Mix It Up Challenge Blog DT – Love To Scrap 2

Vintage Treasure Box

3/10/23 Top Pick at The Outlawz Paper a la mode Challenge!

Hey everybody! I hope you’re enjoying some decent weather on this fine first day of March! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog and I’m delighted to share my DT inspiration project for MIUCB #64 – Anything Goes + optional Distressing! If you choose to play the optional twist, the distressing can be done with ink or tool. It has been ages since I’ve done any distressing with a tool, so I dug out my Tim Holtz Paper Distresser to use on the focal element and panels on my vintage treasure box. Tool distressing does warp the edges of cardstock and I think that’s why I don’t do it very often, but all in all I’m happy with how this project turned out!

I created the box from CutCardStock Re-Entry Red cardstock. I cut the panels for all four sides and the top from Neenah Classic Crest Baronial Ivory cardstock and My Mind’s Eye Tangerine 6×6 designer paper pad. I distressed the edges of all ten pieces and adhered them together and then to the box. Using the Stampin’ Up From My Heart stamp set, I stamped the focal image and cut it with a Spellbinders Standard Circles die. I die cut one additional circle from the Re-Entry Red cardstock, distressed the edges of both circles, and adhered them together and then to the top of the box.

Here’s a shot of the box opening up to reveal the three hidden trays inside. This would definitely be a fun way to gift multiple items to a friend – jewelry, trinkets, candies/chocolates or whatever! If you’re interested, this box is similar to a taller treasure box with hidden trays inside that I made several years ago HERE.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge Blog: March #3-2023 – Anything Goes
2. Classic Design Challenge: March 2023 #3 – Anything Goes
3. Outlawz Paper a la mode Challenge: February Challenge – I Love … (Friendships!)
4. QKR Stampede: #462 – Anything Goes

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: CutCardStock Astrobrights Re-Entry Red cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Baronial Ivory cardstock, My Mind’s Eye Tangerine 6×6 designer paper pad
Stamps: Stampin’ Up From My Heart stamp set
Ink: Memento Lady Bug ink
Dies/Punches: Spellbinders Standard Circles Small and Large dies
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Tim Holtz Paper Distresser, Tape Runner, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Studio Katia Sparkling Crystals Mix

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this time! Just remember – the technique twist is always optional and not required to play! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Floral ATCs

Hi friends! It’s January 1st and a somewhat busy day on my blog with new challenges launching! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog and I’m excited to share my DT inspiration project for MIUCB #63 – Anything Goes + optional No Stamping! Come on over and play, and remember, the technique twist is only optional and not required to play! I love me some ATCs so I created a set of six floral artist trading cards with motivational sentiments. I used Grabie clear stickers and Tim Holtz sentiment stickers… and no stamping as per the optional challenge criteria.

I cut the ATC blanks from CutCardStock Basis 110# Natural cardstock and rounded the corners. I added either Grabie Old Time Garden or Flowers and Poems stickers, along with Tim Holtz idea-ology Small Talk sentiment stickers. The finishing touch was adding some gemstones from several of the Trinity Stamps Embellishment Mixes to each one. Doesn’t get much easier than this and I love how they turned out!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: #202301 – January Anything Goes
2. A Perfect Time To Craft: #1-2023 – Anything Goes
3. ATC Around the World Challenge: #97 – Anything Goes
4. Classic Design Challenge: January 2023 #1 – Anything Goes
5. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: #107 – January Anything Goes
6. QKR Stampede: #458 – Anything Goes

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: CutCardStock Basis 110# Natural cardstock
Dies/Punches: Kadomaru Pro Corner Rounder
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Grabie Old Time Garden and Flowers and Poems stickers, Tim Holtz idea-ology Small Talk sentiment stickers, Trinity Stamps Amber Glow, Amethyst Accent, Morganite Muse, Melanite Magic and Ruby Radiance Embellishment Mixes

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this time! We’d love to see your anything goes project with or without the optional ‘no stamping’ technique twist! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Joys of the Season ATC

Hi everybody! I hope you had a nice weekend and your week has started off nicely! Are you in the Christmas spirit yet?! I’m always in the Christmas spirit, lol! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog and I’m delighted to share my DT inspiration project for MIUCB #62 – Anything Goes + optional Open Technique! Use whatever technique you’d like to use on your projects this time but please mention in your blog post what technique you employed! And as always, the optional technique is not required to play in our challenges. I created a festive Christmas ATC using the holly design from the STAMPlorations Christmas Backgrounds ATC #2 employing the emboss resist technique.

