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Time for a new challenge at 

Time for a new challenge at              

Try A Sketch On Tuesday

This sketch really had me on a struggle bus...so many directions and ideas...but I really had fun putting this together.  I have two friends with October 31st birthdays - so this has a 'don't be afraid of a birthday' message inside :-)   I am trying to get my October birthday cards ready early.

The card used a lot of old things from my stash: spider die from Simon Says Stamp, ghosts from poppystamps.inc and My Favorite Things; pumpkin stamp from an ancient Close To My Heart set that has been a longtime favorite. The 'aperture' ghosts are on foam tape, and I put a pop-up mechanism behind the solid ghost.

It also meets the Double Trouble 3-2-1 challenge!  Check it out below.

Thank  you for visiting my blog today!  Hope to see your crafty creations on the blogs.

Warm Autumn Wishes

 

A new crafty week at

Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge

My card used some patterned paper and ephemera from Gina K Designs.  The sentiment panel was first inked in Sandy Beach with the burlap background stamp. The sentiments are from Gina's Doodled Autumn and Harvest Silhouettes sets.

Hope you will feel crafty and join the challenge!

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Serenity Thoughts

                  Happy Tuesday with a new challenge at

                       Try A Sketch On Tuesday

Today I'm using some pretty papers from a long-ago CTMH collection featuring the colors Twilight and Sorbet.  My Neutral color is Vanilla. Stitched circle die cuts, a die cut floral image from Altenew, and a very old sentiment from an Avery Elle set, Hugs. I used Altenew's Organic Linen folder to emboss the Vanilla panel. Large and small flowered circles were popped up.

I did try to follow the 3-2-1 recipe at our sister challenge at Double Trouble with some foam tape and embossing twists, but not sure my die-cut floral really counts as an image.  But you can certainly check them out and play along!

Loving Wishes

 

Good Morning!

A happy Monday begins with a new sketch at

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

My card was stamped with floral wreath and sentiment from Gina K Designs, Loving Wishes set.  I colored with alcohol markers, and cut with coordinating dies.  Patterned paper from my stash.

Poppy

 

Good morning!  

My inspiration for the new challenge at                                                Try A Sketch On Tuesday   The challenge runs from August18-30th.

I used two poppy dies that have been in my stash for many years, and I haven't used them in a long time. The Large Iceland poppy is a layered die from poppystamps.com circa 2015, and I used the stem from Memory Box's Darling Poppies circa 2014 :-)  I popped up the bloom for added dimension. 

Papers from my black and white stash bag. Sentiment from Gina K Designs Elegant Thoughts, and another inside from All About You.

AND please check out our sister challenge at Double Trouble. I followed their 3-2-1 challenge and did some layering and popped up element, too.  

Hope to see you linked up!

Fuchsia

 

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Inspiration for this week's challenge at                                    Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

My card's focal point is an embossed and stenciled image - Magical Fuchsia from Spellbinders.  It was blended with Gina K Designs inks and the sentiment is from Gina's All at Once All Occasion set. Papers from my stash.

Sunny Day

 

Try A Sketch On Tuesday - challenge #701

My card uses some stencils and a stitched hexagon die:

Lush Leaves and Happy Hibiscus Gina K Designs stencils inked with Gina K Wild Dandelion, Marigold, Sunkissed Coral, Coral Reef, and Light/Medium/Dark Spruce.

The sentiment is from Gina K Tropical Silhouettes.

Also check out our sister challenge blog Double Trouble!

I followed their 3-2-1 recipe with layers, used red, yellow and green, a sentiment, and added some shiny embellishments as my extra twist.

 

  Thank you for visiting today!  I hope to see what you create - so get crafting and link up on the challenges :-)