Awesomely Artistic in Perfectly Purple

Happy Saturday!  There is something about a mild spring-like Saturday in late winter that is so uplifting and energizing.  Although I did use some of that energy on a few household chores, the uplift came from creating this card for the Stamp, Ink, Paper sketch challenge. I have been really loving the Awesomely Artistic stamp set lately.  I’m not sure what took me so long to give this set a work out but I can see…

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Happy Birthday to Ewe….

The challenge this week at the Global Design Project is a theme and that theme is …..  It seems that balloons are all the rage in the papercrafting community these days and there are some very cute stamp sets featuring them. I veered from the SU path a bit for this project.  All the paper, ink and embellishments are Stampin’ Up! but the stamp set is from My Favorite Things.  It is an absolutely adorable set…

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Pretty in Purple

Today I am playing along with Can You Case It’s Color Challenge….. I must admit that I do love working with neutral colors, so I really looked forward to this challenge and color combo. Some of my favorite stamps were used on this little card.  I stamped the background with the Hardwood stamp in Crumb Cake ink. The floral spray is from the Awesomely Artistic stamp set and is stamped with Versa Mark ink and heat…

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Big Birthday Bloom

I am naturally drawn to florals, so this card was really fun to create…. The inspiration behind this card came from two challenges I am participating in.  Pals Paper Arts #287 is a color challenge this week and the colors are fabulous.  The Global Design Project #022 is a fantastic sketch challenge.    The focal point of this card is definitely the flower from the Beautiful Bunch stamp set.  This is one of my favorite…

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