Tag You're It Challenge #62

Time for another challenge over at Tag You're It.  This is our last challenge for the year so hope you find some time to join us.  Here's the inspiration tag from our guest designer Laurie Willison!

I love the simplicity of her tag.  I took that idea and the Christmas colors as inspiration for my tag.  Here's what I came up with.  Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!




This is a super simple tag.  I started by stamping my sentiment then stamping the string of lights.

I colored them with Copics adding a bit of shading to give a little dimension.  And as a final touch added some wink of Stella to each bulb.












Supplies:

Reset Cuttlebug Machine V2

Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full Size me-900

Neenah Solar White Card Stock

Die-namics Pierced Traditional Tag STAX

Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad VF-82

Hero Arts Clear Stamps SPARKLE BORDERS CL908

Copic Sketch Marker

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Less is More - Favorite Flower

Well is has been a week that went from one end of the spectrum to another...fun to heartbreaking. However, I am confident that all will turn out well in the end.

We have a new challenge starting over at Less is More.  This week a One Layer Card and our theme is favorite flower.  This one is a bit tricky for me as I don't do too many florals and just have a few stamps, so I will try to use an old one in a new way.

Here's my take on the challenge, looking forward to seeing what you come up with!



I started with an old Hero Arts Stamp.  That I inked up a portion of with Versafine ink.  This stamp normally has four flowers and I masked off one.

Once stamped, I added clean embossing powder and heat embossed the flowers and the sentiment.

I then used my distress ink to watercolor the images, then added the pearls to the center!

Here's a close up of the card!

Look forward to seeing what you come up with!













Supplies:

Strathmore Bristol Smooth Surface

Tsukineko VersaFine VINTAGE SEPIA Ink Pad VF-54

*Hero Arts EMBOSS ULTRA FINE CLEAR EMBOSSING POWDER PW111

Mini Distress Ink

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CAS on Sunday - Pastel

Yeah, I have been out on the court this past week!  It feels so good to hit and run around!  I miss the tennis and of course all of my tennis buddies!  I hit this week with a new friend, since my hubby is not feeling well enough yet to hit...she is super nice, but I still miss my husband the most!

We have a new challenge starting today over at CAS on Sunday.  The theme for this challenge is "Pastel".  Hope you have time to come on over and join us for this fun challenge.

Here's my take on the challenge...


 Pastel is hard for me as I like bright and bold colors.  I was inspired by some round lights in my studio that are the color of sea foam.

I started by stamping my string of round lights across my watercolor paper.  I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to color in the images.  I then stamped the sentiment at the bottom and done....a very quick and easy card.

Here's a close up of the card.  You can see I popped up the smaller panel on foam tape.

Look forward to seeing what you come up with!







Supplies:

Strathmore Bristol Smooth Surface	Reset Cuttlebug Machine V2	large stitched rectangle stackables	Bazzill Card Stock	Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad VF-82	Hero Arts Clear Stamps SPARKLE BORDERS CL908
*My Favorite Things SIMPLY FABULOUS SAYINGS Clear Stamps	Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker

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Less is More - Geometric Pattern

It's been a busy week.  A few tennis matches this week, but my husband is still on the injured list so he has been unable to play this week.  I miss hitting with him.  Hopefully, he will be better soon!

There is another challenge going on over at Less is More #271.  This week's challenge is One Layer Card, one of my favorite challenges, and geometric patterns. This combination was a bit challenging for me.  But in the end, I focused on circles.

Here's what I came up with.  Hope you will join us, we would love to see what you come up with!

For this card, I started by placing my sentiment. I then stamped the string of lights around the sentiment.

I colored the lights in with my Zig Real Brush markers.  I wanted to use these markers, because they are so bright and I thought would fit it great with the sentiment.

After coloring in the lights, I added a bit of Wink of Stella.  And as a final touch I cropped the corners on the bottom of the card.

Supplies:

• Neenah Solar White Cardstock
• Hero Arts Stamps
• Versamark Onyx Black Ink
• Zig Real Brush Markers

CAS on Sunday - Flowers

The weekend is winding down.  We had a wonderful time at the wedding--two full days of activities!

Now time for a new challenge over at CAS on Sunday!  For this challenge our theme is flowers. Perfect timing for spring!

Here is what I came up with...looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

For this card I stamped my flower image and watercolored it with distress ink.

I then added the pearl dots at the center of each flower.

Then I stamped my sentiment.

All in all, a pretty simple card!





Supplies:

• Watercolor paper
• Hero Arts Stamp
• WPlus9:  Doddle Flower Stamp
• Versacolor:  Vintage Sepia 
• Distress Ink:  Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint

Less is More - Outside Window

It has been a beautiful week after the rain!  Was able to get in a bunch of tennis this week, so all is good!

Time for another challenge over at Less is More #268.  This week the theme is What is Outside Your Window. So many possibilities with this challenge.  Here's my take on the challenge, swing on by and see what the others have come up with!

My favorite view from window is our beautiful Cranapple tree.  It is simply stunning.  I just love looking at the blossoms with the sky in the background.

For this card, I sponged the background with distress ink to create the clouds.  I then simply stamped my trees with Vintage Sepia Ink and lightly colored the leaves with my Zig Clean Color Brushes.  I used foam tape to pop this small panel onto the card base.

Stamped my sentiment with Vintage Sepia and done!

Look forward to seeing what you come up with!