A tribute for Melissa Lane

Good morning crafty friends.

Today, the design team at STAMPlorations is paying tribute

to one of our own, Melissa Lane, of Honey Bee Lane who passed away

on October 2nd. She was an incredibly talented mixed media artist,

card maker, gardener, and follower of Jesus.

Admittedly, I didn't know her too well, and am sorry that I won't have

the chance to. She had one of the biggest hearts and I will

miss seeing her amazing creations.

She loved butterflies, rainbows, and the color red was her favorite. 

Here is the card I made:

If you would like to help in celebrating her life,

we welcome you to create a butterfly card in her memory, and link it up

on this post at STAMPlorations.

Sending continued prayers and comforting thoughts to

Melissa's husband Chris, and their family.

Hugs,

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Trendy Butterflies 2

Ink: Memento - tuxedo black, lady bug, dandelion, bahama blue

CS: TE; Strathmore water color paper; Darice

DP: American Crafts - glitter paper; Recollections - vellum

Accessories: GC; STAMPlorations - Flutter Zen 1 dies; MISTI; Darice - sequins; Fiskars - corner rounder

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Glue Dots; Ranger - Glossy Accents

Another page done!

Hi there and welcome!

Lately I've been feeling artistically in a funk.

Ever get that way? You know, when a card

that should take no more than 10 minutes to make

turns out to take over 2 hours?

 Also, I felt like I was neglecting my art journals and paints,

so I picked up the One Badass Art Journal that I started

last year (*cough*), and finished another page in it. YAY!

This was week 11, and our teacher is the fabulous Robin Mead!

Here's how my finger painted Wild Garden turned out:

It's amazing that it first looked like this, the first of many layers:

A total hot mess, right?

Layers and doodling. Who knew that's what I needed?

LOL!

So glad I returned to my art journal, because now I'm working on

a mixed media canvas. The idea came from my Hubby, and I hope to

finish it soon, as it's Halloween themed. (Of course!)

Well, until tomorrow, that's all for now.

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

Supplies:

One Badass Art Journal 2017

Strathmore 140 lb water color paper

DecoArt American Acrylic paints: Electric Pink, Scorching Yellow, Electric Blue, Purple Pizzazz, True Red, Bright Orange, Sapphire, Indian Turquoise, Irish Moss, Kelly Green

Loew-Cornell: #2 round paint brush

water mister

Sakura: white Gelly Roll pen

Faber-Castell: black Artist PITT pens - medium & bold

Elmer's extra strength glue stick

SHOPPING OUR STASH #376 - Pink is the new Orange

Hi there and welcome back!

This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH, we are helping

to raise awareness about Breast Cancer Awareness Month,

but also getting in the mood for Halloween. So, as our

challenge title, Pink is the new Orange, suggests, we'd like to see

pink and orange on your projects. Also, because we are all about choices,

you can skip the Halloween theme and just go with a friendship card,

especially if you know of someone who was or is still fighting breast cancer.

Save the Ta-Ta's! PLEASE get a mammogram every year!

Ok, so here's my card:

Most of what I used on my card is over 3 years old, the Nuance powder dyes may just

be a year old. (I experimented in the Spring with using them on designer paper,

then never used it, until now. LOL!) My orange pumpkins are die cut from this paper.

I used another mystery scrap of DP for my pink pumpkin. This one I stamped

the face then doodled the lines and added shading with a Prismacolor pencil.

I rummaged in my Big-Bag-Of-Halloween-Supplies and found these cool spider stickers.

Ready to play along? Of course you are! Break out your pink and orange supplies

and make something fun! Be sure to link it up in the Shopping Our Stash gallery

so we can admire it! Still stumped on what to do? Simply visit the blogs of

my teammies to see how they interpreted the challenge. They made some

amazing creations which are sure to inspire you!

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hampton Arts

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Antique Linen

CS: TE; Bazzill

DP: G45; mystery paper

Accessories: GC; Avery Elle double pierced rectangle die; Hampton Arts - pumpkin die; Magenta Nuance powder dyes; Faber Castell - black Artist PITT pen; MISTI; Prismacolor pencil; Recollections - spider stickers

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

STAMPlorations Stencil Blog Hop featuring Sanna Lippert Designs!

