Inspired by Music

 

I have been invited to be in the Designer Spotlight on the  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.   Thank you Simon Says Stamp, I always enjoy a challenge.

This week the challenge is Inspired by Music!  come and show us how you were inspired!

I was inspired to insert music instead of text because of this composition, check it out: "The Typewriter" by American composer Leroy Anderson.

This vintage typewriter stamp & sentiment is Tim Holtz "Curiosity Shop" stamp set.   

The background uses dotty & checky stamps from Tim Holtz "Mr Rabbit" set, along with Distress Inks, Distress Oxide Inks, Distress Oxide sprays.  Also a splatter of gold paint splatter, gold dots, various washi tapes and a torn scrap of real music.

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Products used:

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This week the challenge is Inspired by Music!  come and show us how you were inspired!

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too

You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in 

Knitted Warm Wishes

 

House Mouse has a challenge for different card folds, and I have been wanting to try this one using a die.  The images are from a House Mouse CD I have had for a long time, they are so cute.  A pretty paper for the background, I used the cutout piece for the inside.  A stamped sentiment to go with the warm knitted garments, and some dots that are drop-outs from a die.

It was hard to photograph as the light was uneven on each side, so the main one is taken lying flat, and the small one is standing upright.

Isn't that mouse a great little knitter?  I wonder what she is making now ... 

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Leafy Wishes

 

A CAS card using stuff on my desk and in my Bitz Box.

I love it when the leaves turn colour and fall. When the grandkids were small we used to find a big fall of leaves and have a frolic with them, kicking, rolling around, piling them up etc.  Sadly they are too big to enjoy that now.

A card base of deep cream, some embossed kraft paper, a strip of wine card, a tiny sentiment and a diecut leaf.  A touch of faux spatter with gold pen.  I made the shiny waterdrop using Glossy Accents onto a silicon mat.  EF Heidi Swapp, sentiment stamp Fundamentals.

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How Old Dinosaur

 

How Old???? maybe a dinosaur?  maybe a bit of fun? maybe a bit snarky?

Lime green panel stamped with dark green ink, grass drawn in with Copic markers.  The only complete dinosaur is stamped again onto patterned paper and fussy-cut, paper-pieced, glued on over the background one.  Spots coloured with Copics. Stamped sentiment and panel matted.

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Tulip Wishes

 

Another tulip card in the selection for Parkinsons Disease fundraising.  

Flowers & stars stencilled with Distress Inks, water splatttered, sheer shimmer mist.  Home made star stencil using negative of diecut. Gold metallic pen used to make faux splatter, WoS on stars.  Stamped & embossed sentiment.  Totally a one-layer card directly onto card base, that's as flat as you get.

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Simply Fantastic Woman

 

CAS and monochrome and a bit of feminine fun.  

The EF is inked with aqua for letterpress embossing, I think it's a map of London.  The AALL & Create woman stamp is coloured with Copics and fussy-cut.  Sentiment stamped and heat embossed turquoise, and an arch diecut to coordinate.  Panel and woman popped up with foam tape.

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Spring Lambs

 

It's the start of SPRING here in New Zealand. 

Dawn chose the September theme for our NZ cardswap group - Spring, so I did a double take on it = a spring scene with frolicking lambs with the middle lamb on a paper spring.  Yes, here in NZ there are calves and lambs out in the fields, the cherry blossoms are appearing, and there are daffodils everywhere.  Ahhhh!

The background is smooshed DI's with a pearly mist. Lots of diecuting layers, a bit of stamping, and white penwork.  The grassy layers are great to use up snippets.

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Purrthday Wishes

 

A stamp, a square dotty stencil, a die, and embossing folder, some DI's and DOx Sprays, Copics and a white and black pen.  The dots are Enamel Accents, nose is Glossy Accents, inked edges.  I doodled on the balloon and sentiment, and made my own party hat.  The ?Katzelkraft cat is stamped, balloon & string diecut from some previously inked and splattered card.  The box is stamped & paperpieced from kraft paper.

I love this image, but I have doubts whether the mouse is confident about his future safety ...  is he the birthday present? ha, what a thought.

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Stamp It

 

This week the challenge is Stamp It (STAMPtember) featuring Simon Says Stamp.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

I have been invited to be in the Designer Spotlight on the  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.   I am so happy to be here and part of the team for STAMPtember.  I love getting stampy & inky.

The background is blended using Distress Oxide Inks, and water stamped with Simon Says Stamp "Soft Plaid" stamp (a technique to remove ink), splattered with Distress Spray Stain n white and black.  The flower stamp is Simon Says Stamp "Beautiful Flowers" stamped with Versamark ink onto Distress Ink smooshed card, heat embossed  in black EP and fussy cut.  The top sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp " Hello Darling" set (I think this must be discontinued), bottom sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp "Beautiful Flowers" both are heat embossed with Ranger Distress embossing powder in Weathered Wood. The trio of dots stamp is also from the "Hello Darling" stamp set.  Banner has silver inked edges.

Also:  Distress Spray Stain splatter, Perfect Pearls spray, Kindyglitz gold (on stamens). Scraps of dictionary page, corrugated card, frosted silver card, silver thread.  

( for links see below.)

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creativeknockouts-553-use-your-favourite-embellie I love using metallic thread, here I used silver.

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Products used:

Simon Says Clear Stamps BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS sss101826

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Simon says Stamp Hello Darling (maybe discontinued)

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad Faded Jeans Ranger TDO55945

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Spun Sugar Ranger TIM27164

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Worn Lipstick Ranger TIM21513

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad Wilted Violet Ranger TDO56355

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Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Lucky Clover Ranger TIM43249

Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain Black Soot Ranger TSS42167

Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain Picket Fence Ranger TSS42402

Ranger Embossing Powder Super Fine Black Detail EPJ37392

 

This week the challenge is Stamp It (STAMPtember) featuring Simon Says Stamp.

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

So now it's YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram  Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too

You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in 

Chickens Birthday

 

Join us over at Critter Crazy with your own critter,  any critter as the focus, here:  crittercrazy

I think you've got to be over 60 to get this.  I made this for a cardmaking buddy's birthday.

A couple of patterned papers, hot pink panel cut on the diagonal and edged with gold.  The stamped image is coloured with Copics, fussy cut and popped up.  Glossy Accents on the sunglasses and some gems for sparkle - every chick needs some sparkle!   Does anyone know this image? I have no packaging.

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Catfishy Wishes

 

A bit of doodling with black pen to make a frame, roughly coloured with Distress Crayons.  Stamped cat (Katzelkraft) on snippet of card, masked and stencilled (Ranger) on background with DI, coloured with Copics. Opal Dust added to fish for scales, cat panel is edged in black DI, popped up on foam tape.

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Rainbow Celebration

 

A rainbow is always a good sign and something to celebrate.  

The sentiment is heat embossed with sparkly red EP and cut as a  strip.  The hot colours diecut rainbow is sitting in the clouds EF.  I love the limited colour in the rainbow, I didn't want any other colours, and I didn't want colour in the background either.  A small enamel dot in black for shine.  I like this, I'm going to try out different colour combinations ... who says rainbows have to stick to the rules?

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