CAS(E) this Sketch No.134

Just wanted to share a quick card I made for the new sketch challenge over at CAS(E) this Sketch #134...

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Let's Get Sketchy: Is Submission time once again!!!

Let's Get Sketchy: Is Submission time once again!!!: Well hello everyone.  Get Inspired has been on a brief break but we are back!  We are gearing up for our Fall issue of Lets Get Inspire...

Muse Challenge No126

I decided to play along with the Muse Challenge again this week.....I just loved how Tracey did the stenciling in the background....I couldn't find a stencil I wanted to use so I used some snow flake stamps that didn't have a whole lot of ink on them....I really like how this one turned out!

Here's this week's Muse: Tracey McNeely
isn't it the cutest thing!

 


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Retro + CCCB

Good afternoon my crafty friends.....I hope everyone is having an awesome weekend! I just wanted to share a quick card I made using the new sketch from Retro Sketches #174 this sketch was perfect to use up some of my scraps... I used my Silhouette portrait's sketch pen feature to make the sentiment..

I'm also entering this in the City Crafters Challenge blog...this week its twine or Hemp...I used twine

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CAS(E) This Sketch No.133

I really love the new sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch ....here is my take....I'm not used to using so much ink LOL I kept getting it everywhere and smudging it :( but I finally got the hang of it after two tries  and I have to say I love how this card turned out!

CAS(E) This Sketch #133

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Muse Challenge #125

I am playing along this week with Muse Card club... I loved Anita's card, the flower stamp is just so darn cute....its pretty obvious I took inspiration from her whole card....I truly didn't realize how close they were until I was making this post :( I'm suppose to take inspiration from the card not copy it!
But I really liked it...I just added more color and different flowers!

 Here's this week's Muse: Anita Bowde

 I swear I'll get the hang of this!

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Dt Reveal wk 2 July Lets Get Sketchy

Happy Monday!!! I could not wait to scrap this picture my hubby sent me from the road...he was traveling from Oregon back to Wisconsin last month....he sent me a message "Brutal traffic in Montana.... I will say that Montana looks much better during the daylight hours... Lol" he takes this same trip at least twice a year and every single time he hits Montana in the middle of the night until now...he said the whole time he was in Montana he passed like five other vehicles!
Anyway as you know Mondays mean a new sketch from Lets Get Sketchy and here is my take on this weeks sketch!

Hope you'll stop on by Lets Get Sketchy  and play along with us!

Muse Challenge No.124

I am so upset with myself...I totally missed the voting :( I'll have to write myself a reminder LOL haha I have post its all over the place!
anyway here is my take on the new Muse 
 Ardyth is the new muse this week...

 I love the daisy like flowers in the muse card and of course the colors....so I tried to pull it all together with some water colors and a couple cut out from my Silhouette...

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Retrosketches No173

Here is my take on the new sketch from retrosketches #173

CAS(E) this Sketch No132

I thought I would get a jump on some Christmas cards....last year we sent out over 75 handmade cards lots of last minute ones were made....so I want to make sure we have plenty this year! :)
I used the new sketch from  CAS(E) this Sketch #132

CAS(E) this Sketch #132

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Cardabilities No 127

Its kind of all doom and gloom here today (lots of rain and thunderstorms) so I thought I would make my own sunshine with this bright yellow card....I used the new sketch from Cardabilities 
.....the colors make me smile!

Cardabilities 

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Scrap Africa no.55

Oh there's a new challenge over at Scrap Africa Challenge no.55 - July Mood Board ......first thought was my wood grain papers (that I might have been hoarding I just love them!) I wanted to pull the wood and the colors from the mood board and make a pretty card that had a country feel to it...I think I did a pretty good job getting my idea to the paper!

 I had these cute little wood flower embellishments from Prima,called Natural bark shapes...I added them under the twine...

Scrap Africa no.55

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City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 270

I know I don't join the challenge over at City Crafter Challenge Blog that often but this wee they have an awesome challenge and I was already getting ready to try out a new cut file I just received yesterday....
this weeks theme is Woodland Animals....

here is my take on this challenge....

 

 

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 270 

 

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Retro sketches No172

New sketch over at Retro Sketches and I decided to start on some Christmas cards...here is the card I created using the new sketch...I think it came out really cute!

Retro Sketches

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Artastic July

I just wanted to share a quick card I made for the ARTastic challenge CRITERIA is to use water (liquid) in some way on your project...
I decided to create my card background using watercolors...I really love the colors in the painting so I tried to recreate them...it really didn't have the effect I saw in my head but it worked for a bit of a gloomy background so all wasn't lost!
I took inspiration from the umbrellas and the colors of the  painting!

 ARTastic challenge

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CAS(E) this Sketch No131

Good evening my crafty friends....I just wanted to share a quick card I made using the new sketch from

CAS(E) this Sketch #131 I love this sketch! I pulled out some cute stamps that have just been sitting around...there's some fruit and a bunch of trees...I have no clue where they came from or who made them (hand me downs) I never really use them because they don't seem to cover evenly no matter why type of ink I use but I thought that might work in my favor what this type of card....

I really like how it turned out!

 CAS(E) this Sketch #131

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Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge July

Here is the card I created for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge.....

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Muse Challenge No123

This is the first time I've ever played the challenge over at Muse....but I thought I would give it a shot!
 I took inspiration from the cherries and the grid pattern here is my take.....

I couldn't find any grid type paper in my stash so I took plain black card stock and used my Silhouette portrait and the sketch pens to make the grid pattern..I know my grid isn't perfect but that's kind of what I like about it...I also cut the sweet sentiment and the cherries using my silhouette! I love that machine! LOL

 the Muse card for this challenge is from Joan Bardee
this is such a pretty card and so perfect for summer....

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Scrap Africa No54

Here is my take on the sketch from Scrap Africa # 54, I tried to pull the colors from the pretty flowers using Lindy's stamp gang mists but I'm not sure how successful I was LOL

Scrap Africa

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Dt reveal Lets Gte Sketchy July

Wow its already July...this summer is just flying by....as you know its Monday so that means there is a brand new sketch over at Lets Get Sketchy....here is my take on this weeks sketch!

 I love this line of paper From MME "Hello World" it has become one of my favs!!!

I hope you'll stop by Lets Get Sketchy and play along with us!

Retrosketches No 171

Here is my take on the new sketch from Retro Sketches #171

Retro Sketches

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CAS(E) this Sketch No130

Here is my take on the sketch from ...the first idea I had didn't turn out the way I saw it in my head.....now truthfully there is nothing wrong with the card....I just didn't like it LOL
here is my first attempt......

 here is my second....which I love!!!!

 CAS(E) this Sketch #130.

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Watercolor Cards

I was in the mood to make a mess so I spread out a couple plain white (heavy weight) cardstock on my table (cut to fit the front of a card) pulled out of random water colors and just splattered them all over...once I was happy with the amount of splattered I misted with water just a little so it spread out....I let dry....yes I got impatient and pulled out the heat gun but the papers curled :( I really hate that LOL

 when it was dry....enough lol I used distress ink and what ever odd stamps I had on my desk and randomly stamped.....lightly misted again.....not much.....

when they were dry I added a sentiment and some ribbon/lace and mounted them to a piece of cardstock then mounted to my card base.....I am loving how they turned out!

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OLS18 Sparkle and Shine

One Layer Simplicity Challenge....here is my take on their Sparkle and shine challenge...I've had this little wheel of Gems for quite some time now (one of my thrift store finds) and this was the perfect time to bust them out....
I used a tear drop shape for the leaves and a round gem for the flower center!

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