The beach fixes everything

Hello there crafty friends!

I was having a bit of play time in my craft room yesterday

and created this card:

I used an acrylic block to 'stamp' my background.

I added a few different Distress Inks onto it, spritzed with water,

then smooshed it onto my watercolor paper panel.

Once dried, I trimmed to size, stamped the sentiment, matted,

and used a dimensional sticker that worked perfectly.

 Here's what it looked like before adding the sticker:

That sticker is awesome. It came with the sand, and that tiny chain

on the bow of the boat is real!

That's all for now. Gotta go and get some laundry cleaned. Ugh.

Have a wonderful day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Just Us Girls #452 - beach

Mix It Up challenge blog #16 - ATG + acrylic block stamping

Supplies:

Stamps: Impression Obsession

Ink: Ranger DI - peacock feathers, antique linen, mermaid lagoon, tumbled glass; Memento - Nautical blue

CS: Neenah; Strathmore water color paper

Accessories: acrylic block; water mister; Jolee's Boutique dimensional sticker; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #74 - X is for XXX Christmas

Welcome snarky peeps! It's the challenge the Sisters over at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS have been waiting for all year! Our annual XXX Christmas challenge! That's right. It's time to create a card or project that is naughty/risque'/off color! You know you want to! Here's the card I came up with:

 and the inside:

Love a great saucy card! The image was colored with SN markers. I added Crystal Stickles then once that was dry went over all the glasses with Glossy Accents. This is really sparkly and shiny in real life. LOL! (And thank you internet memes for my sentiment idea. HA!) The inside is stamped with a couple sentiment stamps and then I was done.

I hope that you get the chance to play along at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! This is our last challenge for 2016, so you have an entire month to link up. For more naughty inspiration, do yourself a favor and visit the blogs of my Sisters and leave some love! 

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

I'd like to enter this at:
Catch the Bug - Holiday Chaos day 5 - Funny Photo Inspiration
Mojo Monday #477

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Bugaboo - SASJJ Christmas Cheer digi; Taylored Expressions - In & Out Christmas, Impression Obsession - Naughty is..
Ink: Memento - Bamboo Leaves, Lady Bug
DP: American Crafts - Wishlist
CS: Taylored Expressions; Crafter's Companion; Darice
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; SB - Std. sm & lg circle Nesties; Ranger - Glossy Accents & Crystal Stickles; Cloud 9 Designs - epoxy stickers; computer & printer; sentiment computer generated
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares

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

One layer cards make me itchy.....

I'm more of a clean and layered kind of gal, so this card (which turned out better than I thought it would - always a bonus) was indeed a challenge to me. Here, let me show you what I'm talking about:

 Here's the inside:

I sponged the corner of the card with distress inks and a wave stencil. After I die cut and glued the flip flop parts together, I sat there. Staring. Now what?

I had one helluva time trying to decide where the flip flops and sentiment should go. Does that happen with you? I swear I spent at least an hour moving the flops and the stamp around and around the card before finally getting (I think) an eye pleasing triangle, from the waves to the flops to the sentiment, back down to the waves. Ok, it's a wonky triangle, but it's there. Trust me.

Then, of course, I says to myself, "Self, this needs something more." So out came the Crystal Stickles. And the corner rounder was a nice finishing touch. ☺ I'm quite happy with how this came out. 

Even if it makes me itchy. 

I'd like to enter this at:

Curtain Call - Flip Flops

Addicted to Stamps & More - #149 CAS

 








Supplies:
Stamps: Impression Obsession; Paper Smooches
Ink: Ranger DI - Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean; Memento - Tuxedo Black
CS: Darice
DP: scraps
Accessories: GC; Taylored Expressions - flip flop dies; Simon Says Stamp - waves stencil; Ranger - crystal Stickles; Fiskars - corner rounder
Adhesives: Glue Dots; Scotch scrapbooker's glue

It's a two-for!!

I made two, count 'em, two cards for the Merry Monday #148 challenge. Go me! Check it:

the inside:

Here's card #2:

the inside:

I stamped the image twice, just in case I screwed one of them up. Turns out they both came out ok. Yay me! So I dug through my scraplet pile for the patterned paper, selective colored the images, and wah-la! Two pretty cards!

Well, that's all I got. I'm wiped out. We got slammed with another 8" of snow today. Hubby thankfully worked from home today, and we just got done shoveling ourselves plus three of our neighbors out. I'm really starting to feel it in my lower back! Thanks for stopping by, I hope your day was better than mine! LOL!

I'd to enter these at Merry Monday #148 - red and green

Supplies:
Stamps: Impression Obsession - Winter Scene; Unity - October 2012 KOM (card #1); Hero Arts - Celebrate Everyday (card #2)
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo
DP: HOTP
CS: Bazzill; Darice
Accessories: GC; Classic Lg. Ovals & Lacey Ovals Nesties; SN markers
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #16 - O is for One (color)

Good Saturday morning to you! It's time for another fun challenge at the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS! This fortnight, we challenge you to make a card or project using ONE color. You can use neutrals in your project (white, kraft, beige, black), but make sure your focal color is predominant. Here's the card I made:

 Here is the inside:

I chose to use gold as my color. This card turned out so much better than I imagined, that I couldn't bare to snark up the inside. ;) I used a NBUS stamp and heat embossed it in gold. It was an experiment, since it's really detailed, and I wasn't sure if the embossing would blur it out or not. I think it turned out pretty good! The card base is covered with a panel of gold glitter paper, then the main panel on top of that. I had that little bitty extra space at the bottom, so I broke out the Sew Easy and sewed on a gold snowflake border. Kinda went well with the snow scene, I thought. ☺ The sentiment on the inside is also heat embossed. Once that was adhered, I went around the panel with a gold Gelly Roll pen. (Because there could never be enough gold piled on this card! LOL!)

 Here is another pic that shows all the shiny!

Ready to play along? Of course you are! Pick a color, any color, and make sure you link up your card or project at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers. If you get a chance, please check out my teammies' blogs to see what fabulous creations they came up with! Thanks for hanging out here for a while. I hope you have a great day!

Hey, look at that, I made a gold Christmas card. Looks like I'll be entering this over at Jingle Belles for the "Baby it's GOLD outside" challenge. ☺

Chris

Supplies

Stamps: Impression Obsession - Winter Scene 2; MFT - Seasonal Sentiments

Ink: Versamark

DP: DCWV - gold glitter paper

CS: Recollections (kraft); Darice (white)

Accessories: Stampendous - Pearl Lustre Champagne EP; heat gun; WRMK - Sew Easy; DMC floss; Sakura - gold Gelly Roll pen

Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares