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Friday, December 15, 2017

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge-Pines



We hope you'll play along! Please visit the Curtain Call Challenge blog for all the challenge info and deadline.  



Best Wishes Wreath card-designed by Lori Tecler/Inking Aloud-stamps and dies from SugarPea DesignsHere's my take on the inspiration photo.  I don't have any pinecone stamps in my collection, so I went with a general pine theme.  I used the Funky Wreaths-All Season stamps and dies from SugarPea Designs to make a seasonal wreath.  The wreath itself was stamped in olive pigment ink, then I filled it in with berries stamped in red pigment ink.   The wreath was die cut with the matching die, then adhered to a kraft card base  using foam tape for dimension.  The "best wishes" sentiment was stamped in the center of the wreath.  I accented it with a tiny red bow, tied using my Bow Easy--which, sadly, I realized has a broken piece . . . To go with the seasonal theme, I adhered a red patterned panel with cream dots to the bottom of the card base, then added a strip of cream trim across the top of the dotted panel.  The final touch was dotting a bit of Glossy Accents on each of the berries for a shiny, dimensional look.  The best part is that I managed to do this without smearing a single berry!
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Materials Used:
Funky Wreaths-All Season stamp set, Funky Wreaths-All Season dies (SugarPea Designs); Memento Luxe Olive Grove and Love Letter inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Kraft cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Soup Staples II-Red Salt designer paper (Jillibean Soup); Glossy Accents (Ranger); cream trim (Hobby Lobby); Bow Easy; red satin ribbon; foam tape
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Friday, December 1, 2017

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge-A Good Read


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We hope you'll play along! Please visit the Curtain Call Challenge blog for all the challenge info and deadline.  
 
Page Turner card-designed by Lori Tecler/Inking Aloud-stamps and dies from SugarPea Designs
Here's my take on the inspiration photo.  The layout for my design is based on the current challenge at The Paper Players.  I used the stack of books as the starting point for my card and found an image featuring a stack of books in the Class Act set from SugarPea Designs to use on my card.  The books were colored with Copic markers, then cut out with the matching die.  To go with the books, I found a book themed birthday sentiment from another SPD set, I Like Big Books, and stamped it in black ink on a cream oval.  The books were adhered to the edge of the oval panel using foam tape.

I matted the panel on oval cardstock, then adhered it to a gray dotted patterned paper panel with a strip of blue cardstock on the right side.  It's hard to see in the photo, but the blue panel is embossed with a letter pattern to go with the books.  The red strip at the edge of the blue panel was a last minute addition.  I tucked it underneath the right edge for one more pop of color.  The finished panel was adhered to a gray card base.

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Materials Used:
Class Act and I Like Big Books stamp sets, Class Act dies (SugarPea Designs); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Brocade Blue and Riding Hood Red cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Steel Grey cardstock (My Favorite Things); Soup Staples II designer paper (Jillibean Soup); oval dies (Spellbinders); Book Print Impression Plate (Papertrey Ink); cream twine (Hemptique); foam tape
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge-Acorns

***  Scroll down to the post below or click HERE to see my card for this week's Color Throwdown challenge!  ***



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We hope you'll play along!  The LEAD of this challenge will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future challenge!  Please visit the Curtain Call Challenge blog for all the challenge info and deadline.  

Nutty for You card-designed by Lori Tecler/Inking Aloud-stamps from Paper Smooches
I didn't have many acorn images to choose from in my stamp collection, so I inked up an image from the classic Paper Smooches Falling for You stamp set.  The acorn was stamped on cream cardstock and colored with Copic markers, then carefully cut out by hand.  I used foam tape to adhere it to a strip of dotted brown on brown patterned paper with a piece of brown twill stretched across it to give the design some texture. 

Since the patterned paper was too dark for stamping a sentiment, I stamped the set's  "nutty for you" sentiment on a piece of olive green cardstock to match the color of the acorn's leaves.  I positioned the words beneath the acorn, again using foam tape for dimension.  The patterned paper strip was adhered to a kraft panel, then the panel was layered on to a chocolate brown card base to match the patterned paper panel.


