The Paper Players PP417: Claire's Theme Challenge

 

I'm linking this card to the Paper Players Theme Challenge below. 

This past Saturday evening I was working on cards at the crop I was at for the weekend. I was so happy when I finished this one. I was writing down all my products so that I could blog it when I got home and could get a decent photo. That's when I realized I had placed my image and sentiment in the wrong spot. Everything was pretty well adhered so I couldn't move anything. I set the card aside and then came across the Paper Players challenge. My card worked perfectly for this challenge!

 

I used distress oxide ink in walnut stain for my project. This is actually the second print using the Tim Holtz woodgrain layering stencil. When I pulled the stencil off the first print I spritzed the stencil with water and then laid my mixed media cardstock on top of the stencil to get the ink off. 

The leaves are some from my stash that I made with distress oxide inks using the stamp and die set from Reverse Confetti. I made quite a few to use in various projects. 

I diecut my circle using a Spellbinders die and stamped the image using Gina K Designs Autumn Wreath Builder stamp set. I love how this card turned out.  

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Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #109

 

I'm linking my card to the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #109 - Let You Stencils Shine!

I used a stencil called Square Dance from Simon Says Stamp for my background.

I thought the colors would be darker so I was a little surprised especially since one of the colors was distress ink in barn door. I used that color first. I then moved the stencil over just a bit and went back over the card stock with mustard seed distress ink. The colors look pastel. I did apply the color with a stencil brush so that does make a difference in how light the colors are. I love the pattern this technique created. 

 

For my sentiment I used a new set from Simon Says Stamp called Thanks and Leaves. I love this set!

Using my MISTI I stamped all the leaves and the sentiment and then heat embossed them with Hero Arts gold embossing powder. I like how the embossing turned out. It's difficult to get a good photo with the shine. I finished the card off with some sparkling clear droplets. 

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Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #360

 

Where does the weekend go?!

I feel like it was just Friday and I was so happy to be leaving work and looking forward to two days of doing what I want to do. The weekends never last long enough. At the very least they should always be three days long. All I can say is thank God I'm super close to retirement! I can't wait!

I watercolored some mixed media cardstock Friday evening and Saturday morning with distress inks. The colors I used were peeled paint, dried marigold, barn door, wild honey, crushed olive, spiced marmalade, mustard seed and rusty hinge. While letting my panels dry I started looking through challenges to see if there were any that I wanted to link up some cards to. I found a few with one being a sketch challenge for Freshly Made Sketches. 

I started by stamping leaves using the Reverse Confetti stamp set called Fall Foliage and then die cutting them with their companion die set.  

I used mustard seed distress ink first on my background. Then using a Tim Holtz layering stencil called linen, I used a stencil brush to lightly ink the background with spiced marmalade distress ink. 

I die cut my circle from one of the watercolor panels using a double stitched circle die from Our Daily Bread. 

The sentiment I used is from the Gina K Designs Autumn Wreath Builder stamp set. 

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