I trimmed the holly design from the STAMPlorations Christmas Backgrounds ATC #2 which was part of a Paper Goods Sampler that Shery tucked into one of my past orders. Using the STAMPlorations Typografia Christmas Joys of the Season stamp and Versamark, I stamped the sentiment in the center of the ATC and heat embossed it with Hero Arts clear embossing powder. Using a Ranger mini ink blending tool and Ranger bundled sage distress ink, I lightly inked the surface of the entire ATC and then wiped it with a clean paper towel to remove any excess ink. This revealed a nicely ‘ghosted’ stamped impression. The final touch was running a Posca Gold Paint Pen loosely around the edges of the ATC for a little interest.

And one more look… such a fun technique that typically yields a great result! I thoroughly enjoyed this challenge! ;)

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

Products used:
Stamps: STAMPlorations Typografia Christmas Joys of the Season stamp
Ink: Versamark, Ranger bundled sage distress ink, Posca Gold Paint Pen
Accessories: We R Memory Keepers Mini Guillotine Paper Trimmer, STAMPlorations Christmas Backgrounds ATC #2, Hero Arts clear embossing powder, Milwaukee heat tool, Ranger mini ink blending tool

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this Christmas ATC and will link up with us this time! You are welcome to create either an ‘anything goes’ project or play the twist and employ some sort of fun technique – just let us know what you did! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Celebrate with some smooshing!

Hi friends! Happy Thursday and happy 1st day of September! Dang, it sure got here fast! Our new challenge launched this morning over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog and I’m stoked to share my DT inspiration project for MIUCB #61 – Anything Goes + optional Smooshing featuring floating strips with the smooshing! The technique twist is never mandatory to play in our challenges, but I sure hope you try the smooshing technique if you’ve never tried it before – it’s so much fun! Most of the time it’s done with distress inks and water on watercolor paper, but I tried it with alcohol inks and blending solution on Yupo paper and it turned out so cool! Just be sure to wear gloves, lol!

I created the smooshed panel using lemonade, citrus and sailboat blue alcohol inks, Ranger alcohol blending solution and Ranger Yupo paper a couple days before I created the card. I like to wait at least 24 hours before playing with an alcohol ink panel just to be sure it’s good and dry. I cut a 3-1/2″ x 6″ mini slimline card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock along with an acetate panel cut from Grafix Craft Plastic. I trimmed the smooshed panel into strips, adhered them to the acetate with Retractable Tape Runner, and trimmed the panel to be slightly smaller than the card base. I applied Darice double-sided adhesive foam strips to the back of the panel and adhered it to the card base. I die cut the sentiment from CutCardStock Basis Blue cardstock and adhered it to the next to the last strip with Bearly Art precision craft glue. I added several YNS navy blue Glitter Gumdrops to complete the front.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with a strip trimmed off the front panel and a narrow strip of CutCardStock Basis Blue cardstock. I affixed a CRAFTplorations Happy Happy Clear Sticker and adhered the panel to blue cardstock.

