It's Your Day!

 Hello and welcome crafty peeps!

I hope those of you who celebrated the 4th of July had

a fun filled day!

I have a card to share in which I tried out possibly not

 quite new techniques, but they were to me. 😁

The first experiment was that gorgeous image. Towards the end of last year, 

I scored a free used laser printer that a friend of my MIL's was trying to get rid of.

Right time, right place! Then it sat on my dining room table for a few months

before I rearranged my craft room a bit and also finally found a small table

that I liked that would fit the space. That was in January. Last weekend, I 

finally got around to hooking it up and testing it out. (and now you know

why it takes me hours if not days to make a card. LOL!)

I printed out this mermaid as my test, and colored her

with Spectrum Noir markers and Prismacolor pencils.

O.M.G! Laser printer = GAME CHANGER!!!

No more blasting the image with my heat gun then giving

it a light coating with hairspray. (my old printer is an inkjet)

And no smearing at all!!!! I have so many digi images that I've 

either bought, won, or were freebies, and I've not used most of them

because of the smearing I always got with the inkjet printer. No more!

The second experiment was grabbing my neglected gel plate, laying

a white card stock panel on it, and brayering a couple Distress Inks over the panel.

 I covered it with wave stencil then brayered

another Distress Ink over it, giving it those muted stripes, 

then spritzed water on the panel.

 

Once that dried, it was time for my third experiment.

I smeared Wild Lilac Glitz glitter gel through the fish stencil,

cleaned off the pallet knife, then went back over everything

with Turquoise Sea Glitz glitter gel. I love how all the fish

have both colors of glitter gel with some more purple and some

more turquoise!

The mermaid received a good coating of both WOS, and Nuvo Glitter

Drops in white blizzard, and once dry she was fussy cut 

and adhered on the card with foam squares. 

A couple small sentiment stamps finish the inside.

It took me a few days to put this together, because I'd work on it some,

then come back to it the next day. Do a bit more, and come back the

next day, etc. But I love how it turned out!

That's it for now. Thanks for visiting, and I hope you

have a wonderful day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Time Out Challenges #191 - my card is based off of The Little Mermaid.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - ATG

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Aurora Wings - Lady of the Sea digi stamp; Hero Arts - Wish Big

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Paris Dusk; Range DI - Broken China, Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon; Versamark

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Gelli Arts gel plate; brayer; water mister; Simon Says Stamp - Waves stencil; Picket Fence Studios - Current of Fish stencil; pallet knife; Gina K. - Wild Lilac & Turquoise Sea Glitz glitter gel; Spectrum Noir markers; Prismacolor pencils; Nuvo -white blizzard Glitter Drops; WOS pen; WOW! - clear EP; heat gun; computer & printer; MISTI

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #395 - May Flowers

Hello and welcome crafty peeps!

It's time for another challenge at

SHOPPING OUR STASH, 

and as the subtitle suggests, we'd like to see

flowers on your projects.

Here's my offering:

and the inside:

I've mentioned in earlier posts that I spent the holiday season

coloring up a lot of images. This is one of them. I miraculously

found some card stock that matched perfectly with the purple pencils

I colored with. Score! I broke out a much neglected corner punch

to add a bit of detail to one corner. A few rhinestones for sparkle

finishes my card. I hope you find some time this 

fortnight to join in our flower challenge at Shopping Our Stash!

Looking for more ideas? Simply visit the blogs of my

talented teammies to see what flowery works of art they've

created for your viewing pleasure.

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Craft Stamper Take It Make It challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: Aurora Wings - Pansy Corner 2 digi stamp; So Suzy Stamps - Happy Birthday, Enjoying you

Ink: Memento - Elderberry

CS: Crafter's Companion; TE; Darice

Accessories: Prismacolor pencils; Spectrum Noir GT1 marker; computer & printer; MISTI; Fiskars - corner rounder; Recollections - rhinestones

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

Kitty in a teacup

Hello friends and welcome.

I have a card to share, that I made for one of my neighbors.

She has two cats and loves drinking tea so this came about:

and the inside:

I've colored the image with my Spectrum Noir markers, then used a couple

Prismacolor pencils to 'flick' fur onto the kitty. 

Here's a close-up:

The 'gold' rim on the teacup and saucer, along with the flowers

 were winked by Stella for a bit of shimmer.

That's it for now. Guess I'll go and do some housework.

LOL! Just kidding. I'll be in my craft room!

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

I'd like to enter this at:

Addicted to Stamps and More #337 - Make Your Mark

Seize the Birthday #163 - ATG

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Spring Mood Board (I may not have any of the

three cute baby critters shown, but I hope this cute kitty will suffice, plus all. those. flowers!)

Supplies:

Stamps: Aurora Wings - Kitty in teacup digi; Taylored Expressions - In & Out Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Crafter's Companion; Neenah; TE

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Prismacolor pencils; Wink of Stella pen; MISTI; computer and printer

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

Petunia Sprite Birthday Wish

Hello and happy Thursday to you.

I've been kind of silent here in the blogiverse, but trust me,

I've been creating schtuff...ya just can't see it yet. ☺

But this one you can. Over the Christmas break I wasn't so

much creating cards, but I did spend some time coloring various images.

This adorable Petunia Sprite was one of them:

Anyone else ready for Spring? Yep, me too!

This sweetie is colored up using Prismacolor pencils. She also was winked by Stella,

but with my amazing photography skillz, you can't see that. LOL!

Welp, guess it's time to go clean something, or dust something, or something.

