Joy

I haven't had time to create for about a week now but it seems like forever!  I made this card for a couple of challenges.  The SCS Technique Lovers Challenge was to use only one word and embellishments.  I used the Freshly Made Sketch from this week (and took a little liberty with it):

and the CAS(E) This Sketch turned upside down:

I used a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder and a PaperTrey Phrase Play Die (Joy) to cut the gold glitter paper.

I am also submitting this to the Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge:

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April Showers Bring May Flowers

I finally took some time to make a card!  Life has just been too busy and there doesn't seem to be an end very soon either.  Anyway this card was made for two challenges at SCS - CAS321 to make a card with the theme April Showers and TLC530 to make hand drawn lines on your card.
I used a Paper Artsy - JOFY flower stamp and colored it with markers and stamped it onto the card.  The clouds and raindrops from WPlus9 were also colored with a gray marker and stamped.  The sentiment from PaperTrey was inked with Versafine Onyx Black.  I used a fine Micron pen and drew the lines around the stamped images and then added little squiggles to the lines to match the squiggles on the flower stamp.

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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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What's Mew?

The SCS TLC challenge was to use the Positive and the Negative die cuts.  I had the larger black cat cut from my Cameo so I found a cute and small cat die from Taylored Expressions and cut a portion out of the black cat.  The sentiment is from Sugar Pea Designs and I drew the line with a Multiliner pen and a T-ruler.
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Smooches

This card was created for a few challenges:  Just Us Girls - make the sentiment the focal point, SCS CAS310 - create a card with love in mind and SCS TLC519 - sentiment down under.  The top panel was cut apart to reveal the sentiment that was stamped onto the card base.  The PaperTrey hearts were stamped with Real Red ink and the sentiment from CAS-ual Fridays was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.  The top panels were popped up with fun foam before they were adhered to the card front.

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Triple Stamped Poppies

This is my second post for today.  Please scroll down for my first post.

Two challenges called for the Triple Stamping technique: SCS Technique Lovers Challenge and the Friday Mashup.  I used the colors from the Colour Me ... Striking Challenge:

I stamped the Technique Tuesday poppies onto the three sizes of cardstock with my MISTI tool.  I am really glad I got this tool - I needed to re-ink and re-stamp the image and the MISTI tool allows you to do this perfectly!  The poppies are colored with Copic markers.

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Thanks - More Copic Homework

This is my homework from Day 10 - Finishing Touches and using the colors from SCS color challenge 499 and the TLC502 challenge - embossing on vellum.  I did 2nd generation stamping on the STAMPlorations flower and colored them with Copic markers.  I then used a white gel pen and a black Microliner pen for the finishing touches.  I then cut around the bottom of the flowers and then layered that panel on top of the card front that had patterned paper on it.  The Hero Arts butterfly was stamped with Versamark and then embossed with gold embossing powder.  I used the companion Sizzix framelit die to cut out the butterfly.  The sentiment is from Winnie & Walter.

I am submitting this to STAMPlorations October Challenge: Stamps and Embossing:

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Happy Birthday

This was created for the SCS Technique Lovers Challenge - Punched Strips.  I don't have very many shape punches and the few that I did have didn't work for this technique - the images in the punches were upside down.  So I went to my dies and decided to use the balloon die from Clearly Besotted.  The sentiment is from Winnie & Walter's The Big, Bold and Happy.  The "happy" part is a cut file that I used with my Silhouette Cameo and the "birthday" is stamped.  I drew in the balloon strings.

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Gold Butterflies

I created this for the technique challenge at SCS which was to emboss on vellum - heat or dry embossing.  I stamped the butterflies from Hero Arts with Versamark and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder.  I cut out the large butterfly with the companion Framelit die and hand cut the smaller one.  The top panel was created with the SU Manhattan embossing folder and I cut away the un-embossed parts.  It is adhered to the embossed card front with foam tape.  The butterflies are adhered with Glue Dots.  I got this idea from a card I saw on Pinterest.
I'm submitting this card to Keep It Simple - Things with Wings.

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