Surprise!

 I have one more card to share today - this one is for the following challenges:

Sunbird Spark #63 - Make the Sentiment the Star

Shopping Our Stash #579 - What's the Good Word

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - A is for Animal

Cut it Up #362 - Add a Sentiment (use dies)

My stash item is the background cow print paper. I printed out the images from Sunbird Spark's Milk, Tea, or Me set and colored with Copics, fussy cut, and attached with foam tape. I used my Scalloped & Stitched Nesting Dies from Unity Stamp Co. to die cut the sentiment. Peace.

be free

 I'm soooo excited - my best friend Tim is coming over to celebrate my birthday today and my hubby Jeremy is cooking us a seafood boil feast with snow crabs, littleneck clams, baby potatoes, etc.  I'm going to eat until I'm ready to burst!  hee hee

I would like to enter my card below into the following challenges today:

Conjurer of Dreams Facebook Group - Color Challenge

Wednesday's Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

I grabbed a background from my stash that matched the shade of blue in the inspiration picture. I added some opaque texture paste through a stencil and let it dry. I stamped a bit, added some rhinestone stickers, and a text sticker. I printed out the crow/sunflower tag from the Crow & Sunflowers Tags set at Conjurer of Dreams and sponged the edges in black, attached with a flower brad. I love the mixed media look of this card! Peace.

Falling For You!

 Gooooood morning!!!  We have a gorgeous new color challenge for you today at:

Color Dare #715

I loved this color combo - it wasn't one that I would normally use but might be one I'll go for more often now! I used Distress Oxide Inks in Bundled Sage, Tattered Rose, and Stormy Sky ink smooshed on a piece of watercolor paper to create my background. I stamped the falling cards directly on the background, stamped the falling Alice (Simon Says Stamp Par-Tea set) with Versafine Black, embossed with clear embossing powder, fussy cut and attached with foam dots. I die cut the sentiment with a die from Emily Moore Designs Decorative Sentiment Dies.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Paper, Rocks, Scissors #19 - AG with Paper/Scissors

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Make My Monday - Wedding/Love

Thanks for visiting!  Peace.

Magic - Creative Artiste Guest DT

 Hello again! I'm back as the guest designer for this month at the

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge!

I made an art journal page, I love using mixed media in my art journal!

I love the way an art journal page comes together - slowly layering inks, stamps, stencils, and more - until you feel like it's becoming what you envisioned. Or not! LOL I used yellow inks to create the "full moon" and then applied Black Soot Distress Oxide ink through a moon stencil I have, leaving the yellow glow around it and laying some crackle paste through the scene and then sponging more yellow on that. I then used some Versafine Black through a moth stencil and embossed it with clear sparkly embossing powder. I used some die cut trees (Tall Evergreen Tree dies from Memory Box) that I cut out of text paper, and the Magic die cut sentiment (I used both the positive and negative dies from that one) from the Fun with Words 2 die set at Whimsy Stamps. The witch clipart is from ThePrintablesWtch on Etsy.  I added random stenciling, stamping, and spritzing with gold Mica Spray. I was quite pleased with the end result BUT - this was my 2nd try. LOL  The first page I made did not come out AT ALL like I pictured it. I was still happy with it, but it wasn't what I wanted. You know what I mean?  But that's what I love about my art journal - it's just a learning process and I can use that page to look back and reflect on how sometimes things come out nice even if it's not what you were expecting!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Passion for Markers - Favorite Embellishments (die cuts)

Two Old Bats - Anything Halloween Goes

Outlawz Anything But a Card

Outlawz Main August Linky

A Cut Above - AG/Optional Fall Twist (must use die cuts)

Thank you for visiting! Peace.

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #786 - AG/Summer or Vacation/Holiday

 Hey friends - guess what?  It's my birthday today!  Double nickels, as my friend Tim says. 55. Moving closer to 60 now than 50... only slightly terrifying. hee hee In true Leo fashion, I celebrate my birthday most of the month so I'll be having a fun weekend full of a seafood boil, friends, family, and fun! :)

We have a new challenge for you today at:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Anything Goes or Summer/Holiday

Our sponsor this time is:

The image I used is called Sweet As Melon:

I created my background by spraying Cocktail Party Mica Spray Stain on a piece of watercolor paper. Once dry, I applied Walnut Stain Distress Ink through my Diamond Circle stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code JennFan10 for 10% off) because I thought the pattern reminded me of the watermelon seeds! I printed out the image, colored with Copics and Stickles and used a die cut to cut out, then attached with foam tape after sponging the edges with the Walnut Stain ink. I added a little sentiment from my stash.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Papercraft Challenge #132 - Good Enough to Eat

Try it on Tuesday - Make it Colorful

AllSorts #855 - AG/Optional Colors of Summer

Wednesday's Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

Paper Funday #90 - AG/Optional Fancy Folds

Thanks for visiting! Peace.

With Love

 Today I'm showcasing the Mid Century Breeze Blocks Mask stencil from the August release at A Colorful Life Designs. Don't forget to use code JennFan10 for 10% off your order!

This was a reverse image print of the stencil, and I loved the background so much that I wanted to keep the focus on it. I die cut a heart from a scrap of another piece I had used the same color on and added a simple text sticker.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Time Out #319 - Pick 2 (I used monochrome and CAS)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Monochrome

Stencil Fun - AG/Clean and Simple

AAA Cards - Starts with S (stencil!)

Thank you for visiting! Peace.

It's Not Easy Being Green

 I wanted to get this posted today before I head out - I love the free image challenges at Conjurer of Dreams, they are a fantastic group to play along with! This is my entry for the:

Conjurer of Dreams Tag Challenge

Wednesday's Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes/No Rectangles

Girlz and the Art of Letters - F is for.... FROG!

I used my Luggage Tags Wafer Dies from Simon Says Stamp - the hot pink one was stenciled with translucent crackle paste and then rubbed with a black ink pad. I printed out the free image from CoD that was required for this tag and used the smaller luggage tag die to cut him out. I printed out the sentiment and die cut it with my Scalloped & Stitched Sentiment Nesting Dies from Unity Stamp Co. Peace.