Thanks for visiting. Have a fantastic day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Freshly Made Sketches #372

Aurora Wings #74 - ATG

Supplies:

Stamps: Aurora Wings - Petunia Sprite digi; Spellbinders Celebrations - Just Because

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: DCWV - The Spring Mix

CS: Neenah; Crafter's Companion; scrap

Accessories: Prismacolor pencils; GC; MFT - jumbo squiggles border die; Poppystamps - pine twig die; MISTI; Fiskars - corner rounder; computer & printer; WOS pen

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - multi medium matte

I Hope You Dance....

Hello friends and welcome! I wanted to share a card I made at the request of one of my sisters, who needed a graduation card for her girlfriend's daughter. Said daughter is a ballerina, and loves the colors blue and black, so there was my jumping off point. ☺ Here's my card:

I created this a few weeks ago, but am only now blogging about it, as I left for vacation the day after I finished the card! I based my card on the now ended Tuesday Morning Sketches #358. Here's a close up of that gorgeous ballerina. After she was colored, I went over the flowers with Crystal Stickles.

I'm not happy with how the hair turned out, but as they say, you are your own worst critic. (wink) I did have a lot of fun coloring this image, and hope to start getting back to coloring more now that I'm back home.

That's all for now. Gotta go and walk my fur baby, or really, just let him out in the back yard. It's too damn hot outside!! Keep cool and thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:
 Aurora Wings #33 - Tic Tac Toe (middle row: doily/flowers/ribbon&bow)
Naughty or Nice #29 - Anything Goes

 


Supplies:
Stamps: Aurora Wings - Flower Ballerina digi
DP: mystery paper
CS: Crafter's Companion; Bazzill; Darice
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Wilton - doily; Morex - ribbon; Ranger - Crystal Stickles; Rhinestone from my stash
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Glue Dots; Recollections - red tape

Coloring for Christmas

Hi all. I'm popping in to share a card I just finished. I'm really happy with how it turned out. (It's amazing what you'll learn when watching coloring tutorials!)

 Here's the inside:

I wanted the image to be the focal point so I found an older Sunday Stamps sketch to work with. After I colored her, she needed a bit of sparkle, so I added Diamond Stickles to the holly veins and the fur trim. With my crack photography skillz, it looks like I added gold to the holly and silver to the fur trim, but trust me, it's all one color! LOL! Here's a slightly better shot:

She is so sparkly in real life! The Stamps by Aurora Wings FB page is having a holiday Sprites challenge, so I'm headed over there now to enter this card. On the last day. Because that's how I roll. *cough*

I've colored her using Spectrum Noir markers:

Skin: FS2, FS4, TN2, CR3

Leaves: LG3, LG4, JG5

Coat & berries: DR2, DR6, DR7

Fur trim/muff: IG2, IG3

Boots: BG2, BG6, BG9

Ground: IG4, IG6

Outline: TB1

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

Supplies:
Stamps: Aurora Wings - Holly Sprite digi; Hero Arts - Merry Christmas Message
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: Recollections - Believe
CS: Crafter's Companion; Bazzill; scraps
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers: GC; Avery Elle - Pierced Rectangle dies; Ranger - Diamond Stickles; computer & printer
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH! #203 - Play Misty For Me

Good Morning all! It's time for a new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH! This week we'd like you to break out your spray mists! Don't have any? No problem - just make your own! That's what I did:

 here's the inside:

I do have about 12 bottles of spray mist, but not in the colors I wanted to use. I took a couple Distress Inks and, one at a time, smooshed them on my craft mat, sprayed water over the ink and sucked up the mess with a paint brush. Then I just randomly flicked the brush to get the splotches on the card stock. Once dry, I assembled my card. (And covering up the panel I just made.) *facepalm* No worries, I had extra left so I used it on the inside of my card. You can see it much better there. 

Want to play along? Of course you do! Just link up your card or project at Shopping Our Stash so we can see it! While there, please check out the amazing things my talented teammates created for your viewing pleasure and leave them some bloggy love! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

Supplies:
Stamps: Aurora Wings - Hydrangea Sprite Digi; MFT - More Essential Sentiments
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger Distress Inks - Peeped Paint, Picked Raspberry
DP: scraps
CS: Recollections
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Ranger - Diamond Stickles; Hampton Arts - rhinestones
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH #196 - The Earth Has Music

Hello crafty peeps! We have a new challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH, and it's a special one. This week we are collaborating with the talented ladies at Words 2 Scrap By, where they give you word prompts to inspire you by! Very cool! This month, their challenge is The Earth Has Music. Here's how I interpreted this:

 and the inside:

Isn't that the sweetest little Hydrangea Sprite?!! I colored her with Spectrum Noir markers, fussy cut, and popped her up on foam squares. Her wings and the centers of the flowers have diamond Stickles on them for added sparkle. 

Oooh! Sparkly goodness!!

I hope that you get the chance to play along this week at Shopping Our Stash and also Words 2 Scrap By! Please do check out the amazing talents of my teammies and the gals at W2SB! Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at 

Sweet Sunday Sketch #263

Seize the Birthday - anything goes

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Aurora Wings Stamps - Hydrangea Sprite digi; Stampendous - music score; Recollections - Wishing you...; Paper Smooches - Happy Birthday
Ink: Memento - Elderberry
DP: Pebbles - Garden Party
CS: Crafter's Companion; Paper Smooches; Darice
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers: Ranger - diamond Stickles; Recollections - rhinestone swirls; computer & printer
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares