Inkspirational #362

They had me at plaid.  The challenge at Inkspirational is stencil - with the option of plaid and I went with the option.

I really thought I had more plaid stencils but I only found this Buffalo plaid by Echo Park in my stencil file.  I thought it would make a great Sweater Vest using the dies from Sunny Studio with the same name.  It was stenciled with Rusty Hinge Distress Ink on PTI Fine Linen cardstock.  For the sentiment I thought a small 'emblem' on the shoulder would be the best way to go.  It's from PTI, gold embossed on a scrap of rust.  The card base was cut with the same die so it's a shaped card.

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Jingle Belles - Fa la la la la

Since I recently used my Snow Notes in another challenge, I knew I had to use my Penny Black Sing Joy for the challenge at Jingle Belles.  

I used only one of the cute choristers in the set, coloring her with Altenew artist markers.  The background is Simon Hurley's Piano Recital, stamped in VersaMark on EH Slate Gray for a tone on tone look.  The small white panel was die cut with the letters from the set (adding in the centers of the As) then embossed with an old, old Darice Snowflake folder.  She was so much fun to color I need to stamp the other two and color them.

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Freshly Made Sketches #726

I have another Spellbinder's sale item for my card for Freshly Made Sketches.  It seems I can't resist a sale but I end up with some really great products and as long as I use them I feel good about it. 

I got the Push Pin Notes because I thought it would work well with "Just a Note" sentiments and then couldn't find a single one in my stash.  Well I did find one after the fact but it was too big anyway.  The patterned paper is ancient from PTI and I made the note to match the blue lines.  What better place to pin a note than a cork board so I pulled out some that I have had for quite a while and used it for the other half of the panel.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee. 

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Seize the Birthday #321 and NBUS #84

When Spellbinders had a sale a while ago I purchased their Perched Birds.  I thought they would be great for the challenge at Seize the Birthday - Anything with Wings. 

I started with a trimmed panel, an MFT cloud stencil and Speckled Egg DI for the background.  All the bits and pieces were cut from scraps.  Then it was the sentiment dilemma.  I found this one on the Gerda Steiner Owl set.  I think it fits. 

This is the first outing for this die set so I'm sending it to Darnell's NBUS challenge, too.

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