Life is Best on the Beach

 Hello friends! We had a cold and dreary week but the next few days are predicted to be almost Summer weather! I am looking forward to cooking on the grill this weekend and opening some windows! In that spirit, I made a very Summery card for the CC Designs Facebook Challenge of using 3 or more patterned papers and I'd like to enter her into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Use Craft Dies

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Wednesday's Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

I managed to use 5 pieces of patterned paper from Doodlebug Designs - I die cut the tote bag from one piece and used a piece from a sentiment page for another. The background is so bright and colorful with those seashells - then I used an oval nesting die, layering the text piece on top of the wavy watery piece. I printed out Sugar Plum Surfer Emma 2 from CC Designs with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored her with Copics (I love her little sunburned cheeks - LOL), fussy cut, and attached with foam dimensional tape. Peace.

Procrastination

 Good morning! I have had a nice quiet week, plenty of time in my craft room and I even caught up on laundry! Today is a kitchen day - some baking and preparing things for the next week or so. The kitchen is my second favorite place to spend the day. LOL

I would like to enter this card into the:

Paper Players #785 - Color Challenge

I happen to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator - I actually became a demonstrator back in 2002 but let it go years ago and recently signed back up as a hobby demonstrator, even though they don't like that term. LOL   Anyway! I used the colors of cardstock from the challenge for the card base and polaroid die cuts. I did some ink smooshing on a piece of watercolor paper for the background, sponged the edges with black ink and used a corner rounder punch. I printed out these cute skull flower digis, used my Brother Scan and Cut to cut them out, colored them with Copics and attached with foam dots. Sentiment is a sticker from a snarky Tim Holtz book. Peace.

Always Take the Scenic Route & Make it Count

I've got another Mermay card today! This one is for the following challenges:

Sweet November FB Mermay Challenge

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Creative Artiste - Anything Mixed Media Goes

I took my time and really had fun making this one. I used the ink smooshing technique with oxide inks on watercolor paper, then let it dry. before lightly stamping a text stamp with white ink in random spots. I then applied texture paste through a mermaid scale stencil in the corner, let that dry and applied Lindy's Magicals in a similar color to it. I did some white paint splatters on the whole thing and added some pearl stickers. Mermaid digi is called Tidewater Tails: Flavia from Sweet November Stamps - I colored her with Copics and glitter, fussy cut, and attached with foam dimensional tape. Sentiment is a sticker from a Tim Holtz book. 

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And I have a fun little tag to share today - this one is for the following challenges:

Two Old Bats May - Anything Halloween or Mood Board

Tag-alongs & ATC's - Add Some Pink

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Things with Wings

I used the largest tag from the Gina K Designs Tag Trio to cut the tag out from Kraft cardstock. I used Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink through a spider web stencil and blended some more ink around the edges. I printed out the crow ATC from Wildflower Publishing and mounted it on black cardstock, roughing up the edges. I added a black feather die cut from black cardstock and a sticker sentiment from a Tim Holtz book. Peace. 

Happy Birthday Gemini

One more birthday card for today! LOL  I would like to enter this one into the following challenges:

Girlz and the Art of Letters - Z (I used Z is for Zodiac)

AAA Birthday #85 - Anything Birthday

I used ink smooshing on a watercolor panel, then applied texture paste through a moon phases stencil. I stamped the sentiment on the background and added a die cut constellation. Stamp is from The Greeting Farm's Hairoscope Big Kit set - I colored her with Copics and a white gel pen, fussy cut her and attached her with foam dimensional tape. I used a constellation stencil on the card base as well. Peace. 

Happy Birthday with Stencils!

It's all about BIRTHDAYS at the May release at

Floating Balloons:

Birthday Gifts:

I'd like to enter this first card into the:

AAA Birthday Challenge - Anything Birthday Goes

I used watercolor paper and applied Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide Ink through the Floating Balloons stencil, then used Villainous Potion through a dotted stencil on top of it. I used the Villainous Potion again for the sentiment, then embossed with clear embossing powder. I sponged the edges and flicked some ink on the card to finish it off.

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And here are a few more birthday cards - these ones also use the:

Star Streamers:

Thanks for visiting! Peace.

Is Salty an Emotion?!?

 I absolutely love MerMay! I look forward to May every year, especially the Sweet November MerMay challenges! This year's new digis and stamps are just absolutely adorable - you can find them here. I made this card for the Sweet November Facebook weekly MerMay challenge and I'd like to enter it into the following challenges:

AllSorts #849 - AG/Monochromatic

Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

Wednesday's Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

I had this background in my stash - it was a reverse stencil print I had done on watercolor paper with Villainous Potion Distress Oxide ink on my Dashing Circle stencil from A Colorful Life Designs (use code JennFan10 for 10% off your entire order). I die cut the mermaid scales from a piece of Yupo paper that I had applied several shades of purple alcohol inks to and layered it on top of the background.  I stamped the sentiment from Ink Road Stamps with the VP oxide ink and embossed it with clear sparkly embossing powder. I printed out Tidewater Tails: Ondina and colored her with Copics, glitter, and added some Liquid Pearls to her pearl earrings. I fussy cut her and attached her with foam dimensional tape, then sponged the edges of the card to finish it off. Peace.

Light Years of Joy

 I hope you all had a lovely Mother's Day yesterday and if it was a hard day for you, I hope you managed to do something to take your mind off of it. We had a nice day - spent the morning with my parents and the afternoon with my kids and grandkids. Days like that help me to remember what life is really about.

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

Make My Monday #277 - Star Wars Day/A Space Project

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Wednesday's Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

I love making galaxy backgrounds and I had this one in my stash, so I pulled it out for this card. I stamped the background stamp directly on it with Versafine Black and embossed with clear sparkly embossing powder (stamps are from the Galaxy Peek-a-Boo Parts set at Hero Arts). I stamped the little astronaut and sentiment out the same way, then colored with Copics and used a circle punch to cut out. I attached it with foam dots and sponged the edges of the card with some black ink. Peace.