Lovely Magical Mermaid ~ CCMC521, SSC184

Hello stampers!  Welcome back to another challenge from Create with Connie and Mary!  It's color week and we have some wonderful, rich colors for you to play with.  Now, normally I'm not a pink and purple kinda person, but as I was searching for inspiation on these colors I came across a mermaid with pink and purple hair.  AHA, I thought!  I could use my {Magical Mermaid} set for these colors.  I haven't owned this set for very long, but have enjoyed playing with it.  It's not a set I would have ever gotten for myself, but I was tasked with making a project for a special birthday and they requested mermaids. I will post that project soon.  I'm thrilled with the way it turned out!!!

Anyhoo, I think this mermaid turned out fabulous done in these colors.  I embossed the image with black embossing powder on watercolor paper and then layered the color on with my aquapainter and inks.  I love the intense color you can achieve with watercolor.

I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps Challenge #186 to help me complete my card.

I don't think you can have a magical mermaid and not have some sort of glitter or sparkle, so I mixed some white glue and water and splattered it on the background with my aquapainter.  I sprinkled it with Dazzling Diamonds glitter and voila! A sparkly background.  

I also added some Wink of Stella to the mermaid tail and hair.

Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Magical Mermaid

Ink: Lovely Lipstick, Sahara Sand, Blackberry bliss

Paper: Lovely Lipstick, Sahara Sand, Blackberry Bliss, White, Watercolor

Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Layering Circles Framelits, Ruffled TIEF

Citrus Bouquet ~ HSS295, JUGS451

Hey there stampers!  Today's card is for Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge #295 -- a sketch challenge.  Let's talk about this sketch for a moment.  It's so cool because the sky is the limit with it.  You could go CAS or get a little more layered, like my card.  I love a sketch like this that give a little free reign.  

 I incorporated the inspiration photo from Just Us Girls #451.

I was loving the colors and script from the challenge photo and jumped at the chance to use some of our newer colors!  I used Pineapple Punch for the bright yellow, Grapefruit Grove for the spiky looking flowers, and Crushed Curry along with Mango Melody sponged around the edges for the two flowers on each side.  I used Granny Apple Green for the the stems and leaves.

We'd love to have you join us for our sketch challenge at HSS!  Come on and play!

Here's a list of my supples.....

Stamps: Beautiful Bouquet, French Script (retired)

Ink: Grapefruit Grove, Mango Melody, Pineapple Punch, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake

Paper: Granny Apple Green, White, Grapefruit Grove, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Bouquet Bunch Framelits, Pineapple punch ribbon, Pinewood Planks TIEF

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Tufted Thanks a Bunch ~ CCMC520, JUGS450, GDP148, Addicted to CAS 141

Hello stampers!  I made this pretty little number for the latest Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge.  I also used the colors from Just Us Girls #49, Case'd the designer Connie Collins from Global Design Project #148, and also figured it fit into Addicted To CAS Summertime #141.

Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Beautiful Bouquet

Ink: blushing bride, bermuda bay, crumb cake

Paper: blushing bride, bermuda bay, white, Tropical Escape DSP, bermuda bay glimmer paper

Accessories: Bouquet Bunch framelits, share what you love pearls, Tufted TEF, layering circles framelits

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Tropical Leaf Wreath ~ CCMC519, SUO204

Hello stampers!  Here's a brand new color challenge for you from Create with Connie and Mary using brand new colors!  

These colors come right out of the Tropical Escape DSP pack.  

I, of course, was more than happy to use my new set {Tropical Chic} on yet another card!  I knew the moment I saw this suite in the catalog that I would NEED it!  I absolutely love the colors--they are just so happy!

To create my tropical leaf wreath I used a Stamparatus wreath builder technique shown here.

If you have a Stamparatus you should give it a try.  It's so fun! 

I adding my card to SUO Challenge #204 Designers Choice.  The challenge is to use you new favorite items.  As I stated above, Tropical Chic is a definite favorite of mine and I love, love, love the Stamparatus as well!

