Here's a cute 1st birthday card

 Hello crafty friends and Happy St. Patrick's Day!

May the luck of the Irish be with you always! 💚

I'm popping in with a card I made for

one of my grand nephew's 1st birthday:

Here's the inside:

I decided to shop my stash again and use some products

by Paper Smooches. (I miss their stuff!)

The main panel needed a bit of something extra, so

I sponged a darker blue ink through a star stencil

before assembling my card.

I found a #1 sticker that fit perfectly on the onesie 

to complete the front of my card.

I hope that you have a wonderful day, and if you are

celebrating St. Paddy's Day, remember,

Erin Go Braugh(less!) LOL!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #257

Happy Little Stampers March Birthday challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Digits; Honey Bee Stamps - Inside Birthday Sentiments

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Paris Dusk

DP: Lawn Fawn - Perfectly Plaid

CS: Darice, Taylored Expressions, Thunderbolt

Accessories: GC; Paper Smooches - Onesie die & Frames 2 die; Echo Park - Twinkle twinkle little star stencil; TE - blending brush; Colorbok - #1 sticker; MISTI

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

Don't like making them, but we do need them...

 ...Sympathy cards, that is. 

Hello crafty friends, and welcome.

I have a pretty (I think), card to share:

Here's the inside:

 

 

Tried out a new to me stencil, the Christmas Wreaths 

by Sanna Lippert Designs, using a gray and a red ink.

Over the berries, I used two different shades of red glitter glue.

(of course, it's impossible to see with my crack photography skillz.) 

 

 I die cut three times, stacked and glued the With Sympathy

word die together and adhered on the inside of the wreath.

 

Pretty simple design, but I love how it looks.

If you're interested in these, or any STAMPlorations

products, just click on the link to take you to the store.

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And also:

 Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Color Hues #9

Happy Little Stampers January Stencil Challenge 

Just Us Girls #566

 

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Care & Comfort

Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel, Rhubarb Stalk, Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Darice

Accessories: GC; ARTplorations - Christmas Wreaths stencil; CUTplorations - With Sympathy word die, Crazy double running stitch rectangle nesting die; Picket Fence Studio - blending brushes; Nuvo Holiday Cheer Glitter Drops; Mystery red glitter glue; Inkadinkado masking paper; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - MMM

Love TAGplorations blog hop at STAMPlorations!

Hello and welcome crafty peeps!

Today starts day 6 of the STAMPlorations Love TAGplorations blog hop!  We are

sharing love themed or Valentine's Day tags, and projects that include tags. Did I

mention that there is a linky party for you to play along and prizes to be had?

You can check out all the details here. But don't wait too long,

as the hop ends on Valentine's Day. (tomorrow!)

For my tag, I started by die cutting 2 of the largest Luggage Tag dies, and glued them together. I sponged Spun Sugar Distress ink over the front of the tag using the Hearts All Over stencil. I went heavier towards the top and lighter on the bottom to give it an ombre look. Before removing the stencil, I spritzed Cherub Pink Glimmer Mist over it. I die cut the Always word die 3 times, stacked and glued together, and went over it with Crystal Stickles. The Clustered Hearts die was cut twice from red glitter paper and added to the bottom of my tag. I stamped the 'I love you' from the Funny Kinda Love stamp set, adhered the Always die, found a rose embellishment in my stash and glued that too. The ribbon was wrapped around a gift I received a few years ago. (and I had to save it for a future project!) 

Aaaaannnnddd, because I couldn't leave well enough alone, (plus I'm a snarky girl at heart),

the back of my tag:

Another sentiment from the same stamp set, and a few of the hearts from the Clustered Hearts die

to complete my tag!

I hope you get to play along! Don't forget that the hop ends tomorrow evening!

Oh, and just a reminder,

for a 20% discount at the STAMPlorations store,

please use my special discount code:

STAMPGIRLCHRIS

(code is not case sensitive, and cannot be combined with other discounts)

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Just Add Ink #346 - (hearts and flowers)

Happy Little Stampers - ATG with dies

Stamp, Ink, Paper #85 - love

 

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Funny Kinda Love

Ink: Ranger DI - Spun Sugar; Memento - Rhubarb Stalk

DP: American Crafts - red glitter paper

CS: TE; scrap

Accessories: CUTplorations - Luggage Tags dies, Always word die, Clustered Hearts die; ARTplorations - Hearts All over stencil; GC; Ranger - Crystal Stickles; Tattered Angels - Cherub Pink Glimmer Mist; ribbon and rose embellie from stash

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Scotch - scrapbooker's glue; Ranger - Multi Matte Medium

Technique-y Colorful Christmas Ornaments

Hello crafty peeps and welcome! Today I wanted to share a card I made (one of many) from a technique I tried using Lynne's tutorial. You should click on that link. She even has video tutorials on it! Here is the finished product:

 and the inside:

Sorry for the not so good photos. Sometimes my camera must add a bluish tint to the entire photo, and editing doesn't work. (And I was too lazy to retake the pics. *koff*) For my experimenting, I tried using what papers I had on hand. These particular ornaments were created from the TE Sugar Cube cardstock, which is 100lb. I also tried this using Canson Bristol 96lb paper, as you can see in this picture:

starting with the papers heat embossed with the ornaments

this is the Taylored Expressions paper

this is the Canson Bristol paper

I used different colors for each type of paper. I love how, depending on the paper you use, you get such different results on how the colors react and blend! Lynne wasn't kidding when she says that the paper will get soaking wet! At this point you want to handle them as little as possible, so you don't accidentally rip the paper. Just set aside overnight (or two) and let them dry naturally. (yes this was a project that took a few days to do, but the results are amazing!)

After the papers were dry, I set about fussy cutting the ornaments, then added crystal Stickles, because, glittery! The stamps I used had the hang-y thing built into the stamp, so what I did was take a paper piercer and pierced through to make holes. (once the Stickles dried) That way, I was able to tie the gold floss onto them. (a tedious thing that. I think I almost went blind from stringing these ornaments!)  I then took a smaller panel and embossed it, adhered 3 ornaments with different thicknesses of foam squares, and taped the ends of the floss to the back side. I heat embossed the sentiment in gold before adhering the main panel with more foam squares. Another sentiment finishes the inside.

If you find the urge to try a fun technique with your powder inks, I would highly recommend this! I'm going to guess that any type of powder inks would work. (Brushos, Color Burst, etc)

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge - ATG - no twist, unless you count making these ornaments a joy!

Addicted to Stamps and More #225 - I was inspired by the rainbow of colors!

 

Supplies:
Stamps: So Suzy Stamps - ornaments & inside sentiment; Lawn Fawn - And a Partridge
Ink: VersaMark; Memento - Tuxedo Black
CS: TE; Bazzill
Accessories: Magenta Nuance dye powders in bright yellow, grass green, turquoise, scarlet, purple (I used raspberry, orange, jade, royal blue, and golden yellow on the Canson Bristol paper); Stampendous - white & champagne EP; heat gun; DMC- gold floss; paper piercer; water spritzer; paint brush; paper towels; Ranger - Crystal Stickles; MISTI; GC; Darice EF
Adhesives: SA by 3L - 3D & Thin 3D foam squares; Alene's double sided tacky tape

JUST US GIRLS #370 - Color Week

Hello friends and welcome! At JUST US GIRLS, Ina is your hostess this time around for Color Week! She's picked TEAL, PURPLE, and GOLD as your go to colors. Here's what I made:

here is the inside:

I'm using some new craft goodies I recently purchased: that beautiful frame die and Magenta Nuance dye powders. I cut a square of mixed media paper with vellum, brushed it with water, sprinkled a bit of the purple and turquoise powders, then spritzed it with more water and watched the magic happen! I dried it with my heat gun when I liked the pattern, then repeated the process one more time. The die was cut from bristol paper, then I painted over it with gold acrylic paint. Because I'm crazy like that. And besides, it looks really cool! (IMHO)

 Love this new die, it debosses as it cuts! So pretty!

I hope you get some time this week to play along at Just Us Girls! We'd love to see what you make with these colors! For more inspiration, please visit the blogs of the design team and our Guest Designer, Cecile, and leave them some bloggy love. 

Remember, that if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our 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 this at:

Cardz4Galz #35 - Contemporary Christmas

Happy Little Stampers - Nov. CAS challenge: metal/faux metal

Happy Little Stampers - Nov. ATG with dies

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts - color layering Christmas Tree

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Teal Zeal, Elderberry; Colorbox/Susan K. Weckesser - Shimmer

CS: Strathmore - Mixed Media paper with vellum; Canson - Bristol paper; Bazzill; Darice

Accessories: Magenta - Nuance dye powders in turquoise and purple; GC; Amy Design - Wintertime frame die; Delta - Metalic 14K Gold acrylic paint; MISTI; paint brush; water spritzer; heat gun

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Scotch - foam tape and scrapbooker's glue

SHOPPING OUR STASH #273 - A Color Challenge!

