AAA Cards Challenge - Woodland Animals

 Its time for another great challenge at AAA Cards and I have to admit this took me a minute.  As I searched my stamps, I couldn't find an image that would be a woodland animal. 

 Then I remembered the little wood Moose that I picked up at Paper Source.  I just needed to create a scene he would fit in. The sentiment is by Wplus9 Designs.

I used some Distress Stains to create a forest colored background.  I cut out a window with two Li'l Inker stitched dies and then filled that space with some stamped trees that are from Paper Smooches.  

Be sure to check out the cards at AAA Cards from the rest of the team and take the time to play along too.

This also fits the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, make it masculine.  

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Some Love and some Washi Love

What better way to start a card then with some Washi Tape.

 I actually got this tape on clearance after Christmas but since I am such a huge fan of this plaid look, I knew I would use it all year.  I thought it fit pretty cute for Valentines day.  

 After I placed a few torn strips of the tape on my paper, I cut out the heart using a die from Simon Says Stamp.  I also cut out that same heart shape from some silver glitter paper and so I placed the glitter heart in the place of the cut out plaid heart.  That adorable little moose is from Paper Source and the "love" is a die from Lawn Fawn also cut from the silver glitter paper.  

I so love this inspiration photo for the Stampin' Celebrations challenge and thought my card fit in well here.

It also fits the CAS(e) this sketch.

It also fits the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge of Anything Goes.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Simple Goodness

I started out with a very simple background using a stencil and some Distress Stain.

 I gave it some spritzes of Heidi Swapp Color Shine gold and left it all to dry.  I just picked up that medallion stamp on a recent visit to the Paper Source store. I just stamped it twice, both of the images going off of the paper.  I loved the stunning simplicity.  

 That adorable sentiment is from a set by Studio Calico.   It is so simple too and packs a big punch.  I used some Gold Silk that I picked up from Fun Stampers Journey.  It is in a bottle like nail polish.  It was so easy to add the gold accents to the medallion images with the brush end.  

I am adding this to Virginia's View challenge for a Clean Slate.
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My Flowery Thank You

I used the Freshly Made sketch for my inspiration today.

I had previously stamped and colored the flower so it was fun to pick it up and put it to use.  It is a stamp from Paper Source. It looks kind of fluorescent but it really isn't! Love the sentiment stamp from Wplus9 Designs.

 I inked the leaf sprig stamp with Distress Stain, gave it a spritz of water and stamped it.  I didn't reink it every time and created the background for my card with it.  That stamp is also from Paper Source.  I used a strip of vellum that I embossed with an embossing folder for the piece that goes across the card. It provided a place to add my flower and it also let the stamped background show through.  

Here is the Freshly Made sketch.

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Daisies and Leaves

First off, I played along with the retro sketch. 

 I went to a couple of my favorite Printworks stamps. I have loved Printworks for what seems like forever. It helps that they are always at our stamp convention.  In fact, I am headed there this weekend, YEAH!!!

 After coloring the main flowers with Copic markers, I gave the piece a spray of yellow spray ink and some drops of some orange spray ink, both are Stephanie Barnard spray inks by Clearsnap.

 Here is the retro sketch.

 Next up, I attempted what is a huge challenge for me, a one layer card.  That is the current Addicted to CAS challenge.  I always feel I just have to add layers so it was pretty hard to just stamp on the card front and leave it that way.

 My squares of color are just Distress Stamp pads directly "stamped" on the paper.  The leaf is a stamp from Paper Source.  That neat sentiment is from Paper Smooches.

Here is the Addicted to CAS challenge.
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Ticket stamps

I am so in love with this weeks CAS(e) this Sketch so it was pretty fun to play along.

 

 I went to my stamp shelves where I keep my favorite older stamps and pulled out a few to use on a mix of elements on my card. 

 The row of tickers are from Invoke Arts stamps, the butterfly is from Stampa Barbara (an amazing store that is not around anymore) and the vine spray is from Paper Source.  The butterfly was colored with Copic markers and then I gave the background a spray or two of Heidi Swapp's gold spray.  It is such a neat gold.

Here is that adorable CAS(e) this Sketch.
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So much color

I was able to play along with a couple online challenges this week, both are a pretty interesting combination of COLORS!!!

 First off, the Freshly Made sketch.  My color combination is on the unusual side for a winter themed card but I thought it was pretty fun.

 I took a piece of watercolor paper from a little pad of paper I picked up at a Crafter's Warehouse.  The paper was spritzed with some water first and then swiped with four colors of Distress Stain.  The stains reacted with the water and ran for a neat look.  This was sprayed with a white spray and then dotted with some watered down white paint.  I finished it off with some stamped little mittens that are a stamp from Wplus9 Designs.

 Here is the Freshly Made sketch.

 Next off, a card using the Colour Q combination. 

 I used some fun Paper Source stamps, the flower and the leaves.  I stamped the flower twice.  The first one was colored with an orange spray of Stephanie Barnard spray by Clearsnap.  The second was sprayed with a pink spray.  I cut out the middle section of the second flower and added that over the first flower.  The spray made for a fast and easy was to color these flowers. 

 Here is the Colour Q combo.

We were at our pet store this week and they had just gotten in some crabs.  I just loved this guy sitting on top of a big rock.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)