End of Summer Birthday

My oldest daughter has a birthday around the Labor Day holiday. I have been playing with alcohol inks lately and wanted to use some in her card. I found that by smearing a clean piece of Yupo paper over the piece that has the alcohol inks & alcohol pearls on it that you can come up with an almost marbeled effect. I also sprayed the clean panel with some rubbing alcohol to wet it down before smearing. I cut a strip to go under my flower.  I like the subtle marble look and how it breaks up the busy background so the flower doesn’t get lost. The background die panel is Kat Scrappiness Star Fusion Coverplate ( on sale now, plus a sitewide Labor Day coupon code). The flower stamp is Hero Arts Magnolia.  I colored it with Zig markers & then toned down the color with a White Wink of Stella marker. The sentiment is from an Altenew sentiment set. I used a die from Kat Scrappiness Stitched Sentiment Strip Dies to cut the sentiment strip.

I’m linking this to the following challenges:
STAMPlorations Summer Theme and Sketch Challenge
Dies R Us #128-Nature
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday
Freshly Made Sketches #400
and
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge-‘S’ is For end of Summer

CAS Coffee

It’s time for a quick CAS card. The stamps are from Cas-ual Fridays Cup of Coffee Stamp set. I colored the mug/coffee with Copic markers and put Ranger Glossy Accents over it.

I’m linking this to the following challenges:

Cupcake inspiration Challenge 477-Food and Drink

TCP Tuesday #360-Clean and Simple
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Anything Goes
STAMPlorations Summer CAS Card Challenge

Circles

Here’s a quick card I made for Just Is Girls Challenge #500-Trend Week. I used STAMPlorations Retro Circles Stencil, some embossing ink and some Clear embossing powder to heat emboss the background. Then I used various Distress Oxide inks in blue tones to ink blend the background. The sentiment is actually a clear sticker from STAMPlorations. I stuck it to a vellum banner cut with a My Creative Time die.

Edit to add: Linking to these challenges-

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge-Midsummer Blues

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Midsummer Blues

STAMPlorations Summer Mixed Media Challenge

STAMPlorations Summer CUTplorations Challenge

Grace

I needed a masculine card for a cousin who needs some encouragement. I had heat embossed the sentiment and butterfly in gold on a black one layer card. I thought that it needed something else, so I decided to cut it apart and layer the pieces on some printed paper from MFT Stamps. The sentiment was die cut using Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle dies. The stamps are from Verve Stamps (closed now). I like it much better now. This is one of my favorite Bible verses.

I’m linking this to the following challenges:

Cut It Up #180-Focus on Sentiments

Dare2BArtzy August Anything Goes Challenge

TCP Tuesday #360-Clean & Simple

STAMPlorations Summer CAS Challenge

Word Art Wednesday #400-401 Anything Goes

and

Virginia’s August Show and Share

Bloomdala

This is a free digital stamp by Sheri Russ at STAMPlorations in celebration of National Coloring Book Day. There is a Linky Party/giveaway and link for downloading the image  Here.
I printed it on Bristol 100 lb. paper and colored it with Copics. I cut out the panel, put it on a green card stock panel (Recollections) and adhered it to a card base. The sentiment is from STAMPlorations Party Time. I stamped it with Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink on a vellum banner that was die cut with My Creative Time Ribbon End dies. I added some green and clear gems to the center parts of the bloom.

I’m linking this to the following challenges:

STAMPlorations National Coloring Book Day Linky Party

STAMPlorations Summer CUTplorations Challenge

STAMPlorations Summer Theme and Sketch Challenge

MFT Birthday Project Challenge-Birthday Bouquet

Polka Dot Orchard Petals for the Pittmans Fundraiser and Linky

Dare2BArtzy August Anything Goes Challenge

Edit to Add: Virginia’s August Show and Share

More Flowers

I love coloring floral images! This stamp is STAMPlorations Blossom Spray #2.  I colored it with Zig markers, adding a gray color wash outline, a few tiny gems for some dimension and that’s it. I die cut the colored panel with Simon Says Stamp Stitched Inside and Out Rectangle dies and adhered it to a gray card base.

I’m linking this to the following challenges:

STAMPlorations Summer CUTplorations Challenge

STAMPlorations Summer Theme and Sketch Challenge

STAMPlorations Never Ending Anything Goes Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Add a Die Cut

Dare2BArtzy August Anything Goes Challenge

Polka Dot Orchard Petals for the Pittmans Fundraiser Linky Party

Uniko Challenge #54-Flowers + Optional Twist Die Cuts

and

Virginia’s View August Show and Share

Bright Bouquet

I used another stamp from Polka Dot Orchard’s Petals for the Pittmans Set 2 to make this card. The image was designed by Angie Blom. The sentiment is from Polka Dot Orchard. The digital stamps can be purchased as a fundraiser. They are a collaboration between multiple stamp companies and designers. Read all about it on the Polka Dot Orchard Blog. I used Zig Water Color markers and some water to soften the colors. I was fairly happy with the yellow flowers, but I couldn’t get the purple flowers blended the way I wanted. I decided to try a White Wink of Stella marker to blend the purples together. It looked worse! I went over that with the 2 purple markers that I have. It still didn’t look very nice. I added a bit of orange to the yellow flowers, as well as the purple flowers. Meh! I then decided that the image needed some black outline, so I used a fine tipped Sharpie marker to go over some of the image. I liked how it looked and figured I’d better stop before I messed it up again. I did add a bit of Clear Wink of Stella to the centers of the flowers. I also added a few black rhinestones.

I’m linking this to the following challenges:
Petals for The Pittmans
STAMPlorations World Watercolor Month Linky Party
STAMPlorations Summer CAS Card Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #396-397 Anything Goes
Uniko Challenge #54-Flowers + Optional twist Die Cuts
Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #28-Inspiration Photo