Freshly Made Sketches #736

I really need more masculine cards so I went in that direction for my card at Freshly Made Sketches.

I started with Tie-Dye paper from Honey Bee and cut it with Hero Arts hexagons.  The background and Dark Teal cardstock are cut with Starshine from Spellbinders.  The sentiment is from Better Press.

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Just Us Girls #823 - Word Week

The Word of the Week at Just Us Girls as chosen by our host Lisa is

Perfect word in my opinion considering all the flower stamps and dies I have.  I went with a die this time.

Honey Bee's Vintage Roses.  I started with colored cardstock - C9 Pistachio and PTI lemon tart - shading them with Bundled Sage DI and Altenew Citrus Burst and Butternut.  Bundled Sage was inked in the background.  The gold heat embossed sentiment is from Waffle Flower's Bouquet Builder.  

I expect to see a large gallery this week since I'm sure you all have flower dies and stamps to use.  The Design Team and our guest Kerry have wonderful cards to inspire you if you need it.

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Time Out #313 -

It's a theme challenge at Time Out and here it is.

There are so many ways to go with this theme so have fun with it. For inspiration, please check out what the Design Team and our guest designer Cindy have made. 

I must admit I don't have much in the way of music stamps or dies.  Then while checking the guide on my TV, an idea hit me and this is the result.

There are a number of channels called Music Choice where you can play almost any genre you want so I made a television from an MFT's Stay Tuned using black glossy cardstock and some patterned paper from my stash.  The Allegro embossing folder is from Cuttlebug so you know how old that one is.  The notes are from Penny Black's Sing Joy, the sentiment is from Altenew's Winter Cardinal and the MC from their Calligraphy Alpha.  

The sponsor for this challenge is Gina K Designs and the winner will get a $25 store credit so get making those cards.  

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The Paper Players #785

I had just made a card for my Design Team later this year when I saw it was perfect for The Paper Players color challenge so I'm entering it there and making another one for the team. 

The Dazzling Dahlia from Altenew was already stenciled in the package.  I stenciled  the leaf and hummingbird and added it with a sentiment from BetterPress Birthday Wishes to a background made with Tiny Square Texture coverplate from Waffle Flower. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #735

Kim's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches was a doozy but I pulled out an older stamp and die set to make a card.  The sketch is square but I don't usually do square cards and this set works in an A2 format.  

PTI's Happy Harlequin stamp set and coverplate has been in my stash for fourteen years.  I've learned a thing or two since then to make the stamping easier.  First I embossed the coverplate onto white cardstock.  Then I cut a panel and used it as a template to align the stamps on the die cut pieces using shades of gray and brown from Altenew to make this a masculine card.  Once stamped, the harlequins were arranged and glued onto the embossed background.  The sentiment is from Spellbinder's Just Add Cake.  I had a few leftover pieces so plan to make another card like this. 

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