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How you doing today?? I hope all is well! :) The third card I made for my <a href="https://youtu.be/npIMXHnmlGI" target="_blank">10 Cards: 1 Kit Series,</a> is another Clean and Simple (CAS) card.<br />
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What I love is that essentially got to use the exact same products that were already on my craft table from my second card, {<i><a href="https://iwannastamprightnow.blogspot.com/2017/10/sss-brushstroke-messages-card-kit_30.html" target="_blank">click here</a>}</i>. <i>Don't you just LOVE it when that happens!</i> If you want to see how I put this card together you can watch down below or in HD on YouTube by <i><a href="https://youtu.be/1tb1GdnVliQ" target="_blank">clicking here</a></i>.<br />
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The main supplies used to make the card are from the Simon Says Stamp: October Card Kit. Yes, the kit is sold out be you can still buy the supplies individual. <i>See the Supply List below.</i><br />
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You can find me on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/iwannastamprightnow" target="_blank">@IwannaStampRightNow</a> and over on Twitter <a href="https://www.twitter.com/stamprightnow" target="_blank">@StampRightNow</a>.</div>
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The second card I made for my <a href="https://youtu.be/npIMXHnmlGI" target="_blank">10 Cards: 1 Kit Series,</a> (which is using the Simon Says Stamp October 2017 Card Kit) is all about a Clean and Simple (CAS) look.</div>
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I usually have a hard time doing Clean and Simple because I just want to add more and more. It's hard to walk away sometimes and let that white space be. <i>I know, I can't be alone in that right? ;-)</i> </div>
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I used the colors in the pattern paper to select my ink colors. Yet, I wanted to somehow capture the foiling on the pattern paper on my card, as well. That's when I came up with a way to make it happen. No, it's not true foiling but it's a way to add some sparkle. <i>Make sure you check out the video bellow or <a href="https://youtu.be/qLuw8AvN8i4" target="_blank">CLICK HERE </a>to see in HD on YouTube.</i></div>
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The supplies that I used in my second card easily transferred into my 3rd card. <i>I just LOVE when that happens. </i>Sort of a 2 for 1 deal. You can find the third card <i><a href="https://iwannastamprightnow.blogspot.com/2017/10/sss-brushstroke-messages-card-kit_96.html" target="_blank">here</a></i></div>
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Thank you for stopping by and visiting. You can find me on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/iwannastamprightnow" target="_blank">@IwannaStampRightNow</a> and over on Twitter <a href="https://www.twitter.com/stamprightnow" target="_blank">@StampRightNow</a>.</div>
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I wanted to share with you the very first card I made using the Simon Says Stamp October 2017 Card Kit which I picked up during the STAMPtember event. </div>
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As I mentioned in the video <i>[link details at the end of post]</i>, this card kit didn't come with any inks. Therefor, I decided to pick primary colors in the hopes of making my own secondary colors. The overall effect came out quite well. </div>
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The color palette, along with the black splatters adds to the masculine feel of the card. Granted I'd be more than happy to receive a card like this </div>
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To see how I made the card, you can watch down below or in HD on YouTube by <a href="https://youtu.be/npIMXHnmlGI" target="_blank">clicking here</a>. You can find me on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/iwannastamprightnow" target="_blank">@IwannaStampRightNow</a> and over on Twitter <a href="https://www.twitter.com/stamprightnow" target="_blank">@StampRightNow</a></div>
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IWannaStampRightNowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512263925505337529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931003773821811239.post-84379601377841674952017-10-14T18:24:00.004-07:002017-11-08T18:51:06.015-08:00STAMPtember Haul FT. Simon Says Stamp, Hero Arts and The Greeting Farm<script async="" defer="" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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If you haven't heard the news in the month of September, Simon Says Stamp hosts their monthly <a href="https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/category/Shop-Simon-Releases-Stamptember" target="_blank">STAMPtember</a> event. During the month Simon releases their own stamps then, throughout the entire month the release exclusive collaboration stamps or discount codes.<br />
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Bellow is just few of the companies that participated.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>To share my excitement I actually made two purchases during the month of STAMPtember. The last purchase I made <span style="font-family: inherit;">I decided to make a haul video. I was able to pick up some GREAT products.<i> [You can watch the video in HD on Youtube, <a href="https://youtu.be/odRa9dToKDQ" target="_blank">click here</a>]</i></span><br />
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Please stay tuned for more videos and posts using the products that I picked up. You can find me on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/iwannastamprightnow" target="_blank">@IwannaStampRightNow</a> and over on Twitter <a href="https://www.twitter.com/stamprightnow" target="_blank">@StampRightNow</a><br />
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Concord & 9th: <a href="https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product?id=361375" target="_blank">Perfectly Penned</a></div>
