Bon Voyage



 

Hey there! I'm so happy you stopped by.

 

A new watercolour challenge starts today over at Happy Little Stampers. As you all know by now it's always anything goes with an optional twist. This month we would like you to do some smooshing on your cards. This is totally optional and if this is not your thing, don't worry about it. Just get your watercolours out and have some fun!

 

Here's what you could win!

 

  

For my card this month I chose an image and a sentiment from Wish You Were Here illustrated by Kylie Purtell for Happy Little Stampers.

 

Other Supplies Used

 

Die-namics Blueprint #27 by MFT

 

Latin Motifs by PTI

(corner die cuts and stamped bird)

 

Hope you find time to play along with us and visit all the DT's blogs. You have the whole month of March to link up your projects!

 

 

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Season's Greetings Christmas Challenge #2

Hello all and welcome to our second challenge at

 

Season's Greetings

 

Today you have the pleasure of playing along with Team Koala.

 

Below you will find a gorgeous palette of colors for you to work with. Now as you know, our challenges are all anything goes so using the palette of colors is totally optional.  The palette is there for inspiration and to get your creative juices flowing. Also, your project must be Christmas related.

Let's have some fun!
 

 

Here is my take on the challenge featuring images from What the Doodle Snowflake and coordinating die and the A2 scalloped vertical die by Papertrey Ink and a sentiment by Neat and Tangled from their set Bright Baubles.

 

I water colored the background with Kuretake Gansai Tambi water colors.

 

Stop on by and see what the rest of the DT created and play along with us. We would love to see you in our gallery!

 

 



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Let It Snow

Good morning and happy Sunday to you all!

 

We have provided you with a color pallet this week at Christmas Card Challenges but it's totally optional. It's only there to give you inspiration and a jumpstart on your card making.

 



My card today features Polar Bear Pals by MFT. I bought this set around Christmastime when they had a big end of the year sale going on. I finally got to ink it up for the first time the other day. The sentiment is by Gna K. Designs called Compliments of the Season.





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Fiesta

Good evening all!

 

I finally had some time to create a card for Papertrey Ink's February Blog Hop.

 

Here is this month's inspiration photo.

 



Here is my take on the challenge featuring Latin Motifs. I did a little stenciling in the background with Tim Holtz's Dot Fade.

 

Thanks for stopping by and happy hopping!

 

-CHALLENGES-

 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge -Anything Goes

 

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

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Glorious Spring Wishes

Hello and thanks for dropping by!

 

I have a CAS card today featuring an image from Framescape: Simple Spring and a sentiment from Springtime Baskets by Gina K. Designs. My background was water colored with GKD inks on a die cut stitched rectangle wafer die by Simon Says Stamp.

 

My card was entered into the following challenges:

 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge -Anything Goes

 

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

 



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Thanks

Good morning!

 

I created this card after watching a video that Melanie Muenchinger, illustrator for Gina K. Designs, made using a technique called Black Embossed Magic. You can check it out on her blog Hands, Head and Heart.

My card features her newly released Fabulous Flowers and was colored using my Chameleon Markers. The results are absolutely stunning!

-CHALLENGES-

 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge -Anything Goes

 

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

 

Allsorts Challenge - Anything Goes

 



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Birthday Wishes

Evening all!

 

I made this card for my son who has a birthday coming up soon.



 It features images from Framescape: Simple Spring illustrated by Theresa Momber for Gina K. Designs. The image of the man in the boat is from Framescape: Winter Trees.

 

The background was lightly sponged with GKD dye inks.

 

Thanks for visiting!
 

-CHALLENGES-

 

Time Out Challenges- Photo Inspiration


Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes

 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Transport It

 



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Addicted to Stamps and More #230

Hello friends!

 

This week at ATSM we have a photo to get your creative juices flowing.

 

 

Here is my take on the challenge featuring products from PTI.

 

I was inspired by the colors, patterns and the baby theme.

 

Now it's your turn. Stop by and play along and see what the rest of the team created. We would love to see you in our gallery!

 

 

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Birthday Blessings

Good evening all!

 

I had sometime tonight to stamp up this birthday card featuring an image from Vintage Rose and a sentiment from Birthday Blessings by Gina K. Designs.

 

I water colored my background with dye inks by GKD and added a double bow to finish my card off.

 

Thanks for dropping by!

 

My card was entered into the following challenges:

 

Simon Says - Fantastic Floral

 

AAA Cards - Watercolour

 



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Happy Easter

Hello there!

 

I am still playing around with the newly released sets by Gina K. Designs, Spring Fling and Springtime Baskets.

