Thanks, BYSHC

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Making use of my Colorful Life stencil and another great Unity stamp from my collection, I made this final card for the linky party that is ending tonight. It's been a fun week and I so appreciate getting the motivation to make a few Christmas cards way ahead of schedule.  Thanks for all the ideas and fun, for all the team and for all those who participated. And a special thanks to those wonderful sponsors who have donated such wonderful prizes for this great event. 

 

BYSHC Linky Party

Trying to get a few more Christmas cards in before this fabulous linky party is over in just a few hours. 

I used a Colorful Life stencil and stamped  a sweet image from Unity as is the sentiment. I used distress oxide blue inks, and copic alcohol markers. 

 

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I hope you have had as much fun as I have playing along or gathering great ideas for this upcoming holiday season. Thanks ladies, for putting on another great party of inspiration and fun!

Crazy is my fame stenciling is my game - July

I made this card for the Crazy is my fame and stenciling is my game challenge for July. I used a stencil from A Colorful Life and a stamp from Penny Black. The details for the challenge can be found here:

https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/2024/07/july-2024-stencil-fun-challenge.html

I used various shades of distressed oxide inks in blue. The snowman was colored in copic markers.

I have used the month of July to get some Christmas cards done early!! Doing a card with snow gives me a mental picture of cooler weather in this summer heat!

 

BYSHC - Tis the season

I used a 3-D embossing folder from Sizzix, red cardstock, a piece of design paper, and 2 die cuts from Impression Obsessions. A gold metallic pen colored the ornaments on the tree and some of the Christmas lights on the background. The other lights were colored with colored pencils. 

Don't miss out on the fun over at BYSCH this week. 

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Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge

I love turning pretty scraps of design papers into pretty backgrounds. I used Christmas papers for this one. I added a die cut angel of white (from a Momenta diecut). The sentiment is from Sweet and Sassy stamps (now known as Creative Worship Stamps. 

You can find the details for this new challenge opportunity here:

https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/

 

BYSHC linky party challenges

Using scraps of Christmas design papers I made this patchwork square. I mounted it onto a little bit larger black square. I dded the Christmas gentleman silhouette carrying a wrath die cut from Spellbinders and added the silver die cut JOY. I used a puffy star sticker for the dot on the J. 

I am adding this to the linky party going on over at the BYSHcardmakers blogspot.com

 

3 Kings card for BYSHC's linky party

I used the sketch challenge #47 for the July BYSC challenge. The wise men die is from Gina Marie designs and the sentiment is from Sweet and Sassy stamps. 

 

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BYSHcardmakers' Link party

Today I am getting the chance to play along on the blog hop over at the BYSHC linky party and made this card which is pretty much a CAS that was done with white paper, a stencil from A Colorful Life designs. I added skinny washi tape as the tree holder and added tiny silver star puffy stickers for the tree toppers. The stenciling was done with pine distress oxide ink and I stamped the sentiment with a Sweet and Sassy stamp in versafine clair black ink.  If you're looking for some great Christmas ideas and places to check out supple resources this is the blog to go to this week and check things out. 

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Color Throwdown challenge 802

Loved these colors for this week's Color Throwdown challenge this week  You can find the details and linky here:

https://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2024/07/color-throwdown-challenge-802.html

 

Little Red Wagon 765

Using scraps from my scrap bin, I made this card for the Little Red Wagon 765 Challenge. The shell stamps are from Tuesday Techniques and Flourishes.  The sentiment stamp is from Tuesday Techniques. I used distress oxide tan  and gray inks to stamp these shells. The sentiment and Flourish shells were stamped in Versafine clair black ink. 

You can find the details for this challenge here:

https://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2024/07/little-red-wagon-765-raid-your-scrap-bin.html

 

Freshly Made Sketches #645

I made this card for thee Freshly Made sketch challenge this week. 

I stenciled the background with A Colorful Life stencil and distress oxide inks.The flower stamp is from Stampendous and the sentimentI am not sure of the source. The leaves are a die cut from Sizzix. The image and sentiment were stamped in Versafine Clair black ink. 

 The details for the challenge can be found here:

https://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2024/07/freshly-made-sketches-645-sketch-by-jen.html

 

Make my Monday 230

I made this card for Make by Monday challenge with the theme of celebrate.  I stenciled multicolored blending of distress oxide inks for  my background. The stencil is from A Colorful Life. This is a one layered card. I stamped the heart and sentiment with versafine clair black ink and colored the flowers with alcohol markers. This card could be used for celebrating a birthday or an anniversary or any other happy event!!

