Happy Jewish New Year and STAMPlorations CAS Card Design Team

I am not sure if I have any followers left since I haven't blogged in the last 6 months. My attention has been diverted from stamping and making cards for many reasons that I won't go into here. I am excited to get back into the stamping/blogging world though and I have Shery Russ to thank for that - I have been accepted to the STAMPlorations CAS Card Design Team starting this month so watch this space for the October challenge starting on October 5th.

I did create some Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) cards to raffle off at my temple's Labor Day BBQ fundraiser in August so I will leave you with photos of them:

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Showers of Blessings

Hello. I'm back with another card for the CAS Watercolor Challenge for this month - Green & Pink.

I needed a wedding shower card for later this month so this was a good opportunity to combine that need with our challenge:

I watercolored the umbrellas with Distress markers and an aquabrush. These markers are so easy to water color with. After the watercolor was dry I "painted" the umbrellas with a clear Wink of Stella glitter brush pen. The little heart confetti was added for final embellishment.

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Spring Happy Birthday

I know in some parts of the US it seems like winter is just starting with the blizzards happening as I write this post. But in my part of the country, the San Francisco area, it has been rather warm after all the rain we received and the bulbs are all blooming as well as our golden poppies. So it is looking like spring here and that is what the CAS Watercolor Card challenge is all about this month. Below is my reminder sample for the challenge:

This card was inspired by a card created by Michelle Lupton which you can see here (scroll down a bit).  I white embossed the My Favorite Things Rose background image on the smooth side of a Tim Holtz Water Color card. I used my Zig Clean Color Brush pens in various shades of pink, red, yellow and orange to paint the panel. I used my PaperTrey dies to cut a piece of white card stock into the two pieces and with foam tape adhered it to the painted panel. That was then adhered to a card base. The sentiment is from PaperTrey.

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CAS Watercolor Card Challenge - Emboss Resist

This is a reminder that there is still lots of time to submit a card to the CAS Watercolour Card Challenge: Resist.  Here is another card I created to inspire you:

First off I want to thank Loll for creating my awesome watermark! Isn't it cute? I just love that kitty!

I started out by masking off a rectangle on some watercolor cardstock and then stamped the Winnie & Walter Background stamp inside the rectangle with Versamark ink and then heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I then used my Gambai Tambi water colors using the wet on wet method, one color at a time, drying it with a heat gun, then adding the next color and so on.

The "happy 2nd" part of the sentiment was created with dies from Winnie & Walter (happy) and PaperTrey (2nd). I stamped the rest of the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black ink after removing the masking tape.

I hope you will find some time in this busy season to play with us. Happy holidays to everyone!

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Simply the Best

I love how this came out - I used freezer paper for a mask. I cut the freezer paper with the PaperTrey butterfly die and ironed it onto the watercolor paper.  I then watercolored around and over the mask using the wet on wet watercolor technique.  I carefully lifted the mask off when the panel was dry and stamped the sentiment (from Technique Tuesday). I added a few gems and mounted it onto aqua mist card stock and added a thin black strip to make the watercolor panel pop.

I am submitting this to:

CASology - Watercolor

Addicted to Stamps and More - photo inspiration

Happy Little Stampers August CAS Challenge - Masking

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Dare to Get Dirty at SCS

It's that time of year, my favorite week at Splitcoaststampers (SCS), Dare to Get Dirty. Everyday for a week there are several challenges created by the Dirty Dozen and Alumna for the SCS Fan Club members to play in. There are prizes and lots of fun to be had. I am not hosting any challenges but I have made samples for many of them. Below are the cards I created for 2 of today's challenges:

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PaperTrey Stamp a Faire - Master Color Recipes

Today I only completed one more of the PTI SAF challenges. This one was the Master Color Recipe.

I chose this recipe:

Here is my card:

All products used are from PaperTrey. The main panel was made with a stencil and the colors listed in the recipe. I used an ink blending tool to color the stencil. The sentiment is a die cut. Before cutting the sentiment I backed the card stock with Stick It so I could easily adhere it to the card front.

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PaperTrey Stamp A Faire - Watercolor Like a Master

I loved the challenge that Kay Miller offered:  Watercolor Like a Master

The above card is Kay's.  Below is my take on the challenge:

I used the Beautiful Brushstrokes stamp set and Scripted for the sentiment.