And one more look… this alcohol ink smooshed panel is amazing! And of course the sky is the limit with regard to colors and the random patterns you get! Fun play! ;)

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge Blog: #9-2022 – Anything Goes
2. Cardz 4 Galz: #180 – 3 of Anything (3 embellishments)
3. Classic Design Challenge: September #9 – Anything Goes
4. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: #103 – Anything Goes
5. International Art & Soul: #141 – Birthdays
6. Paperbabe Stamps: #175 – Anything Goes
7. QKR Stampede: #451 – Anything Goes

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Basis Blue cardstock, Ranger Yupo paper, Grafix Craft Plastic
Ink: Ranger alcohol inks- lemonade, citrus and sailboat blue
Dies/Punches: Scrapbook.com Celebrate mini die
Accessories: We R Memory Keepers Large Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Ranger alcohol blending solution, Darice double-sided adhesive foam strips, Retractable Tape Runner, Bearly Art precision craft glue, YNS navy blue Glitter Gumdrops, CRAFTplorations Happy Happy Clear Stickers

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this card featuring the smooshing technique on floating strips! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

These shoes were made for walkin’

Hi friends! Happy Fri-YAY! Today is the 1st of July and you know what that means… lots of posts! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog and I’m super stoked to share my DT inspiration project for MIUCB #60 – Anything Goes + optional CAS! I know I’ve mentioned before that I used to be very intimidated by a clean and simple design, but over the past few years I’ve grown to love it! And remember, the technique twist is not ever mandatory to play in our challenges! I created a fun shoe-themed card using a Bugaboo heels image from my digital image arsenal. Bugaboo may be closed but their images will go on forever! ;)

I cut a standard A2 top-folding card base from CutCardStock Basis White 110# cardstock. I printed the heels digital image on CutCardStock Basis White 80# cardstock and cut it with my Scan N Cut along with several additional plain die cuts which I adhered together for some dimension. I colored the image with pink and black alcohol markers and added a little sparkle overlay to the black ribbon. Using the My Favorite Things Stitched Ric Rac Die-namics die, I die cut a strip of ric rac from CutCardStock Basis Black cardstock, and adhered it across the bottom of the card front. I stamped the sentiment from the Paper Pretties Sassy Shoes stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink just under the ric rac on the right side. I adhered the shoe just above the ric rac and added several tiny pink gemstones to complete the card front.

Using the same ric rac die, I die cut a strip of ric rac from Pop-Tone Razzleberry cardstock and adhered it across the top of the inside flap, and then stamped the sentiment from the same Sassy Shoes stamp set just below it.

And one more peek… so loving how this turned out! It’s definitely CAS and it’s almost a one-layer card, lol!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft: #7-2022 – Anything Goes
2. Classic Design Challenge: July #7 – Anything Goes
3. Crafting Happiness Challenges: #125 – Anything Goes Always
4. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: #101 – Anything Goes
5. Paperbabe Stamps: #171 – Anything Goes
6. StarStampz Challenge Blog: #35 – Polkadots

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: CutCardStock Basis White 110# cardstock, Basis White 80# cardstock, Basis Black cardstock, Pop-Tone Razzleberry cardstock
Stamps: Bugaboo Heels Polka Dots digital image, Paper Pretties Sassy Shoes stamp set
Ink: Arteza alcohol markers- RP04, BK00; Spectrum Noir Crystal Clear Sparkle overlay marker, Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: My Favorite Things Stitched Ric Rac Die-namics
Accessories: Brother Scan N Cut, Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Big Shot, MISTI stamp tool, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Darice pink gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this clean and simple shoe-themed card! I also hope you’ll link up with us this time – with or without the technique twist! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Beautiful You

Hi friends! Happy New Year! Can’t believe 2022 is here already – last year literally flew by! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog and I’m super stoked to share my DT inspiration project for MIUCB #57 – Anything Goes + optional Foiling. If you’re in for playing the optional twist, we’d love to see your project using a laminator/Minc machine, foiled cardstock, aluminum foil, etc. I used gold metallic foil cardstock and Deco Foil Rainglow Transfer Sheet for my birthday card.

I cut a standard A2 top-folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock along with layering panels from CutCardStock Stardream Metallic Jupiter cardstock and Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock. Using the Hero Arts Circles & Squares stencil along with Deco Foil Rainglow Transfer Sheets, Deco Foil Stencil Pal and Deco Foil Transfer Gel Duo, I created the background for the front of the card and then die cut it with the My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle STAX Layers.

