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chess anyone?

As You See It, my favourite challenge, is asking for our crafting resolution for this year. I think mine is often the same thing as I always want to use as much of my current supplies as possible. This card also fits the challenge at Krafty Chicks Challenge #752 {Masculine} so I’m adding it there as well. Last year I was part of a Kit club as a store was offering kits over 3 months at a very reasonable price. My kits arrived, all Crafters Companion, were inspected, set aside and then nothing. So for sure, my resolution is to actually use them and soon. And I will also concentrate on using stamp sets and dies that don’t get used as often as they should.

One of my stamping friends gifted me with some printed images from her collection of stamps when I needed something specific and didn’t want to buy a set for a likely one time use. I picked a few images from her blog and then saw a card she had done using some game images, so I also requested the StampinUP chess pieces. This card features that image and I fussy cut it for using here. Using a small hexagon die, I think from Crafters Companion, I cut several in both white and black. These were then added to the beige background piece which is PP from an older paper pad. The sentiment is two different stamps from a SSS set and the raffia twine is from my stash. I added everything to the black card front and declared it finished.

I really appreciate you stopping in for a look. Wherever you are I hope that it isn’t too cold.

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  3. Oh, Johanna, this is stunning! Your background has so much depth, texture and contrast and it’s perfect for your focal image, which almost look like silver in comparison! Thanks for sharing your crafting resolution with us at As You See It Challenges!

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  5. Love the contrast your black & white background pieces give to the chess images. We’ve all got piles of stash that need using up too, so your goal really resonated with me. Thanks for sharing your resolution with us at As You See It

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  6. This is such a great masculine card Johanna – so much depth and detail and the contrast between the sketched image and bold black and white hexagons really stands out. Yay for using up our stash and making up our kits too! Thanks for sharing with us over at As You See It!

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  9. What a great masculine card! The black and white hexagons against the DSP make for a wonderful ground for the chess pieces. I’m envious of the very supportive stamping community you seem to have built up – such things are precious indeed. I’m also very pleased to see that As You See It is your favourite challenge! Thanks for joining in with us again this week. 🙂

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    1. Thanks Jan. My stamping group go way back and yes we support each other big time. For gals who have never met in person, we are good friends.

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