Friday, February 27, 2026

Delicate Whispers for As You See It Challenge #367 - Lickedty 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. 


challenge #367


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.

russian sage
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Friday, February 13, 2026

Filled with Sweetness for As You See It Challenge #366

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We have a Theme Challenge over at As You See It Challenges this week, and the theme is CANDY! How appropriate for the closest challenge to Valentine's Day! We can all thank the ever-creative Heather H. for that! Initially, I had a hard time finding something that worked for the candy theme, because I had no candy stamps, but then I found some retired Vintage Bottle Shaker Domes that I thought I could combine with the Loose Valentines Assortment of Valentine pieces and make a shaker card. First, take a look at the challenge banner:

challenge #366 - candy is dandy
And here's a closer look at my card, with quick instructions:

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  • Card base: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" of Thick Basic White cardstock, scored at 4 1/4".
  • Adhered a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Beautiful Bokeh DSP in Berry Burst. Saved a small piece of the slice I cut off the 6" x 6" piece to be used as the backing on the shaker dome.
  • I used the Joined Together 3D embossing folder to dry emboss a piece of Basic White cardstock 3 1/4" x 4 1/2" in size.
  • I used the Vintage Jar punch to make the opening for the Vintage Jar Shaker Dome. After removing the protective film from the top rim of the dome, I inserted the dome up through the hole and sealed it to the back of the cardstock.
  • I turned the whole thing over and filled the dome with the Loose Valentine's Assortment hearts and "sticks", but kept out any envelopes because they didn't look like candy. I filled it about 1/3 full.
  • I removed the protective film on the bottom rim of the dome and used a piece of the left-over Bokeh paper, Berry Burst pattern down to seal off the shaker dome. I used Tombo glue to secure the rest of the DSP to the cardstock and added glue over all the back of the white cardstock as well and adhered it to the card front, centering it.
  • I stamped the sentiment, from the Filled with Sweetness stamp set, in Berry Burst ink, on Basic White, then die cut it using the Filled with Sweetness dies. I added the sentiment using Stampin' Dimensionals. 
  • I used a Three Colour Pack of Baker's Twine that I had in my stash, to tie a double finger bow and attach it to the neck of the vintage bottle.
  • I added 3 Frosted Iridescent Dots to finish off.
I hope it looks enough like candy!

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Friday, January 30, 2026

Beautifully Celebrated for As You See It Challenge #365

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Crazy busy and complicated week. My head is overwhelmed, both with things at home and things happening in the world. It's like someone turned the world upside down. So I don't have the bandwidth for a long blogpost today. But I wanted to bring you my card for the As You See It Challenge #365 Recipe Challenge, Rhapsody in Red, my own concoction!

Here's the banner:

challenge #365

And here's my card, incorporating all 5 elements of the recipe:

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  • I started with a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of Poppy Parade cardstock, scored at 4 1/4".
  • I added a piece of retired DSP from the Bloom Impressions set that I got from last year's Sale-A-Bration. 
  • I die cut 3 circles using the Spotlight on Nature dies: the first and third on vellum and the center one on using some leftover Ombre Specialty Glimmer paper in a similar hue.
  • I heat embossed the sentiment, from the new Beautifully Celebrated stamp set, in gold on Poppy Parade cardstock and fussy cut it out. I mounted on top of the circles with Stampin' Seal and Stampin' Dimensionals on the ends.
  • I finished by tying a double finger bow from Cherry Cobbler & Gold Satin Ribbon, and adding to the card front with a glue dot. I also added some clear Faceted Snowflakes.


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