Retro Sketch #124

The Retro Sketch #124 was perfect for today's Inspired By Stamping release; Flower of the Month; Water Lilly

Inspired By Stamping is also including a freebie set.  With $50 worth of purchases, you get this set FREE!

Chevrons

PLEASE NOTE: There is a HUGE PRIZE for the IBS July Release!! The winning [all week] commenter will win the ENTIRE JULY RELEASE!! You have until Friday at midnight to comment.  Joanna will post the winner on Monday, July 28, 2014 on the Inspired By Stamping Blog.

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Had to Play!

When I saw the fabulous color challenge from The Card Concept #15 I had to join in! These colors very simply put, are ME!  Mix these with the super fun sketch from Freshly Made Sketch #14 and you end up with this.....

I used STAMPlorations Boxed Blooms.  I love the thanks that looks 3D, but it's not.  I went with the clean and simple style this week.  Totally love this card :).

I hope you find some crafty time!

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Dazzling Divas #35 - Pink & Pearl

Dazzling Divas is at it again with a fun color challenge this week; Pink & Pearl [off white].

 I used the oh so pretty, Pucker Me Pink Craft Sheet Metal, and the background panel I used Precious Pearl Craft Metal Sheet with a Tim Holtz embossing folder. 

See the gold?  I used one of the tools DD carries, Inka Gold.  It's a metal gloss paint!  Very awesome stuff!  You can see a video here on how it works.

Here is the inspiration photo for this week's challenge:

Now remember, if you are interesting in buying any of the products, you can order HERE.  [I get credit :)]  Meanwhile, pop on over to the Dazzling Divas #35 Challenge, check out the other Designer's awesome samples, and then play along!  You don't need to use metal sheets, but you get entered twice for the prize if you do.

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The Male Room #15 - Geometric

It's The Male Room Challenge, and this week is Geometric.

I used the Inspired By Stamping set [today's release] Pretty Planner, along with Hexagons.

Pop on over to The Male Room and check out the Team's samples. There are so many possibilities with this one word!  Remember, to keep it masculine to.   We hope to see you play along!

PLEASE NOTE: There is a HUGE PRIZE for the IBS July Release!! The winning [all week] commenter will win the ENTIRE JULY RELEASE!! You have until Friday at midnight to comment.  Joanna will post the winner on Monday, July 28, 2014 on the Inspired By Stamping Blog.

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Seize the Sketch #25

It's Seize the Sketch #25 time, and also is the July Release Week for Inspired By Stamping!  Today IBS is focusing on Friends Forever.

Mona came up with a fabulous sketch~

Come on over to Seize the Sketch and play along!  We can't wait to see what you do with the sketch.

I also created a second card using Friends Forever:

Inspired By Stamping has a HUGE PRIZE for this release week!! The winning [all week] commenter will win the ENTIRE JULY RELEASE!! You have until Friday at midnight to comment.  Joanna will post the winner on Monday, July 28, 2014 on the Inspired By Stamping Blog.

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SCS Color CHallenge CC488

Mary chose colors based on the Stampin Up Designer Paper All Bloom.  I really don't do SU, fortunately, she gave us a list of colors;

Blushing Bride
Daffodil Delight
Island Indigo
Lost Lagoon (new in-color)
Mossy Meadow (new in-color)
Pistachio Pudding
Strawberry Slush
Whisper White (our neutral this week)

Her dessert for this week is a summer theme. 

I went with summer colors, and loved the look so much, I made 2!  That rarely happens :).

I used vellum, and some Wink of Stella on my butterfly.

I watched a Tim Holtz video where he stamped using Distress Inks, and then put Perfect Pearl powder on the stamped image.  Well, I don't care for the smearing of my image :(.  I didn't want to re-do it though.  So there you have it - not all of my cards are successes :).

Come on over to SCS Color Challenge and play along!  We would love to see what you do with these pretty summer colors!

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Crazy but Fun Monday!

It's Release Week for Inspired By Stamping! Here is a peek of my card that is over on the IBS BLOG;

Summer Fun

Isn't this fun?  Pop on over to the Inspired By Stamping Blog to see my entire card.  There is a HUGE PRIZE!! One commenter will win the ENTIRE JULY RELEASE + other goodies!! You have until Friday at midnight to comment. The release is all week, so the more you comment, the better your chances are of winning~ Joanna will post the winner on Monday, July 28, 2014 on the IBS blog.

