Freshly Made Sketches #738

Cecile usually has simple yet interesting sketches at Freshly Made Sketches but this week's took a while for me to wrap my head around.

I used Garden Party from Spellbinder's Just Add Cake kit. It comes with the shaker domes so I had to make a shaker card, cutting the large flower from yellow and using a variety of bits in it,   Distress Mustard Seed was spread down the center before adding the flowers.  I thought the stems could represent the lines in the sketch.  I hope the team thinks so too.  This will have to be hand delivered and I know just the person.  

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Inkspirational #368 and Krafty Chicks #822

I had been waiting for a good golf set and Taylored Expression's new release featured just what I was looking for in Par for the Course.  Inkspirational and Krafty Chicks are both looking for masculine cards so I'm sending my card to their challenges. 

This is a die and stencil set that makes a golf course.   After stenciling the card base with the greens, water and sand traps with Altenew inks, I die cut the fairways in dark green, embossed it with Tasteful Textiles from SU and laid it over the top before adding the trees and flags.  The sentiment was printed on the computer. I also got the golf cart, bag and club sets so you'll be seeing those one day.   

I was so excited to post this card that I totally forgot to add it to Darnell's NBUS challenge, a place where all Never Before Used Stuff is welcomed. 

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Just Us Girls #825 - Stencil Week

It's Stencil Week at Just Us Girls with our host Denise. 

I saw a card by Stephanie Lanzalotto using Altenew's Tranquility Rose and it inspired me to get mine out for this challenge. 

The inks I used are Gina K's Carnation trio and Altenew's Buttercream, Warm Sunshine, Firefly and Grass Fields.  After die cutting, I arranged them on a background embossed with SSS Dancing Starlets.  A sentiment will come later - maybe. 

There are many ways to use a stencil on your card.  I hope you'll choose one and join the Design Team and our guest Kerry in the challenge. 

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Time Out #314

It's an Inspired by Challenge at Time Out.

That's right.  Make a card using your favorite beverage.  Or any beverage that you have stamps/dies for.  I got a little inventive with mine.

I actually mostly drink water but a good old Arnold Palmer quenches the thirst once in a while so I thought it would be fun to go with that beverage and make it into an anniversary card.  The glasses and ice cubes are from Your Next Stamp's Cup of Cheer and the lemons from Newton's Nook Cocktail Mixer.  They were stamped on Bristol and colored with Zigs.  I added the math signs by hand.  The sentiment was computer generated and the panel cut with a SSS Stitched Rectangle before adding to some patterned paper from my stash. 

The winner of this challenge will receive a beverage bag made and donated by team member Carol McFarland.

We are joined for this challenge by the talented Joanne James, winner of challenge #309.  Check out what she and the rest of the design team made for inspiration.

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The Paper Players #787

For Leanne's sketch at The Paper Players I pulled out my new pastel Ohuhu markers.  I saw Gina K talking about their markers and I've always wanted some lighter colored ones so I took advantage of their sale.  They worked great coloring the image for my card.

It's an oldie from MFT called Pawty Time.  Before I colored I had to find some patterned paper so I could coordinate everything.  This polka dot from Simple Stories has been in my stash for 14 years and is one of the few packs I brought with me.  The gift was colored in the reverse and I added the sentiment from the same set.  It's not in the same place as the sketch but was the only way it would fit without covering the image.  This turned out so well that I will be coloring the rest of the images in the set for more birthday cards for the littles in our family.  

ETA:  At the urging of several on The Paper Player team, I'm adding my card to Just Add Ink. 

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