Be A Mermaid

 

 

Welcome to the 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.

 

For my card, I decided to go with the Anything Goes part of the theme and pulled out some avocado netting I saved from the trash. I paired it with some digital quirky mermaids from Conjurer of Dreams along with a free background from COD's Facebook group.  I held the netting on my card using pewter shell brads (to look like a fishing net) and added a few shells "caught in the net".  The saying is from a retired mermaid set from Picket Fence Studios.  When adding my saying to the card, I pinched the edges a bit to make it appear to be moving in the waves.  After adding some ice stickles, it was finished.  I'm really happy with how it turned out since I made it while dealing with this migraine that won't go away.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #70 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (brads)

Shopping Our Stash #539 - Glitter Me Happy (ice stickles glitter glue)

Try It On Tuesday Jan 2025 - Feeling Blue (used blue/green)

CD Sunday Plus #149 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

Gem Of A Craft Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #258 - N Is For NBUS (images)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day

 

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams; Picket Fence Studios; Clip Art

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Brads, Glue Dots, Netting, Pop Up Glue Dots, Stickles, Shells, Glossy Accents

PIP Challenge 2502

 Sponsored by 

Gerda Steiner Designs

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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  Gerda Steiner Designs.  I would like to thank Gerda for her sponsorship and for providing images for the design team to use.  My card this week is featuring Gerda's Newsletter freebie and it's a great way to say Happy New Year to some one.

After printing off the image onto Neenah white card stock, I dug out my Copic markers and colored the image before blending some leftover stormy sky distress ink using my blending brush then layering and adding brads.  Setting the layered image aside, I stamped my card base using a retired Stampin Up Beyond Basics background stamps in so saffron ink then stippled the same ink around the edges.  I then added the layered image using glue dots before digging around in my stash for matching, but dusty, Prima flowers.  After adding those using micro glue dots, I added some bling to the centers, twine on the top and yellow stickles to the star.  I'm really happy with how it turned out since my migraines have been active again.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #70 - Use Your NBUS (images)

CD Sunday Plus #149 - Anything Goes Digital (Gerda Steiner Designs image)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (primas)

Critter Crazy #94 - Anything Goes With A Critter (mice)

Digi Choosday Wk #50 Wk 4 - Anything Goes

 

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 Designs; Stamping Up

Ink: So Saffron; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Cardstock: Neenah White; Stampin Up Scraps

Accessories: Printer, Computer, Blending Brush, Copic Markers, Primas, Glue Dots, Bling, Brads, Twine, Stickles

COD January 2025 Inspiration And Challenge

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today is my day to share my inspiration projects for this month's Conjurer of Dreams challenge.  So many different ideas for the challenge theme so I had a blast creating these.

Sets used: Christmas Carousel, Window Frames Night 

 

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Sets used:  Winter Fox Greyscale Coloring Book, Window Frames Night Clipart 

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Sets used: Winter Visitor 

 

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Sets used: Twilight AI Art, Winter Window Polaroids

Retired Stampin Up sets: Perfect Endings, Journaling Stamp, Small Script
 

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Sets used: Downhill Snow Fun (Dec freebie with purchase), Window Frames Night, Glass Bottles Clipart, Christmas Birds, Majestic Moose 

 

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These were my husband's anniversary present.  We are avid readers in our house.
Sets used: Window Pane Mice, Glass Bottle Clipart 

 

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Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to check out the challenge over on the Conjurer of Dreams blog.  We'd love to have you join us.

Awesome!!!

 

 

Awesome!! Just found out I'm DT of the month in December for Conjurer of Dreams. Here's the link to the store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ConjurerofDreams?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1800232977&from_page=listing Winners of the December challenge have been posted on the Conjurer of Dreams blog: https://kimsconjurerofdreams.blogspot.com/

A Couple Of Bookmark Eras

Hello and welcome.  For one of my final projects to share for 2024, I'd like to show you a couple of bookmarks I made my daughter for Christmas.  She is an avid reader and a HUGE Swiftie so when I saw this Taylor Swift look alike Country Girl stamp set from Scrabby Boy, I bought the stamp set in a hurry.

I started out by stamping the images in memento tuxedo black ink onto scrap Neenah white card stock.  I then stamped the song lyrics around "Taylor" before coloring them using both Lyra Giant Skintone and Castle Arts colored pencils.  Once my coloring was finished, I lightly stippled leftover stormy sky distress ink that was on my blender brush.  After layering the image panels, I added matching bling and stickles to her outfits as much as possible to the ERAS Tour ones.  I then placed them into some sleeves I had (bought 10+ years ago in bulk) before adding matching ribbon.  I'm really happy with how they turned out and so is my daughter.  She's asked me to make a couple more for one of her Swiftie friends.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #69 - Use Your NBUS (images)

My Time To Craft #550 - New (Scrappy Boy images, also Christmas present for my daughter)

Splitcoaststampers F4A775 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and a safe and Happy New Year.

