What Would You Do Without a Sentiment?

Happy Friday and welcome to an all new TGIF What Would You Do Challenge.  This week we were challenged to create a card without a sentiment.  Seems easy enough, right?  WRONG!  To create a card without a sentiment is, well, challenging!

I decided to go with some big, bold Artistically Inked flowers to cover the card front.  The two large blooms were stamped in Calypso Coral, with So Saffron centers.  The smaller flowers were stamped in Pale Papaya, with Evening Evergreen and Soft Succulent leaves.

Some bits of gold were added with the Artistic Dies leaves cut from Distressed Gold and a few Seasonal Sequins.

Did you notice the marbled background?  This was created with the marbled image from the stamp set, stamped several times across the card stock.  I LOVE how it turned out.  Some texture was added with the Painted Texture 3D embossing folder.

This all ended up coming together in the end.  Now the real question...will I add a sentiment at a later time?!?  Only the recipient will know!

Join along in this fun and challenging challenge!  I can't wait to see all of the sentiment-less creations!

Happy Stampin!

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Bewitching Treats

When I made my  If You've Got It, Haunt It card earlier this week, I stamped a few sets of the witches hats and boots to use at a later time.  It turns out it wasn't too much later before I had the itch to create another Bewitching project.

I've had the Mini Pocket Envelope Dies for a while, just waiting to be used.  These little envelopes are great for gifting gift cards, but it also happened to be the perfect size for a treat size Halloween bag of M&M's.   

I started out with just the witches hat and boots, but something felt like it was missing.  After going through my stash, I discovered some "spiderwebs" in the Wonderful Snowflakes! Perfect for the cute little spider to hang out in! The Happy Halloween sentiment comes from the September Spooky Treats Paper Pumpkin kit.

See below for the quick and easy way to turn your Wonderful Snowflakes into spooky spiderwebs!

To create the spiderweb, I snipped off the ends of the snowflakes and colored the backside (non-shiny side)with the Dark Basic Black Stampin' Blend.  How fun is this?!?!

Happy Stamping!

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If You've Got it, Haunt it!

 

Hi stampers! Welcome to another awesome Monday Montage blog hop!

Fall is officially here, but it sure hasn't felt like it!  We had a weekend full sunshine and warmth and I'll take every moment of it that I can!

While the weather may not feel fall-like yet, that isn't stopping me from inking up the adorable Bewitching stamp set!

My intent was to place the 3 hats, all upright, across the front of the card.  But I didn't like the way they looked, so upside down one of them went!  If you've got it, haunt it, right?!?!

The images were colored in Stampin' Blends shades of Fresh Freesia, Parakeet Party and Pumpkin Pie.  The hats were punched out with the coordinating Witch Hat Builder and one set of the boots and socks were fussy cut.

The creepy-cute little spider filled in a little space in the upper right corner and a single black Classic Matt Dot was the only embellishment needed.  The fun sentiment comes from the Best Witches stamp set, which was meant to be paired up with these fun witch hats and boots!

Wishing you all a fantastic week!

Happy Stamping!

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Full of {Colorful} Love

Most of my mornings consist of a little stamping before I head in to work and this morning I decided to play along with the latest Global Design Project Color Challenge.  How fun are these colors?!? Rumor has it they will be selecting one person from this months challenge to be a Guest Designer for the next color challenge...so exciting!

I just recently added the Full of Color stamp set to my collection during the 24 hour stamp sale and these colors seem perfect! After coloring the flowers in leaves in shades of Flirty Flamingo, Parakeet Party and Shaded Spruce, I fussy cut the image.  I was going to go with a super clean and simple card and just pop the image up on a Basic White card front.  Then the creativity bug bit me and I decided to add a Stylish Shapes circle with strips of color coordinated paper.  This was a quick and easy way to add another pop of color!

Some days I am even lucky enough to sneak in a little evening stamp time as well and this evening just happened to be one of those days!

Using the scraps I still had out on my desk, I created a fun paper stripe background for the other adorable Full of Love floral image. I love the added stitched look from Rectangle Stitched and Stylish Shapes Dies!  

Any day is a good day to stamp and it's an even better day when you start AND end your day with stamping!

Happy Stamping!

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Ringed with Thoughtfulness

It's time for an all new sketch challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments!  I hope you'll all join along in the fun!

I was super short on time, so I was grateful for a clean and simple sketch.

I immediately thought of the tree ring from Ringed with Nature stamp set when I saw this sketch.  I stamped a few of the flowers in some festive fall shades of Merry Merlot, So Saffron, Old Olive and Cajun Craze, fussy cutting each flower. 

The So Saffron Gingham Cottage DSP seemed like a fitting background.  I love this DSP and have been using it on nearly every card I make right now! I also used Very Vanilla to stamp on rather than Basic White.  Very Vanilla always has a bit more of a fall feel to me...how about you?

A few Amber Gems from the Leave Label & Amber Gem Pack and a bit of Linen Thread were the final fall touches to this simple Thinking of You greeting.

Wishing you all a terrific Tuesday!

Happy Stamping!

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