MIM #250 + SSC #127

MAKE IT MONDAY 

MASKED BACKGROUNDS

Laurie Willison  is up on MIM this week showing us  her step by step instructions on how to create amazing masked backgrounds.

You can watch her wonderful video HERE.  You still have a little time to join in the fun.

My card~
I masked off the white cs border with post-it notes and used daubers to sponge on the turquoise, lime green and avacardo, which looks like muddy brown in photo :(  Then I added my Song Birds dies to create the silhouette effect on this note card, which needs to get into the mail to let my cousin know I am thinking of her.  

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I am also adding this card to 

SUNDAY STAMPS CHALLENGE #127

Thank you, Theresa for choosing my beachy scene card as one of the Top Cups in last week's challenge :-)  It was such a fun challenge!

This week at SSC it is all about Color.  We are to use a minimum of three or more of these beautiful colors plus a neutral of your choice. 

BTW ~ This is one of my very favorite color combinations!

Check out what the awesome and talented Design Team has created HERE.

SSC #126

First off, I want to thank Katie and Leena for picking my cards as Top Cups last week! It was a beautiful Color Challenge which I really loved and will continue to use on future projects.
 
I'm joining Sunday Stamps again this week with their fun Sketch Challenge.   They're creating a scene with the sketch as a bit of a twist. The Design Team has created some amazing samples which you can check out HERE.

This is the Sketch

My card is a beach scene ~~of course! That is real sand my Adirondack chair is sitting in overlooking the ocean ;-) 

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SSC 125

I created this card as part of a set in MIM#247 and also wanted to enter it in Sunday Stamps Challenge, but couldn't figure out how to post from a different URL (?) as Mr InLinkz says he already posted the link  :-(  So I just made it a separate post on my Blog.

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Here is the beautiful color inspiration photo from 

Sunday Stamps Challenge 125

MIM #247 & Sunday Stamps

MAKE IT MONDAY

 Water-colored Card Sets

The very sweet and super creative Melissa Phillips has a fun challenge which features water-colored card sets at MIM this week.  Her style and designs are soooo beautiful, just check out her video  HERE,  I'm sure you will want to play along :-)

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I completed two of the card set using PTI's  Rosie Posie and Beautiful Butterflies stamp sets.  There is a third 'work in process' which I will add to this post in a bit.  Not sure I'll use solid stamps for this technique, they came out a bit too muddy.  Looking at all the beautiful entries, I'm thinking outline stamps are best.

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 I am also joining a talented group of ladies at 

Sunday Stamps Challenge 125

This week it's all about color.

 

We can use a minimum of 3 of these gorgeous colors from the Palette above, plus any Neutral.  Check it out HERE