Scrapbook Nerd Sketch Challenge

Having fun this week playing along with the Scrapbook Nerd & Friends Sketch challenge by the lovely Milena!

I just can not get enough of the Picket Fences BFF My Tribe stamp set! So many uses for this stamp set ... I think they would be perfect for a bride to be to use to make as their 'Please join by bride tribe' invites for bridesmaids!

I paired it with leftover scraps from the lovely Vicki Boutin Wildflower & Honey patterned paper! I love these grid papers because they are prefect for both pocket scrapbooking AND quick card making!

 I just love how it came together. I added the sentiment 'We are Better Together' from the Altenew Sentiment set Better Together. I am kicking myself for being a lazy stamper and not pulling out my stamperatus to stamp the sentiment because I did not get the crisp stamped sentiment that I wanted in my first try nor my second flip it over and try again so had to choose the best of the two rather than waste paper ... alas one of the ways you know it is hand made is those little imperfections!

Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much

Be Totallyawake4-life  

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Scrapbook Nerd Sketch Challenge!

Margaret here guest designing for the Scrapbook Nerds and Friends! 




My turn to play along with this weeks sketch by Milena - card edition! If you want to come play along you can join us on Facebook!

I had so much fun with this one I made two different takes on it! 

This was the perfect sketch to use up some scraps from my stash along with some of the Vicki Boutin paper and stickers for this little whimsical 'love notes' card! 

My second card instead of using scraps I did some stenciling with my Concord & 9th faceted gems stencil for the 'lines' ... make sure to check out the line over on the Nerds website. 

If you have not gotten yourself some Picket Fences blending brushes from the shop - you must! They are perfect for stenciling!

Happy Stampin' 

Margaret
Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much
Be Totallyawake4-life 

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Inspired by Cool Treats Sketch

Happy Canada Day!

Playing along today with a couple sketches from over at Inspired By Challenge

Inspired By 'Cool Treats' Challenge Inspired By - Cool Treats

Sketch Challenge

Used the Altenew Hug Me stamp set from Scrapbook Nerds coloured with my Blends from Stampin Up - went with the Flirty Flamingo, Coastal Cabana and Daffodil  Delight colour palette!

The little fox is just adorable and I love colouring!

Happy Stampin’

Margaret
Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much
Be Totallyawake4-life

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June Sketch challenge of at Scrapbook Nerds

Playing with June's Sketch over at Scrapbook Nerds and Friends!  Head on over to Facebook and join the fun ~ sketches are a great way to get your creative juices flowing plus well Joy gives lots of fun prizes in her group!

 This is my take on the sketch playing with the Vicki Boutin - Colour Kaleidoscope - So Fun Stamp & Die Set and coordinating ephemera and Brutus Monroe Watercolor galaxy paper and a Wish die for the sentiment.

 Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much

Be Totallyawake4-life

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Ornate Garden Suite JUGS challenge

Using my Sunday Social Distancing to have fun doing some card challenges - the Just Us Girls trend stretch #527 is “black background”!

I am playing with my sneak peek Orante Style stamp set and Ornate Layers dies from the Ornate Garden suite by Stampin’ Up! This amazing suite will be available to customers April 1st!

 

I have created a nice clean simple any occasion card with a tiny pop of color on my daisies 💕 I used the Ornate Layers die for the black background. Stamped with versamark. colored the leaves in solid with a versamark pen and than embossed it with white emboss powder. I coloured the stems and the middle of the flowers with Old Olive and Daffodil  Stampin' Blends.

 Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much

Be Totallyawake4-life

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Don’t toss your scraps!

I am back with another challenge from over at Scrapbook Nerds and Friends featuring the Concord and 9th Birthday Basics turnabout stamp set available on their website. 

I had a little scrap leftover from my last 100th Birthday card I made earlier this month!

 

My motto is never throw out your scraps because I used it to make this adorable second birthday card! 

Paired the scrap with some sponged glitter paper, Nuvo drops and Wink of Stella for a quick and simple sparkly card!

Happy Stampin'

Margaret
Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much
Be Totallyawake4-life

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Scrapbook Nerd Challenge

For this weeks Scrapbook Nerd and Friends challenge I created this card! 

This card challenge gave me a chance to play with the Vicki Boutin Texture Paste, her colour kaleidoscope- Botanical Stencil 3 pack and combined with her Wildflower & Honey - Mingle DSP which are available on the Scrapbook Nerd website! 

These 12x 12 mingle pages are awesome for both scrapbooking as well as cardmaking! One piece of designer series paper can bring you 6 or more focal points for your projects!

 For this card I cut the 4 x6 heart section out and than cut it down to 3x4 size to make 2 little heart focal points for the card. They are mounted on a blue cardstock to form a frame for them.

I than used the stencil on vanilla cardstock with the Vicki Boutin textured paste. Scoop and spread a thin layer with a palette tool. Let dry before assembling your project. 

For my sentiment I paired it with the Joy die from the Concord and 9th Joyful Tiles bundle cut out in red foil cardstock.

Perfect quick and simple less than 10 minute card for you letting your loved one know they bring you joy this Valentines Day!

 

Happy Stampin'

Margaret
Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much
Be Totallyawake4-life

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Scrapbook Nerd Design Team Challenge

Another card showcasing how the Vicki Boutin Wildflower & Honey Mingle paper can be used not only for Scrapbookers but cardmakers as well!

These sheets are awesome for when you need a quick card although don’t rush the stamping. I was silly and didn’t use my Stamp positioner and when I needed to restamp my sentiment to get a clear image it didn’t line up perfectly on me so it’s not as crisp as I could have gotten had I taken the time to use a stamp platform! Even seasoned stampers make mistakes!

This one I used the 4X6 banner pocket card and trimmed it down so it would mount onto 5.25x4 blue cardstock and mounted it onto white cardstock card base. 

I dressed it up with some Mustard Gold Nuvo drops for the banner hooks and Wink of Stella on every other banner for a pop of bling!

I added a sentiment from Concord and 9th Tripe Step Thank you stamp sets and added a few hearts in flirty flamingo and pacific point inks from Stampin’ Up! Created a coordinating envelope because no envelope should go out naked 🤣

Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much

Be Totallyawake4-life

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Happy 100th Birthday

My take on the Scrapbooknerd sketches from Instragram or you can play along over Scrapbook Nerds and Friends on Facebook! 

 For this challenge I opted to use it for a card vs scrapbook layout. 

 

This card features the Concord and 9th Birthday Basics turnabout  and coordinating die set both are available on the Scrapbook Nerd site.

I chose a color palette of black, turquoise and silver for paper, turquoise and silver inks one the turnabout, turquoise ribbon to hide my vellum glue mark.

The birthday sentiment is stamped with versamark and heated with white embossing powder and than you can colour  the embossed part with an alcohol marker to make it pop off black cardstock. I used my Bermuda Bay Stampin’ Blend however any alcohol markers will work too for this embossing technique. I also coloured my rhinestone gems with same marker to create coordinating coloured gems.

The scallop heart is the Stitched Be Mine die from Stampin Up and the 100th is from a retired Numbers for You bundle also from Stampin Up!

This card is going out to Fred Arsenault a Vet in Toronto who turns 100 this March - saw a post that he wants 100 cards for his 100th birthday and wanted to help make his wish come true! Hope you can join me in sending out a card to Fred! 

Happy Stampin' 

Margaret

Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much

Be Totallyawake4-life 

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Getting Inspired for Spring

I always find online sketch challenges a great inspiration and recently came across a new one thanks to Anne Granger a Stampin' Up! Mentor I follow who shared one of her challenge submissions! 

So this week I am playing along over at Global Design Project with the following sketch challenge as I needed to create a 'spring themed' card and was looking for inspiration and this sketch provided just the jumping point.

This is my card I created based on the sketch inspiration - I swapped out the orientation because it worked better with the frame I wanted to use.

Featuring the Stampin' Up! Floral Frames clear mount bundle  - I just love this stamp set bundle it is perfect for both card making and scrapbook layouts - I cannot wait to do a layout and use the wreath for photo frame focal point and than all the flower embellishments and the label will make a great spot to journal.

Floral Frames Clear Mount Bundle

I applied Lemon Lime Twist ink direct to the embossing folder before running though the Big Shot. It is easy to wash your folder with a gentle soap and water to remove any ink transfer in next project so do not be afraid to use color with your folders - adds a whole new twist to them!

Lemon Lime Twist Ink

Layered Leaves

The stamped image from the Floral frames was colored using the 2017-2019 In Color Stamp Write Markers Fresh Fig and Lemon Lime Twist and the Brights Rich Razzleberry to highlight

2017-2019 In Color Stamp Write Markers

The ribbon is the Rich Razzleberry Velvet Ribbon - I just love the texture that this ribbon offers to a project. So very soft!

Rich Razzleberry Velvet Ribbon

Had so much fun playing along and look forward to playing along again in future! Head on over to the Global Design Project gallery to see how other's interpreted this lovely sketch!

Happy Crafting

Margaret

Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much

Be Totallyawake4-life