Simon Wednesday Challenge - Pop It Up

Here is Simon Wednesday Challenge - Pop It Up. Below is the challenge photo:

And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:

I silver embossed the frame stamp (from Hero Arts) on the dark grey cardstock and cut out the center portion. I blended Distress Oxide inks on a white cardstock background. I stamped the village background (from Hero Arts S5432) with Hero Arts ombre ink and cut out two layers to stack them with foam tapes on top of the Distress Oxide background. Finish the card foam taped the silver frame on top of the background and silver embossed the greeting "Merry Christmas" on the Distress Oxide background. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:
Cardstock: Simon Says Stamp, MFT
Stamps: Hero Arts, Simon Says Stamp
Ink Pads: Distress Oxide inks, Hero Arts ombre ink, Versamark
Others: silver embossing powder, foam tapes, Tonic Nuvo crystal drops

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Paper Smooches September Challenge - Animals

Here is Paper Smooches September challenge - animals, below is the challenge photos:

And here is the card I made for this challenge:

I used Bear Frog card die to create this cute frog and shaded it with Distress ink. I stamped the bee from Courteous Cuties set and colored it with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush, then cut it out. I attached the bee with foam tape on top of the card. Finish the card by heat embossing "bee well soon". Below is a closer look of the card:

I made this card for the donation to a hospital in Taiwan and the card will be sent from nurses or social workers to the children stayed in this hospital. Since this card is made for a boy, so I decided to make another card for a girl. 

I used the same Bear Frog card die but this time I made a panda. The bee was from Garden Greetings set. Love both of the cards, very cute! Hope these cards will bring smiles to the children who receive them. Below is another look of this card:

Supplies:
Cardstock: MFT, Stampin' Up
Stamps: Paper Smooches
Dies: Paper Smooches
Ink Pads: Distress ink, Versafine
Others: ZIG Clean Color Real Brush, clear embossing powder, clear Wink of Stella pen

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A Blog Named Hero September Challenge - One Layer

Here is A Blog Named Hero September challenge - one layer.  Below is the challenge photo:

And here is the one layer card I made to attend this challenge:

I used the masking tapes to diagonally taped down on a craft cardstock background. Then I blended in black Distress Oxide ink to form a diagonal stripe.  I randomly stamped the images from Hero Arts Fresh Herbs set with white ink on the craft background and colored them with Prisma color pencils. Finish the card by white embossing "think of you" on the black diagonal stripe. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI, Stampin' Up
Stamps: Hero Arts
Ink Pads: Distress Oxide, Stampin' Up, Versamark
Others: Prisma color pencils, white embossing powder, masking tapes

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Simon Wednesday Challenge - Clean and Simple

Here is Simon Wednesday Challenge - Clean and Simple. Below is the challenge photo:

And here is the card I made for this challenge:

I die cut the lace die (from Waffle Flower) and blended different shades of blue Distress ink on it. I stamped the background text stamp (from Simon Says Stamp) on the white cardstock. I attached the  lace die on the background. Finish the card by attaching "hello" (from Altenew) with foam tape onto the card. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:
Cardstock: MFT
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp, Altenew
Die: Waffle Flower
Ink Pads: Distress ink pads, Stampin' Up
Others: foam tapes

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The Ton September Mood Board Challenge & Word Art Wednesday Challenge #300-301

Here are the two challenges I would like to attend:

1) The Ton September Mood Board Challenge, below are the challenge photos:

2) Word Art Wednesday Challenge #300-301 - Anything Goes, below is the challenge photo:

Here is the card I made to attend the above two challenges:

I was inspired by the fall colors in the mood board of The Ton September challenge. I stamped the partial of Morning Glory Border Background stamp on a watercolor paper and gold embossed it. I watercolored the images with Daniel Smith watercolors and fussy cut out the inner part of the background stamp. I used foam tapes to back the watercolor paper with dark brown cardstock and gold embossed the greeting (from Sunflower Cluster Mini set) on the cutout portion. Finish the card by sprinkling gold Finetec paints on the background and dropped some Nuvo crystal dots around the greeting. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:
Cardstock: watercolor paper, Stampin' Up
Stamps: The Ton Stamps
Ink Pads: Versamark
Others: gold embossing powder, Daniel Smith watercolors, Finetec gold paint, Tonic Nuvo gold crystal drops, foam tapes

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Be Merry

I made this "Be Merry" picture in picture card to attend the following two challenges:

1) Lawn Fawnatics challenge #12 - create a scene, below is the challenge photo:

2) Simon Wednesday challenge - stamp it, below is the challenge photo:

And here is the card I made to attend the above two challenges:

I stamped two snowmen on the left corner (from Ready, Set, Snow set). I masked the snowmen and stamped "be merry" (from Winter Scripty Sayings set) to form a snow slope. Then, I stamped three frames (from Flirty Frames set) and die cut two of them. I stamped critters into the frames - from "Into the Woods" set, "Winter Penguin" set, and "Winter Sparrows" set. All of the images were colored with Daniel Smith watercolors. Finish the card by silver embossing snowflakes and dropped some Nuvo glitter dots. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:
Cardstock: MFT, Stampin' Up
Stamps: Lawn Fawn
Dies: Lawn Fawn
Ink Pads: Versafine
Others: Daniel Smith watercolors, clear & silver embossing powder, Nuvo glitter drops, foam tapes

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Penny Black Holiday Head Start Challenge

Here is Penny Black Holiday Head Start Challenge, below is the challenge photo:

And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:

I used MISTI stamping tool to stamp Penny Black "Red Delight" on the watercolor paper with pink and green Distress ink. Then I colored the image with Daniel Smith watercolor. Once I finish the first image, I clear embossed it and stamped the second image on top of the first one. Once I watercolored the second image, I also clear embossed it. Finish the card by black embossed the greeting and attached some green Tonic Nuvo glitter drops. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI, MFT, watercolor paper
Stamps: Penny Black, Technique Tuesday
Ink Pads: Distress ink, Versafine
Others: Daniel Smith watercolors, Tonic Nuvo glitter drops, clear embossing powder

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Simon Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Here is Simon Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes, below is the challenge photo:

And here is the card I made for the challenge:

I watercolored the background piece with Mijello watercolors and add gold Fintec watercolor to accent the watercolor piece. I die cut the black flower with Tim Holtz dies. I attached the flower on the background and put foam tapes on the background and flowers that over the part of the background. Finish the card by heat embossing "Best Wishes" on the watercolor background. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:
Cardstock: MFT, PTI, Stampin' Up
Stamps: Mama Elephant
Dies: Tim Holtz
Ink Pads: Versafine
Others: watercolors (Mijello & Finetec), clear embossing powder, foam tapes

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