Stamps: Scrappy Boy

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky (leftover)

Cardstock: Neenah White Scraps

Accessories: Lyra & Castle Arts Pencils, Blending Brush, Bookmark Sleve, Ribbon Scraps, Bling, Stickles

 

 

A Couple Of Last Minute Projects

 

Hello and welcome.  Can you believe it's only a few more days until Christmas and the week after that is New Year's Day?  I will be glad to see 2024 go away.  It has not been a good year for me - health wise or personally.  However, I digress.  Today I'd like to share a couple of cards I've made over the last couple of weeks using Conjurer of Dreams images.

 

First up is a quick card made using an image from Stained Glass Gothic Christmas Windows (which was also the image for the last tag challenge in the Facebook group.  I just took the tag I had made and adhered it to a dry embossed card base.  After adding some more ribbon, and sequins, my card was finished.  It's not my best but I was dealing with a nasty migraine at the time.

 

Challenges entered:

 Digi Choosday Wk 50 - Anything Goes

Aloha Friday #17 - Christmas or Winter (Christmas) 

As You Like It - Anything Christmassy 

My second card uses one of the images from the Victorian Ladies Greyscale Coloring Book.  I started by printing my chosen image at 3.5 x 5 to make it easier on my eyes while coloring.  Then, taking both Lyra Skintone and Castle Arts Harmonious colored pencils, I colored the image before using a blender pencil and eraser to soften some of the edges/highlights.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered her and added purple brads before adhering her to a dry embossed lavender card base.  The final touches, were adding some highlights using Castle Arts Gel Pens along with some purple/lavender bling.

Challenges entered:

 

CD Sunday Plus #148 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #69 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Creative Fingers #291 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a very Merry Christmas and a safe New Year.

PIP Challenge 2450

Sponsored by Lawn Fawn

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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 Lawn Fawn.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship for this week's challenge.  My card this week uses Lawn Fawn's Car Critters and Car Critters Christmas Add On clear stamp sets.

I started out by stamping all of my images, and sayings, onto Copic X-Press It card stock using memento tuxedo black ink before coloring all of them using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I fussy cut several of the images out and assembled my scene using micro glue dots.  I then blended Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink around them to "darken" the sky a bit before layering, adding brads and then distressing the bottom edge using my paper distresser.  I then added it to a dry embossed green card using pop up glue dots.  The final touches were pine needles distress ink blended around the card edges, white/silver bakers twine along the top and crystal ice stickles as "falling snow" to finish it off.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff #69 - Use Your NBUS (images)

The Four Seasons December 2024 - See Pic Below (inspired by snow)

Inspiration Station Dec 2024 - See Pic Below (inspired by the season)

Peace On Earth #78 - See Pic Below (inspired by season, vehicles)

 

Inspiration Station

 

The Four Seasons

 

 

Peace On Earth

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: Lawn Fawn

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Pine Needles

Card Stock: Copic X-Press It; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, MISTI, Brads, Paper Distresser, Baker's Twine, Crystal Stickles, Blending Brush, Pop Up Glue Dots, Micro Glue Dots, Big Shot, Embossing Folder

Conjurer Of Dreams Christmas Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the 1st Conjurer of Dreams Christmas Celebration Blog Hop

 
We have 10 fantastic DT Blogs for you to visit.
Check out their fabulous projects for inspiration, created using the sets we are offering to you.

Visit each blog, become their follower, + leave a comment (important) + download the one-of-a-kind Conjurer of Dreams FREE Set.

The set I have here is
Christmas Fairy

 

You MUST find the Christmas Elf that will be on one of the DT Blogs.
Email me at conjurerofdreams@gmail.com with your answer.
I will also be checking that you’ve made a comment on each blog.
If you shop in the Etsy CoD shop between Dec 15-18, you will also receive an extra entry.

There will be 4 prizes awarded.

Grand Prize-25 Sets
1st Prize-15 Sets
2nd Prize-10 Sets
3rd prize-5 Sets

DT BLOGS

https://cjcrafty.blogspot.com/
https://kparkerdesigns.blogspot.com/
https://craftartista.blogspot.com/
https://granninista.blogspot.com/
https://tanisbuckton.blogspot.com/
https://kimrcreations.blogspot.com/
https://inkstainswithroni.blogspot.com/
https://aavamaki.blogspot.com/
https://stampinginthelight.blogspot.com/ (here)
https://chasingwhiteunicorns.blogspot.com/

 

Here are my projects using the images from the Christmas Fairy image sheet.

 

Christmas Card 

 

 

Notebook (notebook from Dollar Tree)

also used Vintage Blue Winter Background

 

 Framed Wall Hanging (frame from Dollar Tree)

 

 

Pillar Candle

(my husband drilled out the center to hold a 

battery operated votive inside)

 

 

Votive Turned On

 

Wood Disk Ornaments (wooden disks found on Amazon)

 

Clear Make Your Own Ornaments (ornaments found at Dollar Tree)

ATC's

Bookmarks

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to visit all of the design team blogs for their inspiration projects using their free sheets.  Make sure to leave them some love to enter the giveaways. Also don't forget to about the free sheets you get just for shopping the Conjurer of Dreams Etsy store and making a $6 purchase, normally $10 (after discounts). You still have time today to purchase and claim the Downhill Snow Fun set.  There will be a new one available from the 16th to the 31st.

 

Here's a sample with what I made using