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Novus: <a href="https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/product?id=323134" target="_blank">Plastic Clean and Shine 1</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hello Crafty Friends,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Do you ever make a card, mixed media project, art journaling page, scrapbook layout or any other crafty project that seem to just exceed your expectations?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I must admit that is how I felt when I stood back and admired my blue Monochromatic Christmas card that I am entering into Merry Monday Christmas <a href="http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2017/06/merry-monday-251-monochromatic-blue.html" target="_blank">Challenge</a> and the LAST Mojo Monday <a href="http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2017/06/mojo-monday-500-contest-and-farewell.html" target="_blank">sketch challenge</a>. (I am so sad to hear that Mojo Monday is closing it's site but I understand that Julie must do what's right for her and her family. I wish her nothing but the best.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I wanted to walk you through how to make this card. This quick card can be done easily in 20 minutes. Building up the background is the longest part! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Check the bottom of the post to see the completed card!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I used the present image from Tim Holtz: Blueprint Assortment Stamp Set and colored it in with Copic Markers. The sentiment is from a Recollections Stamp Set that I'm calling "Sassy Sentiments." Unfortunately, Michael's doesn't name their sets on their packaging. So I named, lol! >_< It was a seasonal item a few years back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mojo Monday: <a href="http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2017/06/mojo-monday-500-contest-and-farewell.html" target="_blank">500th Sketch</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: <a href="http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2017/06/merry-monday-251-monochromatic-blue.html" target="_blank">Monochromatic Blue</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">heARTful Stamping Challenge: <a href="http://stampedblessings.com/heartfulstamping-challenge/" target="_blank">Masculine + Stamp</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Creative Ladybirds Creations: Monthly Challenge - <a href="http://creativeladybirdscreations.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Love to Craft Challenge: Monthly - <a href="https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/ltsccb-10-may-anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Inks (background):</b> Tim Holtz - Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Weathered Wood, Stormy Sky and Chipped Sapphire</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am here to bring you a great One Layer-esque Card. All stamps are from Hero Arts. I like the sliver of blue showing on the outside of the card it's just enough to tie back into bird. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I used all Distress Inks to stamp the layered images and the frame. Then I would take a water-brush and soften out each layer to give it a more watercolored feel. This card could be made 15 minutes or less. Just use a heating tool in between the layers. I decided to let each layer air dry. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am really pleased by how it turned out. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A Blog Named Hero: Monthly Challenge - <a href="http://www.ablognamedhero.com/2017/05/a-blog-named-hero-may-challenge-watercolor/" target="_blank">Watercolor</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fairy Tale Challenge: - <a href="http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/challenge-169-alles-was-flugel-hat.html" target="_blank">Things with Wings</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Try It Out Tuesday Challenge: <a href="http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2017/05/feathered-friends-23rd-may.html" target="_blank">Feathered Friends</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">heARTful Stamping Challenge: <a href="http://stampedblessings.com/heartfulstamping-challenge/" target="_blank">Anything Goes + Stamp</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Creative Ladybirds Creations: Monthly Challenge - <a href="http://creativeladybirdscreations.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Love to Craft Challenge: Monthly - <a href="https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/ltsccb-10-may-anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Love to Scrap Challenge: Monthly - <a href="https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/ltscb-97-anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Crafty Catz: <a href="http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/challenge-372-anything-goes-with-twist.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thank you for checking out the blog. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/iwannastamprightnow/" target="_blank">@IwannaStampRightNow</a> and Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/StampRightNow" target="_blank">@StampRightNow</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Stamps:</b> Hero Arts: Color Layering Bird & Branch and Stitched Frame</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Inks (stamping):</b> Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Gathered Twigs, Black Soot, and Rusty Hinge</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Tools:</b> Niji: Water-brush, <span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">Fiskars: 12 Inch SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer and </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111;">TripleTrack High Profile Replacement Blades Cut/Score, Style I, Recollections: Bone folder </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Adhesive:</b> Scotch: Quick Drying Tacky Glue and ATG</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I hope you are enjoying your Memorial Day weekend. Today's forecast is all about clouds and rain but at least the weekend was nice! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have a great 10 minutes or less card for you today. A few outline stamps, a bold sentiment and two pattern papers is all you really need.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am submitting this card into Paper Smooches: <a href="http://papersmooches.