Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Retro Sketches, Make it Monday, One Layer Simplicity, Simon Says Monday and Less is More




This is my second post today.  Please click here if you are looking for my CASology post.

I had some crafty time today and I was lucky enough that my cards came together quickly, so I was able to make three cards today.  First up is my card for this week's Retro Sketches rs#114, where my bestie Kim is Headliner all month (yay Kim!!).



I used three of the dies from PTI Sweet Speech to make this little Thank You card.  I pulled out Memento Luxe inks in Rhubarb Stalk and Pear Tart for these stamps--the pigment really does give much better coverage with these stamps.  I used Waltzingmouse Off Beat Backgrounds to stamp a plaid behind the die cut speech bubble.





I could not help myself--I made another card for Make it Monday #164:  Cluster Stamped Sentiments.  I used a variety of flower images from Flower Fusion (I store them all together in a TH folder, so I never know which set I am using), a sentiment from Wet Paint, and white embossing powder.




I am also entering this card at Simon Says Monday:  M, since my card uses a Make it Monday technique, One Layer Simplicity Challenge #5:  Fabulous Flowers, and Less is More #171:  One Layer Thank You.


My last card is also for Simon Says Monday:  M, since my card uses a Memory Box Modern Flower Power stencil, One Layer Simplicity Challenge #5:  Fabulous Flowers, and Less is More #171:  One Layer Thank You.  I decided to break out one of my new stencils and some new Distress Inks, too. 



I masked off an area for the sentiment using a piece of computer paper cut with the Photo Finishers die.  Then, I sponged Distress Inks (Dusty Concord, Shaded Lilac, Crushed Olive and Peacock Feathers) over the stencil and mask.  I stamped the sentiment after removing the stencil and mask, and then put the die back over the sentiment area and embossed the die into the card.  I was surprised how quick and easy stencils are to use.  I will definitely do this again.

That's it for me today.  Off to pull something together for dinner.



Thanks for Visiting


20 comments :

  1. Came for the OLS card, but got a lot more than that! These are all gorgeous! Love the bold cluster stamping! So glad you joined us at OLS!

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  2. Gorgeous cards! Love the color in them! So pretty! Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Hugs, Sandra

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  3. Lovely cards- I really love the images and colors you chose for your Make It Monday card!

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  4. Joyce!!! These are all so pretty, love the bright colors and great design :)

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  5. Wow ,busy girl! Nice work,and I love the cluster card for MIM !

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  6. You are rocking this week`s MIM Joyce! Love these!

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  7. Look at all these pretty cards...wow Joyce, you've been busy in between all that exercise and dog walking! Your cards are very colorful and I especially like how you make the squares from the sketch run in an angle instead of up and down.

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  8. Such versatile cards...your stencilling with the distress inks is beautiful.

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  9. Fabulous, simply fabulous cards Joyce! Thank so happy that you are playing along again to Retro Sketches, your card is amazing and that plaid is gorgeous!

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  10. You've been busy, Joyce. I tried that cluster stamping and it was horrible. Yours looks really good. The stenciling I CAN do and I love to do it. It is easy and things looks great, including your card. Love the color combination.

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  11. All fabulous cards and so colourful!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  12. All three of these look great! I especially love the first one -- great take on the sketch!

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  13. What fun cards Joyce. I love the fun speech bubbles on the first one and the fabulous colors you blended together on the last one.

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  14. Another brilliant idea for cluster stamping, Joyce ... the flowers look fabulous! Well, all three cards are fabulous actually ... love the plaid on the first and those vibrant colours on the stencilling! Anita :)

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  15. Great cards Joyce. Nicely done on the cluster stamping. Its nice change to see all the flowers clustered and not floating around the card too. Love your technique on the stencil card. Gotta try this but the whole 'sponging' process still scares me.

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  16. Sorry to be so late commenting, terrific trio Joyce!
    Thanks for joining us at Less is More
    Anne
    Less is More Designer

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  17. Really love how you combined the colors of your two speech bubbles in the plaid you made for the middle bubble. Really ties it all in nicely!

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  18. Haven't joined the stencil bandwagon yet, but your card is awesome. Great idea using speech bubbles in lieu of squares in the above sketch. Your floral cluster "thanks" card is bold & beautiful!

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