Spots and Stripes at Crafting with Dragonflies

Our challenge this fortnight at Crafting with Dragonflies is to make a card with Spots and Stripes.

I used a Stampendous stamp featuring this wonderful image by Laurel Burch.

I used a striped paper for the die-cut sentiment, and a spotted paper for the corners. For the background, I embossed two different papers: a textured Core'Dinations cardstock & ran an orange ink pad over the raised bits; and a yellow cardstock & I inked the embossed folder with the same orange ink pad. I colored the image with Copic markers. My mother-in-law gave me a beautiful purse featuring some of Laurel Burch's dogs, so I made this for her.

Thank you for visiting & hope you'll join the fun at Crafting with Dragonflies, 

Pilin' on the Vintage Empowerment

The theme this month at Pile It On is Vintage/Retro. The only really rule is to be inspired by more than one papercrafting challenge. We're sponsored by Pickled Potpourri, and I used their

Deep Breath digital stamp.

I printed the image one a shiny cardstock and heat-embossed it with light blue powder; It didn't cover the whole thing, but I really liked the effect. I used an embossing ink pen to add two more blue powders, and added some color with Copics and glitter pens. The banner is made with two Washi tapes. The background was made with Graphic 45 papers from my scrap box; I can never part with any of them! I distressed all the edges with an Ingrid Bolme tool. I really had fun being inspired by this Pickled Potpourri image; this is advice I need to follow more often!

Inspiration/Challenges:
Cards in Envy: Feeling Blue & Distressed
Crafty Catz #423: ATG + optional theme of Embossing Wet or Dry
Monochrome Magic #12: Anything Monochrome Goes
Paper Shelter Challenge #345: Digital Images or Papers (digi stamp)
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
Southern Girls #187: Just a bit Flash (shiny papers & glitter pens)
Try Stamping On Tuesdays #369: Sketch + optional theme of Use Scraps

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Gnome Place like Home -- Pilin' on the Layered Holidays

The theme this month at Pile It On is Holiday (no Birthday), and our mid-month optional bonus theme is Lots of Layers. The only really rule is to be inspired by more than one papercrafting challenge. We're sponsored by Gerda Steiner Designs, and I used their Gnome Couple digi stamp.

I added the sentiment myself and printed to along with the digital stamp. I colored the image & background with Copic markers, and added white flocking to his beard.

I used a double-sided Designer Paper for the card base, so I simply decorated it with some fussy-cut images from the same collection, and added a message section.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Cheerful Sketches Challenge: Sketch
The Fairy and The Unicorn: Anything Mystical/Magical
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #30: Anything Christmas Goes
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Frame It


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Thankful Garden -- Flowers & Bling with the UnstampaBelles

Our theme this month at the UnstampaBelles challenge is Flowers and more Flowers, with the optional twist of Bling. You need to follow the twist to be considered as the DT Favorite, but you only have to follow main theme to win our prize.

Be sure to check out the fabulous projects by my teammates the UnstampaBelles this month!

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Mainly Sentimental at International Art & Soul

Our theme this fortnight at the International Art & Soul Challenge is Sentiment as Focal Point.

My sentiment, heat-embossed in gold, is from Verve Stamps.

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