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-2017-challenge-flowers.html" target="_blank">May Challenge</a> which is Flowers. I got the layout idea from the Kraftin' Kimmie Monthly <a href="http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.com/2017/05/wonderful-wednesday-alexis.html" target="_blank">Sketch Challenge</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I tied in the the pink centers by adding it to the heart on the second flower image and covered that in Glossy Accents as while. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">heARTful Stamping Challenge: <a href="http://stampedblessings.com/heartfulstamping-challenge/" target="_blank">Anything Goes + Stamp</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Creative Ladybirds Creations: Monthly Challenge - <a href="http://creativeladybirdscreations.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Love to Craft Challenge: Monthly - <a href="https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/ltsccb-10-may-anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Love to Scrap Challenge: Monthly - <a href="https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/ltscb-97-anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Crafty Cats: <a href="http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/challenge-372-anything-goes-with-twist.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thank you so much for for stopping by my blog. </span>Come follow me on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/StampRightNow" target="_blank">@StampRightNow </a>and Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/iwannastamprightnow/" target="_blank">@IwannaStampRightNow</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hello my fellow crafters,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Can you believe we are almost half way through 2017!!!! *o*</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I hope this year has been going well for you. As for myself? I've been plagued with some health issues. I won't bore you with all the details but it's been a hard 6+ months for me. I am starting to feel like my normal self one day at a time which means I am finally getting back into crafting and creating. At least I had to YouTube to fill my crafting hunger! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Since, I had so much time on my hands I decided to check out some great craft and card challenges online. I made a document that broke down monthly and day specific challenges. Along with the rules and key things to know about each challenge. All these awesome challenges out there got my wheels spinning.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Why not create a personal challenge for myself to combine 3 challenges in ONE card project. I'm calling it the Card Challenge Mash Up!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Using the List Randomizer (containing Monthly Challenges) from <a href="https://www.random.org/lists/" target="_blank">Random.org</a> the Top 2* will be combined with One other Challenge. I personally created another separate list that was entered into Random.org. <i>*If two of the challenges are company specific as the focus, run the randomizer again until you get a non-company specific challenge.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">List Randomizer Picked the Following: <a href="https://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Scrapper's Delight Challenge</a>, <a href="http://cck-digitalstamps-challenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ching-Chou Kuik Challenge</a> and <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/" target="_blank">Simon Says Stamp: Monday Challenge</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Scrapper's Delight Challenge:</b> Anything Goes</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Ching-Chou Kuik Challenge:</b> Ribbon or Lace</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Simon Says Stamp: Monday Challenge:</b> Home Sweet Home</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is what I made for my FIRST Card Challenge Mash Up</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This "masculine" feeling card took less than 15 minutes to put together! I used a FREE** digital stamp from Scrapper's Delight. I colored the digital image using my Prismacolor colored pencils. The patterned paper came from My Mind's Eye. I used a small geometric stamp for Simon Says Stamp, Birthday Bits stamp set. The Sentiment is from My Favorite Things. <i>**Digital Stamp was free at the time of this post</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I will also be entering this card into <a href="http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mojo Monday</a> Card Sketch Challenge.</span></span><br />
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heARTful Stamping Challenge: <a href="http://stampedblessings.com/heartfulstamping-challenge/" target="_blank">Anything Goes + Stamp</a><br />
Creative Ladybirds Creations: Monthly Challenge - <a href="http://creativeladybirdscreations.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a><br />
Love to Craft Challenge: Monthly - <a href="https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/ltsccb-10-may-anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a><br />
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Love to Scrap Challenge: Monthly - <a href="https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/ltscb-97-anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you'd like to join me in my crafting challenge fell free to use the #cardchallengemashup on your Social Media accounts and please link back to this post if you are posting on your blog. Fell free to drop a comment if you decided to participate as well. I'd love to see what you came up with.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Until next time crafters,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Prismacolored Pencils:</b> Chestnut, Moss Green, Bronze, 70% French Grey, Sepia, Colorless</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sometimes, a card doesn't need a big focal image to be impactful. Sometimes, the small images on a stamp sets is all that you need. That's what I did on this card using Paper Smooches, Friendly Flowers. I rounded up 6 small stamps to create my own patterned paper which I always enjoy because I get the freedom to make what I know I will use!