I’m playing along with Retrosketches #151 and Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge. I couldn’t resist a vase of bright flowers to chase away a dreary overcast day!
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Category: Sparks Challenge
Paper Smooches SPARKS: Hang in There
Today, I’m sharing a card created using the sketch over on the Paper Smooches SPARKS blog.
My son is in the throes of studying for college finals, so using the vertical sketch, I created him a “Hang in There”/Encouragement card. I know that I found studying for and taking college finals to be extremely stressful!
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You’re Swell
There’s something about the warmer weather and sunny skies that makes me dream about spending days on the water. Now, I don’t happen to own any watercraft, but the idea of setting sail is appealing nevertheless!
I crafted this card with Paper Smooches stamps and die cuts, as well as the Memory Box Wave stencil. I dry embossed white cardstock with the stencil, and then, with the stencil held in place, applied a combination of blue inks.
I’m linking my card up with this week’s Paper Smooches Sparks challenge – “Anything Goes.”
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Paper Smooches: Welcome Spring
Today, I’m sharing a card based on a photo I recently took of the view outside. It was a beautiful day in the Pacific Northwest – the birds were chirping, the sun was out, and the trees were in bloom (they still are although this tree’s blooms were battered down by some recent rain).
Although I’ve recently been doing a lot of watercoloring, for this card, I stamped and heat embossed patterned paper to capture the spring colors. I stamped the tree pieces and butterflies on a variety of papers until deciding on these colors and patterns.
I dry-embossed the hill, which was cut with the Border die out of Easter Grass cardstock, using the Sizzix Plaid embossing folder to introduce some texture. The Blueprints set has a stitched die with which I cut the blue paper and the green hill at the same time to give a clean finish to the edge.
I’m linking this card up to the current Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge – “Anything Goes.”
Paintbrush Hello
It’s been raining all week and I’m drawn to some bright colors at the moment! Yay for rainbows!
After stamping several of the stamps from Positive Strokes, I die cut the hello, from the Quote Tag set, out of the rainbow panel. I attached the panel and that little bit of the “e” onto a charcoal card base.
I’m entering my card in this week’s Paper Smooches Spark Challenge – “Anything Goes.”
Have a fantastic weekend – and may the sun shine wherever you are!
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