SHOPPING OUR STASH #429 - Make A Mess

Hello and welcome crafty friends!

This fortnight at SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we want you to get messy!

Think glitter, powder inks, paint, etc.

I broke out my sadly neglected gel press, some paints and

stencils and made some prints. I quartered one of them to

create four cards!

Here are some close ups:

#1

#2

#3

#4

This is my favorite one from the bunch. I love this technique!

I hope that you find some time to join in our Make A Mess challenge

at Shopping Our Stash! We can wait to see what you come up with.

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

their projects.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies for all cards:

DecoArt Americana Acrylic paint - berry red, winter blue, coral blush, tangerine, white

Gel Press

brayer 

copy paper

Stencils: Dylusions - Arrows; ARTplorations - Confetti Circles

Imagine ink blushers

Card #1:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Gone Postal

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: GC: CUTplorations - Cheers word die; MISTI; Spectrum Noir markers; Sizzix - Dots EF; WOS pen

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM

Card #2:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Sentiment Builder-Celebrate

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: GC; CUTplorations - Happy word die; MISTI; Avery Elle - Citrus Blend sequins

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM & Glossy Accents

Card #3:

Stamps: Winnie & Walter - Big Bold & Party

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: GC; W&W - big bold & party dies; MISTI; Nuvo Glitter Drops - Summer Sunrise

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

Card #4:

Stamps: Simon says stamp - Messages for Everyday

Ink: Versamark

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: GC; Taylored Expressions - Sweet & Simple Upper Alpha dies; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; MISTI

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

Easy water coloring...

Hey there, it's a two-fer Monday posting!

Earlier last week, I watched this video by Bonnie and was inspired

to try my hand at water coloring again.

I used a hydrangea stamp from a set that I've had for at least

five years. I've never used this flower from the set before so 

I challenged myself to use it.

I had the added task of making a mask for the hydrangea as the leaves

are a separate stamp. Other than that, I pretty much followed

along with Bonnie's tutorial, and Holy Crow, it worked!!

Here's the inside:

I have Marvy LePlume II markers (it's been so long using these 

that many are dried out. I haz a sad.) In hindsight, I should have

used the medium green to stamp the leaves. I used the lightest color and

the details disappeared when I colored them, so I restamped them

with the medium green after it was dry. I used a scrap of black card stock

and die cut a rectangle matte that has a pierced border around it. I just

snipped both the long sides and adhered to the back side of the main

panel, then trimmed before adhering to my card base. If you enlarge the photo, 

you may be able to see the detail. (crossing fingers) 

A simple stamped sentiment and this card was finished.

Well, that's it for today. The laundry isn't going to wash itself and

the maid hasn't showed up. Wait, I'm the maid. Sigh...

Have a great day and thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Watercolour Card challenge - cool colors

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge - ATG + die cuts

Supplies:

Stamps: Winnie & Walter - In Bloom: Addie's Garden; Taylored Expressions - Care & Comfort

Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel

CS: Strathmore water color paper; TE; scraps

Accessories: Marvy Uchida LePlume II markers; MISTI; Plaid paint brush; Gemini; Avery Elle - Pierced rectangle die; Inkadinkado masking paper

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #121 - S is for Skulls

Hello peeps!

This fortnight at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS,

it's all about skulls! Yes, one more challenge for you to get those

last minute Halloween cards made before the holiday arrives!

Or, you could do what I did and make a birthday card. LOL!

and here's the inside:

My sugar skull is a stencil that I traced then colored with Spectrum Noir markers.

I added some colored stamped roses and some bling to frame it.

Then of course, some snark on the inside. LOL!

Now it's your turn! Just create something with a skull on it and link up at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! For more ideas, check out what my Sistahs, and 

our newest Queen & GD, Tammy, have created for your viewing pleasure.

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at Craft Stamper Magazine: TIMI October

Supplies:

Stamps: Winnie & Walter - The Big The Bold & Extras; Stampendous - Birthday Wish, Look Fabulous

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Lady Bug

CS: TE; Core'Dinations

Accessories: Plaid Folkart - skull stencil; FC - Artist PITT pen; Spectrum Noir markers; WOS pen; Recollections - rhinestone swirls; Fiskars corner rounder

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & Thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

SHOPPING OUR STASH #337 - Getting Sentimental

Hello and happy Tuesday crafty peeps!

This week at

SHOPPING OUR STASH

we challenge you to make your sentiment the focal point

of your project.

Here's the card I made:

 and the finished inside:

I used another panel I created a while back using Magenta Nuance powder dyes.

I die cut the word birthday 4 times, stacked and glued. 'Happiest' and

'wishes' were stamped in VersaMark and embossed in white EP.

I matted the panel with black card stock, then added some sequins,

because, shiny!

Now it's your turn to create something using your sentiment as the main focus.

We'd love to see it, so please link up at Shopping Our Stash so we 

can admire your work! Need more ideas? Simply check out the

blogs of my teammies and while there, leave some love!

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Watercolour Challenge - Jan 2018 - Birthday

Naughty or Nice challenge #47 - Celebrate

HLS Watercolour challenge - Jan 2018 sequins

Seize the Birthday challenge - ATG

 

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Winnie & Walter - The big the bold and Party
Ink: Memento - Elderberry; VersaMark
CS: TE; Recollections
Accessories: Magenta - Nuance powder dyes: Purple, Violet; water mister; GC; Winnie & Walter -
Birthday word die; Stampendous - detail white EP; heat gun; MISTI; Darice - sequins
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

Sketch Saturday #458

Hello and welcome crafty peeps!
I'm back Guest Designing at
SKETCH SATURDAY!
This week's sponsor is
Drawn with Character, who is gifting
three digis as our prize to the lucky winner!

Here is the sketch, and my take on it:

 and the inside:

I hope that you find some time this week to play along at Sketch Saturday and link

up with us! We'd love to see what you come up with using the sketch!

Thanks for visiting, and have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Winnie & Walter - The big bold and Party

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Angel Pink

DP: Pebbles - Garden Party

CS: TE; scraps

Accessories: GC; Winnie & Walter - big bold and party cutaways, In Bloom Maggie's Roses cutaways; Cuttlebug - musical flourish EF; Hampton Art - rhinestone; MISTI

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #296 - Side by Side

Hiya crafty peeps and welcome!

We have a fun challenge starting today at

SHOPPING OUR STASH:

create a step card!

I must say, this was my first time making a step card, and I'm sure it

won't be my last! I did have help, as I pretty much cased this card while 

stalking Pinterest for ideas. (Thank you Beesmom!) It would have been

so much easier if I had balloon dies, but no. I don't. So I had to draw a

template, fussy cut that, and used that to trace my balloons onto the back

sides of some scrap papers. Also, the candles and flames were hand made.

Did I mention that dies would really come in handy? 

Anyhooo, here's my card:

And the inside too!

Along with using Pinterest as a tool, I also used a template for this step card from HOTP,

(that I bought a couple years ago, and yes, it's the first time using it. I think

I've mentioned once or twice that I hoard my craft supplies...)

Ok, so now it's your turn to crank out a step card? If, unlike me, you don't already

have a template, there are loads of templates on Pinterest, or you can Google it.

We'd love to see what you make! Just link up your step card at Shopping Our Stash so we

can gush over your genius! Need more inspiration? Then simply visit the blogs

of my teammies, and our Guest Designer, Wendy, to see what they created!

Just a reminder: SOS wants YOU!
We are looking for Guest Designers! If you would like to be considered for April,
simply leave a "DT" after your name when you link up!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampendous - Birthday Wish

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: American Crafts - #Summer; DCWV - The Spring Stack

CS: WRMK; Darice; scraps

Accessories: HOTP - side step card template; GC; Cuttlebug - Oxford EF; EK Success - Deco Scalloped Edger; Winnie & Walter - Celebrate die; Doodlebug - twine; Fiskars - corner rounder

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & Thin 3D foam squares; Scotch - scrapbooker's glue; Recollections - red tape

JUST US GIRLS #378 - Photo Week

Happy Saturday crafty peeps! Today starts Photo Week at JUST US GIRLS! Nancy is your hostess and she's picked this adorable photo as your inspiration! Here's what I came up with:

 and the inside:

I created my flower cluster by first stamping and fussy cutting the daisy and ladybug onto masking paper.Then it was just of matter of stamping, masking, coloring and fussy cutting. Once I had the frame, doily and strip of black cardstock adhered, I used my MISTI to stamp happy birthday onto the card. The daisies are adhered with some thin foam squares. For a little sparkle, I added a few rhinestones.

I hope you get a chance to play along this week at Just Us Girls! We'd love to see how you interpret the inspiration photo. For more ideas, please check out what my teammies, and our Guest Designer, Shawna, have created and leave them some bloggy lovin!

Just a reminder: If you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our January challenges, you'll be in

the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of March!

Have fun and thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at: 

Freshly Made Sketches #272

Simon Says Stamp Wed. Challenge - ATG

 


Supplies:
Stamps: Winnie & Walter - In Bloom Addie's Garden, Big Bold & Party; Simon Says Stamp - Birthday Celebration; Rubber Stampede - ladybug; Stampendous - Birthday Wish
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa
DP: Pebbles - Garden Party
CS: Bazzill; Darice; Crafter's Companion
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MFT - Stitched Rectangle Frame, Dainty Doily Duo die; Avery Elle - Pierced Rectangle die; Hampton Arts - rhinestones; Inkadinkado - masking paper; MISTI
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

SHOPPING OUR STASH #285 - Stickle Me Elmo

Hello friends and happy Tuesday! We have a new challenge starting today at SHOPPING OUR STASH! As our prompt suggests, we want to see Stickles, or a similar product, on your cards or projects. Here's my card:

 ...and the inside:

This card turned out totally different than how I first imagined it. I wanted to put a sentiment banner between the two groups of flowers, but I realized I left too much white space at the top of the panel. This also wasn't supposed to have bees on it. The bee under the word wishes is hiding an ink smudge. I couldn't have just one bee, so I stuck two more on it. Happy accidents, because I really like how it turned out. I used Star Dust Stickles and traced around the roses. the leaf veins, and the largest dot on the dot trio stamp. Even the bees came with glittery bodies! Bonus!

Now it's your turn to break out those neglected bottles of Stickles, Wink of Stella pens, SN Sparkle pens, or any kind of glitter glue, and create something with them! Don't forget to link up at Shopping Our Stash so we can admire it. For even more inspiration, check out what my teammies came up with and leave some love on their blogs. I'd also like to welcome our Guest Designer, Marina! I'm looking forward to crafting with you this month! 

Thanks for visiting. Now go forth and create something fun and sparkly!

Just a reminder: We are looking for Guest Designers! If you'd like to be considered for February GD, simply leave a 'DT' after your name when you link up! Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday - ATG

613 Avenue Create - ATG with favorite technique twist - mine is masking

Supplies:

Stamps: Winnie & Walter - The big the bold & Extras, The big the bold & Party

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Lady Bug, Angel Pink, Bamboo Leaves, New Sprout, Gray Flannel

CS: TE, Darice

Accessories: MISTI; GC; Avery Elle - Pierced Rect dies; MFT - Stitched Rect Frames; Ranger - Star Dust Stickles; Inkadinkado - masking paper; Jolee's Boutique - bee stickers

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

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