God's Short & Sweet Birthday Blessings

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 574. My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 564 - I have a Crush on Pacific Sand. I inked up the negative side of the Happy Birthday embossing folder with pacific point then embossed sahara sand circle and ran it through the cuttlebug for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 567 - Other than a stamp. I choose to make another HAPPY Birthday card for Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 358 - Are You HAPPY?. I stamped the short & sweet sentiment in cucumber crush on sahara sand cs and punched out a balloon from Martha Stewart punch in pacific point and popped both up on dimensionals.

I also stamped this on the front of the envelope. For the inside I used God's Blessings set and stamped in cucumber crush ink. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: God's Blessings, Short & Sweet 
Paper: Vanilla, Pacific Point, Cucumber Crush, Sahara Sand, The Paper Studio - Day at the Beach 
Ink: Pacific Point, Cucumber Crush 
Accessories: dimensionals, HB embossing folder, 
Techniques: 3D, dry embossing, Inking the negative embossing folder

Happy Birthday Big Boy for James

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 569. My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENG E# 559 - Honey there's a rose in my garden and the popped up HAPPY is from the MFP set I used stamped in garden green, cut and popped up on dimensionals for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 562 - Pieced and Cut Words the rose red HB are from It's Your Birthday SU Set. 

I used a sentiment from IYB set for the inside and the HHB for the envelope. I needed a masculine birthday card for Jessie's brother so this will go in the mail today.  Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: It's Your Birthday & All Year Cheer II - SU, Big Boy Toys - MFP 
Paper: white, hello honey, garden green, rose red 
Ink: Garden Green, rose red 
Accessories: dimensionals, ribbon, clear glaze 
Techniques: sponging, copics, 3D

More Merry Messages with Cute Critters

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENG E# 568. My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 558 - Tip top Chocolate Wonder with dessert of die cuts or punches. My cute feeding deer is for Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 352 - Holiday/Winter Critters.  I used the ornament for the circle on the sketch and popped it up. I sponged watermelon wonder and tip top taupe ink on the ornament attached the deer and then added stickles for snowy effect.

I stamped the sentiment on the front in choc chip. The inside and envelope were stamped in watermelon wonder. I hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: More Merry Messages 
Paper: Vanilla, Choc chip, tip top taupe, Watermelon Wonder, Bo Bunny Altitude dp
Ink: Choc chip, tip top taupe, Watermelon Wonder 
Accessories: IO Deer, Spellbinders Holiday Tag die
Techniques: 3D, sponging, die cuts

It's Your Rusty Ole Birthday Danny

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 552, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 542 - Elegant and delightful Cajun meadows, and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 545 - Fussy Cutting. I used a fiskars guide to cut my circle then doodled around the edge. I stamped the rusty tractor then cut it out and colored with copics, I fussy cut the grass underneath and the sentiment as well.

My SIL has a birthday this month so I will probably pass this to him as I am always teasing him about aging to the 40's. I hope he likes it and I hope you do too.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Rusty Tractor, Stonewall - deep red; SU It's your birthday; ?? - Birthday greeting 
Paper: vanilla, ?? dp, mossy meadow, cajun craze 
Ink: momento tuxedo black, elegant eggplant, cajun craze 
Accessories: dimensionals 
Techniques: tone on tone, fussy cutting, 3D, doodling

Fishy Birthday

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 535, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 525 - Bingo Game, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 528 - Cluster Stamping and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 319 - Make It Masculine. I went with a Fishy birthday card for my grandson that is coming up in the next few months. Hope he likes it. I punched out an oval and used it for my reverse masking. I stamped the fish on my white cs then on paper and cut it out to use as a mask. The small images were stamped around the fish in crisp cantelope. I colore
d the fish with copics then used some stickles on the fish and the sun. I mean you just can not have a sun and fish without some bling now can you? LOL. My color choices were from the first row down on the bingo map : So Saffron, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, Soft Sky. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Shore Thing, Fishy Friends 
Paper: white, Soft Sky, The Paper Studio - A Day At the Beach dp 
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Crisp Canteloupe, So Saffron 
Accessories: Stickles, 
Techniques: Cluster Stamping, Masking, Reverse Masking, Copic Air Brushing

Paper Pierced Father's Day

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 432 - 1-2-3-Pop where we were to use 2 neurtrals and one color to pop out at you, today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 223 - Tool Time where we were to use our paper piercer and my layout is from last Monday's MOJO MONDAY'S SKETCH CHALLENGE # 295.
I used Stampin' Up's DAD'S DAY stamp image for the center diamond stamped in cherry cobbler and the punched out Star. My base is white and I used Sahara Sand and Basic Gray cs. I paper pierced the sahara sand panel. I had to free hand wrote my sentiment as I did not have one that fit my needs. 
Hope you like it, sorry I have been MIA. Hoipe to get back into the swing this week.
RECIPE: 
Stamps: Dad's Day
Paper: white, sahara sand, basic gray, cherry cobbler
Ink: cherry cobbler
Accessories: dimensionals, paper piercing tools
Techniques: paper piercing

Colors of Sunset with Love and Sympathy

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 427 - Make Your Own Chevrons these are easy peasy, I used the tutorial from SCS for CHEVRON STRIPS provided.
I used last weeks COLOR CHALLENGE # 423 - Quite A River Breeze for my color combo to go with today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 218 - Inspired Quote because the baja breeze is like the blue sky and the Not Quite Navy is the deepest sky color after a sunset. My layout is from last Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 432.
I used the same stamp set, dp, punches and design for the focal panel as I never have enough masculine sympathy cards.
Hope you like it, now off to work I go.
RECIPE:

Stamps: Love & Sympathy
Paper: vanille, river rock, baja breeze, not quite navy, BG OIiver dp
Ink: not quite navy, baja breeze
Accessories: dimensionals, circle punch, scallop circle punch, score pal
Techniques: 3D, CAS, Sympathy, Chevron Strips, Masculine

Oliver's Love & Sympathy

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 433.
My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 423 - Quite a River Breeze with stripes and plaids for dessert option.
My horizontal panel of baja breeze cardstock is difficult to see however trust me there is white ribbon colored with a not quite navy marker and looped around the cs all the way across for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 426 - Scrappy and Loopy.
My vertical panel is from Basic Grey's Oliver stack. I stamped the sentiment in not quite navy then the flower image in baja breeze on vanilla cs, punched with circle punch then matted on scalloped circle night of navy and popped it up on dimensionals. My base is river rock.
Hope you like it,

RECIPE:

Stamps: Love & Sympathy
Paper: vanilla, river rock, not quite navy, baja breeze, Basic Grey "Oliver"
Ink: not quite navy, baja breeze
Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals, SU Marker
Techniques: ribbon dye, 3D, ribbon looping

Transformed Map of Winds of Grace

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 418 - Midnight Muse Breeze, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 421 - Transform Map and my layout is from Monday's TECHNOSTAMPERS SKETCH CHALLENGE # 255.
I used my copics and airbrush system to shade in the colors for baja breeze in the center marina mist on the top and midinight muse on the bottom of the focal panel and white base after stamping the main images in midnight muse ink.
My focal panel is matted on marina mist then midnight muse cs. I found 2 gems close to baja breeze color and some blue ribbon.
This will be a Father's Day or Birthday card for one of the men in my life since they all love fishing.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Winds of Grace - SU, Globe Map - Inkadinkado
Paper: white, marina mist, midnight muse
Ink: midnight muse
Accessories: gems, ribbon, dimensionals, Copics, ABS
Techniques: Airbrushing, 3D

Silly Cowboy

This is for today's FREE 4 ALL CHALLEGE #157 - Silly Man; MIX AND MATCH CHALLENGE # 4 - Water you Doing; QUEEN FOR THE DAY CHALLENGE # 311 - Carole CASEing her RIDE'EM COWBOY; Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 415 - Sponging; Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 424; Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 414 - Certainly Chocolate Cake; and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 417 - Wishy Washi Tape.I used a High Hopes Image and colored with my Prisma pencils, wanna have a good laugh? I have not used them in so long I had to call Shannon to find out how to use them :(
I had to make my washi tape as I have none.
Now a short day at work and then I think bed, this cold is really getting to me.
Recipe:
Stamps: Hight Hopes Kenny?
Paper: vanilla, water color, choc chip, certainly celery, crumb cake
Ink: choc chip, certainly celery, crumb cake
Accessories: prisma color pencils, sponges, dimensional, gamsol
Techniques: faux washi tape, sponging, gamsol

