An outdoorsy themed birthday card

 Hello and happy Friday!

Here's a fun guy card I came up with:

The woodgrain embossing folder I used is a great

backdrop for the tree and deer silhouettes, I think, IMHO.

Some snippets of paper and a sentiment

is all that was needed to finish my card.

Sorry for the weird lighting in my photos.

I just bought a light box and am still

trying to figure it out. LOL!

My card uses the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #697,

and since it's a birthday card, I'm also entering this at

Addicted to Stamps and More #498.

That's all for now. I hope that you have a great weekend.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Hooked On You & dies

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa

DP: KaiserCraft - Mountain Air

CS: Thunderbolt; Bazzill

Accessories: Impression Obsession - 3 Pine Trees die; Taylored Expressions - deer die from Birch Tree Accessories set; Sunny Studio - woodgrain EF; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares; Bearly Art glue

Christmas in...June?

 Hey all, I'm back with my second post today.

I'll make this quick since one of the challenges I want to

join in on is about to end. ;)

Here's a guy card using a new to me technique:

Here's the inside:

The technique is called Triple Time Stamping. First time I've tried this,

and I plan to make more cards using it. I've followed the tutorial 

from this video, just making slight adjustments to the layer dimensions to 

fit my card. I also made it much easier by using one big stamp. Another

bonus was that I already had the sentiment strip embossed and

ready to use. Yay me! 

Got to go enter this now before time's up.

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

I'm entering this card at:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown May Technique Challenge

Jingle Belles - Masculine Christmas

Supplies:

Stamps: Impression Obsession - Winter Scene 2; Taylored Expression - Simple Strips Christmas; Sunny Studio - Petite Poinsettias

Ink: Memento - Northern Pine; Versamark

CS: Thunderbolt; Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: MISTI; Stampendous - Champagne EP; heat gun; GC; TE- simple strips die

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #140 - S is for Sea

(Shout out to Sister Lee for her astonishing graphic arts skillz!)

Hello and happy Saturday to you.

It's time for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight is brought to you by the

letter S, as in SEA!

We want to see your ocean themed projects.

This is a card I made for one of my sisters a couple months

ago, but it fit this challenge so perfectly that I saved

posting about it until now. LOL! 

and the inside:

I bought the fish scale plate and the mermaid stamp earlier this year, and

this was the first time using them. I started by creating my underwater

background using Dylusions spray inks on watercolor paper, then adding

some Aquamarine Glimmer Mist over that for additional sparkle.

While that dried, I colored and fussy cut my mermaid, and die cut the fish

scale plate. I added some Diamond Stickles to the centers of the flowers

in her hair, and added Wink of Stella to her bottom half.

This card is sooooo shimmery IRL!! I cut up a group of rhinestones

and added them because to me they looked like air bubbles.

A simple sentiment on the inside finishes my card.

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

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! We'd love to sea what you

come up with. My Sisters and our reigning Queen Rina have created some fabulous underwater

masterpieces, so please visit their blogs to check them out.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a fabulous day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Unity - She Mermaid; Gina K. - Stippled Flower; Avery Elle - Happy Hour

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Bahama Blue; Versamark

CS: Strathmore water color paper; Neenah; Darice; Taylored Expressions; Crafter's Companion

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Impression Obsession - fish scale background die; Dylusions spray inks - London Blue, Vibrant Turquoise, Cut Grass; Tattered Angels - Aquamarine Glimmer Mist; Ranger - Diamond Stickles; WOS pen; MISTI; Stampendous - Champagne EP; heat gun; David Tutera - rhinestones

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #392 - Make an ATC

Hello and happy Tuesday to you all!

It's time for a new challenge at 

SHOPPING OUR STASH!

This fortnight we are challenging you to step outside your

comfort zone and make an ATC, either a card or coin!

Here's my Artist Trading Card:

 

Grab your favorite beverage, this is a photo heavy post!

I started by cutting my ATC's from recycled cardboard (2-1/2" x 3-1/2")

and gave the front sides a coat of Gesso.

I cut a mop up paper towel that had Dylusions spray inks on them,

and adhered to the card with clear gesso.

After dry and the edges were trimmed, I went over the cards with crackle embossing

paste and a heart stencil. While drying, I die cut some mermaid silhouettes from black

card stock, and Winked all of them for some shimmer.

To make sure the edges didn't tear, and to add a border, I used my finger and painted

gold paint around the edges. 

 

I printed out my sentiment on the computer, doodled around the words and cut out.

The mermaids and sentiments are adhered with foam squares, then I added some

ancient bling from my stash for more sparkle.

You can kind of see the shimmer on the mermaid below and how the gold shines.

I love the added texture from the paper towel!

Yay! You made it to the end!

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

Shopping Our Stash! We look forward to seeing what you create.

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

what amazing cards and coins they've created!

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Mix It Up challenge #23 - ATG + Inked Background

Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge - Hearts 

More Mixed Media challenge - ATG + Green 

Supplies:
recycled cardboard
Golden Gesso
Plaid paintbrush
Dina Wakey clear Gesso
mop up paper towel that had Dylusions spray inks on it
STAMPlorations - Hearts All Over stencil
Dreamweaver - crackle embossing paste
pallet knife
Delta metallic 14K gold acrylic paint
Grand Calibur
Impression Obsession - Mermaid dies
Wink of Stella pen
scrap card stock
computer and printer
Sakura - metallic blue Gelly Roll pen
SA by 3L - thin 3D foam squares
Momenta - jewel stickers

SHOPPING OUR STASH #283 - Winter Wonderland

Hello crafty peeps! Are you all done with all of your holiday shopping and card making? I still have a couple items to get, then I'm done. Well.... I still need to wrap the presents I've bought, but other than that, I'm done. LOL!

For our last challenge of the year at SHOPPING OUR STASH, we want to see your Winter themed cards or projects, but not Christmas themed. Here's what I came up with:

 here's the inside with a bit of snark...

I was lamenting a few posts back about the fact that I have no silver foil paper. Well, when I was searching through all my paper, I came across this holographic silver snowflake paper that I've had for a couple years at least, but it was hidden by other papers. Score!! I used a couple rectangle dies to make a frame out of it. I used my MISTI to line up the word stamps (each word is a separate stamp), stamped in Versamark ink and heat embossed in white EP. The snow globe is a new purchase, but it worked well for this challenge. I backed a scrap of white CS with an adhesive transfer sheet before die cutting it. Then all I had to do was peel off the backing sheet and stick it on my card. 

We hope that you have a chance in your busy holiday schedule to play along this week at Shopping Our Stash! This is our last challenge for 2016, but we'll be back on January 3rd with a new challenge! I'd also like to say thank you to our Guest Designer, Beth, for joining the SOS Crew this month! It was a pleasure to have you create with us, and we hope to see your fabulous creations in our gallery in the future!

Just a reminder: We are looking for Guest Designers! If you would like to be considered for January, simply leave a 'DT' after your name when you link up! Super easy.

I wish you all happy holidays and all the best for 2017!

Supplies:

Stamps: Winnie & Walter - Big, Bold & Party; Crackerbox Palace - Belated...

Ink: VersaMark

DP: HOTP - Snowflake Silver Holographic paper

CS: Taylored Expressions

Accessories; GC; Avery Elle - Double Pierced Rectangle dies; Impression Obsession - Deer Snow globe die; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, adhesive transfer sheets