Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Recycled Medication Bottles

 
 
Welcome to the June Recycled Artistry IG Hop hosted by @newdawncards and @createwithkas ♻️ We’re taking recycling to the craft room and giving new life to discarded items in a creative way. From paper towel rolls, junk mail envelopes, cereal boxes, bubble wrap and so much more, we encourage you to look around and see if you can “use it before you lose it” to the trash! We post once a month on the 2nd Tuesday at 2 PM EST. To join, message Dawn or Kelly and tag us using #recycledartistryighop.  My project this month is recycling some empty medication bottles for the foster kittens I have.  I chose to decorate the bottles using the retired Pawsome Pals stamp set from Creative Worship (formerly Sweet N Sassy) stamps.  
 
I started out by cleaning a few old medication bottles and letting them dry.  Once dry, I pulled out some scrap white card stock and stamped the Pawsome Pals images/saying in memento tuxedo black ink using my MISTI before coloring them using Lyra and Castle Art colored pencils.  I then stippled some going grey ink along the edges before adhering the panel using some 1/2 inch Scor-Tape.  

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Thursday, June 5, 2025

Conjurer of Dreams June 2025 Inspiration And Challenge

 

Hello and welcome.  Today is my day to share my inspiration projects for this month's Anything Goes challenge over at the Conjurer of Dreams blog.  I hope you enjoy them.
 
 Kids birthday card
 
 
 
 
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My Husband's Birthday Card 
Sets used: Vintage Trucks Grayscale Coloring Book
 
Challenges entered:
 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Masculine (husband's birthday card)
 
 
ATC
 

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Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget about the new challenge over at Conjurer of Dreams.
 

Monday, June 2, 2025

Top 3

 
 

Hello and welcome.  Found out today that my cowboy card made Top 3 over at Creative Inspiration Challenges
 

 
 


 
 
 

Using Up Some Scraps

 
 

Hello and welcome.   If you're looking for my Pammie's Inky Pinkies post, please scroll down one.
 
I had some scraps from another project still laying on my desk so I thought I'd finally get them out of the way and create something with them.  The Steampunk CowgirlOld West Ghost TownOld West Dancing Ghost Couples are all from Conjurer of Dreams.  After I layered everything, I made sure to use my paper distresser along the edges to "roughen up" the layers.  Added a small scrap of copper cord, brads and an old copper clip I've had for years.  The final touch was a bit of yellow stickles to highlight the few light lamps.  I'm pretty happy with how this turned out.
 
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PIP Challenge 2522

 
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Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Varada Sharma.  I would like to thank Varada for her sponsorship of this week's challenge. Now it's getting hot where I live.  We're supposed to be in triple digits by next weekend so I'm craving ice cream like crazy.  So, I decided to use Varada's Sweet Summer digital stamp set.  

After combining the sundae, and saying in Photoshop©, I colored it using my Ohuhu Honolulu markers before trimming down to size and stippling Tim Holtz tattered rose distress ink around the edges.  Once the main image was layered, I added some bling brads before adhering to a pink card with some Making Memories© designer paper I've had for at least a decade (no joke).  A pink organdy ribbon, and clear 3D glaze pen on the chocolate fudge, finished the card off.  I'm happy with how this turned out.
 
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Monday, May 26, 2025

Halloween Tea Party And Haunts

 
 
Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a not so spooky Halloween ATC made using the Well Read Haunts ATC backgrounds along with a few other sets from Conjurer of Dreams.  

I started out by digitally layering the following Conjurer of Dreams sets:  Well Read Haunts, Alice in Wonderland Background/Clipart, Bokeh and Floral TeacupsFloral Borders and Corners clip artVictorian Maid clip art and Cute Dogs before printing and adding to the Black Silk and Aged Paper backgrounds. I liked how it turned out so I kept it clean/simple and didn't add any additional embellishments.
 
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Park Hopping My Happy Place May 2025 - Anything Goes Theme Parks Optional Galaxy's Edge (anything goes - Disneyland French Quarter, Alice in Wonderland, Haunted Mansion)
 
 
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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Barnyard Friends

 
 
Hello and welcome. Today I'd like to share with your a fun image I colored over the last month or so - little by little while dealing with this migraine, and fibromyalgia, flare.  The image is a digital from Impression Obsession which is unfortunately closed now. To color my farmyard scene, I pulled out my Lyra and Castle Arts pencils and got to work adding layer/shades until I was happy with it.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered it and added some vintage brads. As an afterthought, I also went and distressed the bottom layer using my paper distresser.  For my card base, I dry embossed a green panel using my Cuttlebug Branches embossing folder and big shot.  After adding my layered image panel using glue dots, I tied part of a jute ribbon around one side of the card.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
 
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Stamps: Impression Obsession
Ink: None
Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Colored pencils, Brads, Big Shot, Embossing Folder, Jute, Glue Dots, Lyra Pencils
 

Monday, May 19, 2025

PIP Challenge 2520

 
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Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Pattie's Creations.  I would like to thank Pattie for her sponsorship of this week's challenge.  My card this week uses Pattie's image Kitty On Books and is colored using Ohuhu markers.
 
Once the coloring was complete, I lightly stippled tumbled glass distress ink around the main image before layering and adding some red brads.  For my card, I dry embossed a red card using my Cuttlebug paisley embossing folder and Big Shot before lightly stippling some fired brick distress ink over the embossed images.  After adding my layered image panel, I stamped the saying from a long retired Close To My Heart set, layered and also added brads.  As an afterthought, I distressed the edges of the saying layers before popping it up using some pop dots.  I then went back and ran my fingernail along the edges of the main image layers to distress those.  The final touches were some red organdy ribbon from my stash and bling.
 
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Stamps: Pattie's Creations; Close To My Heart
Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Fired Brick Distress Ink
Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Bling, Ribbon, Brads, Glue Dots, Glue, Pop Dots, Ohuhu Markers, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder