Strawberries in a Jar

I colored with pencils a little bit~

(stamps: Papertrey Ink Friendship Jar Summer Fillers  dies:Papertrey Ink Pint Jar,My Favorite Things Wonky Stitched Circles,Spellbinders Classic Circles, Avery Elle Dotted Elle-ments)

I was inspired by the following challenge~

Make It Monday #276:Kraft & Colored Pencils

 hosted by Melissa

I saw this inspirational pic and thought of the berries and pack of green patterned paper I had on hand.

 I'm thinking I'll send it to one of the teachers as the school year draws to a close~

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Floral Mood Board Collage

This card took days to create~but I'd do it again.

 

I kept working with it and taking breaks in between errands and events this weekend.

 (stamps: Winnie & Walter My Precious/True sentiments)

This mood board was super inspiring~

w&w 3rd Birthday Bash/Mood Board Challenge with Heather P.

Taking cues from Mayuri's challenge,

I inked the back of gems to create the floral images.

I'm a hoarder of patterned slivers, so it

was easy to find scraps for this card.

Simon Says Stamp (Wednesday): Anything Goes

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Rock Star & Ink Smooshing

I played with ink smooshing, thanks to 

w&w 3rd Birthday Bash/Ink Smooshing Challenge with Heather H

I inked an acetate sheet with two distress ink colors and sprayed with water.

I then smooshed it on to heavy white cardstock.

(stamps:Winnie & Walter True/My Precious "rock"  die:Avery Elle Dotted Elle-ments)

I allowed myself a large piece of cardstock to smoosh on, so that I could die-cut the part I liked.

The hardest part is waiting for it to dry!

I've had my "washi tape dipped" banner sitting on the sidelines, waiting for a chance to embellish a card.

 

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Bright Circles

(stamps: Winnie & Walter My Precious/True)

I was blessed to start my day yesterday with stamping and coloring~it set the tone for the rest of my day.

Coloring each section with brights and deciding which sliver to dot made my brain all tingly.

w&w Birthday Bash/Bright Colours Challenge with Lydia

I'm also submitting this to 

 Simon Says Stamp (Wednesday): Anything Goes


I wanted to get these challenge posts up before my week slips away...

Gemstone Butterflies

Playing with my gemstone stamps brought about butterflies~

(stamps: Winnie & Walter My Precious/True sentiments)

 I love to save paper slivers for interesting details~

I usually stick with one side, but this card needed wings. ;)

 w&w 3rd Birthday Bash/Off the Page Challenge with Keren

 Simon Says Stamp (Wednesday): Anything Goes

 I'm not sure when I'll have a chance to sit at the computer again, so I may be linking up multiple posts.

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Floral Gems

I've been playing with gem stamps lately...

 (stamps: Winnie & Walter My Precious/True sentiments)

 and it's highly therapeutic!

Creating a pattern makes me feel all swimmy...like someone is brushing my hair.

Maybe it's just me~but my brain circuits LOVE IT.

I lined up two different gemstones from Winnie & Walter's My Precious set to create a pattern.

The rounded "petals" were stamped black, then I lined up the centers with smaller stones in red.

w&w 3rd Birthday Bash/Pattern-Making Challenge with Mayuri 

There's still time to participate in their variety of challenges!

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