I'll also be showcasing the rest of the sets during this week here on my blog, and the other Designers will be posting cards over on the IBS blog too! A whole bunch of eye candy coming your way!

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I am also sharing this card [and a small tutorial] over on the A Walk Down Memory Lane Blog.

A Walk Down Memory Lane Store is running it's 12 Days of Summer through July 31st.  There are some amazing products to be had at cheap, cheap prices!!  The info is over on the blog too - check it out!!

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STAMPlorations Sketch Challenge #16 starts today too.

I took total advantage and made this a really CAS card.  My bg panel was sponged, I circle cut designer paper, and stamped the sentiment from Happy.  An easy 10 minute card.  You can do this too and then come on over to STAMPlorations Blog and play along!  We would love to have you join in~

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Fun Sunday Challenges!

I took some time today to play in a few challenges!  I am on the way out to dinner, but wanted to get this card posted.

I am entering this into The Paper Players #205; CAS and monochromatic, CAS(E) this Sketch #85, and CAS on Sunday #38; sympathy.  My bfly is Spellbinders, and the side design is from Inspired By Stamping; Paris. Since I had the actual shape, I went went a literal sketch following.

Whew - I got it done -- off to dinner~

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AAA Card Challenge #12

It's AAA Challenge #12 time! This week is Inspire Week, and we are CASEing fellow Teammate, Angela.

Angela went with a long card, so did I, only I made mine tall and long; otherwise known as a scrappy.  I used a Spellbinder's butterfly, along with a sentiment from Avery Elle Simply Said Hello.

Are you inspired by Angela's card?  Well come on over to AAA Card Challenge, and play along!  We would love to see what you create~ While there, be sure and check out the rest of the Team's samples.

A side Note: 

Now on to today's sale! 

50% off all Stamp School Products

The Pop Tone card stock is too!  100#, gorgeous colors, 25 sheets

I can highly recommend this paper!!

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Case Study 200

Case Study is having a milestone -- 200 challenges!  I remember when this challenge first started almost 4 years ago!  This month they have one of my most favorite stampers, Shari Carroll, as the inspiration.  I missed last week, but I had to get in on this weeks~

 I used STAMPlorations Retro Mod Shapes and Chevron & Arrows. 

 Darn - I am not sure what's going on with my photo.  It looks dirty but on my desktop it looks perfect.  5 photos later, I spent more time trying to get this white, then making the card!  I'm going with this - pretend it's pretty white. :)  Here is Shari's card;

So fun!

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JUGS #250 & Addicted to CAS #43

It's my time to Hostess over at Just Us Girls Challenge.  As you can see, I have gone with a totally fabulous, bright color combination!

In celebrating our 250th challenge, JUGS is being sponsored by

[Check out the stamp sets; HERE!]

I sure hope you are inspired by these colors and that you play along at Just Us Girls #250!

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It is also time for Addicted to CAS. This week Jaydee has chosen Celebrate. That is a nice and easy word to create a card with!

 Of course I jumped at the chance to use the super fun Celebrate from STAMPlorations!  I love this word! It went along perfectly with PTI's Flourish.

Now I know you can come up with a card for this Addicted to CAS Challenge -- make it in the colors for Just Us Girls, and you have 2 challenges under your belt!  Who knows, you might even win!

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Just a Few Challenges!

I got home from work and just needed to veg in my stamp room. Fortunately for me, there are some SUPER FUN challenges waiting for me to join in with!

Simon Says Wednesday; spots and dots, Tag Your It #2; CASE Laura's tag, Colour Me #29; beautiful colors (!), and A Blog Named Hero #48; sheet cake [one layer].  All of these worked perfectly for this...............

For the left tag, I used Hero Arts, Antique Flowers & Butterflies, with a sentiment from Remember Your Kindness.  I used a MFT Stencil on the Diagonal for my sponged background.  I used the same images for the right tag, only with this tag, I water colored the background - I'm thinking, I like the muted colors better..

Just a couple of small tags that covers these challenges~ yep, I had fun!

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