Land of the Free - Mojo#243

Inspired by this weeks Mojo Monday sketch, my newly acquired Authentique paper pack, and the Memorial Day Holiday, I created my card using an image from the Artistic Outpost Hero plate.

The image is stamped on Watercolor paper in Black Archival ink, then colored with STAEDTLER Karat Aquarell Watercolor pencils, blending with Gamsol.  The skin tone areas are colored with a Flesh color STAEDTLER Marsgraphic Marker.  I added some Blue clouds to the background to match the Blue Authentique paper.  The Bell and "Liberty" were cut from the pattern paper, then popped on dimensionals on the Spellbinder circle panels.  The banner was cut from the pattern paper and Blue card stock using the Silhouette Cameo.  I added a bit of piercing with the Scor-Bug.

Details:
Stamps - Artistic Outpost Hero
Ink - Ranger Black Archival, Blue, Ranger Aged Linen Distress Ink
Card Stock - Red, Navy, Watercolor
Other - Scor-Bug, Spellbinders Circle Dies, Silhouette Cameo, Scallop Punch, Authentique Pattern Paper, Sponge Dauber, Dimensionals

Let Freedom Ring

On this Memorial Day, let us remember those who serve our country!  Thank you for our freedom!

Details:
Stamps - Kitchen Sink Stamps Multi Step Zinnia, Ready 4 Any Holiday
Ink - Red, Blue, Pink, Bashful Blue, Navy
Card Stock - Red, White, Navy

Color Recipe:
Red Zinnia - #2 Pink, #1 Pink, #3 Red, #4 Red, #5 Red
Blue Zinnia - #2 Bashful Blue, #1 Bashful Blue, #3 Brilliant Blue, #4 Navy, #5 Navy

Don't forget  - Kitchen Sink Stamps Memorial Day Sale ends today, May 28th (midnight PST).  Simply click here  to save 25% on your Kitchen Sink Stamps purchases, your savings will automatically be applied to your cart, or you can use code 25LISA at check out!

Thanks so much for stopping by, for more Kitchen Sink Stamps inspiration, be sure to visit the other Design Team Members:

 Connie • Julie • Lynn • Makiko  • Maria

Happy Memorial Day!

Celebrating Father's Blog Hop Winner

Sorry for the delay in posting the winner!  Thank you to those who left a comment on the Creations By AR DT Blog Hop Celebrating Father's, the random winner from my blog is - Haydee.  For those who hopped along and left comments, be sure to check the other Design Team members blogs to see if you have won.

Congrats Haydee, please email Adela with your selection of either the new Papa's Trunk or Comfy Sofa Template.

Nothing Shall be Impossible - CR84FN#55

It's time for another wonderful color challenge at the CR84FN Blog!  Thanks so much to those who played along with our last challenge!  Our next Two Week Color Challenge is to use the colors Celery, Lavender and a Grey.

My recent go to paper pack (We R Memory Keepers) has some wonderful papers that are just perfect for this weeks challenge, design inspiration is from this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch.

The Verse (Verses Rubber Stamps IN0226-E) is stamped in Grey on a Vanilla panel.  The Flower was created using the two smallest stamps and dies from Heartfelt Creations Tattered Blossoms Set.  I scrunched and pinched the edges of the petals, then layered them on top of each other to form the blossom.  I added the blossom to a Memory Box Die (Macarena Corner), and embellished with a Stick Pink that my friend Sue made for me!  The added stitching is done using a stitch stamp from Unity.

Details:
Stamps - Heartfelt Creations Tattered Blossoms, Verses Rubber Stamps, Unity
Ink - Grey
Card Stock - Grey, Lavender
Other - Big Shot, Heartfelt Creations Tattered Blossoms Die, Zva Creative Pearls, Stick Pink, Spellbinders Edgeabilities, Dimensionals, Memory Box Die, Stampin' Up! Sizzlit Die

Here's this weeks color inspiration, we'd love for you to play along with us at CR84FN, you can find all the details here on how to enter. If you upload to any online gallery please use keyword CR84FN55 so we can find your creations!


Looking for more inspiration using this weeks challenge visit the other Designers Blogs:

Mona Pendleton* Sue Lelli * Andrea Matthews *  Suzanne Czosek *  Heather Jensen  *  Deborah Frings * Shannon White  * Pauline Pollington

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Bloggers Challenge - Color Challenge and a KSS Sale!

Happy Bloggers Challenge Friday!  Thanks so much to those who played along with last weeks Graduation Challenge, as always it's wonderful to stop by and see your creations for the challenges!  This weeks challenge is to use the colors Green, Brown and an additional Neutral color.

Inspired by this weeks colors, and Retro Sketches Sketch #12, I created a Sympathy card using Kitchen Sink Stamps Multi Step Trees and Simple Sentiments Sets.  If you are unfamiliar with Kitchen Sink Stamps and Multi Step Stamping, see this post where I've used the same Tree image and created a video, on how to achieve the end result when Multi Step Stamping with the Tree image.

If you've always wanted to try Kitchen Sink Stamps - they're having a Memorial Day Sale, from now through Monday, May 28th (midnight PST), you can save 25% on your purchases and you'll also receive FREE shipping with a $50 purchase!  Simply click here and your savings will be applied to your cart, or you can use code 25LISA at check out!  Don't forget Kitchen Sink Stamps now offers Rewards Program -when you buy 10 stamp sets of the same size, you'll get to pick one stamp set of the same size FREE!

Details:
Stamps - Kitchen Sink Stamps Multi Step Trees, Simple Sentiments
Ink - Celery, Olive, Artichoke, Chocolate
Card Stock - Vanilla, Espresso, Olive
Other - Wrinkle Ribbon, We R Memory Keepers Pattern Paper, Dimensionals

Color Recipe:
Tree - #2 Olive, #1 Celery, #3 Artichoke, #4 Chocolate

If you'd like to play along with this weeks Bloggers Challenge, please link back to this post on your blog and mention you created your card for the Bloggers Challenge Color Challenge. Please add your link using the Link Tool below, your link should be a direct link to your Bloggers Challenge Post, use your name as the Title. Please do not link to cards that were created prior to the challenge date. Entries not linking properly, or backlinked will be removed.  If you have the captcha enabled on your blog, please consider turning it off, as it makes it so much easier to leave comments

Have a great weekend!