Stampin Up Happy b-day with Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge

Good day, it's time again for another sketch inspirations for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  This week I used some Quick Quotes papers and Stampin Up stamps and inks.

A close up of my stamping.  I used a mix of stamp sets.

Here is the sketch:

I found myself in need of several birthday cards recently so I made several different versions of this one.  I alternated the color of the sentiment and rotated colors of candles and balloons.

I also tried different die cuts for the white panels.  I used some stitched, some plain and some with more detail.

Ingredients:

Stampin Up Cycle Celebration, Balloon Celebration and Pretty Petites stamps

Stampin Up Petite Curly and Balloon Bouquet punch

Stampin Up inks:  Real Red, Pool Party, Crushed Curry, Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery

Peacock Feathers Distress ink

Close to My Heart Sorbet ink

Quick Quotes Secret Garden 101 paper

Spellbinders Artist Trading Cards, Large Label Fifty-nine and Classic Rectangle Small dies

Our Daily Bread Designs double stitched rectangles

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/04/krafty-chicks-challenge-556-all.html until 4.28x

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/2021/04/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-april.html until 4.30x

https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/04/challenge-94-anything-goes-option.html until 5.2x

https://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/04/273-aud-sentiments-11th-birthday.html until 5.2x

Play along at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge until Sunday night.

Thanks so much for stopping by

Alicia

Cricut Mandalorian cards for Bitten By the Bug's Star Wars/Stars challenge

Welcome to the latest Bitten by the Bug 2's Star Wars or Stars challenge.  I had a lot of fun with this challenge.  I created an entire 8.5 x 11" page of galaxy background, so you are sure to see some more galaxy cards in the future.  For this first card, I popped a super cute cut of the child.  

Ingredients:

Cricut Star Wars Star Wars:  The Child cut

Distress Oxides: Black Soot, Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron, Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin

Smooch vanilla shimmer mist

Kindred Stamps Galactic Sidekicks sentiment

misc papers

My second card is from another image set, Rise of Skywalker.  My husband wants this on a tee shirt.

Ingredients:

Cricut Rise of Skywalker cut

misc papers including chalkboard card stock

And my last card, I love it but it's not exactly as planned.  I know how to improve it, for one use green's instead of blues. I just went with the Cricut default colors because it looked sleek, but in reality I think it would have looked better in green shades.  I also used blue vellum, I just liked the color. 

After assembling the cut, I decided it would look really cool with light shining through. But how could light shine through on a card?  Well make the card out of acetate.  Here is a shot with the light behind the cut.  I stamped the sentiment in Staz-On because that is the ink that works on acetate.   

Ingredients:

Cricut Star Wars Star Wars:  The Child cut

Kindred Stamps Galactic Fighters sentiment

Midnight Blue Staz On ink

acetate, vellum, shimmer paper, chalkboard cardstock and other papers

black ink on edges

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/04/april-2021-challenge.html until 4.28x

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/04/classic-design-challenge-5th-birthday.html until 4.30x

http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/04/april-challenge-feature-creature.html until 5.1x

http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/04/challenge-224-masculine-cards.html until 5.5x

https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/04/challenge-9-anything-goes-at-gem-of.html until 5.7x

http://intaas.blogspot.com/2021/04/ch107-card-or-gift-for-man.html until 5.8x

You have until May 10 at 7 AM EST to join us at Bitten by the Bug 2's Star Wars or Stars challenge.

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

Creative Memories Jewel Power Palette with Sketches in Thyme

Hello and welcome to my monthly scrapbook layout for Sketches in Thyme.  I took a break from my nephew as my subject matter and moved to travel.  I recently created a mini for my friends in the photo.  We went to visit since we didn't make it to their wedding on Valentine's Day.  So I had the group shot as a leftover from their album, I decided to print a few more in black and white from that day and make a pretty page for myself.

Here's the sketch:

The photos sure look striking in black and white.  My software had a few choices of black and white.  I chose the "television" version.  I use Forever's Historian.

Historian used to a Creative Memories software.  Can you tell I used to be a consultant?  I found these papers in my stash and thought they were nice with the black and white photos.

I had to really dig to find this clear sticker.  I love them.  I love how you can layer them on top of almost anything.  Here I was pressed for space and needed the sentiment to overlap.

Ingredients:

Creative Memories Jewel Power Palette and Travel addition

Zig Brown pen

Quick Quotes Mocha Moma powderpuff chalking ink

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

https://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/04/lm-545-world-penguin-day.html until 5.1x

Don't forget to play along over at Sketches in Thyme until the end of the month. This is the last sketch of the month, so there's several chances to play along.

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

Kindred Stamps You're Dope 4:20 card

Hello and happy 4:20! I have another Kindred Stamps card today.  I pretty much used Kindred Stamps and Distress ink products on this project. 

A close up.

Ingredients:

Kindred Stamps Dope stamp set and Pot Leaf Stencil

alcohol markers

Distress Oxide inks

Pierced Circle dies

I would like to enter this card in the following challenge:

https://academyscrapart.com/blog/183-academyscrapart-challenge-april-2021/ until 4.30x

Thanks for stopping by today.

Alicia

Graphic 45 Time to Celebrate with Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge

Hello, it's my turn again at Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge.  This week I a pretty set of birthday cards using Graphic 45 papers and stamps.  This green one was my first and favorite.

 

A close up.

Here is the sketch for this week:

I should have found a coordinating paper for the outer mat of the sentiment here instead of the same solid color.  I was in a hurry and didn't think it through.

This stamp has a distressed font.

On the final card, I was in such a hurry not only did I use the same paper for the mat again but I smeared the ink because I used a pigment instead of the dye I used for the others.

Ingredients:

Graphic 45 Celebrate 1 stamps

Graphic 45 Time to Celebrate 6x6 paper

Stampin Up Wild Wasabi and Cameo Coral inks

Anna Griffin Chocolate pigment ink

Our Daily Bread Designs pierced circles

ribbon and sequins

I would like to enter these in the following challenges:

http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2021/04/anything-goes-challenge-13th-april-2021.html until 4.20x

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/2021/04/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-april.html until 4.30x

You can play along at Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge until Sunday evening.

Thanks so much for reading today.

Alicia

Cricut Celtic Heart Mandala with Kindred Stamps Wild and Free

Good morning and welcome to the latest Bitten By the Bug 2 - Fairy Tale challenge. I had so much fun with the Bunny mandala I decided to make another cut from the Multi layer Holiday Mandala image set.

 

Here is a photo of all my layers before adhering with my fine tipped glue pen.

I loved this sentiment.  I can't wait to make more cards with this stamp set.

Plenty of dimension on this card.

Ingredients:

Cricut Multi layer Holiday Mandala image set

Kindred Stamps Wild and Free stamp set

alcohol markers

misc papers including Bazzill. K & Co patterned and metallic

Momento Tuxedo Black ink

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/04/ch92-kites-or-atg.html until 4.18x

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2021/04/april-2021-challenge-4-anything-goes.html until 4.30x

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/2021/04/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-april.html until 4.30x

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/04/classic-design-challenge-5th-birthday.html until 4.30x

https://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/04/sas4kids-cards-4-moms-and-special-ladies.html

Thank you so much for stopping by and don't forget to play along with Bitten By the Bug 2 - Fairy Tale challenge.

Alicia

 

Karen Burniston Whimsical Animals Pocket Letter for Dies R Us

Hi there, if you are a regular reader, you know I love the Karen Burniston animals. However, I have not played around with dressing them up using the Accessory packs.  I designed a bunch of little animals and dressed them up. I decided a pocket letter was the best way to show them all off.

Here is Professor Owl layered on a Tutti Nesting Stitched Oval.

I created a little scene with the Karen Burniston Backyard Charms flower and snail dies.  I added some fussy cut clouds from the background paper on top of the pocket page.  I like the 3-D look. It also worked to secure some of the openings.

 The fox is a super hero flying in the sky.  Helpful tip for this post - cut an extra fox/raccoon head out of white and inlay the ears for a finished look.  You could also layer white paper behind.

Here's another little scene I created with the butterfly, grass and mushroom also from the Karen Burniston Backyard Charms set.

I dressed the raccoon as a football player.  I used scraps of die cut edges for the ground here and fencing on the cow section.

I created a paper cover for the edge out of the same background paper and layered more fussy cut clouds on top.

Store products used:

Karen Burniston Backyard Charms

Karen Burniston Feathered Animals

Karen Burniston Cat and Dog

Karen Burniston Cow and Goat

Karen Burniston Woodland Animals

Karen Burniston Horse, Unicorn, Zebra

Karen Burniston Tiny Accessories 2

Karen Burniston Tiny Accessories 3

Tutti Nesting Stitched Ovals

Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store. For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

click below for:

STORE

CHALLENGE BLOG

FACEBOOK

INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

Thanks so much for stopping by

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/2021/04/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-april.html until 4.30x

https://unstampabelleschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/04/april-challenge110animal-fun-twist.html until 4.30x

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/04/classic-design-challenge-5th-birthday.html until 4.30x

http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/04/april-challenge-feature-creature.html until 5.1x