Stamp Off Back on Your Feet Sketch

Welcome to our Stamp Off challenge, with Buffy, Susan

and myself.   Today we are doing a sketch challenge.

Our sketch challenge comes from page 140 of the

Stampin' Up 2019-20 catalog.  Any time that I need inspiration,

I page through the Stamping' Up! catalog and look at 
colors or card sketches.

First, I need to say that I deviated from the sketch just a bit.

I created the elements, but was not happy once I arranged them,

so I moved the sentiment panel to the top and made the frame

part of the layer behind the turtle.  I knew that I wanted to use that little turtle, so it had to be shown off properly.   I don't think that Susan and Buffy will kick me off the team for these changes!

I love the Back on Your Feet set on page 83.  It's a cute set

and works well for coloring with the Blends.   In this example,

I used Calypso Coral, Smoky slate, Pool Party,

Soft Sea Foam and Old Olive.  The ferns are

from the Tropical Dies on page 196.  I also used the 

Stitched Rectangles dies on page 196 to cut out the 

Soft Sea Foam layer, and then ran things through the 

Brick and Mortar 3D Embossing Folder.  Adding a bit

of VersaMark helps highlight the brick.

Thanks for stopping, and please check out what

Susan and Buffy have done with this sketch challenge!

You Always Deliver Flowers

Today's post features one of my favorite sets;

You Always Deliver on page 59.  At first glance, 

it looks like a set for demonstrators,

but it really is a set for everyone.  I have lots of men in

my family, so it works for male/mail birthdays, or people

who like packages in general (that's everyone, right?!)

Did I mention that it is a blast to color with Stamping' Blends?

It isn't a fussy image to color, and looks great when completed.

In this example, I used Old Olive, Calypso Coral,

Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate and Highland Heather, all

found on page 179.

I ran the card base through the Brick and Mortar 3D

Embossing Folder on page 198 and added a bit of VersaMark

to bring out the bricks.  Finally, I layered some Subtles

Designer Series Paper (p 168) and Noble Peacock Foil

(p 167) around the image to make it pop.  

The image and sentiment were cut out with the 

Stitched Rectangles Dies.

Random Good Morning Magnolia

The Good Morning Magnolia set (page 38),

 with coordinating Magnolia Memory Dies (page 194) 

is such a beautiful and flexible bundle.  I think that the leaves

stand on their own well, so decided to focus on those.

I used the large leaf on the edge of the flower, along with

the smaller leaf image.    They are added rather randomly,

above the flourish.

Tasteful Textures with Tasteful Backgrounds and Flourish

This was sort of a challenging card to take a picture of,

given the dark colors.  I will say that Blackberry Bliss

and Night of Navy look great together.  

I used a die from Tasteful Backgrounds (page 196) to

create a negative image, placing a piece of See a 

Silhouette DSP (page 166) behind it.  I used the sentiment

from the coordinating Tasteful Textures set on page 135,

and layered it over an element from the Flourish Dies

on page 192.  Both the flourish and the card base are

Soft Sea Foam cardstock.

Detailed Peacock with Well Written

Please don't get frustrated, because yes, it's another peacock card.

For this project, I used the feathers from the Detailed Peacock

dies on page 192, to create negative spaces on my card layer.

I then placed a piece of Noble Peacock Foil Sheet (page 167)

behind, so that it would shine through the feathers.

I created the sentiment with the Well Written Dies on page 197.

Funny story... I finished the card and looked at it closely.

I had transposed the two words and the card read 

"wishes birthday".  Oh well, with a bit of yanking, I got the

sentiment pulled off and reapplied correctly.

See a Silhouette with Detailed Bands

As I've mentioned in the past, I really enjoy stamping with

my friends Mary and Jo.  We share product and advise one

another on our stamping projects.

The See a Silhouette suite on pages 132-134, with coordinating

Sweet Silhouette Dies on page 196 is a wonderful new

bundle.  I enjoy the coordinating See A Silhouette DSP,

because it seems to go with other themes and SU product.

In this example, I used the Detailed Bands Dies on page 192,

to frame the sentiment.  Adding this band in black helped

to highlight the focal silhouette image.