Llama Hugs ~ Double D Challenge ~ Colorful

Good morning stamping friends.  There's a new challenge starting today over at Double D Challenge.  The theme is "Colorful", so get out your favorite coloring medium and let's go!

 If you know me at all, you know I love to work with dies.  A while back, I won a gift certificate  to Taylored Expressions from the Cut It Up Challenge.  I had fun shopping and had a hard time paring my cart down to something more affordable.  In the end, I landed on this darling No Drama LLama die set.  Oh my is he ever cute!!

These succulent images were from leftover from the 12 Kits of Occasion.

I made a slimline card using Pink Fresh Studio Slim Stitched Rectangles, did some ink blending and lined up all those cacti, tucking the llama in for height interest.  The die cut sentiment is covered in Wink Of Stella.  

I hope you'll join in on the fun by clicking here 
using this mood board to inspire you:

Here's what you could win when you play along:

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Dies R Us ~ Back To School

Hello stamplings ~  There's a new challenge starting up today over at the Dies R Us Challenge blog and the theme is "Back to School".

My card is quick and CAS:

I pulled out an oldie but goodie die from Frantic Stamper, the Crayon.  I cut it 5 times out of white card stock and colored the last one using blendable crayons from Ranger.
Did I say this was quick and CAS?

You can find all the details of the challenge and join in on the fun by clicking here.  You could be the next winner of a DRU Gift Certificate!

I wanted to remind you that we have some exciting news to share with you.  Dies R Us now has opened a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts.  

It will ship to both the US and Canada.  Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different.  Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!  We'd love for you to visit by clicking on the links above or by clicking here.

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12 Kits of Occasion ~ August

Hello everyone.  Summer is slipping by quickly.  It already feels like fall here in Maine.  I enjoy the colors and crisp air of fall, but I'm already not looking forward to the snow and cold temperatures that follow.  The end of the month brings us to the group post for 12 Kits of Occasion.  This month was hosted by Marybeth of Marybeth's Time For Paper, with her kit titled "Simple Leaves".  Anyone who knows Marybeth, knows that she has an exquisite eye for CAS designs.  She's also one of the sweetest and most thoughtful people I know.  Here's a picture of the kit that she sent.   I just love the fresh color palette she used. It emulates Marybeth and her incredible style perfectly.

I made three cards this month because I've been spending a lot of time outside enjoying what's left of summer but I have plenty of leftovers to make more cards.  Here's my cards:

Marybeth sent two stamped panels using this falling leaves stamp.  She also included the large Altenew letters.  I simply added a couple of stamped sentiments to go along with it from PTI.  

I colored this embossed sunflower panel using Copic markers.  I added distress ink to the outside edges and splattered Gathered Twigs DOX ink to add a bit of texture.   

The "smile" die cut was leftover from a previous kit that I colored black and added black WOS to make it sparkle. 

I'm adding this card to the Time Out Challenge for their current "Season" challenge.

This was another embossed panel that Marybeth included in her kit along with the printed paper strip down the side.  I added the sunflowers from Simon Says Stamps and the "Enjoy" die cut from the kit.  

I hope you enjoyed today's post.   Please stop by the 12 Kits of Occasion blog to see how all my friends were inspired by Marybeth's kit.  Thanks so much Marybeth!  I enjoyed creating with your kit.  

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BIG HUGS ~ TSOC ~ Focal Sentiment

Hello and Happy Hump-day!  It's time for your mid-week challenge starting over at The Sisterhood of Crafters.  This week we're looking for cards that have the sentiment as your focal point.

That's easy to do when you have these large die cut Caps Bold Alphabet dies from Altenew.  This is a great set that allows you to add any focal sentiment you want.  I simply added the sentiment, cut from black card stock, to some pretty printed paper.  I raised the die cut frame by just a wee bit.  

Now it's YOUR turn to play along.  You can find all the details at The Sisterhood of Crafters or by clicking here.  We look forward to seeing what you create!

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Sunflowers & Smiles ~ Double D Challenge

Hello friends~  It's time for a new challenge over at Double D Challenges.  

This week, the theme is Sunflowers:

 I used Cheery Lynn's Sunflower Set, which is an oldie but a goodie die set.  I dug through my scrap box and found these two pieces of printed scrapbook paper that seemed to compliment each other pretty well.  I cut them using Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles.

The sentiment is stamped using Elizabeth Craft Designs "Little Words That Mean A Lot" and then cut using Impression Obsession Fancy Label die.

Here's what you could win when you play along:

I hope to see you there.

Thanks for stopping by!