Happy Birthday deer...

Hello and welcome crafty peeps!

Popping in with a very CAS card for me. (You know

how I love my layers!)

This is even, almost, a one layer card. Who am I?!!

I masked off the top and bottom of the card, then sponged a couple green inks

through the tree stencil. I bought this stencil about a year ago, (I looked it up),

 and I can't believe this is the first time using it. (I checked my blog. Yep, first time!) 

Before I removed the masking tape, I lined the top and bottom with a copper marker, 

using the edge as a guide. I stamped, colored and fussy cut the deer and adhered

 with foam squares. Finished with a simple sentiment. A very CAS guy card!

Well, the breakfast dishes are calling. and the maid needs to get off

her butt and wash them. (Yeah. I'm the maid. sigh)

Have a great day, and thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #181 - stencils

CAS Stencil challenge - use a new, or new to you, stencil
TGIF Challenge #247 

Supplies:
Stamps: STAMPlorations - Woodland Friends, Sketched - Simple Gift
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa, Cottage Ivy, Northern Pine
CS: SN; Thunderbolt
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers & Aged Copper Metallic marker; ARTplorations - Christmas Tree 1 stencil; Picket Fence Studio blending brushes; MISTI; Post-It masking tape
Adhesives: SA by 3L - 3D foam squares

STAMPlorations January Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge reminder

Hi all! Just popping in with a reminder about the January

Theme & Photo Prompt challenge at STAMPlorations.

I went with just the theme for this card, keeping it mostly CAS.

I started by splattering a few different colors of Glimmer Mist onto

the main panel. Using the big heart stamp from the Romantic Expressions 2

stamp set, I heat embossed three of them along the edge with some

glittery red embossing powder. The sentiment is from the same set.

So sparkly!

I finished the inside using the other heart stamp in the set, and a

sentiment from the Funny Kinda Love set.

There's so much more inspiration from my fellow design teammies

on the STAMPlorations blog! And of course, if you link up there's

a chance at winning some fabulous prizes!

If you shop at the STAMPlorations store, 

feel free to use my personal discount code,

STAMPGIRLCHRIS

for an extra 20% off! 

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'm entering this at Time Out Challenge #152

 

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Romantic Expressions 2, Funny Kinda Love

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black, Lady Bug

CS: Strathmore Mixed Media paper; Neenah; Darice

Accessories: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists - candy apple, cherub pink, strawberry cream;  MISTI; toothbrush; Whispers - red glitter EP; heat gun

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

Easy water coloring...

Hey there, it's a two-fer Monday posting!

Earlier last week, I watched this video by Bonnie and was inspired

to try my hand at water coloring again.

I used a hydrangea stamp from a set that I've had for at least

five years. I've never used this flower from the set before so 

I challenged myself to use it.

I had the added task of making a mask for the hydrangea as the leaves

are a separate stamp. Other than that, I pretty much followed

along with Bonnie's tutorial, and Holy Crow, it worked!!

Here's the inside:

I have Marvy LePlume II markers (it's been so long using these 

that many are dried out. I haz a sad.) In hindsight, I should have

used the medium green to stamp the leaves. I used the lightest color and

the details disappeared when I colored them, so I restamped them

with the medium green after it was dry. I used a scrap of black card stock

and die cut a rectangle matte that has a pierced border around it. I just

snipped both the long sides and adhered to the back side of the main

panel, then trimmed before adhering to my card base. If you enlarge the photo, 

you may be able to see the detail. (crossing fingers) 

A simple stamped sentiment and this card was finished.

Well, that's it for today. The laundry isn't going to wash itself and

the maid hasn't showed up. Wait, I'm the maid. Sigh...

Have a great day and thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Watercolour Card challenge - cool colors

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge - ATG + die cuts

Supplies:

Stamps: Winnie & Walter - In Bloom: Addie's Garden; Taylored Expressions - Care & Comfort

Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel

CS: Strathmore water color paper; TE; scraps

Accessories: Marvy Uchida LePlume II markers; MISTI; Plaid paint brush; Gemini; Avery Elle - Pierced rectangle die; Inkadinkado masking paper

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

Limit yourself to only one drink...???

Hello and welcome crafty friends!

Popping in with a fun birthday card I made over the weekend:

Here's the inside:

(this card did not want to lay flat for picture taking, so, there

are my fingers holding it down. LOL!)

The main panel and strip behind it have these super thin mattes of black card stock,

but I love how that makes them pop.

And here is the first birthday card of the new year made. Yay!

My husband and I spent Saturday rearranging furniture in the three bedrooms,

the smallest room is my craft room. It no longer has a non-functioning

treadmill in it, and was replaced with the Ikea shelving unit meant for that space, which

was in the guest bedroom. The treadmill we put in our room, and the extra

dresser in there is now in the guest bedroom, where my shelf was. 

