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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Conjurer of Dreams May 2026 Inspiration And Challenge


 Hello and welcome.  Today is my turn to share my Pool Party projects for this month's Conjurer of Dreams Anything Goes/Pool Party challenge.
 
Digital Page
 
Challenges entered:

Card
 

 
Sets used: Rats Pool PartyAged PapersBlue SilkRusted SignsSpring Summer Photo Corners
 
Challenges entered:
 
 
 
 
ATC's

  
 Sets used:  Seniors Pool PartySpring Summer Photo Corners, Blue Silk
 
Challenges entered:
 
 
 
 

 Sets used:  Spring Summer Photo CornersCowboy Pool PartyAged PapersTea Dyed Papers 
 
Challenges entered:  
 
 
Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Catch A Wave

 

Hello and welcome.   Today I'd like to share a card I made using the Catch A Wave stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs paired with a digital background from Conjurer of Dreams.  
 
I started out by stamping all of my images, and saying, in memento tuxedo black ink on to scrap white card stock before coloring using my Ohuhu markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I fussy cut my colored images out before adhering it to a card with an Island Hut background.  For the saying, I deliberately made sure to fussy cut it at an angle to look like a banner.  I then die cut the sun and seagulls from scrap card stock before stippling Tim Holtz wild honey distress ink over the sun.  Once my scene was assembled, I added a few sequins and stickles glitter glue before highlighting parts of the colored images using 3D glaze pens.
 
Challenges entered:
 
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.
 
Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs
Ink: Tim Holtz Wild Honey; Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: Hammermill White; COD Island Hut DP; Scraps  
Accessories: Computer, Printer, MISTI, Big Shot, Dies, Pop Dots, Sequins, 3D Glaze Pens, Ohuhu Markers, Stickles 
 
 
 

Saturday, December 7, 2024

Fall Inspired Window Train

 
Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a fall inspired card using images from Conjurer of Dreams. I started out by printing the Steam Train in the Seasons and Fall Window Scene onto Neenah white card stock. I then took a Fiskars© finger "knife" and carefully fussy cut the window panes out before adhering it over my train image, then layered and added some maple leaf brads I've had in my stash for years and not used.  Setting that aside, I dug though my old Stampin Up stamps and found the Petite Patterns set and stamped the border using the leaf images and adhered that to a riding hood red card.  I then stamped some migrating ducks in memento tuxedo black ink in the top left window pane using my Stampscapes© Ducks In Formation stamp.  After adding my layered image using pop up glue dots, my card was finished.

Challenges entered:
 
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Also, don't forget about the Conjurer of Dreams blog hop coming up December 15 to the 18.  There will be inspiration, freebies and a giveaway.  Be there!!

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams; Stampin Up; Stampscapes
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Tangerine Tango
Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, Fiskars Knife
 

Sunday, October 13, 2024

My Age?

 
Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a couple of cards made for my sisters-in-law as thank you cards for my birthday presents using the anniversary freebie from the Conjurer of Dreams blog combined with the Snarky Quotes 1 from the COD Etsy store.  I just LOVE the look on "granny's" face like she's saying "Really, you had to ask?" and I think this quote fits her perfectly.

After combining the sets in Photoshop©, I printed her out on Neenah white card stock before layering, adding brads and distressing the edges using a paper distresser.  After tying some bakers twine around the edge of the cards, I added my layered image panels using pop up glue dots.  The final touch was adding some forgotten bling I found in my stash.  I'm pretty happy with how these turned out especially since I had to push through a migraine and COVID (again) to make them. 

Here's the second card using the same layout.

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Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams
Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Paper Distresser, Bling, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, Bakers Twine


Tuesday, July 23, 2024

The Green Mermaid

 
Hello and welcome.  I'd like to share a card I finished a few days ago using a digital stamp from Gecko Galz from their Splish Splash digital stamp set (she is image SS46).  At the time I printed her out, I was dealing with this migraine that doesn't want to go away, so I made sure to print her at 3.5x5 inches so it would be easier to color on my eyes. 

