Good morning……..crafters! And, cardmakers!!!
I am starting this week out with an exceptionally CAS card. I’m back to my Cricut (seems to be my go to these days…LOL!). My sentiment is from the Rabbit Hole Design and then a little black gel pen and thread to finish my puppy’s hello.
New Monday. New Week. Enjoy!
Happy Sunday Funday! When I saw this week’s colors for the Color Throwdown Challenge, I couldn’t get “pink, fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows” out of my mind. So, here she is! 🦄 My girl is not so fluffy and isn’t dancing, but she sparkles as she sits on her cloud in front of her silver lining.
“Everybody needs a little bit of magic now and then.”
Her recipe is as follows:
challanges entered
Happy Weekend, crafters and card makers! I’m back with more Halloween..👻 The background is patterned paper from my stash which was stamped with images from Stampers Anonymous Sketch Manor in Memento Rich Cocoa. Some dimension was added to the background with orange pan pastel and Vintage Photo Distressed Ink. The die cuts are from Cricut access. The pumpkin was cut from a gel print of purple and copper and details added with Metallic Wax in Firebird. The cat was embossed with Ranger sticky embossing powder and sprinkled with Distressed Glitter Nightfall. BOO and scrollwork were cut from brown card stock and embellished with Distressed Mica sprays in Empty Tomb and Crooked Broomstick. The butterfly is basic black card stock sprayed with empty tomb. The ground is two layers both cut from a coordinating patterned paper. The back layer’s base is Distressed grit paste. It was then attacked with some inky goodness (Distressed Oxide Spray-Carved Pumpkin and Black Soot, Distressed Mica Spray -Antique Bronze, irRESISTible Texture Spray Tuxedo Black). For the front ground layer, layers of Distressed Grit Paste Crypt and Distressed Texture Base Grave were applied. Then simple coloring with Distressed Crayons in Black Soot and Walnut Stain. A simple sentiment “Blessed are the Curious” was stamped with Versafine Onxy Black Ink.
Challenges entered:
I am very honored that one of my cards was chosen as a paper craft topper over at Splashymix challenge. Here’s my entry….
Happy Early Tuesday, crafters! I am creating more Halloween cards this evening. The layout began with the white die cut and the silhouettes. I don’t have any slimeline dies, so I used what I had and used cricut files. Of course, the background had to be fun and playful; it is a combination of Distressed Spray Stain (Dried Marigold, Antique Linen), Distressed Oxide Spray (Dried Marigold) and Distressed Mica Spray (Antique Bronze). After the inks had a moment to dry, some sparkle was added using Mimosa Glitter by Art Glitter Glue, Ranger embossing dabber and Ranger sticky embossing powder. Final touches were added with black Nuvo drops and a few drops and stars from Shimmerz Desert Sky embellishments.
Witching everyone a Happy Week!
Challenges entered with this card:
Happy Friday Evening, crafters! I had so much fun this evening! I was playing with some stamps and ink this evening. Thinking of Fairies (F stands for fairy friends, a twofer 😁)This card is inspired by Inkybliss Sunset Stroll’. Of course, I didn’t have all the supplies, so lots of improve was involved. I started with Arches Cold pressed watercolor paper. It was sprayed with water and Distressed Ink was added: Antique Linen, Tumbled Glass, Squeezed Lemonade and Spiced Marmalade. Then I stamped the background with Memento Luxe Dandelion, Versafine Clair Summertine, Versfine Clair Purple Delight and Memento Rich Cocoa. Distressed oxide in Squeezed lemonade, Abandoned Coral, Aged Mahogany and Dusty Concord was used for clouds and hills. Pan pastels in orange, white and yellow were added to the sky. The butterfly and fairy were stamped in Versamrak Onyx Black Ink. Embellishments were added with Posca pens in yellow and orange, gold gel pen, puprle gel pen and orange glitter.
“It’s better to do something imperfectly, than to do nothing perfectly.”
Welcome back Halloween Crafters! My little witchy friend is flying over a ghostly graveyard. The background started with ink “smooshing” with Dressed Inks in Pumice Stone, Antique Linen and Shabby Shutters. Once dry, I used Versamark Embossing Ink, a stencil, and Ranger Antique White embossing powder. I loved how it turned out. My image is from a coloring book by MegaMouse Arts and is colored with Copic markers. Scan N Cut provided the fussy cutting. Hope you enjoy!
“Oh look, another glorious morning. Makes me sick!”
Happy Clean and Simple Saturday, card makers! I was inspired by two things…. the AAA card challenge #195 and my daughter’s trainer just got a new Dalmatian puppy yesterday. The two just paired together perfectly. IMHO Now, my dog agrees and my cats are no longer talking to me, well at least not until dinner time. 😁 For the Along the Edge aspect, I dry embossed both the top and bottom edge with paw prints. I then added an embossed line of demarcation with my score board. Whimsy stamps provided the sentiment and Kindred stamps provided the puppy. I hope she likes it?
“The happiest therapist has fur ant four paws.”
Happy Summer Weekend, Crafters! More layered goodness to share today. My first layer involved Tim Holtz’s Botanical Collage Paper glued to Stathmore’s Bristol smooth cardstock. White gesso was applied over it. Once dry, a combination of inky sprays were used until I was happy with the colors, Distressed Spray Stain and Distressed Oxide Sprays in: Rustic Wilderness, Dried Marigold, Antique Linen and Bundled Sage. At this point I decided it needed more texture and used Ranger’s Crackle Texure Paste with Dylusions mini stencil Fronds of Foliage; I don’t know if the stencil is still available. Oxide crayons in Bundled Sage, Dried Marigold and Antique linen gave some color to the fronds and the sides of the panel. Then….. on to my moth. His colors are reminiscent of a rosy maple moth and colored with Distressed Inks Mustard Seed and Pick Raspberry. To give more dimension, vellum was placed under his wings and some yellow yarn shards were added to his body as he has a fuzzy body. My border paper is Bristol cardstock inked with Pumice Stone and Antique linen using torn paper to simulate clouds and earth. The sentiment and flowers are stamped in Versafine Clair Morning Mist.
“Never let your best friends be lonely, keep disturbing them.”
Some challenges I will be entering this card in incude:
Merry Mixed Media Madness, crafters! Oh my goodnes, this was so much fun to make! Amazingly, there was no stamping involved?! I was inspired by a Christmas Recipe Book done by Emma Willimas last year. There are many layers that went into the making of this card. The gnome and sentiment are from Cricut Design Space as was the North Pole stencil (upper right hand corner). The snowflakes are Spellbinders’ Snowflakes dies. For the North Pole Seal, I used a Cricut Space image and cut it into a plastic to create the stencil; I new stencil for my stash. LOL! The papers for the border and card base and what I had on hand.
Here’s the recipe……
Background:
Snowflakes:
Gnome and Sentiment
Challenges I will enter with this card
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