Beautiful as Dreams that Dance

I absolutely love this sentiment from Impression Obsession! Then pair them up with watercolored butterflies from Hero Arts = LOVE!  I used distress inks on the butterfly and spritzed the stamp with water before stamping them onto Tim Holtz Distress Water Color Paper. I then used my MISTI and Versafine Onyx Black ink to stamp the sentiment.

I am submitting this card to Less Is More Challenge - One Layer Card with the theme of Dreams:

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Mom

I created this card for several challenges - a bit too late for Mother's day though. I'll save it for my mom's birthday. I used a Concord & 9th Bouquet die and cut it from a panel of white card stock. I colored the flowers and stem with carious inks and returned the die cut back into the panel. I finished it off with a large banner. The sentiment is from Winnie & Walter.
I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

Less Is More Week #275 - Pastel Colors
The Paper Players #294 - Color Challenge
AAA Cards - Inlaid Dies
Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge - Inlaid Dies
Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

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Celebrate

This card is for the following challenges:

CASology - Circles
CAS(E) This Sketch
Less Is More - Something shiny

I used a metallic red card stock to cut the circles and sentiment from after I adhered some Stick It to the back of the card stock.  The circles die is from Simon Says Stamp and the sentiment die is from Winnie & Walter.

         

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Wish You Were Here

I created this little scene using the Sweet Sunday Sketch 279 for the Less Is More challenge which is to use snippets.
I stamped the Sweet 'N Sassy scene image onto white card stock.  I then stamped it again onto snippets of Penny Black and Prima patterned papers and paper pieced the sand, ocean and umbrella. I water colored the sky with a water color pencil and then cut the scene out with a Spellbinders Circle Nestability die. The sentiment banner was cut from another snippet of patterned paper and a Paper Smooches Double Ended Banner die.

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One Layer Celebrate!

The Less Is More challenge is to create a one layer card and to include an animal.  The SCS technique challenge was to create a mirrored image.  The bunny on the right is the Avery Elle image as designed and the one on the left is the mirrored image.  I inked up the bunny image and stamped it onto the back of a larger acrylic stamp, then stamped that image onto the card stock. I did use a fine tip black marker to darken some of the lines of the mirrored image.  The image was colored with Copic markers.  The sentiment is from Essentials by Ellen.  I colored the balloon with my clear Wink of Stella glitter brush pen.
I am also submitting this to the AAA card challenge:

and to Simply Create Too:  Easter or Bunnies

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LIM - More Than One Tree

This is my second post for today.  To view my ATCAS challenge post please scroll down.

The Less Is More challenge is to make a card with more than one tree.  I just happened to have out my PaperTrey sets and was planning to create a set of one layer cards so what better incentive than the challenge!  I used a combination of three stamp sets on the first card and just two on the other cards.  I used a white gel pen for highlights on the kraft cards.

I am also submitting this to Moxie Fab World's Tree-mendous Trees Challenge

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Merry Christmas - A CASE

This is a case of Laura Bassen's Rainbow Christmas Trees card.  Check out this link - she has a wonderful video showing how she created her card.  I love her card and had to case it.  I also created it for a few challenges - SCS CAS challenge, Less Is More - to use non- traditional colors for a Christmas card, and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.

I used a solid triangle image from Winnie & Walter and Hero Arts Shadow Inks to create the trees.  The snowy hill was created with Avery Elle's curvy border die.  The sentiment was created with PaperTrey's Merry die and a sentiment stamp from PaperTrey as well.

This  was a really fun card to make!  Thanks for coming by!

Just a Note

This is for a few challenges:

Less Is More - Flowers

CASology - Flower

The Paper Players - Clean and Simple Florals

One-Layer Simplicity Challenge - Fabulous Florals

Fusion Card Challenge 

I used the black outline flower image from Rubbernecker Stamps.  There are three more steps to this set but I decided to put to use some of the information that I learned in the Online Card Class - Watercoloring for Cardmakers.  I took a clean wet paint brush and painted water over each flower, one at a time.  I then added a pink ink (wet on wet) then a washed out red and then a undiluted red - all wet on wet.

For the Fusion challenge I concentrated on the colors - black, red and white and since there was music I used the sentiment "Just a Note".