Here's a list of my supplies...

Stamps: Tropical Chic, Beautiful Bouquet

Ink: Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green, Blushing Bride

Paper: White, Blushing Bride, Tropical Escape DSp

Accessories: Stamparatus, Blushing Bride cotton ribbon, pearlized thread, artisian pearls, Layering circles framelits, Tropical thinlits

Tropical Chic Flamingo ~ HSS294, JUGS449, JAI417

Hello stampers!  We are back with a brand new challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments!  It's an Inspiration Challenge this time and the chosen theme is flamingos!  I just love this!  I was inspired by the flamingos, of course, and the colors in the bottom right picture.  

I'm also playing along with Just Us Girls #449--Watercolor Background and Just Add Ink #417--Just Add "T".  My "T" is tropical!

I combined a couple of stamp sets here--the always awesome Fabulous Flamingo and the wonderful new Tropical Chic.  I'm loving the variety of leaves and the matching dies that this set coordinates with!  I think the card possibilities could be endless using this set!

I chose to only use the solid image from Fabulous Flamingo as I wanted to keep my flamingo "silhouetted".  

I did a watercolor wash on the background and did some spattering as well.  

a few sequins and some old Coastal Cabana ribbon (which I still have from when Coastal Cabana was an In-Color) finished off my card.

Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Fabulous Flamingo, Tropical Chic

Ink: Flirty Flamingo, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party

Paper: Coastal Cabana, Flirty Flamingo, Whisper White, Watercolor

Accessories: Petal Burst EF, Tropical Thinlits dies, Iridescent sequins, Coastal Cabana ruffled ribbon

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Welcome Little Girl Giraffe ~ CCMC518, WWYS176, ATC140, AYSI179

Hello stampers!  Create with Connie and Mary is back this week with a fabulous sketch challenge! As you can see I rotated the sketch on it's side. I couldn't resist using the long-necked giraffe from Animal Outing for my design team card this week and imagine my delight when I saw that What Will You Stamp #176 challenged us to make a card with the Animal Outing set!  Perfect!  I love to combine challenges so I also used Addicted to CAS #140 BABY, and the color combo from As You See It #179.

Here's a list of my supplies...

Stamps: Animal Outing

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Flirty Flamingo, Crushed Curry

Ink: Memento Tuxedo black, Daffodil Delight Blends markers, Crumb Cake Blends markers

Accessories: Animal Friends thinlits dies, Decorative Ribbon border punch, Simple Stripes EF

Mango Blueberry Butterfly ~ CCMC517, WWYS175, TSOT371

Hello stampers!  We've got a brand spankin' new color challenge for you to play along with over at Create with Connie and Mary this week!  Our three colors are new ones from the color revamp in the 2018-19 catalog and they are Blueberry Bushel, Gray Granite, and Mango Melody.  

I must say that when I saw Mango Melody in the catalog I didn't think I'd like it and couldn't see myself using it much at all, but it has grown on me!  I especially like it watercolored like on my butterfly.  It provides some nice, intense color.  

By contrast I knew I'd like Blueberry Bushel right off the bat and that opinion stuck!  

So, for my design team card this week I decided to use What Will You Stamp's #175 Beautiful Day challenge and also the sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesday.  I went with a double diagonal fun fold to mimic the sketch.  It's such a fun way to open a card and kind of a surprise for the recipient!  

I'm so pleased with the way this one turned out!

Try Stampin' on Tuesday also had an optional element of texture and I think I've got plenty of that going on here!  One texture I used is the Tufted dynamic embossing folder.  This was another item out of the new catalog that I knew I would love and use a lot.  I think it's so pretty!

here's a list of my supplies.....

stamps: Beautiful Day

Ink: Blueberry Bushel, Mango Melody, Stazon Black

Paper: Gray Granite, Blueberry Bushel, Mango Melody, Whisper White, Watercolor

Accessories: Lovely Floral and Tufted dynamic embossing folders, Pearlized Doilies, Polka dot tulle ribbon