Altenew's Sketchy Cities America

Altenew's new stamp sets are very popular right now. Lots of them are out-of-stock so soon and I can only get two of my favorite sets for now. One of them is the Sketchy Cities America. Here is the card I made with this set:

I white embossed the city stamp on the watercolor paper. Then, I used my water brush and Distress ink pads to color. Finish the card by stamp the text in black and hand drawn the three black seagulls. This is a quick, clean, and simple card. 

I would like to use this card to attend Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge for this week - Not so Mellow Yellow. Here is the challenge photo:

I also want to attend CAS-ual Friday's CFC131: Three Thirds challenge. I have three seagulls and three words on my card. Here is the challenge photo:

Supplies:

Cardstock: Stampin' Up (black), watercolor paper

Stamps: Altenew

Ink Pads: Distress ink pads, Archival ink pad, Versamark ink pad

Others: white embossing powder, water brush

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Black Magic - Paper Smooches Anything Goes Challenge

Paper Smooches has an Anything Goes challenge this week for April 20-26. Here is the challenge:

Below is the card I made with black magic technique to attend this challenge:

I stamped the vases (from Crystal Clear and Free Spirits set) with white ink pad on the black cardstock. I also stamped two more vases (the right and left ones) on another black cardstock with white ink pad. Then, I stamped the stem of leaves and flower with white ink on the vases using masking method. After that, I colored the vases, flower, and leaves with colored pencils. Cut out those two extra vases and attach them with clear dimensional dots on top of the right and left vases. Stamp "thanks" (from Simply Said set) and white embossed it on the black cardstock. Finish the card with a few gems on the vases.

Here are the closer looks of the card:

Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin' Up (black), PTI (white)
Stamps: Paper Smooches
Ink Pads: Stampin' Up, Versamark
Others: color pencils, white embossing powder, clear foam dots, gems

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Butterflies Necklace

Spring is here and the butterflies necklace can definitely represent the spirit of Spring. Here is the butterflies necklace I did based on the pattern of the book - "Crystal Play" by Anna Elizabeth Draeger. 

I used 4mm and 6mm (on the large butterfly) Swarovski bicone crystals to make this necklace. The purple bicone color is called Tanzanite and the blue bicone color is called Light Azore.

Here is another look of the necklace:

And here is the closer look of sparkle butterflies:

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Mama Elephant - Photo Inspiration Challenge

Here is the Mama Elephant's Photo Inspiration Challenge:

This photo gives me a beach and bottle idea, so I used the paper crane stamp in the Origami set to create a paper crane in a bottle beach scene. Below is the card I made:

First, I gold embossed the paper crane on white cardstock and colored it with water brush and Distress Ink pads, then cut it out. I hand drew a glass bottle on vellum and cut out, brushed some Pumice Stone ink on the edge of the bottle, then I cut another bottle on acetate (using the vellum bottle as the guide). I also cut a piece of cork paper to mimic the cork of the bottle. Second, I assembled them together with cork at the bottom, then vellum bottle, paper crane, and acetate bottle on the top. After that, I used water brush and Distress Ink pads to create the ocean and beach scene. I attached the foam dots on the back of the beach stripe to create a little dimension. Then, I stamped the text "sending smiles across the miles" (from Up and Away set) on top of the ocean. Last, I attached the bottle on the beach to finish the card. 

Here is a closer look of the paper crane:

And here is another look of the card:

Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI (white)
Stamps: Mama Elephant
Ink Pads: Distress Ink pads, Archival Ink pad
Others: vellum, acetate, cork paper, gold embossing powder, water brush, foam dots

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Flower Pendant Necklace

This is the flower pendant I made with 14mm Swarovski heart pendants for the pedals, 6mm Swarovski bicones and some size 11 seed beads as flower center. I put the finished flower pendant on the black leather as a choker necklace. Here is the finished necklace with pendant.

And the closer look on the flower pendant:

However, when I wore this choker necklace later on, I found out the pendant is not very match with the black leather. So, I decided to change the necklace to a long one using seed beads as the necklace string and add two more 10mm heart pendants dangling below the flower pendant. Below is the new look of the necklace:

And a closer look of the pendant and dangling hearts:

After the change, I love this new look much better than before. The design of the whole necklace matches the flower pendant very perfectly now.

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Graffiti Stamping

I am taking Clean & Simple 3 online card class currently. The class is so amazing and a lot of great techniques worth to try. I like one of the techniques called Graffiti Stamping very much and would like to try it. Below is the card I made:

I used the "love" die from Paper Smooches to cut a lavender love as well as cut it out on the white cardstock. Then, I inserted the lavender love into the cut-out space of white cardstock to create an inlay effect. Then, I applied different text stamps with different shades of gray ink pads as well as a purple ink pad to create the graffiti effect. I also stamped the lock and key images there and brushed with the clear Wink of the Stella pen. I attached some heart pearl stickers to finish the card.

I would like to have this card to attend CAS-ual Fridays' Shades of Gray (CFC129) challenge. Here is the challenge photo:

I also want to have this card to attend Paper Smooches Anything Goes challenge for March 16-22. Here are the challenge photos:

Of course, this card will also go to Clean & Simple online class gallery. 

Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin' Up (gray), PTI (white)
Stamps: Paper Smooches
Ink Pads: Hero Arts, Memento
Die: Paper Smooches
Others: Wink of Stella brush pen, pearl stickers

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ATC Exchange With Red/White/Black Theme

I was invited by the teacher Mandy from Created With Love craft store in Taiwan to join the ATC exchange hosted by Mandy. The theme for this exchange is Red/White/Black - you can only use these three colors to create an ATC. Here is the 20 ATCs I created for this exchange:

Below is a closer look at the ATC. I stamped the heart with red ink and brushed with the clear Wink of the Stella pen. I used the chalk marker and Tim Holtz layering stencil to write "LOVE" at the bottom of the ATC. Cut out the heart and use foam dots to attach on the ATC to finish it. 

Since I am in US and Mandy is in Taiwan, so I wait for a while to receive all of the exchanged ATCs back. But the waiting time is well deserved. Look at the ATCs I got from friends in Taiwan:

Are they just gorgeous? So beautiful!!! Mandy also made a card for me as below:

Love this card Mandy made for me - clean and elegant. Thank you Mandy and all the friends who attended this great ATC exchange.

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Runway Inspired Challenge - ric#55

Here is the Runway Inspired Challenge - ric#55 Pamella Roland. Below is the challenge pictures:

And this is the card I made for this challenge:

The lace background was made by using chalk marker and Distress Marker Spritzer to spritz on the lace stencil on top of the black cardstock. Below is the photo right after I spritz the chalk marker on top of the lace stencil.

Isn't it a cool effect? I mounted the lace background with silver cardstock on the black card. For the "happy" word, I die cut the word five times with silver cardstock and glued them together. I brushed the silver Wink of the Stella pen on top of "happy". Then, I attached "happy" above the silver border and stamped "to you" in white to finish the card. Here is a closer look of the stacked "happy":

ETA: I would like to have this card to attend Moxie Fab World's Styling with Stencils Challenge.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin' Up (black), PTI (silver)
Stamps: PTI
Ink Pads: Stampin' Up
Die: PTI
Others: Tim Holtz Layering Stencil, chalk marker, silver Wink of the Stella pen

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