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Materials Used:
Falling for You stamp set (Paper Smooches); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Old Olive, Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Autumn Spice 6x6 paper pad (Lily Bee Design); brown twill (Papertrey Ink); foam tape
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge-Cider

***Scroll down to the post below or click HERE to see my card for this week's Color Throwdown challenge! ***


 photo credit:  catchingseeds.com

We hope you'll play along!  The LEAD of this challenge will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future challenge!  Please visit the Curtain Call Challenge blog for all the challenge info and deadline.   

Love You to My Core card-designed by Lori Tecler/Inking Aloud-stamps and dies from Paper SmoochesHere's my design based on the inspiration photo. I used warm, earthy color tones and an apple image on the card.  The layout comes from the current challenge at Sunday Stamps. 

My apple image is from the Paper Smooches Falling for You stamp set. I colored it with Copic markers and carefully cut it out, then used foam tape to adhere it to a cream panel stamped with the set's "love you to my core" sentiment.  After matting the sentiment panel on chocolate brown cardstock, I adhered it to a kraft card base over a golden yellow panel with some stitching detail along the bottom and a long, red fishtail flag strip.


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Materials Used:
Falling for You stamp set, Stitched dies (Paper Smooches); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Harvest Gold and Kraft cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Real Red and Chocolate Chip cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Die-namics Fishtail Flag STAX dies (My Favorite Things); foam tape
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Sunday, October 15, 2017

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge-Cuddle


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We hope you'll play along!  The LEAD of this challenge will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future challenge!  Please visit the Curtain Call Challenge blog for all the challenge info and deadline.   

Dream Big card-designed by Lori Tecler/Inking Aloud-stamps and dies from WPlus9For my card, I took my inspiration from the sweet bear in the photo. Isn't he just adorable?  My dreamy little bear is from the WPlus9 Little Dreamers stamp set.  I colored the set's bear, moon, and cloud images with Copic markers, then cut them out with the matching dies.  They were arranged on a panel with a soft blue watercolor wash background.  Foam tape on some of the pieces added dimension to the simple scene.  And, it's hard to see in the photo, but I used a clear glitter pen to give each of the clouds a subtle sparkle.

The "dream big" sentiment from the coordinating Stardust stamp set was stamped to the right of the bear image in black ink.  I arranged a trio of silver sequins around the sentiment and images to fill in the scene, then adhered the finished panel to a coordinating blue card base.


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 Materials Used:
Little Dreamers and Stardust stamp sets, Little Dreamers dies (WPlus9); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Tumbled Glass distress ink (Ranger); markers (Copic); clear Sparkle Glitter Brush pen (Spectrum Noir); Cool Caribbean cardstock (Stampin' Up!); silver sequins; foam tape
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Sunday, October 1, 2017

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge-Iced Coffee



 photo credit: Brit + Co.

We hope you'll play along!  The LEAD of this challenge will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future challenge!  Please visit the Curtain Call Challenge blog for all the challenge info and deadline.   

Coffee & Friends card-designed by Lori Tecler/Inking Aloud-stamps and dies from Lil' Inker Designs
 Here's my take on the inspiration photo.  I based my design on the yummy looking iced coffees that are front and center in the photo.  My iced coffees are to go cups from the Lil' Inker Designs Coffee Talk stamp set.  I colored them up with Copic markers, then used the matching dies to cut out the colored cups and the contrasting green straws.  After adding some foam tape to the back of each cup, I placed them on a cream panel, overlapping and angling them for interest. To go with the cups, I stamped the "coffee and friends are the perfect blend" sentiment from the Coffee Cozy set in white pigment ink on a dark brown cardstock strip, then heat embossed the words in white so they'd really pop against the dark background.  I added the sentiment to the cream panel, tucking one end beneath the to go cup pair.  The finished panel was adhered to a dark brown card base to match the sentiment strip.

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Materials Used:
Coffee Talk and Coffee Cozy stamp sets, Coffee Talk dies (Lil' Inker Designs); Memento Tuxedo Black and Memento Luxe Wedding Dress inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Celery pigment ink (Avery Elle); markers (Copic); Chocolate Chip cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Recollections Snow embossing powder (Michaels); foam tape
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Friday, September 15, 2017

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge-Hang Out



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We hope you'll play along!  The LEAD of this challenge will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future challenge!  Please visit the Curtain Call Challenge blog for all the challenge info and deadline. 