Happy Monday and welcome friends!

Today starts part 2 of the

STAMPlorations blog hop featuring Sanna Lippert stencils!

My first card features the Dots 'n Beans ARTploations stencil, along

with using the Look for Rainbows - Typographia Motivate stamp.

After sponging a rainbow of inks over the stencil, I added crystal

Stickles to all the dots for some sparkle. I even went over the

word rainbow with my Wink of Stella pen, but with my crack

photography skillz, you can't see that. LOL!

For my second card, I've used the

Barley ARTplorations stencil. I added embossing paste over the stencil

then after removing and cleaning the stencil, I sprinkled on copper

embossing powder and let the paste dry for a few hours. Once dry I heat

embossed the copper powder and sponged some Vintage Photo DI around

the edges and adhered to my card base.

I heat embossed the Beautiful Place to Get Lost - Typographia Wanderlust

stamp in gold and adhered using foam squares.

Oh, and did I mention that there will be prizes for some

special blog hoppers out there?! Full details are on the

STAMPlorations blog, but for the Cliff Notes version:

For this 2-part hop, you'll see the STAMPlorations girls unleash their creative stencil mojo. And what's a blog hop without prizes for those of you who hop along? Here are the deets:

• ONE (1) winner of a $20 gift certificate to the STAMPlorations store
• ONE (1) winner of a $10 gift certificate to the STAMPlorations store
• TWO (2) winners of their choice of 3 Sanna Lippert Designs stencils

Winners will be randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog and participating designers' blogs.

Ready to hop? Simply leave a comment on the STAMPlorations posts and on the designers' blog hop posts between now and Sunday, October 21, 11:55 p.m. Pacific for a chance to win. Only one comment per blog, please. We'll announce the winners on November 10 in the October Winners post. Become a follower of our blog or follow us by email to receive updates when we post something here. How easy is that? Have fun!

What's more, from October 8 to 21, all stencils are 15% off - no coupon needed. The discount is automatically applied in the shopping cart. 

Wait, there's more! You can also get an extra 20% off on top of that if you use my discount code:

STAMPGIRLCHRIS

I hope that you'll hop along with my teammates to celebrate these

amazing new stencils by Sanna Lippert! 

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

Supplies

1st card:

Stamps: Look for Rainbows - Typographia Motivate

Ink: Memento - tuxedo black, lady bug, dandelion, tangelo, bamboo leaves, Paris dusk, grape jelly

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Dots 'N Beans stencil, Crazy double running stitch nesting rectangle die; blending tools; GC; MISTI; Ranger - crystal Stickles; WOS pen

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

2nd card:

Stamps: Beautiful Place to get Lost - Typographia Wanderlust

Ink: VersaMark; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo

CS: Taylored Expressions

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Barley stencil; Dreamweaver - embossing paste; pallet knife; Stampendous - Copper and Champagne EP; heat gun; Fiskars - corner rounder

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

Jingle Belles Pink Christmas part 2

Hello and welcome back.

Here is the second card I made for the

Jingle Belles Pink Christmas challenge:

and the inside:

I rediscovered some neglected chippies in my stash and created this adorable card!

The back panel is embossed with snowflakes, then I dabbed pink ink over them

to show them off more. Love how this turned out!

Remember, Lauren and Stephanie are donating $2 each for every card

entered to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, so help them

donate a bunch of money by entering as many pink saturated Christmas

cards as you can to the gallery!

Until tomorrow, have a great evening!

Supplies:

Stamps: freebie from Card Making & Papercrafting magazine

Ink: Memento - Angel Pink, Tuxedo Black

CS: TE; Darice

Accessories: MAMBI - chipboard; GC; Darice - snowflake EF; q-tip; MISTI; Lawn Fawn - scalloped rectangle dies; Spectrum Noir - PP1 marker

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

 

It's Pink Christmastime at Jingle Belles!

Hi all.

Popping in with the first card I've made specifically

for the current Jingle Belles challenge - Christmas for the Cure!

This is an annual challenge that Lauren and Stephanie

do to raise money for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. These

fabulous ladies will donate $2 each for every card that's linked up.

So come on everyone! Make a predominately pink Christmas card

and help them raise a boat load of money for the Ta-Ta's!!

Here is my first card:

and the inside of my card:

 

My card is based off the current Freshly Made Sketches #358.

I'll be back in a bit to enter my second card.

Stay tuned! LOL!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

 

Supplies: 

Stamps & DP: freebies from Card Making & Papercrafting magazine 

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Thunderbolt; Darice

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; SB - Wreath die; Darice - snowflake EF; Ranger - stardust Stickles; Michael's - snowflake stickers; Nicole - rhinestones; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Glue Dots 

SHOPPING OUR STASH # 375 - Giving Thanks

Hello and welcome back crafty friends!

This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH

we are giving thanks, either to celebrate Thanksgiving, or 

as a simple Thank You, your choice!

Here's what I came up with:

I used a few powder dyes spritzed with water on some mixed media

paper for a water color look. Once dry, I spritzed it again, this time with gold Glimmer Mist.

This was die cut using a leaf cover plate.

I tried to get a close up picture of all the gorgeous shimmer, but you

know it's super hard to achieve.

The single leaf on my sentiment panel is actually a 3D foam leaf from Scrapbook Adhesives.

I won a package of them many years ago, and recently came across them, the package

never opened until now. I dipped one of the sides in embossing powder and heat embossed it.

Looks really cool so now I may have to try this technique again.

We'd love to see what you create in the Shopping Our Stash gallery, and hope

you'll join us this week! For more amazing ideas, simply visit my teammies blogs to

see what they came up with!

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Craft Stamper Magazine: Take it Make it

HLS - October water color challenge/gold

Supplies:

Stamps: Avery Elle - Merriest

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa; VersaMark

CS: Taylored Expressions; Darice

Accessories: Magenta- Nuance powder dyes - red, orange, grass green; water mister; GC; SB - Leaves a Fallin' die; MFT - zig zag stitched square die; Stampendous - champagne and carnelian pearl EP; heat gun; MISTI; Tattered Angels - gold Glimmer Mist; Michael's - burlap ribbon

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Thin 3D foam squares, 3D foam leaves; Recollections - tacky tape

ATC Hands swap via Mark Montano

Hi all and happy Sunday!

Back in August Mark Montano blogged about an ATC Hand swap,

and this year I joined in the fun!

Here are the hands I've made:

Some close ups:

 

 

Back on September 4th, I posted this picture on my

Instagram account:

This was the very beginning of me playing with my Gel Press and

DecoArt Americana paints to make my ATC Hands. I gotta tell ya,

these were sooooo much fun to make!

Yesterday, I received my hand swaps in the mail. YAY!

Here are the Hands that Mark sent me:

 Kate Blue from kateblue.blogspot.com

 

 Linda E. Wyatt from lindaedkinswyatt.blogspot.com

 

Kimberly McGuiness from kimberlymcguiness.com

 

 Joanne Swiss from jswiss@shaw.ca

 

 Robin Seiz from robinseiz@instagram

Hello ladies!

Holy crow! What amazing creations! 

Thank you Mark, for getting me to step outside my comfort zone and

get creative with this fun project!

Well congratulations, you've made it to the end of my post! LOL!

Have a fabulous day, and thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

Gel Press

Darice card stock

DecoArt American acrylic paint: bright orange, true red, coral blush, cadmium yellow, williamsburg blue, blue haven, ultra blue deep, napa red, green tree, titanium white, black

DecoArt Media matte medium

old book pages

plaid paint brushes

Tim Holtz - Paper Dolls, Butterflies Ephemera

STAMPlorations stamps: Trendy Birds 2, Woodland Friends, Trendy Butterflies 2

Ink: Staz On - iris, blue Hawaii, claret, emerald city, orange zest

Stencils: Dylusions - large arrows; STAMPlorations - confetti circles, dots all over

Faber Castell - black Artist PITT pen

Sakura - gold Gelly Roll pen

General's - black pastel chalk pencil 

DMC floss

embroidery needle

paper piercer

Nicole - rhinestones

Ranger - multi medium matte

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #120 - P is for Pink Halloween

Hello and happy Saturday snarky peeps!

