Inspired by an Artist. How much fun is this challenge?! Oh dearie me…..so many artists to choose from. But, one stands out…. George Rodrigue and his Blue Dog, Tiffany. What better dog to use than one from Tim Holtz. The dog is stamped in Ink on 3 disappearing ink and colored in copic markers (B24, B26,B29,Y13,N100,C7); he is then die cut and mounted on the background with foam tape. The background was stamped with a Hero Arts cloud stamp using Worn Lipstick and Versamark ink to allow clear embossing. Then a little bit of Tumbled Glass ink over the clouds. The bottom third is Broken China along with Blueprint Sketch. A little yellow gel pen halo around the bottom half of Tiffany to add some detail. And a frame in pink embossed with paw prints.

Here’s the original.

“There is nothing truer in this world than the love of a dog.”.

Having a thankful sort of day today, crafters. I saw the current Color throwdown challenge and here is my creation. I truly love the way mixed media pieces look; I love the layered goodness of them. The thankful background is acrylic paints in fuchsia and turquoise from my stash; the turquoise is a sponged gel plate transfer. Tim Holtz adds the worded background through his tissue paper and stamps. The plaid is a black and white washi tape. The white hearts and sentiment are Cricut access files.

“A Thankful Heart opens our eyes to a multitude of Blessing that continually surround us.”

Happy Back to Work Tuesday, crafters! The Lawnfawnatics have the most fun challenge, currently: Favorite Destination. Of Course, DISNEYWORLD!!! But, to be more specific, the Boo To You Parade at the Not So Scary Halloween Party in Magic Kingdom at Disneyworld.👻 The base to this card is the Magic Iris. The circle of the Iris is done like the introductory sign/banner to the parade. The headless horseman is a combination of stamps from: Hay There, Bicycle Built for You and Spooktacular. Maleficent is from Critters Ever After. The background trees are from the Leafy Tree Backdrop. My nod to the Hitchhicking Ghosts are provided by the Scalloped Treat Box Haunted House Add-On. The add on gave the card the bats and Zachy Binx (he is hiding behind the lever to the Iris on the right). The background is cut with Lawnfawn dies. Clearly, the background has inkygoodness from Distressed Ink Wilted Violet, Tumbled Glass and Black Soot.

“Kids these day just don’t get scared like they use to.” Mike Wazowski]

Good morning, Sunday crafters! I have a little inky fun to start your day. This card is almost entirely Tim Holtz, with just a hint of Lavinia Stamps. The inspiration for this card started with the colors: black, grey, yellow. I tried something new and used black watercolor paper as my base. My background is a gel print using Lavinia Stamps’ stencil Elegance with yellow and black acrylic paint with my gel plate. The center image is black water color that was sprayed with Distressed Oxide sprays in Hicory Smoke and Mustard Seed with a little gold spray (made with water and gold Perfect Pearls). The bird is heat embossed using Versamark Onxy black ink and Black Cherry Emerald Creek embossing powder. The remaining stamps are just black ink; they look more grey, probably because of the emobssing. I used the Mustard Seed spray as water color and colored the wings of the bird. I may go back with some gauche paint to make the wings stand out more? Thoughts on that? I am loving mixed media these days.

“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.”-unknown

TFIF, crafters! So green and cats seem to be my mood this week. 😊 The current challenge over at CAS on Friday is green. I loved the use of watercolors and cotton balls K Werner did about a week ago. I don’t have watercolor pens; but, I do have Distressed Spray Stain. I sprayed the stain on a glass mat and picked it up with the cotton balls. My cat is from Lavinia stamps and the sentiment is from a Hero Arts set. A little framing with some green card stock from the stash, and viola. For me, this is CAS.

“The smallest feline is a masterpiece.” – Leonardo da Vinci

What better to chase of the Monday Blues, and a very-wet-overcast-flash-flood-type of Monday, than thoughts of Paris in the Spring?! My little grey friend is in Paris posing for a selfie early morning with beautiful green trees in the background. His thought is “May your day be filled with sunshine”. This was incredibly fun to make and oh-so-easy as well. The background is a stamp from the Ton stamped in Memento Black ink. The stamp is then inked with Memento London Fog. The sky is then inked with London Fog, Cottage Ivy and Hero Arts Unicorn White using a MFT cloud stencil. A final touch to the background comes from Copic markers: C0, C1,C3, YG61,YG67. My green-eyed friend comes from my stash. DD15 colored him some time ago and doesn’t remember where he comes from; I’m fairly certain Lawn Fawn. My sentiment is embossed in silver Ranger embossing powder.

“Always be positive. Enjoy the music of rain on a rainy day.”

Welcome back weekend crafters and card makers!! My first Christmas card this calendar year along with my first use of MissInk Stamps! ❄🎄❄ Their Little Angel set is the base for this card; it was stamped, of course, with my favorite Ink on 3 disappearing ink and brought to life with Prismacolor pencils. Hero Arts added the tree in the background with a little help from Iceberg embossing powder from Emerald Creek. A little white frame and some jewels finish it up.

“Friends are angles that lift us up when we forget how to fly.”

Throwback Thursday to little girls and ponies. Oh how I miss watching my little ones and their pony, Black Tie Affair. He was the BES!. Although, he was not cream colored like the pony above; he was practically perfect in every way. My current favorite medium for coloring is pencils. This cute pair was done all in Black Widow pencils. They are embellished with a little black and white gel pens.

Keep Calm and Gallop On!

Challengs entered:

Calling all Harry Potter fans! I was wanting to create a graduation card from DD who is a major HP fan. Challenge taken. I created this card using nothing but rectangular and square dies. The sentiment is from Lawnfawn and embossed in silver.

“When in doubt, go to the library.” — Ron Weasley

Tom cat here cheering on a purr-fect job! Tom came from Clair Joy and was stamped with Ink On 3 disappearing ink and tinted with Copic NO and Prismacolor pencils. A little gold accents with the butterfly, cord and sentiment (Craftin’ Desert Divas). A simple way to start a Wednesday. I thought this might make a cute graduation card. What do you think??

“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”