You've Got This, Finally!

This started out OK.

But wait!

If I add a sentiment at the bottom I can take it over to

Happy Little Stampers Sketch Challenge.

so.....

Oh, no!

The vellum is curled and won't straighten no matter what I do!

But then......

I remembered that frame left over from a die cut.

Now I like it!

and since I used a snippet, I can go to

Pixie's Snippet Playground

and since I used my SU Markers, I'm taking this to

Addicted to Stamps #152

MAKE YOUR MARK

(second entry)

Thanks for stopping by.

Hope you enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  You've Got This, Endless Birthday Wishes (both SU)

Ink:  Whisper White, Markers (Watermelon Wonder, Garden Green, Hello Honey) (all SU)

Paper:  Solar  White (Neena), Whisper White (SU), Cardstock Vellum (SU)

Other:  White EP (SU)

A Summer Tree

There's a new sketch challenge over at 

Happy Little Stampers

I went will the image and all and got to use this

NBUS tree that had been languishing in my NBUS box.

Somehow whenever it waved at me and said "use me, use, me" 

I shook my head and put it back.

It's now a happy tree!

I die cut it from a piece of saturated watercolor with lots of greens.

The trunk didn't look very good in that green, so I colored it and the branches

with a SU Marker and used an Aqua Painter to smoosh the color around.

Then I touched up some of the leaves with a darker green marker

and painted some ground underneath before stamping the sentiment.

I stuck it on a background piece colored with the

acrylic block stamping technique.

Addicted to Stamps

ANYTHING GOES

I'm glad you stopped by today.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Special Wishes (PB)

Ink:  Early Espresso, Markers, Soft Suede, Garden Green (all SU)

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press)

Other: Arboscello Tree Die (MB), Simply Scored (SU)

Happy Anniversary

When I saw this sketch at

Happy Little Stampers,

I kinda scratched my head.

Have a look...

But I kept thinking, and thinking,

and thinking....

And I did come up with something!

I used some of Jack's watercolor designs.

He does love to watercolor!

The sun element is a stitched circle embossed with Lil' Inker's Stitched Circle Die.

The hammock is the twig.

The trees are the birds.

And I threw a little heart in there for good measure.

I'll give this to DH for our anniversary.

He'll love that Jack's artwork is on it!

And we've been watching a family of bluebirds in our yard.

Here's my sidekick at work.

He really gets into it!

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Something to Celebrate (retired)

Ink:  Soft Suede

Paper:  Watercolor (Strathmore)

Other:  Stitched Circle Die (Lil' Inker), Fashionable Hearts Embosslit (retired), Bird Die (IO), Woodland Branch Die (MB)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Happy, Happy Little Stampers

Here's another card for the

Happy Little Stampers April Sketch Challenge

Here's Kylies awesome sketch

I love that these challenges last a month.

I'm also entering the

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge again.

CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Simon Says Monday

ANYTHING GOES

I hope you have a happy day!

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Crazy About You

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Island Indigo, Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press), Basic Black

Other:  Happy Die (SSS), Reinkers (Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Island Indigo), Aqua Painter, Paint Brush (for splatters)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted