Stamping and Die Cutting

You know I love stamping so for this first card I turned to the Colour Q combination for my inspiration.

 I also turned to a set of Hero Arts stamps, I love this leaf stamp.  I picked out some Distress Stains that I felt fit the color combination.  Each leaf was stamped in a different color by simply inking the feather in each of the colors.  The Distress Stains are so easy to use and give a neat watercolor look.

 I also added matching dots to each leaf.

 

 

 Here is the Colour Q combination. 
(ETA) I am adding the following card to the Moxie Fab challenge to use paper tape.

 I love dies too and I wanted to use this great word "thanks" from Paper Smooches.  I also wanted to use some of the great paper tapes that I have.  I think they are so fun to use and easy too.

At first my thought was to just cut the word out of the white cardstock and then back that paper with black so the negative of the word showed off well.  For some reason I placed the cut out word back into the space it was cut out of and I really liked that look, the black background still gave a neat accent. 

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Some blue here and some blue there

My two cards today show off some great shades of blue.

 First of all, I used the Seize the Sketch and created this card. 

 I just received some neat, new stencils from Clearsnap and I knew this one with small hexagons would work just right with the sketch.  I used a blending sponge and two colors of Clearsnap inks, only adding color to some of the hexagons.  I also gave the finished card front a spritz of some Clearsnap spray ink.  The stamps stamped with black ink are from Paper Smooches, the stamp inked with the soft blue is a stamp from Close to My Heart.

 Here is the Seize the Sketch.

 Next up I wanted to play along with the 10 minute Craft Dash.  This challenge uses three neat colors together.  I didn't actually time my project down to the minutes and seconds but since I basically only needed to repeatedly stamp this great burst stamp from Hero Arts, this really was a fast and easy card.

 The three colors of ink are done with some Clearsnap inks and I added some additional interest with matching Liquid Pearls.

Here is the 10 minute Craft Dash.

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Ready for school

I wanted to share this layout.  The pictures show my grandson's first day of school experience from last year.  These two pages were published in Northridge Publishing's Sketch book.  The sketch I used was actually for just the first page but I went ahead and created a two page layout so I could use more pictures.

 Most of the elements were from a digital kit at Design House Digital.  I thought this kit was so fun with some great papers in it.  The different patterns made it easy to use one of the sketches in the book. The black chevron patterned accents are a stamp from Hero Arts.

 He was so excited and so proud of his new uniform and his adorable backpack. Same for this year with more pictures to scrap.

Here is the book the layout is published in. I love sketches so books like this are always so fun to have on hand for inspiration.

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Sketch Love

I love sketches, but I love, love, love this one!!!! As soon as I saw the examples for this sketch by the DT at CAS(e) this Sketch, I knew it would be so fun to play with.

 I thought of this die from Cheery Lynn Designs.  I could have used just one of the halves after I cut it but I thought why not use both halves.  I still used the sketch as my inspiration, I just added a little more detail. 

 The sentiment is from Avery Elle, I love the font of these sentiments.  Those cute little buttons are from Queen & Co.

Here is the CAS(e) this sketch.
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Gotta love sketches

I finally found some play time and so I went to a few online challenges, always great for inspiration.

 First up, I used the retro sketch for this week.  I coupled that with the Cas-ual Friday "She's Krafty" challenge.  The patterned paper is from Echo Park, I used both sides of the paper.

 I love this little chipboard drinking jar and the card is also decorated with a few tiny flowers from the same set. 

 Here is the retro sketch.

 Here is the Cas-ual Fridays challenge.

 For this card I wanted to use the CAS(e) this sketch.  I thought it was a pretty fun and different sketch. 

 The black, chalkboard looking label is from Stampin' Up.  It is from a set with matching dies. 

Here is the CAS(e) this sketch.
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Can we talk about PINK!

Now pink is not my favorite color, in fact I will most often avoid it but I just have to pull out my pink papers now and then for a project or two. 

 The first great reason to use some variations of pink is the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger.  The photo for that is further down in this post, tell me you don't want a piece of this goodness! It was fun to try for the hombre look for my card.

 All I did was to pick out a nice combination of pink cardstock, cut them in strips to cover my card front and then I punched out these flower shapes in the same colors, adding on buttons of the same colors too.

 The Tuesday Trigger - YUMMMMMM!

 Now since we are talking about the color pink, I also wanted to share this card.  I used was using a stencil and some Stephanie Barnard Clearsnap spray ink.  I had sprayed the pink color to decorate a piece of white cardstock and as usual, the stencil was then covered with ink.  I always hate to waste any of the ink so I turned the stencil over and placed it on another piece of white cardstock.  I think I like this use of the stencil better then the first use!

I finished the card with some Hero Arts stamps. The two flowers and the ring.  Instead of coloring the big flower, I sprayed it slightly with some of the same spray inks.

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The Cute Red Balloon

I so love this adorable little doggie party balloon!!!!

 I wanted to use the Challenge sketch at Avery Elle, so this label with the stamped sentiment in it just seemed like a great fit.  And, of course, I had to use the doggie balloon with it.  I made the patterned strip to go along the side of the card with another stamp from Avery Elle.

 I thought the red and blue color combination was a fun way to use these stamps. After I stamped the balloon and cut it out, I coated portions of it with Glossy Accents for some additional interest.

 Here is the Avery Elle challenge sketch.
And for a couple fun photos....
We all were wondering why the fishes water seemed to be evaporating so quickly!

 We found out why today!!!

We are thinking that our kitty cat figured if she drank all of the water she would eventually get to that fish.

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