Making Spirits Bright

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

I have a card to share with you

that I was going to link up

at Christmas Kickstart #74. It was

a color challenge, but of course,

I didn't pay attention to when it

ended, so I missed it. Grrrr!

Anyhoo, here's what I came up with:

I even tried making a bokeh backgroud to mimic the graphic.

IRL, the circles don't look so undefined, but that's

just my crack photography skills at work here. LOL!

Here's the inside of my card:

One more Christmas card made for the year. Yay!

That's all for now. Thank you for stopping by!

Have a good day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Addicted to Stamps and More #447

Happy Little Stampers June Christmas challenge ATG (no twist)

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Snowball Fight, Ho Ho Holidays; Stampers Anonymous/TH - Bold Tidings

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark; Colorbox/Susan K. Weckesser - Snow

CS: Spectrum Noir; Recollections; Neenah

Accessories: MISTI; Spectrum Noir markers; handmade circle stencil; Sunny Studio - Slimline basic border die; Lawn Fawn - Snowball Fight dies; Inkadinkado - black EP; heat gun; Nuvo - white blizzard Glitter Drops

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #236 C is for Critters

 

Hello snarky peeps and welcome!

We have a new challenge starting at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS -

C for Critters!

I had a idea of what I wanted to do for this challenge,

and I love how it turned out, but in hindsight,

I'm not sure if sea turtles are considered 'critters'.

Oh well, I'm sticking with it:

Not so much in snark, but punny is just fine too!

I hope that you'll join us in our Critter challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more inspiration, do yourself a favor and check out

what my sisters and our reigning Queen, Deanne have

created for you!

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Courteous Cuties

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Strathmore mixed media; Neenah; Spectrum Noir; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Paper Smooches - Courteous Cuties dies; MFT - Single Stitch Line Oval Frame; Taylored Expressions - Frayed Edge die; Magenta Nuance powder dye turquoise; mister; MISTI; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Bearly Art glue

Let's Shell-ebrate!

 Hello and welcome, crafty friends!

I took some time to do some organizing in

my craft room. Mostly, reorganizing my 

extensive collection of die cuts. I store mine in ArtBins.

I'm now up to 9 bins, and mostly already full of dies.

I may have a hoarding problem. LOL!

While putting things away and straightening up,

one of the new-to-me stamp and die sets,

Floral Shells by Pink & Main,

bellowed to me to be used for the first time.

These are some gorgeous images of shells

that have various flowers in and around them.

I experimented with only using two colors of markers

and the colorless blender to color them.

I love how they look like they are glowing!

Here are two cards I made with two of the images:

Here's the finished inside:

The nautilus stencil is new and also the first time used.

I just stacked both panels, cut on an angle and had four

half pieces to work with.

Here's the other card I made with the two other panels:

The finishing touch was to add some glitter glue to

the flowers for a bit of sparkle.

Now, to create cards using the last two images!

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Freshly Made Sketches #588

NBUS Challenge #51

Supplies

Stamps: Pink & Main - Floral Shells; Honey Bee Stamps - Inside Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Altenew - Blush

DP: Basic Grey - South Pacific

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Pink & Main - Floral Shells dies, Nautilus stencil; Penny Black - Elegant Stitching rectangle die; MISTI; Taylored Expressions - blending brush; Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard

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

Happy Beeday to you

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I'm popping in with a card

I made over the last couple of days.

(Crafting and carpel tunnel is not a good mix.)

I made a shaker card!

I've had these adorable bee shaker bits for at least a year

and finally decided to crack open the package.

(Yes, I'm a hoarder of craft supplies. No judging. LOL!)

The first thing I did was blend a darker shade of 

yellow ink in the bottom corner of my

card base using a hexagon stencil.

I die cut the main panel using a

hexagon die, along with two smaller

ones from some paper scraps.

After I glued acetate behind the

large die cut, I added foam strips on

the back of the panel, sprinkled some of

the shaker bits in the space, and carefully

adhered the main panel onto the card base.

The sentiment and bee images were stamped, colored and cut,

then I adhered everything else.

I gave the bees a coating of glitter drops for some sparkle.

A simple sentiment finishes the inside of my card.

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

hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Freshly Made Sketches #587

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Just Beecause, Inside Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Cantaloupe

DP: Pebbles - Garden Party

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Crafter's Companion - Hexagon dies; Honey Bee Stamps - Just Beecause dies; Dina Wakely - Essential Silhouettes stencil; TE - blending brush; MISTI; Sprinkletz - Bumble Bee; Nuvo - white blizzard Glitter Drops

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Bearly Art glue

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS - S is for Steampunk

 

Hello and welcome back, snarky friends!

It's time for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

Time to break out those gears, cogs, and Victorian leather and lace

clothing. That's right, it's a STEAMPUNK challenge!

I relied heavily on the designer paper I used on my card:

Here's the inside:

I love it when the paper does all the heavy lifting! 😄

A clockwork owl? Yes please!

I hope that you'll play along in our Steampunk challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.  For more ideas, do check out what my

sisters and our reigning Queen, Fran, have created to inspire you!

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Two Old Bats May 2023 challenge.

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Simply Fall Sentiments

Ink: Ranger DI - Vintage Photo; Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Graphic 45 - Steampunk Spells

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Darice

Accessories: MISTI; BO3 Spectrum Noir marker; April 2023 Card Maps sketch

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #234 - Y is for Yo Momma

 

Hello and welcome back, snarky peeps!

This fortnight's challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS

celebrates all mothers for Mother's Day!

I usually make a pretty card for my Mom,

but this year I decided to go the snarky route:

I used some family themed paper for my background,

then colored one of the ATC's from the

Retro People ATC package.

My sentiment is computer generated.

A simple sentiment finishes the inside of my card:

I hope that you find some time to play along in the Yo Momma challenge

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more inspiration, please do check out what my sisters

and our reigning Queen, Mia,

created for your viewing pleasure!

Thanks for stopping by.

Wishing all Moms a very Happy Mother's Day!

(This post contains affiliate links, at no additional cost to you!)

Supplies:

Stamps - Hero Arts - Happy Mom's Day

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Carta Bella - Family Night

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Darice

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Retro People ATC ephemera pack; Spectrum Noir markers; computer & printer; MISTI

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

And now for an interactive card

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I wanted to share an interactive card

using a new-to-me die from Lawn Fawn,

called the Peekaboo Pop Up die:

I pretty much cased a card made by Jennifer McGuire

using what I had in my stash. And yes, this was the first card

of this kind I made. (Hey, go big or go home! LOL!)

Using the ingenious die, when you pull on both sides

of the card, a fun thing happens:

Here's a little video of it in action:

I was so excited that I got this to actually work, that I

forgot to take a picture of the back of the card,

where I added an additional sentiment. LOL!

I used a mouse from a Christmas set to make it look

like it was throwing the ball over the dog's head. 😁

I made this for one of my grand nephews, who just 

turned 5 years old! Happy Birthday (again) Luca! 💕

That's all for now. There's a certain doggie

in our household that is in need of a brushing,

and so I'm off to do that.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great day today!

I'd like to enter this at Shopping Our Stash #495 - Fold It Up

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Critters at the Dog Park, Blue Skies, Offset Sayings Birthday, Snowball Fight, You Autumn Know; Hero Arts - Starry Night Brushstroke bold prints

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Cottage Ivy; Ranger DI - Peacock Feathers

CS: Taylored Expressions; Neenah; Spectrum Noir

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Lawn Fawn - Peekaboo Pop Up die; Paper Smooches - Borders 1; MISTI; Grafix - acetate; Jennifer McGuire tutorial

Adhesives: Ranger Multi Medium Matte; SA by 3L - tape runner

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #233 F is for Flowers

 

Hello and welcome, snarky peeps!

It's time once again for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight is all about flowers!

Pretty self explanatory, I think. Here's what I

came up with:

This card was too pretty to snark up. I die cut the pansy pieces out of

white card stock, then used different inks to blend the colors.

To bring out the fine lines of the petals and leaves, I used

Prismacolor pencils to trace over them.

Here's the inside:

I actually made this the beginning of last month, as this 

is the card I sent to my Sistah Barbara for her birthday.

(I'm so glad that you liked it! 💖)

So now it's your turn! Create a project that features a flower

 or more and link it up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

For more inspiration, please do check out the blogs

of my sisters and our reigning Queen, Stephanie,

to see what amazing creations they made!

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

I'd like to enter this at AAA Birthday Challenge #48 - Layer it up

Supplies:

Stamps - Honey Bee - Inside Birthday Sentiments

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Lulu Lavender, Lilac Posies, Grape Jelly, Bamboo Leaves, Cottage Ivy, Dandelion; Simon Says Stamp - Lavender; Ranger DI - Tumbled Glass

CS: Neenah

Accessories: GC; Honey Bee - Lovely Layers Pansy dies; STAMPlorations - Gridlocked stencil; Sakura - silver Gelly Roll pen

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

Cheers, Chick!

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I made a card that combines a few challenges

and I'd like to share it:

It looks rather CAS for me, but there's actually 5 layers on this, not

including the card base. I've used DP from a collection that

looks like alcohol ink blends. I cut a strip for the diagonal element,

as well as using more to fussy cut the wine in the glass. I used

a red marker to darken the 'surface' of the wine. The

tiny bunch of grapes came with the same stamp set as the 

wine glass, and I colored it with Prismacolor pencils.

I didn't want to hide that gorgeous strip of paper, so I cut

the circle element from vellum.

A couple stamped sentiments and a bit more of 

the same DP on the inside finishes my card.

That's it for now. We've had a nice run of beautiful days, and

so I'm going out to enjoy the day.

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #259 - Alcohol

AAA Birthday #48 - Layer it Up

Sketch Saturday #723

Supplies:

Stamps: Dare2BArtzy/Totally Tracy - Always Wine Time; MFT - More Essential Sentiments, Girls Night Out

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Craft Consortium - Ink Drops Vivid; Bazzill - Vellum

CS: Thunderbolt; Spectrum Noir; Bazzill

Accessories: MISIT; Spectrum Noir markers; Prismacolor pencils; GC; Sunny Studio - Stitched Circle die

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