Nature's Frame

 Using Spellbinder's Nature's Frame layered stencil and Gina K Design inks for this card. Inspired by two challenges below.   The ovals are from Gina K ML 1 , with a sentiment and floral from her Fluttering Fall set.

TicTacToe: Stencil/Color/Flower                    Time Out: Stencil/Floral/Pastel

               

Atlantic Hearts #624

 

Good Morning!

Monday means another great sketch challenge at           Atlantic Hearts, and I have some Design Team inspiration for you today.  It's a wonderful sketch for using some pretty scraps.  My vertical strips are from some slivers of the prettiest paper in a SSS set a few years back.  The die cuts are from many sets in my stash - Altenew, Mama Elephant, Spellbinders and Waffle Flower!  And a sentiment from Gina K Designs. I pulled out a lot.

Hope you will head over to AHSC and join the challenge. 

Spring Rain

 

A fun little card for the new challenge at                               Try A Sketch On Tuesday.

I really had to also use the challenge inspiration from       Double Trouble for this one as it isn't my usual kind of card. I have an umbrella, rainbow colors, water and boots in my scene! All  all the elements were found in a very old CTMH set that I colored and fussy cut, and I had a bit of fun covering the boots with packing tape to make them shiny.  There are clouds punched, and stenciled, and die cut flowers from Spellbinders.

Hope you will play along!

Homemade Paper

New today at   Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

A dear friend made some paper for me last week!  She used paper from her shredder and I think it's marvelous!  Little flecks of green and gorgeous texture.  I used half of one piece for this card and several scraps of card stock trimmed with specialty scissors. The Simon Says Stamp sentiment die has been in my stash  for many years - I love the bold font.

I hope you will play along. Link up your creation at AHSC

Congrats

 It was the hexagons in the sketch that inspired my card.        At first I was going to put die-cut flowers on top of the large hexagons, but then decided I wanted to keep the graphic look.  

Hope you will check out the amazing cards from the rest of the design team and play along at                                             Try A Sketch On Tuesday

And if you would like some more inspiration, check out our sister challenge Double Trouble and play along there as well.

Spring Greetings

 

I see daffodils popping up in my yard!  I have done the first lawn mow of the season and still lots of weeding and digging up to do.  The change of season brings a new energy.

My card for #620 at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge uses an older CTMH stamp colored with alcohol markers and fussy cut twice.  I rotated the sketch and made the rectangle element a flower box. 

Some bunny loves you

 

          Here's my Design Team card for sketch #665 at

                  Try A Sketch On Tuesday

The back panel was created using Gina K Design inks with Pretty Pink Posh's Easter Background stencil.  The image and sentiment are Simon Says Stamp Hoppy Days Ahead set (their March 2022 kit).

Please join us at TSOT for this challenge that runs                  March 4-16th, and check out our sister challenge Double Trouble!

Atlantic Hearts SC 618

 I had fun foiling for this card!  Using Gina K Designs Delicate Dahlias polyglaze and dies for the florals and sentiment; did some stenciling with Light and Medium Lilac inks. The patterned paper is from a long retired CTMH pack and fit the sketch just right.  I used Master Layouts 2 to cut the stitched panel and mat. I discovered that it's hard to take photos of cards with foiling :-(  So much nicer in real life.

We would love to see what you create with this week's sketch. Hope to see you at                                                                         Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

Have a Great day!

 

Loved this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and glad I finally found some time to use it this morning.  

I inked Altenew's Mega Bloom stencil with their Lapis Lazuli set of inks. Then without removing the stencil I stamped SSS You Matter background with white pigment ink, and added some dots with a gel pen.  The dots gave me an idea to die cut with Altenew's Mix and Match Frames. The sentiment was white heat embossed their Iceland Poppies Paint-A-Flower set, and I used ink to color the paper strip to match.

Blooms

 This is my Design Team contribution for challenge #664 at

Try A Sketch On Tuesday

I used a piece of a stencil background from my collection box, part of a Savvy die for the sentiment, and lots floral elements cut from scraps with Spellbinder's Be Bold Blooms for a very colorful take on the sketch.

Double Trouble, TSOT's sister challenge blog, has a marvelous 3-2-1 recipe that I have also used for inspiration.  Hope you will check both out and join us in some crafty fun.

DTC

Adding a link to

                                                         Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #26 

Birthday Wishes

 

Used a little ink smooshing and cut it with Gina K Botanical Duo. The patterned card stock was from a magazine, the twine from a gift wrapped package. 

I do like repurposing items!

This is a classic sketch and so versatile. Hope you will join this  challenge and share with us at

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

Have a Heart

 

Using up some patterned paper from my Valentine scrap folder today - inspired by challenge #663 at                                     Try A Sketch On Tuesday.

The big hearts and sentiment are Gina K Designs Love Trio and Master Layouts 4 dies.  The small 'talkie' heart was fussy cut and stamped and heat embossed with a sentiment from a very old CTMH wooden set.  

You will find some amazing inspiration from the rest of the Design Team at TSOT.  ~and ~ please check out our sister challenge  Double Trouble. Check out their 3-2-1 recipe below. 

Hope you will play along!

My card also inspired by Tic Tac Toe challenge 263 where I have used the top row of hearts-designer papers-love sentiment

White on White

 Sympathy cards are the most difficult to make for me. My card today uses a white on white design inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #671 and Double d Challenge.

I embossed with a folder called Whimsy and made horizontal strips with a Stampin' Up border punch and thin piece of silver card. The Gina K Designs sentiment was foiled with silver.

                                                    Freshly Made Sketches 671 

Double D Challenge  white on white

Ocean Thoughts

 

Thinking a lot about of my brother - my visits to him each year on Cape Cod. Making plans to bring my grandchildren there this year has me thinking of the many happy beach memories.  

My card uses Seashell Swirls stencil from Brutus Monroe and a sentiment from Gina K Designs set, Delicate Dahlias.

Inspired by CAS Colours & Sketches #552

Sending Love

 

My Design Team card for #612 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

I used some papers from a Paper Studio 6x6 collection. The blue card stock, die cuts and sentiment from Gina K Designs.

I just love sketches like this that can use some pretty papers and come together so quickly.

Hoping to see your take on this sketch on the AHSC blog!

Sing a Song of Spring

 

Inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #670, I stamped Gina K Designs Tall Stems and colored with alcohol markers. The back panel is some CTMH patterned paper from the scraps bin stamped with Sheet Music from Kaisercraft.

Blue

 

Practicing color mixing and inspired by the challenge # 274 "Blue" at Addicted to CAS.

I have used Kuretake water colors and Hero Arts infinity dies.

Addicted to CAS

Love You

Sketch challenge #455 at Hand Stamped Sentiments inspired this card.

I have used Spellbinder's Checkered Scallops embossing folder, and  Gina K Designs Butterfly die cut and sentiment - Love You Trio.  The card stocks from my stash.