Put a bird on it

Hey all! I'm just popping in with a quick post

to share a card I made for the almost over

Christmas Kickstart challenge #36.

I got out my cardinal die and went to work making this card:

This is the inside:

 

I love it when the patterned paper does all the work. LOL!

A couple branch dies, (which I went over with a white pen

to make it look like there was snow on them), and a simple

sentiment was all I needed to finish this card.

That's it for now. I'm off to enter this one.

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts - Color Layering Christmas Trees, Merry Christmas Message

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa

DP: Creative Imaginations - Winter Woodland

CS: Thunderbolt; scraps

Accessories: GC; Poppystamps - Shasta Twigs dies; Taylored Expressions - Layer It Cardinal die; MISTI; Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen; WOS pen

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares, adhesive sheets; Ranger - MMM

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #167 - O is for Ocean

Hello snarky peeps! It's time again for another challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This fortnight it's all about the OCEAN!

One of my favorite places, the ocean, so I was inspired

to paint an underwater scene on canvas:

Get your favorite beverage, here come the process pics:

 Started by doodling a mermaid then re-drawing onto my canvas.

Everything is painted except the added metallic markers

doodled on the fish, lashes and the Stickles/Nuvo Glitter Drops:

 

 

I added dots and highlights to her body/tail using green metallic paint:

  

At this point, I forgot to continue to take process pictures. LOL!

I added rose gold metallic highlights to her hair, stenciled the

fish, used white paint to add the sentiment, doodled the fish with

metallic markers, added Stardust Stickles to her top and Nuvo Glitter

Drops for the air bubbles. There is two coats of DuraClear satin varnish

to seal my painting.

 

This came out so much better than I thought it would.

(even though the lettering is on a slight slant. Not

too shabby, considering I totally free styled it. LOL!)

One thing that I added a week or two after making this
(last month) was this tiny flower sticker to her hair.

Not so much snark on this, but perhaps a bit of sass!
I hope that you'll join us for our Ocean challenge at the
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! I look forward to seeing
your make on this in our gallery. For more fun ideas, simply
visit the blogs of my Sisters to see what they came up with,
and leave some commenting love while there. :)
 Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at More Mixed Media Challege - ATG + optional brights

Supplies:

Substrate: 9" x 12" Premiere' by Nicole canvas

DecoArt Media Gesso

Loew Cornell paint brushes

General's Pastel Chalk pencil - beige

DecoArt Americana Acrylic paints: black, white, natural buff, warm beige, cotton candy, coral blush, Irish moss, holly green, tangerine, dragon fruit, cadmium yellow, citron green, sour apple, kelly green, bluegrass green, desert turquoise, sapphire, ultra blue deep

DecoArt Dazzling Metallics: festive green, rose gold

StencilGirl: Mermaid stencil

foam applicator

Ranger: Stardust Stickles

Nuvo Glitter Drops: white blizzard

Spectrum Noir Metallic markers: jade green, blue topaz, green citrine, aged copper

DecoArt DuraClear satin varnish
Sandylion - dimensional flower sticker

SHOPPING OUR STASH #427 - Pile It On

Hello and welcome crafty friends!

The new challenge has started at

SHOPPING OUR STASH!

This fortnight we are doing a complete reversal of our

previous challenge, and want you to pile it on!

Think lots of layers, embellishments, flowers, stickers, twine,

buttons, etc. You get the drift. The more

stuff, the better!

Here's my take on the challenge:

and the inside:

I have many layers on this card, as each element also has a matte

under it. Then I added rhinestones for more stuff, and 

because, sparkly!

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

Pile It On challenge at Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to

see your creations in our gallery. For more fabulous

projects, do check out what my teammies have

made for your viewing pleasure.

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Mojo Monday #543 

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - A Snarky Birthday to You

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Echo Park - Happy Days & Dots and Stripes

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; Gemini; Honey Bee - Deckle Edge die; SB - Sm standard circle nestie; Nicole - rhinestones

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

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #166 V is for Vulgarity

Welcome snarky peeps!

It's time for the new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS! 

I'm your hostess this month, (totally random) and this fortnight's

challenge is V for Vulgarity.

Now, if you are not up for some swear words, or if the

kids are around, you might not want to go any further.

You've been warned.

Here's my card:

As if I wouldn't use my favorite swear word for this challenge. LOL!

This was a labor of love, as the F U words are two separate stamps.

That I stamped repeatedly. A lot. Then to glam it up, I did a bit

of Frantage heat embossing around the edges.

Shiny!

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

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers. There are some very diverse ways my Sisters

interpreted this challenge, so do yourself a favor and

visit them to see their amazing creations!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Issues - Oh Hell No sentiments & Ahh Real Birthday sentiments; So Suzy Stamps - More Fingers

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark; Brilliance - Galaxy Gold

CS: Taylored Expressions; Darice

Accessories: MISTI; Gemini; TE - Frayed Edge dies; Stampendous - champagne EP; heat gun

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH #426 KISS/CAS

Good morning and happy Tuesday to you!

There's a fun new challenge starting today at 

SHOPPING OUR STASH:  KISS/CAS,

which stands for "Keep It Simple Sister/Clean And Simple".

You know me, I like my layers, so this is about as CAS

as I can get:

 

 

This came together within 10 minutes, after first sitting at my desk for

at least an hour, trying to figure out what I should do. (some straightening

up in my craft room, and the guest bedroom, may have happened

whilst pondering this challenge. LOL!)

