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. 

Stir the Pot.

Hello friends! I have a cute Halloween card to share today - Halloween cards are definitely some of my favorite holiday cards to make! I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

A Place to Start - AG/Black and White

Classic Design Challenge - AG/Any Holiday

Passion for Markers - Clean and Simple

Two Old Bats - Anything Halloween Goes

Try it on Tuesday - Animals Real or Imaginary

Super easy for this clean and simple card! I stamped the Witch Please Pissy Kitty & sentiment from Unity Stamp Co. on a piece of watercolor paper with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored with Copics and then sponged the edges with Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink. I spritzed water on the edges and let the ink kind of flow around the edges, drying with my heat tool. Peace.