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It’s been a while since I entered a challenge so I thought it about time! While cruising Instagram a couple days ago I came upon another artist's entry for the TGIF Challenge. This is the challenge sketch for this week:
And here is my card. I wanted to use the darling new stamp set from the July/August Mini Catalog called North Pole Mischief - I love stamps featuring silly cats! First I stamped my cat & fish bowl on Basic White cardstock using Memento Black ink & colored in these cute characters using a combination of Blends Alcohol Markers and Stampin Inks using a Water Pen. Next, I played around with circle die cuts in White and Real Red but just didn't like how the fish or cat looked against these colors. I stamped & die cut the trees (stamp set from the Mini Catalog, dies Free from the Sale-A-Bration) and again struggled with placement. I finally settled on circle die cuts from the mottled green "B" side from one piece of Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper; the "A" side is the beautiful Poinsettias. The background is another piece from this same DSP.
I really struggle with photograph colors on this blog - the pictures on my camera are much brighter and lovelier as opposed to the darker look seen here! I can send the same pictures to my social media and they look great - hopefully soon I can figure out what to do differently!
From the new July/August Mini Catalog:
- North Pole Mischief, Item #159770
- Trees For Sale, Item #159785
- Boughs of Holly Designer Series Paper, Item #159600
FREE Item from Sale-A-Bration:
- Tree Lot Dies, Item #159938
Red Bling: retired glitter gems from my stash
From the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog:
- Linen Thread, Item #104199
- Crumb Cake Blends, Item #154882
- Smoky Slate Blends, Item #154904
- Balmy Blue Stampin Ink, Item #147105
- Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush, Item #141897
- CARDSTOCKS: Mossy Meadow(#133676), Old Olive(#100702), Basic White(#159276), and Cherry Cobbler(#119685)