I used the My Favorite Things Bold Beautiful Die-namics and die cut the focal element from CutCardStock Stardream Metallic Jupiter cardstock and Hygloss Gold Metallic Foil cardstock, piecing the red cardstock into the gold negative spaces. I added the word ‘you’ die cut from the gold metallic foil cardstock using the Sizzix Alphanumeric Tiny Type Lower Thinlits and adhered it to the bottom right.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and die cut it with the My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle STAX Layers. I embellished the panel with a leftover strip of the foiled panel on the front, a strip of CutCardStock Stardream Metallic Jupiter cardstock and a strip of gold metallic foil cardstock. I stamped the sentiment from the Waffle Flower Essential Sentiments stamp set in red ink and layered the panel on red cardstock.

And one more peek… so loving how this turned out! Foiling is so stinkin’ fun, and this rainbow foil is absolutely gorgeous!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #1-2022
2. Classic Design Challenge: #1-2022
3. Crafting Happiness Challenges: #119 – Anything Goes
4. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: #95 – Anything Goes
5. Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog: #161 – Anything Goes
6. Moving Along With The Times: #138 – Lady/Girl
7. Scrapping4fun Challenges: #208 – Use a Song, Poem or Quote (song – Oakridge Boys ‘Beautiful You’)
8. The Outlawz Festive Friday Challenge: Birthday theme
9. The Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge: Anything Goes w/optional Celebration Theme of Choice (birthday)

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Stardream Metallic Jupiter cardstock, Hygloss Gold Metallic Foil cardstock
Stamps: Waffle Flower Essential Sentiments stamp set
Ink: Catherine Pooler Rockin’ Red ink
Dies/Punches: My Favorite Things Bold Beautiful Die-namics, My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle STAX Layers, Sizzix Alphanumeric Tiny Type Lower Thinlits
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Big Shot, MISTI stamp tool, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Deco Foil Rainglow Transfer Sheets, Deco Foil Stencil Pal, Deco Foil Transfer Gel Duo, Hero Arts Circles & Squares Stencil

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this time! We’ve made some pretty major changes over on the challenge blog so be sure to come over and check it out! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

merry & bright

12/31/21 DT Favorite at A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge!

Hi everyone! A super fun Happy Hump Day to you – you’ve made it half-way through the week! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! It’s time for another fun challenge over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog and I’m excited to share my DT inspiration project for MIUCB #56 – Anything Goes + Black & White Plus One Color! All of our challenges are ‘anything goes’ and we offer a technique twist each month to inspire you. Just remember that the twist is not mandatory to play! I used black and white plus red for a Christmas card this time. Loving the black and red paper that looks like flannel paired with the oh-so-popular deer from the CUTplorations Two Reindeer Dies! ;)

This is a super simple design that could easily be mass produced. I cut a top folding 5-1/2″ square card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock and layered the black and red flannel paper on a CutCardStock Pop-Tone Black Licorice cardstock panel which I adhered to the card base. I die cut a reindeer from red foil cardstock and a second one from CutCardStock Pop-Tone Black Licorice cardstock which I layered slightly offset beneath the red one for a slight shadow effect. I cut a layered corner element and added several black enamel dots. I heat embossed the sentiment in Hero Arts Red Embossing Powder, flagged one end and adhered it to the lower right corner of the card front.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and embellished it with a strip of the black and red flannel paper and a narrow strip of black cardstock, stamped the sentiment in black ink and layered the panel on CutCardStock Pop-Tone Black Licorice cardstock.

