Birthday Fishes

Hello and good Sunday to you, crafty friends!

I have a card to share that I made, which I'm

pleased to have been able to link up to a few challenges with:

 The main panel is mixed media paper that I used the paper towel transfer technique on.

 I'm pretty sure this towel has Dylusions spray inks and Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists

sprayed on it. Here's a close up picture that shows how the design in the paper towel

transferred to the panel:

I tried to get a close up of how the 'water' shimmers from the glimmer mist:

Pretty cool!

I die cut and colored my fish, then once the panel was completely dry, stamped

the sentiment wonky. The fish were adhered with foam squares.

This was a fun technique, and I'll be making more panels using it. 

(I just have to remember to wear latex gloves otherwise my fingertips

will pick up the inks from the towel. Ask me how I know.)

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

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Mix Up August challenge - Paper towel + stamping + die cutting + alcohol markers

Happy Little Stampers Water Colour challenge - Ocean

Case this Sketch #333

Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge - use only one third

TGIF challenge #223

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Briny Blue, Birthday Buddies

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Strathmore mixed media; TE; Darice; Crafter's Companion

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Paper Smooches - Briny Blue dies; MISTI; inked up paper towel; water mister

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

And the winner is.....

Hello there crafty friends!

Just popping in to announce the lucky blog candy

winner from this post!

As per the random number generator the lucky number is 14, and

that is Janis Woolbright!

Congratulations Janis! Please email me your address at

cdring@comcast.net and I'll get your prize out to you asap!

Thanks to all who left your kind comments!

FYI, the current challenge, Based On a Book, just started

this morning at SHOPPING OUR STASH.

We'd love it if you'd join us and play along!

Have a great day!

SHOPPING OUR STASH #401 - Base it off a Book

Hello crafty friends and welcome!

We have a fun new challenge at

SHOPPING OUR STASH this fortnight:

Base it off a Book!

For my card, I chose The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum:

and the inside:

I love it when the designer paper you pick does all the work for you!

All I did was some fussy cutting, and then added red glitter embossing powder to 

Dorothy's shoes. They really do sparkle in real life. ☺

I always loved this book, and the friendship between the four main characters,

 so I stamped the simple message for the inside sentiment.

Now it's your turn! We hope that you find some time to play along

in our Based off a Book challenge at Shopping Our Stash! Looking for

more ideas? Simply check out what my teammates created for

your viewing pleasure. Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Studio G alphas

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Graphic 45 - The Magic of Oz

CS: Taylored Expressions - Darice

Accessories: Versamarker; Whispers - Red Glitter EP; heat gun

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #140 - S is for Sea

(Shout out to Sister Lee for her astonishing graphic arts skillz!)

Hello and happy Saturday to you.

It's time for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight is brought to you by the

letter S, as in SEA!

We want to see your ocean themed projects.

This is a card I made for one of my sisters a couple months

ago, but it fit this challenge so perfectly that I saved

posting about it until now. LOL! 

and the inside:

I bought the fish scale plate and the mermaid stamp earlier this year, and

this was the first time using them. I started by creating my underwater

background using Dylusions spray inks on watercolor paper, then adding

some Aquamarine Glimmer Mist over that for additional sparkle.

While that dried, I colored and fussy cut my mermaid, and die cut the fish

scale plate. I added some Diamond Stickles to the centers of the flowers

in her hair, and added Wink of Stella to her bottom half.

This card is sooooo shimmery IRL!! I cut up a group of rhinestones

and added them because to me they looked like air bubbles.

A simple sentiment on the inside finishes my card.

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

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! We'd love to sea what you

come up with. My Sisters and our reigning Queen Rina have created some fabulous underwater

masterpieces, so please visit their blogs to check them out.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a fabulous day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Unity - She Mermaid; Gina K. - Stippled Flower; Avery Elle - Happy Hour

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Bahama Blue; Versamark

CS: Strathmore water color paper; Neenah; Darice; Taylored Expressions; Crafter's Companion

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Impression Obsession - fish scale background die; Dylusions spray inks - London Blue, Vibrant Turquoise, Cut Grass; Tattered Angels - Aquamarine Glimmer Mist; Ranger - Diamond Stickles; WOS pen; MISTI; Stampendous - Champagne EP; heat gun; David Tutera - rhinestones

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #400!! - Christmas In July

Hello and happy Tuesday to you!

It's time for a new challenge at

SHOPPING OUR STASH!

We are celebrating our 400th challenge!

Woo Hoo!

And how are we celebrating? By having a

Christmas in July challenge. HA!!

Also, since we are in a festive mood, some of the design team

will be offering blog candy on their own blogs to a lucky commenter, myself included.

My offering is a brand new 24pc set of Derwent

 Inktense Blocks!

(I ordered a set last year, was sent two sets but only charged for one.

Their mishap is your possible gain!)

So onto my card. I shopped my hoarded Christmas stash and finally used

the last ornament stickers from a package. Yay!

and the inside:

I used traditional colors paired with an old world look for this one.

But then, I decided to make another card:

and the inside:

For this one, I decided on some fun, non-traditional colors, and used

a gift builder die as my focal image. I gave the ribbon a liberal coating of

my Wink of Stella pen, but of course, with my crack photography skillz,

you can't see it at all. LOL!

We hope that you'll help us celebrate our 400th challenge at

Shopping Our Stash and play along. For a chance at my prize offering,

simply click over on the right to follow my blog, (if you aren't already

following), and leave me a comment! The winner will be randomly chosen from
all commenters/followers.

 Thanks for visiting. Have a fantastic day!

I'd like to enter these cards at ABC Christmas Challenge - N is for No Peeking/O is for Ornament

Supplies:
Ornament card
Stamps: Hampton Arts/G45 - Christmas Emporium
Ink: Memento - Toffee Crunch
DP: G45 - Christmas Emporium
CS: TE; Bazzill; G45
Accessories: K & Company - ornament stickers
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

Present card
Stamps: STAMPlorations - Peace Love Joy
Ink: Memento - Bamboo Leaves; Ranger DI - Spun Sugar
CS: TE; Darice
Accessories: GC; CUTplorations - crazy double running stitch nesting rectangle die, gift builder 1;
ARTplorations - dots & dashes stencil; sponge dauber; computer & printer; MISTI; WOS pen
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3d foam squares; Ranger - multi medium matte

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #139 - J is for Joke

Good morning snarky peeps!

It's time for a new challenge at the 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight is brought to you by the letter J,

as in JOKE!

Here's what I've come up with:

If I were completely out of my mind, I would have tried to stamp

the knight on actual tin foil and do some paper piecing, but I'm not that far gone...yet.

The background was made by first stamping the sentiment. Using a brick

embossing folder, I randomly smeared Vintage Photo DI on the inside, spritzed

with a bit of water and ran the panel through my Grand Calibur. 

I tried to flatten the embossing over the stamped sentiment because it was

a bit hard to read otherwise. (Darice needs to come up with 

embossing frames to use when you stamp in the corners, just sayin.) 

 I was going for an old castle wall look. (think Errol Flynn

as Robin Hood. That kind of old castle look. LOL!)

 Ok, so now it's your turn to make us laugh with your jokes! Just link up

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers so we can see your projects!

Need to see more? Simply visit the blogs of my Sisters, and our 

reigning Queen Helen to see their hilarious takes.

Thanks for popping by! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Royal Cuteness; So Suzy Stamps - Idiot in tinfoil

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - vintage photo

DP: MME - Dolled Up

CS: TE; Crafter's Companion

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Inkadinkado - masking paper; GC; TE - brick EF; MISTI

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

 

Warm Winter Wishes

Hello and happy(?) Monday, crafty peeps!

I got into the Christmas (in July) spirit this weekend and

cranked out several cards to add to my severely depleted stash.

Here's one of them:

and the inside:

The stamps are from the same set by Bo Bunny (2013). All the papers are

at least 5 years old. (Shopping my stash for this one!) I used these super

cute teapot and mug dies from Paper Smooches as my warm beverages.

I forgot I had these. It's amazing what one finds when one actually looks

at what she has accrued over the years. (*cough*)

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Christmas Kickstart challenge #14 - Your favorite hot beverage

52 Christmas Card Throwdown #25-19

Retro Rubber #114 - Christmas in July

Supplies:

Stamps: Bo Bunny - Holiday Wishes (2013)

Ink: VersaMark; Memento - Nautical Blue

DP: American Crafts - Jack Frost (2014); HOTP - plaid (2003); Provo Craft - knit (at least 10 yrs)

CS: Neenah; Darice

Accessories: GC; Paper Smooches - coffee & tea dies; SB - lg & sm Std Circle Nesties; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; MISTI

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

Always pick naughty

Hello and happy Sunday to you!

I've been getting back to making cards again after a couple busy

months. (working ahead for my DT duties, beach vacation, making

70 wedding shower invites for my soon to be niece, a suprise

trip to Illinois to visit family and friends) Plus something

else in the works that I'll blog about soon....!!

I was able to combine several challenges to make this cute Christmas card:

and the inside:

 I bought this stamp set when Unity had a big sale around the end of last year/beginning of

this year. (along with other stamps. *cough*) I thought this Santa image

was adorable, plus the snarky sentiment spoke to me. LOL!

After I colored him, I added DecoArt glistening Snow-Tex to his hat and trim around 

his belly. I also added some Diamond Stickles to the bell on his hat as well as the

snowflake stickers.

Lots of shparkle!!

That's one more Christmas card done! Woo hoo!

Well, time to go do some housework.

Just kidding, I'm going to my craft room.

Thanks for visiting, have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Mojo Monday #519

Jingle Belles - Tic Tac Toe (middle column: Glitter/Red or Green/Santa)

Happy Little Stampers Christmas - Sparkle

Addicted to Stamps and More - Holiday

Supplies:

Stamps: Unity Stamps - Always Pick Naughty

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

DP: Carta Bella - A very Merry Christmas

CS: Thunderbolt; Crafter's Companion

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; DecoArt - Glistening Snow-Tex; Ranger - Diamond Stickles; Creatology - foam stickers

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

Aloha!

Hello and happy Fri-Yay!

I hope you all enjoyed your Independence Day to those who were

celebrating yesterday. We had storms roll through, but they held off

just long enough for our community to enjoy the fireworks display.

While it rained earlier, I decided to have some fun in the craft room,

and created a card:

This came together rather quickly for me. A rarity! LOL!

I used snippets from a paper collection, triple cut and stacked the aloha

sentiment, and even found a hibiscus image that I colored up last year!

The letters received a generous dose of my Wink of Stella pen.

 (Ooohh! Shimmery!)

That's it for now. I'm off to enjoy the day.

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Case this Sketch! #329

Double D challenge - Tropical

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Get Outta Town

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Basic Grey - South Pacific

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: GC; STAMPlorations - Aloha die; Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; WOS pen; Ranger - Diamond Stickles

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Ranger - multi medium matte

SHOPPING OUR STASH #399 - The Infamous One Layer Card - GAH!!

Hello and welcome crafty peeps!

This fortnight at

SHOPPING OUR STASH,

we want to see your One Layer Cards!

Yep, these are not my strength, but I persevered:

I bought this fairy image at least a year ago, but this is the first time

inking her up. I stamped her with Versamark ink then heat embossed 

her with clear EP. Then I sponged various inks around her. I finished

with a stamped sentiment that I thought fit perfectly with the fairy

image then doodled around the edges.

(Ooh! Shiny embossing!)

I hope that you get a chance to play along with our OLC challenge

at Shopping Our Stash! We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:
Stamps: Lavinia Stamps - Fairytale; MFT - Essential Sentiments
Ink: Versamark; Memento - Angel Pink, Lulu Lavender, Summer Sky, Tuxedo Black, New Sprout, Bamboo Leaves
CS: Neenah
Accessories: MISTI; sponge daubers; WOW! - clear EP; heat gun; Faber Castell - black Artist PITT pen