Christmas At The Beach

Hello and welcome.  First, COVID update on me - hung up with the lung doctor this afternoon. I'm still having symptoms although testing negative. She said it "normally " takes 6mos to recover completely from post-COVID symptoms. Since I was diagnosed end of January, it's going to be sometime this summer before I feel like myself again. She said not to push it & do everything I can to avoid re-exposure. Even though mask guidelines here have been lifted, and I'm vaccinated plus boosted, I'll be wearing a mask for the foreseeable future. She's doing everything possible to keep me off antibiotics and steroids since I've been on them so much. She's trying to prevent me from becoming immune to antibiotics.  So with that in mind, I'm going to try coloring and creating whenever I'm able to in order to keep my sanity.

 

The first card I want to share is a clean and simple card using the Winter Sparrows set from Lawn Fawn.  I started out by stamping the images in memento tuxedo black and rich cocoa inks onto some scrap white card stock before coloring using Castle Arts pencils.  After blending my coloring, the card was finished.

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers MAR22VSNMINI1 - Blank 

Never Before Used Schtuff #35 - Use Your NBUS 

Three Muses - Birds On Wire (mine are on a small branch)

The Holly and Ivy Christmas #110 - Anything Goes Christmas

Outlawz Festive Friday Feb 18 to Mar 3 - Christmas Theme 

 

For my next card, I wanted to go with a beach theme and have used this cute little digital image I've had for a while from Sherry West Art called Beach Bum Gnome and haven't used.  After printing him off onto Neenah white card stock, I colored him using Castle Art pencils.  Since I thought he looked a bit like the ZZTops band from the 80's (that dates me), I went with them as my inspiration.  (See photo)  Once my coloring was finished, and blended, I stippled some Tim Holtz Broken China distress ink along with some Adirondack caramel ink before layering and adding brads.  Once I added it to my card, I highlighted parts of the water and sun using ice stickles and then the sunglasses/beach ball using Ranger glossy accents.

 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers MAR22VSNMINI3 - Rainbow Colors 

Never Before Used Schtuff #35 - Use Your NBUS 

Outlawz Twisted Thursday Feb 24 to Mar 9 - Anything Goes 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 7 -Anything Goes Coloring 

CD Sunday Plus #79 - Anything Goes Digital 

The Card Concept #169 - Cozy Cabin (inspired by ocean themed pillow in pic) 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Seasons Tweetings

Stamps: Lawn Fawn

Ink: Memento Black, Rich Cocoa

Card Stock: Neenah White Scrap

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils

 

ZZ Tops

Stamps: Sherry West Art

Ink: Tim Holtz Broken China; Adirondack Caramel

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Art Pencils, Blender Pencil, Black Artist Pen, Ice Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots, Ranger Glossy Accents

 

 

 

PIP 2208

 

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 CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

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Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we are being sponsored by CAS-ual Friday Stamps.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship.  My card uses the following stamps and dies: Coffee Talk and Coffee Cup Die.

 

I started out by die cutting from scraps, my coffee cup and saying using my big shot along before stamping the saying in the middle of my cup and then stippling Adirondack espresso ink over them.  I then dry embossed two panels using a dusty cuttlebug mesh embossing folder before stippling matching ink over the raised image.  After adding the cup and saying, I made my own floral spray in the middle using Martha Stewart punches and Ranger Crystal Accents as adhesive.  After adding some ice stickles to the flower centers, my card was finished.  I'm really happy with how this turned out.  Still not feeling up to par from the COVID and migraines, but I think I'm slowly starting to feel better.

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Unloved Stash (embossing folder) 

Outlawz Crash Your Stash - Embossing Folders 

Snippets Playground #422 - Use Those Snippets (everything but the card base are snippets) 

Arty Divas February Challenge - Anything Goes 

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie #165 - February (went with colors) 

 

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie

 

 

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: CAS-usal Fridays

Ink: Stampin Up More Mustard, So Saffron; Adirondack Espresso

Card Stock: Stampin Up, Scraps

Accessories: Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Ranger Crystal Accents, MS Punches, CAS-ual Friday Coffee Cup Die, Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brushes

 

 

Frogs, Hugs and Christmas Cheer

Hello and welcome.  First, a quick update on me and my health.  I think the new antibiotic for COVID is finally starting to help a bit.  I'm, at least, not coughing as much anymore and have most of my smell/taste back.  Still short of breath and hurting a lot with the migraine.  I do have three different cards made I'd like to share with you.

First up is a sympathy card made using some stamps from Picket Fence Studios.  I went with brighter colors for the card since pink and bright green are the recipient's favorites.  I started out by stamping the flowers from Simply Wonderful (retired) in Stampin Up pixie pink and regal rose inks and the ferns in granny apple green.  Once all of my flowers were stamped, I added the Paper Hug saying in memento black which I bought sometime in the last couple years and never used (NBUS).  I then layered it and added brads before adhering the panel to my card.  The only embellishments were brads and crystal ice stickles highlighting the rose centers.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #35 - Use Your NBUS 

Splitcoaststampers MMTPT708 - Comfort For Joyce 

Outlawz Festive Friday Feb 18 to March 3 - Anything Goes Theme 

CAS on Friday #225 - Spring Flowers 

Creative Fingers #225 - Anything Goes 

 

Second, I have a Christmas card using the Christmas Cheer digital stamp set from Gracielle Design.  After printing the image onto Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Art pencils before stippling Tim Holtz mowed lawn distress ink around the edges then layered and added brads.  I then pulled out some tiny wooden hearts I received as a RAK and added those using Ranger glossy accents.  As an afterthought I colored the hearts using a red colored pencil before highlighting the coffee using my glossy accents.

Challenges entered:

 

Caffeinated Christmas Card #2 - Hearts 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 7 - Anything Goes Coloring 

Jingle Belles Rock - Stocking Holiday (inspired by stocking colors) 

Digi Choosday Crafting Wk7 - Anything Goes Digital 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas #582 - Anything Goes Christmas 

 

Jingle Belles Rock

 

The last one to share is a fun card made using the My Pad digital image from Sheepski Designs.  After combining the image with a hand typed sentiment, I printed it onto Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Koh-i-Noor pencils while my husband was watching the news.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled Tim Holtz broken china, tumbled glass, and mowed lawn distress inks around it before layering and adding brads.  I then dry embossed the card using a retired Taylored Expressions braided embossing folder before stippling mowed lawn over the raised images.  After adding some copper cord, I added googlie eyes, sequins I didn't know I had, and ice stickles to finish it off.

Challenges entered:

 

Let's Squash It #17 - Grasshopper Green 

Sheepski Designs Facebook Group #68 - Anything Goes 

Splitcoaststampers IC846 - Simply Woven Always Vintage (used color theme) 

Gem Of A Craft Challenge Wk4 - Anything Goes 

Critter Crazy Challenge #59 - Anything Goes With A Featured Critter 

 

IC846

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend.

Paper Hug Card

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up!

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Brads, Ice Stickles

Cup Of Christmas Cheer

Stamps: Gracielle Design

Ink: Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, Blender Pencil, Brads, Glue Dots, Stipple Brush, Ranger Glossy Accents, Wooden Hearts

My Pad

Stamps: Sheepski Designs

Ink: Tim Holtz Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Mowed Lawn

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Koh-i-Noor Pencils, Big Shot, Stipple Brushes, TE Braided Embossing Folder, Brads, Ice Stickles, Ranger Glossy Accents, Googlie Eyes, Sequins

Rock Out Top 3

 

I just found out I made the Top 3 over at The Male Room for their Teenager challenge!!!  Awesome!!

 

 

Ye Ole "Fishin' Hole"

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a card I made for another brother in law's birthday.  Why an outhouse birthday card you ask?  Well when my mother in law was alive, no family gathering was complete without some sort of "bathroom humor".  This brother in law would get the joke right away since he has the same sense of humor as she did.  My card is using the digital image Ye Ole "Fishin Hole" (1466-DG) from Impression Obsession.  I've had this image for awhile and haven't used it yet (NBUS).  If you don't like digital images, and prefer rubber, you can get the Ye Ole "Fishin' Hole" stamp version here.  I absolutely LOVE the Gary Robertson line of stamps Impression Obsession carries.

I started out by printing my image onto Neenah white card stock before coloring with my dusty Lyra and Koh-I-Noor pencils (while my husband was watching the news) before stippling some Tim Holtz tumbled glass, broken china and mowed lawn distress inks around the colored image before layering.  Once I had added some vintage brads, I pulled out my paper distresser tool and ran it along the edges before adding it to my card using glue dots.  Waterfall ice stickles finish off the front..  

I decided to continue the finishing theme to the inside of my card by dusting off some long retired Stampin Up sets: Fishing, On Your Birthday, Watercolor Minis then stamped and colored the images including a hand drawn tree.  I then stippled some tumbled glass distress ink around the edges and adhered to my card.  I'm really happy with how this turned out.  Although I'm still not feeling too good thanks to COVID and another migraine, I'm really happy with how this turned out.

Challenges entered:

 

 Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #35 - Use Your NBUS (Fishin Hole Image) 

Through The Purple Haze #189 - Anything Goes 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 6 - Anything Goes Coloring 

CD Sunday Plus #78 - Anything Goes Digital 

Little Red Wagon #641 - Make It Masculine 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Unloved Stash 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great week.

Stamps: Impression Obsession; Stampin Up!

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Broken China, Tumbled Glass; Stampin Up Certainly Celery, Garden Green, Kiwi Kiss

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up!

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Lyra Pencils, Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Brads, Glue Dots, Distresser Tool, Ice Stickles, Stipple Brushes

 

It's Birthday Time!

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a birthday card I made for a few challenges.  I had found some laser cut wooden embellishments at the Dollar Tree ($1.25 for 6 embellies) and just had to find a way to use them especially since they matched so well with this Rubbernecker Stamps Watches #2 stamp (retired) I've also had for years and never used yet.

