Happy Beer-day

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

Here's a fun and punny guy card:

 ...and the inside:

I used embossing paste and the Dots and Dashes stencil

for my background. After cleaning the stencil off, I sprinkled

copper embossing powder onto the paste, and tapped off the excess. 

While the paste dried, I stamped, colored and fussy cut the beer mug.

I used alpha stamps to stamp my punny sentiment and heat embossed.

Once the embossing paste was dry, I heat embossed the copper

embossing powder that I covered it with.

I blended some brown ink around the panel's edges before adhering

all the components together.

I have a lot of nephews in their 20's so this will be sent to one of them. LOL!

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

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Mix Up Stencil Challenge - heat embossing

Seize the Birthday #207 (no topping) 

Addicted to Stamps and More #398 - birthdays

Happy Little Stampers stencil challenge - ATG 

Supplies:

Stamps: Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous - Beer; Studio G - alpha stamps; Taylored Expressions - Another Year Older

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa

CS: Spectrum Noir; Thunderbolt; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; STAMPlorations - Dots and Dashes stencil; pallet knife;

Stampendous - Detail Copper EP; heat gun; PFS - blending brush

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

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

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #355 - April Showers Bring May Flowers

Hi there and happy Tuesday to you!

Today starts a fun new challenge at

SHOPPING OUR STASH:

we want to see a flower (or flowers) on your projects!

 

I tried out a stencil that I won last year but this was the first time I used it:

I smooshed some Distress Inks onto my craft mat, then mixed embossing paste into the ink.

I applied the green first, then the pink. Once I had covered the stencil, I carefully swiped the

excess paste off, making sure to blend the green into the pink. When you lift up the stencil,

you have a subtle blending of the colors.

I left it to dry overnight, then simply matted it with a scrap of green DP, heat embossed

the sentiment, adhered it all on my card base, and added some sequins for 

a bit of extra bling.

I hope that you get a chance to play along with our flower challenge

at Shopping Our Stash! We look forward to seeing what you come up with!

For more ideas, do check out the fabulous creations by my teammies, and

leave them some bloggy love while there.

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at Craft Stamper Magazine May Make It Take It challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: So Suzy Stamps

Ink: VersaMark; Ranger DI - Mowed Lawn, Worn Lipstick, Candied Apple

CS: Neenah; scraps

DP: HOTP

Accessories: FABScraps - DS036 stencil; Dreamweaver - Embossing paste; pallet knife; Stampendous - detail white EP; heat gun; Darice - sequins; GC; Avery Elle - pierced rectangle die

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #92 J is for Jumble

Greetings Snarky peeps!

Edna and the Sisters welcome you to our new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS:

J is for Jumble!

What's that mean? We want you to try your hand at a collage! 

Whether it be on a card, layout, canvas, whatever, we want to see it!

I created a mixed media canvas board:

As usual, I stalked Pinterest for inspiration, and came across this lovely collage by Pamela Towns.

(Thank you Pamela for being my muse!) Of course, I took the bones of her

gorgeous creation and went off on a mixed media tangent. 

I really intended to take pictures along the way, but I only got so far, and then 

I got so in the creative zone, I forgot to take more pictures. 

watered down acrylic paint - still wet.

I let this dry overnight.

Once the paint dried, I attached the long strip of ephemera with matte medium.

After that dried, I used a stencil and embossing paste in a couple corners.

I left this to air dry overnight.

At this point, I totally forgot to take pictures.

The hemp cord I braided myself. Except for the flower, sentiment and cord, all

the bits and pieces came from one ephemera pack. The flower was stamped

and fussy cut, and the swirl stamp is from the same stamp set.

 I thought it needed some bling, so I found some

ancient pearls to stick to the center of the flowers.

I'm actually quite pleased by how well this turned out. Collage is

not my strength, so I really fussed about placement of items forever on this.

I hope you find some time to play along in our Jumble challenge at the 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! I can't wait to see what you create!

Need more ideas? Then do check out what my Sisters and our newest

Guest Designer - Ike have made to inspire you!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

US Art Supply - 5" x 7" canvas panel

DecoArt Americana Acrylic paint - Ultra Blue Deep, Berry Red, Purple Pizzazz

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic paint - Carbon Black

water mister; various paint brushes

K & Co. - ephemera pack; Words & Phrases stickers

Dreamweaver - embossing paste; pallet knife

TCW - stencil

Golden - Matte Medium

Herschberg Schultz - hemp cord

Dare 2B Artzy/Totally Tracey stamps - Power of Flowers

Recollections - card stock

Staz-On - black ink

Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

SA by 3L - 3D & Thin  3D foam squares

Studio 112 - pearls

Tropical birthday wishes

Hiya crafty friends and welcome.

Today I figured it's about time I blogged about a card I made a few weeks ago. A card that

got my crafty mojo working again.

And I'm only blogging about it now. Sigh.

Here it is:

 and the inside:

Seriously, I don't know why it took me this long to share this card. Because it's 

very mixed media, and I love how it turned out.

The background was made using Magenta Nuance dye powders. I stenciled over it with 

embossing paste using that awesome flower stencil.

I die cut, colored and added Stickles and Wink of Stella to the pineapple and the

hibiscus flower. Love the subtle shimmer to the images!

Oooh! Shimmery!

The Happy Birthday was embossed in gold using the Digits set. 

