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.
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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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Friday, February 27, 2026

Delicate Whispers for As You See It Challenge #367 - Lickety Split Lavender

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 As you can perhaps tell from the title, this is another speed stamping challenge from As You See It Challenges, involving the theme of Purple!

The idea is to make a card or other papercrafting project using purple as the theme, in 10 min. or less. You can plan your project ahead of time, gather your materials, but as soon as you ink up a stamp, or cut a piece of paper, you must start your timer. 


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I have been doing a lot of last minute squeakers the last few Speed Stamping Challenges I've done, so I wanted to be really prepared. I planned this one meticulously. I had my stamp pads out and opened, my stamps mounted, my dies at the ready, etc. and here's how it turned out:

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  • I started with a regular base of Gorgeous Grape, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4".
  • I cut a piece of Everyday Happiness DSP, 5 1/4" x 4" and adhered it to the card front.
  • I die cut a piece of Basic White card stock using the Deckled Rectangles Die of 4 3/8" x 3 1/8".
  • I stamped the Happy Birthday script sentiment from the Fabulous Sayings stamp set after cutting the two words apart, and inking them up in Gorgeous Grape. That way they fit between the two sprays of grasses better.
  • I stamped the grass image from Delicate Whispers stamp set by colouring the grassy top in Highland Heather Stampin' Write Marker and the stems and leaves in Mossy Meadow Stampin' Write Marker and stamping the image twice on a scrap of Basic White card stock.
  • I die cut them with the coordinating Delicate Whispers die. I added them to the card front as shown, using Mini Dimensionals for the grassy tops and Tombo glue for the bottoms.
  • To finish off, I tied a bow using the Fresh Freesia Faux Velvet Ribbon and added it to one shock of grass, and added some retired Purple Fine Shimmer Gems.
When I turned off the timer, there was 18 seconds left from the 10 min.

time

So I completed my card in 9 minutes and 42 seconds. Slightly better than last time! Can't seem to break that 9 minute barrier.

I was trying to duplicate Russian Sage with the grasses. We used to grow it on our property before moving to a condo. I love the look of it and it's great for dry climates.

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