Freshly Made Sketches

 

It's hump day already and that means a new Freshly Made Sketches challenge is up with Michele F. hosting. I came across this old Snow Flurry Bigz die by Stampin' Up and decided to layer all 3 of the snowflake designs from white shimmer paper.  An old button in my stash was the inspiration for the navy and green colors. 

The tiny sentiment tag is from the Blueprints 27 die set by MFT. The patterned paper was splattered with Permanent White Gouache.

  

STAMPS: Warm Winter Wishes (Flourishes).

INK: Enchanted Evening (Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Season's Greetings patterned pad (Waffle Flower); White Shimmer; Stamper's Select White (PTI). 

DIES: Snow Flurry Bigz (Stampin' Up); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics, Blueprints 27 (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Clear sequins; Permanent White Gouache.

 

Thanks for stopping by!  ~Wanda 

Red Vette

I was commissioned to create an 80th birthday card for a man who owns a 2017 Corvette. It needed to be red and NOT a convertible! Well...that narrowed it down considerably! Never could find an actual stamp for that era of Corvettes, so started a Google search and AI suggested I search using the words "outline art". Bingo! I found a lady who sells outline art on Etsy and after spending $1.50, I was able to download a file of a 2017 Corvette image! I printed it onto X-Press It Blending Card so I could color with Copics.

The card is slightly smaller than a 5" x 7". I computer-generated the sentiment -inside and outside - and popped up the oval card image with foam tape. I added texture by using an embossing folder (? name) on a pale gray paper. It always reminds me of tire tracks.

 

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DIES: Nested Elongated Ovals (Pinkfresh Studio); Geared Up Garage (Stampin' Up); Blueprints 27 (My Favorite Things); Slanted Shortcuts dies (Concord & 9th).

OTHER: Embossing folder (Cuttlebug).

COPICS: C00, C3, R27, R29.

I'm entering this into the Seize the Birthday challenge where the topping is embossing! The pale gray panel is dry embossed (see above description) using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  ~Wanda

Fusion Card Challenge

Life's short! Squeeze it for all it's worth! Yup...that's my card in a nutshell. I totally went with the lemon theme and used the sketch as well. This Lemon Zest set from Stampin' Up is retired but one I still go to if I need a citrus theme. The coordinating punch makes it so easy to whip up a card!

STAMPS: Lemon Zest (Stampin' Up). 

PAPER: Bitty Big: Green Parakeet, White (Papertrey Ink).

INK: Lemon Tart, Green Parakeet, New Leaf (Papertrey Ink).

DIES: Stitched Rectangle and Circle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things); Vintage Travel (Papertrey Ink).

OTHER: Lemon punch (Stampin' Up). 

We hope you can join us in this challenge!

Before I sign off, I have to give a shout out to our grandson (the only boy out of 4 grands) who has a birthday today! He is now 5 years old and he is such a sweet boy! Here is a recent photo of him and his sister and two cousins riding on pawpaw's golf cart. Happy birthday, Cash! 🎂 💙

Happy stamping!             ~Wanda