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Purrfect Valentines Day

This was created for the SCS IC247 challenge - be inspired by the Bed, Bath and Beyond website and for the Less Is More challenge - one layer card and anything goes.
Here is my inspiration piece:  Cat Line Framed Drawing.  I printed the cat digi (source unknown) onto white cardstock and then stamped the sentiment which is from Simon Says Stamp.  I colored the hearts with a Real Red SU! marker and then used the Wink of Stella glitter marker over the red.
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You Color My World

I created this card for several challenges:  Less Is More - Rainbow

One Layer Simplicity Challenge - Can You Repeat That?

Colour Me Creative: Choose Up to 5 Colors

And a new to me challenge Stampin' Celebration which has a photo inspiration:

I went for the rainbow colors, not the hearts.

This is a case of a this card created by Mailes Belles.

I changed the shapes and used SU inks and a sentiment from PaperTrey.  The triangles are from PaperTrey as well.

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FBW255 - Open Challenge; LIM#139 Sketch 10

This week's Flutter By Wednesday challenge is an open one with an optional twist - to use a favorite thing (in addition to your butterfly or fairy).  Remember Danni will be giving away a prize if there are 100 or more entries on the FBW challenge blog so don't forget to play!  Also, Danni has a DT call out for a couple of designers for our team.  Check out her post here.

Besides butterflies some of my favorite things are poppies, cats and the Fall.  Here I used my Fluffles stamp depicting my love for cats and the Fall and used the sketch from Less Is More:

 I created a circle mask and stamped the image inside the circle.  I then water colored it with distress markers and an aquabrush.  I didn't want to cover up the pretty fall leaves so I stamped the sentiment from Paper and Such onto vellum with Versafine Onyx Black ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I cut it out with the PaperTrey double ended banner die.

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Another Try at PDC and LIM

I wasn't satisfied with my first attempt at the Play Date Cafe and the Less Is More (HEXAGONS) challenges and I saw a card on Pinterest that I wanted to case.  I am much happier with this card!
I used my PaperTrey Hexagon die to cut out the black hexagons.  I stamped a Hero Arts butterfly onto "nectarine" colored patterned paper with Versafine Onyx Black ink and cut it our with the companion Sizzix die.  I embellished with a few pearls.  Patterned papers are from MME and the card base is Bazzill textured card stock.
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Hello

The Sketch Saturday challenge and the Less Is More challenge (theme is HEXAGONS) worked really well together:

I used the colors from the Play Date Cafe:

though my "nectarine" looks more orange than in this picture.

I used my Happy Hexagons stamp set from PaperTrey and stamped the images directly on to the card front for a one layer card.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts.  I sprinkled a few sequins on to finish it off.
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Thanks

This is for LIM#117 - Sketch:

and for the Colour Q Challenge 187:

I used Memento Danube Blue on a Hero Arts background image and stamped it on white card stock.  I colored then flowers and flourishes with Pretty in Pink, Tempting Turquoise and Lovely Lilac markers.  I added small rhinestones in pink and turquoise to the flower centers.  The Amuse sentiment was stamped in Danube Blue on the double ended banner die cut from PaperTrey.

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CASology Honorable Mention!

I had submitted this card to the CASology challenge this week and was awarded Honorable Mention!  It was also created for the SCS Featured Stamper challenge and for the Less Is More challenge to use Lime and Black.  The kite and clouds image is from Paper Smooches and the sentiment is from PaperTrey.  I paper pieced the kite and tails.
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Soaring By To Say Hi

Wow another post in the same day!  There are a few challenges out there in blogland that I have been wanting to play in and I made this card for three of them:
Cas-ual Fridays:

Dynamic Duos (with dessert):

and Less is More:  Up In The Air - For this we would love to see aircraft, rockets, balloons etc, although if you have none of this sort of image then we would like to see how inventive you can be with the theme.

I used a new to me stamp from Paper Smooches that includes the clouds and the kite and I paper pieced it with PaperTrey patterned paper.  The sentiment is also from PaperTrey.

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You're Out of this World!

The challenge for the Less Is More blog is "Up in the Air".  The sentiment, rocket ship image and die as well as the moon and the star dies are from PaperTrey.  The chevron border is from MFT (Die-namics).  The circle was created out of cutting with two circle Nestabilities together.  Paper and felt are from PaperTrey.
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Less Is More and CAS205

I finally got some time to make a card!! This was created for two challenges:  Less Is More 104 Sketch #8:

and the SCS CAS205 challenge which is to case a card from mamaxsix (Gail)'s gallery.  The card I cased is Gail's Simply Love card.

No stamping on this card - I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the two line art files.  The heart border is a Kerri Bradford file and the large heart with the"love" sentiment is from the Silhouette Studio Store.

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