Southwest Cowboy Birthday

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 414 - Certainly Chocolate Cake and dry embossing for dessert. I thought cake was dessert??? LOL
I found some dp that matched certainly celery and stamped the running horses in choc chip on it then adhered it with running tape for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 417 - Wishy Washi Tape and dry embossed Sizzix Sheet Music folder for Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 208 - Inspired by a Quote that along with the color combo today just made me think of wild horses on a field running wide open and who would you find chasing after them but a cowboy. Oh well that was my thoughts what are yours?
My layout is from Friday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE SKETCH CHALLENGE # 228.
I used a stamp set I received while on the design team for Mark's Finest Papers called "Southwest Cowboy". Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Southwest Cowboy - MFP
Paper: vanilla, choc chip, crumb cake
Ink: choc chip
Accessories: Sizzix Sheet Music EF
Techniques: dry embossing, Faux Washi Tape

Bootiful Birthday

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 406, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 396 - Rich Mustard at Midnight and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 398 - Add A Little Dimension.
I ran the rich razzleberry panel through my cuttlebug using the Chevron Embossing folder. I stamped the sentiment in more mustard and then off just a bit in rich razzleberry on vanilla cs for a dimensional effect. I used circle punches then popped it up on dimensionals. I stamped the boot only in midnight muse on more mustard 2 times and then cut the stars out of one stamping, popped up on dimensionals and then cut the entire image out. I matted the boot on midnight muse and cut around it then attached it to my vanilla panel.
Hope you like it and off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Bootiful Occasions - SU
Paper: vanilla, rich razzleberry, more mustard, midnight muse
Ink: rich razzleberry, more mustard, midnight muse
Accessories: dimensionals, Chevron EF, stickles, cirlce punches
Techniques: dry debossing, 3D

Baby Boy Congrats

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 404. My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 394 - Navy Pacific Sand.
My night of navy panel was punched using the smaller size of my crop-a-dile, then the dots were glued to the pacific point panel for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 396 - Make your own Polka Dots.
I found the piece of dp from a stash of Martha Stewart paper I have had for eons. The button with the hemp bow is from My Favorite Things Button Quartet die set. My sentiment is from SU Congrats and is stamped in night of navy. I used a corner punch for the focal panel.
RECIPE: Stamps: Congrats - SU Paper: white, night of navy, pacific point, sahara sand, MS dp Ink: night of navy Accessories: crop-a-dile, corner punch, MFT Button die, dimensionals, hemp Techniques: polka dots, 3D

Blue Marbled Birthday Greetings Set Sail

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 389 - Blissful Backgrounds where we were to search the Resources here at SCS and select one. I choose to use the ROLLING MARBLE BACKGROUND using pacific point ink on white cs.
Today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 182 - Color Challenge Dark Blue & White was fun to include. I used pacific point and just to make sure I got the dark blue right my cardd base is midnight muse.
I stamped the image from Set Sail and the sentiments from Birthday Greetings in pacific point.
I have a couple of birthday cards I have been trying to decide which one to give my dh in a couple of weeks but I think this will be it. He loves fishing and just being on the water. He could care less if it is fresh water or salt water just as long as it is water and something is tugging on the other end of the rod. LOL.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Set Sail, Birthday Greetings
Paper: white, midnight muse Ink: pacific point
Accessories: marbles
Techniques: rolling marble background

Baroque Holiday BBQ's

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 379 - Man Up and what could be more manly than a BBQ Grill? This is also for Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 389; Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 379 - A Crazy, Breezy Cobbler; Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 381 - Half It; and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 174 - White Layers.
I stamped only 1/2 of the Baroque flourish on my inside white panel and slightly below to the main panel then went around the edge of that panel with my baja breeze marker. I stamped the grill in momento tuxedo black then colored with copics, cut it out and popped it up. I stamped the mitt in cherry cobble cut it out and popped it up. The sentiment was stamped in halves using lucky limeade ink.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Baroque Motifs, All Holidays, Backyard BBQ
Paper: white
Ink: cherry cobbler, baja breeze, momento tuxedo black, lucky limeade
Accessories: dimensionals, copics Techniques: copic coloring, 3D, masculine

