Ain't No Sunshine

Hello and welcome.  Today is the new release over at Bugaboo Stamps and the design team has some awesome samples using No Sunshine for your inspiration over on Catch The Bug.  For my card, I pulled out some Target $1 spot umbrella designer paper I bought eons ago to pair with it.

After printing on to Hammermill white card stock, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers before lightly stippling Tim Holtz stormy sky, tumbled glass and broken china distress inks then layered.  Once my layering was finished, I added it to the card using dimensionals then added a blue ribbon from my stash.  I then went and added some sequins I bought from Michael's years ago, and have never used, before highlighting parts of the image using Sakura 3D glaze pens.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #18 - September 

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2037 - Anything Goes 

CD Sunday Plus #44 - Anything Goes Digital 

Colour Crazy Craft Week 36 - Anything Goes Coloring 

Digi Choosday Crafting Wk 37 - Anything Goes 

Outlawz Twisted Thursday Sept 10 to Sept 23 - Little Boy Blue 

Tuesday Throwdown #465 - Anything Goes 

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - September 2020 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team's blogs to leave them some love.

Stamps: Bugaboo

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Hammermill White, Stampin Up Scraps, Target $1 Spot Designer Paper Scrap

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Ribbon, Stipple Brushes, Computer, Printer, Sequins, Glue Dots

Happy Now?

Hello and welcome.  Today is Humor Me Wednesday over at the Bugaboo Stamps blog Catch The Bug.  Did you know that September 7th is not only Labor Day here in the United States, but it's also "Neither Snow nor Rain" Day.  So I decided to make that my inspiration and go a bit snarky with Stella - Happy Now.  You cannot go wrong with Stella!

I printed my image at 3.5x5 since I've been dealing with a migraine so it would be easier to color using both my prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled some Tim Holtz broken china distress ink around the edges before layering over a dry embossed border.  After dusting off some blue fibers I've had for like forever, I added some equally dusty silver snowflakes sequins and then ice stickles to the image to finish it off.

Challenges entered:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #141 - Anything Goes
Splitcoaststampers USEIT2020 - Use Your Forgotten Stuff 
Crafty Sentiments - Sept Anything Goes 
Tuesday Throwdown #465 - Anything Goes 
Classic Design #9 - September Anything Goes 
Crafters Design #250 - Anything Goes 
Love To Craft #50 - Sept Anything Goes 
Moving Along With The Times #122 - Sept Anything Goes 
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #167 - F is for friends 
Outlawz Festive Friday Sept 4 to Sept 17 - Make It Funny 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Bugaboo
Ink: Tim Holtz Broken China
Card Stock: Hammermill White, Stampin Up, Scrap Designer Paper
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Fibers, Sequins, Glue Dots, Stipple Brush, Dimensionals, Cuttlebug Snowflake Embossing Folder, Ice Stickles, Big Shot

Celebrating Fruit

Hello and Happy New Year!  Today I am sharing a card I made for my husband to celebrate our 23rd wedding anniversary using Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company's set called Celebrate Big.  Since I had planned to computer generate my own sentiment, I used the fruit bowl and fruit stamps from the set and went with a bright color theme. 

I stamped my images on MFP white card stock in memento black ink, as well as some scrap card stock, then colored with prismacolor markers before layering onto some Stampin Up! bold bright card stock.  After creating my own background by stamping "Happy Anniversary" repeatedly, I added the layered image before cutting out the additional fruits to use as my own brads.  Once those were added using glue dots, I generated my sentiment using MS Word, printed it out onto white card stock, added again with glue dots, before adding diamond ice stickles to the fruit to highlight portions of them.

I am also submitting this card for the following challenges:

Party Time Tuesdays - PTT 101 Celebrations
Tuesday Throwndown - TT128 Bright and Happy New Year (use of bright colors)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFP Celebrate Big
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Rose Red
Card Stock: MFP White, Stampin Up! Only Orange, Rose Red, Brilliant Blue
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Ice Stickles, Glue Dots

Happy Birthday Puppy

Hello and welcome to Thursday.  This week's Tuesday Throwdown and Anything Goes challenges are all about animals; especially cute and cuddly ones.  I pulled out one of my favorite sets by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company called Fabulous Dogs and got to work with some Die Cuts With A View designer paper.

