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Category: Simply Sketched
I know that I have been rather quiet lately on the blog front. This is because I have been working on my projects for the latest Splitcoaststampers Creative Crew Challenges. Yes, I am very pleased to announce that I have been asked to join the team again for the May - August challenges. The first … Continue reading Creative Crew May 2014 Challenge 1
Have you tried stencilling? Here is a quick way to create a beautiful card. I cut a doily on a piece of scrap card using the Sizzlit Large Paper Doily and placed it on a piece of Very Vanilla. After adding some Rubbing Alcohol and Elegant Eggplant re-inker to a Stampin' Spritzer, I sprayed over … Continue reading Four Frames Eggplant Doily
Here is a great example of paper piercing. I used one of the Windows Frames shapes from the Festive Paper Piercing Pack to create three frames on a piece of Whisper White and then stamped the bouquet of flowers from Best of Flowers in two of the frames and a sentiment from Simply Sketched in … Continue reading Best of Flowers Artichoke
As I have previously mentioned, the Simply Sketched Hostess stamp set is very versatile Here I show you how to put together a quick Christmas card using one of the images. I created a Polished Stone background using Sahara Sand ink on a piece of Glossy White card stock, stamped the image in Stazon Jet … Continue reading Simply Sketched Christmas Sugar
The Simply Sketched Hostess stamp set is very versatile as you will see over the next few days, and by checking out my previous posts. Today, I am using it to create a Chalkboard effect. I stamped the bird image in Whisper White Craft ink on Basic Black and then cut it out using one … Continue reading Simply Sketched Black Bird
Back to more of the Splitcoaststampers Dare to Get Dirty Challenges. Today it is an image from Simply Sketched, cut with a Deco Labels Framelit. I used Always Artichoke, Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango, Midnight Muse and Smoky Slate inks with an Aqua Painter to watercolour the flower image. A piece of the retired Sycamore Street … Continue reading Simply Sketched Midnight Slate
Lavender Thoughts 