It's OK...

 Good morning!  We have a new color challenge for you today and the color combo is one of my favorites!

Color Dare #710

Here's my creation:

I used Mica Spray Stain in Hocus Pocus and Ranger Spray Stain in Twisted Citron to create the background on watercolor paper, using the ink smooshing technique. I matted it on a piece of Lemon Lime Twist cardstock from Stampin' Up! I stamped Yoga Anya from The Greeting Farm (old retired rubber stamp) with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored with Copics and a white gel pen and used a filmstrip die to cut her out, cutting the die again with black cardstock to frame her inside of. I added a sentiment sticker and lots of rhinestone stickers for bling.

Die Cut Divas - Anything Goes (with a die cut)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Paper Funday #88 - AG/Optional Stripes and/or Polka Dots

Thanks for visiting! Peace.

Seaside Tag

I love making Summer projects, using bright colors and allllll the mermaid stamps! LOL  I would like to enter my tag into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday - At the Beach

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts #573 - Summer Fun

Shopping Our Stash #576 - Summertime

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes/Optional Summer Fun

I absolutely love the Tag Trio from Gina K Designs - I spent an afternoon just taking a bunch of my scrap papers and die cutting tags out of them! This one had been previously distressed with Oxide Inks and a mermaid scale stencil, so it was perfect for this project. I printed out the images from My Enchanted Colors and used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut them out. I colored with Copics and Stickles and attached with foam tape. I layered a die cut "netting" behind her and added Liquid Diamonds to her balloons. The ribbon I tied on it is a very old one from my stash from Stampin' Up! around 2005 or so! Peace.

Sunflower Girl

 I was honored to be asked to do a guest DT spot for Star Stampz

Theme is:  Summer!

I have had this sunflower stencil in my stash for so long, and I rarely use it because it's so big and I struggled with coming up ideas for it! I used lots of Oxide Inks and Spray Stains on watercolor paper, embossing only the center of the sunflower. I thought this My Sweet Sunflower image from Star Stampz was just perfect for it! I printed her out small and colored her with Copics and glitter, fussy cut, and attached with foam dimensional tape.

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

Cupcake Inspirations - Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash #576 - Summertime

Passion for Markers #843 - Add Flowers

Crafter's Cafe #222 - Anything Goes/Optional Blooms

Paper Funday #88 - AG/Optional Polka Dots and/or Stripes

Thanks for visiting! Peace.

Bubbles & Banners

 Good morning!  I have 2 cards to share today - first, I have another card using a stencil from the June release at A Colorful Life Designs. Don't forget to use code JennFan10 for 10% off your order!

This one is called Airy Bubbles:

Here's my creation:

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

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Fish/Sea Creatures

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes/Summer Fun

Creative Knockouts #573 - Summer Fun

Simon Says Stamp Monday - At the Beach

I painted a piece of watercolor paper with Lindy's Magicals, then I applied texture paste through the Airy Bubbles stencil and let it dry. Once dry, I painted the bubbles with a different color of Lindy's Magicals. I printed out the fish digi stamp (an old one from Doodle Garden, I love his tail fins), colored with Copics and glitter, and fussy cut. I attached him and the sentiment strip with some foam tape. 

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And my next card is for the following challenges:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Make My Monday #280 - Use a Stencil

Paper Funday #88 - AG/Optional Polka Dots and/or Stripes

Let's Craft & Create - A Penny For Your Thoughts (add a sentiment)

I had this background in my stash and it was perfect for where I was going with this card, using the die cut star banner (cut out twice from black cardstock). I had ink blended Distress Oxide Inks on the watercolor panel, then applied Black Soot Oxide Ink through my Star Dots stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code JennFan10 for 10% off!). I flicked some white acrylic paint on it and let it dry, then sponged the edges with black ink. I stamped the girl from The Greeting Farm's Cheeky Divas Big Kit with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored her with Copics and a white gel pen, fussy cut, and attached with foam tape. I stamped the microphone & record theh same way, fussy cut, and attached with adhesive. I stamped the sentiment with Versafine Dazzle and embossed with a white sparkly embossing powder from Lawn Fawn, then used a deckled edge nesting die to cut out (Mama Elephant). I added the die cut glasses and rhinestone stickers as embellishments. Peace.

You Are My Sunshine

 Just popping in one more card today for the:

Papercraft Challenge #131 - Sunny Days & Bright Hues

Classic Design Challenge - AG/Optional Summer Fun

I created my background by ink blending and spritzing inks through my Solar Rays stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (you can use coupon code JennFan10 for 10% off). I printed out the adorable mermaid Tidewater Tails Lunaria from Sweet November Stamps, colored her with Copics and glitter, and fussy cut her. I added some Liquid Pearls to her hair, then attached her hanging off the edge of the card and trimmed her down. Finished it off with a little seashell die cut. Peace.

Best Friend

 Good morning!  It's funny how we stumble onto companies or products and they end up becoming one of our favorites and we don't know how we ever lived without them!  LOL  For me, that's Jaded Blossom.  My crafty buddy Rosemary designs for them and one day she made a post about how the glasses dies go so well with the characters from The Greeting Farm... well, I was hooked on the idea!  So I made a decent sized purchase from them, and I was officially a fan for life! Their dies are amazing - sturdy, fun, and they cut perfectly! There's nothing more frustrating (well OK maybe a few things) than a die that didn't cut through all the way! That doesn't happen with these.

Anyway! On to the artwork - I'd like to enter my card below into the following challenges:

Created for the Jaded Blossom June Challenge - Best Friends

Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

A Cut Above - Anything Goes (with die cuts)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

I started out by applying Lindy's Magicals to a piece of watercolor paper and set it aside to finish drying. I used a leaf pattern stencil and applied a dark green ink through it on a separate piece of cardstock. I then used the Rounded Rectangle Internal Scallop die on the Lindy's piece, and sponged the edges of the inside piece with more of the dark green ink before adhering it to the card. I then used scraps of previously distressed watercolor paper to die cut the plant using the Potted Plants dies. I printed out the Best Friend sentiment (Polkadoodles), used a rounded edge nesting die to cut out, sponged the edges with black and then attached the plant on top of it using foam dimensional tape. I added some rhinestone stickers for bling and a snarky sentiment sticker from a Tim Holtz book. Peace.

A Little Birdie Told Me...

 Good morning! I have a quiet week and I'm looking forward to it! I tend to pack my days full of plans when the weather is nice because I'm a freaking hermit all Winter! So it's nice to slow down a bit and just enjoy the peace for a minute!

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

CAS on Friday #336 - Birds

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Things with Wings

AllSorts #852 - Bees, Blooms, and/or Birds

Krafty Chicks #825- CAS

I started out by spritzing a tiny bit of Candied Apple and Fossilized Amber Spray Stains onto my glass mat - I spritzed with water and then ink smooshed just the corner of my card. I dried it with a heat tool, then stamped the bird & sentiment (Dina Wakley) with Versafine Black and embossed with a clear sparkly embossing powder. Peace.