Make my Monday #52 Grey and pink

I did this for the Make my MOnday challenge #52 to use grey and pink. My grey is a silver metallic and it appears more blackish in the photo. I got out an old set I got from Paper Trey years ago. After stamping the flower and leaves, I painted them with Oxide inks. After it was dry, I fuzzy cut it out and then diecut the believe out of pink paper. The white panel is stenciled using hickory smoke distress ink.

Mod Squad - Wheels

When I went to check out the Mod Squad challenge this week and saw that it was wheels and that Kitchen Sink Stamps is their sponsor this week, I pulled out my KS classic truck. I used my distress oxide inks to stamp and sponge my card.

Try Stampin' On Tuesdays #335

Check out the challenge over at Try Stampin' on Tuesdays. This week's challenge is a sketch with a twist and the twist being embossing. I found this embossing folder on sale last week, so was anxious to try it out. I cut a strip of some of my experimetations with Distress Oxide inks for the strip portion of the sketch.The stamps I used were from Unity Stamps. I colored the image with copic markers.

Tuesday Throwdown #356

This is for the Tuesday Throwdown challenge. Just a little invite to get the girls together. A night for our mental health!!! I used an image from Unity Stamps and the sentiment if from Kitchen Sink stamps. I just used a direct from pad method to put on the color. An easy to make invitation for that special group of friends. Add a few sequins and we are ready to party!!

CCEE1732 Insects

Anne is our fabulous hostess this week and her challenge for us at CCEE Stampers was to use an insect. So it might be a bee, a dragonfly, or any insect you would like. She also suggested using a little stickles or sparkle to the wings if it is a winged insect. I went through my bug stamp collection
and found this  old favorite of mine from Stampin' Up. It was a from a free set that I got during their Sellabration event years ago. I love the artwork on it and so I wanted a softer look for my coloring and a simple background so I went for a one layered card.  I watercolored with oxide inks and embossed the edges.

SOS #315 Spice up your life

Searching for a challenge to do this morning as my daily therapy, I found this cool one over at http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/ where I am to be inspired by one of the spice girls. I love orange and "ginger" color,  so I picked "Ginger."  I used one of my favorite stamps from Unity Stamps that seem to go right along here with this whole "rocking" challenge.  I used the medallion background stamp from Stampin' Up  (an old favorite as well) and inked it with oxide inks in those orange and ginger tones. After stamping and coloring my image with copic markers, I popped her up in front of the stamped background. This great sentiment is included with this Unity set, and then I added some silver stars. Thanks ladies at Shopping our Stash, I had such fun with this challenge.

CCEE1731 Embossing

 Anne Harmon is our hostess for the month of August.

For our first challenge,  she is asking us to use any technique that involves embossing - wet, dry, resist - whatever appeals to you.

I die cut my circle. and then did the dry embossing on the front.

I tried a new embossing ink on this by Ranger, and some old gold embossing powder. Apparently, embossing powder may lose its effectiveness because it did not turn out like I had hoped.

This diecut is from Stampin' Up.

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