A Friendly Hello

I was watching a video on stamp kissing and thought these cute little guys should have a bit of a chat!

I used some Prima Watercolor Pencils with the Splash set from Paper Smooches and mounted it on a background that I had made a while ago, so I don't remember exactly how I did it, LOL!

Shared with Paper Smooches 

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Dinosaur Stacker

#50, over at the Double Trouble Challenge Blog, asks us to do a tall and skinny card. A stacker would be a nice touch, and an optional layout from Try Stampin' On Tuesday would make it extra fun. I selected to do all three:

I adore anything from Paper Smooches, so I decided to stack up some whimsical dinosaurs from the Cuteasaurus set. I colored using Copics and colored pencils and added the "sketch" as a highlight with a mask and Distress Inks. The sweet little hearts, from the same set (and the sentiment), were dotted with white gel pen for some added texture, and I created some grass with markers and pencils.

Also shared with the Paper Smooches challenge.

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Edited to add that I was one of the top three on Try Stampin on Tuesdays and on Double Trouble:

Warm Hugs

Challenge #47 on the Double Trouble Challenge blog is all about what makes you warm. Add some embossing and/or link up with Stinkin' Inkers!

Dimension view from top

What could keep you warmer than a scarf, hat, sunshine, and a nice hug?

Isn't this the cutest group of snowmen? These are from the new release from Paper Smooches , Winter Greetings. I colored them with Copics. The display card was made with a WindowRama Cutting Die from Stampendous!

Lots of embossing going on here. The snowflakes, from the same stamp set, were heat embossed with white. The snowy banks were heat embossed with chunky white embossing enamel from Stampendous, the sun was dry embossed on gold cardstock then die cut.

Also shared with the Paper Smooches Challenge for January!

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Trick or Treat

Challenge #41 for the Double Trouble Challenge Blog has a few prompts, some necessary, some optional. Do check it out so you do the right thing and "don't get into trouble"!

Using 3 of certain colors (purple, orange, yellow) Check! Something that Flies Check! Share with Crafting Happiness Challenges (#19) Check!

Paper is from Doodlebug Design BooVille. Tree, Witch, and bats, Hampton Arts. Haunted House, Little Acres, Spooky. Sentiment from Paper Smooches, Halloween Sampler.

Silhouettes were stamped with VersaFine, house colored with Copics then fussy cut and popped. Sentiment stamped with VersaMark and heat embossed with white. A few Nuvo drops in orange were added for fun.

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Sunny Days

#34 for the Double Trouble Challenge Blog is a Free-for-All Challenge so we can have fun creating with "Some Thing", "Any Thing" and "Every Thing".

Thing 3 is in a sunny mood, so some sunshine or rays would be nice to add, and we can join in with a previous partner for even more fun.

I selected to add this to the Retro Rubber Challenge #116  using the tic-tac-toe of green, texture, and nature. My flower stamps and "sun" are from Paper Smooches and are about two years old.  

Paper Smooches also has a challenge this month for school or words, so I thought I'd share this with them as well using a sentiment.

I used a piece of photo paper, sprayed with a resist spray (glue and water, thank you, Lindsay from the Frugal Crafter!), then used some Distress Oxides over top. I then stamped with StazOn and added a bit more subtle color with Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. The texture is the backing piece of corrugated cardboard.

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Welcome Baby

Let's have some fun with a Birthday or Special occasion! Birthdays are welcome as are monkeys or zoo animals over at Double Trouble Challenge Blog #33!

Always happy to share with Paper Smooches challenges, and this time it's an "anything goes".

And, Double Trouble invited us to share with Crafter's Café Challenge #223 if we added a zoo animal!

I managed to use several Paper Smooches sets to do this! Wake Up, A Little Lovin, Fanciful Fall, and Paint Strokes. I colored with Copics and added some Distress Inks for the background. The grass was created with a stencil that I cut out myself. A little gel pen finished this off. 

Double Trouble

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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!

Thinking of You

The Paper Smooches June Challenge has an inspirational photo. These colors were my mom's favorites, so I pulled out Pearl Alcohol Inks in pink and yellow to use on yupo paper for my background. While it was still tacky, I added some Deco foil in black. The stamping was done with Versafine Clair.

Paper Smooches stamps:
Butterflies = Graceful Beauties
Plant =Botanicals 2
Sentiment = Smooches

Inspiration Photo

Paper Smooches

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Best Buds

Flowers is the prompt for this month's challenge for Paper Smooches. The biggest problem was selecting my favorite floral set from Paper Smooches! I finally chose Best Buds, since I wanted to make a birthday card for a special friend.

I colored the images with Copics then cut out with the matching dies. The sentiment came with the set and was set with some clear embossing powder.  These were popped over the background with foam tape.

The scallop frames were die cut using Honey Bee Stamps dies. The background paper comes from an Altenew paper pack, Reflection.

Finally, I added a paper flower from my stash, some gel pen, and a few Nuvo Drops.






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May 6th Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

For the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop, today I did a cross stitched cup from Paper Smooches!

The scalloped frame is from Honey Bee Stamps.

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Springtime

The Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #25 is all about Springtime! And, Paper Smooches has just released this gorgeous floral set, Rosy Posy, that looks like my pretty spring garden of roses! Their monthly prompt for their challenge inspired me to do this cut out card.

Closed Card with See Through Opening

Inside of Card

I used a stencil from STAMPlorations and Distress Oxides for both the inside and outside of the card. Then, I made a strip with the same colors, edged with the Dots & Dashes from Paper Smooches. The white floral border die is from Fran's/Stampendous .

The die cut from the Rosy Posy set was used to cut an opening from the front of the card and then the stamped image on the inside was colored with Prismacolor colored pencils.

I thought a few pearls were called for since this was such a delicate composition.

Three Amigos

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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.

Gina K

#467

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Rainbow Birthday on a Green Sky

I have so much fun at the beginning of the month trying to do a card for each of my friends' challenges that meets everyone's requirements. So, here is my take on Paper Smooches (birthday), Three Amigos Blog hop Challenge (rainbow), Double Trouble #x24 (Wearing of the Green)!

Copics Used

The rainbow (for Three Amigos) was printed from a copyright free image in Pixabay (I added a green background for Double Dare, it doesn't show up in the photo too well, but it is really green!). The sweet fairy was colored in Copics and comes from the Paper Smooches So Fairy Cute set. The Happy Birthday was embossed in gold.

Some liquid shine and Nuvo drops finished off the card.

Along the way, I had my usual disasters. This time, I took a photo so you could see. I was looking all over for my colored image that already had sticky foam on the back ready to be popped. I looked for about twenty minutes before I thought I'd better get everything cleaned up......

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you'll take a look at all these fun challenges linked above for even more inspiration and all the requirements to add your own!

Also shared with Heart 2 Heart Challenge.

So Fairy Cute

Double Trouble Challenge Blog, with #22, must have been reading my mind! I got a new stamp set from Paper Smooches and was just itching to use it!

With a tic-tac-toe board (middle across is the one I chose), a bit of "magic", and a link to Use Your Stuff, Challenge #348, I was ready to create.

This new set is called So Fairy Cute. I used Copics to color, a bit of dye inks, and some Nuvo Sparkle pen.  It all went on a Stephanie Barnard step die I am feeling the magic!

Loved making this adorable little bear. Hope you'll join in on the fun, and thanks for stopping by!