It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a speed challenge to use punches!

I am back after a short break fighting with my computer.  I am just happy to have a working computer again!  This challenge is about speed and punches.  I pulled out one of my top three punches – the bitty butterfly and promptly punched three butterflies.  (That sounds bad…lol)

I used a word background stamp and added a thank you sentiment.  I added the butterflies and some bling, die cut the card front, adhered to the base and was done.  Time used: 9 min!

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! White and brights dsp.  PTI soft stone.  Stamps: background stamp (unknown).  SU! Heart shaped.  Dies/punches: SU! Deckled rectangles and bitty butterfly punch.  PTI linen plate.  Other: rhinestones.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a fill in the blank!  This year, my crafting resolution is more ink blending and coloring!

I have been watching a lot of crafting videos lately and they have all been about ink blending and coloring.  I usually rely on my colored ink pads but these videos have inspired me to do more with my blending brushes, alcohol markers, colored pencils, watercolor pencils and watercolors.  Let’s hope my resolution holds out!

I went really clean and simple here by die cutting a background, a picket fence and an urn.  I used my inks and blenders to color the fence and urn, leaving the background white.  I did attempt to color the background but just couldn’t get the right color or look.

I popped the fence and urn up on the background and adhered to the kraft base.  I added a simple sentiment and was done.  What is your crafting resolution?

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI kraft and white.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  Gummiapan antique urns, picket fence and worn paper note.  Stamps:  CB message me.  Inks:  Distress inks – antique linen and mermaid lagoon.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a color challenge to use berry burst, basic gray, smokey slate and peach pie.

I started by stamping and coloring this sweet donkey image.  I used peach pie on his nose and ears, smokey slate on him and berry burst for the flowers.

I die cut the image and then popped it up over a strip of basic gray dsp.  I stamped and die cut the sentiment, added to the image and was done!

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Supplies:  CS: SU! white and neutrals dsp.  Inks:  SU! blends berry burst, smokey slate and peach pie.  Stamps:  Unity darling donkey smiles.  Dies:  Unity stitched banners and grunge cuts.  PTI linen plate.

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

I started by running my misty moonlight card base through the forever plaid embossing folder.  Then I cut down the snowflake paper and backed it with white to make it pop from all the blue.  I stamped the sentiment and snowflake and then diecut before adhering.

I twisted some silver thread and white twine around the snowflake paper and then added the rest of the sentiment.  Happy Holidays everyone!

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Supplies:  CS: SU! white, misty moonlight and iconic celebrations.  Dies:  SU! forever plaid ef.  PTI linen plate.  MFT mini scalloped stitched squares.  Stamps:  PTI fab flakes and Christmas cheer.  Inks:  SU! misty moonlight.  Other:  SU! white twine and silver thread.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a speed challenge to make a card with trees in 10 minutes or under!

I started by stamping and die cutting a couple of scrub brush trees.  Then it was off to the races.  I quickly die cut the card front with my deckle edge rectangles and added two pieces of dsp and adhered to the card base.

I popped up the trees, whipped up the sentiment and with shaky hands was pressing it on the card when the timer went off!  My monochromatic trees card was done with no time left over!

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! very vanilla, pecan pie and iconic celebrations dsp.  Stamps:  PTI joyful Christmas.  Dies:  PTI linen plate and joyful Christmas.  SU! deckled rectangles and washi punch.  Inks:  SU! pecan pie.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a color challenge to use azure afternoon, granny apple green and shaded spruce.

I started by stamping leaves from SU! gorgeous leaves in the required colors and adding splatter as well to make my background.  Then I added some strips of shaded spruce and granny apple green dsp to the base and die cut.

I die cut a couple of leaves out of azure afternoon and granny apple green and popped those up with the sentiment.  I love how it turned out because these colors are really amazing together!

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Supplies:  CS: SU! white, shaded spruce, granny apple green, azure afternoon, regals and brights dsp.  Stamps:  SU! gorgeous leaves.  PTI autumn hills.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  MFT blueprints 13.  SU! washi punch and seasonal layers dies.  Inks:  SU! azure afternoon, granny apple green and shaded spruce.

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

This was such a great sketch!  So much so that I broke out my brand new SU! sea turtle stamp set.  Team member Jan Clothier is a champ at this set and after all of her beautiful cards – I had to have it!  (I just hope I did it justice!)

I started by running some white card stock thru my dotted circles embossing folder and my linen plate.  Then I die cut using my stitched rectangles.  I should have done this in reverse order because it flattened all my circles.  Lol.  Then I added some dsp and the twine.

I stamped the water and turtle, die cutting using the stitched rectangle and fussy cutting the turtle.  I added the sentiment and then put everything together according to the sketch.

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Supplies:  CS: SU! white and 2022-2024 in color dsp.  Stamps:  SU! sea turtle.  PTI floating by sentiments.  Inks:  SU! parakeet party and Tahitian tide.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  SU! stitched rectangles.  SU! dotted circles embossing folder.  Other:  SU! parakeet party twine.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a speed challenge to make a card with fruit!

I dug out some old pear stamps and my pear pizzazz ink and paper – naturally.  I started the clock and set to work.  I cut down the card base, a piece of black and the white card front and ran them all through the linen plate.

I stamped random pears and only inked in one set of pears with the pear pizzazz and some crushed curry ink.  I stamped the sentiment and then used my washi punch on it and a piece of pear pizzazz.  I layered everything and was done.  With 2 seconds to spare.  I was sure I had more time than that left on the clock!  That ten minutes goes by fast in these speed challenges!

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! white, basic black and pear pizzazz.  Stamps:  W+9 punny produce – pears.  Inks:  SU! crushed curry and pear pizzazz.  Other:  SU! washi punch.  PTI linen plate.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  It’s a theme challenge to make a vintage or shabby chic card.  I am a CAS girl but I think I managed just fine on this one!

I started with a piece of country woods dsp that I stamped the floral image on.  Then, using masks, I inked up the image with my blending brushes.  I roughed up the edges before adhering to my layers of lost lagoon, wild wheat and pecan pie.

To help with the vintage feel, I stamped (lightly) some splatter and script in wild wheat around the edges and on the image a bit.  I stamped the sentiment and die cut, adding a bit of twine on the end of the sentiment and some below it.  I popped it up, added a dot and was done!

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Supplies:  CS: SU! white, lost lagoon, wild wheat, pecan pie and country woods dsp.  Inks:  SU! garden green, pear pizzazz, wild wheat, pecan pie, lost lagoon and pool party.  Stamps:  SU! enduring beauty, notes of nature, artfully layered and happiness abounds.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  MFT washi tape.  SU! enduring beauty masks.  Other:  linen thread and dots.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  We have a recipe challenge to make a card with trees, embossing folder, twine, shades of green and birthday.

I dug out my old SU! lovely as a tree stamp set and inked up the trees in granny apple green, old olive and garden green.  I added my birthday sentiment before adding my twine.  

Then I die cut with a stitched rectangle before adhering to a piece of granny apple green that I ran thru my woodgrain embossing folder.  I attached to the garden green base and was done! 

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Supplies:  CS: SU! white, granny apple green and garden green.  Inks:  SU! granny apple green, old olive and garden green.  Stamps:  SU! lovely as a tree and special moments.  Dies:  SU! woodgrain embossing folder.  PTI linen plate.  SU! stitched rectangles.  Other:  twine.