The new sketch for Reverse Confetti's October Sketch For You To Try was perfect for me to finally ink up one of the adorable monsters in their Monsterous stamp set! I colored with Copics then die cut with the matching die. The eyes were highlighted with Glossy Accents.
Here's what else I used:
STAMPS: Monsterous by Reverse Confetti.
PAPER: Fright Night 6x6 pad, Lime Green, Grape Soda - Reverse Confetti; X-Press It Blending Card; White and Black CS - PTI.
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black.
DIES: Web Tag Layer, Monsterous by Reverse Confetti; Stitched Fishtail Flags STAX Die-Namics by MFT; Stitched Rectangle by Lil' Inker Designs.
COPICS: YG21, YG13, YG23, YG25, V17, COO, C1
I'm thinking this would be a fun card to send to one of my grand kids! :-)
Hi everyone! It's time once again for a new Color Throwdown Challenge and this time, Broni has given us orange, kraft and white as our color palette based on this fun sleeping bag photo! I wanted to use three shades of orange Zig clean color markers to color up these newly released images from Simon Says Stamp. My photo makes the light orange color look very yellow. :-( I stamped off the sentiment using Crumb Cake and Pumpkin Pie inks from SU. I die cut a frame from kraft CS then ran it through my crimper. The leaves were gold embossed on watercolor paper, colored with Zigs then fussy cut.
STAMPS: Fractile Leaves (Simon Says Stamp), Ornate Leaves (SSS) - sentiment.
PAPER: Kraft, White - PTI; Perfectly Plaid Fall - Lawn Fawn.
INK: Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Versamark.
DIES: Stitched Rectangle by Lil' Inker Designs; Stitched Fishtail Flags STAX Die-Namics by MFT; Fancy Frames Icons by Paper Smooches.
MISC: Wood Dots by Teresa Collins; Ranger Queen's Gold embossing powder.
September whizzed on by so quickly and since it's a new month, that means a new guest designer is joining us! Big welcome goes out to the talented Michele Ferguson of the I Card Everyone blog!
Congratulations to our guest star stamper this week - Amanda Smith!
We'd love to have you join us in the challenge this week! For more details on how to play along, head over to the Color Throwdown Blog
and you'll find the information on the right sidebar! You can also
visit the rest of the design team's creations for more inspiration by clicking on the
links below:
Amy Rohl
Amy Rysavy
Michele Ferguson - October Guest Designer
I finally cut into some of the gorgeous papers from the Simon Says Stamp September card kit for this CAS design for the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge. Since the patterned paper had some copper foiling, I used the daisy die to cut a couple of copper cardstock flowers for accents. The sentiment - from SSS Brush Stroke Messages stamp set - was white embossed over the diagonal stripe cut by a stitched die by Lil' Inker Designs. This was a really quick and easy card to assemble...the papers do the talking.
As I write this post, I'm so saddened to hear about the deadliest mass shooting in US history in LasVegas late last night! Our daughter was just in Vegas for a traveling nurse convention 2 weeks ago and thankfully had a safe trip, however, I pray for all the families of the victims who didn't make it.
Happy Saturday everyone! Here's hoping you can find some time to get crafty and join us in the new Inspired By All The Little Things challenge! This dahlia inspiration photo had me going in several directions, but in the end, these gorgeous cover plate dies by Altenew won out. Instead of covering the entire card base, I cut away a portion of the panel so I'd have room to use this sentiment. I can't seem to keep up with the demand for birthday cards lately.
STAMPS: Super Script (Altenew).
PAPER: Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery, Old Olive by SU; White by PTI.
INK: Versafine Onyx Black.
DIES: Layered Floral Cover Die A and B (Altenew).
This week, we are happy to have Anita from France joining us as our guest designer!
We would love to see how you interpret this photo! Hope to see you in the gallery...
Hope this finds you having a fabulous Friday! I'm looking forward to a 3 day weekend off with some fun activities and football games thrown into the mix! I whipped up this quick CAS card after getting home from work late last night and am entering it into the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. The stamps are from a recently released Verve set called Autumn Blessings. There are matching dies - Autumn Thanks - that make it so easy to assemble a card. In hind sight, I really wish I had added some texture to the background but it was too late by the time the thought hit my brain - lol!
Hi everyone! I can hardly believe this is the last Wednesday of the month already, which means my time as a guest designer for the SSS Wednesday Challenge is coming to a close! I have certainly enjoyed playing along with the talented designers and want to thank Lorraine (aka Lols) again for inviting me! It was an honor!
This week we have the theme - Anything Goes - which is always a popular week! The team is showcasing products from Stampendous, so if you have them...we'd love to see you use them even though it's not mandatory.
As always, Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a $50 voucher to shop at their fabulous store! Be sure to play along for a chance to win.
So...here is my creation using the Ranunculus Field stamp by Stampendous...
After stamping with black ink, I clear embossed the image before coloring loosely with Mijello Mission Gold watercolor paints. This sentiment is so fitting for our current state of sad affairs in the world. The negative news can be very overwhelming at times, but I'm so thankful I can have peace with my faith and can at least spread some kindness in my corner of the world whenever possible! I got off on a side path there for a minute, but wanted to add that the lovely sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp's Uplifting Thoughts set.
The end of the month also signals an end to a wonderful month long party at Simon Says Stamp! STAMPtember had so many new products and wonderful inspiration along the way and there's still time to check it all out and get an order in.
It's time for another Color Throwdown Challenge with Barbara Anders as our hostess. She's chosen rust, green, orange and aqua colors inspired by this gorgeous fall scene!
I took some artistic license with my floral colors and went with a sunflower in orange tones and used rust shades with the tropical bird of paradise (at least that's what I've always called that flower). A quick check on Google shows it generally in multi-colored pinks/yellows/greens/reds. On my card it's rust - lol! The watercolor wash base panel was created with Peacock Feathers distress ink and the images were stamped in black, embossed with clear EP then colored with Zig Clean Color brush markers.
STAMPS: Summer Flowers by Simon Says Stamp, Let Us Rejoice (sentiment) by Simon Says Stamp.
We'd love to have you join us in the challenge this week! For more details on how to play along, head over to the Color Throwdown Blog
and you'll find the information on the right sidebar! You can also
visit the rest of the design team's creations for more inspiration by clicking on the
links below:
Amy Rohl
Amy Rysavy
Tammy Hershberger - September Guest Designer
