Yellow and Blue for Penny Black and More Midway Reminder

It's the 18th of the month already, that means it's time for the Penny Black and More challenge midmonth reminder and there is plenty of time left for you to join in if you haven't already. Some fantastic prizes up for grabs by Penny Black,  Stamp Addicts and Craft Stash so don't miss your chance to win!

Our theme is Summer Colors, a nice and easy one just be sure to feature stamping as your focal point of interest. This doesn't have to be a Penny Black stamp, any company will get you entered into the prize drawings as long as it is hand stamped, so no digis or die cuts.

For my summer colors I went with yellow, blue and bits of green with the  Penny Black stamp Awaken.

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I heat emossed the image on watercolor paper using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and Ultra Fine Clear embossing powder, then colored with Zig Clean Color markers. Splattered some inky dots onto the background with the same colors I used for coloring and heat embossed the sentiment from the clear Penny Black set Happy Wishes using the same black ink and embossing powder. I love the shade of blue card stock I used - it's an old Stampin Up color "ballet blue" (unfortunately retired) and I thought it was a perfect match for the blue watercoloring I did around the image with the blue Zig marker. Adhered to a white card base to finish off this card.

Penny Black Awaken // Penny Black Happy Wishes // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink // Hero Arts UF Clear Embossing Powder // Tonic Stamp Platform // Winsor & Newton Watercolor Paper // Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens // 

I'm sharing with these challenges:

Stamping Sensations - Earth Laughs in Flowers // Colour Crazy Challenge - Coloring //  Creative Craft Cottage Challenges  - Summer // Daisy Chain Challenges - Flowers // Crafty Sentiment Designs - Add a Sentiment // 

Anything Goes:

 Creative Fingers // QKR Stampede // Crafting With An Attitude  // Creative Moments // 

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Allsorts Challenge 527: Summer Fun/ Sport

It's time for a new theme at Allsort challenge. Mervi's turn to host and perfect for this time of the year she picked the theme of Summertime/ Sport. Hope you can play along for a chance to win! We have a great prize by Buddly Crafts!

I used some Summer themed stamps from Hero Arts (Layering Sea and Sky- also available as a combo with matching dies;   and Layering Waves)  along with an old stamp (seashells and sand)  by Stampin Up. Distress Inks and Oxides  were used for stamping. The weaves and clouds are 3 way stamp sets.
Pattern paper is from my scraps, the sentiment is part of the Hero Arts Layering Sea stamp set.


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Hero Arts Layering Sea and Sky // Hero Arts Layering Waves // Distress Inks and Oxides // Hero Arts Dove White 100lb Card Stock // SU retired Seashell Stamp // Pattern Paper from Stash

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Summer By The Sea // A Flashback Friday Post

Happy Friday! It's been a few weeks since I was able to share a "Flashback Friday" creation. I've been busy working ahead on some posts for June and into July so I can enjoy some time with family from overseas next month, and then there was some gardening that needed to get done. But yesterday as I was working on some more upcoming posts, I came across the beautiful retired Stampin Up set Summer by the Sea, and decided to make two cards with the set, one I am sharing today for a Flashback Friday post, and then I will have another one coming up in July using another stamp from this set ...yes, I'm working waaaaay ahead - not what I usually do!

I did use some newer stamps on my card as well, but the focal point is the wonderful stamp of the little boy building a sand castle. This stamp set was released many years ago, but I was not able to afford it back then, and only purchased it a few years ago from ebay when I found it at a great price.

I started out by stamping the boy on watercolor paper using Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink, then stamped him again on a post it note, this I fussy cut to use as a mask. With the mask in place (and some painter's tape at the top of the card to mask off the sky) I inked up the ocean using Hero Arts reactive ink "blue water" which was part of a past Hero Arts Monthly stamp kit. Then, using this same ink again I stamped one of the waves from the Hero Arts stamp set Color Layering Waves. The sentiment is part of this stamp set, and the other stamps I used (ball, rock, palm tree, birds and footprints) are part of the Hero Arts set Color Layering Sea and Sky.  I'm sure you're thinking the footprints should be pointing the opposite way ... didn't even realize that until I uploaded the card.


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The boy has been colored with distress markers for the clothes and hair (Candied Apple, Gathered Twigs and Faded Jeans) and the skin has been colored with Zig Clean Color markers (pale pink and flesh tone). The sandy part has been inked with Pumice Stone Distress Oxide, and after removing the painter's tape I inked the sky with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide. I also used Stampin Up's old and retired set Itty Bitty Backgrounds for a little bit of a sandy texture.

Hero Arts Color Layering Waves // Hero Arts Color Layering Sea and Sand // 

Candied Apple Distress Marker // Faded Jeans Distress Marker // Gathered Twigs Distress Marker //  Zig Clean Color Markers  // Pumice Stone Distress Oxide // Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink 

Stampin Up Summer By the Sea // Stampin Up Itty Bitty Backgrounds (both retired - but most likely availabe on ebay or etsy)

The seaside theme and colors of this card were inspired by this week's Color Throwdown challenge:

I am also joining these challenges:

Cardz 4 Guyz - Beside the Seaside // The Male Room - Masculine Cards // C.R.A.F.T. - Male Cards or Father's Day //  Send a Smile for Kids - For Dad From Kids // Aud Sentiments Challenge - Summer and a Sentiment // Through the Purple Haze - Blues // A Place To Start - Tempting Technique (my current favorite is creating scenes with stamps and inks) // Crafter's Castle - Coloring (I used Distress and Zig Clean Color markers)

There were many Anything Goes themes and I am sharing with several of them too:

Crafty Friends Challenge // Crafting With An Attitude // Crafty Creations // Creative Moments // House That Stamps Built // The Crafty Addicts // Crafty Sentiment Designs // Lemon Shortbread // Through The Craft Room Door // Artistic Inspirations // Crafting from the Heart // Get Creative Challenges // Path of Positivity // 613 Avenue Create // Lil Patch of Crafty Friends // The Corrosive Challenges // A Gem of a Challenge 

Thanks so much for visiting!! I hope you liked this week's Flashback Friday post and that I inspired you to get out some of your old and maybe even forgotten stamps. You know there is a reason why you are hanging on to those retired stamps!

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