He Is Risen!!

 

 

 Hello and welcome.  I'm checking in really quick to wish everyone a Happy Easter and blessings from our risen Lord. 

Floral Blessing Cup

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made for a friend battling cancer and wanted her to know just how much she means to me.  My card uses the In This Together digital stamp set from Sweet N Sassy stamps.

I started out by combining the floral cup image, and saying, in photoshop before printing it onto Neenah white card stock then colored it using some of the few Copic markers I have.  Once the coloring was finished, I cut it down to size and layered it before adding some pink brads.  For my card, I dry embossed a Cuttlebug Stylized Flowers on the front of the card before lightly sanding the embossed images.  I then lightly blended some Tim Holtz tattered rose distress ink around my main image to help soften the white a bit.  After adhering the layered image to my card using glue dots, I dug through my stash and found a wooden bee/ladybug stickers to add to the card.  The final touch was color spritzing some regal rose marker over the card.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (SNSS image)

Sweet N Sassy Facebook Group March VIP Challenge - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by colors, flowers)

Crafty Catz #668 - Anything Goes Optional Use An Embossing Folder (stylized flowers folder)

Crafty Gals Corner #253 - Anything Goes

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (bee/ladybug stickers)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 641 and 642 - Anything Goes Uplifting

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend and Happy Easter to everyone.

Stamps: Sweet N Sassy

Ink: Tim Holtz Tattered Rose

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Bee/Ladybug Stickers, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Brads, Glue Dots, Blending Brush, Color Spritzer Tool, SU Regal Rose Marker, Sanding Block

 

 

 

Woodblock Wednesday March 2024 edition

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'm taking part in the Woodblock Wednesday challenge on Instagram where we're challenged to dig out, and dust off, our woodblock stamps and show them some love again. I have two cards to share with you that I'm sending out as this years Easter cards.  I'm way behind in making Easter cards this year, so I went with something clean and simple.

I dusted off a couple of LONG RETIRED Stampin Up sets, Renewed Faith and Never Ending Joy, to create my cards.  I started out by stamping the main images using  Tim Holtz mowed lawn, weathered wood and concord grape distress inks.  Then I stamped the sayings in memento tuxedo black allowing the saying to overlap when needed.  I'm really happy with how these turned out.  Here's the cross card - 

Challenges entered:

 

Woodblock Wednesday March 2024 - Use Those Old Wood Block Stamps (mine from Stampin Up)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 641 and 642 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (both stamp sets)

Addicted to Stamps and More #464 - Any Occasion (Easter)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Dusty Concord, Mowed Lawn, Weathered Wood

Card Stock: Hammermill White

Accessories: None

 

 

A Little Steampunk Magic

 Hello and welcome.  I have a couple of cards to share with you that use pre-colored images from Gecko Galz.  

 

The first one up uses the free image for their monthly Steampunk challenge.  Now I don't make a whole lot of steampunk cards since it's out of my comfort zone, so I'm hoping this one is ok.  After printing the image off on Neenah white card stock, I cut it down to size and layered before adding brads and setting aside.  My card is dry embossed using a retro dots/swirls embossing folder in my big shot©.  I decided to highlight the embossed images before cutting, then embossing, a border strip using the embossed side for the border.  After adhering the layered image panel crookedly, deliberately, I dug out my Tim Holtz gear dies and die cut a couple of gears out of scrap card stock, then lightly stippled some walnut stain distress ink over the gears using a paper pouncer.  I then adhered the gears making sure to add some bling in the centers.  The final touch was some blue fibers I've had in my stash for years.

Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz Steampunk March 2024 - Anything Goes Using The Provided Image 

Dream Valley #312 - Dies and/or Punches (gear dies)

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Emboss It (dry embossed)

Love To Craft #78 - Anything Goes 

 

My second card is using the free image from February's monthly challenge at Gecko Galz.  I started out by printing the unicorn image on Neenah white paper before cutting it down to size, layering and adding brads.  I then printed off one of the Seasons of Hope digital papers, then added it to a pacific pointe card.  For some reason I decided to dry emboss the card at that point and use the debossed images before cutting a black border strip, dry embossed that and adhered using the embossed side.  I then color spritzed some pacific pointe marker over the card front before adding my layered unicorn using glue dots.  The only other embellishments were a black bling flourish and some blue fibers I've had in my stash for years.

Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz Facebook Group March - Something Magical (unicorn)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (image, digital paper)

Creative Crafters #74 - Anything Goes 

613 Ave Create March 2024 - Anything Goes Optional Diamonds or Pearls (anything goes)

 

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

For Both Cards:

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Ink: Stampin Up Pacific Pointe; Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up; Gecko Galz Digital Designer Paper

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Swirls and Retro Circles Embossing Folders, Stipple Brush, Paper Pouncer, Bling Flourish, Tim Holtz Gear Dies, Fibers

 

Challenge 2412

 

   Sponsored by Newton's Nook

Newton's Nook Challenge

Newton's Nook FB Design and Share

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Newton's Nook.  For my card today, I pulled out my Newton's Rainy Day set and got to work.  

I started out by stamping my image, and saying, on a piece of scrap Hammermill card stock before coloring using my Copic markers. Once all of the coloring was finished, I lightly stippled some pacific pointe ink over/around the image using my Tim Holtz mini domed ink blending foams then layered and added brads.  Setting my layered panel aside, I then pulled out my raindrop stencil and added ink again using the blending foam to create my card base.  I then added the layered image panel using glue dots before adding some blue fibers I've had in my stash for YEARS and then some blue rain drops.  The final touch was diamond ice stickles to the rain and puddle.  I'm really please with how it turned out.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (raindrop stencil)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (fibers, dew drops) 

Stamps and Fun = Creativity #450 - Favorite Animal (favorite animal is cats)

A Barrel of Monkeys #13 - Fingerpaints (chose the colors I used growing up) 

A Place To Start March 2004 - Anything Goes Optional Square (anything goes)

Crafty Animals #81 - Anything Goes With An Animal (cat, duck)

Daisy Chain #83 - Animals (cat, duck)

 

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

Stamps: Newton's Nook

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; SU Pacific Pointe

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin UP

Accessories: MISTI, Copic Markers, Fibers, Dew Drops, Brads, Glue Dots, Ice Stickles, Blending Foams

A Vase Of Poseies Just Because

 

Hello and welcome.   One more post from me today.  I've been wanting to use this old Hero Arts stamp I received in a de-stash box when a friend had to move cross-country.  The stamp is from 2003 and still stamps images beautifully.

I started out by stamping the vase/posies in memento tuxedo black on to Hammermill white card stock then colored using both Prismacolor and Copic markers before layering and adding brads.  My card was made using a damask stencil I received in another de-stash box using my paper pouncers and some Tim Holtz broken china distress ink.  Once I had adhered the layered image, I dug out some fibers I've had for years then stamped the just because onto scrap white card stock then punched it out, and a layer, using my Stampin Up oval punches.  The final touch was adding some faux stitches using a black gel pen.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (stencil, posey vase)

Triple B March 2024 - Anything Goes Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (blooms)

Creative Fingers #274 - Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms #15 - Anything Goes Optional Inspiration Board

Double Trouble #162 - See Mood Board (went with Thing 1)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (fibers)

Splitcoaststampers F$A735 - Flowers, Flowers, Flowers 

 

 Triple B

Beautiful Blossoms

 

Double Trouble

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great evening and weekend.

Stamps: Hero Arts; SU

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Broken China Distress

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Stencil, Paper Pouncers, Brads, Glue Dots, Fibers, Gel Pen, Oval Punches, Prismacolor and Copic Markers

Awesome!!!!

 

 

 I found out today that the ATC's I made for last month's Gecko Galz ATC challenge was in the top three at ATC Around The World!!

Isaiah 60:20

Hello and welcome.  Second post from me today.  If you're looking for my ATC post, please scroll down one. I needed a couple more sympathy cards, this time for the guys, so I pulled out my set from Our Daily Bread Designs, now Divinity Designs called With Deepest Sympathy and got to work.  Not sure how long I've had this set but it's been awhile.

I started out by stamping the main image, and the verse from Isaiah, in memento tuxedo black ink onto Copic X-press It white card stock before coloring using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled/blended some Tim Holtz mowed lawn and tumbled glass around the colored image to fill in the grass and sky before layering and adding brads.  The final touch was adding just a hint of waterfall ice stickles to highlight the water.

Challenges entered:

 

Farmquest General Store #14 - Anything Farm and/or Country Goes (I went country with a lake)

Crafty Gals Corner #253 - Anything Goes 

The Crafty Addicts #11 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 639 to 640 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

The Unicorn Challenge #96 - For The Boys/Men 

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and fabulous weekend.

Stamps: Our Daily Bread/Divinity Designs

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

Card Stock: Copic X-Press It; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Glue Dots, Blending Brushes, Ice Stickles

A Gothic Red Riding Hood

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you some ATC's (artist trading cards) I made for a couple of challenges.  The image/designer paper is part of a freebie from Gecko Galz monthly ATC challenge.  I'm sure glad I had a month to get these done since my health took a nose dive between the migraines and that fall I had.  

I started out by printing the collage sheet on Neenah card stock, then separating all of the images so I could choose which ones I wanted to use.  Cutting the main images down to size, I then layered them, adhered to scrap card stock and distressed the edges before fussy cutting the sayings out and adding those to the ATC's.  The final touches were my own floral sprays created using punched bits of scrap card stock and ice stickles in the flower centers.

Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz March 2024 ATC - Red Riding Hood 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (ATC collage sheet)

Snippets Playground #476 - Use Those Bits and Pieces (floral spray, ATC's)

Digi Choosday Wk 11 - Anything Goes

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and fabulous weekend.

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Card Stock: Neenah White; Scraps   

Accessories: Computer, Printer, MS Punchs, Ranger Glossy Accents, Ice Stickles, Distresser Tool , Brads, Glue Dots, Paper Crimper

 

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

 

Thinking Of You At Easter

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a trio of cards made to send out for Easter using the free Easter Bunnies digital stamp from Gerda Steiner Designs.  For some reason, it seems I'm never ready for sending Easter cards out.  This year is no different.  These three cards are at least a head start for me, especially since I've had this image for awhile and not used it yet.

 

I started out by combining the digital stamp and my own typed saying in a watermarking program, then printed them out onto Neenah white card stock.  I then pulled out my Prismacolor and Copic markers and colored the images before layering and adding brads.  For the card base, I pulled out a Cuttlebug dots/spots embossing folder and ran each card through my Big Shot© before lightly sanding the embossed images.  Before I added the layered images, I lightly stippled matching ink (eggplant envy, bliss blue, poppy red) over the embossed images and along the sides of the card.  Once done, I adhered the layered image panels using glue dots then pulled out a few premade bows and attached them to the cards using mini glue dots.  I'm pretty happy with how these turned out since I was once again crafting with a migraine.  It was either craft to get my mind off the migraine (sort of) or cry because nothing was helping again.  Close ups of each card are below:

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (rabbit/egg image)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (image)

Critter Crazy #84 - Anything Goes With A Critter (rabbits)

CD Sunday Plus #129 - Anything Goes Using Digital (rabbits)

Creatalicious Challenges #275 - Anything Goes Optional Easter 

Crafty Animals #81 - Anything Goes Including An Animal 

Shopping Our Stash #517 - Round And Round (embossing folder, dotted eggs) 

The Four Seasons March 2024 - See Pic Below (went with Easter)

 

Four Seasons

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs

Ink: Stampin Up Eggplant Envy, Bliss Blue, Poppy Red

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Bow, Glue Dots, Brads, Computer, Printer, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Sanding Block, Stipple Brushes

A Little Envelope Art

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you an envelope I decorated for Colorado Craft Company's mail art not a lost art.  I pulled out a couple of the smaller sets, plus a larger one, I received in a destash box from @tjcarddesigns to decorate my envie.  (Art Is, Be Creative, and The Artist) I stamped all of the images using memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using Castle Arts watercolor pencils and a blender pencil.  

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Critter Crazy #84 - Anything Goes Using A Critter (mice, squirrel) 

Crafty Gals Corner #253 - Anything Goes 

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday March 2024 - Anything Goes 

Paper Funday #63 - Anything Goes Optional: The DIES Have It (anything goes)

Crafty Animals #81 - Anything Goes Animals (I have artistic mice) 

Gem Of A Craft Wk 5 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Colorado Craft Company

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: #10 Envelope, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pencil

 

 

PIP Challenge 2410

 

  Sponsored by Lawn Fawn

Lawn Fawn FB

Lawn Fawn FB share

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Lawn Fawn.  My project today is a cute little ATC made using the Cerealsly Awesome and Hedgehugs sets.

I started out by stamping my sayings, cereal and corner hearts in memento tuxedo black ink onto a white scrap panel left over from another project.  After coloring the images using Copic markers, I stippled Tim Holtz tattered rose distress ink around to softly lighten the background using a paper pouncer before layering onto more scrap card stock.  I then lightly color spritzed a regal rose marker then highlighted the corner hearts using a clear 3D glaze pen.  The final touch was edging the bottom layer using the regal rose marker allowing some of the ink to "bleed over".  Here's another view:

 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #59 - Use Your NBUS (cerealsly images)

 

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

Stamps: Lawn Fawn

Card Stock: Scraps

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tattered Rose Distress

Accessories: Copic Markers, 3D Glaze Pen, Color Spritzer, Regal Rose Marker, Paper Pouncer

 

 

It's An Adams Kind Of Day

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I have an art journal page I made, or at least my take on one, for the Gecko Galz Monthly Goth challenge and a few others too.   When I saw the image we were to use for the challenge, it reminded me of Wednesday Adams from the Adams family.  Now I've got the theme song going through my head.  LOL  

I started out by printing the image on Neenah white cardstock making sure to run a black prismacolor marker along the edges before layering and adding some pewter skull brads I found in my stash.  I then distressed the edges a bit using a distresser tool before setting it aside.  Taking a slate colored piece of card stock, I stamped two spiderwebs in memento tuxedo black ink from a long retired Stampin Up set called Web Wishes in the corners before taking a memento london fog cat eye ink pad and repeatedly stamped it around half of the page.  Taking a Tim Holtz Dots stencil, I stippled Altenew lava rock and moon rock inks over half of the page before taking the cat eye inks and "drawing" lines with the edges before adding my layered image using glue dots.  I then added the spooky using some letter tiles I received in a destash box from a friend.  I then stamped the "kooky" using a long retired My Favorite Things Alphadots set on scrap copic white card stock before punching the letters out using a 1/2 inch Marvy circle punch.  I then punched out two more layers from more scrap grey card stock using Marvy 1" and 1 1/2" circle punches before layering everything.  Once that was finished, I added the "kooky" letters using glue dots then highlighted the letters using a white 3D glaze pen.  Dusting off my prima flowers, I selected black and purple flowers to add using glue dots before adding black bling to the centers.  I then pulled out the bat and spider brads from the same pack I found the skull ones in and added them to my page.  The final touches were two punched bats that I "softened up" using a soft Staples© mouse pad and an dry embossing stylus, added them using micro glue dots and then added some purple bling to the "bodies".  Then I adhered my finished page to my art journal book using 1/2 inch Scor-Tape.

Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz Monthly Goth Challenge - March Anything Goes Using Provided Image 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (Gecko Galz image, spooky chipboard letters, skull/bat/spider brads)

CD Sunday Plus #128 - Anything Goes Digital (Gecko Galz image)

Creative Artiste Mixed Media #102 - Anything Mixed Media Goes 

Creative Fingers #273 - Anything Goes 

Creative Inspiration #12 - Anything Goes 

The Crafty Addicts #11 - Anything Goes 

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend.

Stamps: Gecko Galz; Stampin Up; My Favorite Things

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, London Fog; Stampin Up Basic Gray; Altenew Lava Rock, Moon Rock

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Distresser Tool, Scor-Tape, Glue Dots, Bling, Prima Flowers, Chipboard Letters, Circle Punches, Stencil, Paper Pouncer, Blending Brush

A St. Patrick Cat In A Hat

 

Hello and welcome.  Second post from me today.  To see my Stained Glass Mushroom card, please scroll down one post.  For this post, I'd like to share a card made using the free newsletter digital image  from Gerda Steiner Designs called St. Patrick's Day Cat and Hat. 