Read Relax Repeat card-designed by Lori Tecler/Inking Aloud-stamps and dies from My Favorite ThingsHere's my take on the inspiration photo. I used the bold, bright color scheme and the shape of the rounded chair and end table as a starting point for my design.  After cutting a trio of big pierced circles in a mix of bright colors, I arranged the circles on a white cardstock panel layered on to a blue card base.

The die cuts were topped with a sweet image featuring a girl curled up reading a book from the My Favorite Things Our Story stamp set.  The image was colored in shades to coordinate with the circles.  To go with the image and the challenge's "hang out" theme, I stamped the "read relax repeat" sentiment on a narrow fishtail flag strip and added it to the panel, extending out from beneath the edge of the raised image.  A trio of lime green enamel dots arranged around the image completed the design

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Materials Used:
Our Story stamp set, Sour Apple cardstock, Die-namics Our Story, Pierced Circle, and Fishtail Flag STAX dies (My Favorite Things); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic);  Cool Caribbean cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Raspberry Fizz cardstock (Papertrey Ink); green enamel dots (My Mind's Eye); foam tape
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Friday, September 1, 2017

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge-Dreamcatcher



 photo source:  weloveboho.com

We hope you'll play along!  The LEAD of this challenge will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future challenge!  Please visit the Curtain Call Challenge blog for all the challenge info and deadline.  

Ruffle Your Feathers card-designed by Lori Tecler/Inking Aloud-stamps and dies from Waltzingmouse StampsHere's my take on the inspiration photo.  The beautiful dreamcatcher is front and center in the photo, but for my design, instead of a dreamcatcher image, I focused on the dreamcatcher's feathers.  My feathers are from the Waltzingmouse Stamps Funky Feathers set.  I stamped them in pigment inks on thick vellum, then cut out the stamped images with the matching die.  I arranged them in the upper left corner of a pale gray panel stamped with the large background stamp from WMS's Woodgrain set.  To anchor the feather trio, I placed a twine bow at the top of the stack. The bow's a bit larger than I'd usually use on a cardfront, but I wanted to bring in the thread element from the dreamcatcher.  The "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ruffle your feathers" sentiment was stamped on the lower right side of the panel in brown ink.  I wanted to bring in some pops of blue to the design, so I added a trio of enamel dots around the feathers.  They bring a bead-like element in to the design.  The finished panel was adhered to a darker gray card base.

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Materials Used:
Funky Feathers and Woodgrain stamp sets, Funky Feathers dies (Waltzingmouse Stamps); Memento Luxe Rhubarb Stalk, Toffee Crunch, Gray Flannel, and Rich Cocoa inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Grout Gray cardstock (My Favorite Things); Stormy cardstock (Reverse Confetti); vellum cardstock (Stampin' Up!); twine (Lawn Fawn); Swimming Pool Sprinkles enamel dots (Doodlebug Design)
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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge-Hibiscus


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We hope you'll play along!  The LEAD of this challenge will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future challenge!  Please visit the Curtain Call Challenge blog for all the challenge info and deadline.

Hibiscus Hello card-designed by Lori Tecler/Inking Aloud-stamps from SugarPea Designs
Here's my take on the challenge.  Those vivid red flowers from the inspiration picture were what caught my eye, so I wanted to be sure to include something similar in my design.  I created a pair of red flowers using hibiscus stamps from a SugarPea Designs stamp set.  The images were cut out with the matching dies, then used them to dress up a wreath made from swirlie die cuts. I layered several of the swirlie die cuts to give my wreath dimension.  I adhered the wreath to a soft blue cardstock panel over a narrow strip of orange cardstock.  The flowers and leaves were arranged along the right side of the wreath. 

For the sentiment, I die cut the word "hello" from the SugarPea Designs Chatterbox Journal Card die set from both red cardstock and craft foam.  After layering the two die cuts, I adhered them to the orange strip.  The finished panel was adhered to a white card base.


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Materials Used:
Funky Wreath-Spring Additions stamp set, Funky Wreath-Spring Additions and Chatterbox Journal Card dies (SugarPea Designs); Memento Luxe Morocco and Memento Lady Bug and Tuxedo Black inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); pigment ink (Avery Elle); Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sky, and Crumb Cake cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Swirlies dies (Reverse Confetti); craft foam; foam tape
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