Gina K Designs July 2023 Monthly Mix Challenge - Christmas In July

Here is Gina K Designs July 2023 Monthly Mix Challenge - Christmas In July, below is the card I made to attend this challenge:

I blended 4 different green colors of Distress Oxide inks on the white cardstock. I stamped the main image from Gina K Designs' Holiday Tapestry stamps set on top of the card and letter stamps (from Gina K Designs' Winter Wishes stamps set) on the background with black pigment ink and clear embossed them. I used the gold brush pen to color into the letters as well as the ornaments on the little Christmas tree. Finish the card by attaching some glitter gems on the background. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Gina K Designs

Ink Pads: Distress Oxide inks, Versafine

Stamps: Gina K Designs

Others: clear embossing powder, gold brush pen, glitter gems

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Simon Wednesday Challenge - Alcohol Ink And/or Drinks

Here is Simon Wednesday Challenge - Alcohol Ink and/or Drinks, below is the challenge photo:

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

I applied different colors of alcohol inks on the Yupo paper to make the background. I die cut the leaf (from Simon Says Stamp's Etched Laurel Leaves dies) with Lawn Fawn's pearlescent vellum. I also die cut "hello" (from Altenew's Fancy Hello die) with black glitter cardstock (from Memory Box). Finish the card by assembling them together on the alcohol ink background. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Gina K Designs, Lawn Fawn, Memory Box, Yupo

Inks: Ranger's alcohol inks

Dies: Simon Says Stamp, Altenew

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Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge - Weeks #603-604

Here is Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge - Weeks #603-604, below is the challenged word art:

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

I white embossed the snowflakes (from Simon Says Stamp's Snowflake Edges stamps set) and greetings (from Simon Says Stamp's Christmas Blessings stamps set) on the watercolor paper. Then I applied Arteza Real Brush Pens of glitter colors on the background - from dark blue to light blue. I die cut the tree border (from Simon Says Stamp's Little Evergreen Trees die) from dark blue cardstock and highlight the tree with white acrylic pen. Finish the card by attaching some Studio Katia's silver fever discs on the background. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Canson watercolor paper, MFT, Gina K Designs

Ink Pads: Versamark

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp

Die: Simon Says Stamp

Others: Arteza Real Brush Pens - glitter colors, white embossing powder, white acrylic pen, Studio Katia silver fever discs

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Simon Monday Challenge - Summer Mood Board

Here is Simon Monday Challenge - Summer Mood Board, below is the challenge photo:

 

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

I applied different colors of Distress Oxide inks on the white cardstock. I stamped the Eiffel Tower stamp (from Tim Holtz) on the background with blue archival ink, then I over stamped the text stamp (from Tim Holtz) with light blue archival ink on the Eiffel Tower. I used Simon Says Stamp's Winter Berries 3D embossing folder to dry emboss the background, then I lightly applied brown Distress Oxide ink on the embossed areas. Finish the card by stamping "Rejoice in the Lord" (from Simon Says Stamp' Tiny Words Faith stamps set) on a piece of light blue cardstock, and attach it at the bottom of the card. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: MFT, Stampin' Up, Simon Says Stamp

Ink Pads: Distress Oxide inks, Archival inks

Stamps: Tim Holtz, Simon Says Stamp

Embossing Folder: Simon Says Stamp

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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 to attend this challenge:

I used Altenew's Patchwork Tiles stencils and stamps set to make the background. This background reminds me the Portugal tiles during our Portugal & Spanish trip in June. The sentiment (from Altenew's Sentiment Strips stamps set) was white embossed on a strip of navy cardstock. Finish the card by dropping some glitter glue as well as some glitter drops on the tiles. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: MFT, Gina K Designs

Ink Pads: Altenew

Stamps: Altenew

Stencils: Altenew

Others: glitter glue, glitter drops

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Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero June 2023 Challenge

Here is Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero June 2023 Challenge - A Sentimental Journey, below is the challenge photo:

 

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

I picked this old Hero Arts set - Asian Dolls wood stamps set from my collections to make this card. I stamped these two little cute dolls on white cardstock and colored them with alcohol markers and gold gel pen. Then I fussy cut them. I gold embossed the "thank you" greetings on both dark blue and dark pink cardstock. I attached two little dolls on light pink and light blue cardstock. Finish the card by making a color blocking background on a black cardstock. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Simon Says Stamp, MFT

Ink Pads: Gina K Designs, Versamark

Stamps: Hero Arts

Others: alcohol markers, gold gel pen, gold embossing powder

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Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge - Weeks #601-602

Here is Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge - Weeks #601-602, below is the challenged word art:

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

I applied different Distress Oxide reinkers on the folded baby wiper, and swiped the baby wiper on the white cardstock in one direction first, then the other direction to make the plaid background. I die cut "thank you" (from MFT's Thank You die) on the violet glitter cardstock and stacked them with white cardstock. I attached "thank you" die on the plaid background. Finish the card by attaching some glitter gems on the card. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: MFT, Simon Says Stamp

Inks: Distress Oxide reinkers

Die: MFT

Other: glitter gems

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Simon Wednesday Challenge - Lots Of Layers

Here is Simon Wednesday Challenge - Lots of Layers, below is the challenge photo:

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

I used Spellbinders' Layered Floral For You stencils set to make the layered stencil background on the white cardstock. Then I used the matching die to cut out "for you" and stacked it with multiple layers of white cardstock to make it more dimensional on the card center. I highlighted some of the flowers with Sakura stardust pen. Finish the card by attaching some glitter gems on the card. Below is another look of the card:

Supplies:

Cardstock: MFT, Simon Says Stamp

Ink Pads: Altenew

Stencils: Spellbinders

Die: Spellbinders

Others: Sakura stardust pen, glitter gems

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