Pulling out my dusty Koh-I-Noor woodless pencils, I colored her in various shades of green, and yellow, before coloring her headpiece in different colors.  I then blended Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink (my go to color for muted water coloring) using my blending brushes from Picket Fence Studios before layering, before distressing those layers, before adding olive brads.  Dusting off my Cuttlebug mesh embossing folder, I dry embossed the card base before popping up my layered image using pop dots.  Digging through my stash, I found K&Company shell sticker and added that in the lower left corner of the image panel.  Pulling out my green scraps, I selected a few before punching them using my Martha Stewart fern punch then ran them through the paper crimper to make them look like kelp sprouts.  Feeling like it needed something else, I dug out some old MFT flat backed pearls I had bought 10+ years ago, I added those using Bearly Art glue before highlighting parts of my mermaid using diamond ice stickles.  It was at this point I decided something was still missing so I dug out my solid fish stamps and added a few "schools of fish" and a lone salmon.  Now my card was finished.  I'm really happy with how she turned out.

Challenges entered:
 
Park Hopping My Happy Place July 2024 - Anything Goes Theme Park Related (once again inspired by the mermaids that used to swim around for Disneyland's submarine ride)
 
Gecko Galz
 
Gecko Galz Facebook Group
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gecko Galz (mermaid); Stampscapes (salmon); Stamp Oasis (school of fish)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky
Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up; Scraps
Accessories: Computer, Printer, K&Co Shell Sticker, Pearls, Glue, Glossy Accents, Ice Stickles, Paper Crimper, MS Fern Punch, Paper Distresser, Brads, Pop Dots, Big Shot, Embossing Folder

Fear Not

 
Hello and welcome.  I'd like to share with you a simple card I made using an image from Conjurer of Dreams and a wood block stamp from Stampabilities I received in a destash.
 
I started off by printing one of the Serenity images as a 4x6 image before adhering it to a Neenah white card base.  I then stamped the phrase from Isaiah 41:10 directly onto the lake image before adding some sequins from Picket Fence Studios.  Very clean, simple and easy.  It's not my best work but was easy to do with this blasted migraine.  I'm sending this to a member of our church who just lost her father.

Challenges entered:
 
CD Sunday Plus #138 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams background)
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams; Stampabilities
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: Neenah White
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Sequins, Glue
 
 
 
 

Monday, June 24, 2024

Vintage Flowers


 Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card made over the last several days coloring it only as I felt up to it.  My card is using Gecko Galz Background Check digital stamp set.

Once I was done printing the image at 3.5x5, to make it easier to color, I pulled out my Castle Arts watercolor pencils and colored the flowers, stems, butterfly and bee blending the colors using a blending pencil.  Once I was finished, I blended Tim Holtz tea dye and old paper distress inks using my blending brushes.   After layering the colored image, and added rose colored brads, I adhered it to my card using glue dots.  The final touch was adding some flat-backed vanilla pearls that found in my stash, never having been used.

Challenges entered:
 
Splitcoaststampers IC968 - The Other Aesthetic (inspired by the tulips used daisies instead)


IC968
 

 

 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Gecko Galz
Ink: Tim Holtz Old Paper, Tea Dye Distress Ink
Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up
Accessories: Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pencil, Pearls, Brads, Glue Dots, Glue, Blending Brushes
 

Monday, April 8, 2024

PIP Challenge 2414

  Sponsored by Lawn Fawn

 
Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Lawn Fawn.  I would like to thank them for sponsoring our challenge this week.  My card this week uses a few of Lawn Fawn's smaller sets to create my scene. 
 
I started out by stamping images from the Winter AlpacaWinter Bunny and Oh What Fun sets on Hammermill White scraps before coloring using Copic markers.  I then die cut the trees from spruce colored scraps using a retired Sizzix pine tree die and my Big Shot.  Taking a white Hammermill card base, I blended Tim Holtz tumbled glass, chipped sapphire and picket fence distress inks using my blending brushes.  I then free hand cut a couple of "snow mounds" from a scrap strip of Neenah white card stock before pouncing picket fence distress ink to add some "texture".  I assembled the card by using Bearly Art glue and some glue dots.  As an afterthought, I pulled out my jar of Snow-Tex paint, and added the "snow" to my trees and the ground.  I then pulled out a white gel pen to make stars or falling snow in the night sky before adding stardust and diamond ice stickles over the white dots as well as my "snow".  Finally, I stamped the saying from the Oh What Fun on more white scrap card stock, layered it and added using glue dots.  