And one more look… totally loving how this turned out!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Bit More Time To Craft: November/December Anything Goes
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #12 – Anything Goes
3. Addicted To Stamps & More: #419 – Any Occasion
4. Classic Design Challenge: #12 – Anything Goes
5. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: #94 – December Anything Goes
6. Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog: December Challenge – Christmas Time
7. Critter Crazy Challenges: #57 – Anything Goes with a Featured Critter
8. Inkspirational Challenges: #252 – Plaid

9. Make The Cards Challenge: #43 – Christmas
10. QKR Stampede: #433 – Anything Goes
11. Scrapping4fun Challenges: #206 – Winter/Christmas
12. Simon Says Stamp: Wednesday Challenge – Happy Holidays/Christmas
13. The Crafting Challenge: December Challenge – Add A Christmas Sentiment
14. Your Scrapbook Place: December Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Pop-Tone Black Licorice cardstock, American Crafts Christmas 6×6 paper pad
Stamps: Hero Arts Color Layering Holly stamp set
Ink: Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: CUTplorations Two Reindeer Dies, EK Success 3/4″ square punch
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, MISTI stamp tool, Gemini Junior, Hero Arts Red embossing powder, Milwaukee heat tool, Eyelet Outlet Black Enamel Dots

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and you’ll link up a ‘black and white plus one color’ project with us this month! We can’t wait to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Pinwheel Bouquet

11/30/21 November Rising Star at A Place To Start!
12/1/21 Top 5 Winner at Moving Along With The Times!
12/6/21 Top Sprout at A Place To Start!

Hi everyone! A very Happy Monday to you! I hope it’s not too awfully cold where you are! It has cooled off nicely here and we love it! Our new challenge is live over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog and I’m super stoked to share my DT inspiration project for MIUCB #55 – Anything Goes + 3-D Project! Our challenges are always ‘anything goes’ and we offer a technique twist each month to inspire our participants but the twist is not mandatory to play. This month the twist is to create a 3-D project – and I created a pinwheel bouquet! I thought it would be fun to make one for my studio and it sure brought back some childhood memories!

I painted the inside of a wide-mouth mason jar with Farmhouse paint and let it dry for several days. I made eight pinwheels in 4″, 5″, 6″ and 7″ sizes using the WRMK Pinwheel Punch Board and attached a jeweled embellishment in the center of each one with Ranger distress collage medium. I arranged them inside the mason jar with hot glue and floral foam. I wrapped ribbon around the jar lid and tied a bow, and attached a small button in the center.

And one more look… totally loving how this turned out! Definitely a fun project!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Bit More Time To Craft Extra Challenge: November Anything Goes
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge: #11 November – Anything Goes
3. A Place To Start: #11 – Craft A Favorite Memory (playing with pinwheels as a kid!)
4. Classic Design Challenge Blog: #11 November – Anything Goes
5. Moving Along With The Times: #136 – Anything But A Card
6. Your Scrapbook Place: November – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Best Day Ever DSP
Dies/Punches: We R Memory Keepers Pinwheel Punch Board
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Wide-mouth mason jar, White Ash Farmhouse paint, American Crafts Pinwheel Attachments, Ranger distress collage medium, Stampin’ Up Best Day Ever ribbon and button, Stampin’ Up Falling In Love Embellishments

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up either an ‘anything goes’ or 3-D project with us this month! We’d love to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Happy Birthday twister

Hi friends! Happy Fri-YAY, lol! When you’re retired, every day is a YAY day, lol! Hope you’ve had a great week! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog and I’m excited to share my DT inspiration project for MIUCB #54 – Anything Goes + Paper Piecing! All of our challenges are ‘anything goes’ with a technique twist offered each month just to inspire you. The twist is never mandatory to play! The twist this month is paper piecing! I find paper piecing to be somewhat tedious but relaxing in a weird kinda way, like fussy cutting, as the two come hand in hand. Can’t do one without the other, lol! I created a fun twister card using Art Impressions stamps and dies. I vowed a while ago that I would work on using everything (hoarded) in my stash… I know it’ll take a while but I AM working on it. The AI Twist series of stamps and dies, along with their Matchbooks and Tryfolds, are so much fun!

