Seashell Background

Hello!  I am back with another nautical theme card using a sketch from the challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches. I made the background for the card using Spellbinders Impressabilities Sea Scape as a stencil using Distress Oxide ink on White CS Panel. The seashells pattern was inspired by the Mood Board from Double D Nautical Challenge. I used a textured blue CS as the card base and a rectangle  of the same CS to mat the Sentiment stamped in DOI Faded Jean on a die cut oval of white CS.  To keep in the nautical theme, for an embellishment, I added a Lighthouse button with "white rope". 

Challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches: #461 Sketch

Double D Challenges: Nautical.  Inspired by Seashells and colors in Mood Board.

The Paper Girls Challenge: #155 Buttons.  Used another of my buttons from stash of decorative Sea buttons. 

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Sea You Soon

 

 Hello! Today I am taking a break from creating cards for the holidays and playing with the photo challenge at Always Playing With Paper.  I was inspired to use the colors of the pillows and used a beachy theme using some stamps from Gina K Designs Gifts from the Sea and a Seahorse stamp from Mark's Finest Papers.   I stamped the images with Versamark and embossed with Seafoam White EP. The sentiment was stamped with Pear Tart ink.  I embossed the blue panel with Spellbinders Impressabilities Sea Scape.  I am showing a closeup photo as it is hard to see in the card photo. Looks much better in real life.

Challenges:
The Challenge: #82 Photo Inspiration
Alphabet Challenge Blog: Q is for Quick and Simple
Addicted to Stamps: Challenge #133 is Embossing Wet or Dry
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Beachy Birthday

Hello!  I have challenged myself to use up more of the leftovers on my desk - such as part of a panel that I stenciled with Spellbinders Impressabilities Sea Scape made for this card posted this week.   It is kind of like using dinner leftovers to create another dish. (Last night I made Chicken Potpies from leftover Roasted Chicken).   I simply stamped what was left of the panel with a vertical Birthday sentiment from Repeat Impressions with SU Creamy Caramel ink....just happened to have left a blank area large enough.  I then edged the panel with a Copics marker to match and layered this on a Blue mat also edged with ink and attached to a White card base.  I also embossed the blue layer with the same Impressabilities that I used for stenciling. I hope you can see that.  So with very little effort, I have a second card from leftovers.
Challenges:
The House That Stamps Built: WIW March Anything Goes Challenge

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Seashells

Hello! I have been playing with some beach themes and decided to do some stenciling with Spellbinders Impressabilities  Sea Scape which is good for embossing as well as stenciling.  I always forget to use them.  Since there are some stenciling challenges this week I pulled them out.  On a White CS I stenciled the sea shells using SU Creamy Caramel and Cameo Coral. I then cut this up into rectangles and used to make a card for the Sketch Challenge #166  at CAS Colours & Sketches.  Finished with a verse from GKD A Gift From The Sea set.
Other Challenges:
AAACards: Game #61 Stencilling
CAS on Sunday: Challenge 79 Stencil It

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A Shell for Your Pocket

Hello!  Another rainy morning in Ohio.  Not a good day for shopping Farmer's Markets, gardening, or playing at the pool.  So what is a girl to do?? Play in the Studio and make cards? That sounds good to me.  I am sharing a Single Layer/One Layer card made for some challenges.  And I again used some stenciling done with another Spellbinders Impressabilities  called Seascape. I used Memento Rich Cocoa ink, GKD Ivory CS, and GKD stamps Gifts From the Sea by Melanie.

Challenges to enter:
Stamp TV Release Challenge: STV615 Release...make a single layer card.
AAA Cards: Game #42 Paste and/or Stencils
CAS on Sunday: #61 One Layer Card CAS card
Stamp TV Mix It Up Monday Challenge: STV15MON25 Masculine-Let's Hear It for the Boys


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Trying Stenciling

 Impressabilities Used

Second post today! Trying to play catch up on challenges.
Welcome to my studio!  Stenciling is a technique that I have not used much mostly because I do not have many stencils.  But, I had forgotten about some Spellbinders Impressabilities  that I bought about 5 years ago....just had to have but I not used much.  The Butterfly one (shown on right) that I used on this card I think I have never used. Stenciling seems to be all the trend.
I stenciled a portion of the stencil on white CS with Tumbled Glass  Distress Ink and then cut a Butterfly from the CS with Memory Box Pippi Butterfly Die .  I attached the white layer to a Card base of Blue and then added the butterfly and words to finish this CAS card. The words were cut with Cheery Lynn Dies from blue CS.


Challenges:
Memory Box Challenge: New monthly challenge. #1 Challenge is Butterflies. Used Memory Butterfly die.

Less Is More: Week #229 Theme is Stenciling

Cheery Lynn Designs Blog: Challenge 190 is Anything Goes....used Happy Birthday word dies
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AAA Cards: Game # 42 Use Paste and/or Stencil

Tuesday Throwdown:  #250 is Stenciling



Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa