Freshly Made Sketches #298, Just for You

Another great sketch this week over at Freshly Made Sketches. This time it's from a friend of mine, she does awesome cards and every week is an inspiration, Linda Callahan.

So, stop on over by CLICKING HERE.  And check out Linda's card and the rest of the team.

I did my rose on vellum.  I love working on vellum, it kind of disappears showing you just the design. I stamped using my Berry Burst, allowed it to dry, (this can take awhile), then flipped it over and used my Blender pen on the back side to finish coloring in.  And that is it.   Easy one today.

My colors are, Whisper White, Powder Pink, Lemon Lime Twist, Smoky Slate, and Basic black.  If I had stamped my rose in archival black, it would have dried much quicker, but you can always hit it with a bit of heat from the heat gun to help it along too.

Here is the sketch:

Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack

$22.00

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Watercolor Words Photopolymer Stamp Set

$26.00

Graceful Garden Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$19.00

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Thinking Of You, Tic Tac Toe #007

I am totally in love with this set in the new Annual catalog, Colorful Seasons. So many things can be done with it, all year long.  I just had to try out the fall leaves.  If you look close you can see that although I die cut them, I only ran it through once and I left all the little pieces in, so you just see where they would have come out.    I tried it both ways, but the leaf was too delicate to stand up to the embossing folder with the pieces out, sure was pretty though.

The card is for the Tic Tac Toe challenge over here.

I did the right side down, diecut, floral, yellow.
Pretty simple card to make, I used the new Layered Leaves folder, ran my hard brayer over the embossing folder on the side I wanted and then run it through the Big Shot.  This is one of the new style 3D folders, they can be a little tricky to run though, so, for my machine, and they are all a little different, I didn't use a bottom clear plate, had one flap out and a clear plate on top. That works well for my machine.

My colors today are: Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Soft Suede and Whisper white. The ribbon I used is now retired, sorry.  I don't buy much in that color, I'm usually more of a pink and blue  kinda person.

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set

$27.00

Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies

$33.00

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Bundle

$54.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

$30.00

Delicate White Doilies

$3.00

Watercolor Paper

$5.00

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A beach scene, and Just Add Ink #369

It's really hot here in AZ, so I've been thinking about the beach for quite a while.  I sure miss being 90min away.    This card makes me feel like I can smell the salt air and feel the cool breezes.  Sigh....

So, when JAI came up with THIS,  challenge, I just had to make an ocean card.

The chair is part of the dies that pair with Colorful Seasons.  Fabulous set, it has stamps and dies for all year round.    The ocean and birds are from High Tide, and the umbrella is from Weather together.

Since I grew up along the CA coastline, I can easily picture the ocean and the seagulls flying over head, even inland quite a way.

So, I used Sahara Sand for my base card, then using Whisper White I started by stamping my ocean, bringing it down far enough so my sand would cover it.  I then used my dobber to fill in the ocean color with Marina Mist.
I then used the land stamp for around the lighthouse in High Tide to add some color in Crumb Cake to my 1 1/2" strip of Sahara Sand, then tore the top and layered that to the bottom of my card.
Next I used a dobber and Peekaboo peach for a line of color just above the water, then did the same with So Saffron, then finished off with Marina Mist.
Added in my chair, and umbrella. I cut the curved handle part off the die cut of the umbrella handle so it could stick right into the sand.    The birds were then stamped in with black.

I really hope you enjoy. Here is the challenge.

 Below please find the products I used. Click on any graphic to be taken to my store.

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set

$27.00

Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies

$33.00

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Bundle

$54.00

High Tide Photopolymer Stamp Set

$26.00

Weather Together Photopolymer Stamp Set

$21.00

Umbrella Weather Framelits Dies

$25.00

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Thanks for being a friend, FMS296

We have a fun little sketch today from FMS, a square one.  It's been a long time since I worked on a square card and this one was so easy.  I recently got my 12x12 incolor paper stack. The designs are awesome, this one being my favorite.  It comes in a stack with all 5 of the new incolors and wow did we get great colors this time.   Normally green is just NOT my favorite color, but I can't keep my hands off this Lemon Lime Twist.

So, here is the sketch, and the link to go and check out the sketch on site and see the fabulous cards the team did this week.

Window Shopping Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$18.00

Lemon Lime Twist 1/4" Ombre Ribbon

$7.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

$30.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

$35.00

Umbrella Weather Framelits Dies

$25.00

Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack

$22.00

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Birthday Delivery, Just Add Ink #366

I have no little ones anymore. My youngest grands have graduated HS this year and the older ones, 2 of whom are married, do not seem to be into having babies. But this set has so many pieces, you can do so much with it. I just thought it would be fun to do the animal march.   The bottom piece here is from the DSP pack.  Surprise tip:  The pieces of DSP have graphics that you can just die cut with the framelits. No coloring involved.   Or of course you can stamp and color your little heart out. I had to fussy but my little squirrel though, isn't he a cutie?

Here is the inside:

The little package is also die cut, but the bunny had to be fussy cut, or the die cut cake would have worked fine.
It's a simple card to make, but a fun one to receive.
So, here is the challenge:

Yup, just add A.  I had a hard time with that, so I used the A for Animals.  My colors are Whisper white and Pacific Point.

Birthday Delivery Photopolymer Stamp Set

$27.00

Birthday Friends Framelits Dies

$31.00

Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper

$11.00

Birthday Delivery Photopolymer Bundle

$62.00

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Thoughts of You, Tic Tac Toe challenge

We have a brand new challenge that started up a bit ago.  It's called Tic Tac Toe, you pick a row to make your card, or you can pick them all.    I combined mine with a new technique thought up by a friend of mine in our Pretty Pals demo group.  She does the most fab watercolor.  You can find the instructions for this on Splitcoast Stampers. I decided to give it a try and used it for this card.

My colors today are: Powder Pink, Blushing Bride, Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White
The little rose in the sentiment is embossed in copper, and I used a small part of the retired doily that was sitting on my desk.  The Glitter dots do not look very glittery here, but trust me they really are. I just could not get the light right for them.

So, go here for the challenge:
and here is todays challenge card:    

If you have questions about my card, I have no way to write you unless you give me contact info. So you would have to come back to comments to see my answer, but I am more then happy to answer any questions.

Here are the products I used today.

May Flowers Framelits Dies

$31.00

Rose Garden Thinlits Dies

$31.00

Happy Birthday Gorgeous Photopolymer Stamp Set

$21.00

Best Birds Photopolymer Stamp Set

$21.00

Glitter Enamel Dots

$7.00

Versamark Pad

$8.50

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

$5.00

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Crafting Friends Forever, FMS294

I don't usually buy sets that are about crafting because I don't have many to send them too, but I do love this one.  It's called Crafting Forever.  It has some good sentiments that are usable too.

To get this look, I stampined my bottom part of this stamp onto one of the Wood texture pieces of DSP, then cut around it, stamped again on my paper, colored in my brushes and put my wood pot over the top of the stamped one. Super simple.
The blotches are from Swirly Birds.  And, although you can't really see the glitter, the dots are the new Glitter dots, really sparkly in person.

My colors today are: Powder Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Lemon Lime Twist and Berry Burst.  And I used watercolor paper for my top piece.

My card today is for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  Click here to take a look.
And here is the challenge:

Crafting Forever Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$20.00

Background Bits Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$13.00

Swirly Bird Photopolymer Stamp Set

$25.00

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

$10.00

Glitter Enamel Dots

$7.00

5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon

$7.00

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