Stained Glass Florals

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a couple of cards I've been working on for the past couple of weeks.   It's taken me this long to finish both because I've had a nasty migraine that just wouldn't go away or even ease up a bit.  Both cards use the Stained Glass Beauty and Stained Glass Nature Jewel It collage sets from Gecko Galz.

First up is a tri-fold card.  After cutting out the birds/floral stained glass image that I had printed out for another project and never used, I layered it on scrap Recollections blue trio card stock before adding brads then running a finger nail along the edges to distress it before setting aside.  I then cut out one of the bird/floral images from the Jewel It set before layering, adding brads and distressing again using my fingernail.  I did the same for the third panel using the butterfly/floral image.  Taking some pacific point card stock, I added blue digital paper from the Seasons of Hope paper pack then added my layered image panels using glue dots.  I then pulled out all of my scrap card stock, Martha Stewart punches and paper crimper, and created my own floral sprays underneath each of the panels adhering them using Ranger's glossy accents.  To the flower centers, I added tiny blue bling crystals to finish my card off before stamping my greeting using a retired Stampin Up set called "Mixed Greetings".  I'm really happy with how this turned out.  Here's the other two panels:

 

 

Challenges entered:

 

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

Triple B Challenge May 2024 - Anything Goes Birds/Blooms/Butterflies (all three)

Crafty Gals Corner #255 - Anything Goes Optional Lace/Pearls (anything goes)

CD Sunday Plus #134 - Anything Goes Digital (Gecko Galz)

Digi Choosday Wk21 - Anything Goes 

Gecko Galz Facebook Fancy Folds - See Below (tri-fold)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 649 to 650 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

 

 

My second card is using the stained glass flowers/sun image paired with another digital page from Seasons of Hope paper pack.  Once again after I edged the main image using a memento tuxedo black "cat eye" ink pad, I layered and added brads before setting aside.  I then took a more mustard card stock scrap and dry embossed it using a Cuttlebug floral/paisley (don't have original package to see name) and my Big Shot before lightly sponging more mustard ink over the embossed images.  After popping up the main image panel using pop dots, I added some tan fibers I've had in my stash for years, and I mean YEARS, along with a couple of prima flowers.  The only embellishment was adding a single bling gem to the center of the flowers.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Can You Handle The Pressure May 2024 - Anything Goes Embossing Twist Fruits/Veggies (anything goes)

Gecko Galz Facebook May 2024 - Floral Fantasy (image/primas)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (tan fibers, brads, prima, bling)

Shopping Our Stash #522 - How Does Your Garden Grow (flower garden)

Paper Funday #65 - Anything Goes Optional Twist: Flower Shoppe (anything goes & floral)

A Place To Start May 2024 - Anything Goes Optional For A Lady (both)

 

 

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Tri-Fold Card

Stamps: Gecko Galz; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  

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

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Fingernail, MS Punches, Brads, Glue Dots, Bling, Glossy Accents, Paper Crimper

Mustard Floral

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Ink: Stampin Up More Mustard

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

Accessories: Fingernail, Computer, Printer, Brads, Primas, Fiber, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Bling, Pop Dots, Sponge

 

Journaling My Week

 

Hello and welcome.  This last week was one I don't want to have to repeat  First, my migraines have been really bad to the point of crying from the pain.  Nothing was helping at all to ease the pain level, not even a little bit.  The weather certainly wasn't helping either (high 80's to mid 90's then dropping to low 70's with wind every day).  I'm not complaining about the 70 degree temps especially since I know triple digits are just around the corner.  Second, our washing machine died mid-load so we had to go and get a new washer with money we really don't have.  Third, my mojo up and left.  I had no interest in the things that normally make me happy.  However, I wanted to do something creative, so I decided to make a couple of art journal pages using images from Gecko Galz.  Once I had the images printed, I just added things that I liked.