After stamping my image and saying onto MFP snow storm white, then coloring with prismacolor markers, I layered onto mahogany and chipboard card stocks before adding some paw/bone brads from Michael's.  The only other embellishment added is some chocolate paw print ribbon tied into a knot.

Challenges entered:

Tuesday Throwdown #118 - cute and cuddly
Anything Goes #77 - animals

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFP Fabulous Dogs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: MFP, DCWV Pet Shoppe
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Ribbon, Glue Dots

Sunflowers

Hello and welcome to Thursday!  The week is almost over.  Today I am sharing a card I made using some gorgeous Graphic 45 paper I was gifted along with one of my favorite sets from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company called Bring On The Sun.  Now I just love sunflowers so this week's challenges were perfect for a little coloring.

I started out by stamping my main image in memento tuxedo black onto corn husk card stock before coloring with prismacolor markers and layering.  Once my layering was finished, I pulled out some sunflower sticker photo corners from my stash, added those to both the image and saying as my only embellishment.  Since the Graphic 45 paper is so beautiful, it shows off my sunflower perfectly without having to use a whole lot of "fluff".  After a week of nasty migraines, I definitely needed something to come together easily.

Challenges submitted:

Party Time Tuesdays - picture challenge
Tuesday Throwdown #116 - use photo corners

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day. 


Stamps: MFP Bring On The Sun
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: All MFP, Graphic 45 Halloween Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Sunflower Sticker Photo Corners

A Quiet Day Fishing

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my Technique Junkie blog hop card, please scroll down one post.

I've had this fishing hole idea floating around in my head since Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company released the new Scenic Selections and Get Reel stamp sets and finally got a chance to put it to card stock when I saw the challenges for this weeks Party Time Tuesday's and Tuesday Throwdown.  I remember my dad taking me fishing and camping during the summer months while in elementary school.  I had so much fun and wanted to capture those memories.

I started out by stamping my images in memento tuxedo black ink onto MFP snow storm smooth and then colored with koh-i-noor pencils and a blender marker.  Once I coloring was done, I pulled out my stipple brushes and stippled some Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink and then along the sides before sponging my lake using Tim Holtz chipped sapphire distress ink and then stippling forest moss along the bottom.  Once I was satisfied with my ink coverage, I stamped some extra rocks and a butterfly, colored them, and cut out to pop up using pop dots before adding some vintage brads and highlighting the water ripples and grass with copic spica pens.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Scenic Selectsion, Get Reel

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Tumbled Glass, Forest Moss

Card Stock: MFP

Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Marker, Stipple Brushes, Sponge, Pop Dots, Copic Spica Pens, Brads

Born To Be Wild

Hello.  I hope you enjoyed the Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company blog hop last week and received lots of inspiration.

Today I am sharing a card I made, even with another migraine, for a couple of challenges.  I mean, when inspiration hits, I have to go with it even with the pain, or there's no sleeping off the headache for me.  My card was mainly inspired by the colors of the picture from this week's For Your Inspiration challenge.

Take a look - isn't this sunset just gorgeous?!  Keeping with the tropical theme, I pulled out some black and orange Stampin Up! card stock to go with my images from MFP's Big Cats stamp set.

Once I had my tiger stamped twice in memento tuxedo black onto snow storm smooth card stock, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and got to coloring before cutting one image out to pop up later and then stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around the edges of the layered tiger.  Then I pulled out my cuttlebug leafy branch embossing folder and dry embossed the card before adding a strip from MFP's Safari Fabric Collection tied in a knot with a tiger charm.  My final embellishments were some Making Memories black baby brads and some Colorbok black metallic stickers before popping up the cut out tiger image.

This card also fits a couple of other challenges I discovered this last week before the migraine set in:

Just Inspirational #29 - inspired by animal globe

For Your Inspiration #30 - inspired by colors from above picture

Tuesday Throwdown #98 - fabric challenge

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great Sunday!!

Stamps: MFP Big Cats

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Stampin Up! Black, Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Dimensionals, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Fabric Strip, Tiger Charm, Thread, Making Memories Baby Brads, ColorBok Black Metallic Stickers, Glue Dots