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When I saw this week's CAS(e) this Sketch! I immediately thought of my Alexandra Renke Rectangle Frames.
I cut the frame from a lovely piece of Alexandra's floral paper and then used a variety of shades of maroon and pink to die cut a bouquet of flowers using 4 different groups of Alexandra's dies ... I just love the long thin stems.
I left some unattached toward the top of the die cut to give my bouquet a little dimension. Sentiment is from Alexandra Renke Place in Brackets.
The November Challenge at Unity Stamp Company is Paint it Up. I wanted to use some of my Acrylic Paint Gel Press Prints to make a card together with stamps from love. just love. regardless from Unity.
I kept this one simple so the Gel Press prints could shine. I added some blue bling and a green frame to make my image pop.
I broke out my new IncrediBall Canning Jar Set from Technique Junkies for this week's Inspired by Jars Challenge. I stamped it on blue cardstock and detail cut the jar. Remember you can use my discount code TJ10 Stephanie for 10% off your entire order at the Technique Junkies store (and you can stack it on top of other discounted items).
Burlap reminded me of the sisal textured mat in the picture and I added a wrap of burlap cord and a ivory & white burlap flower inspired by the cotton.
Lauren and I have spent the weekend Gel Printing pretty much anything we could get our hands on. I thought one of my prints would be perfectg for the Make Your Own Background Challenge at the AllSorts Challenge Blog. I made this background from a single pull using a 5x7 Gelli Plate (sometimes you get lucky like that).
The background was made with the cool Texture Plate from Carabelle Studios called Jamboree.
I put a tag together for the TGIF Project Challenge - Make a Tag and added it to my card using the Sketch from Try Stampin' - or Not - on Tuesday.
I did some *shopping* in Lauren's stash and found some stickers to create my tag (always fun to look through someone else's studio) ... and a quick card was done. Simple Ordinary Moments pretty much summed up the joy of being able to craft in person with your crafty besty.
When I saw the Library Card Challenge was Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, I knew I had to break out my Expecto Stamp Set from The Ink Road.
I used this week's (CAS)e This Sketch! for my layout with Rust Ink on speckled kraft cardstock from Crafter's Companion.
One of the World Card Making Day Challenges at Pinkfresh Studio is to create a card using your favorite technique. One of my favorite techniques is being able to stamp an image ... then coloring, spraying and/or painting the image ... and then being able to stamp it several more times using my MISTI to bring the details of the image back to life.
I combined that technique with some messy water coloring with shimmery watercolors using the Pinkfresh Floral Cluster.
After I die cut the image, I decided I wanted to add more marker highlights, so I was able to place my die cut piece back into the opening in the watercolor paper and stamp it a few more times with my MISTI to return the clear crisp lines.
Sentiment is from Pinkfresh My Favorite Things to Say (an awesome huge sentiment set).
I love stamping and ink, but sometimes I just like to play with pretty papers. This is the Indigo & Ivy Collection from Pink Paislee.
I added a bunch of sticker sentiments to the library card, and some clear gems. This will be going across the miles to encourage someone battling cancer .. have you encouraged someone today?
This month's Poppy Stamps Challenge is Anything Goes ... perfect for my Poppy Stamps Heart Confetti Collage Die.
Since Poppy Stamps is the sponsor of the TIME OUT Challenge, I used the Home Sweet Home Photo as my inspiration ... I love the pop of bright green with all the black and white.
I used some Green polka dot designer paper and attached my Heart Die with foam tape for dimension, before attaching to a white card base.
I used a sentiment from the Memory Box Big and Little Words Set and finished with a sprinkling of lime green gems.
The theme at the CAS on Friday Challenge is Die Cut Words ... the perfect opportunity to pull out one of my favorite Word Dies (discontinued Die-Versions).
I love using it with scraps of Gel Press prints on my craft table ... and then find a background color that makes it pop.
A card you should always have in your stash ... because when someone Rocks! you need to let them know.
I'm also joining the Anything Goes with Dies Challenge at Happy Little Stampers.
Growing-up, we had a huge Maple Tree in our back yard with a tire swing. I would spend hours looking at all of the different color variations when the leaves starting turning in the fall.
Our City was the home of the annual Maple Leaf Festival every October, so needless to say, I had the chance to examine lots of Maple Leaves throughout my life. They are my favorite leaf in the fall, because they turn the entire range of colors depending on the tree and the weather conditions (I once wrote a paper for my college technical writing class on how leaves change color).
The current challenge theme at Impression Obsession is Falling Leaves.
As I searched through my stamped, I found this gorgeous Never-Been-Inked Layering Maple Leaf Set by Dina Kowal ... for my card is used the solid and the two bottom layers in Pineapple, Orange Blossom & Vermillion inks.
I started with my paper bag light kraft paper on my table and used my MISTI to layer the leaves.
I wanted to use some of my new goodies from my recent Impression Obsession win, so I die cut the Plaid Tag from a Sunflower designer paper and coordinating gold cardstock.
Next I stamped three sentiments from my new There For You Set (isn't that a great set of sentiments) using the same three colors of inks from my leaf layering and attached them using foam tape for dimension.
This card will be going across the miles to my new Chemo Angel Patient ... I'm so grateful to be able to make cards that hopefully brighten a day and provide encouragement during a challenging time.
I'm also joining the Autumn Challenge at Fusion Card Challenge with a loose variation of the sketch and all of those falling leaves.
Nature is also the theme at the Dies R Us Challenge.
