TSOT 592. Soaring with Ink blending

 A sketch and a challenge you know what that means, Try Stamping on Tuesday. I like this sketch I’m not sure I’ve ever done a card with this layout before. It’s an easy one I’m sure many of you will want to try it! The challenge- ink blending  is easy also, you can do it with so many different mediums.  My background clouds I added watercolor pencils to the sky area and blended with a aqua painter with alcohol in it. Have you ever tried that before it works the same as water and the alcohol dries a lot faster. It’s my go to for any type of water coloring look.  The butterfly was done with ink. Blended it again with the aqua painter.  Picking up ink with the aqua painter is so easy, you can scribble on a Cool Whip lid with your markers and pick it up that way, or squeeze your stamp pads and get some of the ink in the inside of the lid to pick up.  I usually scribble a little on a piece of scrap paper just to get the initial darkness off of the bristles. You can always go back and add more color but it’s not very easy to get it off once you put it on.   The sky is the limit with this type of challenge. I do hope many of you will give it a whirl. Thanks for stopping by if you have some time you could leave some comments we all love comments. I know some of the platforms have changed, I have a hard time leaving comments on some of your posts something to do with the Google sign in or I don’t know what, it just doesn’t let me do it. So I understand but if you could I would love to know what you think. Have a lovely day - it’s snowing here in Ohio🥴- I think I’m ready for spring.😊

 

Optional Theme: Ink Blending

Beautiful Blossoms-Snapdragon

 Found a new challenge group, they started up just this Year. The first challenge runs from January15 to February12th I believe. It’s all about flowers on this one, and I do love flowers. So I thought I’d give my hand a try and see if anyone would like what I’ve done. 

I made a funfold card, It has quite a few layers and a belly band that goes around the front where I added the flowers. The sentiment is written on the inside on the white that you see. I have not added that, usually when I make a card I wait until I’m going to use it before I add the sentiment.  

Thanks for stopping by and seeing my vision of this snap dragon beautiful blossom card

TSOT 591. Fun panel card

 Our technique this time is layering. I decided to not follow the sketch and just do some layering. I’m not sure this is what they really meant when they said layering but I made a panel card and there’s lots of layers on it because of the way it all flips. It’s really not a hard card to make just a little bit more time-consuming because of putting it together with each panel. It’s a fun card to make and I know you can find many videos on Pinterest or YouTube on how to make it if your interested.  I would try to add something on here but I cannot figure out how to put videos on my blog.  I used my art impressions free stamps that come when ordering, aren’t they just adorable!?😊  

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a wonderful day and enjoy some Stamping! Oh and don’t forget check out the other designers.

 

TSOT 590 - birthday shine and pop!

 Hmm….add some shine.  How about a birthday card for a boy that brings shine wherever he goes!   Not sure you can see it real well but I put a shiny glitter on the happy birthday and the number 9.  I used the collage photo pop interactive die from Karen Burniston and added extra photos. As Karen says be sure to test each one added by using a removable tape,  testing,  then adhering permanently.  

 

Optional Theme: Add Some Shine

TSOT 589 Monochromatic

 I needed a card to send to a daughter-in-law who’s having a a lot of challenges in her life right now. Our grand son Jackson who lives in Texas is the one that was so sick. Couple weeks ago he was in the hospital again with RSV. He is home now but he’s having breathing treatments. I don’t think I’ve ever made a card with so much purple on it. But with this theme it made sense Because my daughter-in-law loves the color purple. I hope it encourages her, she is such a sweetheart and works so hard with her children. It was an honor to be there and help her while I could. I just wish I could help more but there’s a little bit of distance between Ohio and Texas. 

 

Optional Theme: Monochromatic

TSOT 588 Sleigh Ride

 Welcome to the first challenge of the year 2023! I hope you will join us often and Try Stamping on Tuesday. Our challenges and sketches are fun to do and usually not that hard. You can use one of them, do both of them, or I guess if you wish neither of them. The whole thought is to get you Stamping.

I decided to turn the sketch on this card to accommodate my scene. A winter activity that I always thought would be really fun would be a sleigh ride. There you have it, it’s just as simple as that. I followed the sketch, followed the theme, and Bam it was done. Now it’s your turn let’s see what you can do with this sketch or theme. Looking forward to lots of you participating, tell your stamping friends about us. It’s always so much fun to see what everyone does with the sketch or the theme.

 

Optional Theme: Winter Activities