LeslieT

My Gnomies Rock!

Howdy again, peeps! I’m back with another card I created this afternoon for The Outlawz Challenges. This card is for the Tuesday Color Challenge where we have a color wheel to choose one cool color and two warm colors for our project. SheepSki Designs is our sponsor this month and since I’ve developed a major kind of love for gnomes lately (and these guys are no exception), I used her awesome Garden Party digital image to create this card for my son and his family.

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I picked lime green as my cool color along with red and orange as my warm colors. I colored the image with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and used a Copic black multi-liner pen to draw patterns on their hats. I used orange textured cardstock for the background and added a leftover piece of floral digital paper that was laying on my craft table. I trimmed the image and layered it on the orange textured cardstock and then on a red textured cardstock postage stamp die cut. I created the sentiment on my computer.

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I printed the inside sentiment on the computer as well, trimmed the panel and layered it on the orange and red textured cardstock used on the front.

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And one more peek… I’m so loving how this turned out! It’s a ‘just because’ kind of card for my son and his family. When I saw the image, I immediately thought of them and I know they’re going to love it! ;)

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I’d love to enter this card into these additional challenges:
Crafty Catz: #503 – Anything Goes
Creative Moments: #189 – Anything Goes
QKR Stampede: #395 – Anything Goes
Scrapping4fun Challenges: #165 – Use die cuts/embossing folders

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, DCWV Double-Sided Textured cardstock, Bearly Mine floral digital paper scrap
Stamps: SheepSki Designs Garden Party digital image
Ink: Spectrum Noir alcohol markers- OR1, OR2, OR3, DR2, CG3, FS6, FS7, BG2, BG3, EB3; Copic black multi-liner pen, Posca white paint pen
Dies/Punches: Spellbinders Postage Stamp die
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, Gemini Junior die cutting machine, red Candi Minis

I hope you’ve enjoyed this card and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

What the Cluck?

5/1/20 Winner at Crafty Catz!
5/3/20 Favorite at The Outlawz Sunday Songs & Rhymes Challenge!

Hi everyone! I had a couple hours to myself this afternoon in my studio so I created a few more cards for The Outlawz Challenges. This fun card is for the Sunday Songs & Rhymes Challenge and the piece of the rhyme I focused on was “9, 10 A Big Fat Hen!” Sherry West Art is our sponsor this month and I snipped the chicken from her Hoppy Easter digital image set to use for a new baby card.

A big fat hen it is – and how stinkin’ cute is she?! I colored the image in yellow, orange and red, cut it with a stitched circle die and added some white paint pen lines to add to the whimsical character. I used yellow and white dotted cardstock along with a thin strip of black cardstock. I stamped the sentiment using a fun stamp set in my stash, and finished the front with a few small yellow sequins.

I embellished the inside with the same yellow and white dotted cardstock and thin strip of black cardstock used on the front. The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

And one more peek… I sure am smitten with this chicken, lol! SO cute! ;)

I’d love to enter this card into these additional challenges:
Crafty Catz: #503 – Anything Goes
Creative Moments: #189 – Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog: #118 – Anything Goes
QKR Stampede: #395 – Anything Goes
Scrapping4fun Challenges: #165 – Use die cuts/embossing folders

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Colorbok Black cardstock, Colorbok Seeing Dots cardstock
Stamps: Sherry West Art Hoppy Easter digital image set (chicken), Paper Pretties Cluck Part II stamp set
Ink: Spectrum Noir alcohol markers- CT4, OR1, DR2; Posca white paint pen, Copic black multi-liner pen, Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: Memory Box Stitched Circle Layers die
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, MISTI stamp tool, Gemini Junior die cutting machine, Pretty Pink Posh Sunshine Glow sequins

I hope you’ve enjoyed this card and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Tis the Season

Hello, my peeps! I’m back this morning with another card I created yesterday afternoon for The Outlawz Challenges. I’ve decided that I’m going to make ‘non-DT time’ for myself in my studio on a regular basis – I’m really enjoying this! ;) I’m playing in the Wednesday Sketch Challenge this week, and what a sketch this is! Love, love, love!

Jan’s Digi Stamps is our sponsor this month and I’ve used her gorgeous Christmas Skates digital image with sentiments to create this card. Sketches are so cool. They pretty much take the guess-work out of creating a project, and that’s fine by me, lol!

