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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

smitten by my kitten

Hello, my friends! A big Happy Friday to you! As promised, I’m back this morning with another card I created for The Outlawz Challenges. I have a couple more to share in a little while, so stay tuned! This sweet kitten card is for the April Progressive Freebie Challenge. Star Stampz is our sponsor this month and we were provided the most adorable Red String digital image to create with. A free digi each month is the perk for playing in this challenge each month! ;)

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I used mainly red, orange and yellow for the image, which scream ‘happy’ to me. I cut the image with a square mini scallop die and popped it up on orange foam to match the orange dotted cardstock. I stamped the sentiment in black ink. After I finished the inside, I went back and added a few random black glitter punctuation marks to pull it all together.

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For the inside, I added a strip of the orange dotted cardstock across the top and stamped the sentiments in black ink, adding black glitter brackets around the second part. This is SO the hubby and I, lol! We have nine feline fur babies and eight of them are rescues. We’ve been empty-nesters for years – our four human kids are grown with families of their own – and we couldn’t imagine life without these furry kids!

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One more look… I’m so smitten with how this turned out! This image and challenge were the start of all the play this month! Sure glad I made studio time! ;)

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I’d love to enter this card into these additional challenges:
The Creative Crafters: #27 – Anything Goes
Show Us Your Pussycats: #53 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Colorbok Seeing Dots cardstock
Stamps: Star Stampz Red String digital image, Paper Smooches Charmed Cat 2 stamp set
Ink: Spectrum Noir- FS6, OR3, DR1, EB3, IG4, IG8, BT2, BGR1, CT4; Pentel Slicci Metallic Red pen, Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: MFT Die-namics Stitched Mini Scallop Square STAX
Accessories: ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Darice black glitter alpha stickers, Darice orange foam

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 mother’s day

Hi everyone! I’m baaaaack! Thanks for hanging with me – this is my last post for tonight but I’ll be back with a couple more tomorrow. I’m so glad that I decided to set time aside these last couple days to create cards for The Outlawz Challenges because I didn’t get a chance to play much at all last month. The card I’m sharing now is for the Color Challenge and our sponsor this month is SheepSki Designs. I chose the gorgeous Wild Roses image from my stash to create a Mother’s Day card.

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The colors for the challenge are burgundy, green, yellow, pink, purple and white plus a twist. This is our photo inspiration:

I used all the colors and my twist is CAS (clean and simple). I fussy cut the image and added a few dots of white Crystal Drops for a little texture. I stamped the sentiment in black ink.

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I embellished the inside panel with a strip of the burgundy cardstock used to layer the front and inside panels, and then stamped the sentiment in black ink. The stamp set is from The Project Bin and contains both fun and serious sentiments.

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And one more look… all I can say is love, love, love! Beautiful image and fun challenge!

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I’d love to enter this card into these additional challenges:
Creative Inspirations: April Challenge – April Showers & Flowers
Not Just Cards Challenges: April Anything Goes
The Creative Crafters: #27 – Anything Goes
The Crafter’s Cafe: #240 – Flowers

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Darice burgundy cardstock
Stamps: SheepSki Designs Wild Roses digital image, The Project Bin Defined stamp set
Ink: Spectrum Noir- DG2, LY3, OR1, LV1, LV2, BP1; Faber-Castell May Green artist pitt pen, Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: Kadomaru Pro corner rounder
Accessories: ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Nuvo White Crystal Drops

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

Feel Better Soon!

4/27/20 Top Pick at The Outlawz Monday Greetings Challenge!

Hi everyone! Hope you’re having a great day and staying home and staying well! I’m (still) playing in my studio creating projects for The Outlawz Challenges! This card that I’m sharing is for the Monday Greetings Challenge and this is the first time I’ve played in this challenge. The Paper Shelter is our sponsor this month and I have several of their digi stamps in my stash, so I chose Rose to create a get well card. What a gorgeous image!

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The fun thing about The Paper Shelter digis is you not only get a gorgeous image, but you get background paper too, and you can print them together or separately. I printed the image on the background paper, trimmed it and layered it, and then added some decorate corners with bling. I also added some pretty shimmer to all the butterflies.

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I lightened the background paper for the the inside panel. The front and inside sentiment strips are new in my stash and I really love them. I outlined them with a metallic blue pen.

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And one more peek… loving the simplicity of this card that’ll hopefully brighten someone’s day!

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I’d love to enter this into these additional challenges:
Dare2BArtzy: April Challenge – Pastel Colors
The Creative Crafters: #27 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Stampin’ Up Island Indigo cardstock
Stamps: The Paper Shelter ‘Rose’ digital stamp set, Ephemoire Wordstripz 2
Ink: Sakura Star Dust Gelly Roll pen, Pentel Slicci Metallic Blue pen
Dies/Punches: Gemini Opulent Swirls die set
Accessories: ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Gemini Junior die cutting machine, 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