Hitting the Slopes with AHSC#697

September has arrived in a flash and we've already cleaned up all our potted plants to get ready for the change of seasons. I don't know whether to be excited or sad as it really feels like the end of summer passed us by.  The days are getting shorter and the leaves are already changing color, so overnight it seems we've shifted into Fall.  This is actually my favourite time of year so I'm looking forward to all things this month has to offer.

Here is this week's sketch challenge at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Here's My Card:

Since I've been talking about Fall and winter, I decided to shift gears away from flowers and make a masculine monochromatic birthday card for an extra special guy who loves all things winter and outdoor sports.  My card features a new online exclusive stamp set called "Hitting the Slopes" and will be perfect for his November birthday.  

The 11 piece Hitting the Slopes stamp set doesn't have matching dies however the images are extremely easy to fussy-cut and the sentiments can be die cut or punched using other products.  Here's what I came up with for this challenge : 

I used the new incolour Hydrangea Hue along with Basic White cardstock and ink to create this monochromatic card.  Although I had difficulty capturing the true colours in these photos the rich tones of the Hydrangea Hue help to balance out the additional colours.  I wanted a sense of movement on this card front, so along with the skiers sailing down the slopes, I cut all the mattes with the retired Stampin' Up! Deckled Rectangle dies for a fun effect. 

I didn't have a winter themed designer paper to go with this stamp set so I created my own by stamping the stamp from the set with the small skiers in Hydrangea Hue.  Such an easy way to liven up the matte. 

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For the inside I combined sentiment stamps from All About Birthdays and Penguin Place for my messaging and the small snowflake from the Penguin Place stamp set in the corner.  After this  photo was taken I actually did some blending over the snowflakes with light balmy blue.   

For the lower corner focal I punched two small circles in Secret Sea and Basic White cardstock for the base and then layered the helmet, boot and gloves from the Hitting the Slopes stamp set, creating raised layers with dimensionals.  

There's a little bit of shine in the focal created with sequins and by using Nuvo drops to make the mask look like glass and the detail on the boots stand out like shiny plastic.  

Supplies and Instructions:  

Stamps and Dies: 

• Hitting the Slopes #168341- Skiers, sentiment "Have an Epic Birthday", snowboard and focal images. 
• Penguin Place (R) - Sentiment "To the Coolest Friend Ever", Snowflakes
• All About Birthdays (R) - Sentiment "Wishing You the Happiest Birthday Ever"
• Deckled Rectangles (R) 
• Note to alter the sentiment "Have an Epic Birthday"  simply block the word or remove ink from "birthday" before stamping.  Then replace it with another sentiment such as  "Day", "Christmas", "Holiday" etc., so you can get a broader range of occasions.  

Cardstock:

• Basic White:
• 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" for card base
• 4 5/8" x 3 1/2" matte stamped with skiers from Hitting the Slopes stamp in Hydrangea Hue
• 5" x 3 3/4" matte for inside of card
• Scraps for stamping focal point and snowboard images  and punching out 1" circle 
• Hydrangea Hue 
• 5" x 3 3/4" and 3 7/8" x 2 5/8" mattes for front  and 5 1/4" x 4" matte for inside card 
• Secret Sea:
• 1 1/2" x  1 1/2" scrap for  focal 1 1/4' circle punch 

Ink and Blends: 

• Tuxedo Momento Black ink for all stamped images
• Secret Sea for sentiments front and inside 
• Blends:  Boho Blue, Secret Sea, Balmy Blue, Smokey Slate

Accessories: 

• Dimensionals
• Opalescent Sequins blue hue 
• Nuvo Drops for goggle mask and buckles on boots

Thanks for dropping by today and checking out my submission for this weeks Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  Appr4ciated.  Until next time.............

