News for the month is located on the smART News page.
January's Easy-To-Do Card Project -- Good Memories uses stamps from the Trio Time and Keepsakes stamp sets.
News for the month is located on the smART News page.
November's Easy-To-Do Card Project -- Simple Thanks uses stamps from the Fruitful stamp set.
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I haven't gotten to stamp let alone participate at LIM for several weeks, but when I checked out the current challenge - a One-Layer Card incorporating wings, I immediately thought of the "Winging It Post" stamps from Ladybugs - the frame is emtpy, and comes with several little "wingers" to stamp inside... I had to give it a go:
News for the month is located on the smART News page.
October's Easy-To-Do Card Project -- Leafy Seasons using stamps from the Autumn Leaves and Bookmarkables sets.
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Now for a couple variations that are extremely easy to do, or EETD!
Sorry I missed posting last week. It was not intentional. Kept thinking I'd get to the ol' stamp room to create at least one card, then post a little late, but each day slipped into the next until here we are an entire week later...
Believe it or not, I still haven't inked any rubber! This time, however, instead of thinking "I'll get to it", I'm going to do something different, and share a couple of single layer note cards sent in by customer, Sarah Kornhaus, of Encouraging Impressions.
Sarah used Spirit Dancer images from Full of Spirit and Drum Dance, and a Bible verse from Faith Quotes, stamped everything directly on the card fronts in black ink, and colored them in with markers. So simple! So colorful! So well done!
Thanks, Sarah! These look great added to smARTworks' customer gallery!
The subject for this week's one layer card challenge at Less Is More is foliage, which as it happens, coincides with the deciduous trees of Maine beginning to change into their autumn garb. Pretty leaves are everywhere! In fact, the photo shows a leaf I recently noticed along a trail where I've been walking -- an eyecatcher to me because of the unique play of chartrueuse and deep caramel brown... Enter the idea: Why not try to mimic God's handiwork?
I used a combination of Distress and Adirondack inks -- Shabby Shutters, Wild Honey, and Mushroom... daubered directly onto the largest oak leaf from Flowers & Leaves. The Scripture verse, from Bookmarkables, was then stamped over the leaf image in Adirondack Expresso.
Note: Since I still had some kraft colored paper sitting at my workspace, I actually tried using that first, but compared to the real thing, it seemed a bit too muted, sooooooo next, a try on white stock... Better. Certainly neither are as good as God's, and inkwise, Rusty Hinge would probably have been a better choice than the Mushroom, but it was still fun to try.
Also, a special thank you to the ladies at Less Is More for showcasing the brown & pink card I entered last week. Discovering that I'd been CASed was an unexpected surprise that really brighted my day.
When I checked in on Less Is More for this week's challenge, I couldn't believe it! It's a color combo -- brown & pink... the same combo I used for last week's card! It's also a combo that I haven't always liked, but over time, seems to have grown on me. The more I see it, the prettier it becomes...
Anyway, since I hadn't quite gotten around to putting away the supplies from my last card, I went with what I had at the ready -- kraft colored stock, and Archival coffee ink pad, then pulled out a 1/2" corner rounder, Prismacolor watercolor pencils, and some tiny glass beads:
News for the month is located on the smART News page.
September's Easy-To-Do Card Project -- Bright 'n Sunny Wishes using stamps from the Spring Fling and Face It sets.
Close-up of piecing
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The specs for the 3-2-1 challenge at Less Is More this week were to make a card using three of something, two of something, and one of something... and the "somethings" could be anything.
Okay, how about 3 words - 2 girls - 1 moth, all contained in a single collaged image from Gal Pals? Throw in kraft colored cardstock, Archival coffee ink, some pink chalk, a little layering, and a bit of bling... and there ya go!
This is a vacation week, so I am pretty much "on the go", and not stamping, but I still managed to squeeze in this entry for Less Is More. The challenge? Tearing... which I've incorporated in two ways:
The first is obvious - a torn edge along the embossed strip (Cuttlebug folder, Distressed Stripes).
The second is a bit more obscure -- used in creating a background for the focal panel... a technique for which you need: chalk pastels (stick form), white cardstock, copy paper, and cotton balls.
smART stamps used come from Changes (b-fly), My Hope (words), and Slow Go (grass).