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    Hi Everyone, I am playing along with  Woodblock Wednesday  from Amy Tsuruta. It's such a good excuse to play with my wonderful wood stamps! And since Valentine's Day is near I thought I make an appropriate card for that occasion - for cat lovers anyway...it also would work for a bunch of other occsions. I first stamped the cats (Stampotique). Then I masked off a stripe. Made myself a mask for the cats and brushed the background with distress inks in rainbow colors. Stamps the dots (All Night Media).  Took the masks off and colored the cats with alcohol ink markers. Added white Posca pen accents. Stamped the sentiment (Rubber soul) and added 2 enamel dots. And here are all those wonderful woodblock stamps: Hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting! Happy Stamping! Linking up with: Woodblock Wednesday Simon Says Wednesday challenge  - anything goes   The Paper Players - sketch, see below AAA Birthday - rainbow 

  Hi Everybody!  I have the honor to be guest designing at the current  Once upon a Time  challenge blog. This month is all about "Where The Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak. You probably are all familiar with his wonderful book. I loved reading it to my children.  I have quite a few wild things in my stash. They are all woodblock stamps by Stampotique. Happily inked them up. I colored them with alcohol ink markers and cut them out. Added them to a page of patterned paper ( Watercolor Rainbow ) from Funky Fossil Designs. The sentiment is also from Funky Fossil Designs- an old set, no longer available. I hope you liked this. Perhaps you'll find time to play along at  Once upon a Time  . Thanks for visiting! Happy Stamping!  

Hi Everybody!  I am back with a card I made for the  Dream Factory  Challenge and choose the dotty background for the  Day of the Month Card Club  challenge.   I got inspired by the movie poster - see below. I immediately knew I wanted to use this cute monster from Stampotique. I colored it with alcohol ink markers and fuzzy cut it.  Made the background with a stencil by Donna Downey. The heat embossed sentiment is by My Favorite Things and the little side strip of striped paper is from Funky Fossil. I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting! Happy Stamping!   Linking up with: Dream Factory  - Turning Red Day of the Month Card Club  - Dots Woodblock Wednesday

 Hi Everyone, The new challenge at  52CCT , where I am honored to be guest designer for this week. The theme is Green and Red  - very traditional colors, so I went with non-traditional stamps, LOL! I used a left over background from a prior project (water colored). I stamped the monster and dog (Stampotique) onto scrap paper, colored them with alcohol ink markers and cut them out. Stamped them again onto the card base and added the cut-outs. Added the sentiment (Ellen Hutson). I trimmed the card and added my favorite strip of patterned paper at the bottom. I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting! and don't forget to kink up your card with  52CCT ! Happy Stamping!

Hi Everyone, it has been ages, that I made a card just for a challenge and not part of a DT....Time to pull out some long neglected stamps....  You might have seen the inspiration picture from the  Pinspirational  challenge - what fun!!!! I had to play. I made a gel palte background and pulled out those cute Stampotique monsters. I colored them with water brush pens. The sentiment is by Honey Bee and Papertrey. This card just make me happy! I hope it has the same effect on you! Happy Stamping! Playing along with: Pinspirational - see picture below Alphabet challenge - "M" (monsters) Cut it up - anything with a die cut (the smile is one) Do all creatives - creative background

Hi Everyone,  at Stampotique we are in the middle of our  new challenge  starting - the theme is " Favorite Holiday ".  Well, mine is Christmas - at least when it comes to card making! I used an embossing folder for the snowflakes and directly smeared ink on the paper, which left the snowflake indentation white. Added the trees  - of course did some masking. I colored them with Inktense. I stamped the gnomes , colored them and fussy cut them. Added them and stamped the sentiment . Stampotique Challenges run every TWO weeks...... Please remember you can use any stamps for our challenge and you are allowed to have 2 entries per challenge. From all the current months entries we will draw 2 random winners who will each win a 30.00 gift certificate on the first week of the following month. Have fun with  Hope to see you at  the  challenge ! Linking up with:

Hi Everyone, we at Stampotique have a  very special challenge  this month - its Stampotique's 300th challenge! Yeahh to Stampotique! What an accomplishment!!!!  The theme is " add 300 ".  I used the beautiful Flower Frenzy stamp  to create this card. I stamped it with Versamark onto water color paper and heat embossed it. Sprinkled orange and gamboge Brushos on it and spritzed ti with water. Let it dry. Die cut the 300 (Papertrey) and again using fun foam. I glued the numbers and fun foam together and then added it into the die cut openings, so now its raised. Stamped the sentiment onto scrap pieces of paper and added Bakers Twine. Stampotique Challenges run every TWO weeks...... Please remember you can use any stamps for our challenge and you are allowed to have 2 entries per challenge. From all the current months entries we will draw 2 random winners who will each win a 30.00 gift certificate on the first week of the following month. ...

Hi Everyone, have you seen art coins yet? It the new thing to do - at least for me. I was not familiar with that until now...Stampotique has an art coin swap and mine went all the way to the Netherlands I had so much fun making those. They are 2.5 inches in diameter - small, but hey pack a punch ;) I used a background I made with my gelli plate. The little monsters are colored with Inktense and fussy cut. I also added some words to two of the coins. All stamps are by Stampotique and the monsters are designed by Kira Nichols . The blah blah stamp you find HERE , the sentiment is  HERE . Changed my background - which one do you like better? Happy art coin making! Linking up with: Addicted to Stamps and More  - anything goes Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge A Inky Mess - just for fun Lost Coast to Designs - round and round

Hi Everyone, just a quick card made with those fun little  Buttons  from this month Stampotique release. I stamped the buttons and colored around them with watercolors. Thought it looks kind of stiff, so I spritzed it with water and the color bled into the paper. Liked that a lot better. Let it dry. Added the   sentiment  and Bakers twine. Happy Stamping! Linking up with:

Hi Everyone, I am back with a card I made with that fun little  Some Bunny stamp set  from this month Stampotique release. I used one of my gelatin plate backgrounds and stamped the tiny bunny randomly all over the paper. Colored them with Inktense. Stamped the big bunny on a piece of scrap paper and fussy cut it. Trimmed my background paper and added striped paper at the bottom. Added the sentiment - also part of the set with a brad and added Bakers twine. Happy Stamping! Linking up with: Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge  - Day2

Hi Everyone, It's a new month and that means  Stampotique's New Release  is out and it is again fantastic! I used the Birdy Branch by Tini Lubberink and combined it with one of her stamps from last month' release, called Dreamers . I colored my card with Inktense. I used a stitched die and border die by STAMPlorations and the relax is from Simon Says Stamps. I just love this little summery scene. It reminds me about my childhood..... Go and checkout the new release ! Happy Stamping! Linking up with: Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge  - Day 1

Hi Everyone,  at Stampotique we are in the middle of our  new challenge  starting - the theme is " Mother Nature ".  I stamped the birds ( Birdy Up ) and colored them with Inktense. Added the sentiment . Added the Washi tape and Bakers twine. Stampotique Challenges run every TWO weeks...... Please remember you can use any stamps for our challenge and you are allowed to have 2 entries per challenge. From all the current months entries we will draw 2 random winners who will each win a 30.00 gift certificate on the first week of the following month. Have fun with  Hope to see you at  the  challenge ! Linking up with: Stamping Sensations - close to Nature Inspired by all the Little Things - see picture below Simon Says Wednesday challenge  - anything goes Addicted to Stamps and More  - CAS