Freshly Made Sketches #746 and NBUS #88

Jen M had a different kind of sketch for us at Freshly Made Sketches and one I was eager to try, especially since I had what I thought was the perfect NBUS to use.

This die is called Confetti Pop and is from Spellbinders Just Add Cake Kit.  The card base was cut to 4.25 by 3.5 which gave the champagne plenty of room to spray, It was covered with a panel embossed with Altenew's Dotty Circles.  The sentiment is from the same card kit. 

My card is also off to Darnell's NBUS where she's hosting a Mutual Appreciation Month with prizes to be had for those who share their cards.  Maybe I should send this card to her for all the time she spends encouraging us to use our NBUS and comment on others who do the same. 

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Just Us GIrls #833 - Stencil Week

Sue is the host for Stencil Week at Just Us Girls. 

I was just playing around with a new set from Pinkfresh Studio and ended up making two cards.

I wanted to try stenciling on colored cardstock so I started easy by using Alabaster from SB, stamping the Blooming Peony in black, and coloring with Buttercream, Rose Quartz, Pinkalicious, Citrus Burst, Frayed Leaf and Forest Glade.  The sentiment is from their Cozy Blooms set.

For the second card, I white heat embossed on SB Windy cardstock and used Wisteria, Hydrangea, Icy Water, Frayed Leaf and Forest Glade inks.  The sentiment from SSS's Just Add Cake is white heat embossed on Windy.

I want to say a special Thank You to Bonnie Klass for being our wonderful guest this month. 

The Design Team and our guest Bonnie have wonderful cards to inspire your stenciling.  We hope to see your card in our gallery.

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Time Out #318 - Inspired By

It's Time for another Time Out Inspired Challenge.

This should be an interesting gallery because there is so much that Mother Nature inspires.

I'm partial to birds but wanted to make a scene so I used this Take Wing set from Penny Black.  It was stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Distress Inks.  The panel was trimmed and added to dark brown cardstock.  The sentiment is a BetterPress.  

This challenge is sponsored by Lawn Fawn who will award our winner a $25 store credit.  They will also be asked to be a guest designer.

Any ideas yet?  We'd love to see you enter a card in the challenge.

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Color Hues #137

Like a few other crafters, the first thing I thought of when I saw the colors at Color Hues was poppies. 

These BAF Poppies are from Altenew, stamped with their Heartbeat and Vineyard Berry inks .  The leaves don't have a fill-in stamp so they're left in black and white.  For the background, I cut PFS Petal Grid and backed it with black.  A sentiment will wait for a later time. 

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The Paper Players #795

I was crazy not to bring summer stamps and dies with me to the lake when that's what a lot of the challenges will be.  I did bring Spellbinders Oh Buoy! so I used that for my card for The Paper Players CAS challenge - Going to the Beach. 

The background is from a Lawn Fawn pack I got to make baby cards but this sheet looked like a foggy sunrise at the beach to me, especially when I added the seagull and sand.  All die cuts are from scraps.  No sentiment at the moment until I know who it's going to and why.

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