Addicted to Stamps and More #322

This is the Make Your Mark challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More where you use paint, pencil, ink and even crayons if you want on your card. For my card I used Inktense pencils.

I love this Mondo Holly from EbyE.  All it needed  was a simple sentiment from Penny Black.

This will be my last post for Addicted to Stamps and More.  I have decided to step down from the Design Team but I want to thank Kylie for having me for the past three years.

Thanks to all of you for your wonderful entries into our gallery and for the kindly comments you've left on my blog.  I hope to see you in this gallery too so get busy making your mark.

Addicted to Stamps and More #320

I knew right away what I was going to do for this photo challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.  I was inspired by this card from Judy.

The TH Wildflowers were cut from watercolor paper and colored with Distress Inks.  I used Press 'n Seal to hold them all together once I had them where I wanted them, turned it over to apply the glue before putting them back in place.  I put them on an embossed background that was in my WTDWT drawer.

There is lots to inspire you in the photo.  We hope to see your card in the gallery.

Addicted to Stamps and More #318

The holiday challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More is a good way to begin or add to your Christmas card stash.  That's what I did.  Add to I mean.

When I was at My Favorite Things for the KathyRac road trip in September, they gave us the new Christmas kit.  I made my shaker card from it, using my own glitter paper for the letters.  One mistake.  I should have curved the ornament topper to fit the shaker form but I couldn't remove it once I noticed how bad it looked.  Live and learn.

I hope to see your holiday card in the gallery.

Addicted to Stamps and More #312

It's time for the Make Your Mark challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.  This is where you use pencils, Zigs, brushes, chalk, anything that makes a mark on your card.  I used Zigs on mine.

I love this little turtle from Gerda Steiner (well I love the little snail too) and thought he'd make a great get well card.  There's a little irony in the sentiment but inside it says "If you want to get well fast you have to take it slow." 

The design team is waiting for you to take a look at their cards and be inspired to make one for our gallery. 

Addicted to Stamps and More #310

There's lots of wonderful color in the photo inspiration for this challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.  I make a lot of floral cards so I was drawn to the picture in the upper right.

I love the dark, rich wall color and pulled out some old Core-dinations paper for my background and scored along the edge.  My NBUS Altenew Cattleya is stamped in shades of orange and the sentiment from HA is stamped on a banner from N&T. 

How will you be inspired by the photo? 

Addicted to Stamps and More #308

This challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More is for a holiday card - any holiday.  Most people will probably chose Christmas so they can get a head start on the number of cards they need but I chose to go with Halloween instead.  I do send Halloween cards to my grandchildren and they are fun to make.

For this card I was inspired by one that Kelly Griglione made here.  She used Brutus Monroe Color Bursts for her background and I have Brushos but you can get similar results.

I sprinkled my powders on Mixed Media paper and sprayed them, adding more powder in different colors until I was satisfied.  Then I took a stencil from CPD, added black powder and misted.  Okay, I sprayed. Maybe a little too much water here but I still like it.  To top it off I splattered some Inka- Gold. The sentiment, spider and web are all from W&W and heat embossed.

There are many holidays represented by the Design Team cards.  Why not check them out for inspiration and then enter a card in our gallery.

Addicted to Stamps and More #304

Clean and simple is the way to go for this challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.  I find that it's the way I go most of the time. 

This darling kitty from Gerda Steiner is one I colored with Zigs during the 30 day challenge.  I cut the PTI Polaroid frame from polka dots, changed the ribbon color to match and added the sentiment from the same set.

Check out what the Design Team has done and then make a card to enter the gallery.  We'd love to see you there.

Addicted to Stamps and More #300

Well Happy Birthday! to Addicted to Stamps and More, and may the run continue.  That's right people.  It's the 300th challenge and 6th birthday of this wonderful challenge.

Link up a birthday card and you have a chance for a prize from Happy Little Stampers.  Here's my card.

I pulled out my rarely used Winnie and Walter stamps to make a party card.  Lots of streamers and ribbons and confetti.  The white was cut with a die from Frantic Stamper and popped up with fun foam.  The yellow on the bottom is new to me from Gina K and is really more like the yellow in the streamers.  I stamped it with a sentiment from Happy Little Stampers.  

Now it's up to you.  Check out the wonderful cards from the Design Team and then make one of your own.  We'd love to see you in the gallery.

Addicted to Stamps and More #295

This is the photo inspiration for our challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.  I knew just what stamp set I was going to use but it took a while to decide how to lay out my card. 

After I had everything colored with Zigs and the SSS succulents planted, I played around with how to arrange the pots on my card.  PPP to the rescue.  I layered the film strip die three times and glued the pots in.  The vertical birthday die is also layered.