Here's a close-up showing all of the dimension:

Challenges entered:
 
Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (tree die, snow tex, star dust ice stickles)
Peace On Earth #61 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by snow, trees, animals) 
Double D Challenges Apr 3 - Cute Animals (my cute animals are enjoying winter)
 
Peace On Earth
 
Double D Challenges
 
 
 
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join in the challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.
Stamps: Lawn Fawn
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Tumbled Glass, Picket Fence
Card Stock: Hammermill White; Scraps
Accessories: Copic Markers, Snow Tex, Blending Brushes, Pouncer, Ice Stickles, Glue Dots, Tree Die, Big Shot

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Celebrate The New Year

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a card I made using the New Year Countdown digital set from Jan's Digital Stamps.  Now, if you're not a newsletter subscriber of theirs, then you may not know that Jan will be closing the shop at the end of April 2024.  She is, however, keeping the Etsy shop open for now. 
 
Since I've been dealing with an end of year migraine that's carried over to 2024, I decided to go with one of the pre-colored images in the digital set so it would be less "wear and tear" on my eyes.  

After I printed the colored image out on Neenah white card stock, I layered it and added pewter brads (I dug out of my stash)before running a fingernail along the edges of the black layer before setting aside.  I then stamped in memento tuxedo black the word CELEBRATE from a long retired Stampin Up set called Wonderful Words repeatedly to create my background.  After adding it to a black card, I added my layered image using glue dots before adding some dew drops along the bottom.  The final touch was adding crystal ice stickles to some of the confetti to add a little sparkle.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out,

Challenges entered:
 
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.
 
Stamps: Jan's Digital Stamps; Stampin Up
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Brads, Dew Drops, Glue, Glue Dots, Ice Stickles
 

 

Monday, October 9, 2023

Run Up To Christmas Hop 2023 Week 2

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins the second week of the #runuptochristmas2023 hop and this week we're being inspired to use stencils so I pulled out a couple of Picket Fence Studios stencils: Tree Trio (retired) and slimline Cloud Coverage along with my My Favorite Things snow mounds/hills (retired) stencil.
 
I started out by stenciling my trees using Tim Holtz pine needles distress ink using a blending brush from Picket Fence Studios. I then stippled the clouds using stormy sky and tumbled glass distress inks before stamping my saying using a long retired Stampin Up Wishes Awash set.  After layering and adding brads, I adhered the panel to a green card base before adding crystal ice stickles to finish my card off.  I'm really happy with how this turned out especially since it was quick and could easily be mass produced if needed.
 
Challenges entered: 
 
 
Peace On Earth
 
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day
 
Stamps: Stampin Up
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Pine Needles, Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky Distress Inks
Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up
Accessories: Stencils, Ice Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brushes

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Falling For Wednesdays Week 6

 

 

 
 Hi friends! Welcome to week 6 of Falling For Wednesdays hosted by @kellysantidesigns 🍂🍁 If you are interested in joining the Winter Hop starting in November, please send Kelly a PM! This week’s fall theme is: Farmer’s Market!  For this week's card, I allowed myself to be inspired by the pumpkin patch we used to take the kids to when they were little and the weekend farmers market here in town.  
 
So I pulled out my Happy Pumpkin Season stamp set (NBUS) from MFT Stamps, and a slimline card from my scrap pile, and stamped all of the images in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using my Castle Arts pencils.  Once my coloring was finished, I stenciled the background hills using a retired MFT mountain/snow mound stencil and the clouds using my PFS slimline cloud coverage stencil using PFS blending brushes.  After adding some clear Gin and Tonic sequins, my card is finished.

Challenges entered:


Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great rest of your week.

Stamps: My Favorite Things
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Stormy Sky, Brushed Corduroy
Card Stock: Neenah White Scrap
Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, MFT Stencil, PFS Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, Glue, Sequins

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Dare To Get Dirty 2023


 Hello and welcome.  Splitcoaststampers's Dare To Get Dirty challenges for 2023 has been scheduled!!!  DTGD will run from July 22 - July 28 and is for Fan Club members only.  Not a member?  There's still time to join before the challenges begin.  Find all the details about becoming a Fan Club member here

Thursday, June 15, 2023

Trees and Jello


Hello and welcome.  Today I have another card to share made for this month's Woodblock Wednesday challenge.  While looking for the saying I used in yesterday's project, I came across this wood block stamp from Whipper Snapper that I totally forgot I had.  I must have bought it either online, or at a stamp convention, 20 years ago.  

