Queen Bee

 Happy Friday!  I've had one of those weeks where one thing after another seems to go wrong. I'm glad it's Friday - I'm looking forward to celebrating Cinco de Mayo with a few friends, margaritas, and fajitas on Sunday!  Bring on the weekend!

Today I have another creation for my guest designer spot at A Colorful Life Designs.  I am entering this into the:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:  Feminine 

I used the Double Honeycomb Stencil (which is my FAVORITE!) on a mini canvas (3 inch) using acrylic paints and black permanent ink.  I grabbed some scraps of paper I had from my Gelli Plate and used some alphabet dies to make the "QUEEN BEE" sentiment.  I sponged around the edges of BEE and covered the whole thing with a transparent sealing glue. I used Lindy's Magicals on the crown and finished it off with some gemstone stickers.  I was quite pleased with this one - I had so much fun playing with this stencil and creating several different projects.  I look forward to sharing the rest throughout the month!  Peace.

A Colorful Life - Guest Designer Spot!

 I was super excited to be asked to be a guest designer for A Colorful Life Designs for the month of May!  Here's my first card, which I'm also entering into the:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Feminine

I used the Cloud Edger Stencil and the Chasing the Sun stamp set from A Colorful Life Designs combined with this adorable mermaid from The Greeting Farm. I had a great time using these awesome stencils and I can't wait to share the rest of my projects this month!  Peace.

Smile

 Hey it's Monday again!  So time for another challenge at:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Feminine

I'll also enter this into the:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

I love this adorable Fleur Anya retired stamp from The Greeting Farm. I made my background paper by using watercolor paper on my Gelli plate - then I just stamped her directly on the dried paint and spot-colored.  Finished off with a sticker sentiment and sponged the edges of the card.  Peace.

I am fabulous.

 I decided to use the same stamp to create another card for the:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

I love this stamp from The Greeting Farm called Tuesday Premiere. Today she's colored up in a pink theme, which seems to suit her perfectly.  I used some Liquitex Gloss Varnish on white cardstock (similar to resist sprays) and then used some pink inks and sprays to create my background. I stamped Tuesday Premiere directly on this and then spot-colored her with markers and glitter.  Finished off with a sentiment sticker and some pearl stickers.  Peace.

Just a Note

 I love Wednesdays.  My daughter brings the girls over on Wednesdays and we always have so much fun.  Today the big girls (ages 5 and almost-4) made cards - they are just so sweet the way they love to do the stuff that Grammy does.  Raerae is pretty good at it, too!  Lisey is getting there but she IS only 3 so she's still more interested in sticking the stickers on her fingers than the card.  hee hee

Today's card is for the:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

I used one of my favorite stamps from The Greeting Farm, this one is called Tuesday Premiere.  I colored her with markers and Stickles. My background was created using acrylic paints and the Gelli Plate.  I added a sticker sentiment, a musical note chipboard piece covered in Stickles, and some gemstone stickers for bling.  Peace.

You're My Universe

 Hey there - are you guys a fan of The Greeting Farm?  I totally am - have been for YEARS!  Their April release was so freaking adorable, my middle granddaughter has a thing for mermaids and I knew I had to get the new one they released this month!  I decided to play along with the blog hop and I was SO excited to see that I actually WON!  I won the entire release, all 3 adorable sets that you can see here.  For today, I used their adorable set called My Universe and made this card for the:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: It's Up in the Air

I stamped the spaceship and fussy-cut, then applied with foam dimensional stickers onto  black cardstock I punched out with an ATC Coin punch, covered in Liquitex Modeling Paste through a stencil (a SUPER cheaper and just-as-good version of the popular "texture paste"). I used white embossing powder for the sentiment and the "smoke".  Used some Distress Oxide Sprays for the background and added some gemstone stickers for sparkle.    Peace.

Hello

 I'm back today with another card for the:

Altenew April Challenge (and they also happen to be celebrating 10 years!!!)

I'd also like to enter this into the:

A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge: Anything Goes

I really loved this color combo and once I started playing with it, I couldn't stop.  I downloaded some of the free digi images from Altenew and made my background with my Gelli Plate again using acrylic paints.  I colored the image with markers.  I'll be back tomorrow with at least one more!  Thanks for looking! Peace.