Hello friends, and welcome! This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH, we have a color challenge! Here is your color pallet to work with:

Here is the card I came up with using these colors:

Once I remembered that I had these leaf dies, this card came together pretty quickly. (and yes, I used a too dark brown instead of a light brown. Oops) I die cut a frame using two of the Deckled Rectangle Nesties, and adhered it on an angle. Then I stamped the sentiment, using my MISTI. After die cutting a bunch of leaves, I just glued them here and there until I was done. I added some clear sequins for a bit of shine. I think the part that took the longest was adding the sequins. I must have spent at least 10 minutes alone moving them around, trying to decide where to put them. Am I the only one who has this problem?

Anyhooo, I hope you find some time this week to play along with our color challenge at Shopping Our Stash! I'd love to see what you create with these colors. For more inspiration, do check out what my teammies, and our October Guest Designer, Gina, have made, and please leave them some bloggy love! 

Remember, that if you wish to be considered for our Guest Designer for November, simply leave a 'DT' after your name when you link up! Super easy! Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Happy Little Stampers Oct ATG with Dies

Cards In Envy - Frame It

 




Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Jive Turkey
Ink: Ranger DI - Pine Needles
CS: Bazzill, scraps
Accessories: GC; Lawn Fawn - Stitched Leaves dies; SB - Deckled Rectangle Nesties; Darice - sequins; MISTI
Adhesives: Ranger - Multi Medium Matte, Glossy Accents

JUST US GIRLS #347 - Trend Week

Good morning all! We have a fun new challenge at JUST US GIRLS starting today. Nancy is your hostess for Trend Week and she's picked the Spotlighting Technique for you to play along with. I don't think I've ever tried this before now, but I'm certainly glad I did, since it was a lot of fun! Most of the ladies went with a floral theme. Me? I thought a big fish about to eat a little fish might be fun to spotlight. Here, look:

I'm (slowly) trying to use the stamps I've been hoarding for years. I think I scored this Dylusions set at Tuesday Morning for only $5.00 back in February, and it's the first time I've used it. The grungy alpha set I used I've had for over two years, still wrapped in cellophane. Gathering dust. I finally fixed that. (wink)  The spotlighted circle is colored with Spectrum Noir markers. Then I decided it needed some subtle waves, so I pulled out a wave stencil and carefully sponged Mermaid Lagoon DI around the images. 

This was a lot of fun to do, so I do hope you find some time to play along at Just Us Girls! Do yourself a favor and visit the blogs of my teammies to see their projects, and also our Guest Designer, Cornelia, and leave them some bloggy lovin! Remember, that if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our June challenges, you'll be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of August! Good luck and have fun!

I'd like to enter this at:
Happy Little Stampers - June ATG with dies
Addicted to Stamps and More #197 - Make your Mark

Supplies:
Stamps: Dylusions - Under the Sea; Studio G - grungy alphas
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Mermaid Lagoon
CS: Bazzill; Crafter's Companion
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; SB - Std Sm and Lg Circle Nesties; Faber-Castell Artist PITT pen; Simon Says Stamp - wave stencil; Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares

I ruff you Dad!

So, Father's Day is coming up, and I wanted to make a card, from our fur baby Colby, to give to his Daddy. This is what emerged:

 and the inside:

How about that for a vibrant purple card?! The back panel was made using the Ghosting Technique. Something I've never realized had a name for. But it was a lot of fun to do, and it only took two tries to figure it out! LOL! I took Wilted Violet DI and smeared it directly onto the panel. Then used different stamps to randomly stamp with water, heat setting them right away. (a bone, a fire hydrant, and a heart with a paw print in it, same one used on the inside of my card) The doggie stamp was chosen because it looked most similar to my fur baby, being all long furred and always smiling. See?

My sweet boy!!!

He's actually a Golden Retriever/Chow mix, but he looks and acts like a Golden. Soooo playful!!

Anyhooo, I stamped paw prints in the corners, then doodled the outline around the doggie. A simple sentiment on the inside and I was done!

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

I'd like to enter this at:

STAMPlorations June challenge sketch & celebration theme

Happy Little Stampers - June CAS challenge & Ghosting

Less Is More #279 - Colour: Purple

 

Supplies:
Stamps: STAMPlorations - Pets; Hero Arts - Happy Dad's Day; Paper Smooches - Paws for a Cause, Woofers & Tweeters, Nine Lives
Ink: Ranger DI - Wilted Violet; Memento - Tuxedo Black, Elderberry
CS: Darice; Bazzill
Accessories: GC; Avery Elle - Pierced Rectangle dies; MFT - Zig Zag Stitched Sqs dies; Darice EF; heat gun; water mister; MISTI; Faber-Castell - PITT artist pen
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares