The theme at Impression Obsession is Sending Sunshine!
No one needs sunshine more right now than Iowa Farmers ... it's been such a wet winter and spring, the planting is far behind schedule. I used my MISTI to ink the corn stamps with a variety of ink colors.
Then I finished with a Birthday Wishes Die Cut sentiment.
The Mini Challenge at Unity Stamp Company is Independence Day.
Since I needed masculine birthday cards, I stretched the challenge a bit to make a Patriotic Birthday Card. I inked the Unity Candles, Stars & Birthday Wishes with Red & Blue Ink on a white die cut tag.
I added a little bling, some denim ribbon and a wrap of red twine using a sketch from Just Add Ink.
It's also Anything Goes at Retro Rubber ... this stamp is well used from at least 2014 when I made this card.
On Wednesday, I head north to the twin cities and Junkiefest 2019. I spent the morning organizing my supplies for my classes and packing them for transport ... clearly my supplies will be taking-up more room than my clothes. I get to learn water coloring with the talented Effie Cho of the Ton ... and coloring with the queen of coloring Kathy Racoosin. I can't wait to learn more and better ways to make art.
And since a lot of my supplies are packed, I'm having to be a bit creative with my card making this afternoon using supplies that are on my table like a piece of a Gel Press Print that I cut into a tag using Gina K. Designs Decorative Tag dies. I know snowflake paper probably doesn't make sense in June, but it was a scrap on my desk & the perfect color to go with my sticker sentiment.
The layout is this week's CAS(E) this Sketch!
For this morning's SplitcoastStampers Inspiration Challenge at Brick House Fabrics, I was immediately drawn to the orange fabric group ... and then to the seashell designs. I chose this Nautilus Seashell Fabric to inspire my design.
After smooshing ink earlier this week, I decided to try a variation on the technique. I applied three colors of Distress Oxide Ink inspired by the colors of the fabric to my craft sheet and sprayed with Hero Arts Shimmer Mist. I attached my Technique Junkies Nautilus Mosaic to the lid of my MISTI and pushed it into the inky palette and then stamped on Ivory Cardstock repeating multiple times until the entire image was covered with my inky mosaic.
Next I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch with the same three colors of cardstock to design my layout.
I chose a sympathy sentiment from Technique Junkies With Sympathy Set of 5 to finish my design. So much fun to get inky first thing in the morning.
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What better way to celebrate the beginning of Summer (in the US) than by making cards that feature SNOW at Jingle Belles this week … it might mean snowflakes, snowmen, or a snowy scene … just make sure your card features some of that wonderful white stuff.
I love non-traditional color combinations for my holiday cards, so I started with these fun colors from the MFT Color Challenge.
I started by using my MISTI to stamp the entire MFT Snowflakes Splendor stamp set in Be Mine Berry-colored ink all at once. Then I did a second stamping to fill in the rest of my paper.
Next I used the Coordinating Dies to cut out more of the snowflakes for my focal image.
I layered them and topped them with an Eyelet Outlet gem before adding a sentiment from MFT Snow Globe Sentiments.
Another week of blogland finds:
Have a tremendous Thursday!
Click on over to the Technique Junkies Blog to see what I made for the current Fusion Card Challenge.
I've been on a Clean & Simple kick lately ... this one only uses one color of ink (Versafine Clair Monarch).
The Bouquet is Essentials by Ellen Mondo Wildflowers and sentiment is from Essentials by Ellen Lovely by Julie. I should have used a smaller sentiment cover a bit less of the bouquet, but I still love the finished design using this week's CAS(E) this Sketch!
The mini-challenge at the Unity Stamp Company Facebook Page is to do some Ink Smooshing. I haven't smooshed in a long time ... and as always when I rediscover a technique, I wonder why.
I improvised and added some shimmery mist to my Distress Oxide ink before smooshing and it added a lovely all-over-sparkle.
After Smooshing, I stamped the butterfly from love. just love. regardless and the sentiment from {...heartfelt sympathy} in Blue Belle ink. On of those cards that's always good to have made before you need it.
The challenge at The Paper Players is a Clean & Simple Summer Beverage ... and to me, nothing says Summer quite like an iced cold margarita with salt on the rim. Our favorite Mexican restaurant makes them with fresh squeezed orange and lime juice ... so so good with chips & salsa.
I broke out Cathy Zielske's Happy Hour Set with Verdant Green Ink ... because I have so many friends I would love to have a Happy Hour with (my *white* space for my CAS design is Gina K. Designs luscious Jelly Bean Green cardstock).
I pulled in yellow inspired by the beautiful photo at the Inspired by Challenge (Swapping the Lemons for Limes).
and the clean & simple layout is from the TGIF Challenge.
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