Twofer!

Hello there!

I wanted to share a couple cards I made for the

current Twofer Challenge - geometric.

I used a small circle die for my cards:

Onefer:

I die cut like a gazillion circles (nine) and 

folded them to make my flower medallion. I found a cute bee brad in my stash and added it to

the center. The leaves I cut free hand.

I prepared the card base with a quatrefoil panel, stamped and heat embossed

the sentiment. Used a border punch along the edges before adhering,

then added my flower.

Here's the inside:

Twofer:

Yep, I die cut more circles to use as my banners. I cut the circles in half,

adhered the first 'string' directly the my card base, then popped the other

'string' up with foam squares. Stamped my sentiments and that was it!

and the inside:

We finally are getting a day without rain today! (YAY!) I'm going to

go enjoy it now. Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great day!

Supplies:

Onefer: Stamps: Taylored Expressions - In & Out Birthday

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; scrap

DP: MME - Quite Contrary

Accessories: GC; SB - lg std circle nesties; TE - quatrefoil cover plate; Stampendous - white EP;

heat gun; MME - brad; MISTI; EK Success - deco scallop border punch

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, adhesive sheet; Ranger - multi medium matte

Twofer: Stamps: Hero Arts - celebrate everyday; SSS - messages for everyday

Ink: Memento - Paris dusk

CS: Neenah; scrap

DP: Basic Grey - Aurora

Accessories: GC; SB - lg std circle nesties; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

Fast watercolor flowers

Good morning all!

I want to share a card I made for the current

Just Us Girls challenge: fast watercolors. 

 There's a link on the challenge site to this technique by Jennifer McGuire.

It was a lot of fun, but waiting for the images to dry, ugh! LOL!

Here's what I created:

and the finished inside:

I remembered to snap a pic while the images were still wet:

 

Again, it was torture to put this aside to let air dry, but I did it. ☺

Once dry, I fussy cut the images.* I die cut my main panel using

a pierced rectangle die, and for more interest also die cut 

the ring collage die. (which of course is mostly covered from

the flowers. LOL!)

I stamped the sentiment, then arranged the flowers and adhered

with foam squares. Another sentiment finishes the inside.

I love how this turned out, so I'm going to be making more cards

using this technique! It was so much fun!

That's it for this post. I've got more card pictures to edit now. LOL!

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great day!

*I started to fussy cut these Monday, but then the mother of all storms let

loose over us, and I had to put down the scissors to combat the water

flowing into our basement. NOT a fun time, that. Luckily, we didn't get too much.

Finally finished my card yesterday.

Supplies:

Stamps: Dare2BArtzy/Totally Tracy - power of words; Simon Says Stamp - messages for everyday;

Hero Arts - good things

Ink: Versamark; Ranger DI - mermaid lagoon, wilted violet, spiced marmalade, picked raspberry, lucky clover, twisted citron; Memento - bahama blue

CS: Strathmore watercolor paper; Neenah

Accessories: water mister; Inkadinkadoo - black EP; heat gun; MISTI; GC; Avery Elle - pierced rectangle die; Poppystamps - ring collage die

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH #367 - Leaf It To Me

Hi there crafty friends! I'm hosting this week's challenge at

SHOPPING OUR STASH,

and as our challenge title suggests,

we want to see a leaf or leaves on your project!

Here's my card:

and the inside:

I tried mono-printing with a stencil for my background, based on

this tutorial. I chose ink colors to represent the changing leaf colors in Autumn.

After it dried, I added two strips of burlap ribbon then on top of that a

strip of brown card stock heat embossed with my sentiment.

I remembered that somewhere I had a package of wooden leaves.

(So glad I found them. LOL!) I stained one of them using the same

ink on the background and glued that on. Another

sentiment finishes the inside.

Now it's your turn! We'd love to see your projects linked up

in the gallery at Shopping Our Stash! Looking for more 

inspiration? Simply visit the blogs of my teammates to see

the amazing projects they created, and while there leave

some bloggy lovin!

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a fabulous day!

