Friday, November 6, 2026

Nature Walk DSP with Painted Trees 3D EF for As You See It Challenge #385

 

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Time once again for a Speed Challenge at As You See It Challenges and I do try to stay positive, because these do have a many advantages.....and I'm sure I'll come up with some any time now....! Just kidding! They are fun, and once you have the knack, not that hard to do. I think you've just got to try and forget that there is a timer going, because as soon as you turn on a timer, my normally calm temperament completely flips out, and I turn into a first time stamper with all left thumbs! At least, that's what it feels like.

However, experience has taught me several time-saving tricks, which can save my sanity, so I will try and pass on the ones I used here.

First, let's check out the Challenge Banner:


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Then let's take a closer look at my Design Team sample:

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  • I started with a card base of Old Olive, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4".
  • I added a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of  Nature Walk DSP all in shades of greens and blue greens, on the card front. DSP is a lifesaver in Speed Challenges!
  • Next, I took a piece of Peaceful Pine 2-sided Cardstock from the Heirloom Boutique collection, cut it to 3 1/2" x 4 3/4", and ran it through the Stampin' Cut 'n Emboss Machine in the Painted Trees 3D Embossing Folder. I made sure that the darker Peaceful Pine colour was embossed rather than debossed, then I sanded the images on the darker side, resulting in the white core of the paper being exposed. Normally, this is all I would do with it, but....
  • This didn't give me the look that I was hoping for, so I took a blending brush and some Granny Apple Green and blended some ink over the exposed white areas to make them a light green.
  • To add the illusion of a light skiff of snow, I used a white gel pen to  trace the outlines of the outside and some inside branches, just to even it out. This was glued to the card front. 
  • The sentiment, from Noel Tidings, was stamped in Peaceful Pine ink,  on Basic White and die cut with a banner die from the Noel Tidings Dies.
  • It was added to the card front as shown with dimensionals.
  • I still had a bit of time left, so added some Array of Dots.
The timer stopped with 34 sec. left! Cutting it close. But still under 10 min.

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Friday, October 23, 2026

Heron Habitat for As You See It Challenge #384

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Feathers is the theme of this week's new challenge at As You See It Challenges, courtesy of my team mate, LeAnne, and I knew that I didn't have a single feather stamp in my collection, so I was going to have to use a bird stamp. A while back, I was going through my retired stamp sets and I spotted a bundle that I really loved, but had not been able to use enough before it retired, "Heron Habitat"! It came complete with a standing and flying heron along with grasses, reeds, and sentiments! The feathers on the heron are very prominent, so it is a good bird to use! Take a look at the Challenge Banner:

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At our old house before we downsized, we had a Koi pond, and we had an all too regular visitor we nicknamed Bill, a great blue heron, there to help himself to a fishy snack or two. We had a love/hate relationship with him, because Bill was a majestic bird, and it was hard to deter him, so he had to be pretty intelligent, but, darn it, it was hard to deter him because he was so intelligent!! Here's my tribute to Bill:

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  • I started with a card base of gray granite cardstock cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4" on the long side.
  • I added a piece of shiplap patterned DSP from the Waterside Retreat collection cut at 5 1/2" x 4 1/4", glued on the card front with the  grooves going horizontally.
  • Then I cut a piece of the Scenic Coast Specialty DSP, in the pattern you see above, to 5" x 3 3/4" and adhered it to the card front.
  • On Basic White cardstock, using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped both herons, as well as the sentiment.
  • I die cut them all with the coordinating Heron Dies.
  • I coloured the herons with the Dark Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends marker.
  • I stamped the bulrushes by stamping the stems with Garden Green ink, then wiping off the bulrush ends and going over them with Early Espresso Stampin' Write Marker using the brush end.
  • I die cut all three using the coordination Heron die.
  • I die cut two of the grasses from Copper Foil.
  • Then I started to build the scene on the front of the card. On the right I added the flying heron at the top right using mini stampin' dimensionals. 
  • Then I added one of the copper grasses using Tombo glue. And on top of the grass, I added one of the bulrushes using dimensionals.
  • On the left side I glued down one of the bulrushes as shown, then glued the copper grass overtop. I added the standing crane and the remaining bulrush using Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, as shown.
  • I used some Stampin' Seal to add the sentiment on the top left as shown.
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Friday, October 9, 2026

Amber Autumn for As You See It Challenge #383

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Welcome to another As You See It Challenge. This one is a Recipe Challenge given to us by our team mate LeAnne and it's ripe and ready for Thanksgiving, which we're celebrating in Canada this weekend! Take a look at the challenge banner:

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For our Recipe Challenges, you are given 5 elements and you must include all 5 of them in your project, but how you do it is up to you!

Here's how I did it:

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  • I started with a card base of Crumb Cake cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2 " and scored at 4 1/4" on the long side, folded and scored.
  • I added a piece of the 2026 - 2028 In Colour Gingham Gallery DSP in Crisp Cantaloupe, cut at 4" x 5 1/4". Before adhering it, I added matching ribbon around the top left and bottom right corners and adhered those to the back of the DSP with Seal+, then it was added to the card front.
  • The sentiment was stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock about 1" wide x 3 1/4" long, using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and the ends punched with the Banners Pick a Punch, then adhered to the card front as shown.
  • The pumpkin image from Amber Autumn was stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock using Memento ink again. It was coloured in using Stampin' Blends Combos in Crisp Cantaloupe, Pumpkin Pie, Golden Glow, Peaceful Pine, Mossy Meadow, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade and Lost Lagoon.
  • The image was die cut with the Amber Autumn dies and mounted on the card front using Stampin' Dimensionals.
  • For sequins, I used Adhesive Backed Metallic Gems.
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