Shaky & Stenciled City

I ran across the fun challenges at My Favorite Things, so I pulled out my great brick wall stencil from MFT to make this cityscape shaker card:

I used a city stamp from Mark's Finest Papers, page protector pieces, my Fuse tool & a Fuse paper to create the shaker portion. I filled the city & border shakers with blue MS microbeads & confetti from Recollections.

I cut up a piece of watercolor cardstock to create all the panels. I only used 3 inks: QuickQuotes Coral, Memento Sprout, and Hampton Art Royal Blue. I cut a mask with a circle die to create the sun element.

Inspiration/Challenges:
MFT Card Challenge: Color Challenge #47
MFT Card Challenge: Sketch #285

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Pink Cadillac

Ever since I received the "Transportation Little Bits" die set from Taylored Expressions, I wanted to make a "Pink Cadillac"-inspired notch swing card using oval dies. I'm quite proud of the classically lovely yet naughty result!

Inspiration/Challenges:
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #61: Vroom

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Punny Father's Day

I wanted to make something extra-special for my Dad for Father's Day, so I was inspired by a silly joke he used to tell. 

The cars are cut from a gold cardstock using Taylored Expressions dies, the word bubble stamps are from a Latina Crafter set, the sentiment stamps are from SP Stamps & Fiskars, and I made the sentiments myself using the CrimefightBB font. I used Memento & QuickQuotes inks. The papers are all handmade/textured papers from my stash.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Die Cuttin' Divas #270: Die-cut + Father's Day
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations: Father's Day/Masculine

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Electricity comes from other planets

I've grown to truly enjoy the challenge of one layer cards, so when my husband gave me the craft prompt of "the Whole World in Your Hands," I was reminded of the fun I had with the Less is More "Splatters" challenge & created this hopeful card with a color combo directly inspired by the original Gay Pride Flag.

I started by making a frame mask for the outer border from scrap cardstock; I did the same for the circle piece. I used both the circle & its negative to mask the sections of the center image. I used bright Blue ink & dark Navy inks to create the  background, . I used Pine Green pigment ink & blue embossing powder for the Earth element. I used a  coffee-stain TH stencil to create the ocean. The rainbow rays are stamped with watermark ink & heat-embossed it the beautiful colors in my stash. The sentiment is from Verve Stamps & is heat-embossed in a glittery white powder; I purposefully let some of the powder remain on the background. This is a keeper, like equal rights!

Inspiration/Challenges:
Less is More #280: Splatters + One Layer

Inkspirational Challenge #111: Masking

Word Art Wednesdays: Anything Goes

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Nuts and Bolts - Better Together

I had so much fun making & using my nut stamps that I decided to use them again to make a CAS card featuring a "nuts & bolts" pun. The bolts are high-quality PNGs that I grabbed for free at Clker. The sentiment is from a Recollections set.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Come and Get It #121: Weird/Whimsical
Stamplorations June Sketch/Theme Challenge: Sketch

Update: This was a Top Pick at Stamplorations!

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