Luckily, I had colored this image last year and so that was my

jumping off point. A couple shades of pink card stock and a

simple sentiment, and this card was done.

I hope that you find some time in the next two weeks to link up

your CAS creations in the Shopping Our Stash gallery. We'd

love to see them! Need more ideas? Simply visit the blogs of my

teammies to see their amazing creations!

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Unity Stamp Co. - flower from the December 2012 KOM; Hero Arts - Wish Big Peek-A-Boo Parts

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Taylored Expressions; Thunderbolt; scrap

Accessories: PrismaColor pencils; Gemini; MFT - zig zag square dies; WOS pen; MISTI

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

Having some fun with layering stamps

Hello and happy hump day!

I was playing around with a new to me stamp set

using different color combinations for the layered

plumeria flower. 

This is what came about:

and the inside:

I don't have a gazillion different ink colors so I was just using what I

had on hand. Of all the different images on this card, I really

like how the monstera palm leaf came out the best. LOL!

Are any of these lined up perfectly? Nope, but they are close

enough in my book, so they were fussy cut and arranged.

My design is based off the Paper Players #501 sketch.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Radiant Plumeria, Summer Sweets; MFT - Birthday Greetings

Ink: Memento - Lulu Lavender/Lilac Posies/Dandelion/Tangelo, Angel Pink/Rose Bud/Lemon Chiffon (Simon Says Stamp)/Cantaloupe/Lady Bug, Pear Tart, Cottage Ivy, Northern Pine, Bamboo Leaves, Bahama Blue; VersaMark

DP: Pebbles - Garden Party

CS: Neenah; TE; Thunderbolt

Accessories: GC; Cuttlebug - Oxford EF; MME - enamel dots; MISTI; Stampendous - white EP;

heat gun; WOS pen

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

Another Christmas card in July...

Hi there friends and welcome.

I'm popping in with a quick post about a 

Christmas card I made, like, 4 days ago and am only

blogging about it now. At the 11th hour.

Again. LOL!

and the inside:

This is one of those cards that I would file under "meh", but 

I did have fun using a boat load of dies on this, so there's that.

I'm combining two challenges with this card: the just about ended

Jingle Belles - Colorful Christmas,  and

Christmas Kickstart #34 - Starry starry night.

My inspiration was the embroidery hoops hanging over the mantel.

I combined the 'JOY' from the first one and the design of the last one,

switching out stars for the pompoms. 

Before I glued the bow on, I gave the stars and banner a generous coating of

Nuvo glitter drops, because, sparkle!

That's all for now. Gotta get this entered. LOL!

Thanks for popping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Alphadot; Taylored Expressions - Handlettered Holiday 2

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa, Lady Bug

CS: TE; Bazzill

Accessories: Gemini; PS - embroidery hoop die, star die from Cardbooking; Lawn Fawn - Put a bow on it die; Poppy Stamps - pine twig die; Martha Stewart scoring board; American Crafts twine; Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard & Aquatic Mist; MISTI

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

 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #185 - D is for Dogs

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

It's time again for our next challenge at the 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

As the graphic suggests, this fortnight we want to see your

projects with dogs on them.

My project shows my personal opinion only, and not the 

entire Sisterhood:

This hysterical butt scooching dog image is by Twistoon digi stamps. 

I just added a doodled poster, complete with bad comb over, orange skin,

and a stick figure body. (#sharpiegate LOL!)

I hope that you find some time in the next two weeks to play

along in our Dogs challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! 

For more canine cuties, do check out what my Sisters and our reigning

Queen Beverly have made for your viewing pleasure.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:
Stamps: Twistoon - Inappropriate Dog digi
CS: Spectrum Noir, Bazzill
Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; computer and printer; Faber-Castell fine black Artist PITT pen; Sakura white Gelly Roll pen
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

SHOPPING OUR STASH #425 - Black and White

 Good morning and welcome!

It's time to start the new challenge at

SHOPPING OUR STASH!

Mimi is your hostess with the mostest this time around, and

she's looking for your black and white creations!

Here's what I came up with:

 

I bought this cover plate two years ago and it's the first time I've used it.

(face palm!) It's amazing what you find when you clean up and

rearrange your stash. LOL!

The panel underneath the fancy die cut was made using grey Magenta Nuance powder dye

and a water mister on Bristol paper.

Not exactly pretty by itself, but when you add the die cut over it, suddenly

it looks soooo dreamy! This was a labor of love. Even though I ran that die cut

through my machine at least 4 times, the very center just would not cut all

the way through, even with a shim. I got out the X-Acto knife and very

carefully cut those pieces out.

I re-discovered some pre-cut fancy strips and heat embossed the 

sentiment on one of them. Also found some ancient flower stickers

to add. I can't take credit for the design as I used this card as my 

muse. Just put my own spin on it. (Thank you Cathie!)

I hope that you find some time to play along at Shopping Our Stash

this fortnight. We'd love to see your take on the challenge. For more

ideas, simply visit the blogs of my teammies to see what they created.

Thanks for popping by. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

NBUS Challenge #16 

A Bit More Time To Craft #120 - ATG 

Supplies:

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp - Messages for Every Day

Ink: Versamark

CS: Canson Bristol paper; Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: GC; SSS - Marilyn die; Magenta Nuance grey powder dye; water mister; MISTI; 

Bazzill - Half the Edge card stock strips; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; Sandylion - flowers

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