Here is Paper Smooches December Challenge - ribbons, below are the challenge photos:
And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:
I was inspired by Jennifer McGuire's "floating die cut frame" technique to make this card. I chose the dies from "Bows" dies, "Drinking Glasses" dies, and "Digits" dies and cut them out with watercolor paper. I colored these dies with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush pens and stamped the glasses with "Free Spirits" stamp set. Then I arranged them on a card background and placed a piece of Press N Seal on top of them. I cut out the excess and the round center portion, and flip over these die cuts and attached foam tapes on them. I glued them back to the card background and removed the Press N seal. It makes a perfect floating die cut frame. I white embossed "Celebrate and enjoy your day" (from "Birthday Bash" stamp set) on black cardstock center to finish the card. Below is another look of the card, and you can see closely on the dimensional die cut frame:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI, watercolor paper
Ink Pads: Versafine, Versamark
Stamps: Paper Smooches
Dies: Paper Smooches
Others: ZIG Clean Color Real Brush pens, white embossing powder, foam tapes, Press N Seal, round die
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Here is Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge - #366-#367, below is the word art for this challenge:
And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:
I blended the background with different Distress Oxide inks. Let it dry completely. Then I stamped the background (from Simon Says Stamp) and heat embossed with Hero Arts satin pearl embossing powder. Finish the card by stacking "peace" die and attach it at the bottom of the card. Below is another look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI, glitter cardstock
Ink Pads: Distress Oxide, Versamark
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp
Die: Winnie and Walter
Others: Hero Arts satin pearl embossing powder
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Here is Simon Monday Challenge - Party Time, below is the challenge photo:
And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:
I used Distress inks and watercolor paper to make the background. I die cut the snow die with silver glitter paper. I also die cut "believe" several times and attach silver glitter one on the top. I attached the snow dies with foam tape on top of the background. Finish the card by attaching "believe" at the bottom and white embossed the "in the magic of Christmas" on the right side. Below is another look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: watercolor paper, glitter cardstock, PTI
Ink Pads: Distress inks, Versamark
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp
Dies: Simon Says Stamp, Winnie and Walter
Others: white embossing powder, foam tapes
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Here is Simon Wednesday Challenge - Party Time, below is the challenge photo:
And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:
I made the background with Distress inks and sprayed the Perfect Pearl water to make it shimmery. I used the partial of the die cut background to attach it on the top portion of the card. I applied Nuvo crystal glaze into the flower to make it dimensional. Finish the card by white embossing "happy birthday" at the bottom of the card. Below is another look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp
Inks: Distress inks
Others: background die, Perfect Pearl, white embossing powder
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Here is Simon Says Stamp's Christmas card day challenge, below is the challenge photo:
And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:
I used Simon Says Stamp's Christmas Sweater Background stamp and Jennifer McGuire's Distress Ink Monoprint technique to make the background. I used Distress Oxide inks this time and this background is the monoprint background generated from the first embossed background (not shown here). I die cut the captivating mandala die from MFT with white cardstock and attached it on the left and right side of the background. Finish the card by die cutting "rejoice" word die with blue glitter paper on vellum bottom. Below is another look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI, vellum, glitter cardstock
Ink Pads: Distress Oxide inks
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp
Dies: MFT
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Here are the three challenges I would like to attend this week:
1) Pinkfresh Studio December Challenge - Everything Holiday! Below is the challenge photo:
2) Simon Says Stamp's Christmas Card Day Challenge, below is the challenge photo:
3) Simon Wednesday Challenge - Christmas, below is the challenge photo:
And here is the card I made to attend the above three challenges:
I used the Pinkfresh Studio's Dainty Blossoms die set to cut out a bunch of different leaves and flowers with watercolor paper. Then, I colored these dies with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush watercolor markers. The fun part is I assembled these leaves and flowers to make a Christmas wreath. I stamped "Merry Christmas" (from Simon Says Stamp" with black Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder in the middle of the card base. I also die cut a hunter green square stitched die (from MFT) and glued it down on the background. Then I attached the Christmas wreath in the middle of the card. It creates a very fresh and textured look of the card. Below are the other looks of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI, Stampin' Up, watercolor paper
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp
Dies: Pinkfresh Studio, MFT
Ink Pads: Versafine
Others: ZIG Clean Color Real Brush, clear embossing powder
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Here is Altenew 2018 year in review challenge, below are the challenge photos:
I choose May 2018 as my inspiration challenge. I learned Jennifer McGuire's Distress Ink Monoprint Technique and made two cards to attend this challenge. Below are the cards I made:
The first card was a darker color background version. I applied different colors of Distress inks on the white cardstock background. Then I clear embossed flowers (from Altenew Frosted Garden stamp set) on the color background. Using paper towel to wipe off the excess inks on top of the flowers. I spritz water on the background and press another white cardstock on top, then run both of them through the die cut machine. It created two background - one dark color and one light color. I used the Joseph's coat technique on the dark color background - applied black distress ink around the flowers. Finish the first card by die cutting "happy" several times to make it dimensional and stamping "birthday" as a birthday card. Below is another look of the card:
The second I used the light color background as the card base - see below:
I die cut "happy" with blue glitter cardstock and stack them with white cardstock. I stamped "everything" on the vellum and heat embossed it. Finish the card by dropping some Nuvo jewel drops on the cardstock. Below is another look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI, Stampin' Up, glitter cardstock
Stamps: Altenew
Dies: Altenew
Ink Pads: Distress Inks, Versamark, Memento Luxe
Others: embossing powder
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Here is Simon Monday Challenge - 'B' is for? Below is the challenge photo:
And here is the card - 'B' is for best wishes, made to attend this challenge:
This card was also inspired by Julie Marie's art works. I dropped some alcohol inks on the Yupo paper, let it dry completely. Then I use Uni Do! Posca extra fine white pen to draw the flowers and leaves on top of dried alcohol ink background. Finish the card by white embossed sentiment on blue cardstock stripe. Below is another look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: Yupo paper, Stampin' Up
Ink Pad: Versamark
Stamp: Altenew
Others: alcohol inks, Uni Do! Posca extra fine white pen, white embossing powder, foam tape
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Here is Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge - weeks #362 - #363. Below is the challenge word art:
And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:
I used the same technique as I did for my previous card. Sprinkle Cosmic Shimmer Pixie powder on watercolor paper and spritz water on it. Then applied texture paste on the stencil. Once the paper dry completely, I applied Treasure Gold around the leaves to make them more dimensional. Finish the card by stamping "You make life beautiful" (from Simon Says Stamp) on a stripe of vellum.
Below is another look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin' Up, PTI, watercolor paper
Inks: Versafine
Stencil: Paper Artsy
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp
Others: Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder, Texture Paste, Treasure Gold, vellum
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Here is Simon Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes, below is the challenge photo:
And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:
I used the Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder to sprinkle on the watercolor paper and spritz some water on it. Let it dry a period of time but don't need to be completely dry. Then, I used Paper Artsy stencil and spread Texture Paste on the stencil. Lift the stencil and let the paper dry completely. I applied some silver Treasure Gold around the leaves area to make them more dimensional. Finish the card by stamping "Thanks for all you do" (from Simon Says Stamps) on a stripe of vellum. Below is another look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin' Up, watercolor paper
Ink Pads: Versafine
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp
Stencil: Paper Artsy
Others: Texture Paste, Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder, Treasure Gold, vellum
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Here is Simon Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes, below is the challenge photo:
And here is the card I made to attend this challenge:
This card was inspired by Julie Marie's art works. I dropped some alcohol inks on the Yupo paper, let it dry completely. Then I use Uni Do! Posca extra fine white pen to draw the flowers on top of dried alcohol ink background. Finish the card by white embossed sentiment on black cardstock stripe. Below is another look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: Yupo paper, Stampin' Up
Ink Pad: Versamark
Stamp: Altenew
Others: alcohol inks, Uni Do! Posca extra fine white pen, white embossing powder
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Here is Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge weeks #358 - #359, below is the challenge word art:
And below are the two cards I made to attend this challenge:
These two cards are very easy to make without using any stamps. I dry embossed the background on white cardstock, and die cut the bottom with "thanks" die. I used the layered dies to cut out hearts and butterflies and stacked them together and attached them on the white embossed background. Finish the cards by attaching white background with foam tapes on top of the colored cardstocks. Below are the closer look of the cards:
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI, Stampin' Up
Dies: Birch Press Design
Others: embossing folders, foam tapes
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Here is Pinkfresh Studio October Challenge - Fussy Cutting/Diecutting! Below is the challenge photo:
This is my first time to attend Pinkfresh Studio's monthly challenge. I love the style of their stamps, and here is the card I made to attend this challenge:
I stamped the girl with a big bunch of flowers/hearts (from Bouquet of Hearts set) on a piece of white cardstock and colored it with Copic markers. Then I fussy cut it out. I white embossed the leaves (from Lush Greenery set) at the bottom of a turquoise cardstock. I also white embossed "get well soon" (from Bouquet of Hearts set) and "with all my heart" (from Tealightful Day set) on the turquoise background as well. I lightly brushed the Distress ink around the edges and attached the girl with foam tapes on the background. Finish the card by attaching some blue gem stones on the card front. Below is another look of the card:
Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin' Up, Neenah
Ink Pads: Versamark, MFT, Distress ink
Stamps: Pinkfresh Studio
Others: white embossing powder, Copic markers, gem stones, foam tapes
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I joined Mandy's FB ATC September swap, the topic of the ATC swap is "people and time". The limit of people to join is twenty. Below is the ATC I made to attend this swap:
I made the same design with four different color combos and make 20 ATCs for the total. The background technique used are embossing resist and layering. I brushed different colors of Distress Oxide inks to color the background. The little girl is from Love Cynthia and colored with Copic markers. Below is the photo of all 20 ATCs.
Hope all of the swap members will enjoy the ATCs I made.
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI, Neenah
Ink Pads: Distress Oxide inks, MFT, Versamark, Versafine, Archival inks
Stamps: Love Cynthia, Tim Holtz, Hero Arts, PTI
Others: Copic markers, clear Wink of the Stella brush pen, embossing powder
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