All that make sense? Of course, we had to move other items of furniture

first to get those pieces moved around. And you know everything had to

be emptied/cleared off first. LOTS of stuff! So glad that's done. 

Did some purging too. I now have more craft stuff to donate, 

threw out things I have no idea why I was holding onto, and recycled

a mess of other things. It. Felt. GOOD!

All three rooms received a very good polishing and vacuuming. I'm

sore in places that I didn't know could be sore but

my goal to organize more is off to a great start!

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #180 - Layer It

Case This Sketch #354

Supplies:

Stamps: Twistoon - Glass of Wine digi; Avery Elle - Happy Hour

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Pink Paislee - Birthday Bash

CS: SN; Neenah; scraps

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; computer & printer; MISTI; Sakura white Gelly Roll pen

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #151 - H is for Headache

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

The SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS is back!

Our first challenge of the year is H for Headache.

So, I had some fun with my paints and stencils and made an art journal page:

I found a meme with this sentiment and built my page around it.

(Note to self: find a less wordy meme in future!) Why? Because I

used an alphabet stamp set to stamp. every. letter. to. form. my. words. UGH!

Grab your beverage of choice. Here come some process pics:

 

One last look:

I hope that you get a chance to play along in our Headache challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! We'd love to see your take on it. For more

inspiration, do check out what my Sisters, and our first Queen of the new year,

Julie, have created for your viewing pleasure.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

613 Avenue Create - ATG no option

More Mixed Media Challenge - ATG + blue option

Mix It Up Challenge #33 - ATG no option
Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge 

Supplies:

Strathmore Art Journal

DecoArt Media Gesso & Matte Medium

Loew-Cornell paint brushes

DecoArt Americana acrylic paint: Dragon Fruit, Bright Orange, White, Black

toothbrush & water mister

Stencils: Stencil Girl; Dylusions; Dina Wakely

Imagine ink blushers

Stamps: Dylusions - Cat/Dog, Shattered Bits, Clearly Under the Sea; Paper Smooches - Mini Monograms

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

Spectrum Noir markers

Spectrum Noir paper

copy paper

Faber Castell black Artist PITT pen

Cute penguins? Yes please!

Hello and happy Thursday to you!

I have another Christmas card to share. (I know, I'm just

as surprised as you are)

 I'm not sure how long this will last, but I'm trying to actually use my supplies

instead of just hoarding them. LOL! When I trimmed the mountain paper to size,

I didn't pay particular attention as to where it might show up in the circle die cut.

But with sheer dumb luck, you can see it peeking out behind my happy penguin.

I adhered a snippet of white card stock to the inside bottom of the cut out to ground

my little friend. The white panel, and penguin have been adhered with foam squares,

as is the sentiment strip.

Here's the finished inside:

I think now I really must concentrate on making birthday cards, as I'm

dangerously low on them. (But there may be more Christmas cards

showing up here too. It could happen. *wink*)

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Christmas Kickstart challenge #27 - Penguin Parade 

ABC Christmas Challenge - B is for Bingo (patterned paper/lots of layers/die cuts

Happy Little Stampers - ATG with dies 

Supplies:

Stamps: Avery Elle - Polar Playtime

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: SN: Bazzill; Core'dinations

DP: American Craft - Jack Frost

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Gemini; Avery Elle - Polar Playtime dies; Penny Black - Stitched Circles dies; Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard; MISTI; red Prismacolor pencil (on inside candy cane)

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

Shimmery snowflakes

Hello crafty friends! I had some play time up in the craft room,

and decided to use a die that I bought last month but hadn't used yet.

...well, the main panel is all shimmery, that is:

and the inside:

I made a bunch of water color-y backgrounds last year, and one of my goals this

year is to actually use them. This one is Dylusions spray inks, then pearl Glimmer Mist

over that, on mixed media paper. I edged the main panel with some black card stock strips
to make it pop more. A simple sentiment and some star shaped rhinestones in the
center of all the snowflakes finishes this card. 

This card was fitting as we had our first decent snow fall yesterday. Ok, maybe it
was only about 2", but it was enough to delay school openings.
Being originally from and growing up in Illinois, I still find this completely hilarious.
(Perhaps more like ridiculous.) As a kid, if the schools closed for a snow day, it would
have had to snow at least a foot before closing was even considered. LOL!

That's all for now. Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Just Us Girls #517

CAS Watercolour Card Challenge- cool colours

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Something New (new snowflake die)

The Paper Players #472  (new snowflake die)

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts - color layering Christmas tree

Ink: Memento - nautical blue

CS: Strathmore mixed media paper; Neenah; scraps

Accessories: Gemini; Memory Box - Tisdale Snowflake Collage die; Dylusions ink sprays; Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmer Mist; MISTI: Recollections star rhinestones

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner