Smooches From Down on the Farm

Double Trouble Challenge Blog #30!

Stencil or embossing folder - check, farm critter - check, shared with Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #27 -check. Not all necessary, so do check the "rules" over at Double Trouble linked above!

In the Clouds - Whimsy Stamps
Picket Fence - Amy Design
Paint Strokes - Paper Smooches
Chubby Chums - Paper Smooches
Embossing Folder - We R Memory Keepers
Ink Cubes - Gina K Designs
Scallop Frame - Honey Bee Stamps

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Edited to add that I was selects as one of the top three over at Double Trouble!

Wing It with Gina K

For the May, 2019, monthly mix challenge for Gina K Designs, the prompt is "Wing It"

I have stacks of Gina K stamps, but I had nothing with wings. It took me a bit to come up with this idea using the beautiful Peaceful Roses set. I colored it with Copics and then die cut it with a butterfly die from Stampendous.

The embossed background folder is from The Paper Studio. I used one of my favorite techniques by rubbing some Gina K Jelly Bean Green over the butterflies on Gina K paper. Then I sprayed it with some sparkle spray.

The sentiment comes from the same set and was heat embossed. I added some faux stitching, some extra leaves from the original cut out butterfly, and and popped the sentiment strip. A round embossing ball on the back of the butterfly created dimension and then I popped only the body portion.

Thanks for your visit. This proves that you don't need to own everything to get the job done. Look at your stash and I'll bet you can join in this challenge too!

Let's Get Groovy

Double Trouble Challenge Blog #25 has teamed up with Cupcake Inspirations  #467 with a challenge of "Let's get Groovy" with some wood elements and some woodland critters. At the same time, Gina K has a challenge to do some ombre ink blending.

I selected some of Gina K's inks in Jelly Belly Green, Prickly Pear, and Wild Dandelion for my ombre background blending and sprayed with a bit of shimmer spritz. I then stamped the "wood" tree from Paper Smooches. From the same set, I colored the owl and squirrel from Fanciful Fall with Copics and used the matching dies to cut them out. For the pop our frame, I used Gina K's A Beautiful Life stamp that I heat embossed with white and colored with matching watercolors to the inside panel.  The sentiment comes from the same set.

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Coral Challenge

This month over at Gina K's challenge, we were asked to use coral. Now I see that I MUST get that coral. I used Peach Bellini, and though very pretty, doesn't have the vibrancy that the Coral Reef has.

I stamped the image, A Beautiful Life, in the peach, then heat embossed it with clear. I watercolored with the same ink using a water brush and some of the ink simply smooched on to my mat. I added a touch of Jelly Bean Green, some Nuvo drops and a bit of Tonic Glitter Gloss over the flowers. Finally, I popped up the butterfly from the same set and added the sentiment, also included in the set!

For the twist, we had to decorate the inside as well. I used the same butterfly, stamped in peach, with the rest of the birthday sentiment.

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