You can find the details for this challenge here:

https://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2024/07/230-lets-celebrate-dt-call.html
 

Allsorts #789 - circles

Circles is the theme for the Allsorts Challenge this week. So I picked some great polka dotted design paper for my background. I cut cirlces from coordinating solid cardstock and designed this card with layered circles as the focal point. I added the radial stripes to add some contrast. The sentiment is from Stampabilities and the celebrate is a die cut. This made a great card for either gender. 

You can find the details for this challenge here:

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/07/week-789.html

 

Inkspirational Challenge

I made this card for the Inkspirational Challenge and used two different stamps from different companies. The flower is from Fresh Pink, and the sentiment is from Stampabilities. 

I used lavender cardstock for my base and design paper for the background. The stamped images weee stamped with versafine clair black ink and colored with alcohol markers. 

You can find the linky information here:

https://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/07/inkspirational-challenge-320-designers.html

 

Inspire.Create. Challenge 172

 

This card was to case a designer's card for Inspire.Create. Challenge that can be found here:

https://inspirecreatechallenges.blogspot.com/2024/07/inspirecreatechallenge-172-case-designer.html

I did some repeating of a floral stamp from Unity. The sentiment is from Unity as well. I colored the images with alcohol markers. I mounted the card from onto lilac paper. Added some lilac stripes as embellishment.

Paper Players 698

I had fun using red, gray and black inks on this card for this week's Paper Players challenge. You can find he details here:

https://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/2024/07/pp698-colour-challenge-from-jaydee.html

I used a stencil from A Colorful Life for my background and blend red, gray, and black into the different areas of the stencil. The flower is from Pink Fresh and I stamped it with versafine clair black and colored it with colored pencils, blending pen, and alcohol markers. The sentiment is a die cut. I used black cardstock for my card base. 

 

HMFMC#419

I have a wonderful little collection of House Mouse stamps that I have collected over the last 25 years, and this is probably one of my very favorites. I decided to use it for this week's challenge since it did include an additional animal with this little mouse. I stamped it with versafine clair black ink, and colored it with alcohol markers. I designed the layout background making use of some design paper scraps. The sentiment is from Fresh Pink. 

You can find the details for this challenge over here:

https://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/2024/07/hmfmc419-anything-goes-option-use.html

 

Christmas in July challenges

It is so fun getting some Christmas cards made in July and ahead of the game. I am using this card for the Krafty Chicks Christmas challenge #724 this week and the details can be found here:

https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/07/krafty-chicks-challenge-724-christmas.html

 and

I am also using this the the Cut it Up challenge which is hosting a Christmas

in July theme since I used dies for the trees and the gnome. The details for this challenge can be found here:

https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/07/cut-it-up-challenge-308-christmas-in.html

I used the cloud stencil from A Colorful Life for the background sky by blending distress oxide inks. The gnome is a stamp and die set that came from Rubbernecker. The tree dies are from Momenta. 

 

TicTacToe and Sweet stampin'

I made this card for the Tic Tac Toe challenge this week using yellow/border/butterfly row. You can find this challenge here:

https://tictactoechallenge.com/tttc251-featured-designer-jeanne/

And I am also using this card for the Sweet Stampin' challenge using things with wings:

The details for the challenge can be found here:

https://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2024/07/things-with-wings.html

I embossed the yellow panel with an embossing folder from Gemini, the butterflies are a stamp from Inkadinkado, the sentiment is a Tim Holtz Idea-o-logy sticker sentiment, and the borer die cut is from Sizzix.  The butterflies were ccolored with alcohol markers.

 

Fun News

 

This was fun to see this morning over on the Double Trouble blog today. 

Inkspirational Challenge #319

 

I have been collecting stencils for quite a while now. My first experience with stencils was watching my grandmother do stenciling on fabric, rubbing in some type of fabric paint and layering the colors with the various sections of the stencil. She used them on her quilts, pillowcases, etc. I had fun using two different stencils to make this card. I stamped a sentiment with a stamp from Impression Obsessions. 

This card is for the Inkspirational Challenge that was to use stenciling. 

https://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/06/inkspirational-challenge-319-use.html

I did not use paste as an option. My favorite ink to use for stenciling is distress oxide inks.  I stamped the sentiment with versafine clair black ink. 

Just add Ink #708

I made this card for the Just Add Ink #708 for their Just choose 2 challenge this week. I chose embossing and blending. I stamped my image and sentiment with versamark ink and embossed it with gold embossing powder.The stamps are from Gina K and a Gina K stamp from Unity. I used blending brushes to put the concord grape distressed oxide ink onto the flowers and used green distressed oxide ink for the leaves. I die cut a white doiley for an extra layer for under the flower. 