I'd like to enter this at CAS Mix It Up challenge - stencil monoprint/stamping/heat embossing/wood/burlap

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Balloons and Banners

Ink: Ranger DI - cracked pistachio, twisted citron, lucky clover, mahogany; VersaMark

CS: TE; Neenah

Accessories: STAMPlorations - leaf prints stencil; water mister; Recollections - burlap ribbon & wooden leaf; MISTI; Stampendous - champagne EP; heat gun; Fray Check

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; American Crafts - tacky tape; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #116 - D is for Denim

Hello snarky friends and welcome to another fun challenge

starting at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS:

D is for Denim!

Look at Edna, spitting in the face of the fashion police, and getting

her double denim on! Such a rebel! LOL!

I haven't made an art journal page in months, so that's what I did for this challenge:

I found a quote to use while searching on Mr. Google.

I couldn't find the source of this quote, so if anyone

knows, leave me a comment so I can give credit. Thanks!

I tried using rubbing alcohol and a scrap of denim as a resist on the gal's dress,

to make it look as if her dress was denim.

On my first attempt, the scrap of denim was too saturated, and 

bled way too much. 

My second attempt worked much better!

Tip: if you try this technique, do this step first, and

be sure the rubbing alcohol is completely dry before coloring the

rest of it, otherwise what you color next will bleed.

I colored her with Spectrum Noir markers and added details

with Prismacolor pencils. I fussy cut her out and set aside to

work on my page.

I used pink, coral and orange acrylic paints for the base, then added

different stenciled images using the coral plus white and blue. I used

too much paint on some of the stencils, but decided to embrace the mess.

To hide the blobby blue mess I made with the blue paint, I simply

put the stencil back over it when it was dry and traced the image with a black

Artist PITT pen. I used alpha stamps to stamp the sentiment on copy paper.

I trimmed and glued them along with my peace gal onto the page with

matte medium.

After everything was dry, I added a shadow under her to ground her,

and doodled around the words and also added white dots to the blue leaves.

I still wasn't finished stenciling, so I used another one and traced some

flowers with a gold pen. I also added Stickles to her flower tiara and the 

peace sign she's holding.

Here's another pic of the finished page:

Yay, you made it to the end! LOL!

Now it's your turn to make something pertaining to denim, and link up at

the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! We'd love to see your take on

this challenge. Need some ideas? Simply visit the blogs of my Sisters to

see what amazing creations they came up with, and please leave some

bloggy love while there. We all love comments!

Thanks for visiting, now go forth and get your craft on!

I'd like to enter this at:

Craft Stamper Magazine - August TIMI

More Mixed Media challenge - ATG with brights

Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media challenge - words 

Supplies:

Strathmore Art Journal

Stamps: MFT - ALM Groovy Girl; Studio G - Alphas

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Staz On - Jet Black

CS: Crafter's Companion; copy paper

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; PrismaColor pencils; Ranger - Stardust Stickles; Golden gesso;

DecoArt Americana acrylic paints - coral blush, tangerine, cotton candy, blue harbor, snow; various

paintbrushes; Dylusions stencils - fronds of foliage, old school numbers; Simon Says Stamp stencil - jazz dance; STAMPlorations stencil - daisy play; Faber Castell - bold & medium black Artist PITT pens; Sakura - gold and white Gelly Roll pens; General's black & brown chalk pencils; DecoArt Media matte medium; rubbing alcohol; scrap of denim

SHOPPING OUR STASH #366 - Silhouettes

Welcome and happy Tuesday to you!

This week at

SHOPPING OUR STASH, we are looking for

Silhouettes on your projects.

I decided to use a gel print I made months ago, and didn't really like. 

But trimming it down and using it as a background to

my silhouette stamp changed my mind:

I shopped my snippet files for paper pieces to use and even

used a long neglected star border die. My card design is based off an

older sketch (#317!) from Sketch Saturday.

I hope you find some time this week to join in our Silhouettes challenge

at Shopping Our Stash! Need more ideas? Simply visit the blogs of

my teammies to see what they created, and leave some bloggy lovin while there.

 Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Craft Stamper magazine: Take It Make It

Supplies:
Stamps: Dina Wakely Media - Essential Silhouettes; MFT - More Essential Sentiments
Ink: Staz On - Jet Black; Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: Basic Grey - Porcelain (2008!); MME - Everyday Tango (2008!)
CS: TE; scraps
Accessories: GC; SB- teardrop circle nesties; MFT - star border die; GelliArts printing plate; DecoArt Americana acrylic paints; brayer; copy paper; STAMPlorations - star stencil; bubble wrap;
MISTI; General's black chalk pencil
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - multi medium matte

The beach fixes everything

Hello there crafty friends!

I was having a bit of play time in my craft room yesterday

and created this card:

I used an acrylic block to 'stamp' my background.

I added a few different Distress Inks onto it, spritzed with water,

then smooshed it onto my watercolor paper panel.

Once dried, I trimmed to size, stamped the sentiment, matted,

and used a dimensional sticker that worked perfectly.

 Here's what it looked like before adding the sticker:

That sticker is awesome. It came with the sand, and that tiny chain

on the bow of the boat is real!

That's all for now. Gotta go and get some laundry cleaned. Ugh.

Have a wonderful day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Just Us Girls #452 - beach

Mix It Up challenge blog #16 - ATG + acrylic block stamping

Supplies:

Stamps: Impression Obsession

Ink: Ranger DI - peacock feathers, antique linen, mermaid lagoon, tumbled glass; Memento - Nautical blue

CS: Neenah; Strathmore water color paper

Accessories: acrylic block; water mister; Jolee's Boutique dimensional sticker; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

Beautiful Birthday Butterfly

Hello friends and happy Friday!

I'm just popping in with a card I made with some NBUS.

Mainly, the cover plate:

here's the inside:

I adhered some Stick It onto the back side of the black card stock before die cutting it.

(So glad I finally remembered to do that step first. LOL!)

After adhering that to my card base, I stamped and heat embossed the

sentiment in copper. To help make the butterfly stand out, I used a mostly dry

water brush and some copper ink that I smooshed onto my craft mat

and carefully went over the outline. Another sentiment stamped in

the same copper ink finishes the inside.

That's all for now. I'm still in a crafting mood so I may try

this again but with different inks. LOL!

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this card at:

The Color Throwdown #504

Double D Challenge - Don't Bug Me

Supplies:

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - In & Out Birthday

Ink: Brilliance - Cosmic Copper; VersaMark

CS: TE; Bazzill; Core'Dinations

Accessories: GC; STAMPlorations - Butterfly cover plate; water brush; Stampendous - detail copper EP; heat gun; MISTI; Stick It adhesive sheets

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

Celebrating National Coloring Book Day with STAMPlorations new coloring book!

Hello crafty friends! Happy National Coloring Book Day!

To celebrate, there is a coloring contest happening on the

STAMPlorations blog!

Simply download the Blossom Bliss sampler sheet, color and use it on a

project, and link up for a chance to win a copy of this incredible

new coloring book by Shery Russ!

Here are just a few of the pages I've colored and

created cards with:

My first card using PrismaColor pencils:

and the inside:

My second card is colored with Derwent Inktense blocks and a water brush:

and the inside:

My third card using Spectrum Noir markers. I loved how this turned out,

but when I happened to flip the colored page over, I saw that it looked

like no-line coloring. I couldn't resist using

the back side!

and the inside:

So there you have it. A small sampling of this amazeballs new coloring book!

I hope that you join the fun and create a project with the 

sampler page. We'd love to see what you come up with when you link up at the 

STAMPlorations blog!

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a colorful day!

Supplies:

Card 1:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Birthday Bash 

Ink: VersaMark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: TE; Bazzill

Accessories: PrismaColor pencils; Stampendous - champagne EP; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: 3L - tape runner

Card 2:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Celebrate Big

Ink: Memento - Lilac Posies

CS: TE; Bazzill

Accessories: Derwent - Inktense blocks; water brush; STAMPlorations - Make a Wish word die; MISTI; Wink of Stella pen

Adhesives: 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

Card 3:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Sentiment Builder: Celebrate:  Celebrate Big

Ink: VersaMark; Memento - Rhubarb Stalk

CS: TE; Neenah; scraps

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; MISTI; Wink of Stella pen

Adhesives: 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares