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!  It’s a speed challenge to make a thank you card!

I have a love/hate relationship with speed challenges.  I love them when I know exactly what I am going to make and I can get it done in the required time…and I hate them when I know what I am going to make and it takes more than 10 minutes…lol!  I had to make this card twice so I was an expert the second time around.

I stamped the image from the long ago retired SU! always thankful stamp set.  I love this stamp set because of this one image.  I stamped it in wild wheat and ran the card thru my linen impression plate.  I stamped the sentiment and went to check the time…and cleared the timer!!  Argh!  So I started over!

So I repeated the above paragraph, sans clearing the time, snipped the sentiment edges and popped up on the card.  I was so proud of myself – I was about 5 minutes in when I decided to add some bling – which cost me a minute and a half trying to unstick the dots and get them on the card!  But at 6 minutes and 30 seconds, my card was done!

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! white.  Stamps:  SU! always thankful.  SSS sailing.  Inks:  SU! wild wheat.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  Other:  SU! wild wheat dots.

It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s a theme challenge to make a card with spring flowers.

I dug out my Papertrey Ink Flower Favorites from 2015 and inked up the iris image.  I used some distress inks so that I could spritz them with water to make a watercolor image.  I didn’t set out to have the splatter background – but one iris image with too much pressure and ink went flying.

I added the sentiment and then used my deckled edges to cut the card front and the gorgeous grape background.  I added some linen thread and then adhered to my pear pizzazz base.

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! watercolor paper, gorgeous grape and pear pizzazz.  Inks:  Tim Holtz Distress – dusty concord, shaded lilac, shabby shutters, peeled paint and scattered straw.  Stamps:  PTI flower favorites (2015).  Other:  SU! linen thread.  Dies:  SU! deckled rectangles.  PTI linen plate.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  We have a recipe challenge to use an embossing folder, plaid, ribbon/twine, die cut and rhinestones/gems.

I started by stamping the thermos image from SU! warmest heart and then die cutting.  I ran my card base through my linen impression plate and then a piece of the Tahitian tide through the absolutely argyle embossing folder.

I die cut a piece of white cardstock, ran thru the linen plate, added the plaid dsp before adding the ribbon, thermos, sentiment and pearl.  I layered everything together and was done!

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Supplies:  CS: SU! white, Tahitian tide and in color dsp.  Stamps:  SU! warmest heart.  Dies:  SU! warmest heart and absolutely argyle embossing folder.  MFT pierced rectangles and blueprint 13.  PTI linen plate.  Inks:  SU! Tahitian tide.  Other:  SU! Tahitian tide pearl and Tahitian tide ribbon.

It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s a color challenge to use to use midnight blue, violet blue, sky blue and white.

I really struggled with this challenge because I just couldn’t come up with something that I really liked.  In the end, I played around with some collage stamping which is a go to for me. 

I used the required colors with my Stampin’ Up! French Foliage (2011) and Artfully Layered (2022) and my Clearly Besotted Message Me (2016).  I die cut using a postage die cut, popped it up and was done!

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! orchid oasis and white.  Stamps:  SU! French foliage (2011) and artfully layered (2022).  CB message me (2016).  Inks:  SU! night of navy, orchid oasis and seaside spray.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  SSS postage stamp.

It’s a new challenge at As You See It!  We have a recipe challenge to use a circle, thank you sentiment, pattern paper, enamel dots, a die cut and shades of yellow.

A tall order!  I started by stamping some different pattern leaves in shades of yellow.  It’s hard to see the difference but I used crushed curry, daffodil delight and bumblebee.  I added the sentiment and then die cut.

I die cut a couple more circles out of daffodil delight and crushed curry pattern paper.  I layered everything and added the dots.  All ingredients accounted for!

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Supplies:  CS: SU! white, brights and regals dsp.  Stamps:  PTI mighty oak and it’s the thought.  Inks:  SU! crushed curry, daffodil delight and bumblebee.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  SU! stitched circles dies.  Other:  SU! enamel dots.

It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s a theme challenge to make a card that celebrates spring!

I love spring flowers and opted to go with some tulips.  I stamped them using my Clearly Besotted Miniature Florals from 2015 and colored using alcohol markers.  I die cut using my deckled edges and then did a daffodil delight die cut to back the image.

I used crumb cake as my base and some daffodil delight seam binding for the ribbon.  My sentiment is from my often used Clearly Besotted Message Me from 2016.  We have secret pals at work so my pal will get this thank you card next month for all the goodies I have received over the past nine months.  I have been spoiled!

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! crumb cake, white and daffodil delight.  Stamps:  CB message me (2016) and miniature florals (2015).  Dies:  PTI linen.  SU! deckled edges.  Inks:  SU! blends – daffodil delight and old olive.  Other:  SU! daffodil delight seam binding ribbon.

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

I started with my Simon Says Stamp Many Thanks stamp set from 2015.  I stamped the first rose stamp randomly using pale papaya ink and then used grapefruit grove for the second layer.  I added the two tone leaves in soft sea foam and pear pizzazz.

I stamped the sentiment and die cut with my deckled edges as well as die cutting the card front.  I added some ribbon, popped up the sentiment and adhered to the card base.  I finished it off with some dots and rhinestones.

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Supplies:  CS:  SU! white and crumbcake.  Stamps:  SSS many thanks (2015).  Inks:  SU! pear pizzazz, soft sea foam, pale papaya grapefruit grove.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  SU! deckled edges.  Other:  Dots and ribbon.

It’s a new Retro Rubber Challenge!  It’s a color challenge and celebrates colors of the 90s.  We need to use three of these colors – earthy tones of terra cotta, rustic gold, reds, browns or dark teals.

I opted to go with all the colors except for some reason I had blue not teals in my brain so I really used four of the five colors.  I broke out my very much loved Stampin’ Up French Foliage stamp set from 2011.  I love this set!

I stamped several images in terra cotta, crushed curry, cherry cobbler, and misty moonlight.  I die cut a triangle piece to place over some of the images that I stamped directly on the card base.  I added the sentiment in soft suede, some dots and was done.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink’s Mum’s The Word (2013).

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Supplies:  CS:  PTI white.  Stamps:  PTI mum’s the word (2013).  SU! French foliage (2011).  Inks:  SU! soft suede, terracotta tile, misty moonlight, crushed curry and cherry cobbler.  Dies:  PTI linen plate.  SU! stitched triangles.  Other:  SU! dots.

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

I started by stamping and coloring some of the roses from the SU! Happiness Abounds stamp set.  I die cut them and then die cut some white card stock for the sketch.

I added a piece of petal pink under the white card front, stamped the sentiment and then layered all together.  I love the peekaboo die cut and think it adds a bit of interest that brightens up the card.

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Supplies:  CS: SU! white and petal pink.  Stamps:  SU! happiness abounds.  Dies:  SU! blossoming happiness and stitched rectangles.  PTI linen plate.  Inks:  SU! old olive and petal pink.