Surfer Santa ATC's

 I forgot it was almost the end of the month so I have ONE MORE project for today... LOL  This is for the following challenges:

Conjurer of Dreams ATC Challenge (July ATC sheet required)

Crafter's Cafe - AG/Christmas in July

Classic Design Challenge - AG/Any Holiday

Krafty Chicks #830 - Masculine

Inkspirational - Christmas in July

I used the freebie images posted on the Conjurer of Dreams ATC Challenge page here to make a set of 3 ATC's. I did some fussy cutting and layering with foam dots, etc. I added some holiday sentiment stickers from my stash. Peace.

Love You tag

 I have one more project for today - this one is a tag for the following challenges:

The Little Things - AG/Flamingos or Elephants

Tag-alongs and ATC's - AG/Favorite Colors

I created my tag with my Tag Trio die from Gina K Designs - I used a background that I had in my stash with some pale pink & green inks blended on it. I stamped the elephant from the Stackable Cuties set at Mama Elephant with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder, colored with Copics and used a heart die to cut him out, adding some rhinestone stickers around him. I sponged the edges with black and tied a piece of black twine through it. Peace.

Happy BEE-day!

 Good morning! I had such a great weekend - we had a party for my adult son on Friday with the family, then I went to a local farm for "Botanicals and Brews" event on Saturday, and Sunday I got to spend the day in my craft room! Today I'm off to do some clothes shopping - unfortunately we have yet another service to attend tonight for a friend of ours who passed away from cancer. 51 years old, left 4 daughters.  Just heartbreaking. :(   The past couple of years have really impressed upon me how short life really is and how you just never know. It's made me focus a little more on what's really important.

On that note, I have a cheerful card I'd like to share today and I'll enter it into the following challenges:

LeighSB Designs #53 - Summer Buzz or Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - Happy Birthday

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

I layered the Honeycomb backdrop cover plate die from Lawn Fawn on top of my bright yellow cardstock base. I printed out the image from LeighSBDesigns, colored with Copics, fussy cut and attached with foam tape. I printed out the sentiment separately, used a die cut from Emily Moore Designs to cut it out, and attached it with adhesive after sponging the edges with a touch of black ink. Peace.

You Can Never Have Too Much Happy

 I was playing around with my fairly new Brother Scan n Cut to see if it could cut through Yupo paper easily, so I tested it on a piece that I had colored with alcohol inks and cut out this frame below. It worked perfectly! I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

AllSorts #854 - AG/At the Seaside

Passion for Markers - Under the Sea

Time Out #318 - Mother Nature

I stamped the sentiment directly on the white card base and framed it with the die cut frame. I stamped the little turtle and seaweed from Pink & Main's Let Make Waves set with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder, then colored with Copics. I fussy cut and attached with foam tape. Peace.

Hand Wreath - Love

 Good morning!  I have another card to share with one of the new stencils from the July release at:

This one is called Hand Wreath:

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

Just Us Girls #833 - Anything Goes Stencil Week

Colorful Options July - Rainbow or Red, White, and Blue

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Make Your Own Background

Just Add Ink #790 - Dies, Stencils, or Both

I made this with the reverse stencil technique on a piece of watercolor paper and kept it very simple - I just added some rainbow colored rhinestone stickers and die cut the word LOVE, then sponged the edges with black.

Cute side story: When my 7-year-old granddaughter RaeRae slept over recently, she saw this card and asked if she could give it to Grampy.  Of course I said yes - she took the card and wrote in black marker under the word LOVE "Grampy".  OMG she melts our hearts. LOL 

Thanks for visiting! Peace.

Merry Xmas

 Hello all! We're off to a local brewery today for a "Brews & Botanicals" event, should be a fun day!

It's hard to feel festive when it's 80 out but Santa Ian sure does help! I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The Greeting Farm - Christmas in July

Make My Monday #282 - Christmas in July

Crafter's Cafe - AG/Christmas in July

Classic Design Challenge - AG/Any Holiday

Color Hues #137 - Black and Red

I blended Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink on a piece of watercolor paper, then applied Black Soot through my flannel/plaid looking stencil. I stamped the "ho ho ho" on random empty squares, then stamped Ian out with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored him with Copics and Fluffy Stuff, fussy cut, and attached with foam tape. I die cut a little Polaroid picture frame, stamped merry xmas on it and sponged it with black, then added the little Christmas bulb brads. Peace.

