31 Days of Creativity Day 6

I have linked up at the Nester to join in on the 31 Days Challenge!

Day 6

This is another card I made for this weeks Make it Monday on Nichole Heady's blog.

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Birthday Wishes MIM #128

This was a fun card to make! It was quick and easy which are my favorite!  

All supplies PTI: Harvest Gold CS, Ink; Enchanted Evening CS; Spring Rain CS; Blueberry Sky Ink; Pure Poppy Ink; Stamps-Super Stars, Birthday Style.

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With Sympathy MIM #121

PTI: CS Vellum, Linen Vellum; Ink Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain, Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse. Die: Impression Obsession


This is my second card for this challenge.  I am really liking the technique!  I decided to go with all vellum this time as the soft blue of the flower seemed to not need anything in the background. 

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Thanks MIM #121

This weeks Make it Monday challenged us to work with Vellum!  I love vellum and don't use it as much I would like to because it is usually hidden under all my pretty paper but I really do like it!

As I was looking through my stamps for a flower set I came across this one.  Hydrangea's are my favorite flower.  So I thought I would give it a try.  

I've seen a few cards recently that have ink dot paper and wanted to give it a try...  Not what I was hoping for.  I got a mix of large spots and little dots...  I will have to keep trying until I get it just how I want it.  

This was a cool technique as the ink dried a lot faster than I thought it would.  I have stamped on vellum in the past and it usually takes a good 24 hours before you can touch it this didn't take nearly that long.  :)  

I will be looking for another stamp set tomorrow to try this technique  again!

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Thanks Challenge Card

There were several challenges I found today that call for using banner flags.

I entered this card in these:
CAS-ual Fridays #104
MIM#119
Freshly Made Sketches #89

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Welcome MIM#119

The MIM this week asks us to use flagged borders.   It was very hard for me to not have all the flags straight... I do like how this turned out though!  Dawn had a great tip for the little scallops using the heart die and I love it!  Check out her video here.
*Entered this card in the CAS-ual Fridays #104 too!

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MIM #115

This weeks Make It Monday challenge was to use Impression plates on something other than paper. In Heather's example she used foil tape and I loved the look, so I ran out and got some!

I like some things about this card but overall not so much...  It's hard to see the impressions on the hammer and handles of the screwdrivers but they are there...  I think I will try this again but I will do it on larger pieces for a background. 

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MIM#113 Card 2 Reach for the Stars

My last order just got here! YAY! This is the first card from the new stamps.
It's not the greatest picture as the PP was super shiny in every angle I tried taking the picture...   I really do love the Perfect Pearls look but I am not sure I will use it often as it doesn't seem to "set".  I even tried the heat gun but it still smudges and takes my finger prints.

In my trial and error I found:
You can us an eraser to remove PP areas you don't like or that didn't turn out.  (I didn't get a complete impression the first time and I erased the entire thing and started over!)
For small/intricate spots a QuitckStik works wonderful!
I didn't have a Swiffer duster so I used a soft paint brush followed by a stiff one which really helped get most of the stray powder off.

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Papertrey Blog Hop and MIM #113

It's time for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop!  This month's challenge is: Tilted  

Position a frame at an angle, tilt your text, add a background strip diagonally, create a border that has an incline, slant a sentiment block, the sky is truly the limit!

After browsing Pinterest for inspiration, I found this lovely card.

Here is my version:

I used a butterfly and sentiment from the Butterfly Dreams set.  I stamped them in Autumn Rose, Harvest Gold, Limeade Ice, Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky inks. 

For MIM#113 we were challenged to use Rangers Perfect Pearls on an image.  I punched five butterflies out with a Martha punch stamped them with a color and then stamped them with VersaMark Ink and then used Pearl on all but the Harvest gold which I used Gold PP.  I really like how these look.

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Fox Box MIM#112

Make it Monday #112
This is the first part of my mothers day present to my mom (her last name).  I made this box from craft card stock.  I used Canyon Clay cs for the fox and letters.  I embossed the letters with clear embossing powder and it gives it just a touch of shine.  I used copic markers on the eyes, nose and body of the fox and white fun flock on the ears and tail.

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Hello Foxy! MIM #111

I made these for the Make it Monday challenge. The challenge was to water color a heat embossed image.  I think next time I will try it with a paint brush, this time I used a water brush and I felt that it put too much water on the cs which made the paper buckle.  I ended up die cutting out a second fox for each of these just to stabilize them.  I have been waiting to use a negative to the hello ever since I cut it out a few weeks ago.  I love it!

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