

Here is the challenge.Go here to join in.

I used Tempting Turquoise, Dapper Denim and Whisper White.

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

$10.00

Flourish Thinlits Dies

$29.00

Teeny Tiny Wishes Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$27.00

Versamark Pad

$8.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$5.00

Embossing Buddy

$6.00

Dapper Denim 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Tempting Turquoise 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

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Journey with a friend, FMS#319

What a fun little set this stamp set is! I couldn't wait to get it.  I also got the Brusho in the same order. How fun is this?!  All I did was just sprinkle a tiny bit of the Brusho powder on the paper and spritz with water, done.

I used the watercolor pencils for my coloring. Then very lightly went over them with the Blender pen. For such a small image, the Blender pen gave me more control then the Aqua painter would have.
The sentiment came from the Host set Cozy cottage and I stole a die from my Petal and more die set to cut out the sentiment.

My sketch came from Freshly Made Sketches.

It's hard to believe all the wonderful products that are out for stampers these days. The hard part is just waiting to get your hands on them.   Click Here to check out the challenge.

Flying Home Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$18.00

Cozy Cottage Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$12.00

Brusho Crystal Colour

$30.00

Glitter & Clear Epoxy Shapes

$7.00

Watercolor Pencils

$16.00

Petal Passion Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Petals & More Thinlits Dies

$34.00

Berry Burst 1/2" Finely Woven Ribbon

$7.00

Blender Pens

$12.00

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Be Creative, #TGIF141

I haven't played with this must have set for a long time. A lot of my stamp sets were put aside for the Christmas season. I'm pretty much focused on Christmas cards from the time the new Holiday catalog comes out, in order to get enough done for sending.  I think next year, I'll make 2 of each one when I do them and get done that much faster, I'll get them sent earlier and have more time to do other cards and projects.

This one is going out to my friend who's husband is on hospice. It's been a long time and as much as she wants to get in her stamp room, she isn't taking care of herself.  I worry about her as she needs to take her mind off everything for a bit each day so she doesn't feel so overwhelmed.

Here are the challenge colors:

For my background I used Fresh Florals DSP. It comes in the new incolors and the designs are gorgeous.
I cut it slightly smaller then my card base, then layered white on the center to place my design on.
I first used my Aqua brush to pick up color from my ink pad.  Just squeeze the top down to put some color on it from the pad, then you can use as much water from the Aqua brush as you need to get the light/dark that you want.  I got my brush very wet and tapped it on my finger to have the drops splatter.

Then I painted and fussy cut the pot and brushes, added them on with dimentionals and added my sentiment. Before I glued down the last white piece I added the Fresh Fig ribbon, and topped it off with pearls.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack

$22.00

Crafting Forever Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$20.00

Fresh Fig 1/8" Sheer Ribbon

$6.00

Pearl Basic Jewels

$5.00

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Charming cafe and TTT#029

Starting out 2018 with a Tic Tac Toe challenge. Here is the board.

I choose the top across and middle row down. I have found a really enjoy creating scenes. And Stampin Up has so many cute sets now for doing that.   Does this one remind you of a little french cafe?  I thought the crackle paper for the building worked out very well subtle, but neat.

I used my Watercolor pencils for this one, and instead of the Aqua brush, I used my blender pen to even it all out.

Colors are Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay, Espresso and black.
The set is called Charming Cafe, and has a set of dies to match.  I used those to cut my table set out and my plants, but there isn't one for the window. I had to fussy cut that. Pretty easy cut though.

Watercolor Pencils

$16.00

Charming Café Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$20.00

Café Builder Framelits Dies

$28.00

Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack

$10.00

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New Occasions and SAB catalog, come get your free stuff

Check out the video of the all new Occasions catalog for 2018. And don't forget about the free items from the SAB brochure as well. Spend at least $50 and start getting free stuff.

So, now I have this cute little card.  Unfortunately I hit a knot in the wood (LOL) when I stamped my sentiment. I'm going to fix it, but meanwhile, it's still a cute little card. I'll post when I fix it too.

My little kitty on the chair is from Mediterranean Moments in the Annual catalog, but the sentiment and little bird ( isn't he just so cute?) are from Friendships Sweetest Thoughts in the new Occasions catalog. The images from that set are so adorable as well.
I used Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler, and painted with Blends.

In addition to everything else you get for placing an order from Jan 3rd to Mar 31, you will get extra goodies.  Freebies for each $50 or $100 order depending on what you select for your free things.  $150 order will get you 2 or 3 items depending, plus your $15 host credit for anything you want.

Place a $250 order and get all those SAB free items, your host credit plus an additonal $25 to spend.
This is sure the best time of year to order, you come away with so much!

Thanks for stopping.  Happy shopping.

Mediterranean Moments Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$20.00

Friendship's Sweetest Thoughts Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$19.00

Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$10.00

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