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A Splendid Adventure….

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Honey Sailor is setting out to travel/explore…a Splendid Adventure!

This week for All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge blog,  Janneke created a sketch for us to follow.  Thanks to Janneke’s inspiration and ideas, I’m learning to love using sketches!  I started from the base up for today’s card.  Picked three colors of Bazzill monochromatic card-stocks, my favorite ever kraft and set out to conquer this sketch challenge!  Yep a splendid adventure indeed…I had fun! lol

We’d LOVE to have you join us in the challenge this week…here is what you’ll want to know to play…

  • your card must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store
  • one entry per person
  • you have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday June 1st to load to Mr. Linky on the challenge blog
  • use Janneke’s sketch on your card or project
  • Have FUN!

I stamped Honey Sailor from CC Designs with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic Sketch Markers.  Cuttlebug 2×6 dies for the beach elements….EK Success border punch.  A Splendid Adventure is a Stampers Anonymous stamp…Explore and Travel are from a set by PSX all stamped with Versafine Onyx black ink.  I stamped the Sanded background stamp from Stampin Up with Walnut Stain distress ink on the kraft card-stock and elements.  The papers are all edged with Walnut Stain distress ink and the ink blending tool. I “always” work on the craft mat so the ink goes onto the paper from the mat so easily,  much better than working on scrap paper!  really,  it’s amazing and you use less ink and faster!!!  I scored my card base with Martha Stewart’s score board…love it!  So accurate!

♥Tab has added new stamps this week!!!   CC Designs (Adorable Darby and Penelope that I did last week, Honey and Swiss Pixies and more),  Whiff of Joy and you can pre-order the June, Bon Voyage issue of the Magnolia Ink too! 10% off her already discounted prices! LOVE that! ♥♥♥

Here’s Honey waving good-bye for now!


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The PINK Tractor Birthday Canvas…

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This little 6×6 canvas is going to sit on Anya’s shelf or hang on her wall in her bedroom.  Doesn’t it make you smile! lol  I love this little Ally Rose from High Hopes and perched on the pink tractor ?!  ADORABLE! (ETA – the tractor is also from High Hopes,  Tab at 7KidsCollegeFund said she will order the tractor on her next HH order,  so keep checking back for it from my High Hopes link) THX!

Ally Rose and the Tractor are stamped with Memento Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

Doily Lace border punch by Martha Stewart

Bazzill Card-stock – 6×6 canvas (the company is out of business) – My Minds Eye Quite Contrary pattern paper

Background is added with the ink blending tool and Summer Sky Memento ink pad

I scuffed up the edges of the paper with the Tim Holtz Distresser tool…

The challenge at High Hopes Challenge Blog this week is a Baby card or card for a young child….so I’m linking this up to their challenge since Anya just turned five…I think that is still young! lol

Smile…so glad it’s Spring!

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Darby and Penelope…dry embossing

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Welcome to my All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday challenge post… scroll down for my earlier today Inky Impressions Challenge blog post.  Lesa challenged us this week to use dry embossing…here’s what you need to know to play and an awesome prize this week too!!!!  4 single or 1 set of CC Designs stamps!!!

  • your card must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store
  • one entry per person
  • you have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday May 25th to load to Mr. Linky on the challenge blog
  • use dry embossing on your card or project

READY, SET, PLAY!!!

Just totally charming… adorable…sweet!  look at their eyes!

I’m linking to…

Friday Sketchers Challenge Blog… I used their sketch… I had to turn it but I love how it turned out!  Thank you gals!

Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog’s theme this week is Someone Special

Paper Play Challenges – use the color Brown plus another color or colors

Holler if I’ve missed something…my eyes are tired today! lol  Appreciate you visiting and love your encouraging words!

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Spring Cleaning…(did I say that?!)

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My card for Inky Impressions Challenge #35….

yep, that time of year… I always find myself thinking when I’m cleaning…some kind of rescue mechanism!  I end up stopping and going to do what I thought of and then who knows when getting back to cleaning….been a long pause around here! lol

I used Lili’s Cleaning Day rubber stamp from Inky Impressions Rubber Stamps…I’ll tell you a secret…ha! you probably already know!  I colored the dots on her shirt with a white signo/uniball gel pen,  let them dry and then colored right over them with the pink copics!!!  Didn’t even have to go back and wipe off the white…the dried white ink repelled the copic marker perfect and made for easy coloring!

  • Lili is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink (want a discount on your Inky Impressions order? Join us at the Inky Yahoo Group for details – link to the yahoo group is on the challenge blog)
  • colored with Copic Sketch Markers
  • K &Co. pattern paper
  • Bazzill card-stock
  • Martha Stewart Spring border punch – little butterflies are from this Butterfly border punch
  • Quickutz 4×4 flower die (a bunch on here and I layered them up)
  • Sizzix leaf branch (came in a set of four,  the medium size sizzlets)
  • Sentiment from Wordsworth
  • Itty Bitty 3 mm brads by Bazzill
  • background stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms
  • EK Success oval punch for the rug

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge this week is cute and girly…well,  Lili is all of that!

Paper Take Weekly Challenge this week is “Say it with Flowers”… that’s the challenge for Inky Impressions also…using the word FLOWER

Stampavie and More Challenge this week is Flower Power

Happy Wednesday….one more post coming at you in a little bit!  So much cute new stuff…I could stamp and color 24/7!!!

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Lady Tilda for Anya…

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Amanda (our middle daughter) asked me to help her come up with a birthday invitation for her daughter, Anya’s 5th birthday.  Anya wanted a tractor birthday party!!! lol  So… I said we need a pink tractor!  This is a card I’ve created before here and here and one of my favorite creations ever,  and Amanda just stuck that pink tractor in there!!!  Oh so FUN!  The party was great and I’ll post the card I made for Anya on Thursday…a different pink tractor!

Thanks for visiting my blog!  I love hearing from you!  Scroll down to yesterday’s post to see the Magnolia Chandelier strand info…new at 7KidsCollegeFund.com ….so pretty!