A little hello

 Hello and welcome!

It's been a while since I've been on here, other than

scheduled posts. My fur baby had an

eye procedure done a couple weeks ago and we've

been on monitor duty, making sure he's comfortable and that

 he doesn't try rubbing his eye. He is wearing

the 'cone of shame' until his follow up on Tuesday.

It doesn't stop him from trying every so often. Sigh.

He is doing a lot better, though, so

we hope he won't have to keep wearing the

cone after Tuesday. 🤞

So, onto my post. Here's a CAS card I put together.

CAS cards are not my strength. All that white space!

I love my layers. LOL!

I stamped and colored the image, adding some

glitter glue onto that tiny heart. Once dry, I 

die cut it using a square die that had stitches incorporated.

I did some creative masking to get just the 'hello' from

the whole sentiment stamp.

Along with the heart and stitches, which are my 'Pick Two' at 

Time Out Challenges #281, I could say I've added a layer,

but since it's only 1-1/4" square, does it even count? LOL!

Also, Addicted to CAS #275 calls for a center focused card

so I'm entering this card there.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great rest of your day.

Supplies:

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Feb. 2024 Pretty Postage, Motivational Monday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Paper Rose - stitched square die; MISTI; Nuvo - white blizzard glitter drops

Adhesives: SA - foam squares

It's Your Day!

 Hello and welcome crafty peeps!

I hope those of you who celebrated the 4th of July had

a fun filled day!

I have a card to share in which I tried out possibly not

 quite new techniques, but they were to me. 😁

The first experiment was that gorgeous image. Towards the end of last year, 

I scored a free used laser printer that a friend of my MIL's was trying to get rid of.

Right time, right place! Then it sat on my dining room table for a few months

before I rearranged my craft room a bit and also finally found a small table

that I liked that would fit the space. That was in January. Last weekend, I 

finally got around to hooking it up and testing it out. (and now you know

why it takes me hours if not days to make a card. LOL!)

I printed out this mermaid as my test, and colored her

with Spectrum Noir markers and Prismacolor pencils.

O.M.G! Laser printer = GAME CHANGER!!!

No more blasting the image with my heat gun then giving

it a light coating with hairspray. (my old printer is an inkjet)

And no smearing at all!!!! I have so many digi images that I've 

either bought, won, or were freebies, and I've not used most of them

because of the smearing I always got with the inkjet printer. No more!

The second experiment was grabbing my neglected gel plate, laying

a white card stock panel on it, and brayering a couple Distress Inks over the panel.

 I covered it with wave stencil then brayered

another Distress Ink over it, giving it those muted stripes, 

then spritzed water on the panel.

 

Once that dried, it was time for my third experiment.

I smeared Wild Lilac Glitz glitter gel through the fish stencil,

cleaned off the pallet knife, then went back over everything

with Turquoise Sea Glitz glitter gel. I love how all the fish

have both colors of glitter gel with some more purple and some

more turquoise!

The mermaid received a good coating of both WOS, and Nuvo Glitter

Drops in white blizzard, and once dry she was fussy cut 

and adhered on the card with foam squares. 

A couple small sentiment stamps finish the inside.

It took me a few days to put this together, because I'd work on it some,

then come back to it the next day. Do a bit more, and come back the

next day, etc. But I love how it turned out!

That's it for now. Thanks for visiting, and I hope you

have a wonderful day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Time Out Challenges #191 - my card is based off of The Little Mermaid.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - ATG

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Aurora Wings - Lady of the Sea digi stamp; Hero Arts - Wish Big

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Paris Dusk; Range DI - Broken China, Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon; Versamark

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Gelli Arts gel plate; brayer; water mister; Simon Says Stamp - Waves stencil; Picket Fence Studios - Current of Fish stencil; pallet knife; Gina K. - Wild Lilac & Turquoise Sea Glitz glitter gel; Spectrum Noir markers; Prismacolor pencils; Nuvo -white blizzard Glitter Drops; WOS pen; WOW! - clear EP; heat gun; computer & printer; MISTI

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

the 11th hour, and beyond

Yep, that's me again. Waiting until the last minute or beyond when

challenges are ended. And I even had this card made on, I think,

Saturday too. Couldn't be helped. We had a few days of absolutely 

gorgeous weather, and I chose to spend it outside on my

deck and not in the craft room.

So here is my offering tonight:

here's the inside:

This card was based off of the now ended Tuesday Morning Sketch #548

and also for the (just about to end) Time Out Challenge #158.

(You'd think I'd have entered this sooner since 1) my dog has

epilepsy and 2) one of my nephews also has it.)

But like I mentioned on a prior post, my mojo has

exited, stage left.

But here I am now, squeaking in at the last moment! LOL!

Thanks for visiting, have a peaceful evening!

Supplies:

Stamps: Mama Elephant - Water Blooms; MFT - Birthday Greetings

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Lulu Lavender, Grape Jelly

DP: scraps

CS: Neenah; Bazzill; scraps

Accessories: Gemini; SB - Lg & Sm standard circle Nesties; MISTI; Darice - rhinestones; WOS pen

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #416 - Happy Birthday!

Hello and welcome crafty friends!

This fortnight at SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we have an incredibly easy challenge: Birthday cards!

We all need them, so now you have an excuse to

add to your stash!

Here's my card:

Here's the inside:

Now it's your turn! Since we all are pretty much on lock down due to 

covid-19, why not spend some time stocking up your birthday card stash.

We'd love to see what you come up with, so be sure to link up

at Shopping Our Stash so we can admire it! For more inspiration, simply

visit the blogs of my teammies for their takes.

Thanks for stopping in. For those who celebrate, have a

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Sunday Stamps #226

The Flower Challenge #42

Time Out challenge #157

AAA Birthday #11
Just Us Girls #527 

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Blossom Overture; Taylored Expressions - In & Out Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Bamboo Leaves

CS: TE; Spectrum Noir; Nicole

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; GC; Darice - Damask Background EF; Craft Essentials- ribbon; WOS pen; Fray Check

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #413 - My Heart Is On Fire

Good Morning and welcome crafty friends!

This fortnight at SHOPPING OUR STASH,  

as our theme suggests, we are

celebrating all things hearts. 

For my card, I took it a bit literally and created

a grungy, heart afire card:

Sometime last year, I made a bunch of panels using different Nuance powder

dyes. I die cut my heart from one of them. For the flames, I sponged a couple

colors of Distress Inks onto some white card stock, spritzed some Granite 

Glimmer Mist over it then die cut. The white panel was splattered with

black spray ink, then I stamped around the edges with my favorite

grunge stamp. A heat embossed sentiment on the banner

die completes my card.

 

I hope that you get a chance to play along at Shopping Our Stash!

We'd love to see how you interpret our challenge. Need more inspiration?

Simply check out the amazing projects that my teammies made!

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Paper Players #476

Time Out Challenge #154

TGIF Challenge #249

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - ATG

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Wavy Sayings; STAMPlorations - Mixed Media Grunge

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon; Versamark

CS: Strathmore mixed media paper; Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Gemini; Lawn Fawn - banner die; SB - Scalloped heart die; MFT - flames from Rock N Roll die set; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; Magenta Nuance Scarlet powder dye; water mister;

Picket Fence Studio blending brushes; Tattered Angels Granite Glimmer Mist; DecoArt Media Carbon Black spray ink; MISTI

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

Fun with paper doilies

Hello crafty peeps!

It's apparently a two post day today.

I created this card for my soon to be niece-in-law for

her bridal shower earlier this month.

and the inside:

 

I found some tutorials on Youtube in regards to folding paper doilies to make

a wedding dress. This was my second attempt, and I'm pretty happy with it.

I started by lightly sponging a pale blue ink through a stencil for the main

panel. Both the sentiment on front and back are computer generated.

Once I adhered the dress onto the front of the card, I added rhinestones 

for some pretty bling!

Thanks for visiting again! I should probably get off the computer and

do some housework. It may happen. LOL!

I'd like to enter this at:

Double D Challenge - pearls, gems or rhinestones

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - clean and simple

Time Out Challenges #142 - fashionable

 

Supplies:

Ink: Memento - Summer Sky

CS: Neenah; Darice

Accessories: Wilton and Amscan - paper doilies; computer and printer; STAMPlorations - Flower Puzzle stencil; Picket Fence Studios blending brush; David Tutera and Nicole - rhinestones

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

Faux Stained Glass Flower card

Hello there friends!

I tried a new to me technique called

Faux Stained Glass, and it was

very fun to do!

Here's what I created:

and the inside:

For my card, I used the Spring Flower Layering die. I cut the solid die from a

background I had previously made using powder dyes and spritzing with water.

I cut the outline die 4 times, stacking and gluing 3 of them together then to the 

solid die cut. I filled all of those teeny tiny bits with Deco Art Media Liquid Glass,

and left it to dry overnight. The last outline die was heat embossed in gold embossing

powder before adhering to the rest of the stack. 

I stamped a grungy image stamp multiple times on my card base 

for more interest behind the flower. After stamping the sentiment,

I glued the flower to my card base.

Here's a couple close ups:

That water colored background with the Liquid Glass really does

look like stained glass!

That's all for now. You made it to the end! Thanks for

visiting and I hope you have a great evening!

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Mix Up Challenge - Faux Stained Glass + stamping + die cutting + heat embossing

The Flower Challenge #30 - ATG

Time Out Challenge #131 - Inspired by Words

Craft Stamper March Take It Make It challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Mixed Media Elements, Sketched: Simple Gift; Recollections - Wishing you

Ink: Memento - New Sprout, Tuxedo Black; VersaMark

CS: Neenah; Strathmore mixed media paper

Accessories: GC; CUTplorations - Spring Flower layering dies; Stampendous - champagne EP; heat gun; Magenta Nuance powder dyes - turquoise, purple, jade; water mister; DecoArt Media - Liquid Glass; MISTI

Adhesives: Ken Oliver - Stick It adhesive sheets; Ranger - multi medium matte

SHOPPING OUR STASH #384 - Tis the Season

Hello and welcome crafty peeps!

This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH

our challenge is to make a project that shows us what

holiday you celebrate this time of year, whether that is

Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or any other holiday!

Here's the card I've made:

and the inside:

Yep, one more last minute Christmas card done! Yay! The flower

I used had been sitting on my desk since making this card and I really

wanted to use it. A pretty wreath, some stamping and another Christmas card done!

This is the last challenge this year at Shopping Our Stash so that

the design team can take a break over the holidays to be with family and friends.

We will be back on January 8th next year!

From my house to yours, I wish you a very Merry Christmas

and a healthy & happy New Year!

I'd like to enter this at:

Poppy Stamps Challenge #51 - Merry & Bright

Time Out Challenge #124 - Joyful

Supplies:

Stamps: Unity - poinsettia from August 2012 KOM; Avery Elle - Merriest

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Taylored Expressions; Crafter's Companion

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Poppy Stamps - Peppini Wreath die; WOS pen; MISTI;

Fiskars corner rounder

Adhesives: SA by 3L - thin 3d foam squares, adhesive sheet