The Paper Players #525: Joanne's Sketch Challenge

 Hello Friends! I was finally able to play along with a challenge today...it's been a while!   I'm linking up to the latest challenge over at The Paper Players where Joanne has put together an easy sketch:

And to make it even more fun, I was finally able to play with new stuff from Stampin' Up!  My card is using the Art Gallery stamps and dies as well as the gorgeous Fine Art Floral DSP:

Using just one piece of 6x6 DSP, I cut the top panel using Mama Elephant's rectangle scalloped die, then flipped the DSP over for the background layer and popped up the scalloped die cut.  The artsy flower was stamped with SU's Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, and Crushed Curry and layered and popped up over the stem in Old Olive.  The sentiment is also from the same stamp set.  What a fun sketch!

Thanks for stopping by to visit.

Hugs,

Annie 

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #097

 Happy New Year and welcome back for another fun Tic Tac Toe Challenge!  Here's the board for this week:

I started with the first row down:  Flowers, Coloring/Ink Blending, and Stencil. 

 

I have this new stamp set from Concord & 9th called In Bloom.  As part of their bundle, it comes with the stamp, dies, AND these very cool stencils that you use to fill in the colors on your stamped image.  Since I did not feel like coloring with Copics or any markers (sometimes I just don't :), this set was perfect for my mood.  I used Distress Oxide inks with the stencils to ink blend and it was so fun and not nearly as stressful as "going outside the lines!"  In fact, I had so much fun, I did a second card using the first row across: Flowers, Twine/Ribbon, and Pink:

We hope you'll pick a row and play along this week!  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Hugs,

Annie