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Friday, February 14, 2020

Challenges, challenges, and more challenges!

You are the BEST!

I'm a challenge addict this week! They're so much fun and some really take me out of my comfort zone...egads! In one of the challenges listed below I choose to use "Bright Bold Colors" which I normally don't gravitate towards, so ya, this pulled me out of my comfort zone for sure.

Here are the Challenges I played along with:

Festive Friday Challenge #FF0052

You have to incorporate 3 of the 10 items into your project

Tuesday Morning Sketches #TMS541

A sketch Challenge

So, while I love rainbows, I'm not great at creating them. I did my best to create a rainbow background incorporating "Bright Colors" One of the three things I used for #FF0052.

I have listed all the supplies for you down below.

I set out on some watercolor paper and pulled out 7 bright rainbow color ink pads and just started laying the color down. After it was dry I dripped some water droplets on it from my hand to create the light ink splatter look. I love how the water removes some of the color and creates a beautiful effect on your project. All in all, I was pretty pleased with how it turned out. As you can see I used the watercolor background in place of the doily in #TMS541. Then I had to figure out what other two things I would use from the #FF0052 list. I decided on Sequins and Foil!

This was my first attempt at foiling over an embossed image. I heat set the sentiment with clear embossing powder then ran it thru my laminator. I LOVED the results!! I was so impressed. I think I might be hooked on foiling now. I used the second largest oval die in the "Stitched Shapes Dies" to cut out my sentiment to replace the circle in the #TMS541 Sketch.

To replace the rectangle in the #TMS541 Sketch I foiled a 1/4" piece of tacky tape. I just burnished it with my bone folder and it turned out so great too! #Loveit!

I added 7 sequins to match the inks I used, then embossed the white background with an old dots Sizzix folder I had in my stash.

I hope this inspires you to play along! Let me know if you do.

Happy Stampin'

**Supply List**

Stitched Shapes Dies

[152323]

$41.00

A Big Thank You Photopolymer Stamp Set

[147377]

$22.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

$13.25

Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146987]

$12.00

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

[149612]

$12.25

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147052]

$10.25

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[147084]

$10.25

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

[147086]

$10.25

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[147094]

$10.25

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$10.25

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

[147098]

$10.25

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

[147099]

$10.25

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$13.00

Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109130]

$8.25

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

$41.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$5.50

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$23.00

Non-Stampin' Up! Products

Assorted Sequins

Gina K - Fancy Foils "Glittering Green"

Sizzix "Dots" Embossing Folder

Double-Sided 1/4" Tacky Tape

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Thursday, February 13, 2020

3 Challenges, ONE Card. What a Challenge!

A Little Note

It's going to be hard to top the "Make Your Own Bunnies" Card and Video I posted yesterday, but I think you will be very pleased with this little card. I enjoyed yet another challenge of incorporating more than one challenge into one card. Here were the requirements of the 3 challenges:

Inspire.Create Challenge #62

*Blank Slate* #062

How easy was that? The sky really was the limit on this one!

Sunday Stamps

*Sketch with any shape Tag* #SOC224

Global Design Project

*Let it Grow* #GDP227

Projects that feature let it grow

So maybe this one wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. I choose the Painted Poppies (all supplies listed below) and the Honey Bee Designer Series Paper.

(Free Sale-a-Bration item right now).

I stamped the Poppies in Versamark, then heat set with Gold Embossing Powder. I very loosely watercolored them with Merry Merlot & Rococo Rose with an Aquapainter. The sentiment "a little note" is from the January Paper Pumpkin "I'll Be Yours" which I also embossed in gold. The Bee is from Butterfly Gala, which I embossed with Black Embossing Powder. I added the little dashes to create movement with a black marker. Then I placed the sentiment strip on the Honey Bee DSP, added some retired gold twine, then splattered some Rich Gold on the background. It came together pretty easily and anyone can recreate this quite easily.