Today is a Good Day

Good morning! I have one more last red, white, and blue card that I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

AllSorts #854 - AG/At the Seaside

Colorful Options - Red, White, and Blue OR Rainbow

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #218

Cupcake Inspiration #639

My image is called Ships Ahoy from All Dressed Up - I colored with Copics and used a scalloped edge nesting square die to cut out. Papers are from Doodlebug Designs, I added a little sentiment sticker and a couple of buttons to finish it off. Peace.

C.R.A.F.T. #785 - Christmas

 Hi all!  I'm super excited to announce that I am now on the Design Team for the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge blog!  

Our challenge #785 is a Christmas theme - we have a couple of sponsors this time around and I used the image from Star Stampz called The Nutcracker Holiday:

I used papers from Unity Stamp Co. and colored the image in coordinating colors, using the stitched edge arch dies to cut her out (also from Unity). I added some die cut snowflakes and a kraft sentiment along the bottom. I like the non-traditional, soft look of this Christmas card. 

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

Die Cut Divas - Christmas in July

Crafter's Cafe - AG/Christmas in July

Make My Monday - Christmas in July

Classic Design Challenge - AG/Any Holiday

Inkspirational - Christmas in July

Thanks for visiting! Peace.

head up gorgeous

 I would like to showcase another of the new stencils from the July release at:

This one is called Mid Century Minimalist:

I created my background by spraying Mica Stain on a piece of watercolor paper, then applying translucent crackle paste and black texture paste through the stencil in different areas of the paper. Once dry, I sponged the edges with black ink. I stamped the flamingo from Tracey Hey's Flamingle set with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored with Copics and used a rounded edge nesting rectangle die to cut out.

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Add Some Text

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Make Your Own Background

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting! Peace.

Good for the soul

 Hello there - I'm a sucker for a sale (don't tell my husband - ha! Like he doesn't already know...) - anyway, I saw Stamping Bella was having a sale a couple of weeks ago and I HAD to update my stash a teeny tiny bit. I would like to enter the card I made with one of the new stamps below into the following challenges:

Shopping Our Stash #578 - Popsicle Colors

AllSorts #854 - AG/At the Seaside

We Love Stamping - Summertime

Papercraft #132 - Good Enough to Eat

Paper Funday #89 - AG/Optional Summer Splash

I created my background by blending Distress Oxide Inks in xx and xx on a piece of watercolor paper, then I spritzed it with water and blotted it dry with a paper towel. I added some die cut clouds to the sky, layering them with foam tape. I stamped the images from Stamping Bella's Summer Bundle Girl in a Floral Swimcap with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored with Copics, fussy cut, and attached with foam tape. I got so into the colors of the Shopping Our Stash challenge that I forgot to shop my stash until the end!  LOL  The little sentiment sticker is from my stash - it's an old sheet that I don't even remember the manufacturer of anymore but I've been hoarding it for years! Peace.

All Dressed Up - Play Day

Have you seen these adorable new images from All Dressed Up?!?

This is Fireman Play:

And this is Play Day:

I used Play Day for my card, cropped close so I could focus on her adorable face: 

I created my background by blending Distress Oxide Ink on watercolor paper, then applying gray ink through my Patterned Noise stencil from A Colorful Life Designs. I colored with Copics and used a filmstrip die to cut her out. I added some die cut hearts and a little sticker sentiment from Funky Fossil.

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

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Just Add Ink #790- Stencils and/or Dies

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I loved the Play Day image so much, I made 2 cards with her for today! LOL I'd like to enter this one below into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Add Some Text

Cupcake Inspirations #639

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - Mood Board

Colorful Options July - Red, White, and Blue OR Rainbow

I created my background by blending Candied Apple, Tumbled Glass, and Black Soot Distress Oxide Inks on a piece of watercolor paper. I then used the Dotted Cover die from Pink & Main (holy crap - it's on sale for $6!  I paid $20! LOL) to cut out my background and attached the "together" definition at the top. I die cut a heart and dragged the edges through the Candied Apple, then spritzed with water so it would drip around the heart. Once dry, I added the "together" sticker to it. I printed Play Day, colored with Copics, fussy cut, and attached with foam tape. Peace. 

Add a Splash of Color to Every Day

 We've got some really nice weather here on the East coast right now - expecting some rain today and tomorrow, along with lower temps, so I can do some cooking INSIDE the house! LOL Don't get me wrong, I appreciate grilling outside but I do miss my kitchen after a few days! I think I'll make fried chicken sandwiches for dinner tonight, we have some yummy brioche rolls that will be perfect for something like that!

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

Passion for Markers 847 - Under the Sea

AllSorts #854 - AG/At the Seaside

Time Out - Water

Art Nudge #726B

Just Add Ink #790 - Dies, Stencils, or Both

I created my background by blending Distress Oxide Inks in Cracked Pistachio and Spiced Marmalade through a mermaid scale stencil. I spritzed with water and let it dry, then used a strip to stamp the sentiment on, inked the edges and added some pearl stickers to it. The digi image I used is called Sammy from Miss Sandia's Ko-Fi shop, I colored her with Copics and a white gel pen, fussy cut, and attached with foam tape. Peace.

Farm Animals

Hello all! I have a cute little tag to share today, I'd like to enter it into the following challenges:

TGIF Challenge #586

Tag-alongs & ATC's - AG/Optional Favorite Colors

The Little Things #06 - AG/Optional Elephants or Flamingos

Color Hues #137

I stamped the little cow, sentiment, and pattern (stamp set from Stampin' Up!) on a piece of white cardstock, embossed and colored with Copics, then die cut with a tag die. I stamped the pattern again on a separate piece, embossed it, cut it into a strip and sponged the edges with black, then glued it on the tag and trimmed the edges. Tied the tag off with a couple of coordinating ribbons to finish it off.

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While I'm on the subject of farm animals - I have one more project today - this one is a card for the following challenges:

Conjurer of Dreams July Free Image Challenge

Krafty Chicks #829 - Clean & Simple

I ran my kraft cardstock base through my woodgrain embossing folder. I used a little piece of a bandana DP from Doodlebug Designs, die cut the twigs, then layered the free image on top with foam tape. I added the word WILD to it, sponging the edges with brown ink. Peace. 

Own Your Dreams

 Just popping in quick to enter this tag below into the:

Conjurer of Dreams July Tag Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Add Some Text

Try it on Tuesday - Animals Real or Imaginary

I used a tag die for the base, added some text stickers to the freebie image (from Conjurer of Dreams), die cut some glasses, and tied a black twine through it. Peace.

believe in yourself

 I'd like to share another card I made using one of the stencils from the July release at:

This one is called Mid Century Minimalist:

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

Stencil Fun - Anything Goes/Optional Patterns

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Flowers

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Fabulous Florals

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Passion for Markers - Clean and Simple

Thanks for visiting! Peace.

read

 One more project for today - I love making tags & bookmarks and I have several die cuts that make it easy! I'd like to enter this bookmark into the following challenges:

Color Hues #137

Aud Sentiments #339 - Bookmarks and/or Hobbies Plus a Sentiment

Outlawz July - Main Challenge

The Outlawz Challenge - July/Anything But a Card

I used the bookmark die from Newton's Nook. I stamped a script stamp all over the watercolor paper after I distressed it with some Candied Apple ink blending. I added some white paint dots then attached the book that I had stamped & colored along with the tiny "read" sentiment. Peace.

Nothing is impossible

Good morning! I have an art journal page I'd like to share today - I'll enter this into the following challenges:

Creative Artiste - Anything Mixed Media Goes

Outlawz July - Anything But a Card

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

I Spy With My Little Eye #39 - Something with Wings

Tic Tac Toe #297 (I used any color, free, sentiment)

I started this page in my art journal by ink blending Oxide Inks through a polka dot stencil with some yellow ink. I then just kept adding layers of ink and some opaque crackle paste through a honeycomb stencil. I stamped the images/sentiment with a permanent black ink and then sponged some more ink around it. Stamp set is Let it Bee from Funky Fossil, I spot colored his wings with markers and Stickles. Peace.