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TCC176 God Bless AmericaHi stamping friends! Happy Wednesday! It's time for a new Card Concept challenge where we use various concepts to create our artwork! One of these days, I'm going to try a new concept...I always seem to gravitate towards the same clean-and-layered style, LOL! Here's our timely inspiration photo:  I made a simple card since this week has been a bit of a blur; I chose to use the stars and stripes theme as well as the challenge colors to make my clean and layered patriotic card:
 This stamp came out shortly after 9/11 and although I have a few patriotic stamps, this is one of my favorites! I stamped it in Night of Navy and Real Red and diecut it with the Stylish Shapes dies:  I added some Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper stars and a strip of Balmy Blue glimmer paper on top of some SU and Tim Holtz papers. I used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts:  I hope you'll find some time to play along with us this week using our inspiration photo! Be sure to check out what the DT created over at the Card Concept blog; you'll see you don't have to make a patriotic card at all! Have fun!
      
Related StoriesRRCB183 You Make Each Day BrighterHappy Tuesday, peeps, time for a new Retro Rubber challenge! This week it's "Anything Goes"--just use any stamps that are at least a year old!   I stamped the image in Stazon and watercolored it with lots of different inks, then diecut it and mounted it on a gingham panel that was diecut with the Stitched With Whimsy die and added a banner and a little crinkly seam binding bow. Here's a little closeup:  I hope you'll play with our Retro Rubber challenge this week...just remember, stamps over a year old and tell us the approximate age! We love giving our older stamps some love. Check out what the other DT members created as well at the Retro Rubber blog! I have dreaded telling my readers of this sad news, but in a community where we lift each other up, I think it's okay to share that my son-in-law Wayne lost his sweet stepdaughter (from a previous marriage) last week; she was only 24 and our hearts are broken. In fact, the sentiment on this card would be appropriate for her, as she always brought bright sunshine and laughter to everyone around her. Obviously, Wayne, Dana and Cassidy are grieving and holding each other up as they mourn her and yet, still have moments of laughter amid the tears. We will miss you, sweet Ganae.   Hold your loved ones close and be blessed today. "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." Psalm 46:1
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Related StoriesPP592 Merry SketchHello stampers, happy Sunday! It's Paper Players time and I am the hostess this week with a sketch for you:
It was SO hot yesterday here in PA, I decided to make a Christmas card to cool off! Here we go:  I got these ornament stamps and dies at the end of the Christmas season so I hadn't really had a chance to play with them! I stamped them on Shimmery White cardstock in Stazon ink, then watercolored them in shades of Evening Evergreen, Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake. I chose some matching DSPs from last year's catalog, Tidings of Christmas:  I mixed my metallics...I hope that's not a big faux pas...using silver cord and gold pearls, then added a stacked diecut "merry" at the bottom, popped up on little slivers of dimensionals! I also added a diecut scalloped border:
 There are so many ways this sketch can be interpreted! I hope you'll find some inspiration and play along, it would mean a lot to me! You can see what all the design team created over at the Paper Players blog...check it out, then be sure to share yours too! Thanks for visiting today...enjoy it and be blessed!
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Related StoriesAYSI 275 Welcome Little OneHappy Friday, everyone! Time for a new As You See It challenge, and we have a fun "recipe" for you...you must use all the "ingredients" in the recipe to create your project! So here we go:  I need a baby shower card for my niece, so the recipe worked perfectly! It's a really simple card:
 My diecut is the large banner from Stylish Shapes; the embossing folder is the retired Perfect Polka Dots on the banner; the "B" is blue, bird and baby rattle; the subtle color is Balmy Blue; and the something shiny are the glittery clouds on this fun printed paper! My sentiment and the bird are from the very old Nursery Necessities and the rattle is from the also-retired Holiday Blitz:  And here's a picture of the big sparkly cloud...so hard to capture that sparkle!
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Related StoriesTTTC162 Pretty in PinkHappy Thursday, peeps! Time for Team X and a new Tic Tac Toe challenge! Here's our grid, from which I chose the center column of Floral and Embellishments:  I wanted to try something different with the pretty Happiness Abounds set, so I took a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock and stamped the floral images in Craft White ink, then heat embossed them with white embossing powder. Before I did that, I used the interesting diecut that comes with the Blossoming Happiness set and diecut the center portion of the cardstock:  I watercolored the florals with some White craft ink and water, then once they had dried, went over it with some Wink of Stella! I wish you could see how sparkly it is!
 I also heat-embossed a sentiment from the same set, then added some pearls and mounted it on a Basic White card. I think this could be used for any number of occasions, so I left the inside blank!
 I hope you'll find something that tickles your fancy on our grid this week and I hope you'll share it with us at the Tic Tac Toe challenge. While you're there, check out the other amazing samples that the DT has created! Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!
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