SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #134 - W is for WTF!

Hey snarky peeps, welcome back!

It's time for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This time around, the letter du jour is

W for WTF!

Whether you interpret that to mean using 'WTF' on your project, or
making something that makes you think: WTF?!, we want to see it!

I went with the latter for my art journal spread:

Once again, a meme that I saw on the internet was my spark of inspiration.

Here's some pics on how I created this:

Brayer various pink, red, and orange paints.

Add same paints plus white through various stencils.

Doodle around stenciled images with various markers.

Stamp, fussy cut and glue the faces onto flowers with matte medium.

I found the perfect horse image in a NatGeo magazine.

(unbelievably, it only took looking through five of them to find it)

I drew the horn, colored with Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cut.

Stamped, colored and fussy cut the lady image, then glued them down

using matte medium. I swiped a green ink pad

along the edges.

 

Smudged a black pencil around the unicorn and lady.

I used some gelli print leftovers to die cut the grass border a gazillion times,

then glued them down with matte medium. Once it dried, I trimmed 

around the edges.

I used an alphabet stamp set to stamp the sentiment on typing paper,

fussy cut and glued down. Once dry I doodled around the words

with a couple markers.

One more time:

So now it's your turn to show us your WTF creations! We'd love
to see them in the SOSS gallery. Need more ideas? Simply check out
what my Sistahs, and our newest Queen and GD Granne, have
created for your viewing pleasure.
Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Mix It Up challenge #25 - ATG Mixed Media

Supplies:

Strathmore Art Journal

DecoArt Media gesso

paint brushes - Loew-Cornell; Plaid

DecoArt Americana Acrylic paints: Tangerine, Dragon Fruit, Electric Pink, True Red, White

DecoArt Media Acrylic paint: vermilion

Imagine Crafts - craft sponges

StencilGirl stencils: ATC Mixup-Dailey, ATC Mixup-Dube, ATC Mixup-Evans

Faber-Castell: Artist PITT pens - black, green olive, pink carmine

Sakura - white and silver Gelly Roll pens

Stamps: VLVS - plate 1503; Dylusions - black diamonds; Studio G - alphas

Memento ink: Tuxedo Black, Grape Jelly; Staz On - Emerald City

CS: Darice

typing paper

Spectrum Noir markers

DecoArt Media - Matte Medium

horse picture from a National Geographic magazine

Generals - pastel chalk pencils - black, grass green

Ranger - Diamond Stickles (on horn)

scraps of gelli prints

Grand Calibur

Taylored Expressions - grass border die

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

I Ain't Got No...Body

Hello peeps and happy Wednesday to you!

I was working on a mixed media canvas the last few days

and finally finished it.

Still in the Halloween mood, of course,

as it's my favorite holiday. Take a look:

 

 Here are a few process pics. I prepped the canvas with gesso, and once dry

added the music sheet paper with matte medium. I got into playing and forgot

to take pics of that first. LOL!

Next layer was the skull stencil with crackle paste and the snakeskin stecil

with modeling paste. I added some texture sand paste randomly around the

edges once the stencil layer was dry.

 Added a wash of Paynes Grey around skull.

 Then Primary Yellow and more Paynes Grey over that.

 

Next I went over the entire canvas with Quinacridrone Gold,

 blotting some back with a baby wipe, especially on the skull.

I wanted it to look aged, but not too orange.

I swiped a Jet Black Staz On ink pad over the snakeskin stencil to bring

the texture out more, and also around the canvas edges.

The sentiment? Well that was what inspired this canvas.

And it was my husband's idea!

We have this big skull sitting on the stair landing, and he 

just started singing "I ain't got no body." After laughing

our asses off, I said that was brilliant and I needed to

make a punny skull project! 

I used alpha stamps to stamp the sentiment on white card stock,

then aged it with tan and brown sponged ink. Also stamped some

texture using gray ink.

That was applied with matte medium. Once dry I sealed it with 

matte varnish.

I added the flowers to ground my skull and that was it!

You made it to the end of my post! Yay!

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Craft Stamper - October Take It Make It

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Halloween/Spooky

Mix It Up challenge #18 - ATG/Monochrome

 

Supplies:

Substrate: Premiere by Nicole 8" x 10" canvas

Loew- Cornell & Plaid paintbrushes

DecoArt Media: Gesso, crackle paste, modeling paste, texture sand paste, matte medium

American Crafts; music sheet paper

pallet knife

Plaid Folkart: skull stencil

Andy Skinner: snakeskin stencil

DecoArt Media Acrylic paints: Paynes Grey, Primary Yellow, Quinacridrone Gold

Staz On - Jet Black ink

Memento - Rich Cocoa, Toffee Crunch, London Fog inks

Stamps: My Sentiments Exactly - Alphas; Dare 2B Artzy - Textures

Flowers: Recollections; Nicole

white card stock: Core'Dinations

E-6000 glue

DecoArt Americana Dura Clean matte varnish

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #120 - P is for Pink Halloween

Hello and happy Saturday snarky peeps!

It's that time of year again at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS:

our 5th annual PINK HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE!

It's Beast Cancer Awareness month, and also Halloween month,

so we've combined the two!

Simply create a Halloween project using the color PINK

predominately on it.

Here's what I came up with:

and the inside:

The main panel was brushed with cherub pink Glimmer Mist, then splattered with graphite Glimmer Mist. After that dried, I made bloody drips using Dylusions ink spray in postbox red. Once dry I went

over the 'blood' with Glossy Accents. It looks really cool IRL!

I used some new stamps I won at Viva Las Vegas Stamps, and some ancient

glittery blood drop stickers. I also re-discovered some brads shaped like bones! Woo Hoo!

My design is based off the now ended Atlantic Hearts sketch #283.

Ready to get your Pink Halloween on? I know you are! Just link up your

project at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers so we can admire it!

Need more ideas? Simply check out what my Sisters created to 

inspire you! Thanks for popping by, have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Mixed Up challenge #18 - ATG + Monochrome

Supplies:

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Antique Linen

DP: DCWV - Spooky Delight

CS: Neenah; TE; scraps

Accessories: GC: Avery Elle - double pierced rectangle die; Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists - Cherub Pink & Graphite; Dylusions ink spray - Postbox Red; paintbrush; MISTI; Ranger - Glossy Accents; OTC - bone brads; Martha Stewart - glittery blood stickers; blending tool; paper piercer

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

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 #115 - J is for Junk

 

 Hello and happy Saturday!

We are starting a new challenge today at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS:

J is for JUNK!

We want to see what you can create with an

upcycled/recycled item! 

For my project, I used some gel prints that I made

a few months ago. I ripped them up and decoupaged them

to a shoe box I use for storing some of my stamp sets: 

I used five of these prints for the sides and the bottom. These all used the same four 

paints, plus stencils, bubble wrap and hand drawn squiggly lines.

(Yes, I use my treadmill as a drying rack. What ELSE am

I supposed to use it for?!)

From blah....

...to Ta-Dah!!

I hope that you play along in our Junk (a.k.a. upcycle/recycle) challenge!

We'd love to see what you create. Just link up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! 

No need to go all crazy like I did. For much less crazy, but no less spectacular

ideas, do yourself a favor and visit the blogs of my Sistahs, and our new

Guest Designer Janet! You won't be disappointed!

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

I'd like to enter this at Mix It Up Challenge #15 ATG + mixed media

Supplies:
shoe box
Gel Press printing plate
DecoArt Americana paints
brayer
copy paper
STAMPlorations stencils
bubble wrap
end of a paintbrush to doodle
Golden matte medium
sponge brush