I printed the digital paper for the background and layered it on green textured cardstock. I cut the focal image with a small double-stitched die and layered it on the green textured cardstock. I printed the front sentiment and layered that panel on red glitter paper. I finished the front with red gumdrops in the right upper and left lower corners.

I printed the inside sentiment and embellished the panel with some of the digital paper and the green textured cardstock used on the front.

One more peek… I’m so loving how this turned out! What an awesome sketch and absolutely gorgeous digital image with sentiments!

I’d love to enter this card into these additional challenges:
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: #553 – Christmas
QKR Stampede: #395 – Anything Goes
Scrapping4fun Challenges: #165 – Use die cuts/embossing folders
WordArt Wednesday: Weeks #436/437 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, DCWV Double-Sided textured cardstock stack, Stampin’ Up Red Glimmer Paper, Bearly Mine digital paper
Stamps: Jan’s Digi Stamps Christmas Skates digital stamp set
Dies/Punches: My Favorite Things Die-namics Double-Stitched Square STAX die
Accessories: ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, YNS Red Gumdrops

I hope you’ve enjoyed this card and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Happy Birthday

Hi everyone! Enjoying some quiet time here on the sofa this evening with the hubs kicked back snoring in my left ear, lol! I’m back with another card I created this afternoon for The Outlawz Challenges. This beauty is for the new Crash Your Stash Challenge where the challenge this month is to use Ribbon from our stash. Lemon Shortbread is our sponsor and I’ve used her absolutely stunning Flowers Curls Girl digital image to create a birthday card.

I started with muted mint, green and pink digital background papers, and then as I colored the image, the colors got brighter and brighter, so I pulled it all together with the checkered ribbon. I printed the digital sentiment, trimmed it and added it to the bottom right. I finished off the front with some hot pink glittered gumdrops.

I printed the inside sentiment, trimmed the panel and embellished it with the digital papers used on the front.

And one more look… really loving how this came together! What a gorgeous image! ;)

I’d love to enter this card into these additional challenges:
A Place To Start: April Challenge – Use Ribbons and/or Bows
Not Just Cards Challenges: April Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: #249 – Aud Sentiment’s 10th Birthday
Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog: #118 – Anything Goes
The Crafter’s Cafe: #240 – Flowers
The Sisterhood of Crafters: Happy Birthday or Fun Fold or Both
WordArt Wednesday: Weeks #436/437 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar white cardstock, Polkadoodles digital papers
Stamps: Lemon Shortbread Flowers Curls Girl digital image, Polkadoodles digital sentiments
Ink: Spectrum Noir alcohol markers- FS3, FS9, EB1, EB2; Bic Mark-It ultra fine markers- Sunset Orange, Yellow Blaze, Margarita Green, Fandango Pink; Sharpie fine point- Orange; Faber-Castell pitt artist pen- May Green; Posca white paint pen, Memento Tuxedo Black marker, Sakura white Gelly Roll pen, Pentel Slicci Gold pen
Accessories: ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Studios Blackbird checkered ribbon, YNS Pink Glittered Gumdrops

I hope you’ve enjoyed this card and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

snow•man

4/26/20 Rising Star at A Place To Start!
4/30/20 Top 3 at C.R.A.F.T. Challenge!

Hi everyone! Happy Thursday – hope you’re having a wonderful week and staying safe! I made some ‘me time’ in the studio today and created a few more cards for The Outlawz Challenges. I’m playing in the Festive Fridays Challenge this week and our sponsor is The Paper Nest Dolls. I used their Caroling Snowmen digital image to create this adorable Christmas card.

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I used some pretty snowflake digital paper layered on dark purple for the background. I colored the image with alcohol markers and then used one of my favorite ‘snow’ techniques. I applied Versamark over the entire surface of the image and then applied three layers of iridescent sparkle embossing powder. The final step was applying clear embossing powder to ensure that none of the sparkle would rub off the image. I layered the sparkly image on dark purple textured cardstock and adhered it to the background.

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I printed the snowman definition on the computer and created a tag to slide under the focal image. So cute! I finished the front with some randomly-placed snowflake sequins and tiny iridescent gemstones.

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I embellished the inside panel with leftover snowflake digital paper and dark purple cardstock used on the front. I printed the digital sentiment and layered it on purple cardstock as well.

