The Card Concept challenge time!

Hi all!  I'm a day late, but here it is - my card for the latest The Card Concept challenge!  Such a pretty picture!  And you would've thought I would take the flower-route because of the pic, but I was inspired by the sweet treats.  Plus these  Birthday Chicks were calling me.  :)  Everything was colored with Copic markers. I layered a couple of the stitched tag-corner square STAX to create the frame for the chicks.

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May all your birthday wishes come true

Hi all!  I hope 2016 is being good to everyone so far :D  I'm a New Year's baby, so I always start it off  right, I guess you could say!  This card is inspired by my talented crafty friend, Marcie Sharp and the card on her post HERE.   Because I was making this with the latest ColourQ challenge in mind, I went with soft teal-ish blues and embossed the leaves in gold EP.  The flowers and leaves are from the MFT Desert Bouquet set and the sentiment is from their BB Birthday Bears set.  The card measure 4.25 x 4.25.  

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Happy Birthday!

Hi all!  Merry Christmas Eve and Happy early Birthday, Jesus!  :D  Here is my last TAWS design team card!  :(  I've truly enjoyed creating with these ladies and for Alison.  {I wish you the best!!!}  I used the Digits set, watercoloring the numbers, to create a background for the From Us birthday sentiment.  I love bold birthday cards!

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Par-tea On

Hi all! I went for shades of teal with my latest TAWS card using the new Swee-Tea stamp set.  The cup was paper pieced then fussy cut.  I used a white gel pen to color in parts of the cup and a W3 Copic for shading.  The sketch is from the SSSC299.

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Thank You

Hi all!  Here's a card I made using 3 TAWS sets - Wispy Wishes (small flower), From Us ('thank') and Sweet Thing ('You').  I colored the flowers with Copics.  The sketch is from the SSSC296.

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I hope Santa spoils you rotten

Hi all!  Here's a card I made just for fun - sometimes I just cannot pass up a good sketch challenge!  :)    I had the watercolored part already done and sitting on my desk.  I cut out the angled strips and the stars using elements from Blueprints 25.  The presents and sentiment are from the BB Santa's Elves set.  Some sparkly twine adds a little something extra to the card.  This is for the MFTWSC254 sketch and also the MFT color challenge 33.  It also fits the Paper Players PP271 challenge.

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TAWS Sneak Peek Day 2!

Hi all!!  Welcome to the TAWS Sneak Peeks - Day 2!!!  Today, we are featuring the soon to be release set called From Us.  It is a sentiment set and covers everything from birthdays, congrats, sympathy and everything in between.  Seriously, this is a great set!  I paired it up with another soon to be released set, Wispy Wishes.  I broke up the sentiment so that it fit over the image exactly how I wanted :)  I clear embossed one of the leaf images from the Wispy Wishes set onto the card base.  Really kicks it up a notch, don't ya think?

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TAWS Sneak Peek Day 3 - Warm Wishes

Hi all!  Welcome to TAWS Sneak Peek Day 3!  I sure hope you've been hopping along the past two days checking out the sneak peeks because well, can you say CUTENESS??!!!  Today we are featuring the new set called Waddle Pals!  Talk about a super cute penguin set - love it!!!  I colored up one of the penguins and colored him with Copics then added a paper pieced hat.  Of course, I had to place him on a chunk of ice from the FREE when you spend $40 set called Chilly.  :D  I sponged the background and embossed the sentiment on a pierced fishtail flag STAX.  A few buttons and some silver and white twine finish it up.

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Hello

Hi all!  Ok, one more card for the MFT Superstar contest!  Sadly my natural light was gone by the time I got the idea for this card in my head and had it completed but I still looove it{***edited: took my usual pics in natural light}!  I stamped several of the flowers and leaves from Blissful Blooms and colored them with Copics.  I've had these puppies sitting on my desk waiting to be added to a card for a couple of weeks now!  I used molding paste and the Formal Fleur de Lis stencil to help create a focal point on the pink lemonade card stock.    The flowers and sentiment (from the BB Polynesian Paradise set - partially stamped) are anchored by a piece of grout gray card stock that I cut out with the Cross-stitch Circle STAX.  I cut out the sentiment from steel blue card stock using an element from Blueprints 13.  I rounded the lower right corner to help balance everything out.  :D

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Aloha

Hi all!  Here's my card for the MFTWSC245 sketch.  I created the center background by sponging on several colors - blueberry, summer breeze, lemon drop and wild cherry.  I wanted to create that sunset on the beach feeling.  On the kraft layer, I stamped one of the leaves from the Tiki Party stamp set in kraft pigment ink then heat set it.  Next, I took my W1 Copic and colored in around the leaves so that they stood out.  It's a nice subtle look and I just love how it turned out!  The tree is also from that set. I colored it with Copics, then fussy cut it.  The sentiment was embossed with white EP.   This card measures 4 1/4 x 4 1/4.

