Freshly Made Sketches

 

I'm playing along with the new challenge at Freshly Made Sketches! I started with the Mini Halftone Borders stencil using Hawaiian Shores ink. I then stenciled the four layers of the Joyful Day stencil set after first stamping with  matching stamps. I then die cut the leaves using the coordinating dies.

I cut two of the "celebrate" dies and adhered them together for more dimension. 

STAMPS: Joyful Day (Pinkfresh Studio).

INK: Limeade Ice, New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal (PTI).

PAPER: Stamper's Select White (PTI).

DIES: Joyful Day (Pinkfresh Studio); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Mini Halftone Borders stencil by The Crafters Workshop. 

 

 

That's it for today! Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda

Tic-Tac-Toe

The Paper Players Challenge is all about a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge. I chose the top horizontal row with celebration, flowers and stencil. The stenciling is very subtle and only involves the ribbon frame. It's a pretty clean and simple design with patterned floral paper used for the negative space of the frame. Some moonshine sequins embellish the design.   

 

STAMPS: Birthday Your Way 2 (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Hawaiian Shores, Raspberry Fizz (PTI).

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Aqua Mist (PTI); Cute & Crafty 6x6 pad (Doodlebug Design Inc).

DIES: Ribbon Frame (The Greetery); Birthday Your Way 2 (PTI).

OTHER: Ribbon Frame stencil; Moonshine sequins.

Time for some college football games! Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda
 

JUG Stencil Week

 

One of my fave go-to techniques is stenciling! I just had to play along with the new Just Us Girls challenge where it's stencil week. I just got happy mail delivered from Papertrey Ink so am using their Wandering Petals stencil collection for the backdrop to this new flower pot die.

STAMPS: Birthday Your Way (PTI).

INK: Dark Indigo, Spring Moss, Simply Chartreuse, Canyon Clay, Harvest Gold, Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening (PTI);

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Enchanted Evening (PTI).

DIES: Perfectly Potted, Feathered Friends 1, Into the Blooms: Wreath, Border Bling: Skinny Postage (PTI).

OTHER: Wandering Petals stencils (PTI). 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  ~Wanda
 

Word Art Wednesday

Welcome to another Word Art Wednesday challenge! The verse we are highlighting is from Psalm 105:8. This verse emphasizes God's faithfulness to his promises, specifically the covenant he made with Abraham and his descendants. It highlights that God's commitment to his covenant endures through countless generations.

This tapestry stencil makes a great background and is easy to layer up! The jury is still out on deciding if the corner adornment dies were a good idea or not - haha!

 

STAMPS: Corner Decor (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Lemon Tart, Bright Buttercup, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Mint Julep, Vintage Jadeite, Ocean Tides (PTI); Versafine Clair Nocturne pigment ink.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Bright Buttercup (PTI).

DIES: Corner Decor (PTI); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Rose Tapestry stencil collection (The Greetery).

 

We would love to have you play along! Our sponsor for this challenge is Pear Blossom Press and they are giving away a $25 gift card to some lucky participant. Happy stamping!  ~Wanda
 

Cupcake Inspiration

 

 

Hello friends! The new challenge for the Cupcake Inspiration challenge is to use pastel colors. I really love the soft peach, yellow and sage that these cupcakes represent! I went with an old favorite group of products from The Greetery for a thank you card.

 

 

For added dimension, I adhered two of the die cut sentiments together then I popped up the floral frame with foam tape. 

STAMPS: Floral Arches, Arched Sentiments (The Greetery).

INK: Peach Fuzz, Sunkissed, Lemon Whip, Sunshine, Mint, Sage, Eucalytus (Pinkfresh Studio); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White (PTI); Plaids 6x6 pad (Recollections).

DIES: Floral Arches, Arched Sentiments (The Greetery).

OTHER: Floral Arches stencils (The Greetery). 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  ~Wanda

The Paper Players Challenge

 

It was a lazy Sunday afternoon and so I stamped and die cut lots of flowers and leaves from Papertrey Ink's Wild Petals mini set. I wanted to create a card using  the sketch for the new Paper Players Challenge. Several of the team members created Z-fold cards which inspired me to do the same. It's a perfect fit for this sketch! I had to Google for dimensions and found this excellent tutorial on Tracy Elsom's blog HERE. 

The plaid paper is a specialty paper that is very thin and can be used to make beads. I've never tried using it for that but loved several of PTI's paper pack colors in that series.

STAMPS: Wild Petals (Papertrey Ink); Sentiment Suite: Thank You (The Greetery).

INK: Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse, Raspberry Fizz, Lovely Lady, Hibiscus Burst, Melon Berry, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise (PTI); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Razzberry Fizz, Beautiful Beads: Pink & Orange Mix (PTI). 

DIES: Wild Petals, Love to Layer: Rectangles, Love to Layer: Ovals (PTI).

