LNS Challenge - Paper Tearing

Happy Thursday; hope you're having a great day!  This week's LNS challenge is a fun one - paper tearing!  I thought I would create CAS cards with a masculine theme for my projects using one of my favorite sets, Serene Silhouettes.  Below are the details:

This is a really simple CAS card.  I thought about adding some baker's twine, but decided to go with brads in the corner and keep it simple.

Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze
Papers: Whisper White, Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Night of Navy Brads, Post-it-Note Holder, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Sponge

Another CAS card, but this time I went with the baker's twine.


Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Inks: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Soft Suede
Papers: Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Soft Suede
Accessories: Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Neutral Button, Distressing Tool, Dimensionals, Sponge

This week's LNS Challenge is............

Challenge 190

One Layer with a WOW

This week we are getting Back to the Basics! We want you to create a ONE LAYER card (card base only) but you MUST add a technique that gives your card that extra something that you don't have since there are no layers!

The technique I used for this card is called "thumping".  Basically you ink up your image and then take a contrasting color/marker and "thump" the tip of the marker on the stamped image.  I then spritzed a little water on the image before I stamped it.  I then added some Midnight Muse Ribbon at the top of the card and there you have it - a Back to Basics card with no layers!

Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Whisper White

Inks: Gumball Green

Markers: Midnight Muse

Accessories: Midnight Muse Ribbon, SAMJ, Scissors, Water Bottle/Water

Fall Into Stamping!

LNS Challenge 189
Fall into Stamping

Time to play along with this week's LNS Challenge!  We are working on some Fall cards as that time of year is right around the corner.  Pull out your Fall sets and create a card, scrapbook page, 3D item or any other project you can think of for Fall.

Need some inspiration, click HERE.  When you get your sample created, you can upload it HERE!

Below is the card that I created for this challenge using my favorite fall colors, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze and Tangerine Tango.  I got my inspiration from a card that I saw on Pinterest that Heather Telford created.  You can see all of her wonderful works of art HERE.

Stamps: Serene Silhouette, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Tangerine Tango
Papers: Whisper White, Early Espresso
Accessories:  Big Shot, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Early Espresso Ribbon, 1/4" Circle Punch, Sponges

Layers and more layers......

This week's LNS challenge is..........you guessed it - layers!  I think that adding dimension to your project, whether it's by adding a button, a butterfly, flower, etc., adds so much to a project and takes stamping to another level of creativity!  Using our embossing folders also adds an added "wow" dimension as well.

The following is what I came up with.  I almost didn't get it done yesterday as my husband, Richard, threw out his back and I ended up taking him to the ER.  We are still waiting for the pain meds to kick in and he can hardly move.  Makes me thankful that I can walk after seeing how much pain he is in just walking from one room to the next.

Not back to my card, for my base I layered Whisper White, Midnight Muse and then Whisper White.  I ran the top layer through my BS and used the new Fancy Fan EF.  I colored in the flower image from the set, Serene Silhouettes using Midnight Muse and Gumball Green markers.  The image was then cut out using the BS and the Label Collections Framelits.  I added some butterflies and rhinestones for added bling.

Thank for stopping by; have a great day - I am off to pick up another RX for the hubbie.......

Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks: Midnight Muse, Gumball Green
Papers:  Whisper White, Midnight Muse
Accessories: Big Shot, Fancy Fan EF, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Label Collections Framelits, Bitty Banners Framelits, Gumball Green Stitched Satin Ribbon, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Mini-Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Scissors