Celebrate

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a quick New Year's card I made using the Fantastic Fireworks digital set from Conjurer of Dreams.  

 

I started by printing one of the images onto Neenah white card stock (4 times for 4 cards) before layering and adding some navy blue brads.  Once that was finished, I adhered the layered image to the card base using glue dots.  I then added a chipboard saying I found at Dollar Tree© using Ranger© glossy accents before adding some bling to the firework centers.  I'm really happy with how these turned out.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #82 - Use Your NBUS (image)

CD Sunday Plus #174 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

Aud Sentiments #333 - Anything Goes Plus A Sentiment (celebrate)

Simon Says Monday - Something New (image)

A Perfect Time To Craft #1-2026 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Chipboard Saying, Bling, Glossy Accents, Glue, Brads, Glue Dots 

  

PIP Challenge 2424

 

  Sponsored by 

Gerda Steiner Designs

Gerda Steiner FB

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Gerda Steiner Designs.  I would like to thank Gerda for her sponsorship.  My card is using the Happy 4th Mouse.

I started out by printing the image, minus saying, on Neenah white card stock before coloring using Castle Arts watercolor pencils and a blender pencil.  Once my coloring was finished, I lightly stippled Tim Holtz old paper, stormy sky and chipped sapphire distress inks using my blending brushes before layering and adding some star brads from my stash.  For my card base, I pulled out some riding hood red card stock then adhered a vintage flag panel, I forgot I had, on it before stippling old paper distress ink over it "age" a bit more.  I then adhered my layered image, added some faux sewing with a black gel pen, some blue fibers finish off the card - or so I thought.  As an afterthought, I then stippled Tim Holtz fired brick distress ink around the edges of the card.  I'm happy with how it turned out especially since I made it while dealing with migraines again.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #63 - Use Your NBUS (image, designer paper)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (designer paper)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open June 2024 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Animals #84 - Anything Goes (patriotic mouse)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter this week's challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Design

Ink: Tim Holtz Fired Brick, Old Paper, Chipped Sapphire, Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up; Designer Paper

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pencil, Brads, Blending Brushes, Fibers

PIP Challenge 2420

 

 Our Sponsor is

Pattie's Creations

 

 

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 them for their sponsorship and for providing images for the design team to use.  My card today is using the Party Gnomes digital stamp.

I started out by printing my image onto Neenah white card stock before coloring using Castle Arts pencils then layered, added brads then lightly stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass ink using a paper pouncer.  Setting the layered image aside, I stamped the "Birthday Wishes" sentiment from a long retired Stampin Up set then dry embossed it using my Cuttlebug© Happy Birthday embossing folder in my Big Shot©.  Taking a sanding block, I lightly sanded the raised images before adding my gnomes using glue dots.  That's it!! A quick and easy card for a birthday at any age or gender.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #62 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Pattie's Creations Challenge #218 - Anything Goes 

A Perfect Time To Craft Open #5-2024 - Anything Goes 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (birthday embossing folder, birthday greetings)

Digi Choosday Wk 19 - Anything Goes 

Krafty Chicks #716 - Clean And Simple (CAS) 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join us this week at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: Pattie's Creations; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Pencils, Lyra Pencils, Paper Pouncer, Brads, Glue Dots, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

A Mourning Angel

 Hello and welcome.  I needed to make a few sympathy cards so I pulled out the Stained Glass Beauty images I had printed off from Gecko Galz, trimmed off the angel and layered it on scrap black card stock before adding some black brads. I then dug out some True Faith© 12x12 designer paper I bought a LONG TIME ago and pulled out the golden cross background, trimmed down to size and adhered it to a black card.  I then took my memento tuxedo black "cat eye" ink pad and added some of the ink around the edges of the card so it bled over a bit.  Taking the layered angel image, I adhered it at an angle using glue dots before stamping the verse from Matthew 5:4 "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted" in black ink on a white scrap of card stock.  After that was layered, and brads added, I adhered that also at an angle using glue dots.  The final touch was three small black flowers I punched from scrap card stock using my Martha Stewart hydrangea punch with some tiny black Crafty Meraki midnight bling added to the centers.  I'm really happy with how this turned out.

Challenges entered:

 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 639 to 640 - Anything Goes Uplifting (saying)

CD Sunday Plus #129 - Anything Goes Digital (main image) 

A Perfect Time To Craft March 2024 - Anything Goes 

Ally's Angels #80 - Anything Goes 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (designer paper, SU saying stamp set )

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gecko Galz; Stampin Up (saying is retired)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Stipple Brushes, MS Hydrangea Punch, Glue, Glue Dots, Bling

 

Irish Dancer

Hello and welcome.  I have another card to share using the Gecko Galz Blarny and It's Not Easy Being Green digital sets.  I'll sure be glad when this migraine and concussion symptoms go away.  Dealing with both is the pits!!

I started out by cutting down to size one of the remaining images on my Blarny collage sheet before layering and adding some green flower brads before setting aside.  For my card, I added a panel of It's Not Easy Being Green to a old olive card base before adding a strip of old olive scraps for a border.  I then added the Irish dancer panel using glue dots and added a light green Prima flower.  Taking my shamrock Martha Stewart punch, I punched a scrap of old olive to make my shamrock, before pouncing some old olive ink over the shamrock.  When it was coated to my liking, I adhered it using glue dots.  The final touch was adding green bling to the center of the flower and shamrock to finish it off.

Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz Facebook March 2024 - March Events ( I went with St Patrick's Day)

Digi Choosday Wk 9 - Anything Goes 

A Perfect Time To Craft March 2024 - Anything Goes 

Colorful Options March 2024 - Green 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (flower brads, MS shamrock punch)

Krafty Chicks #705 - Anything Goes

 

 

Colorful Options

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Card Stock: Neenah; Scraps; Gecko Galz Digital DP

Accessories:  Computer, Printer, Brads, Glue Dots, MS Punch, Bling

 

PIP Challenge 2403

 

 

Sponsored by 

Penguin Palace

 

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Penguin Palace.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship and for providing images for the design team to use.  My card today is using the Puddles of Fun digital stamp set.

I started out by combining the images I wanted to use then printing it out on Neenah white card stock before coloring using my Lyra and Castle Arts watercolor pencils.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled some stormy sky and tumbled glass distress inks using my paper pouncers and mini applicators before layering and adding silver brads.  I then used a confetti stencil and stippled pink passion ink to make the background look like "raindrops".  Once my layered image was added, I adhered some glitter dew drops from my stash before adding waterfall ice stickles to highlight the rain and glossy accents to the puddles.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #58 - Use Your NBUS (digital stamp set)

A Perfect Time To Craft January 2024 - Anything Goes 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #222 - Anything Goes 

Ally's Angels #78 - Anything Goes 

Paper Funday #61 - Anything Goes 

Daisy Chain #81 - No Design Paper (stenciled raindrops)

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join in this week's challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

 

Stamps: Penguin Palace

Ink: Stampin Up Pink Passion; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky Distress

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Watermark Program, Printer, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Lyra Pencils, Brads, Paper Pouncers, Ice Stickles, Glossy Accents, Glitter Dew Drops, Glue, MFT Confetti Stencil

 

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)

A Perfect Time To Craft April #4/23 - Anything Goes 

Worldwide Crafters and Colorists #3 - Anything Goes Using An Image 

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)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #203 - Anything Goes 

 

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

Splitcoaststamers DTGD 2022 Day One

Hello and welcome.  Today starts the most anticipated week of the year over at Splitcoaststampers.com.  Every year the Dirty Dozen hosts a week of challenges for the Fan Club as a way to say thank you for supporting the website.  This year, as we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Fan Club, the challenges are open to everyone that wants to play along.  Come play along with us.  You can learn a new technique, find new ways to use your stash, chat with the design team, aka Dirty Dozen, and have a chance to win some fabulous prizes.  For this week only, I will not be typing up a tutorial on how I made my cards.

Here are my cards for the first day:

Challenges entered:

Splitcoaststampers Dare To Get Dirty UnderstandblueA - Faux Batik 

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge - July Anything Goes 

 

Stamps: Picket Fence Studio Stencil (NBUS), Broken Crayons (NBUS)

Ink: Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Tumbled Glass, Dusty Concord Distress Inks

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Picket Fence Studios Funky Leaves Stencil, Picket Fence Studios Blending Brushes, White Crayon, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, Stampendous Class-A-Peel Stickers, Sakura Black 3D Glaze Pen

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #40 - July Use Your NBUS (stencil, stamp set)

Splitcoaststampers Dare To Get Dirty UnderstandblueA - Faux Batik 

 

Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs/Dina Kowal Designs Keep My Lamp Burning

Ink: Tim Holtz Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Tea Dye, Brushed Corduroy Distress Inks

Card Stock: Stampin Up

Accessories: Newton's Nook Hardwood Stencil, Picket Fence Studios Blending Brushes, Pop Up Glue Dots, Brads, Distresser Tool, Chocolate Organdy Ribbon

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers Dare To Get Dirty diniA - Desk Vignette Inspiration (see below)

Addicted to Stamps and More #433 - Birthdays (my birthday sentiment is inside)

Crafty Animals #63 - Anything Goes With An Animal (bear, penguins) 

 

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas Big Top Kind Of Day, Step Right Up, You Say It's Your Birthday (retired clear sets)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Fire Brick, Tea Dye, Brushed Corduroy Distress Inks

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, Picket Fence Studios Blending Brushes, Brads, Glue Dots, Sakura Clear 3D Glaze Pen, Black Artist Pen, Craft Knife, Blender Pencil, Ice Stickles, Ranger Glossy Accents

Come join us over at Splitcoaststampers.  All of the fun can be found here.  All uploads must be done by July 29th, 11:59 PM Central Time.

We All Have Magic

Hello and welcome.  Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my Pammies Inky Pinkies challenge post, please scroll down one.

Today is Anything But A Card day over at Catch The Bug and I'd like to share with you a journal I made using the Harry Potter Collage I've wanted to use for some time, just never have gotten to it.  Whenever the back to school sales start, I always try to get a few of the composition notebooks to decorate and give as gifts - this one will be going to my daughter.  

After printing my image off onto Hammermill white card stock, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers before cutting down and layering.  For the journal, I dusted off some designer paper I had bought at Costco years ago and have used only a couple of sheets out of.  Once the designer paper was glued to the notebook, I added my layered image before die cutting flowers using my big shot and a Sizzix die I received as a RAK from a friend.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #23 - Feburary Use Your NBUS 

Colour Crazy Craft Week 4 - Anything Goes Coloring 

Get Creative Challenges #98 - Anything Goes Optional Twist Use Red/Pink 

Outlawz Monday Greetings Feb 1 to Feb 14 - Anything Goes (Must Have Greetings) 

A Perfect Time To Craft #2-2021 - Anything Goes 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2021 - Use Your Stash 

Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge Feb 2021 - Use Your Patterned Paper 

CD Sunday Plus #53 - Anything Goes Digital 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day, stay safe out there and please wear a mask!

Stamps: Bugaboo

Card Stock: Hammermill White, Stampin Up Scraps, Costco Designer Paper

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Big Shot, Sizzix Flower Die, Glue Dots, Scrappy Tape