Going around in circles? Why, yes :-)
Inspiration from Freshly Made Sketches #694 today. This cute little Mama Elephant stamp and die set just always makes me smile. It's been around my craft room for a long time. I colored with pencils. The embossing folder is also an oldie - Provo Craft Spots & Dots.
I began with a gel print made a little while ago, and added some gold embossing with some circles from my CTMH stash of stamps and Elegant Script Background stamp from Gina K Designs.
The sentiment is from Gina K, Blooming Sunflower set.
Though it appears monochromatic, this is card did use several colors of paint (pink, red, white, brown) with stencils, two added images and metallic as well - meeting the "Inky Pinky" challenge of our sister blog Double Trouble. You can see their challenge graphic below.
Inspired by the sketch challenge #758 at Just Add Ink and challenge #274 at Tic Tac Toe.
My card used some Spellbinders floral die cuts, the Booming Butterfly stamp and die from Gina K, and the rosette die cut from Master Layout 14. I repurposed the inside of some mailing paper for the black and white behind the rosette die cut. I did add just a touch of color with pencil and Gamsol and a few dots of white gel pen.
Taking some inspiration from Gina K friends, and using The Great Outdoors set from this month's kit. I created this for a dear friend who loves golf and the great outdoors. I cut some postage stamps using Master Layout 4, masked off the edges and ink blended some sky and hills before stamping the images in Versafine Onyx Black ink. I added a few details from the Postage and More set. The back panel was embossed with Linen folder from Altenew.
This little set (Tall Stems) by Gina K Designs is just sweet and elegant. I really love the delicate lines and font. I added some border details with a MFT die that has been in my stash for a long time (Basic Stitch Lines). I colored with Prismacolor pencils. Inspiration from challenge #693 at Freshly Made Sketches and Addicted to CAS #286.
I used the Watercolor Stripes stencil from Altenew with Lipstick ink from Gina K, and Pear from CTMH for the background.
Happy Summer everyone! Come play along at
Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!
Inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #692
I have used a brand new layering stencil from Spellbinder's June 2025 club, Rolling Tide, inked with Altenew's Lapis Lazuli color set. The fish were stamped, colored with Copics, and fussy cut. The fish and sentiment are from a CTMH set, Under the Sea, that has been in my stash for about fifteen years!
