Prickly Hello

Main Ingredients:

Hero Arts Cactus Animals 

Lawn Fawn STITCHED CIRCLE FRAMES

Inside of card.

In progress cut outs.

Entry for the Anything Goes Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:

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Cozy Campfire

 Main Ingredients:

Sunny Studio Critter Camp Out Stamp Set

Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle Frame Die Set

This week's Simon Says: Challenge for Monday was inspired by a song. This card creates a cozy scene of friends singing by the campfire.

You can enter the challenge: HERE!

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Ombre Rain Storm

 Main Ingredients:

Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle Dies

Simon Says Showers and Flowers Stamp and Die Set

Ahh! A last minute entry into the Simon Says Monday Challenge!

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MFT Sketch Challenge

Just a quick entry for the MFT sketch challenge!

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Stamp Set Used:

MFT Birthday Chicks

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Coffee Animals

Main Ingredients:

Waffle-Flower-BOOKS-AND-COFFEE 

Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle Frames 

Entry for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Animal Magic

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Woohoo! I finally used the adorable coffee break set from Waffle flower!! For my second card I used a cameo frame die from my stash because I wanted the card to look like a portrait on the wall. I used foam tape on some of the books to create some dimension and to make it look like the books were pouring out of the frame. To improve it I would have used a more contrasting color for the frame and maybe put some books within the portrait, behind the bear. I am still working on understanding color combinations, thus I think if the books had been a more saturated color, think reds and browns, it would have gone better. Still really happy with how it turned out!

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Honey Bee & Tea

Main Ingredients:

Queen and Company Square Pop Up Die 

Honey Bee Coffee Break Stamp and Die set 

 I stamped out all of my images using my mini misti and colored them all in using my alcohol ink markers. I tried a few different combinations using all 4 images, but the colors didn't quite jive how I wanted them to, so I opted to make 2 cards instead. 

This is my entry for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Time Out

I used the 'Time for Tea' sentiment from a Hero Arts tea party stamp set I had.

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 Card 1 & inside

 Card 2 & Inside

Sparkly Dinosaur

Entry for Simon Says: Sparkle and Shine Challenge

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Main Ingredients:

Gerda Steiner Coffesaurus

Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle Die Set

 Lawn Fawn Mini Picture Frames Die

 This card was a blast to make! I ran into a few issues, but in the end I am very happy with how it turned out! Issue one: The glitter paper I got from the dollar store was so thin it made wrinkles when I adhered it to the card base. I fixed that by placing my circle cut out and dinosaur on those wrinkles. Issue number two: My card looked too bare! I fixed this by using the little frame die set and adding in a sentiment from the stamp set inside. The stamp set didn't have the exact phrase I wanted, so I used the 2 front and back bits of the saying and wrote in 'congratulations'. My penmanship is a little iffy but it gets the point across!

Main supplies pictured above.

 Little dinosaur all stamped and colored, ready to be fussy cut out!

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Bella's Dreams & Imagination

 Main Ingredients:

Stamping Bella Dorothy the Dreamer Stamp Set 

Echo Park Alice in Wonderland Paper Pad

 First things first, I colored my adorable image. Then fussy-cut it out. There is some bleed through on the back of the paper from a stamp I had colored before, but decided I did not like the coloring job. I figured that I could color over the bleed through and my image would still look fine. 

Next, I put together my papers on my card base and foamed my image up to give it some dimension. I really wanted this to look like the little girl's bedroom, so I chose 2 patterns that looked like a wall with pictures and then one that looked like wallpaper. I also added the word "dream" with a little doodle on a white die cut piece of paper.

Inside Sentiment:

 

 This is my entry for the Monday Simon Says challenge.

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Simon Says Texture

Last minute entry into the Simon Says Wednesday challenge!

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Stamping Bella's Gnome on a Swing Stamp Set

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Simon Says: A Siren in the Water

Main Ingredients:

Sizzix Mermaid Stamp and Die Set

Sizzix by Stephanie Barnard Dies

Pun Intended Paper Pad

All purchased from Michaels

 Just a quick little card for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge which is Mythology/Story Inspired.

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I decided to color my girl as reminiscent of the Little Mermaid with her red hair, but I see her as more of a Siren from Greek mythology. Her facial expression has something a bit more sinister to it! I love this new die set I got from Michaels, using a 55% off coupon of course! The paper pad was a hot buy and only cost 12 dollars! Did I mention this cute little Siren was on sale for 40% off too?

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YNS Sketch Challenge 86

 Main Ingredients:

Your Next Stamp Book Worms Rule Stamp Set

 Entry for the YNS Sketch Challenge #86

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I love books! This beautiful stack was a must have when I saw it! I fussy cut out the stacked books image after I colored it and then used my paper cutter to cut out all of my quotes and backgrounds. I really wanted to put that beautiful Dr.Seuss quote on the front of my card, but it was too big! It made my stack of books go over the edge of my card, or my sentiment would have covered the bottom half of the books. It all turned out though, because the other quote from the set worked great on the front and I was able to use the same piece I had stamped out  for the inside of the card.

If I had to do it again, I think I would have used a deep purple with yellow for the background elements. Also, see below my very helpful kitty making sure  my supplies are being pictured just right.

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Dragon Slaying With MFT Stamps

 Main Ingredients:

My Favorite Things Magical Dragons Stamp Set

Simon Says Stamp Falling Backgrounds Stamp 

DCWV Old Worlds Paper Pad from Michaels

Entry for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge

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Another challenge another...more dragons! Dragons are everywhere this month it seems, and I am not complaining! I colored and fussy-cut out my little dragon and then added some white outlines with my gelly roll pen. The highlights really help to make the dragon pop, especially when it is colored so dark. I added in the stars onto the yellow part of the background because it just looked too bare there, but I didn't want to add in another dragon.

 Peek inside the card. I added in a white background so that it could written in and another dragon outline to continue the theme inside.

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A Dragon Birthday Card

Main Ingredients:

Mama Elephant Me and My Dragon Stamp Set

Mama Elephant KINGDOM TRIO Die

Elizabeth Craft Designs EARTH-AND-SKY Stencil 

Entry for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

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I ordered this set the day it came out and it finally arrived today! Ah! It's beautiful! I used the cloud part of the stencil to create a cloudy background with purple ink. My ink pad is quite dry so it actually worked really for clouds. I stamped my images and fussy cut them out. I played around with placement and finally glued it all together. I added a few jewels from a set I got from the dollar store, which I think really adds to the dragon theme. I also added a die cut "amazing" because I wasn't sure what kind of sentiment I wanted.

 

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Inky Paws Challenge #69: Birthday Theme

Main Ingredients:

Newton's Nook: Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set 

 Entry for Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge

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I created my own pattern paper by using the cute paw print mug stamp from the set and stamping it all over my card base front in blue and red. I fussy cut out my images and used an oval die to create some shapes for my card base. To keep it colorful for the birthday theme I used some My Favorite Things party pattern paper. I think it turned out really well and I am really loving creating patterns with the additional stamps in the set!

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