Seaside Adventures with AHSC #621

Update:  Top Three Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #621

A big thanks to Brandi for entering my card into the AHSC #621 challenge when I was late getting it entered.  Also a big shout out to the Admin team for choosing my card along with Brigits Easter Eggs and Deb Horst's Blueberry design as Top Three Badge Winners for this Challenge.  You made my day!  So appreciated! I loved all the card entries!  

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This week's sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge was designed by Michelle. This sketch is a throwback to when this challenge blog first started. Over the coming months they will be doing a look back at those old sketches on the third Monday of each month and will post a new challenge based on one from that time period.  Here is the latest challenge: 

Here's My Card: 

The circles on this sketch had me thinking of bubbles and fish so I dug through my stash until I found some cute fish stamps and went to work on a summery seaside card. I hope you like my interpretation of the sketch.  

Supplies:

Stamp Set and Dies:

• Seaside Shore #141625 (R)
• Shore Thing (R)
• Friendly Seagulls #164961

Cardstock and DSP:

• Card Base in Whisper White 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" and 
• 5" x 3 3/4" for front matte, scraps of white for fish and seaweed.
• Petunia Pop Matte 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"
• Summer Splash 5 1/4" x 4" 

Ink:

• Summer Splash for sentiment
• Pool Party for water and bubbles
• Crumb Cake for Sand
• Petunia Pop, Orchid Oasis, Peach Pie for large fish
• Blends for seaweed, small fish and star fish:  Granny Apple Green, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Just Jade, Mango Melody

Accessories:

• Scissors for fussy cutting fish
• Stickles for Sparkle on fish
• Adhesive and Dimensionals
• Iridescent Faceted Gems 

If you've ever snorkeled in an area with tropical fish, you've probably been amazed at all the activity below the surface. There are big fish, teeny tiny fish and they all seem to be going in different directions.  I used that concept for creating the scene for this card.  I only had a few stamp sets with seaside images to use for my design. 

The larger fish, bubbles and seaweed were from a retired Stampin' Up! set called Seaside Shore. The cute little crab was from another retired set called Shore Thing. When it came to the small green fish I used a stamp from a very old set that had a school of fish in a square. I wanted them to be individual and look like they were swimming amongst the bigger fish, so I coloured them and then fussy cut each of the images out.  Yikes that was time consuming! I also used Stickles to add some sparkle to these little fishies, the seaweed and two of the larger fish.

Well that's it for this week's post, which was somewhat out of my comfort zone, however was fun to make.  I hope you enjoyed it and will leave me a comment about your snorkeling experiences and the most colourful fish you spotted. Cheers and have a good week.   

Happy Stamping!

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Plaid Shirts Masculine Cards

Have you seen the Timeless Plaid 6x 6  designer series paper that's featured on page 25 of the January to April 2025 Mini Catalogue.  It's sold separately or as part of the Storybook Moments Suite.  

These plaid papers are perfect for masculine, seasonal, and all-occasion cards, gift tags, scrapbook pages, and more and there are 48 sheets of patterned paper (4 each of 12 double-sided designs).  The product colours are Basic Beige, Boho Blue, Cajun Craze, Calypso Coral, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Lost Lagoon, Misty Moonlight, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pebbled Path, Pecan Pie, Wild Wheat.

During the month of March I have several guy birthday occasions, and as soon as I saw this plaid paper I wanted to make some shirt birthday cards.  I found a great template on Tonya Denton's So Inking blog that was exactly what I was looking for.  Here are some of the cards I made:

These shirt cards are so easy to make. Here are the supplies I used:

Supplies:

Card Stock:

• Card base 8 1.2x 11 scored at 4 1/4"  I used very old retired cardstock that matched the plaids for example:
• Blue card is Close to Cocoa, and Matte is Misty Moonlight, Buttons Close to Cocoa
• Orange and Wild Wheat Plaid with  Cajun Craze Matt and Groovy Guava base, Buttons Groovy Guava
• Flirty Flamingo and Crumb Cake Plaid with Early Espresso Matte and Flirty Flamingo base, Buttons Close to Cocoa
• Lost Lagoon and Old Olive Plaid, Matte is Lost Lagoon, Base and buttons are Old Olive 
• Basic White scraps for pocket inserts
• Basic White 4" x 5 1/4" for inside matte layer

Stamps: 

• Special Moments #158081 (best wishes sentiment)
Inside sentiment "wishing you the best birthday ever" retired Stampin Up!

Accessories: 

• Retired Button Die by Stampin Up
• Rectangle Stitched Framelit Dies (R) - largest one for Shirt  
• Stitched Nested Label Dies (R) for pocket and pocket insert 

I made this blue and green plaid shirt with the buttons and collar facing the 

opposite way from the other shirts, just for some variety.  It worked okay. 