 

For this card I did a little masking , stenciling and fussy cutting.. I made a double bow and adhered it to the side of my card for a finishing touch.

 

Thanks for stopping by! 



-CHALLENGES-

 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Use Your Favorite Tool

(My Cuttlebug)

 

 

 



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Going On an Egg Hunt

Hello all!

 

I have this cute card to share today featuring the newly released sets Spring Fling and Springtime Baskets by Gina K. Designs.

 

My background was sponged with various inks by GKD. I did some masking and hid a couple of large Easter eggs behind the daffodils. I then fussy cut the adorable little animals and adhered them to my card. Lastly I stamped a sentiment towards the top corner and tied a piece of twine.

 

Thanks for stopping by!



-CHALLENGES-

 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Use Your Favorite Tool

(My Cuttlebug)

 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Fantastic Florals

 

Addicted to CAS - Pets

 



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All My Love

Good morning and thanks for dropping in!

 

 Tomorrow is Valentine's Day so I whipped up this card for my husband using an image and sentiment from a mini stamp set by Gina K. Designs called Vintage Rose. You can receive this mini set free this month with a purchase of $75.00 or more! 

 

The image I used was stamped repeatedly towards the top and one side of my card panel and colored in with my Prisma Colored Pencils. Lastly, I embossed the panel with a hexagon cover plate by PTI to give it a quilted look.

 

 

-CHALLENGES-

 

The Card Concept - Love and Romance

 

 

 

Allsorts Challenges - Hearts and/or Flowers

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Christmas Card Challenges #6

Good morning all!

We have a photo challenge for you this week. We would like to see you pull out your horse stamps, if you have any, and create a project and upload it to our gallery. This is optional, as long as it is Christmas related your good to go.

 

I only have two sets that have horse images on it. I think this may be only the second card I have made that included a horse.

 

I smooshed the background with die inks onto water color paper . After it dried I simply stamped my images and my card was done. Quick and easy.

 

The horse and fence image are from the set Country Roads 2 and the snowflakes are from Dashing, both by Gina K. Designs.

 

Thanks for dropping in!

 

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Monochromatic Masculine Card

Hey there friends!

 

Today's card is a masculine monochromatic one. I need to stock up on cards for the guys, I have none at the moment.

 

Here are the supplies I used:

 

Water Color Wonder

Simple Seashells

Latin Motifs (sentiment)

 

 

-CHALLENGES-

 

Papertrey Ink - Past Present and Future Challenge

 



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Easter Greetings

Hello friends!

 

Who doesn't like a bunny in a basket?

 

My card today features super cute new images from the newly released sets Spring Fling and Springtime Baskets by Gina K. Designs.

 

Images were colored in with Zig Real Brush Markers and the bow was fussy cut and adhered to the top handle for a three dimensional look.

 

Thanks for dropping by!

 

 

-CHALLENGES-



Allsorts Challenge - Hearts and/or flowers

 

Simon Says Work It Wednesday Challenge

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Addicted to Stamps and More #228 - Holiday

Hello and welcome to a new challenge!

 

This week we would like to see your holiday cards. I chose Christmas but it can be any holiday you want.

 

 

I like to shop at the Gina K. Designs store Village Paper and Ink that is less than an hour away from my house located in Greendale Wi. If your ever in the Milwaukee area I encourage you to stop by her store. She is there almost every day and not only does she sell her own products but she sells products from other companies as well.

 

My card today features Gina's line of foil mate images that can be used in any foil laminating machine. I use the Royal Sovereign which I purchased through Amazon.

 

For the background I used the Large Snowflakes image sheet and for the sentiment I used Holly Jolly Greetings. I used rose gold foil on both. Let me tell ya, this is addicting!

 

Stop by and play along with us. We would love to see you in our gallery!

 

 



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Floral Frame

Good morning!

 

Today I created a card by stamping images from Altenew's Floral Frames and a sentiment from Birch Land onto a die cut panel from MFT's Blue Prints #27.

 

The images were colored in with distress markers.

 

Thanks for dropping by!

 

Challenges

 

Altenew February Inspiration Challenge

 

 

 

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Sentimental Bouquet

Happy Saturday all!

 

Today's card was created using images by Gina K. Designs Sentimental Bouquet and a sentiment from an older retired cling stamp set called Nana's Needlework Sentiments.

 

Here are the other supplies I used:

 

Gina K. Designs Dye Inks

Nuvo Drops (black)

A2 Stitched Vertical Die by PTI

Have a fabulous day!

 

Challenges

 

Mod Squad Challenge - Hearts and Flowers

 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - The Color of Love

 

House of Cards - Love Theme and /or Colors

 

The Card Concept - Love and Romance

 

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

 



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