Live In The Sunshine

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Jill aka JD from PAUSA....congrats, Jill!!  I have been a fan of Jill's work for many years.....after cruising through her awesome gallery, I finally decided on this amazing card since I'm a sucker for sunsets and silhouettes!  For my card, I have used 'The Outpost' set from Artistic Outpost.  I will also be submitting this card to Stacy's 'Tank of Gas' Getaway VSN Challenge since this country scene reminds me of Young's Dairy in Ohio which is a little over 2 hours away.....I have made it there and back on one tank (depending on the vehicle!).  Since this stamp was not a full silhouette, I sponged dark gray and green to shadow the scene against the sunrise/sunset. The sky was also sponged, with yellow, orange, and red.  To keep it flat for mailing, I used a small hole punch to create 'faux brads' for the black layer.  The edges of the card base were sponged for a little dimension.

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Blessings,

Monarch Butterfly Prayers

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from the many postage stamp sheets from the US Mint Sheets site.  Even after I chose these beautiful Monarch Butterfly stamps, I continued looking until I had seen every page....they were very interesting to me, even though I'm not a stamp enthusiast!  For my card, I have also combined Brenda's 'Get Well' VSN Challenge.  I was too lazy to stamp an entire sheet of butterflies, so I went with a simpler, CAS version.  The butterfly was stamped with the 'Trois Jolies Papillons' set, cut out with the ODBD Custom Tres Papillons Dies set, colored and popped up over a panel which was stamped with the Chalkboard Vine Background stamp in light green and then trimmed with a pair of postage edged scissors which I have had in my tool bin forevah!! :)  Instead of  a 'get well' stamp, I chose the Praying for You stamp from the Ornate Borders Sentiments set.

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Have a blessed weekend!!

My Lifeguard

Happy Friday, everyone!  Today I would like to share a bookmark which was made to cover three challenges over at Splitcoast: the Friday Free4All Challenge is to use Crumb Cake (kraft); Jean's VSN 'Scavenger Hunt' Challenge : bookmark, beach, lifesaver (Jesus); and the Fan Club July 'Sun, Sand, and Surf' Central Theme Challenge.  The image and sentiment are from an ODBD set called 'My Lifeguard', stamped on a white panel which was cut out with the largest die from the ODBD Custom Bookmarks Dies set.  Once the panel was colored with sponges and markers, it was adhered to a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock....the curves were fussy cut and the straight lines trimmed with a paper cutter.

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Have a blessed weekend!

The Great Outdoors

Hi, everyone!  For my card today, I am combining the Ways To Use It 'Happy Camper' Challenge with Michelle's VSN 'Great Outdoors' Challenge.  The stamps are from the $1 bin from either JoAnn's or Michael's from at least five or six years ago....I'm happy to finally use them today! Since the tent and the fire stamps were the same size, I layered two strips of green cardstock after sponging the edges to make the tent look further away. The tent was stamped directly onto the background then again on white and colored with markers....since the tent image had tie-down stakes, I was not interested in trying to fussy cut the thin lines.  Once the 2nd tent was colored, it was cut out and popped up over the stamped background.  The moon from 'Rocket Man' by North Coast Creations was stamped and sponged in gray, then the sentiment from the $1 set was stamped over it.  Three tiny sequin stars were adhered to the night sky and then some dots were added with a glitter pen.

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Blessings,

Rock On!

Hi, everyone!  My card today combines the Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoast plus Melody's VSN challenge to use an old book page or image of a book.  I scanned the glossary page of a 1926 Song Book and printed it out. the sentiment banner and brown stars were cut from the margin of the same page.  The stamps are from an ODBD set, 'Rock Star' (retired); the image was stamped in Stazon Jet Black, then water-colored.  The following custom dies from ODBD were used: Double Stitched Rectangles, Double Stitched Stars, Sparkling Stars, and Double Stitched Pennant Flags.  I love the natural aged tone from the page but the edges of each panel were sponged a bit for a little more character. This card will go into my birthday stash for later use.

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Blessings,

Summertime Cocktail

Hi, everyone! What a happy, summer-y Color Challenge at Splitcoast this week...pineapple, coral, and pear....yummy! For my card today, I have combined the Color Challenge, Misti's 'Pool Party' VSN challenge, and the July Fan Club Central Theme Challenge since I used watercoloring on the summertime cocktail image.  The image has been in my stash for at least five years....it's from Inkadinkado and I picked it up either at JoAnn's or Michael's.  The image was stamped in Stazon Jet Black; a clear glaze pen was used on the clear parts of the glass and the air bubbles to act as a resist against the watercoloring.  The shaped card and layers were cut out with the ODBD Custom Large Banners Dies and the image panel was cut with the ODBD Custom Pierced Circles Dies and sponged with yellow. Baker's twine and three green gems were added for simple embellishments. 

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Blessings,

Grillin'

Hi, everyone!  My card today has combined this week's Clean and Simple 'Embossed Dies' Challenge plus Kim's VSN challenge to 'Fire Up The Grill'.  The sentiment flag and grill image are from a $1 Studio G clear set which I picked up either at JoAnn's or Michael's a couple of years ago.  I used the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Circles Dies set for the die embossing technique and for the image panel.  (The largest circle was embossed on the inside of the card base so that the stitches would be raised on the front.)  The grass was first cut with the ODBD Custom Grass Lawn Die, then shaped with the same stitched circle die.  The sky was sponged in Bashful Blue over a piece of scratch paper then two small clouds were added.  The flag pole was cut with a stir stick/straw die from the ODBD Custom Beverage Cup Dies set.  I needed small clouds, so I used Memory Box dies instead of my go-to clouds from ODBD.  The edges of the card were sponged to give a little character.

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Blessings,

A Time To Mend

Hi, everyone!  This quick card was made for Dawn's 'Crafty Sentiment' Challenge for the July VSN (Virtual Stamp Night).  The sewing machine image from 'A Time To Mend' was inked in navy blue and stamped onto a white panel which was cut out with the ODBD Custom Layered Lacey Squares Dies set, stenciled in gray, then matted with a gray panel cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Squares Dies.  The navy blue layer is the largest die from the same Lacey set as the image panel.  The button was cut out with the ODBD Custom Sewing Set Dies set with navy baker's twine.

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Blessings,

You Are So Cool!

Hi, everyone!  It's been a couple of days since I was able to stamp, so I have a lot of catching up to do.  Splitcoast held a 'Virtual Stamp Night' event Friday night and all day Saturday, so you will see many cards from me this week as I complete at least some of the challenges and post the photos by next Sunday's deadline.  Though each VSN challenge must be submitted separately, we are allowed to combine them with the daily Splitcoast challenges.  For this card I have combined Misti's 'Ice Cream Social' challenge with this week's Featured Stamper challenge.  This week's chosen artist is Selma Stevenson....wow, what an amazing gallery!!  Since the VSN cards should only take an hour to create, I chose this super cute card from Selma's gallery and changed the cupcake to an ice cream cone.  The layout design was kept the same except that I used a polka dot design from the NCC Sweet Shoppe Paper Collection;  instead of stars around the image, I used sprinkles and both Selma's cupcake and my ice cream cone have a cherry on top and a sentiment at the bottom.  The ice cream image and sentiment banner are from 'What's The Scoop?'; the cherry and sprinkles are from the ODBD Custom Beverage Cup Dies set and the framing was cut with the ODBD Custom Double Stitched Rectangles Dies set. 

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Blessings,