Well, that's it for now. Guess I should get my behind in gear and do something

about dinner. LOL! Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at: 

Paper Smooches July ATG challenge

Seize the Birthday  - no topping this time

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Pineapple Crush, Get Outta Town, Digits, Happy Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; VersaMark

DP: scrap

CS: Strathmore Mixed Media paper; Crafter's Companion; Taylored Expressions; Bazzill

Accessories: Magenta - Nuance dye powders: Bright Yellow, Grass Green, Turquoise; 

STAMPlorations - Bold  Florals stencil; Dreamweaver embossing paste; heat gun; water mister; 

Spectrum Noir markers; Paper Smooches - Pineapple Crush dies; Stampendous - Champagne EP; 

Martha Stewart - Arch Lattice punch; Ranger - Diamond Stickles; Wink of Stella pen

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

JUST US GIRLS #393 Trend Week

Hello crafty friends!

Sue is hosting Trend Week at

JUST US GIRLS,

and she wants you to create a background using any type of ink

you have, be that Distress Inks or Oxides, or any dye inks or sprays.

Here's my card:

 and the inside:

I haven't jumped onto the Distress Oxide bandwagon yet, as I still have plenty of

the Distress Inks to play with, and that's what I used, doing the smooshing technique.

After it was completely dry, I used my MISTI to stamp the image and sentiment multiple

times to get a dark coverage.* I still felt it needed something, so I tinted some crackle embossing

paste with dark chocolate acrylic paint and applied it to opposite corners. 

Once that dried, the panel was framed with dark brown cs and adhered 

to the card base with foam tape. 

Ready to play along? Of course you are! Simply link up at Just Us Girls

so we can admire it! If you need more ideas, please check out the amazing

creations that my teammates and our Guest Designer, Kathie Durgan

have made, and leave them some bloggy lovin!

Thanks for visiting!

Hugs,

* Pay no attention to the fact that I forgot to ground the image with a shadow. Ugh!

I'd like to enter this at the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #36 - put a stamp on it

Supplies:

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps - hippo racer; Unity Stamps - sentiments

Ink: Ranger DI - Iced Spruce, Shabby Shutters, Brushed Corduroy, Gathered Twigs; 

Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Darice

Accessories: GC; Avery Elle - Pierced Rect. die; MISTI; Dreamweaver - Crackle Embossing

Paste; Deco Art - Americana Dark Chocolate Acrylic paint; water mister; paintbrush

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Scotch foam tape

JUST US GIRLS #355 - Word Week

Hello friends and welcome! We have a fun challenge for Word Week at JUST US GIRLS! Sharyn is your hostess, and she's picked the most perfect word: WATER! I don't know how it is in your neck of the woods, but it has been sweltering HOT here. I'm looking forward to my upcoming beach trip, but in the mean time, here is the card I made:

I'm glad that I made a couple of these watery panels last year. This is the second one, and it came in really handy for this challenge! The first panel was used on this card, and explains the process of making the panel. Some ripped kraft paper made for a nice sandy beach, with die cut flip flops. The sentiment is one of my favorites. ☺

I hope that you find some time this week to play along with our water theme at Just Us Girls! I look forward to seeing what you create in our gallery. For more inspiration, please visit the blogs of my teammates, and leave them some bloggy love! This is our first challenge for August, so that means we have a new Guest Designer! A warm welcome to you, Colleen Foelker! Glad that you are joining us this month! 

Just a reminder, if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our August challenges, you'll be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of October! Good luck and happy crafting!

Supplies:
Stamps: Impression Obsession
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Tumbled Glass
CS: Darice, scraps
Accessories: Simon Says Stamp - wave stencil; Dreamweaver - Embossing Paste; Martha Stewart twine; GC; Taylored Expressions - Flip Flop die; Wescott - hole punch
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares; Scotch scrapbooker's glue; Recollections - red tape

JUST US GIRLS #314 - Trend Week

Good morning and welcome! It's Trend Week at JUST US GIRLS. Nancy is your hostess and she's picked STENCILS as your trend! It's still a very popular one, so we hope you have fun with it! Here are a couple cards I've made:

the inside:

My embossing paste started out white, but I smooshed Teal Zeal and Gray Flannel inks on my craft mat, then took some paste and blended the colors into it with my pallet knife. The sentiment was inked a couple times using my recently purchased MISTI. I LOVE this tool! The rest of the card is pretty self explanatory.

Here's card #2:

 and the inside:

I used that white embossing paste again for the skull stencil, and after washing off the stencil, I sprinkled neon green embossing powder over it, tapped off the excess, and let the paste completely dry before heat embossing. 

I hope you find some time to break out those stencils and make something with them! Please be sure to link up at Just Us Girls so we can see your wonderful creations! While there, please check out what the Design Team and our October Guest Designer, Julie Gearinger, have made to inspire you! Remember, that if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our October & November challenges, you'll be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of January! Good luck and happy crafting!

I'd like to enter my first card at Nacho Average Challenges #162

Supplies: First card

Stamps: MFT - DC Truck or Sweet; Unity - Octover 2012 KOM; Simon Says Stamp - Trick or Treat

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Teal Zeal, Gray Flannel

CS: Bazzill, Core'Dinations, Darice

Accessories: Gourmet Rubber Stamps - Climbing Wall stencil; Dreamweaver - embossing paste; Darice - sequins; Fiskars

- corner rounder; Coats & Clark - thread; MISTI

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

Skull card:

Stamps: Hampton Arts; Stampendous

Ink: VersaMark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Darice

Accessories: GC; Hampton Arts - stencil; Dreamweaver - embossing paste; Recollections - neon green EP; heat gun; SB - Deckled Rectangle Nesties; Fiskars - corner rounder

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