Friday, April 10, 2026

Rolling Waves for As You See It Challenge #370 - Popular Cardable Occasions

 

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With this design, I'm killing two birds with one stone, so to speak. First, I'm creating my Design Team sample for As You See It Challenge #370, and second, I'm coming up with a Make & Take design for my upcoming One Day Craft Crop for the Cure on May 2nd. We only have 3 spots left in that event, by the way, so if you want to attend, let me know quickly.

The Challenge is a Fill In The Blank challenge,created by our team mate, Heather H., so first you fill in the blank, and then you make a card with the words you used in mind. Here's the Challenge Banner:

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Other than Christmas, I mail out more Birthday cards than anything else, so I created a birthday card. Thank-you cards are a close third!

The set I used for my card is a bundle called Rolling Waves from the Online Exclusives that released in March.

Here's a closer look and some instructions:
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  • I started with a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" base of Basic White Thick cardstock, scored on the long side at 4 1/4" and folded.
  • I cut a 5 3/8" x 4 1/8" piece of Crumb Cake cardstock and a piece of Basic White cut at 4 1/8" x 5 3/8", trimming it off, using the single line die from the Rolling Waves die set at an angle, starting about 1 1/2" up from the bottom on the lower right and extending across the Basic White piece to a spot about 3" up from the bottom left.
  • Using mostly Coastal Cabana ink, and a little Balmy Blue, stamp over that piece of Basic White using the water texture stamp from the Rolling Waves Stamp Set. Stamp the Happy Birthday sentiment about 1 1/4" from the top on the right in Pretty Peacock ink.
  • I used Lost Lagoon and Vellum cardstock to die cut the other pieces and Basic White to die cut the top piece. These were glued down. I added Wink of Stella to the white foam and a little to the rest.d
  • On the sand, I used the sand texture stamp and Pecan Pie ink to add the sand to the Crumb Cake.
  • Using the Bubble Gum, and Pool Party colours of the Pastel Shimmer Specialty Paper, I die cut the conjoined strip of sea shells. I mixed the two colours as shown and added them to the card front.
Enjoy!

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Friday, March 27, 2026

Easter Basket for Challenge #369

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Yay! Another Colour Challenge to play with! And new toys at the same time! The perfect combination! As You See It Challenge #369 has a new colour combination put together by talented Team Mate, LeAnne, and I love this combo of Pretty in Pink, Pool Party and Soft Sea Foam! It's perfect for spring and Easter, so I took one of my new Easter sets, the Easter Joy product suite, including the Easter Basket stamp set and dies, and the Pleasant Patterns specialty paper, to display this pretty palette. Here's the Challenge Banner:


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Here's my take on it:


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  • I started with a base of Soft Sea Foam cardstock measuring 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored and folded on the long edge at 4 1/4".
  • I added a layer of the Pool Party card stock, measuring 3 3/4" x 5".
  • The next layer, measuring 3 1/2" x 4 3/4", is a piece of the Pretty in Pink design of the Pleasant Patterns Specialty DSP.
  • Using the Easter Basket dies, I die cut the basket, grass, bow, trim, and Easter eggs from Pretty in Pink, Pool Party, and Soft Sea Foam cardstock, and arranged and adhered them to the card front, as shown.
  • I stamped the rabbit, three Easter Eggs, the flowers and the sentiment in Memento ink on Basic White cardstock. 
  • I coloured them in using the same three colours of Stampin' Blends Markers, and die cut them using both the Easter Basket dies and the Beautiful Butterflies dies. 
  • These die cuts were arranged and adhered to the card front as shown, using Stampin' Seal and Dimensionals.
Happy Easter!



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Friday, March 13, 2026

Simply Beautiful for As You See It Challenge #368

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When I saw the floral images in the Simply Beautiful stamp set, I thought one would be perfect for the sketch challenge we're featuring at As You See It Challenges this week, and I was also keen to do some watercolouring, as I hadn't done any for quite a while. Here's the Challenge Banner:

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And here's a closer look at my project, followed by some directions for making it:

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  • I started with a piece of Peach Pie cardstock for a base cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", and scored and folded at 4 1/4" along the long edge.
  • I added a piece of Lovely & Beautiful Specialty DSP cut at 5 1/4" x 4".
  • The next layer is a 3" x 4 1/4" piece of Basic Black cardstock centered.
  • On top of that is a 2 7/8" x 4" piece of the opposite side's pattern of the Lovely & Beautiful Specialty DSP.
  • Do you remember the old Shimmery White cardstock? It was useful because it was the weight of the regular cardstock, but the Shimmery White finish meant that you could do some limited watercolour without the paper pilling or disintegrating. I happened to still have a few pieces, so I used a small piece to heat emboss in gold, the large floral image from the Simply Beautiful stamp set.
  • I then used Peach Pie ink and a water painter to add some colour to the image and it worked very well.
  • I used the coordinating die from the Simply Beautiful dies to die cut the image and added it to the card front using Dimensionals.
  • The sentiment is also from the Simply Beautiful stamp set and I embossed it in gold on a strip of Basic White cardstock and added it to the front using Stampin' Seal and a couple of Dimensionals at the ends.
  • I tied a double finger bow using the Gold Open Weave Trim and added it to the bottom right using a glue dot and finished off the card with some Peach Pie 2024 - 2026 In Colour Shimmer Gems.
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