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The simple outline on the images combined with a solid blue rectangle with rounded edges set off the large patterned banner. I simple sentiment gets straight to the point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I used the same small images on the inside of the card to tie the front of the card to the inside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am entering this card into the My Favorite Things: <a href="http://www.cardchallenges.com/2017/03/wednesday-sketch-challenge-sketch-323.html" target="_blank">Sketch Challenge</a>, Color Throw Down: <a href="http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2017/03/color-throwdown-countdown-433.html" target="_blank">Color Challenge</a>, Crafty Sentiments Challenge: <a href="http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2017/03/anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a>, Simon Says Stamp: <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=8398" target="_blank">Monday Challenge</a>, and Paper Smooches: <a href="http://papersmooches.blogspot.com/2017/03/march-2017-challenge-pantone-2017-color.html">Monthly Challenge</a>.</span><br />
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IWannaStampRightNowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512263925505337529noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931003773821811239.post-37622128877803218192017-03-12T14:42:00.000-07:002017-11-08T19:00:41.565-08:00Animal Magic Challenge<script async="" defer="" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With life continually throwing me curve balls. It's been hard to craft. I have recently had to move and I wasn't able to take NEARLY as much supplies as I would've liked to. I tried to focus on those stamp sets that were pretty universal. I had lost my crafty mojo dealing with life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I recently started to look back into craft challenges, which is always a good way to get those creative juices flowing again. I was able to get back into crafty things, thanks to this cute little card using the Wild Thang stamp set from Tiddly Inks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Look at this cute little guy (or gal!)</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I used Copic Markers to color him in, white pigment ink to stamp the foot prints, and set all the layers off using gold embossing power. I used the Copic Marker in YG17 to color my pearl embellishments. That's a <b>great tip</b> if you don't have pearls or sequins in a color you need. Just color them up using alcohol markers, make sure that you are using a clear or simi-clear base to start with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am entering this card into the Crafty Sentiments Challenge: <a href="http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2017/03/anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Anything Goes</a>, Tiddly Inks Challenge: <a href="http://tiddlyinkschallenge.blogspot.com/2017/03/challenge-199animal-magic.html" target="_blank">Animal Magic</a>, Mojo Monday: <a href="http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2017/03/mojo-monday-487-contest.html" target="_blank">487 Card Sketch</a>, and The Daily Marker: <a href="http://www.thedailymarker.com/2017/02/12004/" target="_blank">30 Day Color Challenge #7</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Copic Colors: Y11, YG11, YG06, YG17, G24, W3, YR21, YR24, E31, E33, R85, E37, E39, B00, B02, C1, C3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I hope you were able to enjoy Columbus Day and if you were anywhere near the path of Hurricane Matthew - I hope you and your family are all safe!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I actually had to work over the holiday but I have been working on this card for a few days and was now able to show you it. I'm so proud of how this card turned out. This was my first really time working with digital image that was more than just a practice sheet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I used the digi stamps in Adobe Photoshop and sized the feisty witch to fit into an A2 sized card. I used copic markers to color the witch. I printed the exact same witch into a piece of copy paper to create a mask. I then proceeded to mask her off and sponged in halloween colored background using Distress inks. I added some orange stamped bats and purple splatter. As an added touch a added black / white Gelly Rollz pen to her eyes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My Favorite Things - <a href="http://www.cardchallenges.com/2016/09/mft-color-challenge-54.html" target="_blank">Color Challenge</a>, D.R.S Designs <a href="http://drsdesignsblog.blogspot.com/2016/09/trick-or-treat.html" target="_blank">Challenge</a>, Mojo Monday - <a href="http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2016/09/mojo-monday-467.html" target="_blank">Sketch Challenge</a>, and Lawnscapping - <a href="http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com/2016/09/lawnscaping-challenge-gemoetric.html" target="_blank">#138 Challenge</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mojo Monday's Card Sketch involved a square card. I'm not used to working with a square card but I'm sure glad that I tried it! I knew exactly which MFT Pure Innocent girl I wanted to use. However, I don't know the name of the set. I ended up picking this set up on Clearance Rack at a local Craft Store but it was out of the package. If anyone knows the name of this My Favorite Stamp Set I would love to know. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Any who, let's check out the card I created. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stamps: My Favorite Things -N/A , Lawn Fawn - Monster Mash, Hampton Art-SC0661</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Inks (stamping): Lawn Fawn - Sugar Plum, Memento - Tuxedo Black and Cottage Ivy,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Copic Colors: YR02, YR04, YR21, G07, G09, V25, V09, Y28, C5, C7, E31, E33, R85, E15</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Nikita</span></div>
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IWannaStampRightNowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512263925505337529noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931003773821811239.post-70820447735097594842016-09-27T03:29:00.000-07:002017-11-08T19:01:43.340-08:00The Great Card Challenge Mash Up<script async="" defer="" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today I am sharing with you a great Halloween Card that involves various Card Challenges brought to you by some of my favorite companies / shops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My Favorite Things: Weekly <a href="http://papersmooches.blogspot.com/2016/09/september-challenge-anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Sketch Challenge</a> and <a href="http://www.cardchallenges.com/2016/09/mft-color-challenge-54.html" target="_blank">Color Challenge</a>, Simon Says Stamp <a href="http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/" target="_blank">Monday Challenge</a>, <a href="http://drsdesignsblog.blogspot.com/2016/09/trick-or-treat.html" target="_blank">DRS Thursday Challenge</a>, and <a href="http://papersmooches.blogspot.com/2016/09/september-challenge-anything-goes.html" target="_blank">Papersmooches</a> Challenge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I really how the MFT Color Combination played so well with the Halloween Challenge by D.R.S Designs. The hardest part was glueing that thin piece of green fun foam. My go-to adhesive just wasn't working. lol </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I want to let you in on a secret, .......that watercolor paper was from the Creatology which you can find at Michael's Arts and Crafts. I knew I needed to use the colors green, purple, and orange. I just wasn't sure how the various colors would play with each other. So instead of using my prime watercolor, I used the less expensive paper to do my experiments on instead. lol</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stamps: Papersmooches-Chubby Chums, Pink Paislee- Phantom, Hampton Art-SC0661</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Inks (stamping): Lawn Fawn - Sugar Plum and Manatee, Memento - Tuxedo Black and Tangelo, Colorbox Pigment Ink - Fresh Green </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Inks (background): Lawn Fawn - Sugarplum and Jalapano, Tim Holtz: Distress- Dusty Concord and Mowed Lawn</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Copic Colors: YR02, YR04, YR21, YR24, E39</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dies: We R Memory Keepers - 21 Nested Circles Die Cutting Machine: BigShot</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Adhesive: Scotch -Quick-dry and ATG.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I would love to know what you think. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stay crafty my friends,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">~Nikki</span>
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IWannaStampRightNowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512263925505337529noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931003773821811239.post-25196769398538124522016-05-13T03:00:00.000-07:002017-11-08T19:01:57.600-08:00A Critter-ly Challenge! Host by Lawn Fawn<script async="" defer="" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Hello Crafty friends,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Nikki here with a quick blog post. I know, I haven't been active on here but that doesn't mean I haven't been active in my crafty space! ;) I made a cute and non-traditional Mother's Day card for my grandmother. (I unfortunately had to work on Mother's Day so I couldn't see her but was able to send her this card at least. :) )</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">I was inspired to do this card by the Lawnscaping Challenge - <a href="http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com/2016/05/lawnscaping-challenge-calling-all.html" target="_blank">Critters</a> and the Paper Smooches Challenge - <a href="http://papersmooches.blogspot.com/2016/05/may-challenge-rainbow.html" target="_blank">Rainbow</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">The sunset was created using Tim Holtz's Distress Inks, in the colors Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, and Barn Door. The dirt was made with Distress Inks, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo. Lastly, the grass area was inked with Lawn Fawn's Freshly Cut Grass and Noble Fir. To slightly tone down and tie in with the earthy browns of the dirt, Frayed Burlap Distress Ink was added to the edge and randomly on the grass layer. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">The dirt and grass hill were cut using Lawn Fawn's Stitched Hillside Boarder Dies which really gave depth to the images. The grass layer was attached to the card using Scotch 3-D Foam Tape. I added the grass blades in Vintage Photo and Freshly Cut Grass which added some texture to the ground. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">I used Critters on the Savanna for all the main images of this card. Smitty and Claire's ABCs were used to make my own sentiment. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Stay Crafty My Friends,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">~Nikki</span></span>
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IWannaStampRightNowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512263925505337529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931003773821811239.post-1520336251639903352015-10-18T07:51:00.001-07:002017-11-08T19:02:18.029-08:00All About Lawn Fawn: 30 Day Color Challenge<script async="" defer="" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Hello My Inky Friends,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Sometimes I think it's tough just trying to find time to color never mind trying to blog about it. haha. So I must apologize for being so behind on my Daily Coloring Posts. Let's jump into this shall we?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I was lucky enough to get to go to my very first Scrapbook Expo back in September. It was the first time it ever was in my state so I was just super excited overall. While at the Show I was able to scoop up 2 great <b>Lawn Fawn </b>sets: <a href="http://www.lawnfawn.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/happy-harvest" target="_blank">Happy Harvest</a> and <a href="http://www.lawnfawn.com/collections/holidays/products/spooktacular" target="_blank">Spooktacular</a>. I didn't grab the coordinating dies but you can find them <a href="http://www.lawnfawn.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/happy-harvest-lawn-cuts" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.lawnfawn.com/collections/holidays/products/spooktacular-lawn-cuts" target="_blank">here</a> respectively.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">The ghosts are colored using 2 different angles as well as working some of the images Light to Dark; Dark to Light. The kitties I focused on laying in the shadows in the proper ares and working Light to Dark; Dark to Light. This stamp set is just too cute for words.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">How you are enjoying the <a href="http://www.thedailymarker.com/2015/09/the-30-day-coloring-challenge-is-back/" target="_blank">Daily Marker Challenge</a>? If you have a Instagram account or a blog showcasing what you are creating I'd love to see! Just comment below with you IG name and/ or blog link. Don't forget to use <a data-reactid=".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.$text4:0:$entity1:0" href="https://instagram.com/explore/tags/thedailymarker30day3/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #125688; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#thedailymarker30day3</a><span data-reactid=".1.1.0.0.2.1.0.0.1.$text4:0:$text2:0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>on Instagram so we can find your artwork quickly! Also, you can find me on IG: @iwannastamprightnow </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">When I initially colored the following images I was fighting a serious cold... or at least that's what I think it was!! As a person who suffers from bad seasonal allergies, I'm not quite sure what I had! haha I had the sneez-ies (Is that even a word? It is today! haha), a low grade fever, and just an all around mess. Thank goodness for tissues, lotion and medication.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">I know you didn't come here to hear about my awful cold but, I wanted to let you know that the Daily Marker 30 Day <a href="http://www.thedailymarker.com/2015/09/the-30-day-coloring-challenge-is-back/" target="_blank">3 Coloring Challenge</a> isn't about how much talent, skill, products or time you have. It's just about making a commitment that you will color something everyday in October. That's all folks, no pressure! ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Since I was feeling under the weather for the next 2 days I thought my safest bet was to break out my Prismacolor Color Pencils and my new Adult Coloring book. I picked up my book up at my local Michaels Arts & Craft store. I grabbed "Enchanting Gardens" by Nikolett Corley. I choose this book because the designs are full pages and have a good mix of small detailed images as well as large open images too. An added bonus is that the pages come single sided; perforated so you can tear out the pages if you'd like. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Day 3</b> was about coloring in that large flower in the above picture. I wanted to have the beautiful design work that's in the center to be the main focus and catch one's eye. The inner colors used were Lavender, Dioxazine Purple Hue, Cerulean Blue, and Neon Pink. The Neon pink plays so nicely with the Purple!! Might have to keep that combo in mind...future coloring project perhaps? ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">The outside part of the image was colored using Cream, Sunburst Yellow and Pale Vermilion. The Cream color pencil is so light, I wasn't quite sure I was laying any color down but after some tilting I could see it. Seeing Cream next to the Sunburst Yellow I could see a clear difference.</span></div>
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IWannaStampRightNowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512263925505337529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931003773821811239.post-91831652176197628912015-10-10T07:00:00.000-07:002017-11-08T19:02:59.558-08:00I take on "The Daily Marker 30 Day" 3 Challenge<script async="" defer="" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wow it's already October... I swear this year is just flying and flying by! Okay so I have only been on Instagram for a few short months (*gasps are heard*) Yes I know, I know, I was late getting to the program but I absolutely love it...now! haha I thought ... <i>Why would <b>I</b> need an IG account... my life isn't all that interesting never mind trying to showcase that via pictures!</i> Ohhhh what lame excuse that was! How did I not see that this would be a great way to get more of my art out there! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Any who.... sorry I digress. The reason why I mention this is because thanks to IG I am aware of the Kathy Racoosin's "The Daily Marker 30 Day: 3 Challenge" I must admit was quite intimidated at first, seeing all the wonderful artwork out there that I didn't feel that my stuff was worth it. But I've come to realize I don't give myself nearly enough credit. So, I've decided to dive into the 3rd 30 Day Color Challenge. You can learn more about it <a href="http://www.thedailymarker.com/2015/09/the-30-day-coloring-challenge-is-back/" target="_blank">here</a>. Kathy is so kind to provide, prompts if you will, to get her followers' creative juices flowing!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Her <a href="http://www.thedailymarker.com/2015/10/day-1-turn-a-starbucks-cup-into-a-card/" target="_blank">Day 1</a> inspiration had thousands of people clamoring to Starbucks to get their fall inspired coffee cups. I mean, <b>I</b> even went to two different Starbucks through out the week trying to find these cups and I'm a DD girl! (That's Dunkin Donuts just incase you didn't know haha ;) )</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But I was feeling sick when this challenge kicked off and was in no condition to get in my car and drive to Starbucks. Therefor, I did the next best thing, created my own Starbucks inspired patterned paper!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I stamped the beautiful and sketchy, <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/191660181854?ul_noapp=true&chn=ps&lpid=82" target="_blank">Petals from Scratch</a> by Fiskars in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink to create my initial pattern.</span></span><br />
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IWannaStampRightNowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512263925505337529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931003773821811239.post-3136235203674566962015-08-07T21:08:00.000-07:002017-11-08T19:03:40.863-08:00Online Card Class: Background Check - Day 1: 1.0 <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hello my lovelies!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm sooooo sorry I have been MIA. Personal life has been a bit of a roller coaster these past few months but I'm trying to get back on track on. I had the opportunity to take the <a href="http://onlinecardclasses.com/background/" target="_blank">Online Card Class: Background Check</a>. Sadly the interactive portion of the class and discounts are no longer available but the beauty of OCC is that once you pay for a class you have LIFETIME access to all of the videos and PDFs that are included as well!!!! (Love this!) Jennifer and Kristina have kindly considered the brains of "Lefties" and "Righties" hahaha</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Any who...<a href="https://laurafadora.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Laura</a> starts off day one with the basic concept of blending various types of inks. Here is what I came up with :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've come to realize that the various ink types all produced similar results but all have unique difference. I will make a separate post on what I was able to observe with the various inks. </span><br />
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IWannaStampRightNowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512263925505337529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931003773821811239.post-60992262588670917632015-03-26T13:39:00.001-07:002017-11-08T19:04:05.258-08:00Round 2 of RIC #80 Challenge<script async="" defer="" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm back with a round 2 card of this week's Card Challenge. If you haven't checked out my first card please <a href="http://iwannastamprightnow.blogspot.com/2015/03/ric-80-lawnscaping-distress-scs-sketch.html" target="_blank">click here.</a> Again I combined a <a href="http://runwayinspired.blogspot.com/2015/03/ric80-nonoo.html" target="_blank">Runway Inspired Challenge</a> with Blog Named Hero - <a href="http://ablognamedhero.blogspot.com.es/2015/03/something-unexpected.html" target="_blank">Unexpected</a> and Splitcoast Stampers - <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/card-sketches-f41/sketch-challenge-532-%7B3-18-15%7D-t597606.html#post20927647" target="_blank">Sketch Challenge SC532</a>. Here are the inspiration pieces:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With this card I decided to take some more liberties with the card layout. I feel this time around I wasn't focused on being so literal. I used the extra card stock from piece 2 on my first card to die cut out "Mom" which I used for piece 3. The background I used Tim Holtz Distress Paint watered-down that way I could easy move the paint by blowing into a straw. (Thanks Dunkin's for providing the straw :) ) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A Blog Named Hero challenged us to do something unexpected. I fulfilled that requirement by using Tulle over my oval piece. I initially was hoping that the Tulle would melt on the piece of card stock but no such luck. Instead I used some Mod Podge to adhere all the layers of tulle. I had a lot of fun creating this card. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What do you think of this card verses card 1? But as always, thanks for stopping by!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here I am with a Challenge Mashup for this weeks card. I've decided to combine a <a href="http://runwayinspired.blogspot.com/2015/03/ric80-nonoo.html" target="_blank">Runway Inspired Challenge</a> with Lawn Scaping - <a href="http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com/2015/03/lawnscaping-challenge-distress-addicts.html" target="_blank">Distress</a> and Splitcoast Stampers - <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/card-sketches-f41/sketch-challenge-532-%7B3-18-15%7D-t597606.html#post20927647" target="_blank">Sketch Challenge SC532</a>. Here are the inspiration pieces:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I wanted to create a card that had a lot of distressing to it which I thought would tie in well with her cosmic inspired dress. I created the pieces 2 through 4 using Tim Holtz Distress inks, water and stamp. I created texture by using embossing powder and molding paste. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Actually creating the various elements came quite easy for me. I love how the world turned out. The image below shows a close up. I like that the globe image is broken up by the white embossed dots. I added Flexible Modeling Paste to my handmade stars stencil. I must say, utilizing the layers with the sketch challenge was just that - a challenge. I think I am going to try and create another card using the same inspiration.</span><br />
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IWannaStampRightNowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512263925505337529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931003773821811239.post-47322318742618455122015-03-13T19:24:00.001-07:002017-11-08T19:04:54.033-08:00AE, Lawn Scaping and Blog Named Hero Challenge Cards<script async="" defer="" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hello my Fellow Stampers,</span><br />
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I have recently gotten into Card Challenges. I had NO idea soooo many even existed. I love how these challenges can be combined and give you enough structure without limiting your creativity. This card was created using the guidelines provided by <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://aeiheartuchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/03/aeiu-challenge-22stripes.html" target="_blank">AEI♥U Challenge #22 - Stripes</a>, <a href="http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com/2015/03/lawnscaping-challenge-dots-stripes.html" target="_blank">Lawnscaping Challenge: Dots & Stripes</a>, <a href="http://ablognamedhero.blogspot.com/2015/03/its-challenging-time-of-month.html" target="_blank">A Blog Named Hero - Bright</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">As you can tell from the links above the cards were made with bright colors, stripes and/ or dots. As I was creating this post and checking the challenge rules I realized that I didn't use an Avery Elle stamp!! DUH. I clearly created this card after a long day at work. No worries though I was able to make a nice smooth recovery!! On top of that I missed the Lawn Scaping Deadline - I'm really on a roll huh! I wanted to still list them sense they were a part of these cards' inspiration. Please check out <a href="http://iwannastamprightnow.blogspot.com/2015/03/lawn-scaping-blog-named-hero-challenge.html" target="_blank">this post</a> for card number two! Please enjoy!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hello my Fellow Stampers,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here is my 2nd card using a similar theme which you can <a href="http://iwannastamprightnow.blogspot.com/2015/03/ae-lawn-scaping-and-blog-named-hero.html" target="_blank">find here</a>. This card was created using the guidelines provided by <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com/2015/03/lawnscaping-challenge-dots-stripes.html" target="_blank">Lawn Scaping Challenge: Dots & Stripes</a> and <a href="http://ablognamedhero.blogspot.com/2015/03/its-challenging-time-of-month.html" target="_blank">A Blog Named Hero - Bright</a>. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">As you can tell from the links above the cards were made with bright colors and dots. Such a cute combination. Granted I missed the Lawn Scaping Deadline, yet the inspiration guide is still present. I didn't have the exact color pearls in my stash, so I colored some plain ones using Copic Markers. :) That's what I love about alcohol markers you can color pearls and clear gem creating just about every color under the rainbow! Enjoy the card!</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">XOXO </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;">~ Nikki</span></span><br />
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IWannaStampRightNowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512263925505337529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931003773821811239.post-82567808283697303892015-03-11T12:26:00.001-07:002017-11-08T19:05:26.099-08:00RIC #79 - Oscars 2015<script async="" defer="" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The RIC #79 Challenge was in honor of the Oscars. They mixed up the rules and posted FIVE different Oscars Fabulous Fashion to inspire us. I'm going to try to create 5 different cards from each of the inspiration photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />Card #1: A simple, elegant card by using just three colors - black, white and gold. I've created what I feel is a sophisticated yet striking card. I was inspired to make this card after checking out <a href="http://runwayinspired.blogspot.com/2015/03/ric79-oscars-red-carpet.html" target="_blank">Runway Inspired Challenge</a> and Splitcoasterstampers (<a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/card-sketches-f41/sketch-challenge-531-3-11-15-a-t597412.html" target="_blank">SC531</a>).</span><br />
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IWannaStampRightNowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512263925505337529noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931003773821811239.post-41936829762088442032015-03-11T12:20:00.000-07:002017-11-08T19:05:44.555-08:00Black, White & Gold Card<script async="" defer="" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm back with simple, elegant card by using just three colors - black, white and gold. I've created what I feel is a sophisticated yet striking card. I was inspired to make this card after checking out <a href="http://runwayinspired.blogspot.com/2015/03/ric79-oscars-red-carpet.html" target="_blank">Runway Inspired Challenge</a> and <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/card-sketches-f41/sketch-challenge-531-3-11-15-a-t597412.html" target="_blank">Splitcoasterstampers (3.11.15 - Sketch Challenge</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The SCS - SC531 Challenge was a simple in theory design. However, I had difficulties matching the triangular sections up to create a perfect point. I didn't print out the picture because I figured I could match angles and points right the first time around! haha Well I didn't, but I didn't fret, instead I just worked with the angles that I had created.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The RIC #79 Challenge was in honor of the Oscars. They mixed up the rules and posted FIVE different Oscars Fabulous Fashion to inspire us. I'm going to try to create 5 different cards from each of the inspiration photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ki Gems- Yellow (Discontinued Item)</span></div>
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IWannaStampRightNowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11512263925505337529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931003773821811239.post-74075861142124294982015-03-01T10:07:00.000-08:002017-11-08T19:05:54.783-08:00RIC #78 - DKNY<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hello everyone,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am here to submit my very first card into the<a href="http://runwayinspired.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Runway Inspired Challenge</a>. This inspiration was this picture taken at a DKNY runway show.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I took my inspiration from the colors and lines. I hope you enjoy. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have listed most of the products below. However some products I wasn't able link through the program Inlinkz. So I'm going to list those separately. Good luck to all the other participants! </span></div>
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<li><a href="http://www.michaels.com/bead-landing-sequin-multicolor-variety-pack/10442711.html#q=sequins&start=13" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bead Landing - Sequin Multicolor Variety Pack</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaels.com/colorbox-pigment-stamp-ink-pad/M10191525.html?dwvar_M10191525_color=Raspberry#q=colorbox%C3%82%C2%AE&start=1" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ColorBox - Pigment Stamp Ink Pad - Robin's Egg</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.michaels.com/recollections-cardstock-value-pack-8.5x11/M10023428.html?dwvar_M10023428_color=White#prefn1=refinementColor&q=cardstock+paper&prefv1=White&start=2" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Recollections - Cardstock Paper Value Pack, 8.5" X 11" - White</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Any Brand of "White" Masking Tape</span></li>
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