Inky Paws Challenge 241 ~ Sunny Days Theme Challenge {Week 2}

 Hello there crafty friend!

 Have you played along with the Inky Paws Challenge 241 - Sunny Days Theme Challenge yet?! You have until Friday, June 27th to get your entries in for this fun challenge and a chance to win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs!

Inky Paws Challenge 241 - Sunny Days Theme Challenge

I am loving this fun theme challenge! I hope you have some time to play along with us.

I went with a simple design for this one. I stamped the beautiful sunflowers from the Sunflower Days Stamp Set. I die cut them with the coordinating dies from the Sunflower Days Die Set. And then I colored them up with Copic markers.

Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used:

Petals: Y11, Y15, YR15

Flower Centers: E21, E25, E29

Leaves / Stems: YG11, G14, YG17

I die cut scraps of pattern papers from the Bright Basics 6x6 Paper Pad using the awesome A2 Card Layout Die Set. I love how fast I can make a fun background using this die.

I adhered the panel to a white A2 top fold card base that I turned on the side for a landscape card. I popped up the trimmed sentiment and the sunflowers using foam tape.

Now it's your turn to get your paws inky with your Newton's Nook Designs products and create a project using the theme. Be sure to link up to the Inky Paws Challenge! Can't wait to see your projects!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Fall is in the Air ~ September Collab with Fresh and Renewed with Teresa ~ Fall Sunshine ~ Not 2 Shabby

 Hello there crafty friend!

I'm so excited! Today I'm starting a fun Collab with my sweet friend Teresa from Fresh and Renewed with Teresa. We will be sharing a Fall card or cards each Wednesday in September. 

I actually have two cards to share today using the beautiful Fall Sunshine paper pad and ephemera from Not 2 Shabby.

Here's a look at my first card! Aren't those sunflower papers just gorgeous?! I love them so much!

Each month I share a fun card sketch in my Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Facebook group. My cards today use Sketch 3. 

I just love that sweet pumpkin, too! 

I changed up the background on this one by flipping two of the pattern papers so the opposite design would show. I think it gives the card nice contrast.

This ephemera piece didn't have a sentiment so I heat embossed a cute sentiment from the Acorn Greetings stamps from Unity. I stamped it with Sugar Cube pigment ink from Taylored Expressions on a scrap of black pattern paper and then melted the Alabaster White embossing powder that I had applied to the white ink. Trimmed it up and popped it up on the card along with the focal piece. Here's a link to my process video... Fall is in the Air | September Collab | Fall Sunshine from Not 2 Shabby

I sure hope you've enjoyed the cards I shared today. I hope you'll give my YouTube channel a visit and then stop by Teresa's YouTube channel, too! We're each having a giveaway this month for the Fall is in the Air series on our YouTube channels. I share a peek at my prize in my video {link above}. To be eligible you must comment on each video we share during the whole Fall is in the Air Series all month!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Papertrey Ink Sketch Challenge ~ Sending You Sunshine

Hi there! I'm going to make this quick... I really want to get this entered for the PTI 11th Anniversary Sketch Challenge before it ends. I really struggled with this card... nothing was going right so I'm just going to enter it as is. Maybe later this weekend I'll have another go at it.

I die cut an oval shape on a thin piece of card stock and used that to mask the area that I wanted to blend my ink using the Dots Collection stencil. I also blended some ink around the edge of the oval to give it a little more definition. I die cut and then stamped the sunflowers several times using different inks... it's really hard to see in the picture. Unfortunately, my last color was some kraft ink around the center of the flower and that's where my first mistake took place. It smudged terribly. I finished up inking the flowers and the center for the flowers and then the leaves. I adhered the pieces together and then adhered them to the card layering them a bit. I stamped the sentiment and fussy cut the banner and adhered it to the card. Now, my last mistake was to add some wink of stella around the oval... for some reason the pen leaked and thank goodness, the mess it made isn't really visible in this picture. I do like how this turned out as an overall design and I hope to revisit it soon.

Here's the products I used for this card:

Stamps: Simple Sunflower

Card Stock: Aqua Mist, White

Ink: Lemon Tart, Bright Buttercup, Harvest Gold, Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Prairie Grass, Ripe Avocado, Hawaiian Shores

Tools: Simple Sunflower Die Collection, Dots Stencil Collection, Oval die (not PTI)

Miscellaneous: clear wink of stella

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal