STAMPlorations Spring Fling

Hello and happy Thursday crafty friends!

I'm excited to be part of the STAMPlorations Spring Fling Giveaway!

It's day 4 of the giveaway and today's prize is another fabulous one:

For my card, I first created a monoprint background using the

 ARTplorations Floral Mania stencil and a few colors of Distress inks.

While that dried, I stamped the larger butterfly from the Layered Butterflies

stamp set in the same inks used on the background. I fussy cut it, and added

some Wink of Stella to the spots on the wings and colored in the antennas

with a purple Gelly Roll pen. Once the background was dry, I stamped the sentiment

from the Sketched Simple Gift set. I doodled around some of the flowers with a 

black pen and added dots using the same purple pen. The butterfly

was popped up using foam squares.

I hope that you enjoyed my project. For all the details and

even more amazing inspiration, please head over to 

the STAMPlorations blog to see what my talented teammies

created for today! Don't forget to leave a comment there and on the design

team's blogs each day for a chance at winning some fantastic prizes!

What's more, there is already a sale going on all month for

the Spring Fling Sale:

 Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Layered Butterflies, Sketched:Simple Gift

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Shaded Lilac, Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch

CS: Strathmore - mixed media paper; TE; Darice

Accessories: ARTplorations - Floral Mania stencil; water mister; Sakura - purple Gelly Roll pen; Faber Castell - black Artist PITT pen; WOS pen; MISTI

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

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #131 - U is for Unicorn

Hey there snarky peeps and welcome!

Edna is dressed in splendor, sporting her unicorn onesie. 

(and, yes, that IS the tail! LOL!)

So you can, I'm sure, guess that we'd like to see unicorns on your

projects for our newest challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

Here's what I came up with:

here's the inside:

I once again found inspiration by Googling memes about unicorns,

and found the perfect sentiment to print out for my card.

Unbelievably, this is the only unicorn stamp I own, so

cute and snarky it was!

Her horn and hooves were Stickled, her main and tail Winked.

I also randomly Stickled and Winked the, er, gas bubbles.

How'd I do that? Like this:

Yep, that's right. I made a wafting fart template, and just stamped inside of it. LOL!

(Huh, maybe I should trademark that.... wink!)

 I hope that you play along this fortnight with the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers 

in our Unicorn challenge. We'd love to see what you make!

For more ideas, please do check out what my Sistahs, and our newest

Queen and GD Jenny, have created for your viewing pleasure. As always,

snark is never mandatory, but who doesn't love a great, sassy card! LOL!

Thanks for visiting, have a magical day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Spectrum, Reflections, Birthday Sampler

Ink: Memento - Lilac Posies, Lady Bug, Tangelo, Dandelion, Bamboo Leaves, Bahama Blue, Paris Dusk, Grape Jelly, Tuxedo Black

CS: Crafter's Companion; Neenah; Darice

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; GC; Avery Elle - pierced rectangle die; computer and printer; Ranger - Crystal Stickles; Wink Of Stella pen; scrap copy paper

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

Happy Beer-thday

Hi there and happy Friday crafty peeps!

It's been a few days since I've posted anything, so I'm fixing that right now. ☺

Today I'm sharing a card I made using this

week's sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches, #494:

Here's the sketch:

...Here's my take on it:

 and the inside:

 

The infamous "guy" card.

Well, you can't go wrong with a beer themed card for a guy. I did replace

the ribbon element with a couple of beer bottle cut outs, but otherwise

kept pretty close to the sketch. 

 Well, as it's mid 60's here right now, I think I'm going to go take

Colby for a long walk before it starts raining.

I hope you all have a fabulous day and weekend!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

Stamps: Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous - Beer; Avery Elle - Happy Hour

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Kaisercraft - Mountain Air

CS: Crafter's Companion; Thunderbolt; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; mystery metal dots; Kaisercraft - bottles from coordinating ephemera package

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #391 - Best Friends Day

Hello and welcome crafty friends!

This fortnight at SHOPPING OUR STASH we are

celebrating our best friends!

I really shopped my stash, and uncovered this stamp set

that had never seen ink! It's got to be at least 7 years old.

(***cough hoarder cough***)

Here's my take:

She is so cute! And bonus, that sentiment came with the set. I had that bit

of butterfly paper left so I based my coloring from it, using Spectrum Noir

markers. She's fussy cut and popped up on foam squares, as is the sentiment.

It's hard to see in this photo, but the barrette, beads, belt, bow and shoes have all been 

winked by Stella. A few rhinestones and done!

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

at Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see your projects.

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Creative With Stamps #36 - Friends

Inspire Create Challenge #38

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Feminine/Girly

Supplies:

Stamps: Some Odd Girl - Gifty Gwen

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: MME - Dolled Up

CS: Crafter's Companion; Neenah; scraps

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; SB - sm & lg standard circle dies; MISTI; Wink of Stella pen; Ki Memories - rhinestones; Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #130 - O is for Ombre

Hi there and welcome snarky peeps!

It's time again for a new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

For the next two weeks, we'd like to see OMBRE

incorporated into your projects!

Here's what I came up with:

here's the inside:

The flower image was one that I colored while I was visiting with

family last month. The main panel started out as white card stock but I

sponged over it with yellow ink to create my ombre element. It looked a little

plain to me so I broke out a stencil and lightly sponged more yellow ink over it.

Much better. Of course, I had to include a bit of snark with my

sentiment! A few enamel dots balanced it out.

(With that image I chose, I bet you couldn't tell that I'm

sooooo ready for Spring and warmer weather! LOL!)

I hope you find some time to play along in our Ombre challenge at the

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

Sisters and our newest Queen and GD, Pip Lewer, have created for 

your viewing pleasure. Thanks for stopping by and I hope 

you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #160 - Make Us Laugh

Craft Stamper March Take It Make It

The Flower Challenge #30 - ATG

Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Blossoming Buds; STAMPlorations - A Snarky Birthday to You
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Dandelion
CS: Crafter's Companion; Neenah; Darice
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils; GC: STAMPlorations - Crazy double running stitch rectangle dies; Paper Smooches - Blossoming Buds die; Tim Holtz - burlap stencil, blending tool; My Mind's Eye - enamel dots; MISTI
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares