The Spot Challenge #165 - Stencils Challenge , Congratulations Card using the Hand-Penned Petals Bundle

 Hi There!  Hope your week is off to an awesome start!  We have a super fun card challenge over at The Spot Creative Challenge Blog this week.  This week is all about stenciling.  I love to add details using stencils on my card fronts, whether it is with Embossing Paste or Ink, it creates a really fun background for your card!  

I used the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks and used a blending brush for some subtle tone-on-tone Polka Dots for my card today.  Polka Dots are right up there with Gingham and Buffalo Plaid for my all time favorite patterns to use on cards!

I loved the Pale Papaya and Mint Macaron color combination in the Hand-Penned DSP so I carried that over to my card base and layers.  The Mint Macaron card base was 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4" for a side opening A2 card.  On a 5-3/8" x 4-1/8" panel of Pale Papaya, I held the decorative mask in place and used a blending brush and Pale Papaya Ink to stencil the tone-on-tone polka dots in the lower left and upper right corners. The focal rectangle was cut in Mint Macaron and measured 3-1/4" x 4-1/4".  The Pale Papaya layer was 3-1/8" x 4-1/8" and the Hand-Penned DSP measured 3" x 4".  I love the watercolor look of the floral images in this stamp set and have found that my favorite look is use 2nd generation inking on them for the fill-in images.  My flower was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Basic White cardstock.  The leaves were stamped in Mint Macaron that had been stamped off once.  The large floral image was added in stamped off Blushing Bride and the small flower was Pale Papaya that had been stamped off.  After cutting out with the coordinating die, I adhered the flower onto a Pale Papaya label cut from the Tasteful Labels Dies with Multi-Purpose Liquid Adhesive.  The label was centered over the double-matted DSP layer, and popped up using Dimensionals.    I used the 2021-2023 In-Color Gems to add some bling onto the Floral Label Layer.  The sentiment "Congratulations" from the Hand-Penned Petals Stamp Set was heat embossed in Black onto the bottom of the stenciled panel and then the focal rectangle was added to the card front using more Dimensionals.  I added some white baker's twine on the left side, making sure it went over the popped up rectangle  and tied it in a bow in the upper left corner.  To finish the card front off I spritzed it with some Clear Wink of Stella because everything is better when it is sparkly, right?

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

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The Spot Challenge #164 - Let's Hear it for the Boys! Masculine Card Challenge with Sailing Home

 Hello and Happy Tuesday!! I hope you were able to enjoy a wonderful weekend for sunny weather and time with family!  Since it is Tuesday, it is time for another Creative Challenge over at The Spot!  This week it is all about Masculine Cards!  I hope you'll stop by and check it out!

I just realized that I have hardly played around with the Sailing Home stamp set.  It is perfect for masculine cards!  I did a little #simplestamping to make this card and I love how it turned out.  

I went with a landscape gatefold base of Balmy Blue and layered with Night of Navy and the Plaid Balmy Blue DSP from the Subtles 6"x 6" DSP Assortment.  The center panel is Basic White matted with Night of Navy.  Using Balmy Blue ink, I stamped the birds and the compass.  I added the Thanks in Night of Navy Ink as well as the boat that was stamped over the compass.  I ran some of the White Baker's Twine along the right side of the front panel twice and tied it in a bow towards the top.  I frayed the ends of the twine just a bit.  

Here's how I finished the inside...

 I matted the Basic White inside panel on Night of Navy.  I used Balmy Blue Ink to stamp the compass on the lower right corner and Night of Navy Ink to stamp the Lighthouse over it.

Thanks for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

The Spot Challenge #163 Sketch Challenge with the beautiful Expressions in Ink Suite from Stampin' Up!

 Hello Friends!  I hope your week is off to a fabulous start!!  I had a wonderful weekend with lots of crafting time!  I finally received my first shipment from the New Stampin' Up! Catalog and I can tell you one suite is really standing out to me... Expressions in Ink!  It is absolutely stunning!!  I fell in love with it when I first saw the new Annual Catalog!  The DSP with the Alcohol Ink look and the gold is absolutely amazing!  The stamps are some of the most fab images I have seen!  It is seriously hard to describe the look that can be achieved from just rubber stamps, ink and paper!  So... since it is Tuesday it's time for another Design Team post for the New Challenge over at The Spot Challenge Blog!

Cute Sketch, right?  Of course I had to take advantage of the beautiful new Expressions In Ink Suite for this week's card.  I hope you love this suite as much as I do!