I am also submitting this to the Sunday Stamps Challenge: All About Color

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Sending You Sunshine

Life has gotten in the way of cardmaking for the last few months. I don't put personal things on my blog so I will leave it at that. I will say things are getting back to normal.

I signed up for the new Online Card Class - Clear and Sheer. I finally had some time to make a card and of course I started with the most difficult one first. It is a called a Magic Slider Card.
The first photo shows the card as the recipient would see it when opening the envelope:

The next photo shows the photo when pulling up on the cloud pull:

This photo shows what the card looks like as the recipient is pulling the slider:

The image is by Paper Smooches and the sentiment is from a PaperTrey set. The image was colored with Copic markers.

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Happy 2nd Anniversary Winnie & Walter!

This is for the Winnie & Walter Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Challenge: Two Challenge with Shay.
We needed to use the number 2 or two of something on our card. Obviously I used a 2 but I also used two Winnie & Walter stamp sets to make this card. I also used 1 stamp and 1 die (2 different media).
All materials are from Winnie & Walter except for the "2nd" die cuts (those are from PaperTrey).

I am also submitting this to Kathy's 30 day coloring challenge:

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Thanks So Much

This is for today's PaperTrey 9th Anniversary challenge:

Mark you calendars/planners for our new hashtag campaign, #saturdaysnailmail. On Saturdays we will share customers photos from Instagram, Facebook and Twitter showing cards you are mailing out to friends and/or family.  This will be ongoing, so don't forget to participate every Saturday!  Today we are challenging to take part, but with a little more focus.  Create a thank you card for our amazing warehouse staff and mail it to them today!  Share your card below in our InLinkz list, but please share it on social media as well using the new hashtag!

I used another preprinted watercolor paper from the Bold Blossoms paper pack and painted the flowers with my Koi watercolors. The sentiment is from PaperTrey as well as the patterned paper at the bottom.

I am also submitting this to Kathy's 30 day coloring challenge:

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Happy Birthday Split Sentiment

For the PaperTrey 9th anniversary challenge - Create along with us. My card (above) was inspired by Dawn's birthday card created with the Peonies on Parade watercolor page:

I used the Bold Blossoms Watercolor Page, painted it with my Zig Clean Color brush pens, then used the Split Sentiment dies and sentiment stamp on the watercolor panel. I colored the flower centers with Wink of Stella Clear Glitter pen.

I will also link this up to Kathy's 30 Day Coloring Challenge:

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Happy Birthday

This card was created for the Day 1 Design Team Favorites. This is a case of Maureen Plut's card - I love her use of this stamp and die set. I chose to use Kay Miller's favorite color combination:

I used the PaperTrey Big Happy stamp set - both the dies and the stamps. I watercolored the background lightly using simply chartreuse and lovely lady. The flowers and leaves were stamped using Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Simply Chartreuse and Lovely Lady inks. I heat embossed the "birthday" part of the sentiment with white embossing powder. A few sequins finished it off.

I am submitting this to Kathy's 30 day coloring challenge:

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Just Because

This is for PaperTrey's 9th Anniversary celebration and challenge for day 3: Grab and Craft Challenge where you need to use everything you grabbed in 5 minutes. I grabbed the Bold Blossom Watercolor Sheets, Scripted Stamp Set, Distress markers and a paint brush.  And here is my card:

I am submitting this card to Kathy's 30 day coloring challenge:

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Celebrate

What??? Another post??? That makes four for today! I created this card for the SCS CAS challenge - to add a sweet treat to your card and for the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #344:

and for the Seize the Birthday - Clean and Simple:

The dies are all from PaperTrey and the gold foil for the sentiment and the cupcake is from DCWV Foil stack. I used Stick it to adhere the sentiment die cut. The "blush" paper is from PaperTrey.

L' Shanah Tovah!

Another Jewish New Year card and again using apples.  I used some NBUS Washi Tape and the sentiment is from an NBUS PaperTrey stamp set.  I am submitting this to the following challenges:

CAS(E) This Sketch
                                                                             Darnell's NBUS#5












                                                                    Just Us Girls

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New Year - New NBUS!

In a few days we are starting a new year on the Jewish calendar.  I have been making new year cards to raffle off at my temple to raise money and also to send to my friends and family.  This is one of the cards I made.  I used several PaperTrey stamp sets (NBUS) and the Cover Plate: Comic Strip die (NBUS). This is a case of Lizzy Jones' card.

I am entering this to the following challenges:
Darnell's NBUS#5
Just Us Girls











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