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One more peek… so stinkin’ cute! And this card is so dang sparkly that the bright lights in the light box kind of washed out the color. Sorry about that! ;)

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I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
A Place To Start: April Challenge – Use Ribbons and/or Bows
Christmas Crafts All Year Round: April Challenge – Snow Buddies or Anything Christmas/Winter Holidays Goes
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: #553 – Christmas
WordArt Wednesday: Weeks #436/437 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, DCWV Double-Sided textured cardstock, Bearly Mine digital paper
Stamps: The Paper Nest Dolls Caroling Snowmen digital image, Jan’s Digi Stamps Fun Holiday Sentiments
Ink: Spectrum Noir alcohol markers- DG2, DR2, OR3, FS3, IG4, IG8, IG10, blender; Nuvo alcohol markers- 432, 434, 435
Dies/Punches: Stampin’ Up Curvy Corner Trio punch
Accessories: Judi-Kins Iridescent Sparkle embossing powder, Hero Arts Clear embossing powder, Darice Adhesive Foam Strips, Really Reasonable Ribbon purple plaid ribbon, Hemptique Bamboo Cord, Stampin’ Up snowflake sequins, Darice iridescent gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed this card and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Vintage Mugshot ATCs

Hiya, peeps! I hope you’re having a good day! I’m super stoked to share my Ephemoire inspiration project with you this morning. If you haven’t already done so, be sure to head over to the Ephemoire Etsy Shop to check out all the amazing digital printables… there are collage sheets, digital papers, journal kits, clip art and mixed media printables, and the print quality is awesome!

I just acquired the Vintage Mugshots printables for my stash and I’m so in love with them! I laughed literally the entire time I was creating this massive set of ATCs for my collection! The offenses include larceny, indecent exposure, false pretenses and thief, lol! Hope none of these offenders are distant relatives! Bahahahaha!

I printed the mugshots on 60# Hammermill copy paper, cut them apart and distressed the edges with walnut stain distress ink. I cut the cards from 100# kraft cardstock and distressed the edges with the walnut stain distress ink before adhering the mugshots to them. No embellishments. Super easy. Here are shots of each card:

Aren’t these an absolute hoot?! I’m so happy with how they turned out and they look amazing in my ATC notebook! I don’t think I’ll trade any of these, lol!

I’d love to enter these ATCs into the following challenges:
Creative Moments: #189 – Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog: #118 – Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #130 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Cardstock Warehouse Brown Box 100# kraft cardstock
Stamps: Ephemoire Vintage Mugshots printables
Ink: Ranger walnut stain distress ink
Accessories: ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project! Be sure to check out all the awesome printables at the Ephemoire Etsy Shop, and while you’re at it, head on over to the Ephemoire Facebook Page for tons of inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Patriotic flower box

Hi friends! I hope you’re having a great week! I’m not posting on the Simply Crafty SVGs Blog today but have popped in this morning to share an extra DT inspiration project with you, an adorable patriotic treat box I created for the July 4th holiday using the free Simply Crafty SVGs USA Banner Box cut file. I love all things patriotic and this really fits the bill!

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This was one of the easiest and quickest cut files I’ve ever worked with and packs a seriously big punch. It only takes red, white and blue cardstock, a little bit of die cutting, and *poof* you have a very cool box!

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My plan is to create a small red, white and blue floral arrangement for this box, and will update this post with a photo or two when that happens. ;)

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I’d love to enter this box into the following challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers: #255 – Anything But A Card
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #130 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: American Crafts white cardstock, Colorbok red and blue cardstock
Dies/Punches: Simply Crafty SVGs USA Banner Box cut file

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project! Be sure to check out all the fun cut files in the Simply Crafty SVGs store – you’ll have so much fun! And there are tons of freebies to get started! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Happy Spring

Hi friends! Happy Monday to you! Our new sketch challenges this month are live over at Stick It Down and I’ve popped in this morning to share my Card Team inspiration project! Handipaper is our sponsor this month so come on over and play for the chance to win a prize! The card team is showcasing projects today on the blog and this is our super awesome card sketch this month, created by me!

Stick-It-Down-Apr2020-Card-Sketch I’ve absolutely enjoyed creating the first six card sketches for Stick It Down this year. I’m such a novice… prior to this, I had never created any sketches, so this has been great experience. Using this month’s sketch, I created a pretty Spring card. It’s about that time of year and hopefully you’re seeing some warmer weather where you are!