It's that time of year again at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS:

our 5th annual PINK HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE!

It's Beast Cancer Awareness month, and also Halloween month,

so we've combined the two!

Simply create a Halloween project using the color PINK

predominately on it.

Here's what I came up with:

and the inside:

The main panel was brushed with cherub pink Glimmer Mist, then splattered with graphite Glimmer Mist. After that dried, I made bloody drips using Dylusions ink spray in postbox red. Once dry I went

over the 'blood' with Glossy Accents. It looks really cool IRL!

I used some new stamps I won at Viva Las Vegas Stamps, and some ancient

glittery blood drop stickers. I also re-discovered some brads shaped like bones! Woo Hoo!

My design is based off the now ended Atlantic Hearts sketch #283.

Ready to get your Pink Halloween on? I know you are! Just link up your

project at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers so we can admire it!

Need more ideas? Simply check out what my Sisters created to 

inspire you! Thanks for popping by, have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Mixed Up challenge #18 - ATG + Monochrome

Supplies:

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Antique Linen

DP: DCWV - Spooky Delight

CS: Neenah; TE; scraps

Accessories: GC: Avery Elle - double pierced rectangle die; Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists - Cherub Pink & Graphite; Dylusions ink spray - Postbox Red; paintbrush; MISTI; Ranger - Glossy Accents; OTC - bone brads; Martha Stewart - glittery blood stickers; blending tool; paper piercer

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

STAMPlorations October Theme & Sketch Challenge!

Hello and welcome crafty friends!

It's October and that means the monthly challenges at

STAMPlorations are beginning again! Yay!

Today starts the new Theme & Sketch Challenge!

The theme for October is 'Stamps & Autumn', and below is the sketch:

You'll see that most of my teammates used leaves on their projects.
Me? When I think Autumn, the first thing that comes to mind is
Halloween - my all time favorite holiday! LOL!
Using both the theme and sketch, this is what I created:

I started by sponging purple ink over the Cobweb ARTplorations stencil on
the bottom part of my panel. Next I stamped the big eyed robot from the Big Robots stamp
set, colored the head, fussy cut and added Glossy Accents to the eye. While this dried,
I did some major masking using an 'e' and 'k' from the Big Greetings stamp set.
I colored the words in an ombre way using yellow and green Prismacolor pencils.
Once the Glossy Accents dried, I adhered the 'spider body' onto my card, drew the
legs, and adhered the sentiment and googly eyes. It's such a thrill when you
figure out a way to use stamps in a completely different way!

Ready to play along? I KNOW you are!
For a chance at winning some great prizes, here are a
few things to keep in mind:

• Link up any type of project(s) based on the theme, the sketch, or both.
• You must use stamps in your project(s) -- rubber, clear, or digi from any company. Non-STAMPlorations stamps are OK.
• Link up to 6 entries and link up to as many other challenges as you want.
• You must display the challenge graphic in your post (if linking from your blog) and link back to the challenge post (not just the main blog) in order to be eligible to win (and receive the corresponding prize).
• Link up by the last day of the month, 11:55 p.m. Pacific.

More details are on the STAMPlorations blog. I hope you find some
time to play along in the Theme & Sketch challenge!

Need the items I used on my card?
Use my discount code STAMPGIRLCHRIS for 20% off!

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

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Big Robots, Big Greetings

Ink: Memento - Grape Jelly, Tuxedo Black

CS: TE; Crafter's Companion; Darice

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Prismacolor pencils; MISTI; STAMPlorations - Cobweb stencil; Faber Castell - black Artist PITT pen; Ranger - Glossy Accents; Westrim & Nicole - googly eyes

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares; Glue Dots; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte