SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #163 - W is for Water

Good morning and welcome snarky peeps!

It's time again for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight we want to see your water themed projects.

That could be an ocean scene, something to do with bathing, 

beverages of some kind. Lots of possibilities!

I went with an underwater scene for my card:

Here's the inside:

I used Distress Inks for my ocean background, and using a great tip

from Barbara Anders post, I used white acrylic paint and a stencil

for the sun rays. I also did something that I rarely do: use a purchased item

right away, instead of letting it sit on my desk for a month, or more. The 

NBUS items are the shark die and the sentiments. Just look at that

creepy/cute shark! I just had to use it right away!

Now it's your turn to create something watery, and link up at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

We can't wait to see what you come up with. For more ideas, simply visit

the blogs of my Sisters, and our reigning Queen, A. Rose, to see 

their amazing creations.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

NBUS Challenge #15

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - ATG

Supplies:

Stamps: My Favorite Things - Sharky Sentiments

Ink: Ranger DI - Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch; Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Canson Bristol; TE; Bazzill

Accessories: GC; MFT - Baby Shark Die-Namics; Tim Holtz - Rays stencil; DecoArt Media Fluid white acrylic paint; paintbrush; water mister; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; MISTI; Picket Fence Studio - blending brushes; Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM

SHOPPING OUR STASH #423 - You're So Sweet

Welcome crafty friends and good Tuesday morning to you!

The new challenge started at 

SHOPPING OUR STASH.

This fortnight, we are looking for projects with a 

sweet and/or cute theme to them.

That could be sweet food, a cute baby, anything like that.

Here's what I came up with:

and the inside:

I've used some ancient paper and an older stamp set, of which this was

the first time the cupcake and a couple of the sentiments saw ink.

Admittedly, the sentiment on the banner is rather new, but

it went so perfectly with this card, I just had to use it!

You can't see it, but the cherry and sprinkles received a generous

coating of a Wink of Stella pen.

I hope that you find some time to play along in our Sweet challenge

at Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see your project in our gallery. Need

more ideas? Simply visit the blogs of my teammies to see their

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

Spectrum Noir markers used:

Cupcake: MB1, MB3

Foil: BGR1 (and I used warm grey 50% Prismacolor pencil for shading)

Frosting: PP3, PP5 (Prismacolor crimson pencil for sprinkles)

Cherry: DR1, DR6, DR7

Outline: TB1

Supplies:

Stamps: Gina K. - Sweet Thing; Sunny Studio - Summer Sweets

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark

DP: Pebbles - Garden Party

CS: Neenah; SN; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; GC; SB - Std. Lg. & Sm. Oval Nesties, Lacey Oval Nesties; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; Prismacolor pencils; WOS pen

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

I tried rock dotting for the first time

The last few months, I've been stalking, I mean, looking into videos on dotting rocks.

I've been slowly accruing the required items: dotting tools, paint, rocks, and

finally decided to stop procrastinating and actually paint some.

I found this tutorial and thought I'd give it a go.

Here's what I made:

 In the video, she added tiny white dots between all the colored ones. I

didn't want to screw up the design any more than I did, so opted to

leave the white dots out. Some close-ups:

 

 My plan from the start was to distribute these around the neighborhood,

to be found by observant people. On the bottom of the rocks I added affirmative notes.

I had so much fun painting these! Now I'm off to find another 

pattern to paint. ☺

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

Supplies:

rocks collected at the beach

DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paints: Titanium White, Lamp Black, Ultra Deep Blue, Bright Orange, Dioxazine Purple, Bluegrass Green, Dragon Fruit, Indian Turquoise, Marigold, True Red, Kelly Green, Electric Blue, Sizzling Pink

DecoArt DuraClear Gloss Varnish

Dotting tools

paint brush

June Demo Day to Go at Photo Scraps!

Hi there crafty peeps!

Just wanted to pop in to say that I made a couple cards

for Demo Day to Go at Photo Scraps!

Spectrum Noir markers used:
TN2, TN3, TN4, PP3, PP6

Spectrum Noir markers used:

Dog: MB1, MB3, MB4, IG1

Nose: IG3, IG5

Shadow: EG3

Bone: EB1, EB2

Collar:  CT2, CT4, GB7

Lisa Halstead had the Copics so she was going to match the colors for me. Or, of course, you

can color the images however you want!

Hope you can stop by to help support a great small business! Have a great weekend!

STAMPlorations June Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge reminder

Hey all! Just popping in with a reminder about the

STAMPlorations Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge!

This time around, I've made a pair of festive shaker cards:

Both use images and sentiments from the 

Birthday Bash and Balloons and Banners stamp sets.

The panel was die cut using the Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting die,

then I cut out the center using the Gift Builder #1 die.

I've used Bubblegum Pink ShakerBlends on both cards.

Here's the inside:

and the inside:

There's still plenty of time to play along this month

at STAMPlorations Theme & Photo Prompt Challenge!

I hope you'll link up!

