Make a difference

 

Are you tired of the same products? I love how you can create cards with the same dies and stamps and just switch the colors and the card look so different. This card is the third one I created from the sketch from this weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge. I die cut so many different trees in fun colors I had to create 3 different cards. I would love to know if you do this? And which, if any are your favorite? Thanks for stopping by this week! Have a great day and I am excited to see where this sketch leads you.

Petal Pink Trees

 

Hi! Here is another card that I created with the same paper and dies as yesterday only this time I made the trees petal pink. What do you think? I also used the Textured Notes Dies and a few low profile dots. 

Hope this inspires you to join the sketch challenge! Have a great week and check back tomorrow to see one more idea with the same products! Blessings!

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Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge #479

 Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year! It is time for a Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge! I am excited to share what I have created for this challenge. It was for sure a challenge but mostly because I did not stamp for about 2 weeks with all the things to do for the holidays. I knew I wanted to use one of the large trees from a retired die set but you could use the Scenic Adventure Dies for the large vertical rectangle and combine it with the Country Woods DSP so I began to cut and die cut and had so many pieces and options that I ended up making 3 cards. I will share them in the next few days. Do you ever do that? Start die cutting and then create more cards that you had anticipated?

I hope you have time to create for this challenge. I am really excited to see what you design with this sketch! I know it will be beautiful! Have a blessed day!

Snowy Scene

 

I wanted to create a card that was a snowy scene yet still felt like the holidays. I used a retired die set for my scene yet you could use the Scenic Adventure Dies for this card. I also included  the Spotlight on Nature Dies and the Perfectly Plaid Embossing Folder. The greeting is a retired preprinted sentiment. 

For the dies I ink blended with the Shaded Spruce and Beige Inks. Then used White Ink refill to spatter what could look like snow. I love how this came out! It is always fun to have a color challenge and limit myself to just a few colors. Really makes me be more creative. How do you feel about color challenges?

Don't forget to submit your color challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments today!

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Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge

 

Welcome back to another fun color challenge! Hand Stamped Sentiments has a color challenge many of us may be using these days if you are creating Christmas cards. I used the large and beautiful Traditional Wreath Embossing Folder with watercolor paper and then used ink refills and water painter to add my color. I did a quick and loose watercoloring. After it had all dried I spattered the beige and shaded spruce ink. 

The greeting is a retired set of premade greetings. I love to purchase those for when I need a quick sentiment for a card. I look forward to seeing what you are creating this holiday season! Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed week!

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My card for today was inspired by the current inspiration at Hand Stamped Sentiments blog. I love the Branching Out Dies and combined them again with a retired DSP. I die cut the branches and berries and used blending brushes to add a little more color. I also added a light blend of color to the edges of the plaid paper. I also used the Everyday Arches to place the images on. I could use those dies on everything!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a blessed day!

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Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge #477

 

Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge is all about the holidays! So I couldn't resist creating a holly jolly Notes & Totes filled with Branching Out Dies. I love this festive bag and I love how it looks on a frame created with the Everyday Arches Dies. The designer series paper that I used to create the bag is retired but the fun is you can use any paper you have in your stash!  

I hope you are inspired to create from these beautiful images today! I look forward to seeing what you share! Have a wonderful week!

Practice!

 

All the amazing watercolor artist that I follow online always say how important it is to practice! So today I used this retired stamp set and pulled out my water painter and a few ink refills. I know I need so much more practice and trying see how the ink and water flow was a challenge. I really want to work on getting more dimension in my watercoloring. I feel like it looks a little flat. So I will keep trying! What are you working on improving today? 

Thank you for letting me share my work with you! Have a blessed day!

Feel like coloring?

 

Today I felt like coloring! Do you ever get that feeling? I had already stamped this retried set with Memento Ink and so I pulled out my Stampin' Blends and enjoyed time coloring. I used one of the greetings from a retired set of preprinted sentiments. 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

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