You can find the details for this challenge and its link here:

https://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/2024/06/just-add-ink-708choose-two.html

 

Just Us Girls #733 - stenciling

I used various stencils to make my 3 panels for this card for the Just Us Girls #733 challenge this week to use stenciling. I use distress oxide inks to do my stenciling. I added a layer flag sticker as is the liberty bell a sticker. I added silver puff stickers as an embellishment.  You can find the details for this challenge here:

https://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/06/just-us-girls-challenge-733-anything.html

 

As You Like It and why

For the As You Like It challenge to pick my 2 favorite color combos, I have to say for summer it is blue and yellow. It is so bright and cheery and reminds me of a wonderful sunny, summer day!! I live in Texas and we get lots of hot, sunny weather. This floral design is from a Power Poppy digital that I colored with colored pencils and alcohol markers. I did a little stenciling for the blue panel. The stencil is from A Colorful Life designs. The sentiment is from a tablet from Tim Holtz.  You can find the details for this challenge here:

https://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/06/favourite-2-colour-combo-and-why.html

 

AI challenge - Stars and stripes Forever

I made this fun card for the current challenge over at Art Impressions with a stars and stripes theme. I thought this I'd load this little truck from the Interchangeable Car set with some fun things to take to the beach for the 4th of July. 

You can find the details of this challenge here:

https://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/2024/06/stars-stripes-forever-challenge-381_0312924152.html

 

Fun backgrounds with scraps

I have been trying really hard to deplete my scrap piles and have been cutting them into  half inch width stripes and then design these pieced backgrounds with them. It has been fun and is something I can take with me when I am away from my stamp room. I keep them in a tub that is easy to tote around with me and all it takes is cut card fronts, glue bottle, and scissors to sit and do these. I have to go out of town quite often to help do caregiving to my 95 year old parents. I can accomplish quite a lot without having to haul so many supplies along to do a little crafting.

 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge #583

https://atlanticheartschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/06/sketch-583.html

For the Atlantic Heart Sketch challenge, I made a stenciled background by combining about three stencils together. Two of the stencils are from A Colorful Life and the other one is from my older part of my stencil collection where I was not keeping track of where it came from. I used distress oxide inks  with with pink, blue and green inks. when the pink and blue blended together there was a shade of purple. I used green cardstock to mount the white oval, and I used a lilac cardstock for the card base. The stamp is from Sweet an Sassy and it is stamped with versdafine clair black ink. The dies are from Sizzix.  I used enamel dots for the flower centers.

 

Retro Rubber #233

 

Having some fun in my stamp room today, doubling up on stencil to create some new looks with them. I used  2 stencils from A Colorful Life, and a plaid stencil that I am not sure who the maker of it was. I doubled the all over leaf stencil with the plaid stencil. I used green distress oxide ink for blending it. Then with a darker green doxi I stenciled this smaller stencil of leaves,  making three bunches of the. I chose this delightful House Mouse stamp as the image. I stamped it with Versafine Claire black ink and colored it with colored pencils. I used a gray Copic marker to color the mouse's body. The sentiment is done with a Tim Holtz sentiment strip that come in a tablet with adhesive already on it. I love those so much because it is always in doing the sentiment I always mess up. This makes life so much easier and there are such cute sayings to pick from.

You can find the details for the Retro Challenge here:

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2024/06/challenge-233-tics-tacs-toes.html

I used the center vertical line for my elements of my card. My House Mouse stamp has been in my collection of stamps for quite some time. 

Festive Friday challenge 162 - 4th of July

I was playing around making doubled up stenciling making use of red and blue distress oxide inks with blending brushes on the stencils. I found there to be a lot of ink left on the stencil that I did not want to waste, so I spritzed it with water and laid white paper on it to see how that would turn out. This bottom panel shows the results. Then I used the negative piece of a punched flower to stencil the flowers over it to give it a little more color. The top panel was done by doubling up two different stencils and then rubbing the ink over the combined stencils. I had found these great 4th of July layered stickers on sale a few weeks ago so used two of them on this card. I love making slimline cards and need to make them more often than I do. I don't usually make and send 4th of July cards, but I will put this one in the mail so that someone can find a little surprise in their mailbox.

You can find the details of this challenge here

https://festivefridaychallenge.com/festive-friday-card-making-and-paper-crafting-challenge-ff0162/

 

House Mouse #418 make your own background

I had a great time making this background. I used two stencils from A Colorful Life and layered them over each other. I used green distress oxide ink as my blending colors. I stamped the mouse stamp with versafine clair black and colored the image with alcohol makers. I cut the image with a die and mounted it with a larger circle die. I added some punched flowers and die cut leaves. The centers of the flowers are enamel dots.  I mounted this card front to a piece of light green cardstock. 

You can find the details of the challenge here:

https://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/2024/06/hmfmc-418-anything-goes-option-of-make.html