I started out by stamping directly onto some scrap Basic Gray designer paper I bought at Michael's several years ago for 10 cents (that's right $.10 cents) in Adirondack espresso ink before adding the stamped paper to a river rock card.  Once that was done, I lightly stippled matching river rock ink over the stamped images before stippling the espresso around the edges of my card.  After adding the wooden embellishments using Ranger glossy accents to adhere, I dusted off my Stampin Up Sincere Salutations (retired) set and stamped the saying in espresso ink onto scrap card stock before adding brads and stippling river rock around it.  I'm pretty happy with how this turned out especially since I'm still feeling pretty yucky from COVID.  I'm so hoping the new meds help me start feeling better.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #35 - Use Your NBUS (watch set & wooden embellies) 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Unloved Stash 

The Male Room #159 - Clocks 

Seize The Birthday #231 - Birthday Anything Goes 

 

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

Stamps: Rubbernecker; Stampin Up

Card Stock: Stampin Up; Basic Gray Designer Paper Scrap

Ink: Stampin Up River Rock; Adirondack Espresso

Accessories: PFS Blending Brushes, Brads, Glue Dots, Wooden Clocks, Ranger Glossy Accents

My Hobbies

 Hello and welcome.  Well I've had quite the week so far.  Just got off the phone with my pulmonary doctor for a COVID follow up appointment, and she agreed I'm not getting better right now.  So new antibiotics and more prednisone (hate that stuff).  With that in mind, I let the week and how I'm feeling inspire this card.  Now I love me some snarky stamps and the Take No Shit stamp set from Picket Fence Studios fits perfectly for my mood at the moment.

After stamping the Blank Journal Page (retired), also from Picket Fence in memento black, I then stamped my saying before stippling some teal ink around the edges and layering.  Once I added brads, and adhered the layered panel to the card, I created my own floral spray using scrap card stock and Martha Stewart punches using Ranger crystal accents to adhere the pieces to my card.

Challenges entered:

 

Snippets Playground #421 - Use Those Snippets 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #203 - J Is For Judgemental 

Arty Divas January 2022 - Anything Goes 

Through The Craft Room Door Feb 1st 2022 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps:  Picket Fence Studios

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Taken With Teal

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: PFS Blending Brushes, MS Punches, Brads, Glue Dots, Ranger Glossy Accents, Ice Stickles

Christmas Cardinal

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card that took me WAY too long to make even though it's clean and fairly simple; especially since I'm still dealing with COVID symptoms on top of my migraines.  This COVID virus is nothing I'd wish on anyone.  Ugh!  I colored the image last week during the Olympic opening ceremonies and finally got the card finished late last night. I've also decided to keep making Christmas cards until California gets some rain/snow again.  I can hope, right? Otherwise this summer is going to be REALLY bad!

I started out by printing the Winter Cardinal image I've never used, from Impression Obsession onto Neenah white card stock and then colored it using koh-i-noor pencils and a blender pencil.  Now if you don't like digital images, Impression Obsession also has it as a rubber stamp here.  I absolutely love their Gary Robertson line of stamps here and here.  I then stippled some Tim Holtz stormy sky and tumbled glass distress inks around my colored image for clouds and snow.  Once I had the colored image layered, I added only white brads and ice stickles for the snow to embellish the card.  This will end up being my husbands Christmas card this year.

Challenges entered:

 

Jingle Belles Rock - 12 Days Of Christmas (I went with the partridge in a pear tree and turned it into a cardinal in a birch tree) 

Four Seasons February Winter - See Mood Board (I used colors and snow) 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas #580 - Anything Goes Christmas Optional Gnomes 

Outlawz Festive Friday Feb 1 to Feb 17 - Christmas Theme 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Unloved Stash (both my image and pencils) 

Never Before Used Schtuff #35 - Use Your NBUS 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 5 - Anything Goes Coloring 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Impression Obsession

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Tumbled Glass Distress 

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Pencil, Brads, Glue Dots, Ice Stickles, PFS Blender Brushes, Ice Stickles

PIP 2206

 

 Sponsored by Lawn Fawn

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Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.  This week our sponsor is Lawn Fawn and I would like to thank them for their sponsorship this week.  My card uses Hedgehugs and the matching dies found here.

After stamping my images twice onto some Neenah white card stock scraps, I colored them using Castle Arts and Lyra pencils.  Once my coloring was finished, I die cut two of the hedgehogs out and set aside to assemble my card.  The card background is a scrap of K and Company designer paper I've had in my stash for a few years now with Stampin Up rose red ink stippled around the edges.  After stippling some Tim Holtz tumbled glass and mowed lawn distress inks around the image panel, then layered, I added it to the card by popping it up on dimensionals.  My die cut images were then also added using dimensionals before coloring the heart with a red gel pen.  Since I didn't have any matching brads, I took a red 3D glaze pen and made my own.  The only other embellishments added were some flower buttons and string from my stash.

Challenges entered:

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs to leave them some love and hope to see you entered into the new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: Lawn Fawn

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Mowed Lawn; SU Rose Red

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; K and Company Designer Paper Scrap

Accessories: Castle Art and Lyra Pencils, Buttons, String, Gel Pen, PFS Blending Brushes, Dimensionals, Big Shot