Happy Sunday, crafty friends! It’s Christmas in July this morning. My siamese cat is snuggled in her favorite chair for her afternoon siesta. She will wake shortly for prowling to ensure no creatures are stirring. Her miniature friend has brought her a small gift but is careful to let her nap. I am sure she will be thrilled when she awakes.
Supplies:
Papers: Red card stock from the stash, 110 lb Nina Solar White
Inks: Distress Oxide Ink in Aged Mahogany, Memento Onxy Black Ink, Versamark Embossing Ink
Happy Weekend, crafty friends! I have gone from Ghostface’s macabre to some sweet butterfly wishes. I was playing with combining Saltwater Taffy and Salvaged Patina… and this pick-me-up card is the result. Hope you enjoy!!
Supplies:
Papers: Arteza Watercolor Paper, Peach Card Stock, White Fun Foam, Nina Solar White 110lb cardstock
Glitter: Distress Clear Rock Candy, Art Glitter Mint Chiffon
Thread from my stash
Directions:
Cut the watercolor card stock down to 5.0x 3.75. Ink the inside of the 3D embossing folder with Salvaged Patina. Lightly mist your watercolor paper and run through the machine. Allow drying. Rub the metallic lustre randomly over the paper to give it more depth. Then rub (or pain) collage medium randomly and dust the medium with clear rock candy. For the “sentiment” background, ink up the Tiny Text stamps with Versamark ink and sprinkle with a mixture of Salvaged Patina glaze and silver embossing powder. Cut a white piece of cardstock to 5.5×4.25. Stitch the sentiment background and white paper with turquoise thread and your sewing machine. Cut the two peach frames from cardstock and ink the edges with Oxide in Saltwater Taffy and Abandoned Coral. Cut out your butterfly from the same peach paper. Using glossy accents, give the butterfly a raised body. Now paint your butterfly until you are happy with the result. Using collage medium, pain the butterfly’s body and sprinkle with Art Glitter. Choose a sentiment and emboss it with a mixture of Saltwater Taffy glaze and silver embossing powder. Glue your layers together; I used fun foam to back the 3D embossed layer.
TGIF friends! I have been following Craft Roulette on YouTube for a few months; it’s live on Friday evenings when I have some downtime – YEAH! I love that it makes me think outside the box I put myself in. My current box has been galaxy/Star Wars related. Nothing that I could use for this week’s challenge. However, the inspiration for this card comes from another Youtube channel: The Paper Outpost. I was mesmerized by such a simple drawing technique and was waiting for the opportunity to give it a try. So, the flowers on this card are hand-drawn. WHAT? yep! I can color, layout, and design, but hand draw??? not so much!!! But, I successfully made it happen. Thank you, Pam! Not only did I hand draw but I made a single-layer card. Oh my!! What a Friday!!
Supplies:
Papers: Arteza Watercolor Paper, Purple Card Stock, White Fun Foam
Archival Ink: Black Soot, Hickory Smoke, Peeled Paint, Speckled Egg
Versamark Embossing Ink
Stampers Anonymous Stamps: Ledger Script, Faded Type, Simple Sayings, Mini Media Marks
Directions:
Cut the watercolor card stock down to 5.5x 4.25. Draw your flowers using EK Success Ink Pen. Using cotton balls, ink your flowers using Wilted Violet, Dried Marigold, and Bundled Sage. Once dry, cover your flowers and leaves with micro glaze and get out your splat box. using the spray inks and oxides, spray and dry in layers until you are happy with the result. Allow drying or dry with a heat tool. Then, using the Archival ink, script stamps, and mini-media stamps, stamp as desired. Place your sentiment and use the embossing ink and Distress Powder to make it stand out. Finally, use Uncharted Mariner and Forest Moss to ink the sides. Pop it up on fun foam and mount it on your card stock. Honestly, this was fast and fun to make. I hope you enjoy it!
Welcome back, friends! Any idea where my quote is from?? Just having some galactic fun!
Staying with the theme of my new blog background this month, I’m off to create another galaxy-inspired card. Watercolor you say? Umm…..NO! I like watercolor and 💖💖💖 the Youtube watercolor artists. But that is not my jam. However, the inspiration for this card does come from watercolor art. Instead of watercolor, I used a host of Distress Inks, along with a little masking. Stay cool!
Supplies:
Papers: Arteza Watercolor Paper, Shimmer Blue Card Stock
Cut the watercolor card stock down to 5.75 x 4.5. Tape your watercolor paper onto a board using low-tack tape. For your planet or moon, use the smallest moon mask and trace the outline; mask your planet using masking fluid. Once the fluid is dry, use a combination of inks and water on your paper applying in layers until you are happy with your sky. Allow drying. Remove your masking fluid and paint your planet/moon. I used a combination of Uncharted Mariner with Prize Ribbon to obtain the color I wanted. I then used the second moon mask to create some dimension for my planet. It was then embellished and smudged with more layers until happy. I added a little spaceship for fun that I drew and cut with my Cricut. I tried the watercolor paper down to 5.25 x 4.0 and mounted it on the shimmer blue card stock.
Hello friends! Its July! May the 4th be with you! Are you excited about a long weekend? Have any time set aside for making? I know, I do!
It’s a new month. So, of course, there is a new challenge over at the Colorful Options Challenge! I think you will like this one: RED, WHITE, BLUE. As always, if you don’t like these colors, a rainbow of colors is always welcome. My contribution this month for the rainbow option can be found in my post-Rainbow Friends.
I did use all three colors of the month; but, the emphasis is clearly on red and blue. Remember, you can use neutrals with your entry, mine is clearly black. Have fun, and be creative! This set was inspired by Kindred Stamps. I love Star Wars and couldn’t wait to start a set of cards with a villains theme! So, here they are!!
I love making inky backgrounds. This one was fast and easy! I generally use watercolor paper for inky backgrounds. My go-to paper is Arteza 140lb watercolor paper. Once it is cut to size, I spritzed it with a resist spray for background stars. Then I sprayed with Candied Apple Red, Prize Ribbon Distress Spray, and water until I was happy with the result. Once dry, I sponged Black Soot Distress Oxide onto the edges and randomly throughout as desired. A finished the background with a splattering of white gauche.
Vader is stamped with Memento black and ink and colored with simple Copic Coloring (100,C3,C5,C7,C9,R29).
The lovely ladies over atthe Colorful Options Challenge are generously giving away a FABULOUS set of Tim Holtz’s Festive Berries Distress Oxide Ink and Distress Spray Stain. All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this month’s challenge options, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join an unlimited amount of times so you could have many chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!
Hello again! It is the beginning of a new month on the Colorful Options Challenge. Thank you for playing along with us last month in the purple challenge. We hope you will join us again this month too.
This month’s colors of the month are: red, white and blue. Play along with one of the colors or any combination of them you choose. My contribution for the color of the month can be found in my “The Dark Side” post. This is my rainbow-inspired contribution this month. Here is the list of supplies.
Supplies:
Papers: Arteza Watercolor Paper,Black Black 110lb cardstock, 110lb Nina Solar White cardstock
Inks: Versafine Onyx Black Ink, Versamark Emboss Ink Pad
Embossing Powder: Ranger White
Alphabet dies from stash
I’m working on a video for these… I hope to have it up soon and will add the link once it is complete. Until then, here is how I made the three backgrounds.
Backgrounds:
Card on the left: Was completed with the Distress Oxide Stamp pads and a blending foam. After blended, spray with water and allow inks to blend to be more seamless and allow to dry or dry with a heating tool.
Center card: Was completed with the Distress Spray Stains and water. Spray and allow inks to blend to create the desired result. Mine was done with many layers of spraying and drying to get the result I wanted.
Card on the right: Was completed with Distress Oxide Crayons. I scribbled the crayons on my glass mat. With the use of water, I “finger-painted” the colors onto the watercolor paper. Need a fun and easy craft for the kids this summer? Try this background. I paired it with a Funny Farm set at both the background and stamp look more child-created.
The lovely ladies over atthe Colorful Options Challenge are generously giving away a FABULOUS set of Tim Holtz’s Festive Berries Distress Oxide Ink and Distress Spray Stain. All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this month’s challenge options, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join an unlimited amount of times so you could have many chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!
The techniques you should be able to do for this pattern include magic circle, single crochet, the ability to increase and decrease, and the ability to change colors.
Materials:
Worsted weight/4-ply yarn: cream, golden brown, blue, red, green
Size F/3.75mm crochet hook
Fiberfill
Yarn needle
Scissors
Stitch marker
The lovely ladies over atthe Colorful Options Challenge are generously giving away a FABULOUS set of Tim Holtz’s Festive Berries Distress Oxide Ink and Distress Spray Stain. All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this month’s challenge options, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join an unlimited amount of times so you could have many chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!
Happy July, crafters! My friends, Toil and Trouble, started brewing their Halloween potions early this year. They are such a clever pair!
It is the beginning of a new month, and as such, there is a new challenge at the Colorful Options Challenge. Toil and Trouble serve as my rainbow-inspired contribution this month.
This is a great card layout when you are short on time and need to make a card in an hour. Lawn Fawn’s cats, trees, and cauldron are stamped with Versamark embossing ink and embossed with Ranger black embossing powder. The cauldron’s bubbles and sentiment are embossed with Ranger’s silver embossing powder. Then, make a palate of perfect pearls on a glass mat and color in your potion as you desire. Mount it on a silver and black card base.
The lovely ladies over atthe Colorful Options Challenge are generously giving away a FABULOUS set of Tim Holtz’s Festive Berries Distress Oxide Ink and Distress Spray Stain. All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this month’s challenge options, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post! You can join an unlimited amount of times so you could have many chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone! The Design Team is looking forward to seeing your crafty makes and will pop around to visit you ASAP!
Happy July, Friends! I am playing along with SSS Monday challenge. My card is inspired by the movie Coraline. I love the strange and dreamy visuals that correspond with it’s eerie storyline. I used a combination of Distress Ink Pads, Lawn Fawn Stamps, and Copic markers to put my scene together. I hope like it!
Good evening, friends! I am here to share a card based on the classic movie “Bringing Up Baby.” I just love Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Put them together, and it’s magic! This movie was shot in black and white. So, I tried to recreate that feel on my card.
Supplies:
Papers: Arteza Watercolor Paper, Silver and Black cardstock from my stash, white tissue paper
Dies: Tim Holtz Sizzix Crazy Dogs, Alphanumeric Classic Lower
StampersAnonymous: Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs
Cricut files: “old boot”
Stencils: Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Digits
Inks: Distress Oxide Spray (Pumice Stone, Black Soot) Distress Spray Stain (Black Soot); Distress Oxide Ink Pad (Black Soot)
Gesso: white and clear
Distress Crayon: Black Soot and Walnut Stain
Texture Paste: Ranger Matte Crackle
Embellishments: Ideology Film Strip Ribbon, Washi Tape from stash, Metallic Lustre – Silver Spark
Deckle Trimmer
Typewriter (1920 vintage)
Alphabet dies from stash
Directions:
Cut the watercolor card stock down to 4.0″ to 5.25″. Draw the “old boots” using the cricut and a 0.4″ black pen on white tissue paper. Tear the tissue paper and glue with Collage medium onto watercolor cardstock. Add washi tape sporadically. Apply white and clear gesso over the entire surface of the cardstock. Allow to dry. Add crackle paste using the stencil to the upper right and lower left. Allow to dry, again. Using the sprays, add color to your card until you are happy. Allow to dry or dry with a heating tool. Apply metallic Lustre to the numbers as desired. Stamp the dog on coordinating watercolor paper and color his collar with crayon in Walnut Stain. Using the Distress Ink in Black Soot, apply to the edges of the dog and your sentiments. Cut “classic” and “a boot” using die sets. Glue everything together. Mat with silver cardstock applied to a black card blank.
I hope you enjoy! Have a great weekend! Stay safe and happy!
MKCcreate 