thankful

 Lots of new inspiration today since it's the 1st of the month! We have a new challenge for you over at the Facebook Group for:

You have a really great chance to win some adorable digis by playing along! Our theme this month is ANYTHING YOU LIKE so you have no excuse not to play! ;)

I used the sweet Lily Pad Fairy for my creation:

I used some printable papers for the background as well as the die cut hearts. I colored with Copics and used a stitched edge arch nesting die from Unity Stamp Co. to cut her out. The little stitched edge banner die is from the Decorative Sentiment Dies at Emily Moore Designs.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes

Wednesday's Creative Inspiration - Summer Sunshine

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Stitch It

Creative Knockouts - Outdoor Fun

Krafty Chicks #831 - Anything Goes (optional mood board)

Thank you for visiting! Peace.

Cute But a Little Crazy - Snarky Guest DT

 I absolutely LOVE guest designing for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers, so I was super excited when they crowned me Queen of Snark for the R is for Rainbows challenge and asked me to come back for another guest spot! This time the theme is:

A is for Animals

When I use my stencils, I always make a "reverse print" before cleaning it off.  I keep these in my stash for quick backgrounds and I used one of them for this card. I stamped the sentiment (Roadies 68 from Ink Road Stamps) on the background with Villainous Potion Distress Oxide Ink and embossed with a clear sparkly embossing powder. I grabbed a scrap of previous distressed watercolor paper that was a nice bright purple and die cut the tag (Gina K Designs Tag Trio), then used some texture paste through a stencil on the corners of it. I stamped the "Cute But Crazy" (Lookin Sharp from Ink Road Stamps) with Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink and embossed with clear sparkly embossing powder. I stamped the cute little fox (same set, Lookin Sharp) on a scrap of cardstock, colored with Copics, and fussy cut. I attached him to the tag with foam tape.  I attached the tag to the card with a little silver brad and added a knife die cut (Hero Arts Kitchen Tools Fancy Dies).

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

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Cut it Up #361 - Emboss It!

Passion for Markers - Use 3 of Something (3 stamps)

Thanks for visiting! Peace.

Polkadoodles - Paper Wallet

 

When I saw the challenge to create a paper wallet, I knew I wanted to use an origami style paper folding rather than trying to use adhesives or glue to put it together. I ended up using a tutorial that I found on You Tube at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrKPsbGZh6g and it worked perfectly!

I decided to create a wallet for a high school or college student, focusing on coffee! I started by printing out a piece of digi paper full size on a sheet of regular copy paper. I followed the instructions in the video and had a paper wallet within minutes! I then printed out the Latte cup 3 times, with a different type of beverage printed on the front of each one. I colored them and fussy cut. I printed out the sentiment and used a stitched edge nesting die to cut that out, attached to the front of the wallet along with one of the latte cups. I then die cut 2 gift-card sized pieces of kraft cardstock and added the extra latte cups to them, making them look like gift cards in the wallet. I added some cash to the inside and a few rhinestone stickers to the front to finish it off. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by how cute it came out!

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

Outlawz - Anything But a Card

Outlawz August Main Linky

A Place to Start - AG/Optional Black and White

Thank you for visiting! Peace.

Hope Your Day is Pure Magic

Good morning and happy Friday! We have a bonus challenge for you this week at Color Dare!

My 3 colors I chose are aqua, green, and yellow:

I used a piece of watercolor paper that had tooth to it, I like the texture look of it with the Distress Oxide Inks blended on it. I stamped the mushrooms (Hello Fungi Hero Arts) with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored with Copics and used a stitched edge nested arch die (Unity Stamp Co. Scallops & Arches) to cut it out. I added some die cuts from the Mushrooms & Ferns die set from Hero Arts. I stamped the sentiment directly on the background, splattered some black ink on it, and sponged the edges with more black ink. 

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

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Passion for Markers - Use 3 of Something (colors AND mushrooms AND ferns)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Time Out #318 - Mother Nature

Peace.

With Deepest Sympathy

  Hi again! I'm back to add the card below into the following challenges:

Clean and Simple on Friday #339 - Flowers

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Flowers

I made my background with Lindy's Magicals, let it dry and then applied the rub-on roses transfers from Wandic. The sentiment is a stamp from Unity Stamp Co. Peace.

Wrapping Station

 I have ONE final Christmas in July card to share today! This one is for the following challenges:

Jaded Blossom July - AG or Christmas in July

Crafter's Cafe - AG or Christmas in July

Christmas Kickstart #112 - Grace Us with Your Presents

Classic Design Challenge - AG or Any Holiday

Inkspirational - Christmas in July

Funny story - a long time ago I bought these Christmas paper pads from Craft Consortium called Made by Elves but I really didn't know what I was buying. They were supposed to be layering pieces, but I didn't realize that until I had already used a bunch of what I THOUGHT were just ephemera pieces. LOL  So I have pieces leftover that are just fun to play around with. I used one of them with the Snow Globe die from Jaded Blossom to create a holiday scene inside a snow globe. I used coordinating papers for the background and to die-cut for the snow globe base sentiment. Peace.

explore

 Good morning!  I would like to enter the card below into the following challenges today:

Time Out #318 - Mother Nature

Addicted to CAS #313 - Trees

Creative Knockouts - Outdoor Fun

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

I created my background with alcohol inks on yupo. I then simply die cut a tree from Memory Box Tall Evergreen Tree Dies out of a rectangle of white cardstock and attached the negative with foam tape. I added a little "explore" sentiment from a sticker book. Peace.