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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Color Hues #133

Tracey has a lovely color combination over at Color Hues and it was fun to make a card using her bright colors.

Altenew's Japanese Anemone is easy to color with a stencil and their Enchanted Garden inks for the purple and greens from Spring Bouquet.  Organic Linen for the background embossing and a BetterPress sentiment finish it off. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #737

Jen B has a basic sketch at Freshly Made Sketches which should be easy except when you have limited supplies.  It makes me wish I'd brought other stamps but also makes me think creatively and that's a good thing to keep this old brain working.  

I started with the Double Frames from Penny Black, using the smaller one.  Next I got out the Spring Birds from Honey Bee.  I don't think I've made their version of a Robin before and I had to research because our Robins don't look like this.  It's actually a European Robin.  For more color, I inked the background with Tumbled Glass DI and added a branch from Honey Bee's Spring Greens.  The frame was originally cut in white but that looked washed out so I changed it to this light gold/tan color and popped it up.  

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