Pilin' On the Stash

The themes this month at Pile It On are Try a New Technique and/or Use Your Oldest Stash. You can choose one or both themes, and you may enter the challenge as many times you like, as long as you are inspired by at least one other Challenge theme. We're sponsored by Becky’s Place. Becky also has a great blog with tons of goodies, including card fold tutorials.

I used one of the first rubber stamps I ever purchased, way back in 2010.

The card base was die-cut with the Tri-Shutter Card Bigz Big Shot Pro Die from Sizzix. I stamped the tree with Versamark & used 3 different green embossing powders. The sentiment is a clear stamp from my stash, embossed in the darker green, and the leaves are from Verve Stamps & are embossed in Olive.

Challenges/Inspiration:
Aud Sentiments Challenge #210: Anything Goes + a Sentiment
Dies R Us Challenge #103: You are a Star + Dies (base card is from Sizzix & large rectangles are from Elizabeth Craft)
Pile It On: Use Your Oldest Stash (tree stamp, leaf-patterned Washi tape, and star-patterned Graphic 45 DP)
Retro Rubber Challenge #93: Tic Tac Toe - Die cut, Green, Leaves + rubber stamp (Inkadinkadoo stamp was purchased in 2010)
Southern Girls #190: Stamp Your Mark On It

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Pilin' On a New Technique

The theme this month at Pile It On is Try a New Technique. The only really rule is to be inspired by more than one papercrafting challenge. We're sponsored by Becky’s Place. Becky also has a great blog with tons of goodies, including card fold tutorials. I've tried many of her techniques over the years, but this is my first try at a Wiper Card. I used this presents digi stamp from Beccy's Celebrations set.

I added the yellow background before printing the images. For the sentiment, I used a rubber stamp I recently won from Repeat Impressions. I colored the presents with Copic markers. The card base is a double-sided paper from Webster's Pages that I've had in my stash for a long time; I used it partly because the recipient really likes red tulips. The pop-up birthday sentiment is from a freebie stamp set that came with a magazine.I added a border on the front as well on the back message section with Diamond Stickles.


Inspiration/Challenges:
Always Happy Birthday: Birthday
Digistamps 4 Joy #151: Anything Goes + optional: Add a Sentiment
Make My Monday #76: Colored Image

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