Have a Beautiful Birthday

 Hello all - I hope you are all having a wonderful week. I'm going for a new tattoo tomorrow - a coverup actually - and I'm super excited.  I'm sure I'll share it Friday when I do my post!  :)  I have a lot of ink - working on finishing my right arm sleeve this Summer.

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

Art Nudge May (I used 525C)

Try it On Tuesday - Keep it Simple

AAA Birthday #73

Cupcake Inspirations #617

Seize the Birthday #305 

I recently realized I'm a very literal person - seriously, I'm almost 54 years old and I never realized that.  So, for challenges, I usually take them very literally - if it's a sketch or color challenge, I try really hard to use the EXACT design or colors.  I loved this color challenge - I used Sage & Amethyst Distress Oxide inks blended through a stencil on watercolor paper. I stamped directly on the background - stamps are from the Beautiful Unicorn set at Unity Stamp Co - with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. Peace.

Books and Cats!

 I love to read - Stephen King is my absolute favorite author (and no, I'm not mad at him about his silly "tweet" - I took it for what it was, he was making fun of the POSOTUS and being sarcastic) and I've always prided myself on reading every new book as soon it comes out. However, I've found myself distracted by social media in the past few years, which has resulted in less reading.  I decided to actively change that when I realized I've got the last 4 Stephen King books just waiting to be read!  So the other night, I turned off the TV and went into the grandkids room and just read for hours.  It felt so good, and I am going to continue to make the effort to do that instead of watching mindless TV and doom-scrolling!  LOL

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

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Girlz Rebel #40 - Anything Goes With an Image

Inky Paws Sketch Challenge #240

Color Throwdown #832

I created all of the background papers by blending Distress Oxide inks on watercolor paper and spritzing with water. I love this color combo - it's one of my favorites from Color Throwdown (I use their challenges as inspiration all the time when I'm feeling stumped!). I stamped the sentiment directly on the red paper with Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I stamped the kitty from Newton's Nook Newton's Book Club set with Versafine Black, embossed with clear embossing powder, and colored with Copics. I used the Deckled Circle die cut from Mama Elephant to cut it out and attach with foam dimensional tape. Peace.

and so the adventure begins...

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

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes/Optional Feminine

Dream Valley #336 - Things with Wings

Craft Alnica #383 - Butterflies

Little Red Wagon #806 - Yellow Brick Road

The Color Hues Challenge #109

It's hard for me not to "create" a background - LOL!  I used a white cardstock base to create the card and simply stamped on it.  The stamps are from the Let Adventure set at Unity Stamp Co., stamped with Distress Oxide Inks and embossed with clear embossing powder - simple but effective! Peace.

Thank You for Believing in Me

 One more for today - this one is for the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes/Optional Feminine

I Love ProMarkers - Anything Goes

Wednesday's Creative Inspiration - The Great Outdoors

My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge

I created my background by using the ink smooshing technique with Distress Oxide inks and a lot of water added to make it flow. The stamp set I used is called Yuzu Darling Dragons - I love this set. I stamped in Versamark Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored with Copics and fussy cut the dragon, then attached with foam dimensional tape. The grass border die was cut from a scrap piece of previously distressed watercolor paper. Peace.

Best Mom Ever

 I just wanted to squeeze in one more card for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stencil Fun because I have so many projects made with these gorgeous stencils from A Colorful Life Designs - and because it's Mother's Day so this was appropriate for today! If you like this stencil, please feel free to visit the shop and use code JennFan10 for 10% off your entire order.

I created the background for this one using Lindy's Magicals on a piece of watercolor paper. I then used Distress Oxide inks through my Happy Thought Wreath stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and embossed with clear sparkly embossing powder. Peace.

Birthday Fishes & Mermaid Kisses

 Happy Mother's Day! This is a tough one for us, but we'll all draw strength from each other. I'd like to enter the card below into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Stencil Fun

Stencil Fun May - Anything Goes/Optional Bouquets

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Birthday!

Dragonfly Dreams - Sea Life

AAA Birthday #73

Color Dare #650

I created my background by blending Distress Oxide inks through a mermaid scale stencil. I printed out this adorable Mermaid Gnome from the Scrapflower Ko-Fi shop (FREEBIE), colored her with Copics and used the same stencil to draw scales on her fin with a white gel pen. I fussy cut her and attached with foam dimensional tape. Sentiment is from CC Designs. I finished it off with some seashell die cuts. Peace.

Thanks a Bunch!

 One more quick card to share today - this one is for the following challenges:

Creative Inspiration #26 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Let's Craft & Create - No Patterned Paper

AAA Colourful #15

I blended multiple shades of blue Distress Oxide Inks on a piece of watercolor paper and die cut it with a leaf frame die cut from Simon Says Stamp.  I die cut the sentiment from the same paper (die cut from Mama Elephant) and attached them both to a black cardstock base. Added some gemstone stickers to finish it off.  Peace.