 

I started off by printing the image onto Neenah white card stock then colored using both prismacolor and copic markers then layered and added brads.  For my card base, I pulled out a Recollections© All Seasons paper pad I've had in my stash for who knows how long.  After selecting my designer paper, I adhered it to a white card base before adding my layered image panel.  Digging through my stash of Prima© flowers, I dug out two polka dotted flowers, added them to the card using glue dots,  The final touches were some bling shamrocks I had forgotten about and some green/white bakers twine.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (background paper, shamrock bling, flowers) 

Shopping Our Stash #516 - It's Not Easy Being Green (background paper, twine, flowers, bling, brads)

Double Trouble #161 - See Board (went with Thing 1)

Cardz For Galz #220 - Use Some Green 

Just Us Girls #717 - Color Week (see below) (went with green, lime green, orange)

Sisterhood of Crafters #28 - Dots and/or Stripes (both: polka dot flowers, designer paper dotted, designer border is a stripe plaid weave)

 

Double Trouble

 

 

 

 

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and fabulous weekend.

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs

Ink: Mowed Lawn Distress Ink

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up Scraps; Recollections Designer Paper

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Bakers Twine, Brads, Glue Dots, Prima Flowers, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Bling Shamrocks

Stained Glass Mushroom

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you another card made using a couple of Gecko Galz digital products: Stained Glass Beauty and their free digital paper pack Let That Shitake Go when you spend $10 in the shop this month.  Now that's a win win in my book.

 

I started out by cutting out the mushroom panel from the Stained Glass Beauty, layered it on scrap card stock, and added some red mini brads before setting aside.  Taking one of the the Let That Shitake Go, I printed it as a 4x6 panel before adhering it to a black A2 card base.  After I added a strip of scrap black card stock, I then adhered the stained glass panel at an angle using glue dots.  The final touches were a small red bow and some poinsettia dew drops from my stash.  I'm really pleased with how this turned out since my migraine is not going away, even though the concussion issues have mostly resolved.

Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz Monthly Customer Challenge March 2024 - Magical Mushrooms 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (dew drops, bow)

Digi Choosday Wk9 - Anything Goes 

Creative Inspiration #12 - Anything Goes 

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday March - Anything Goes

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (digital paper, mushroom image)

 

Gecko Galz

 

Creative Inspiration

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and a fabulous weekend.

Stamps: Gecko Galz 

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Gecko Galz Digital Paper

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Bow, Brads, Glue Dots, Dew Drops

 

 

 

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

 

Erin go Bragh

Hello and welcome.  I'm sharing a card made using Gecko Galz Blarny digital collage set and their It's Not Easy Being Green digital paper pack. I'm so glad I have these pre-colored images to work with at the moment since I'm still dealing with a migraine and the effects from my fall.  This concussion stuff is no joke I'm finding out.

I started out by trimming down to size one of the Blarny images then pairing it with some scrap green card stock before adding brads and setting aside.  I then cut down to size one of the It's not being green digital papers, then adhered it to a garden green card.  Taking my layered image panel, I then added it using glue dots before adding some green primas with bling centers.  The final touch was lightly color spritzing a garden green marker over the main image.  As an afterthought, I ran a fingernail along the edges of my layered image panel to distress it a bit.

Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz Facebook March 2024 - March Madness (lots of green, St Patrick's Day)

The Four Seasons March 2024 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by the clover)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (Blarny digital pack)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (primas, bling)

Inspiration Station #59 - March 2024 See Pic (inspired by green skirts, St Patrick's parade)

CD Sunday Plus #128 - Anything Goes Digital (image, papers)

Shopping Our Stash #516 - It's Not Easy Being Green (image, papers, flowers, bling)

Digi Choosday Wk 9 - Anything Goes

 

Gecko Galz Facebook

 

Inspiration Station

Four Seasons

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah; Gecko Galz Digital DP

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Primas, Bling, Fingernail, Glue Dots, Brads, Color Spritzer, Marker