Well, that's it for my Plaid Masculine Birthday cards.  I hope you liked them.  If you're interested in casing these cards the instructions are in  Tonya's post.  Hope you enjoyed these.  

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Friendly Seagulls FMS#677

I've been playing with the Friendly Seagulls stamp set I got for free during Sale-a-bration last month, and decided to use it for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge.   Click here to see my first effort with this set, which was a top three winner in the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  What fun!  Here's the sketch:

Click here for Freshly Made Sketches #677

Here's My Card:

I love the new Textured Notes dies that came in my last order so I used them to cut the blue and the white mattes. I added some texture to the Balmy Blue matte by embossing it with the So Swirly embossing folder.

Although the texture is great I don't like large embossing folders like this. They are a pain, taking up too much room in my storage area. I guess the only advantage for me would be getting two mattes with one swipe of the machine.

I always try and finish the insides of my cards even if it's just to add a little stamping.  How about you, do you add sentiments, stamping or other designs to the inside of your card? 

I see some folks just leave the inside blank for writing their message, but I like to add a matte or two.  How about you, do you leave it blank or add mattes? 

Supplies:

Stamps and Dies:

• Friendly Seagulls #164961 (r)

Cardstock:

• Basic White card base 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Scored at 4 1/4"
• Basic White - three pieces 3" x 1 1/2" for mattes
• Basic White inside matte 3 3/4" x 5"
• Boho Blue 4 x 5 1/4" for outside and inside mattes

Ink:

• Memento Black 
• Boho Blue
• Crumb Cake 
• Blends - Mango Melody, L/D Gray Granite, Poppy Red, SU700

Accessories:

• Dimensionals
• So Swirly Embossing Folder for Waves on Boho Blue Matt
• Textured Notes Dies for mattes
• Scissors for fussy cutting 
• Shiny sequins

So that's my card for this week's FMS challenge. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. The three rectangles were easy to work with in creating focal points and I know I'm going to enjoy making more cards using this sketch as well as the Friendly Seagull stamp set. Both are great ideas. 

I'd love to hear your thoughts.  Do you like the seagulls?  Would you send a card like this to a friend or family member?  Can you think of any cute sayings that would go with these images besides the ones I used?  I'm working on that one for my next card with this set.  Have a great week and......

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Cheery Get Well Card

 Freshly Made Sketches #668:  

It's 2025 and this is the first sketch challenge of the new year for me.  In fact, I have made a resolution to try a new sketch challenge at least twice a month this year, and to encourage my followers to join in the fun.  Who's up for a challenge?

Karen Johnston is the sketch hostess for this week's sketch  This challenge is open until Monday January 13th at 3:00pm EST, so there's lots of time for you to play along. I'd love to see what this sketch inspired you to create.  Stop procrastinating and take this opportunity to sit down and craft.

Here's My Card: 

I was cleaning up my craft room desk after making some cards with the December Paper Pumpkin kit and I had all sorts of bits and pieces from that kit as well as various sized scraps from the Timeless Plaid 6 x 6 paper pack, laying about.  It dawned on me that these scraps would work perfectly for this sketch challenge.  

Supplies Used: 

 

Cardstock: 

Whisper White:  

• /2" for based scored at 4 1/4" 
• 4 x 5 1/4" for inside mat
• 2 3/4 x 4" self adhesive label from Notes from the Heart Paper Pumpkin kit, embossed with Spring Flowers.
• 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" circle with gold embossed edge from Notes from the  Heart Paper Pumpkin kit, stamped Get Well Soon 

Calypso Coral: 

• 4 x 5 1/4" for mat

Designer Series Paper - Timeless Plaid #164678 from

(Jan-Apr Mini 2025):

• Old Olive gingham -  2" x 2" square 
• Boho Blue gingham - 1/2" x 4" strip and 
• Boho Blue gingham - 3 3/4" x 5" mat 
• Calypso Coral plaid - 1 1/4" x 5" strip 

Accessories: 

• Velum leaves from Notes from the Heart Paper Pumpkin kit
• Floral die cut from Storytime Moments 
• Opaque Faceted Gems #162979 - Calypso Coral (5) 
• Dimensionals 
• Tombow Mono Adhesive 

Thanks for visiting and commenting on my challenge card.  I'm quite happy with it and feel the combination of the paper and cardstock are sure to perk someone up who isn't feeling well.   If you took my advice and entered this Freshly Made Sketches challenge let me know as I'd love to see your creation.  

Have a good week.........

HAPPY STAMPING!

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