When I saw the sketch, I thought of a little fun fold that uses two different DSPs.  I have no idea what it's called but it's a simple one with just an extra score line.  

Here's another look at it...

I started with a Magenta Madness Card Base that measured 11" x 4-1/4" and scored at 4" and 5-1/2".  I layered on a layer of Evening Evergreen Cardstock that measured 5-1/8" x 3-7/8" that was scored 1-1/4" and adhered to the front card panel making sure that the score line matches up with the score line on the Magenta Madness Card Base.  Next I layered on two coordinating panels of the Expressions in Ink DSP that measured 1-1/8" x 3-3/4" and 3-7/8" x 3/3/4".  The left portion of the card before the scoreline was adhered with Multipurpose Adhesive.  I ran some of white baker's twine around that section twice and knotted it at the top and added a small piece of the Pale Papaya Open Weave Ribbon before tying the knot.  The tag was cut in Evening Evergreen Cardstock using the Tailor Made Tag Dies.  The little reinforcement piece of the tag was cut in the new Gold Metallic Specialty Paper.  On a scrap piece of Basic White Cardstock I stamped the flower from the Artistically Inked Stamp set in Pale Papaya.  I also stamped the three small flowers from the set in Magenta Madness.  The flowers were then cut out using the coordinating Artistic Dies.  I stamped the best wishes sentiment from the stamp set in Versamark and heat embossed it in gold.  I ran a small piece of the Pale Papaya Open Weave Ribbon through the hole in the tag and adhered the tag to the front of the card making sure it was not adhered to the portion of the card that does not open so that the tag would not bend.  With glue dots I added some of the Gold leaves from the Expressions in Ink Ephemera Pack and then added the large flower with Dimensionals and two of the three smaller flowers with Mini Dimensionals.  The smallest of the three flowers was adhered with a glue dot.  Finally I added three of the adhesive backed sequins from the Ephemera Pack to the tag to finish off the front of the card.

For the inside..

The inside layer was a 3-7/8" x 4" panel of Basic White.  I stamped some of the images from the stamp set on the lower left corner in Pale Papaya, Magenta Madness and Just Jade ink before adhering with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive to the inside. 

That's it for my card share today.  I hope you loved it as much as I did.  Blessings, Tina

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The Spot Challenge #162 - Case the Designer Maheswari Rajaguru with Sweet as a Peach Bundle from Stampin' Up!

 Hi There!  It's a Tuesday so of course that means it's time for another Design Team card for The Spot Creative Challenge Blog.  This week we are casing the fabulous Designer, Maheswari Rajaguru.  If you've been following her, then you know.... all of her cards are amazing!

Let me tell you that I really wanted to case them all!  I decided on this card...

Isn't it absolutely gorgeous!  I have linked her blog post to the picture, so feel free to click on it to go to Maheswari's blog!  So that my card would be a little different, I chose to use the Sweet as a Peach Bundle and coordinating You're a Peach DSP!  Here's what I came up with...

I started out with a Thick Basic White A2 Card base measuring 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" and scored at 4-1/4" on the long side for a side folding card.  My first panel of DSP from the You're a Peach DSP pack measured 4" x 5-1/4".  My 2nd panel from the DSP measured 2-3/4" x 4-1/2" and was cut with a die from the Penned Flowers Dies on the very edge of the right side to make that beautiful scallop edge.  This DSP panel was matted on Old Olive Cardstock that measured 3" x 4-3/4" with Multipurpose liquid adhesive.  I added the matted panel with Dimensionals.  I stamped the leaf images from the Sweet as a Peach Stamp set in Old Olive.  The peach was stamped in Pale Papaya and highlighted with Flirty Flamingo Ink by dabbing the stamp with a sponge dauber prior to stamping.  The flowers were stamped in Pale Papaya ink with the center added in Flirty Flamingo Ink.  The sentiment Let's Celebrate you! from the stamp set was stamped onto a small scrap of Basic White and cut using the cut little slanted sentiment die from the coordinating Peach Dies.  I added a small Old Olive strip slightly under and to the right of the die cut that measured 1-7/8" x 3/8".  I added a small double bow of White Twine from the Baker's Twine Essentials pack under the sentiment with a glue dot.  To finish off the card front I added three of the Genial Gems in Pale Papaya.

Here's how I finished off the inside of the card..

Super simple stamping on the inside from the stamp set to finish off the inside.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

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