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Make A Wish

Hi all!  Here's a card I made for the SugarPea Designs SugarSketch 29.  I love a good sketch and just couldn't pass this one up!  I adore this super cute dragon from their Blow Me Away stamp set.  I colored her with Copics and also used the colorless blender to add extra spots ;)  I fussy cut the image, then popped it up on foam adhesive, then did the same for the piece of cake she's holding.  The sentiment is also from the set.  I stamped the words separately so it would fit on the banner.  A button with twine and several YNS gumdrops finish it up.

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Let's Party - TAWS Sneak Peek Day 2!

Hi all!  It's Sneak Peek time over on the TAWS Blog - wahoo!!!  This is such a fabulous release, so let's get to it!  Today we are featuring the sentiment set called Big Time.  Love, LOVE this set!  So, you may have seen Francine's videos (here)on sponging using acetate.  Well, I decided to try it with squares!  I took a piece of acetate and cut out a square using dies.  I then penciled on a straight line as a guide.  After that, I just eye-balled where I placed my square and sponged from the outer edges in.  It was fairly easy and rather therapeutic. :)  Once that was done, I embossed 'Party' slightly off center, then added 'Let's' right above it.  A few sequins and voila!

There is more to see over on the TAWS Blog!  Check back every day for more peeks of different sets each day and then we have our big Blog Hop on Monday!!!

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Warm wishes & sunny smiles

Hi all!  Here's a card I made for the MFTWSC242.  I colored the Blissful Blooms with Copics, then fussy cut (don't have the matching die-namics yet).  The chevron background was created with the large chevron stripes stencil except that when I sponged them with grout gray, I only sponged from the top of the stencil rather than fill in the entire stripe.  I used my oval STAX to cut out the center then sponged lemon drop ink onto the edges of banana split card stock.

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You mean the world to me

Hi all!  I wanted to share this card that I made during my gig as one of the Dirty Dozen Girls over on SCS.  I love that 'little' stamping community!  I've been a member since 2006 (yikes!) and still chat with many of the ladies I met on that site - shout out to the Challenge Chasers!  Alright...  on to the card. ;)  I stamped the MFT abstract background stamp with Versamark then embossed with clear EP onto watercolor paper.  I then used various ink refills to color in my 'globe'.  Once dried, I cut it out with my Circle STAX, then popped it up onto grout gray card stock.  The sentiment was spelled out using the Express Yourself stamp set (love!).  I rounded the bottom corners of the card stock for a little extra interest.  Pretty simple, but I so love how it turned out!

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Sweet Wishes

Hi all!  Here's a card I made using an image and sentiment from the Slurp stamp set.  I decided to color these to look like orange Creamsicles (yum!).  I stamped them on watercolor paper and used my Zig pens to color them.  I then fussy cut them and popped them up on some contrasting DP so they really popped!  I used YNS stitched dies on the white layering and a pierced fishtail flag STAX for the sentiment.  A few YNS clear gumdrops add a little something extra.  I also made this for The Paper Players current challenge HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!  As always, the TAWS blog has lots more inspiration so go check it out!  :D

Snail Mail

Hi all!  Here's a card I made using two TAWS sets - Lite Brite and the larger snail and 'snail mail' sentiment from Twinkle Toes.  I colored this little guy with Copics and added glossy accents to his shell.  For the 'Hello' background, I used a large acrylic block and a pencil to draw lines on a piece of smooth white card stock to use as a guide for stamping each work.  The inks I used are Sno Cone, Jellybean Green and Blueberry.  A couple of olive gumdrops and done.  :D

Thanks for stopping by!  Swing over to the TAWS Blog for more inspiration!  And did you see??!  We have New Release Sneak Peeks starting Saturday!  YAY!

Make a bright wish!

Hi all!  Here's a fun card I made using a sentiment from Lite Brite with an image from the Slurp stamp set.  I made the background with two distress inks and lots of water spritzing and heat drying and more spritzing and more drying.  Fun stuff, I tell ya!  The image is embossed with black EP and I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens to color it in.  I stamped the sentiment separately onto fishtail flag STAX, leaving the ends loose then flipped them up a little just for fun.  The colors are from the CTD347 challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!  Head over to the TAWS Blog for more inspiration!  And check out yesterday's post and welcome some new designers!