Fish Til Dark

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 386.
My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 386 - Farewell Blushing Peach Crush Pizzazz Parade. I used them all. Whoo Hoo
My pear pizzazz panel was dry embossed with my cuttlebug and The Paper Studio's Leaves Embossing Folder then I used my brayer to apply pear pizzazz ink to just the raised sections for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 378 - Brayered Paper Elements. Me and the brayer do NOT get along but I do like how that panel turned out after tossing 2 other attempts at a brayered skyline to stamp my image onto. ggrrrrr. One day I am going to find a class to teach me how to do that.
I sponged blushing bride ink all over then used a mask at the tree line to sponge peach parfait and poppy parade. I used a reverse mask to sponge the inside of a punched out circle for my fading sunset. The images were stamped in concord crush. My dp is so old I have no idea where I got it but it looked a lot like peach with some poppy sprayed on it so I used it. My base & matt for my focal image panel is concord crush.
I made this for my darling hubby who DOES and will continue to fish until dark 30.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Landscape, boat
Paper: white, concord crush, pear pizzazz, dp?
Ink: concord crush, pear pizzazz, peach parfait, blushing bride, poppy parade
Accessories: circle punch, sponges, brayer, stickles
Techniques: masking, reverse masking, brayered paper elements

Thoughts of Father

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 385, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 375 - Night of Orange Blues, sorry Vicki with the flowers I had to add just a hint of green but kept it really light; and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 377 - Dry Debossing. I finally used one of my Paper Trey Ink embossing plates since I was so afraid of them. I ran some bashful blue through my cuttlebug with the Grid plate to match up with my dp choice from The Paper Studio "Yee Haw" stack then brushed the top with night of navy. I like how that turned out but not so sure it really coordinates with the dp???? Oh Well my dh is not so fussy that he will not want this Father's Day card. He is quite the gardner this year. We have corn, squash, okra, tomatoes, peas and sunflowers sprouting up everywhere. I hope he will like this next month when I give it to him.
Now off to work.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Thoughts of Father - SU
Paper: white, night of navy, bashful blue, pumpkin pie
Ink: momento tuxedo black, night of navy
Accessories: bakers twine, button, dimensionals, copics, PTI Grid Embossing Plate, corner punch Techniques: dry debossing, 3D, copic coloring

Nature Silhouettes

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 375 - Night of Orange Blues.
My layout is from Monday's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 241. I changed the circle to a square.
Panel 2 is for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 377 - Dry Debossing where this time I used my Argyle embossing folder and then inked the raised portion with night of navy ink pad.
I used my copic ABS and markers to air brush some blue and orange skylines then stamped the images in night of navy.
I do not remember where the sentiment is from but it is also stamped in NON on white. I used a button since this is a Father's Day card rather than a flower.
Hope you like it and this will be my son-in-law's FD card so I hope he likes it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Nature Silhouettes - SU
Paper: white, night of navy, bashful blue
Ink: night of navy
Accessories: button, twine, dimensionals, Cuttlebug Argyle EF
Techniques: dry debossing, 3D

All Homes Kissed

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 383.
My color choice is from COLOR CHALLENGE # 373 - Wild Pumpkin Bash.
I inked my sentiment up from All Holidays using Bashful Blue ink, kissed it with the mini background image from House & Home inked with wild wasabi then stamped on white cs and matted on bashful blue for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 373 - Let's Kiss. Hope you like it. Now off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: All Holidays, House and Home - SU
Paper: white, wild wasabi, pumpkin pie, bashful blue
Ink: wild wasabi, bashful blue
Accessories: dimensionals, button, baker's twine
Techniques: Kissing, 3D

Oval All

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 381, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 371 - Whispering Gray Sand, and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 373 - Magical Masking.
I started with white cs and used sahara sand and basic gray ink pads for my TLC. This was matted on basic gray and then white cs for a base.
I stamped the sentiment on white then sahara sand and used SU oval punches. I had some wide gray ribbon and viola, a masculine card. I never have enough of these.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Oval All - SU
Paper: white, sahara sand, basic gray
Ink: basic gray, sahara sand
Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals. masking tape, oval punches from SU
Techniques: magical masking