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For the strip in this week's CAS(e) this Sketch!, I decided to mask an ivory card base with painter's tape and use two colors of Distress Ink (Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed) with the Boho Medallion Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (you get 10% off your order with my code TJ10Stephanie).
The die cut sentiment is from Happy Birthday Words from Hello Bluebird ... love the two different fonts. This would make a fun card set using different color combinations.
Lots of fun new stamps at Technique Junkies this month ... remember they are 15% off through November 8th and you can stack my discount TJ10Stephanie for another 10% off your entire order (and all Christmas stamps are 20% off - and another 10% with my discount code) ... it's time to go shopping.
One of my favorite stamps of the release is called Decaf Coffee ... it reminds me of my amazing sister. I paper pieced her hat with purple paper since it's my sister's favorite color ... it also reminded me of my awesome hat my sister knitted for me.
I wove some ribbon through some book-punched designer paper and then added a bit of pink pastel for blush on her cheek.
And of course, it's perfect for the Fall/Winter Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop.
When I showed the new Brickwork Background Stamp to my husband, he said it looked like the brick roads in our neighborhood ... after that, I could get the brick road idea out of my head .. but instead of the roads in our neighborhood, I immediately started singing ... Follow the Yellow Brick Road.
For the first one I used three colors of Gold Ink on Gold Paper ... the lighter ink at the bottom sort of faded into the paper, but I decided I liked the effect, so that's where I placed my sentiment from Technique Junkies Wisdom of Oz. I added Glenda's Silver Crown Sticker ... and fun Witch Leg Brads from Eyelet Outlet.
For the next one, I inked the Brickwork Background with shades of darker orange on yellow cardstock ... I found a few hoarded Wizard of Oz stickers in my stash and paired it with my favorite sentiment from the Wisdom of Oz Set (it has 7 sentiments). I finished with a row of black pearls because even the bad witch needs a little bling.
And I couldn't resist doing one more ... this time for Glenda ... and her cardbase and bling are pink ... of course.
And one more Brickwork card in more traditional Brick hues.
The center image is the gorgeous new stamp Winter Bouquet stamped in brown ink on mint green cardstock ... and then I used colored pencils to add some highlights.
I used foam tape on the center of my image, so I could curl-up the edges for a bit of dimension ... I love the cozy texture of the felt ribbon.
Next up is the the wonderful Framed Deer for some masculine cards.
I kept this one clean and simple with just some washi tape and the wonderful big Happy Birthday sentiment from Technique Junkies Floral Framed Sentiments (set of 6 stamps).
And this pudgy little Snowman stamp just makes me smile. Sentiment is Technique Junkies All Is Calm.
I stamped him in navy on white cardstock and then detail cut him out (remember the days when we did that all the time ... I find it to be a bit therapeutic).
I colored his buttons and hat and attached him to some snowy designer paper on some snowy hills cut from white textured cardstock.
Hope you've enjoyed my tour through my favorite stamps from the November release ... make sure you hop along with the other designers to see the whole collection.
The current Mini-Challenge at Unity Stamp Company is this gorgeous Autumn Rainbow Color Palette.
I knew I wanted to ink blend those gorgeous colors, so I chose ...say it big from Unity.
Why yes, I did use some Christmas paper ... what can I say, it was the right shade of green and enough is covered-up, I don't think the recipient will notice ... besides, I like using unexpected papers in my designs.
I wanted to get at least one more card made for STAMPtember ... this time featuring the relatively new-to-me Stamp Market Mini Hellos.
I paired the party hat with a little piece of designer paper that was on my studio table. Next I added Doodlebug Hot Cocoa Mug and smiling Marshmallow. I finished with three rose gold sequins.
I think I still meet the requirements for the Creature Challenge at Addicted to CAS (with my white space being *pink space*).
When I went to get the stamp link for my last card, I discovered that STAMPtember is giving away gift certificates from each of the companies participating, so I decided to make a second card to link-up using the same CAS(e) this Sketch! layout (because as my Grandma always said, you can't win if you don't play).
I pulled out sentiments from Heffy Doodle Everyday Sentiment Duos to pair with another plaid background from Sweet 'n Sassy Texture Tiles 4 (that I decided was too dark of a green for my first card).
For my cake, I inked-up Lawn Fawn Year One.
Also linking-up at All About Occasions at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.
I have so many new products on my studio table, it was a challenge to find room to create ... but I made it work.
I saw the current CAS(E) this Sketch! and knew I wanted to use one of the plaid rectangles from Sweet 'n Sassy's Texture Tiles 4. My original intention was to use a vertical orientation, so I inked the tile in ombre green colors from light to dark.
As I played with different elements from my new product collection, I settled on the new Linked Leaves Die from Paper Smooches and rotated my card to horizontal to make it work.
I die cut it from white cardstock & then a second time from a scrap of Gel Press print on my studio table. I finished with a sentiment from the Memory Box STAMPtember exclusive set from Simon Says Stamp (I love typewriter fonts).
It's also Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp.
I also took some inspiration from the Inspired By Tailgate Party Challenge (colors, plaid & leaves).
The theme at CAS Mix Up Challenge is all about Inchies.
I stamped some of my favorite Inkadinkado Inchie Stamps ... and for my third component, I chose water coloring with Color Burst to create the vibrant blue background strip.
I added a wrap of this wonderful ITO Gima Yarn that I think works perfectly for masculine designs.
I'm also linking up at the Masculine Anything Goes Challenge at Watercooler Wednesday.
The current Mini-Challenge at the Unity Stamp Company Facebook page is to be inspired by this photo:
I went searching through my Unity Stamp Collection and settled on the large floral tag Encompassed Beauty that had never seen ink.
I used some of my gorgeous new watercolory grungy papers from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store (they are awesome and two-sided which I love).
I added a few 3-D butterfly stickers to pull in more of the corally pink at the center of the blooms and finished with a wrap of ribbon and sentiment from 3 Tiered Birthday Itty Bitty Stamp.
Feels good to feel that birthday card stash getting restocked ... especially with masculine designs. This one uses this week's My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge and the Happy Birthday Script Die-Namics from MFT.
Card was made entirely from paper scraps on my studio table (love that).
When I saw this Missouri State Pride poster at the Dormify site this morning for today's SplitcoastStampers Inspiration Challenge, I knew I had to finally ink-up my Iowa Delight Stamps from the Memory Bound Store in Ankeny, Iowa.
I kept the card clean & simple using this week's CAS(e) this Sketch! (where Rock Star Nora is the guest designer) and University of Iowa Hawkeye colors.
The sketch inspired me to add the tiny punched heart near our home.