 

That's a wrap for today! Thanks for stopping by.  ~Wanda
 

 

 

Just Add Ink

 

Good Saturday everyone! I needed to add a sympathy card to my stash so when I saw the colors for the Just Add Ink challenge, I went with it. The Lost Lagoon color had me baffled (I no longer have SU inks) so I went with Evergreen Bough distress ink and paired it with two other similar bluish green inks from Pinkfresh Studio.    

 

This Wild Blooms stencil (Papertrey Ink) is another favorite for me. The six layers are very easy to match up so it's a quick and easy way to create a striking background!  

    

STAMPS: Perfect Pairs Commodities (PTI).

INK: Evergreen Bough distress; Wisteria, Hydrangea, Eucalyptus, Evergreen (Pinkfresh Studio); Harvest Gold (PTI); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White (PTI).

DIES: Perfect Pairs Commodities (PTI); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things). 

OTHER: Wild Blooms stencil collection (PTI). 

 

Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda

Thank You Teacher

 

It's mood board week over at the Just Us Girls challenge blog and the photo has a back to school vibe with book, apple, chalkboard, etc.  I've been creating some teacher cards for my grands to give out as needed. This is a thank you card using stamps and dies from Papertrey Ink.  

 

STAMPS: Just Notes, Storybook Teachers (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy, Fine Linen, Saffron Spice (PTI); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, True Black, Hawaiian Shores, Pure Poppy (PTI); Licorice 6x6 patterned paper (Bazzill Basics Paper).

DIES: Just Notes, Border Bling: Skinny Ric Rac (PTI).

OTHER: Ticket punch (Stampin' Up).

 

Thanks for dropping by and commenting! It's a cloudy day...hopefully we get some much needed rain!  ~Wanda

 

Freshly Made Sketches

 

My second post for the day includes a card for the new Freshly Made Sketches challenge. It's a special milestone as they are celebrating their 700th sketch! That's fourteen years of sketches! A big  congratulations for this great feat! This layout is a  square design so I went to my leftover pile where the beginning of this card has been patiently waiting to be completed. I've had it so long that I don't recall what shade of blue I used.  :-(

I layered two sizes of Layered Snowflakes: Drift die set and added a  large embellishment to top it off! A Christmas or winter sentiment will be added to the inside.

STAMPS: None.

INK: None.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White (PTI); Metallic silver; Unknown blue source.

DIES: Cornered: Snowflakes, Layered Snowflakes: Drift (PTI).

OTHER: Pearl embellishment.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  ~Wanda

What's Cookin'?

 

Happy hump day! We have a new Color Throwdown challenge happening with aqua, red and white! That combo screamed vintage to me so out came my Taylored Expressions You Bake Me Happy and What's Cookin' stamps and dies. The background is an A2 sized stamp by The Greetery. I used Peacock Feathers distress ink (lightly spritzing the stamp with water before adhering to the paper). That gave a more mottled look to the color.   

STAMPS: What's Cookin'? (Taylored Expressions); Fresh Floral Background (The Greetery).

INK: Peacock Feathers distress (Ranger).

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores (Papertrey Ink); Metallic silver.

DIES: What's Cookin'?, Bake Me Happy (Taylored Expressions); Love to Layer: Scalloped Circles (PTI); Slanted Shortcuts (Concord & 9th).

 

We'd love to have you play along with us! Happy stamping!  ~Wanda

 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge

 

Another teacher card completed...this one for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge! I used the middle horizontal row of school theme/free/ink blending. After die cutting the mug from Hawaiian Shores paper, I color blended a slightly darker color (Tropical Teal) ink around the edges. I used 1/4" adhesive tape on the sides of the mug to adhere it to the circle.

 

STAMPS: Treasured Teacher (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Harvest Gold, Bright Buttercup, Summer Sunrise, Soft Stone, Fine Linen, Limeade Ice, New Leaf, Orange Zest, Amethyst Allure, Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal (PTI); Rocky Slope, Metropolis (Pinkfresh Studio); Versafine Clair Nocturne. 

PAPER: Bitty Big: Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores, Stamper's Select White (PTI). 

DIES: Treasured Teacher, Cover Plate: Apples, The Mug, Love to Layer: Delightful Brackets (PTI); Stitched Circle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

Another Saturday already! It was a fast week! Thanks for stopping by...  ~Wanda

 

Time to Celebrate

 

A fun little card to add to my birthday stash! I am entering this into two different challenges: Just Us Girls where it's Word Week: "Birthday" and for Seize the Birthday challenge where the topping is "no flowers".

 

STAMPS: You're My Type ( Sugar Peas Designs).

INK: Versafine Clair Nocturne pigment ink.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White, True Black, Pure Poppy, Bitty Big: Hawaiian Shores (Papertrey Ink); Metallic silver.

DIES: Love to Layer: Rectangles (PTI); You're My Type (Sugar Peas Designs); A2 Nested Pendant Etched (Photoplay Paper).

 

 

 

 

 Thanks for stopping by and commenting!  ~Wanda