Freshly Made Sketches #663

The best laid plans of card makers can turn mid-crafting and that's what happened with my card for Freshly Made Sketches.  

When I got the Heaven's Gift stamp from Penny Black my idea was to emboss in gold and watercolor the image.  Instead I stamped in black, clear heat embossed and colored with Zigs.  This one was rather dark so I make a second version, since two images fit on one card panel.

I used almost the same color Zigs but washed them lightly over the image.  The sentiment is from the set and the background strips are from a Honey Bee paper pack.  I took a little creative license with the sketch.  You'll have to go to Freshly Made Sketches to see which one I entered in their gallery.

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Just Us GIrls #754 - Mood Board Week

As it gets closer to Christmas, Carol Mc has chosen a great mood board to inspire your cards at Just Us Girls.

Here's a close-up view of a lot of things to choose from for your card. 

I was inspired by the lantern on the lower left.

The lantern is from PTI and the main image was embossed in Weathered Gold and then the detail stamped in black and heat embossed in clear.  The greens are from a TH die that were cut from white and colored with artist markers so I could have red berries that were covered with Glossy Accents.  I also glossed the candle from the set.  The bow is also from PTI, colored with markers, and the background was cut first with The Greetery Crimped Frame and then embossed with the SU Timeworn Type.  

What part of the mood board did the Design Team and our guest Jenn choose?  Take a look and get some inspiration of your own.  We'd love to see what you make.

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Time Out #277 - Inspired by Words

It's time for another Time Out Challenge and this time you are to be inspired by words.  "There truly is not an occasion that is not improved by wearing something festive. " Emma Straub 

I think we all enjoy putting on a little bling now and then, or maybe even an ugly sweater.  Whatever you like, transfer that into a card for the challenge.  For inspiration, check out the Design Team. 

How festive is this little lady with her ornament decorated antlers and glittery sweater?!  I knew right away she would be the star of my card.  I colored her with Altenew artist markers, adding Glossy Accents to the ornaments and Sparkling Snow heat embossing on the collar and cuffs.  The sentiment is from C9.  

Top Flight Stamps is our sponsor and the winner of the challenge will get a $25 credit to their store.

We'd love to see your card in our gallery.

Edited to Add:  I just saw The Paper Players challenge and this card fits there perfectly.  

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Color Hues #99

Today's post is for the Color Hues challenge and Marcia's pick of pink and aqua.  Congratulations to my friend Bonnie who is their newest design team member.  

I got the Waffle Flower Winter Fun set last year and colored up a few of the images with my Altenew artist markers.  The little girl in pink inspired me to use the set for the challenge.  All I had to do was stamp another skater to color in aqua.  For the river I used the Mountains stencil from PFS with Salvaged Patina DOX ink then masked it off and used what was left on my pink brush to make the sky.  For interest I put them inside of Penny Black's Classy Frames, stacking the outside 3 times.  The sentiment is from Stampendous.  Now I just need to make another card with the rest of the already colored images.

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The Flower Challenge #97 - Reminder

There is still time for you to make a card for The Flower Challenge.  This month we want you to make a thanks card.

I have another Clean and Simple one for you.  This card features one of the images from Altenew's Hello Beautiful, stenciled with Altenew inks, and a sentiment from the set.

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