SC183 Card Sketch Challenge

I got some advice a while back "stamp first , sleep later". It was one of those sleepless nights, so the stamps came out. It was great to see the sketch challenge posted so early. Now for some ...zzzzz....

Stamps: Tart and Tangy, Short and Sweet

Paper: Bashful Blue, Real Red, Old Olive, Summer Picnic DSP

Ink: Old Olive, Real Red

Accessories: Rectangle Nestabilities, Ribbon, Die Cut Blooms, Brads

CC173 Color Challenge Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery

I combined this challenge with yesterday's Pouncing Chalks Challenge. I think this technique has become my favorite, I wish I had tried it sooner.

The Paisley background and the flower and bee image from Bloomin' Beautiful were all stamped in versamark and pounced with chalks. The pounced black chalk on the bee image gives it a fuzzy look, it makes it look very realistic.

Stamps: Bloomin' Beautiful, Paisely Background, Fancy Flexible Phrases

Paper: Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery, Purely Pomegranate, Whisper White

Ink: Versamark, Celery, Black and Rose Red Chalk, Black Stazon

Accessories: Petite Circle Nestabilities, Ribbon, Dew Drops, Vellum Circle Tag

TLC175 Pouncing Chalks

This was a great challenge. I have never done this technique before. The flower image and the weathered background were both stamped in versamark. I then used Q-tips to color the image and the background with chalks. The En Francais background on the Groovy Gauva was stamped with Chocolate Chip ink. I decided to make this a birthday card as we are celebrating 3 birthdays in the next week. Stamps: Live Your Dream, En Francais, Weathered, Small Script(Sentiment)
Paper: Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Groovy Gauva, Ruby Red
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Chalks
Accessories: Oval Nestabilities, Hodgepodge Hardware, Ribbon, Large Oval Punch

Double and Triple Challenge

It's been a busy week so I've combined the challenges from Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I also combined Saturday's Inspiration challenge with Wednesday's Sketch Challenge. The State Fair Bedding inspiration piece shown here fit really well for the sketch challenge.

Triple Challenge TLC174, SC182, LSC174 Stamps: One of a Kind

Paper: Rose Red, Basic Black, Berry Bliss DP, Whisper White

Ink: Stazon Black, Rose Red, Pretty In Pink

Accessories: Brads

Double Challenge SC182, IC134Stamps: Stitched Exotics, All in a Row

Paper: Whisper White, DP, Chocolate Chip, Real Red

Ink: Craft White, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Square Nestabilities, Ribbon, White EP

WSC52 Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge

I've come to some self realization through this blogging exercise. I'm slightly obsessed with Nestabilities and frames. Though this card does not contain a Nestabilities frame, it does have a frame with a flourish from the Frames with a Flourish Stamp Set and of course one side of a Nestabilities Scalloped Rectangle. The largest Nestabilities Scalloped Rectangle die was not quite large enough to mat the En Francais Background. Therefore, the flower was strategically placed to help cover the area where the Scalloped edge ended. I might have to look at getting some Long Rectangle Nestabilities.

I also really like the Fresh Cut Set. I decided to just use a portion of the background stamp from the set by using markers to color the flowers and leaves in the lower right hand corner and then punched it out with 1 3/8 inch square punch and adhered it to my frame. (It was trimmed slightly to fit better inside the frame.)

Stamps: Fresh Cuts, Frames with a Flourish, En Francais BG

Paper: Celery, Black, Pink Passion, White

Ink: Stazon Black, Celery, Old Olive, Pink Passion

Accessories: Nestablities, Piercing Tool, Flower, Brad, 1 3/8 Square Punch.