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I used a Spring paper pad that I’ve had in my stash for several years and have only used a few sheets out of it. This year I am making an effort to use more stamps, papers and dies in my stash that have never seen the light of day, lol! These papers are just gorgeous and I was more than happy to use them, and paired them with a super adorable Bugaboo image and a digital sentiment from Imagine That Digis by Kris out of my digi stash.

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I embellished the inside panel with leftover paper and cardstock used on the front. The inside sentiment is another one from Imagine That Digis by Kris.

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And one more look… super happy with how this turned out. I love that image!

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I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
Artsystamper Digitals Challenge: #14 – Springtime
Crafty Gals Corner: #206 – Easter/Spring
Double D Challenges: Showers & Flowers
Sparkles Monthly Challenge: #127 – Spring Is In The Air
The Crafter’s Cafe: #240 – Flowers

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Cardstock Warehouse Pure White cardstock, Stampin’ Up Lemon Lime Twist cardstock, First Edition Paper Spring Drop 6×6 paper pad
Stamps: Bugaboo Dollar Flower Bug digital image, Imagine That Digis by Kris Bloom Where You Are Planted
Ink: Studio 71- YR15, C7, R18, BG3, BG13, Y9
Dies/Punches: Sizzix Dotted Rectangles die
Accessories: ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, Gemini Junior die cutting machine, Darice white Foamies foam, Nuvo Morning Dew Crystal Drops

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up with us! Feel free to play along with the double page or single page sketch if you’re a scrapbook layout designer, or the card sketch if you’re a card maker! You have until the end of the month to play and we’d love to see what you create! Be sure to check out all the fun goodies at Handipaper! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

happy birthday, gorgeous

Hello again, my peeps! This is the final card I created for The Outlawz Challenges and I have to say (again) that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed myself! I’m playing in a couple new challenges that I’ve never played in before, and this card is for Sunday Songs and Rhymes Challenge. Our sponsor this time is Sherry West Art. The theme is about Raindrops, so I used the Stampin’ Up Beautiful You stamp set to create a one-layer card, colored with Prismacolor pencils.

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I lived 45 years in Florida where it rains all the time, and to be quite honest, too much rain can be depressing. The hubs and I moved out to Colorado three years ago and it hardly ever rains here, so when it does rain, it’s wonderful! Funny how things change, lol! This was a quick and easy card.

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There are no layers. I stamped the image and sentiments directly on the thick card base.

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One more look… really love the simplicity of this card! It would be super easy to reproduce to make a set to gift to a friend. ;)

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I’d love to enter this card into these additional challenges:
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: #249 – Aud Sentiment’s 10th Birthday

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock
Stamps: Stampin’ Up Beautiful You stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink (pad and marker)
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils- Goldenrod, Spanish Orange, Pale Vermilion, Poppy Red, Peach, Light Peach, Sienna Brown, Light Cerulean Blue

I hope you’ve enjoyed this card and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Hello, gorgeous.

Hi everyone! Hope you’ve had a great week and have something fun planned for the weekend while #alonetogether! I’m still playing and have popped in with another card created for The Outlaws Challenges – this one is for the Twisted Thursday Challenge. All challenges are anything goes with an optional twist, and this time the twist is a map or sign. Our sponsor is STAMPlorations and I have the fun stamp set called A Girl and Her Shoes in my stash so I used it with some map paper to create a fun friendship card.

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I recently added several more Crafter’s Companion Die-sire Create-A-Card die sets to my stash and used one called Emma for this card. What a fun shape! Using the graduating sizes, it’s so easy to create beautiful layered cards. I cut the stamped sentiment with a circle punch and layered it on a slightly larger punched circle. I added a Tim Holtz Paper Doll and a few black gemstones to complete the front.

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Love, love, love the inside sentiment! The shoes are stamped off once and then the sentiment is stamped right over the shoes.

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One more peek… really loving how this turned out! The sentiment goes with the map paper so well, lol!

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Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: American Crafts vanilla cardstock, Colorbok black cardstock, Stampin’ Up Typeset Specialty DSP
Stamps: STAMPlorations A Girl and Her Shoes stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: Crafter’s Companion Die’sire Emma Create-A-Card die set, Stampin’ Up 1-3/8″ and 1-3/4″ circle punches
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, Gemini Junior die cutting machine, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls, Darice black gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed this card and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig