Friends Furever

A new challenge starts today at Can You Handle The Pressure? where the theme is always Anything Goes with an Embossing Folder and an optional twist. Heat embossing is welcome, but not required. An Embossing Folder must be used. For this challenge, the twist is "Dogs / Cats / Pets". The challenge is open from August 13th to the 24th.

For my card, I used PinkFresh Studio's Scalloped Rectangle to cut a red frame. I die cut a piece of white card stock with the same die in white and used the aperture piece with the Cuttlebug Heart Block embossing folder. I placed the white rectangle inside the red frame, and glued them together on white fun foam. I adhered that piece on a Neenah Solar White 110# card base after I added the black & white twine to the card base. I stamped, colored with Copics and fussy cut the boy and dog image from MFT's Friends Furever stamp set and popped that up on the embossed hearts panel. I stamped and clear heat embossed the sentiment from PinkFresh Studio Always Uplifting stamp set and my card was complete.

Please head over to the Can You Handle The Pressure Challenge Blog to check out the Design Team inspiration projects. You are sure to be impressed! Then dive into your embossing folder collection and join us with or without the twist! Just be sure to use an embossing folder on your creation!

I'm also playing at:

Tic Tac Toe #174

Third vertical row - die cut, free, embossing 

CAS Colors & Sketches #482

Global Design Project #355 - Animal

You Are In My Thoughts

Time Out #212 begins today, It's a  photo theme challenge : Spring.  The challenge runs from Thursday, April 21st to Wednesday, May 4th. We are generously sponsored by Poppystamps. Once again, we welcome Åsa Johansson of Scrapat helt enkelt and winner of Time Out Challenge #208 as our Guest Designer for this challenge.

To create my card, I stamped SSS Gerbera Daisy Background cling stamp with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink onto Bristol Paper, heat embossed it with WOW clear embossing powder and painted it with Zigs in purple hues as inspired by the photo on the challenge badge. I cut the panel down, backed it with fun foam and adhered it to a black card base. I stamped a sentiment from SSS Well Wishes onto a piece of white card stock, cut it out and adhered it to the floral panel.

Please hop on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Asa and the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing at:

Use Your Stuff #446 Spring/Easter

Global Design Project #339 - Flowers

Stamping Sensations Crafty "I Love..."

Heat Embossing and Water Color

Inkspirational #263 - Watercolor

With Gratitude

It's time for a new challenge at Less Is More. Challenge #431 is to make a Clean & Simple creation with more than one type of foliage. 

Our wonderful sponsor and awesome supporter is Uniko.

For my card, I went into the deep, dark recesses of my wood mounted rubber stamp collection, and pulled out Hero Arts Woodland Leaves and Grasses. I used a variety of inks from SU and Papertrey Ink to stamp the images in autumnal colors across the bottom of the card.

The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Gratitude Sentiment Strips, die cut with Pink & Main Sentiment Strip Dies.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations and for a chance to win. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog. Good Luck!

I am also playing at:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #530 - All Occasions

Use Your Stuff #408 - Autumn/Fall Theme

The Card Concept #142 - Autumn Bounty

Inspired by the theme of Autumn - CAS

Global Design Project #263 - Season Of Thanks

Shopping Our Stash #431 - Happy Fall Y'All

Stamping Sensations October Challenge - Autumn Glory

We Love Chocolate Baroque - Anything Goes

You're On My Mind

I bought the Ellen Hutson Summer Of Stamping Combo By Brandi Kincaid under the spell of Michele Ferguson, my chief enabler. What a wonderful bunch of images and sentiments that I just HAD to have. I used a technique using Brushos that I learned from Jennifer McGuire in THIS video. I just love these images, and the sentiments are so wonderful. Thank you, enabler (also responsible for that awesome Spellbinders Hemstitch Frame), and Jennifer and Brandi and Ellen.

I am playing at:

The Flower Challenge #46

Just Add Ink #515 Mixed Media

Water coloring, die cutting, heat embossing

Global Design Project #GDP250

Sketch Challenge

Allsorts 581/582 - Flowers All Over

Inkspirational #217 - Painting or Colouring

Thank You

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out!!! With Time Out Challenge #163, we are challenged by the words "Let us be grateful to the people that make us happy. They are the gardeners who make our souls blossom."

We are generously sponsored by STAMPlorations.

Challenge winner will receive a $25 and will be asked to be the Guest Designer for a future challenge.

Our Guest Designer is the wildly talented Trina Pfam of Phamtastic Designs. Trina's work is truly fantastic. Please do yourself a favor and visit her blog for some awesome inspiration!

My card is very much inspired by THIS card created by Michele Ferguson. She makes me buy all kinds of things like that wonderful Pinkfresh Studio Braided Tag die that I used for my card. I smooshed several Distress Oxide inks on to Bristol Paper, then stamped images from STAMPlorations Beautiful You set. I die cut the inked and stamped area with the tag die, and added the sentiment and the ribbon. I mounted the tag on textured card stock, then on to a black card base.

Please hop on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that our Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing at:

STAMPlorations Anything Goes Challenge

Watercooler Wednesday WWC274 - AG With a Feminine Twist

Global Design Project #243 - Floral

Sisterhood Of Crafters - Favorite Technique

Smooshing

Krafty Chicks Challenge #510 - Stamp Act

Use any stamp you have on your project.

{PIN}spirational Challenge #264 - Photo Challenge

Darnell's Never-Before-Used-Schtuff Challenge #15

Pinkfresh Studio Braided Tag Die and STAMPlorations Beautiful You Stamps

Bunny Family 4

I used Oh Bunny stamps and dies to make a family Easter card this year as I had some time to do It. I love the images in this set. The funny thing is that my twin sons are way taller than me and one is a little taller than my very tall husband. The scale is a little off, but you get the picture... LOL. I also used Paper Smooches Botanicals 3 stamps and dies, Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Stackable dies, and MFT Fishtail Flags Die-namics. I made and mailed a bunch of these to send Easter smiles from a distance.

I'm playing at:

Watercooler Wednesday #266 - All About Occasions

Fusion - Gnomes

Inspire. Create #066 - Easter

Inspire Create

Global Design Project #235 Spring / Easter

Hello

It's time for a new challenge at Less Is More. This time it is a ONE LAYER CARD with a theme of  SPOTS. There are so many ways to interpret the theme such as: 

a dot, speck, speckle, fleck, smudge, smear, stain, blotch, blot, splash, daub, place, location, site, 

position, point, situation, scene, setting, neighborhood... The possibilities are many. Just remember that there must be lots of clean white space on your card.

Our sponsor is Uniko Stamp Company.

April Winner, Maria Rodriguez, is Guest Designer for this cahellenge. She has an ecclectic style. Take a stroll though her blog and you will surely be inspired.

For my card, I dug deep into my stash and resurrected Papertrey Ink's (retired) Bits and Buttons stamp set and Simon Says Stamp Hello You. I used a variety of PTI inks for my spots, and VersaFine Onyx Black for the sentiment.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog, See what Maria and the Design Team have created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations and have chance to win. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog.

I'm also playing at:

Global Design Project #194

Addicted To Stamps and More #346 - Anything Goes

Moving Along With The Times #100 - CAS