Happy 8th Birthday

The Paper Players #671 - Birthday

I made this card for an 8 year old boy using every shade of blue distress Oxide Ink I own.  The "8" balloon is die cut from blue mirror cardstock. I really love the way it came out.

Project Details
Stamps/Dies/Stencils	Neat & Tangled Balloon Duo Stencils Avery Elle Wonky Stitches Dies Avery Elle Numbered Balloons Stamps & Dies
Cardstock	110 lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80 lb. Neenah Solar Crest SU Tempting Turquoise
Ink	Various Distress Oxide Inks VersaFine Onyx Blacl Memento London Fog
Embellishments	Blue & White twine
Other	Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue 3M foam tape

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I Hope You Know

Less Is More #470 starts today. We are challenged to create a CAS card with a butterfly theme.

To create my card, I used one of the Polka Dot stencil from 

SSS Simple Patterns Trio Stencils with DO ink to create my background. I added 2 hot foiled butterflies from PinkFresh Studio Small Butterflies hot foil plate. As I so often do, I forgot to put the card stock in foiling sandwich, so the beautiful butterflies were foiled to the plate. Oh no, not again! But never fear - PinkFresh Solid Hot Foil plate to the rescue! I just used the piece of foil that I used for the butterflies with the solid plate and got these beautiful butterflies in reverse. I added a SSS Reverse Sentiment Strip and my card was complete.

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. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple which we define as designs that include large areas of CLEAR AND CLEAN space with NO PATTERN, NO INK and NO TEXTURE See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

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Surround Yourself With Friends

Less Is More #466 starts today. We are challenged to create a CAS card with a a masculine theme.

To create my card, I inked a portion of the main image from Birch Press Design's No One Like You stamp set with VersaMark ink and I embossed it with WOW Primary Lagoon embossing powder. I stamped one of the sentiments from the set with VersaFine Onyx Black ink, embossed it with WOW clear embossing powder. die cut it with a Lil' Inker stitched circle die, and popped it up among the fishies. Just to give it a little more interest, I die cut the stamped panel with Spellbinders Hemstitch Rectangle Dies and popped it up on the card base.

 

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. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple which we define as designs that include large areas of CLEAR AND CLEAN space with NO PATTERN, NO INK and NO TEXTURE See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

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Try It On Tuesday - For The Man In Your Life

On Your Special Day

I am thrilled to be here as Guest Designer for the new Color Hues Challenge where the challenge colors are Silver and White. I was in need of a wedding card for a couple who is very dear to me. Silver and white were a perfect starting point for that, so I went with a wedding theme.

 I recently spent a few hours learning to "Glimmer" (I love this new verb). To create my card, I started with the Spellbinders  December 2021 Large Die of the Month which has a very elegant lattice design. I die cut the base piece in white, then the middle piece in SU brushed silver. I did not use the top piece. I used the Foliage Border Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set from Foiled Basics by Yana Smakula for the circle and flowers, and a  sentiment from Yana's Special Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set. I felt that the card base needed a little texture, so I used Altenew's Dotted Swirls Debossing Cover die and that did the trick.

Head over to Color Hues and check out what the fabulous Design Team has come up with to inspire you and join us in the gallery. I can't wait to see what you come up with.

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Try It On Tuesday - In With The New

Everything is new except for the debossing die and the pearls.

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Love You, Gnomie

 

Time Out #205 begins today, We are challenged to be in love. So much room for interpretation there.

The challenge runs from Thursday, January 13th to Wednesday, January 26th. We are generously sponsored by Alex Syberia Design.

Challenge winner as chosen by our Design Team will receive a $15.00 coupon to use in the Alex Syberia Design ETSY Store. In addition, our winner will be eligible for a guest designer spot in a future challenge.

Joining us for this challenge, we have the incredibly talented Milla of Mustesormi and winner of Time Out Challenge #202. Milla has mad coloring skills and her work is awesome! Treat yourself to a stroll through Milla's blog and you will be sure to get your creative juices flowing! 

I used Alex Syberia's Be My Valentine Digital Stamp to create my card. I colored it with Copics and fussy cut it. I popped it up with foam tape and adhered it to a die cut linen panel cut from The Greetery Nordic Frames die, which seemed to go so well with the gnomes. There is a little stenciling in the background done with SSS Falling Hearts Stencil. The sentiment is from SSS Gnome School Sentiment Strips. The panels were adhered to a SU Real Red card base.

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

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Try It On Tuesday - In With The New

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Allsorts Challenge 658 - AG With Something New

Alex Syberia digi and SSS Sentiment Strips are new

Apple Day

It's time for a new challenge at Festive Friday where every challenge is an inspiration list based on a selected holiday/festivity from the traditional to the unusual. Challenge projects must include at least three items from the festivity inspiration list.

Today's festivities are in celebration of National Apple Day, which takes place on October 21st. The challenge runs from October 1st - October 11th.

I like to create a card for our challenge that goes with the celebration theme. To create my card, I used this gorgeous digi image from Power Poppy that screams of apple season. There are no visible apples in the scene, but I assure you, that is an apple pie. I can smell it! I colored the image with Copics, die cut it with Spellbinders Hemstitch Circle Dies, and mounted it on a card base cut from Ranger Wood Grain Card Stock. The "autumn" sentiment is a die cut from Winnie & Walter - no longer available.

I used apples (I swear they are in the pie), red, green circles and baking from the inspo list. 

Come play with us! Remember that your project does not have to go with the challenge theme. You can just use 3 or more items from the inspo list for your creation!

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the  Festive Friday Challenge Design team. 

Ann Schach

Beth McCullough

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Melanie Hungerford

Helen Jennings

Melva Peters

Jaydee

Diane Evans 

Joanne James

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Celebrate In Shades Of Blue

Less Is More Challenge #449 begins today. We are challenged to create a CAS card using shades of blue.

Our Guest Designer is Sid of Harpie's Crafty Corner, and Less Is More May Winner. Sid has a wonderful, colorful, eclectic style. Please visit Sid's blog and be inspired to play with us.

I used this wonderful Balloon Duo Stencil from Neat & Tangled (retired) to create a row of balloons in many shades of blue Distress Oxide Inks. The balloon strings are from Avery Elle's Numbered Balloons (retired). The sentiment stamp and die cut are from Pinkfresh Studio Happy Birthday Sentiments.

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. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple which we define as designs that include large areas of CLEAR AND CLEAN space with NO PATTERN, NO INK and NO TEXTURE See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

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Celebrating Summer

I am a teacher on summer break, and I am filled with gratitude for that! It has been a long, hard year of teaching during a pandemic and all of the challenges associated with that, and I am doing the happy dance in a big way. This card is a celebration of all things Summer - beach, BBQ, ice cream, fireworks, time to craft, etc.

To create my card, I used A Colorful Life Designs Sun and Surf Stencil with distress Oxide Inks, and the Hello Summer die set from Neat & Tangled (retired) with a vellum background. The word is stacked three times with white card stock, and the top die cut in done with mirror black card stock. It shines beautifully and really stands out. 

The inside is stamped with a sentiment from Neat & Tangled Hello Summer Stamp Set (retired) and reads:

WARM OCEAN BREEZE

SUNSHINE 

FIREFLIES & FIREWORKS

ICE CREAM CONES

BARBEQUES & BEACH DAYS

FLIP FLOPS AND FUN TIMES

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Tic Tac Toe Challenge #119: 

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