I cut a standard A2 top-folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, adhered a red polka-dot panel (from the Sunny Studio Polka-dot Parade 6×6 paper pack) and cut the opening in the front with the Art Impressions Twist Frame die. I die cut the frame for the opening and the sentiment with stars from CutCardStock Camomile cardstock using the same die set. Then came the fun paper piecing the dog… using the Dog Twist Set stamps, I stamped him twice on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and then again on CutCardStock Twine cardstock. I cut one of the images stamped on the white cardstock with the coordinating Dog Twist Set die and fussy cut the party hat, collar and cupcake from the other image stamped on white cardstock, and then fussy cut the dog from the image stamped on the twine cardstock. I colored the party hat, collar and cupcake with alcohol markers, his tag with a silver pen, and the whites of his eyes with a white Gelly Roll pen. I finished the front with a few white enamel dots.

I cut a yellow polka-dot panel for the inside from the Sunny Studio Polka-dot Parade 6×6 paper pack and embellished it with blue and white cardstock scraps for the sentiment and signature panel.

And one more peek… so loving how this turned out! I shake my head sometimes wondering why it takes me so long to use such fun goodies!

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Twine cardstock, CutCardStock Camomile cardstock, Stampin’ Up Marina Mist cardstock scraps, Sunny Studio Polka-dot Parade 6×6 paper pack
Stamps: Art Impressions Dog Twist Set stamps, The Project Bin Kinda Pawsome stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink (pad and marker); Nuvo alcohol markers- Rich Reds Collection, Ombre Collection, Fragrant Orange Collection, Sunshine Yellow Collection, Marina Blues Collection, Neutral Browns Collection; Pentel Slicci Silver pen, Sakura White Gelly Roll pen
Dies/Punches: Art Impressions Dog Twist Set dies and Twist Frame die
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Eyelet Outlet White Enamel Dots

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this month! We’d love to see your ‘anything goes’ project with or without the technique twist of paper piecing! Hope to see you play! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

hello

Hi everyone! Happy Hump Day – I hope you’re having a great week with some lovely weather where you are! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! It’s time for a new challenge over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project with you for MIUCB #53 – Anything Goes + Monochrome! Our challenges are always ‘anything goes’ and we offer a technique twist each month to inspire you! This month the twist is monochrome – but the twist is never required to play! I created a pretty ‘thinking of you’ slimline card in brown and tan using Prickley Pear Stamps Heart Key Crown stamp set and Hearts 2 stamp set and coordinating Heart Key Crown die set, along with an all-time favorite hello script die from Mama Elephant.

I jumped on the slimline wagon last Summer but I’ll admit that I am a bit of a rebel when it comes to size, lol! I always create a 9″ x 3-3/4″ card base because I think it fits better in a #10 business envelope. I created a side-folding portrait card base from CutCardStock Twine cardstock along with several additional layering panels from Darice textured brown cardstock and CutCardStock Twine cardstock. Using the Prickley Pear Stamps Heart Key Crown stamp set, I stamped the hearts in brown ink on the twine cardstock and used the coordinating Heart Key Crown die set to cut them.

I arranged the three stamped and die cut hearts on the front and added the die cut sentiment to the front of the middle heart at an angle. I colored several white flat-back pearls with an alcohol marker (did you know you could do that?!) to match the monochrome scheme.

I cut the inside panel from CutCardStock Twine cardstock and kept it fairly simple by just stamping a heart and the sentiment from the Hearts 2 stamp set on the panel in brown ink and layering the panel on brown cardstock, leaving a wide border.

And one more look… I really like how this slimline turned out! Always loving a monochrome color scheme, too!

Cardstock/Paper: CutCardStock Twine cardstock, Darice brown textured cardstock
Stamps: Prickley Pear Stamps Heart Key Crown stamp set and Hearts 2 stamp set
Ink: Memento Espresso Truffle ink; Nuvo alcohol marker- 466 (Honey Amber Collection) used to color the pearls
Dies/Punches: Prickley Pear Stamps Heart Key Crown die set, Mama Elephant hello script die
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Gemini Junior, Darice small white flat-back pearls

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and will link up with us this month! All of our challenges are ‘anything goes’ and we offer a technique twist each month to inspire you! We’d love to see either ‘anything goes’ or a monochrome project… you choose! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig