PP108 and Nacho Average Challenge #7

I love this color combo from Paper Players. The sketch is from Nacho Average Challenge.  This card came together very quickly.

Stamps:  Mixed Medley
Paper:  crumb cake, whisper white
Ink:  cherry cobbler, not quite navy
Extras:  cherry cobbler seam binding, lacy brocade embossing folder

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Carol

Freshly Made #47

Love, love, love this new core'dinations paper in the holiday catalog!  After I embossed it with the fancy fan folder, it didn't need much sanding at all.  Look at the beautiful design!

This card uses the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and the stamp set is For the Birds.   I really like the look of watercoloring on the crumb cake cardstock.

Stamps:  For the Birds
Paper:  early espresso core'dinations, cherry cobbler, crumb cake, Be of Good Cheer dsp
Ink:  black stazon, early espresso (sponging)
Extras:  fancy fan embossing folder, labels framelits, designer natural buttons, cherry cobbler baker's twine

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Carol

CCMC213 and Nacho Average Challenge #6

Double duty today.  I used the sketch from Create with Connie & Mary and the color challenge from Nacho Average Challenge.  I noticed a lot of the sketches this week have horizontal strips of paper on them.  I like how they can really dress up a card.  My flower was punched with the blossom punch 2 times and the new 1 1/4" scallop punch 1 time.  I distressed the pieces and separated the layers so I had 6 layers to work with.

Stamps:  None!
Paper: sahara sand, rich razzleberry, lucky limeade, floral district dsp, night of navy dsp
Ink:  rich razzleberry, lucky limeade
Extras:  blossom punch, 1 1/4" scallop punch, build a blossom punch, finishing touch edgelits, neutral designer button

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Carol
 

TSSC233 Perfectly Preserved

It's a bright sunny day here and I had a really hard time finding a good spot to photograph my card!  I bet I took 20 shots or more.  Still not totally satisfied, but got tired of trying.

The sketch I used on this card comes from Techno Stamper's Monday Lunchtime Sketch by Mary Jo Price-Williams.  Perfectly Preserved is one of my favorite sets in the Holiday catty.  I can imagine there are lots of things we can do with that canning jar using other stamp sets along with it.

Stamps:  Perfectly Preserved, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper:  Orchard Harvest dsp, lucky limeade, island indigo, whisper white
Ink:  Raspberry Ripple, lucky limeade, baja breeze
Extras:  argyle embossing folder, cannery set framelits

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Carol

Triple Time Stamping

I finally got around to trying the Triple Time Stamping technique. I watched this video by Dawn Olchefski.  French Foliage is a wonderful set to use for this technique.  I did use some retired peach parfait ink and ribbon.

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Carol

Nacho Average Challenge #5

I can't say that this was an easy sketch for me.  I think I must be "flag challenged".  Using flags on my cards just doesn't come easy for me.  But I fought through it and here is my result.

Stamps:  Make a Cake, Itty Bitty Banners
Paper:  Patio Party dsp, midnight muse, primrose petals, whisper white
Ink:  midnight muse, primrose petals
Extras:  baja breeze seam binding, banners framelits

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Carol

Edited to add:  I didn't realize the Nacho challenge ended at midnight last night so I was too late.  Sad thing is my card was ready yesterday.  Just didn't get it on my blog.

PPA140 and Freshly Made #46

Today's card is for the Pals Paper Arts color challenge and the sketch from  Freshly Made Sketches.  I love this sketch, but have to say the color challenge "challenged" me a bit.  I am fairly happy with the end result, though.

Stamps:  Daydream Medallions, Blessed Mother

Paper:  marina mist, real red, summer starfruit, whisper white

Ink:  real red, summer starfruit

Extras:  dotted scallop ribbon border punch, designer button, floral frames framelits, baker's twine

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Carol