The Design Team has some wonderful cards based on the photo for you to see as inspiration for your own card.  We'd love to see yours in our gallery.

Addicted to Stamps and More #293

That's right.  It's the holiday challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More and it can be for any holiday.  I chose Thanksgiving.

I had this gingham background in my WTDWT drawer and thought I'd add a few patterned pumpkins.  To give it a more country look I put the sentiment on a tag and tied it with hemp.

Head on over to the blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has created.  We hope to inspire you to make a holiday card and enter it in the gallery.

Addicted to Stamps and More #289

It's time for the CAS challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.  Remember your card has to be clean and simple, lots of white(blank) space and few if any embellishments.  Here's my card.

The flower is one I stamped at Michele's a while ago and just colored it with Zigs.  The sentiment is from Verve. 

The Design Team has some fabulous cards to inspire you at Addicted to Stamps and More.  Take a look and then make a card to enter in the gallery.  We'd love to see you there.

Addicted to Stamps and More #285

Addicted to Stamps and More 

has a beautiful mood board for your inspiration.

I was fascinated by the cake and it inspired this.

The Concord & 9th image was colored with Zigs and then the panel mounted on some light blue cs.

There is a lot  to be inspired by in the photo but if you need more you can always visit the blog and see what the members of the Design Team made.  With all that inspiration we hope you make a card and enter it in the gallery.

Addicted to Stamps and More #277 - Make Your Mark

It's time to get out your pencils, Copics, paint brushes or anything else you have to make a mark on your card for the Addicted to Stamps and More challenge.  The design team has plenty of inspiration for you.  Here's mine.

A blog friend was purging her craft room and selling some of her stamps and dies.  I bought a box sight unseen and inside was this darling doodle-y flower set from PS.  I love the look of coloring on kraft so I pulled out my Inktense pencils and went to work, embossing after the coloring was done.  This came about with my MISTI and a little hint from Yana Smakula.  Now I must say MISTI isn't always my best friend, like when I restamped the sentiment (because I forgot to use my anti-static tool) and it was off ever so slightly.  Grrrr.  Fortunately in that same box came the little die that was perfect for covering up the initial  stamping.  If I hadn't told you, you would have thought I planned it that way but I like hearing about how to "save" a card. Don't you?

I hope to see your card in the ATSM gallery.

Addicted to Stamps and More #273

The first challenge of the year for Addicted to Stamps and More is a Holiday Challenge.

I didn't want to do another Christmas card and I ran out of time to finish a Valentine I was working on, so here's a card I made last year that I never posted.  I thought it would be great for this challenge.

I have two friends whose birthdays are October 31.  I made this for one of them using PTI's jar filler stamps.  The sentiment was computer generated.

It's time for you to check out what the rest of the design team has done for your inspiration.  You can use any holiday to spark your imagination.

We hope to see your card in the gallery.

Addicted to Stamps and More #267

It's the Make Your Mark challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More which means you need to use pencils, markers, paint brushes, anything that makes a mark, not just stamping. 

I used Inktense pencils on a stamp from PB that Michele let me borrow when she was here.  I added Glossy Accents to the bulbs and a sentiment from CF, then placed the panel on some DSP.

What do you use to make a mark?  We'd love to see your creation in our gallery.  For more inspiration, check out what the Design Team has created.  They'll give you some great ideas.

Addicted to Stamps and More #257

That's right.  It's time for the Make Your Mark challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.  Remember you need to use pencils, markers, or paint brushes to 'make your mark' not just stamping. I chose to use brushes to watercolor the flowers on my card.

The Altenew flowers were inspired by some that I have in my garden.  They were colored with Zigs and placed on an embossed quilt background.

For more inspiration for your card, check the ones the Design Team have made over on the blog.  We'd love to see you in the gallery.

Addicted to Stamps #247

It's Make Your Mark week at Addicted to Stamps and More.  This is an easy one because you can make a card using markers, pencils, Zigs, watercolor. Anything that makes a mark.  For my card I used Inktense Pencils because I haven't used them in a while.

This was in my UFO file, stamped but not colored.  The Asters are from PB. I did a Distress Ink wash around them and splattered.  I'm not sure that was the best thing to do but it's done. I brought some of the color to the left side with strips of cardstock.


Now it's your turn.  Head on over to Addicted to Stamps and More for inspiration from the Design Team and then make your mark on a card to enter in the gallery.  ATSM is celebrating its 5th birthday so Kylie and Happy Little Stampers are awarding the winner of this challenge a $40 gift certificate to the HLS shop.