Hello Sunshine

Hi there blog friends ~
Today I'm sharing a card I created for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge and the theme is 'Anything Goes'! This week, SSS would like us to use our Hero Arts stamps, dies and stencils and that's what I've done. Here is my card:

I used JJ Bolton/Laura Bassen's technique for die cut stamping (not sure what it's really called), stamped my daisies with the rock n' roll technique, and paired it with Sunshine Flowers Digital Cutting Files with my Silhouette. I added quite a bit of sparkle with my Wink of Stella clear glitter marker, but it's hard to see on screen. Lastly, I added a few of my DIY enamel dots and mounted the white panel on yellow cardstock.

So, that's it for me today...I hope everyone is getting ready to have a really fun weekend!

Barb 

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ATSM CHALLENGE - CAS

Hello there, Blog Friends! It's Team A's turn this week at Addicted to Stamps & More Challenge! Our theme for this week is CAS! Here is my first card:

    

For my card, I used all Simon Says Stamp exclusive stamps and dies. The outline of the tree is die cut with white woodgrain cardstock, and the leaves were colored with Copic markers. In the spirit of the fall season, I stamped the sentiment with Versamark and used Copper Embossing Powder. I also added a touch of Wink of Stella clear glitter marker to the small solid white leaves to make them sparkly.

And, here is my 2nd card:

For this card, I used my new Mama Elephant stamps and dies from the Carnival Cupcakes and Carnival Toppers sets. I colored the cupcake with Copics, and mounted the die cuts on to an embossed panel. A bit of thread and a few sparkly sequins, and that was it! 

Our sponsor for this week's challenge is QKR Stampede and the winner will receive 3 free digi stamps of their choice!

I hope you'll be able to find time to stop by and check out all of the amazing projects my Teamies have created for this challenge and play along!

My first card also qualifies for the current Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge, so I would like to enter it there, as well. Barb Engler is our Hostess for the challenges, and she has come up with some great ideas to get your mojo going! Here is the inspiration photo for this challenge:

This is my 2nd entry, and once again I chose the top left to bottom right diagonal:
- Die Cut
- Autumn
- Glitter

Thanks so much for stopping by...have a wonderful day ~
Barb 

 

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Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge

Hi everyone,
Gosh, it's been almost a week since I've had time to blog, and I wanted to share a card I created for the 2nd Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge!

Here is the inspiration photo:

For my card, I chose the top left to bottom right diagonal:
- Die Cut
- Autumn
- Glitter

I used the negative of the Heart Blooms die cut (which I won from Judy), and blended my Hero Arts Shadow Inks (Pale Tomato, Orange Soda, Butter Bar, Green Hills) on a panel beneath it. My sentiment is stamped in Versamark and Zing Black Glitter Embossing Powder, and the sequins are from an old SSS Card Kit.  

The Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge is so much fun, and runs for 2 weeks (this one will end on Thursday, Oct. 2nd at 9am), and the prize for this challenge is a Simon Says Stamp, $50.00 gift certificate! There's plenty of time between now and then, so I hope you'll consider checking it out! 

Well, that's it for me today. Online Card Class - Copic Markers for Card Makers started today, and as promised, it's fabulous!!! If you're taking the class...see you there!

Have a great week,

Barb

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Follow Your Dreams

Hello there crafty friends! Thanks for stopping by ~
Today, I have a tag and a card. Inspiration for the current challenge at Tag You're It comes from the incredibly talented DT member Karin Akesdotter, who created this gorgeous tag:

 And, here is my take on her tag:

Recently, I bought the MFT Small Brick Wall stencil, so for my tag, I inked Soft Stone cardstock with Hero Arts Soft Granite Shadow Ink to create a subtle background. I also inked water color paper with Peerless Water Colors, which were a gift from my Blog Friend, Betty (thanks, Betty!) for the dragonfly, and added some Wink of Stella clear glitter to give it some shimmer. I added the sprig, a sentiment, and some Doodlebug Twine.

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I created my next card for the new Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge! Barb Engler is our 'Hostess with the Mostest', and she has presented us with a color inspiration:

This is my second entry, and for this card I used my brand new SSS dies. Here is my card:

 

I used all the colors from the inspiration photo, except for grey, which I substituted with silver foil cardstock. I colored each of the presents with Copics (looks a little splotchy on my screen), and die cut the foil cardstock to serve as an outline for the bows. Also, I die cut the sentiment twice and stacked them to add dimension to the card.

So, that's it for me! I hope everyone is having a great week ~

Barb

Supplies:

Tag:

Stamps: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Say it in Style

Ink: Hero Arts - Soft Granite: Versafine - Onyx Black

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Soft Stone

Stencil: MFT - Small Brick Wall

Dies: Pretty Pink Posh - Stitched Duo 1; Clearly Besotted Stamps - Dragonfly

Twine: Doodlebug - Gray

Card:

Dies: Simon Says Stamp - Christmas Blessings, Brilliant Gifts

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - Select White, True Black; DCWV - Foil Cardstock

Sequins: Pretty Pink Posh - Crystal Clear 4mm

Markers: Copic