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

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Balloons and Banners, Birthday Bash

Ink: Memento - Lulu Lavender, Grape Jelly, Rose Bud, Angel Pink

CS: TE

DP: scraps

Accessories: Gemini; CUTplorations - Gift Builder 1, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting dies; Shaker Blends - Bubblegum Pink; MISTI; Grafix - acetate

Adhesives: Scotch foam tape; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #162 - T is for Technique

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

It's time again for another fun challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight is all about Techniques.

Whether you try something new or use a go to technique, 

we want to see what you create.

For my card, I tried the paint swiping technique. I actually

had this made three years ago when I first saw the tutorial. I made

two panels, and used one of them on this card.

Finally got around to using this one:

Cheeky robot!

I hope that you find some time to join the sisters in our

technique challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more ideas, do visit the blogs of my Sisters and our reigning

Queen, Jenny, to see their takes on the challenge.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Spectrum Noir markers used:

CT3, GB5, GB7, GB8

CR5, CR7, CR11

CG1, CG2, YG2

IG2, IG6, IG8

I'd like to enter this at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - It's a man thing

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Big Robots

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: SN; TE; Strathmore mixed media

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; Ranger - Glossy Accents; DecoArt Americana acrylic paint - Bluegrass Green, Desert Turquoise, Black; paintbrush; water mister; Tim Holtz - Burlap stencil; Dreamweaver - embossing paste; pallet knife; Tim Holtz - Big Talk Snarky stickers

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #422 - UFO's

Hello and welcome creative peeps!

This fortnight at SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we are on the lookout for UFO's! That's right, your

UnFinished Objects!

You know the ones - the die cuts/stamped images/papers/embellishments 

that you thought you were going to use, then didn't. And now

that pile of UFO's is starting to spread out and take over your desk top.

I don't have a pile. I have multiple piles.

A Stufftainer full of stamped/printed images/digis, some even colored

and die cut. Another bin of backgrounds, handmade or cut from paper.

(a very small amount I've displayed here)*

Another container full of die cuts that I've changed my mind using.

It's madness!!

So, here are three, count 'em, three cards I've made using UFO's:

This one was all UFO's, except for the sentiment stickers:

the inside:

 

Next, I had made a card similar to this years ago. This was the first

attempt. I didn't like where I put the photo thingys. The beer image

was already colored, I just die cut it using an oval die, along with

a black matte. The pre-cut oval behind that is made of cork.

The happy birthday sentiment was another UFO.

Inside:

Finally, probably my favorite from this trio.

The handmade watery blue snippet was leftover from a past project, 

and I couldn't see throwing it in the recycle bin. Glad I didn't as

it went with the green scalloped oval, along with a bit

of greenery (I'm calling it seaweed), and die cut mermaid found in the bin.

I just stamped the sentiment and edged around the oval with an ink pad.

I'm glad that I made not only one card, but three using mostly all 

UFO items. I probably wouldn't be able to use all of them in

one lifetime, there's so much of it. LOL!

I hope that you find some time to play along in our UFO challenge at

Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see your take on it. For more

inspiration, do check the blogs of my teammies to see what they have created.

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

*too many companies to remember and track down who made what. If you are interested in something particular I've used, comment below and I will do my best to let you know who made what.

A Summer-y Birthday

Hello and happy Friday crafty friends!

I hope everyone is well and keeping safe during

this unsettling, crazy time.

In case you're in need of one, here's a big cyber

bear hug from me to you! 

I've been missing my mojo the last few months. Sometimes on rare

occasions, like now, it will emerge for a day or two. Since it seems like it takes

me at least two days to make a card lately, I jumped at the gift of mojo

to make this card:

Here's the inside:

To the main panel, I first splattered some watered down Gesso and black paint,

and once dry, stamped the sentiment. I used a pineapple embossing folder to emboss

 a panel of vellum, then carefully tore it for my background strip. I folded

it over the edges and adhered on the back side of the yellow panel. Wound

some hemp cord around it and adhered with foam squares onto the card base.

I stamped the hibiscus four times in versamark and heat embossed in gold.

On the back side I colored them in using CT2 & CR3 Spectrum Noir markers,

then added shading details with the Poppy Red Prismacolor pencil.

I cut a diamond shape then scored it for a bit more interest before

adhering the flowers with glue dots. The diamond panel is also

adhered with foam squares.

Another sentiment was stamped on the inside and the last flower added.

I LOVE how this came out! I really need to color on vellum more.

What a fun look it gives.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope that you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Freshly Made Sketches #438

Seize the Birthday #192 - All about Summer

CAS Mix Up June challenge - embossed vellum

Paper Smooches challenge - Flowers

AAA Birthday challenge #14 - vellum

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Get Outta Town, Hullabaloo, Happy Birthday

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Prismacolor pencil; Recollections - vellum; GC; Park Lane - pineapple EF; Stampendous - Champagne EP; heat gun; MISTI; Martha Stewart - scoring board; Hirschberg Schultz - hemp cord; DecoArt Media Gesso; DecoArt Americana - Black acrylic paint; water mister; paintbrush

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