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So Sorry

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By a stroke of luck I was able to step in as a guest designer for the Clean And Simple (CAS) challenge on Splitcoast. This week’s challenge (cas177) is a color challenge: Navy, Olive, and White.

As I was perusing my stamp index, the new feather set by StampinUp caught my eye – and I thought worked well with the color challenge. My theme was chosen because I needed a card for a friend who recently lost an elderly dog.

I’m not sure peacock feather really says bereavement, but I do think the “feel” of this card works.

When inking the sentiment, I knew the “y” would hang down and you wouldn’t be able to read the rest (and I didn’t want to change the layout or color placement). So I stamped the second part of the sentiment first and masked it off. Then I stamped the So Sorry in full strength and removed the mask. Next, I reinked the So Sorry (actually just the “ry” at the end), but stamped off – and used a stamp positioner to stamp the sentiment again. Finally, I went back over the line between dark and light with a blender pen to help smooth it to a better gradient.

And one final note. The pattern paper I chose has a distinct pattern to it. I trimmed a bit to use on the card, but when I positioned it, the pattern felt to happy. I turned the paper in the opposite direction (hiding more of the “distinct pattern”) and it looked more random and didn’t detract from the card. I will definitely try turning patterns around if things don’t feel right again – just to see…you never know!

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So Sorry
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Fine Feathers, So Sorry;
Colors: Naturals White, Midnight Muse, Old Olive;
Other: Comfort Cafe DSP;

Tiered Patterns

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I’m squeezing in a card just before the deadline for the Paper Smooches Sparks Picture Perfect challenge.

When I saw the picture, I was drawn to the tiered platter and all the different patterns. I used those as my inspiration for my card.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
Stamps: Party Posse, Friendly Flowers, Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches); Background: Houndstooth (PTI);
Colors: Hibiscus, Hawaiian Shores, White (PTI); Black (Memento);
Other: Markers (Copic); red stickles;

Like Totally Awesome

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My brother’s birthday is tomorrow. I’m hoping he sees the humor in receiving a neon 80s card – at least the sentiment is right up his alley.

I had fun creating this card. Well, if you don’t count having it 90% done and then dropping an inked stamp on it and having to start all over again *sigh*. I’ve always been partial to neon colors (maybe from too much Rainbow Brite as a kid, lol).

The card is one layer (yay!) and the sentiments are cut-out and popped-up (that doesn’t count as a layer to me). I honestly have no idea why I did my placement in the bottom corner, but I like it – centering would have ruined it….just wish I knew why!

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Hope Your Day is Kick Ass
Stamps: So 80s (Wplus9);
Colors: White (PTI); Black (Memento); Only Orange, Green Galore, Tempting Turquoise (SU);

Sweet Wishes

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I created this card for the Clean & Simple Fall-to-Layout (ftl196).

I really love the strawberry set and wanted to use it again. Thankfully I think it worked great with this layout. I did add a couple borders to help spiffy it up.

To create the banner, I stamped my sentiment, then used my trimmer to trim most of the top away; I used scissors to trim around the flourishes of the sentiment that went above the top.

I purposefully stamped the strawberries so that I could pop one of them up over the sentiment strip.

As a finishing touch, I used the corner chomper to round the bottom two corners (I used the 1/2″ punch). I don’t use that tool very often, but I do love it because I can cut the front and back at the same time.

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Sweet Birthday Wishes
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Strawberry Patch, Strawberry Patch Sentiments;
Colors: Blueberry, White, New Leaf, Poppy, Kraft, Dark Chocolate;
Other: Strawberry Patch dies, Heart border die, Filigree Border die; Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers);

Pocketful of Wishes

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Today I played along with the Colour Q challenge (CQC 143) – I love the bright happy colors.

I recently purchased this pocket set and wanted to use it. The layout for this just came to me. I like how the pocket and half & half die point to the sentiment.

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Pocketful of Birthday Wishes
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Back Pocket Basics;
Colors: White, Lemon, Enchanted Evening; Basic Grey (SU);
Other: Back Pocket dies, Half & Half dies, Poppy ribbon, Canvas/Linen Impression Plate; Markers (Copic);

Pink Hydrangea

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As always, I need birthday cards. For today’s card I used the CAS-ual Friday challenge – Pretty in Pink (cfc58).

To color the hydrangea, I inked the stamp with Sweet Blush and Chartreuse. Then I went back with Copic markers and darkened up some of the blossoms. I admit when I did the first blossom I thought I had ruined it – but I figured I should finish it up, and once it was done, I liked the result!

I’m not a big pink fan, so I just did the flower in pink – but I felt the yellow card base set off the flower nicely.

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Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Happy Hydrangea; Think Big Favorites #12;
Colors: Lemon Tart, White, Sweet Blush, Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate;
Other: Cane impression plate; markers (Copic);

Celebrate with Sugar

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I haven’t had a lot of time to stamp lately, but there are some challenges that I really enjoy playing so when it was time to do some stamping, I made sure I pulled up those challenges first.

I used the Paper Smooches Cool Shades challenge (PBJ) for my colors, and a Retro Sketch (#16) for the layout.

I recently purchased the Paper Smooches Sugar Rush stamp set and thought it would be perfect for these colors. The layout really lended itself to making a cascade of sugary treats with which to celebrate. You can’t tell in the photo, but all the bits have glitter on them.

This is my first time using the Gina K paper for coloring with Copics. My verdict is still out. There seems to be more streaky marks left (like the paper soaks it up before I can do my next stroke). I do like the weight and the brightness of the paper.

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Celebrate
Stamps: Sugar Rush (Paper Smooches);
Colors: Lavender Moon (PTI); White (Gina K);
Other: markers (Copic); glitter pen (Spica);

Glittered Flowers for Your Birthday

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I bought this flower die recently because I thought I could do some fun ‘negative space’ techniques with it. To create this card, first I die cut the flower from my panel. Then I placed another panel under that and made marks to indicate where the different pieces were (i.e., which opening was stem and which was flower head).

Onto the ‘bottom’ panel, I laid down a covering of double-sided tape (wide Be Creative tape). I used a finger-tip knife to carefully trim the liner paper from part of the tape. Then I sprinkled the pink glitter in the parts that would show through the flower head portion of the die opening. Then I pulled the rest of the liner paper and sprinkled the green glitter.

I was stingy with my glitter, so most of the tape was still exposed – that made it easy to adhere the glittered panel to the back of the die cut panel.

I was quite pleased with how it all finished.

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Birthday Wishes
Stamps: Mega Mixed Messages (PTI);
Colors: White, Hibiscus (PTI);
Other: Glitter (Doodlebug); Wild Blooms die (Memory Box/Poppy Stamps);

Hats off to the Grad

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We had a nephew graduate high school this year. I used the school colors (green, white, and a bit of red) along with their mascot (an apple) to create this card.

The very first Papertrey Ink Make-it-Monday video (mim1) was about creating sentiment collages and it has been on my to-try list ever since. I even pinned a card by Betsy Veldman where she did a collage too. Now, I’m finally trying it myself!

It was fun picking the sentiments – and I could have made many more cards with all the options I came up with. The hardest bit was knowing when to stop with the sentiments – and what color to do them in. In the end, I kept it simple with the amount of sentiments, and kept the red to a minimum because it always gets focus.

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Congrats
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: For the Graduate, Congrats All Ways, All Star Team, Teacher’s Apple, School Time Additions (the year), Ad Sense, Happy Trails (the red swirl under the hat);
Colors: White, Black, Poppy, Chartreuse;

Oh the Places You’ll Go

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The book Oh the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss is one of my favorites. I received it when I graduated high school. I had never read the story before then and I was perplexed by the gift until I read the story – and then I was in tears (because it is nice when someone has such faith in you 🙂 ). My path has certainly taken me places I didn’t think I’d go, but right now – I am very happy.

This card is for my niece who just graduated college.

The final card happened by accident. I had a panel of white onto which I stamped the image so I could color it. When I was done, I thought hey, this looks pretty good all by itself. I like that it really keeps the focus on the verse and sorta makes you think about it.

Any Direction You Choose
Stamps: The Places You’ll Go (Taylored Expressions);
Colors: White (PTI); Black (Memento);
Other: Markers (Copic);