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Lost Lagoon Let It Snow for FMS #657

Hi and welcome to my blog for a look at the newest sketch by Freshly Made Sketches design team and hosted by Karren Johnson.  Here's her sketch: 

This is a great sketch! You just have to look at all the great card samples both by the FMS Design team and the participants to see how much variety it invokes. While I'm not a fan of angled panels on cards either, I thought this would be a great chance to coordinate some old and new stamp and dies for this season's cards. 

HERE'S MY CARD: 
I chose to do a monochromatic card with a tag on tag look.  It worked out pretty good starting with the background papers from the Winter Meadow DSP pack. I absolutely love the combination of these two papers.  The solid one looks like a wintery sky and the trees on the lower paper are beautifully blended. 

This sentiment from Stampin' Ups! Greetings of the Season Bundle, seems to be my go to sentiment and tags for this year's cards.  For the sentiment I love the mixture of serif and sans-serif lettering, which gives a more modern look to the sentiments.  I also love the largest of the 9 dies which measures 2-1/2" x 3-3/4".  Now that's a good sized tag! 

Here you can see more of the detail in the tag.  I love how the tag within a tag works.  My only regret with this design is that I didn't stamp off the Let it snow tag before the final stamp in order to reduce the bold Lost Lagoon color on the solid bids of the design.  It's quite a bit darker but it still fits within the monochromatic theme.  

The snowflakes which are beautiful on the larger tag should have been bolder and popped out more, but I'd already embossed my cardstock before die cutting the tag.  The result is a flatter look but it still works.  The nice thing about these dies is they can be cut using either the full size Stamp, Cut & Emboss (Big Shot) or the mini.   

The die cut trees were made using a die from the Encircled in Nature Bundle.  I'm starting to fall in love with all the intricate dies and beautiful stamps in that set as well.  These little trees are all joined and die cut well.   

Supplies:

Stamp Sets and Dies:

• Merry Little Labels (R) 144795 - Let it Snow 
• Greetings of the Season #164325 for the inside sentiment and dies for the large tag
• Encircled in Nature dies - Lost Lagoon tree images
• Lovely Label punch for Let It Snow Label 

Cardstock and Designer Series Paper:

• Lost Lagoon 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" piece scored at 4 1/4" for card base scraps for pine tree die cuts 
• Whisper White 2 pieces 4" x 5 1/4" for inside and outside mats
• Scrap of Whisper White for Let it Snow label and 3" x 5" scrap for tag
• Winter Meadow DSP for background papers in Lost Lagoon

Ink and Accessories:

• Lost Lagoon ink
• Basic Rhinestones on front tag
• Dimensionals 
• Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder for large tag

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Thanks for visiting my blog  today.  I hope you'll come back often and when you do leave me a comment as I'd love to get to know who is following me and to hear your card making likes and dislikes.  Until next time......

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Under the Moon - TSOT Challenge #648

Under the Moon

One of the first sets I chose from Stampin' Ups! new annual catalogue was the Under The Moon eight piece photopolymer stamp set.  I was excited to try out the Moon/Sun images and couldn't wait to ink them up. They didn't disappoint.  Because the texture of the images are deeply etched I began by inking up the stamps with Versa Mark ink and then re-inking them with my coloured ink to ge4t a more precise image.  

The Under the Moon stamp set is so much fun to play with. It's one of those very versatile sets that triggers your creativity, and the more you play and experiment with it the more ideas you'll come up with.  

When I saw challenge #648 at the TSOT (Try A Sketch on Tuesday) blog I instantly knew I wanted to create a scenic card using the Under the Moon set.  Here is sketch challenge #648 which opened on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, and will run through Sunday, June 16, 2024.  I encourage you to play along and have some fun.  

Click here to see the TSOT648 Challenge Details

Here's My Card: 

I used my interpretation of this sketch to create two monochromatic retirement or holiday cards using the new Incolour Summer Splash.

Card One:

Card Two: 

Well that's it for this challenge.  Hope you like my adaptation of the sketch.  I'd love to hear your thoughts on my monochromatic cards.    

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