Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Don't Just Fly & Hoeing Ain't Easy

 Good morning!  I have been so busy in my craft room, today I have 2 cards to share.  For my first card, I would like to enter it into the following challenges:

Path of Positivity


Critter Crazy - Anything Goes with Featured Critter

Let's Craft & Create #215 - Anything Goes/Optional Cheers to You (Use a Sentiment)

We Love Stamping - Anything Goes/Optional Anything but Square

AAA Card Challenge #281


I'm getting more comfortable with the clean and simple style!  This adorable stamp set is called Oceans to Fly from Colorado Stamp Company.  I stamped the sentiment & bear directly on a white cardstock base. I stamped the plane on a separate piece of white cardstock, colored with alcohol markers, fussy-cut and attached with foam dimensional tape.  I love the way you can see the shadow of the plane!

And this next card is for the following challenges:

Just Us Girls - Die Week

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Something New (the stamp set)

Make My Monday - Favorite Challenge of 2024 (#221 - Spring Flowers)

Colorful Options - Yellow, Purple, and Green

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - N is for NBUS (Never Been Used Stuff)

A Cut Above - Anything Goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Retro Sketch #25



I created my background by blending Distress Ink on watercolor paper and then blending a darker shade of Distress Ink through a harlequin stencil.  I used the same darker shade to blend on another piece of watercolor paper and cut a frame out of it.  I used some scraps of previously distressed paper for the die-cut leaves.  I used a circle punch for the yellow circles behind the image. The "Hoeing Ain't Easy" stamp is a new set I got from Ink Road Stamps (currently on hiatus but they WILL be back) that I had not previously used before. Everything was attached using foam dimensional tape. Peace.

24 comments:

  1. This is so pretty! Love the purple/green combination and those die cut leaves. Thanks for sharing at A Cut Above's January, "Anything Goes With A Die Cut" challenge.

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  2. Great take on the sketch with all those dies. Thanks for adding to our Jugs Gallery.

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  3. Hi Jenn happy New Year. What a cute card I love the colours and back ground you created. Your colours work perfectly together. I like how you used the old design works perfectly with your wording. Great card and thanks so much for sharing it with us over here at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and good luck.
    Hugs
    Kathie SSW2~DT

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  4. A real fun image and CAS card for the first and love the colours of the second, many thanks for sharing with us at We Love Stamping challenge.

    B x

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  5. Very cute card and i'd love a plane like that ;-) Thank you for playing at the AAA Card Challenges

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  6. Hey Jenn! I just wanted to let you know that the linky list is back and I've added your project to our challenge at the Path of Positivity! Thanks so much for joining us with this sweet card!
    I'm happy to hear that you were able to take challenging times in your life, and turn them around to make those things work for you! It's all part of embracing the unexpected.
    ☺Lisa

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  7. Fun CAS card with that adorable bear flying the airplane! Love it! Thank you for sharing with us @ Make My Monday.

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  8. Love the mixed media background & that sentiment! Thank you for sharing your card @ Make My Monday.

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  9. What a wonderful card to inspire one to 'take off' and fly/soar! Great dimension and design. Thanks for sharing with us at Path of Positivity. Katrina

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  10. Fab projects! Thanks for breaking out your NBUS to play along with Edna and the sisterhood of snarky stampers!! Happy New Year :)

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  11. Fab projects!!
    Thanks for breaking out your NBUS to play along with Edna and the sisterhood of snarky stampers!! Happy New Year :)

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  12. So cute the little plane is wonderful,glad you played our challenge at A Cut Above Challenge, "Anything Goes with a Die". Have a great day! Cheers, Leanne DT Member/ACA

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  13. Cute and fabulous card!
    Thank you for sharing at We Love Stamping Challenge;-))m

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  14. A very cute creation. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely creation with us at We Love Stamping.
    Hugs
    Cathy
    XXXX

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  15. Oh love that you used our retro sketch! Great card!

    Thank you for playing along with us at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2!

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  16. Pretty make.. Nice to see our retro sketch, too!

    Thanks for playing along with our Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and good luck!

    Hugs and please come back soon!
    Doris
    Kleido’s BastelStüble
    *Owner* Do-Al(l) Kreatives
    *Owner*Critter Crazy Challenges
    *DT* Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2

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  17. What cute work! Nice done with this sweet image

    Thanks for playing along with our Challenge at Critter Crazy and good luck!

    Hugs and please come back soon!
    Doris
    Kleido’s BastelStüble
    *Owner* Do-Al(l) Kreatives
    *Owner*Critter Crazy Challenges
    *DT* Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2

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  18. Love all the layers and depth. Great die cut card. Thanks for sharing this with us at A Cut Avove Challenge

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  19. These are both adorable. Thank you for playing along with A Cut Above Challenge!

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  20. Fantastic colours on this super dynamic card, thank you so much for sharing with us at Colorful Options.

    Marie

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  21. Great cards. Thanks for breaking out something new with the Sisterhood.

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  22. You look very comfortable with CAS design, I love how you designed your and layered your plane. Thank you so much for joining us in our challenge at Critter Crazy Challenge this week. Good Luck. I hope to see you again in our next challenge.
    Faith A DT

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  23. A lovely project with the retro sketch and such a great colour scheme. Thank you for sharing it with us at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.
    Anne SSW2-DT

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