It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  We have a recipe challenge and are charged with using watercolor, floral stamps, bright colors, pattern paper and a punch/die.

I started by watercoloring a background of bright pink.  I then stamped a black daisy image on it.  It came out distressed looking so when life gives you lemons…I decided to embrace the distress!  I grabbed some kraft cardstock for the base and roughed up the edges a bit as well as die cutting the daisy image with my deckled edges die.  Using some granny apple green pattern paper, I die cut a stitched jumbo fishtail and attached to the card base.  I attempted to distress the edges a bit but the pattern paper is thin so I gave up quickly!

I had great debate about adding a sentiment.  By happy accident, I found one that had a bit of a distress to it which I didn’t notice at first.  I stamped the sentiment and started to panic!  I thought I had moved the sentiment and messed up the whole card – but – that is exactly the way the stamp is supposed to look – old fashioned typed lettering that is a bit off.  See, happy accident!  I popped up the daisy image then added a bit of black bling and was done.

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Supplies:  CS: PTI kraft.  Watercolor paper.  SU! brights dsp.  Inks:  Tim Holtz distress ink picked raspberry.  Stamps:  SU! daisy.  SSS one with nature.  Dies:  SU! deckled rectangular edges.  MFT stitched jumbo fishtail.  Other:  SU! rhinestones and distress tool.

It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s anything goes!

I started by stamping this floral image from Altenew’s Fabulous You stamp set from 2017.  I colored with my alcohol markers before adding the floral paper and old olive strip.

I die cut with my deckled edges rectangles and then adhered to a card base of old olive.  I added the sentiment (from the same stamp set) and a few dots and was done!

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! white, old olive and pattern paper from stash.  Stamps:  Altenew fabulous you (2017).  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  SU! deckled edges rectangles.  Inks:  SU! stampin’ blends – mambo melon, daffodil delight, granny apple green and old olive.  Other:  SU! dots.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a fill in the blank!  My favorite Christmas in July Creation is … a Christmas card in non-traditional Christmas colors.

I started with my stamp set from The Greetery and stamped all the flowers in bright tropical colors.  I did the greens in a traditional green and a bright green.

I die cut the hoop three times and layered together before adding a bit of twine at the top.  Finally, I die cut everything, layered on the hoop and then the card base and was done!  A fun bright tropical Christmas card for July!

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI white.  SU! grapefruit grove and crumbcake.  Stamps:  The Greetery hoop wreath.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  Waffle Flower embroidery hoops.  The Greetery hoop wreath.  SU! deckled edges rectangles.  Inks:  SU! parakeet party, garden green, grapefruit grove, pale papaya, crumbcake, daffodil delight, fresh fig, fresh freesia and Tahitian tide.  Other:  SU! Tahitian tide twine.

It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s a tic tac toe and I opted for the die cut/copper/pattern paper.

I started by die cutting the sketchy star out of copper foil paper.  I used my wonky dies on some pattern paper and completed my requirements for the tic tac toe.

I layered everything and popped up the copper star before adding the sentiment from my Papertrey Ink Simple Stars stamp set from 2014.

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI white.  SU! copper foil, brights dsp and neutrals dsp.  Stamps:  PTI simple stars (2014).  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  SSS sketchy star.  Lil Inker wonky dies.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a color challenge to use petal pink, polished pink, orchid oasis and starry sky.

Using the required colors, I did a little blending of the colors using my linen stencil.  I then die cut the paper to create the background for my flower silhouette.

I used my SU! harvest dies to die cut the flower from starry sky paper and then adhered to the blended paper.  I layered on white card stock and then popped up a sentiment as the final touch.  I loved how this turned out.

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Supplies:  CS: PTI white.  SU! starry sky.  Stamps:  Neat & Tangled Scandinavian prints.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  Tim Holtz linen stencil.  SU! harvest dies.  MFT mini scalloped stitched rectangles.  Inks:  SU! petal pink, polished pink, orchid oasis and starry sky.

It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s time for a sketch challenge!

I started by die cutting a cattail out of white cardstock and then coloring with my alcohol markers.  I die cut a pierced square and stamped the sentiment from my Papertrey Ink Phrases and Praises stamp set from 2015. 

I cut a couple of washi tags and then layered everything together.  Finally, I added the rest of the sentiment to line up with the sketch requirements and was done!

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI rustic white.  Dies:  Cattail.  MFT pierced squares.  SSS washi tape.  PTI linen plate.  Stamps:  PTI phrases and praises (2015).  Inks:  Stampin’ blends – old olive and crumbcake.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a sketch challenge!

I started with some images to create a bit of a monochromatic winter scene.  Trees, cabin and deer feel a bit wintery to me.  Or maybe I am already dreaming of winter?  Yikes!  What am I thinking!

I added the sentiment and die cut using my deckled edges rectangles, popped up on the card base and was done.

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Supplies:  CS: PTI soft stone.  Inks:  Memento London fog.  Copic grey.  Stamps:  Inkylicious snowy trees, twinchie, silhouette stag deer 1.  PTI freshly fallen.  Dies:  SU! deckle rectangles.  PTI linen plate.

It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  This time we are charged with using circles on a card.

I started by stenciling a background of circles out of lemon lime twist and Tahitian tide inks.  I stamped the sentiment from my SU! forever lovely stamp set from 2019.

I die cut a stitched circle for the sentiment and backed with lemon lime twist.  Finally, I die cut the stenciled background and popped up on Tahitian tide after adding a bit of twine and some bling.

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI white.  SU! lemon lime twist and Tahitian tide.  Stamps:  SU! forever lovely (2019).  Dies:  SU! layering circles, stitched shapes and stitched rectangles.  PTI linen plate.  Art Explorations retro circles stencil.  Inks:  SU! lemon lime twist and Tahitian tide.  Other:  SU! twine and rhinestones.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a speed challenge to make a belated birthday card.

I colored my leaf stamp with my zig markers and then spritzed with water before stamping on a piece of watercolor paper.  I cut a piece of pattern paper and a piece of rustic cream to back the leaf image.

Then I cut a piece of burlap and a piece of pear pizzazz ribbon and layered everything together.  I added a few colored dots and the sentiment, did a bit of black splatter and was done.  With 8 seconds left!

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Supplies:  CS: PTI rustic cream.  Watercolor paper.  SU! artfully composed dsp.  Inks:  zig markers.  Stamps:  SU! artfully layered.  PTI kis belated birthday.  Other:  SU! pear pizzazz and burlap ribbon.  Dots. 

It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s a color challenge and celebrates colors of the 70s.  We need to use three of these colors – harvest gold, avocado green, tomato red, burnt orange or brown.

For my card today, I pulled out a House Mouse stamp from 2020 and paired it up with a sentiment from my Papertrey Ink Christmas Critters sentiments from 2016.  This was such a happy accident as I was searching for the perfect sentiment and found it!

I stamped the image and then colored with my alcohol markers.  I die cut and then layered on poppy parade, old olive, mango melody and soft suede card stock.

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI white.  SU! soft suede, poppy parade, mango melody and old olive.  Stamps:  House Mouse balsam nap (2020).  PTI Christmas critters (2016).  Inks:  SU! stampin’ blends – pumpkin pie, mango melody, poppy parade, old olive, crumbcake, soft suede and cinnamon cider.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  SU! stitched rectangles.