 I started out by stamping the saying in memento tuxedo black ink onto a top note die cut I received from a secret sister a while back before stippling Tim Holtz spiced marmalade and tumbled glass distress inks around it.  My card is stamped in using a retired Stampin Up Fresh Fillers wood block set (I haven't used in years) in tangerine tango ink before adhering my die cut saying panel.  Once that was finished, I pulled out some dusty prima flowers and adhered them to the card before pulling out my Martha Stewart fern punch and punching scrap green card stock with Tim Holtz mowed lawn distress ink stippled over them.  I then adhered the "ferns" to my card and added some bling to finish it off.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out since I was making it with another migraine.  

Challenges entered:
 
Retro Rubber #208 - Sweet Summer ( saying, background stamp)
Splitcoaststampers June Fan Club Challenge - Orange You Glad (must be Fan Club member to participate)
 
 

Inspiration Station
 
 
Colorful Options Challenge

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Whipper Snapper Designs; Stampin Up
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Spiced Marmalade, Mowed Lawn; Stampin Up Tangerine Tango
Card Stock: Stampin Up; Scraps
Accessories: PFS Blending Brushes, Primas, Glue Dots, MS Fern Punch, Glue, Bling, Top Note Die Cut
 

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Enjoy The Little Things

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made a few weeks ago but haven't had the chance to photograph and upload thanks to my migraine.  The appointment I had yesterday with the new neurologist went really well and I've gotten some answers to several things and possibly a new course of treatment.  One thing I did learn is that my long haul COVID is definitely adding to my migraine issues, so if you have not gotten your COVID vaccination, please get it ASAP.  You don't want to end up with my health issues.  
 
Ok, now back to my card.  I bought this stamp set from Colorado Craft Company, or 3C, during their end of year sale and still haven't used it yet (NBUS).  Unfortunately, it's retired now but is from the Lovely Legs collection called Enjoy Every Moment.  I was inspired by Splitcoaststampers March Virtual Stamp Nights MAR23VSND Seafood challenge.  I started out by stamping the image, and saying, in memento tuxedo black onto scrap Hammermill white card stock before cutting it down to adhere as a mini slimline card.  After coloring it using both my prismacolor and copic markers, using my Picket Fence Studios blending brushes, I stippled some Tim Holtz broken china distress ink and Adirondack caramel ink around the edges before layering and adding some white mini brads.  Once I was finished layering, I decided to add some of the left over broken china ink that was still on my brush to help color in the sky a bit more and give the appearance of clouds/fog.  The final touches were adding some waterfall ice stickles and Sparkle Midnight Shimmer bling from Crafty Meraki.  I really love that there's some tiny bling gems in the set.

Challenges entered:
 
Time Out Challenges #237 - Fashionable (swimsuit, top, hat - see board)
 
 

 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Colorado Craft Company
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Broken China; Adirondack Caramel
Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, PFS Blending Brushes, Brads, Glue Dots, Ice Stickles, Bling, Glue

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

A Swirly Bon Appetit!

Hello and welcome.  I'd like to share another card made for Splitcoaststampers VSN challenges.  For this one, I decided to pull out one of my favorite Stampin Up sets Viola and Viola To Go.  Unfortunately, they're both retired.  I sold my set back in 2016 in a panic when we had to move and regretted that ever sense.  Finally found a replacement set on the secondary market that I didn't have to sign over my first born plus not have to pay a crazy amount.  I digress.

I started out by stamping my chef, spaghetti and saying in memento tuxedo black ink onto a scrap of white Hammermill card stock before coloring everything using both my prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered everything before adding brads and setting aside.  My card is dry embossed using a Sizzix swirl embossing folder and my big shot.  After the dry embossing was finished I adhered the layered image onto the card using glue dots.  Taking a black gel pen, I highlighted the "Bon Appetit", chef's mustache and neck scarf to help them stand out a bit more.  I'm really pleased with how this turned out.

Challenges entered:
 
Splitcoaststampers MAR23VSNA - Spaghetti (my swirls embossing folder, spaghetti bowl, saying, chef's neck scarf)
Park Hopping My Happy Place April 2023 - Anything Goes Inspired By A Theme Park (my inspiration is the FOOD at Disneyland/Downtown Disney the last time I was there)
 
Park Hopping My Happy Place
 
 
 
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Glue Dots, Sizzix Swirls Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Black Gel Pen