The first page is made using one Gecko Galz free images from one of their blog posts. It kind of reminded me of "counting sheep" to fall asleep when I was little, but also with some flowers in a pond.  After I used my corner rounder on one side only, I layered the printed image, added brads, and distressed it using my paper distresser.  I then pulled a piece of "mesh" glitter card stock that I've had for years, added it to my art journal page before adding the layered image using glue dots.  After pulling out some scrap die cuts, I added those using Ranger's glossy accents before pulling out a baggie of buttons I've had for years and never used.  I then added those using the glossy accents as well. The final touches were spritzing some Seth Aptor ocean trio sprays, some Tattered Angels glitter spray, and diamond ice stickles to highlight the stars and water.  Once that was all dry, I added the page to my art journal using 1/2 inch score-tape.  Looking at the chaos of the page....yup pretty much how my week went.

Challenges entered:

 

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

Gecko Galz Facebook May Challenge - The Land Of Nod or Sleeping Beauties (counting sheep)

Digi Choosday Wk20 - Anything Goes 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #230 - Anything Goes 

 

My second page uses the freebie from this month's Gecko Galz Monthly Goth challenge.  Once I had printed the image, I layered it and added some faux brads before setting aside.  I then took a spiderweb stencil from Newton's Nook, and some paper pouncers and created my background using both going grey/basic grey inks.  Taking a retired Picket Fence Studios Cat Played Fiddle To The Silver Moon, I stamped the hand coming out of the ground on scrap white card stock before coloring using Prismacolor markers.  I then cut off the Happy Halloween saying and added that to the page to add a bit of "creepy" to the mix.  Digging through my stash of Prima© flowers, I finally found the tin with the black/white flowers and added those before punching several bats out of scrap black card stock.  Once I had the flowers adhered, I added the bats using my Bearly Art glue.  I then added some Crafty Meraki Midnight Shimmer Illusion to the page. Pulling out my old Stampin Up journaling stamp, I stamped it on scrap white card stock before adding my journaling.  After running a basic grey marker along the edges, I adhered it to my journal page making sure to add one more bat at the bottom.  As an afterthought, I dusted off my Tim Holtz lock and key die (retired) and using my old red Sizzix (you know that really heavy red thing), I die cut one set of lock and key.  After paper pouncing tea dye over both to age them, I distressed the edges before adding them to my page using glue dots.  I'm sure glad I kept that old Sizzix since the cat was sleeping on my Big Shot.

Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz Monthly Gothic May 2024 - Anything Goes Using Provided Image 

Two Old Bats Halloween May 2024 - Anything Goes Halloween 

CD Sunday Plus #134 - Anything Goes Digital (Gecko Galz image)

Dragongly Dreams May 2024 - Use A Stencil (spiderweb stencil)

 

 

Two Old Bats

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Blue Journal Page

Stamps: Gecko Galz; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Die Cut Scraps; Mesh Paper

Accessories: Corner Rounder Punch, SU Pacific Pointe Marker, Color Spritzer, Buttons, Score-Tape, Ice Stickles, Ranger Glossy Accents, Page Pebble, Paper Distresser, Seth Apter Ink Spray, Tattered Angels Glitter Spray, Computer, Printer

 

Goth Journal Page

Stamps: Gecko Galz; Stampin Up Journal Stamp

Ink:Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Going Grey, Basic Grey; Tim Holtz Tea Stain

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Primas, Basic Grey Marker, Paper Pouncers, Spiderweb Stencil, Tim Holtz Lock/Key Die, Old Sizzix Die Cutter, Meraki Bling, Color Spritzer, Scor-Tape

 

 

 

Sympathetic Floral Watering Can

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a sympathy card I made using a retired digital image from Gerda Steiner Designs.  I've had this image since 2019 but just haven't colored it until now since I needed a few more sympathy cards.  

I started out by combining the image and my saying in a watermark program before printing several images on Neenah white card stock. I then colored them using both Prismacolor and Copic markers. Once my coloring was finished, I over-stamped a long retired Stampin Up sanded background using Tim Holtz old paper distress ink before running a Stampin Up night of navy marker along the image edge before layering.  Once I had added matching brads, I laid the layered image panel to the side.  My card base was made using a dusty Cuttlebug floral screen embossing folder and my Big Shot.  Once it was dry embossed, I sanded the edges using a sanding block.  After adding the image panel to the card using glue dots, I pulled out a wooden butterfly I found at Dollar Tree then using Ranger glossy accents to adhere it to my card.  The final touches were a scrap of navy grosgrain ribbon, bling to the butterfly's body before spritzing some navy marker over everything. As an after thought, I then went over parts of the image using black and white gel pens and added ice stickles to the flower centers.

Challenges entered:

 

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

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (butterfly, image, sanded background, embossing folder)

Can You Handle The Pressure May 2024 - Dry Embossing Optional Flowers (floral screen background)

Splitcoaststampers WT1001 - Drawing Day  (gel pen highlights drawn)

Colorful Options May 2024 - Royal Blue 

Inspiration Station #61 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by the flowers)

Triple B May 2024 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (blooms, butterflies)

 

Colorful Options

 

 

 Inspiration Station

 

Triple B
 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps:   Gerda Steiner Designs; Stampin Up

Ink: Tim Holtz Old Paper Distress

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Big Shot, Embossing Folder, Navy Marker, Color Spritzer, Brads, Sanding Block, Wood Butterfly, Bling, Ribbon, Glossy Accents, Gel Pens

A Steamy Smoky Fairy Night

 

Hello and welcome.  Second post today.  If you're looking for my Pammie's Inky Pinkies card, please scroll down one.  

 

The card I'd like to share with you, I made last week while my migraines were really bad again.  It's either try to focus on something else and push through or crying which hurts more.   Fortunately the image was a pre-colored one from Gecko Galz for their monthly steampunk challenge so all I had to worry about was finishing the card.  

After printing the image onto Neenah white card stock, I layered it using scraps making sure to distress the edges of each layer using a paper distresser before adding brads and setting aside.  The card base is dry embossed using a Sizzix© retro circle embossing folder run through my Big Shot© before slightly distressing the three edges of the card base.  I then added the layered image panel using pop up glue dots.  I then die cut three Tim Holtz mechanical gears on white card stock scraps before "coloring" them using Tim Holtz weathered wood, walnut stain, stormy sky distress inks and Stampin Up going grey (retired) dye ink using my paper pouncers before adhering them using glue dots.  Taking my MS punches (hydrangea and fern), I punched several flowers and ferns to create a floral spray in/around the die cut gears using Bearly Art glue.  The final touches were adding some kraft thread along the folded edge, ice stickles to the "lights" and smoky/black bling to the floral centers.  I'm not totally happy with how this turned out but I'm not starting over again.  Clearly I need more practice with Steampunk images.

Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz Monthly Steampunk - Use May 2024 Image 

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

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (thread, Tim Holtz dies, embossing folder)

Ally's Angels #82 - Anything Goes

Love To Craft #79 - Anything Goes 

Creative Crafters #76 - Anything Goes 

Gecko Galz Facebook May 2024 - Floral Fantasy Make A Project Including Floral Elements (handmade floral spray)

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Ink: Tim Holtz Weathered Wood, Walnut Stain, Stormy Sky Distress Inks; SU Going Grey

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Brads, Big Shot, Embossing Folder, MS Punches, Glue, Pop Up Glue Dots, Paper Crimper, Thread, Paper Distresser, Bling, Ice Stickles

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

The Secret Garden

 

 

Hello and welcome.  For those that celebrate it, I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day.  Mine was really quiet as it's still a very hard day for me.   I lost my mother, my best friend, on May 19, 1991 only one week after Mother's Day to metastatic breast cancer.  Just 5 months after I got married.  It probably seems silly, however, there are many who understand.

Today I'd like to share with you a few ATC's (artist trading cards) I made using a free ATC collage sheet from Gecko Galz for their monthly ATC challenge.  After printing out the collage sheet, I fussy cut all of the elements out before layering each of the ATC backgrounds to scrap card stock.  Once that was finished, I started laying out the cut elements over the backgrounds to see which matched to what background before adhering them using Bearly Art craft glue.  While they were drying, I pulled out my MS punches and paper crimper, and began punching out butterflies, flowers, ferns and pine sprigs.  Once I had all of the ferns I wanted, I ran through my paper crimper before adhering those using Ranger Glossy Accents.  The only other embellishments added was pink, pewter and red bling along with crystal ice stickles to highlights parts of the background flowers and/or water.  Close-ups and minor additions below:

Green Apple Fairy ATC - besides the bling and ice stickles added, I also drew the ladybug's legs and antenna using a black 3D glaze pen since I had cut off the ones on the collage sheet.

 

 

Pink Garden Fairy - also added a punched butterfly with bling highlighting the center

 

 

Blue Garden Fairy - for this one I made sure to punch the ferns out of blue scraps and the pine sprigs out of brown scraps.  I added the smoky grey bling to the lock and as the body of the butterfly (inspired by a card Tanis Buckton made for Gecko Galz using bling as the center of her butterfly).  I also made sure to highlight the "lights" of the blue garden and added "firefly's". 

 

 Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz ATC Monthly Challenge May 2024 - Secret Garden 

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

ATC's Around The World May 2024 - Anything Goes 

The Four Seasons May 2024 - Spring See Inspiration Board  (inspired by flowers, greenery)

Inspiration Station May 2024 - See Pic Below (inspired by flowers, colors)

Sparkles Monthly April/May 2024 - April Showers Bring May Flowers

CD Sunday Plus #133 - Anything Goes Digital (Gecko Galz ATC Collage)

Moving Along With The Times #166 - Flowers

Make My Monday #225 - Florals

Gecko Galz Facebook Challenge May 2024 - Floral Fantasy (garden fairies) 

Triple B Challenges May 2024 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (blooms, butterflies)

 

 

The Four Seasons

 

Inspiration Station

 

Gecko Galz Facebook Group
 

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

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah White (for ATC collage); SU Scraps 

Accessories: Computer, Pinter, Bearly Arts Glue, Bling, 3D Glaze Pen, MS Punches, Ranger Glossy Accents, Paper Crimper, Ice Stickles

 

Joyful Holiday Wishes

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card with you I made using a pre-colored image from the Gecko Galz May Christmas challenge page.  I printed the image out right away even though I didn't know how I would use it at the time.  I will say Gecko Galz's pre-colored images have really saved me more than once thanks to my migraines.  I have several images/collages printed out to use when I need to focus on something other than the migraine pain.  

This month's provided Christmas image is just gorgeous!! I so wish that it was my Christmas tree.  Looking at the image, I decided to pair it up with some retired SU taken with teal, regal rose and blush blossom card stock so the ornaments would stand out.  Once I had layered the image, I distressed the edges using my Tim Holtz paper distresser before adding some small metallic brushed silver brads then setting aside.  I stamped my Christmas greeting first in memento tuxedo black ink before dry embossing my card using a Cuttlebug© Ornament embossing folder and my Big Shot©.  After sanding the embossed images a bit, I sponged taken with teal ink around the edges before adding my layered image panel using pop up glue dots.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz May 2024 Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes Using Provided Image 

Splitcoaststampers IC962 - Liz Marie and Pinterest  (see inspiration pic below; inspired by colors white/teal)

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

CD Sunday Plus #133 - Anything Goes Digital (Christmas tree image)

Digi Choosday Wk18 - Anything Goes

Peace On Earth #63 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by the pink/teal colors)

Jingle Belle's Rock - Card Stock Christmas (No Designer Paper Allowed)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 647 and 648 - Anything Goes Uplifting (Christmas)

IC962

Peace On Earth

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Stamps: Gecko Galz; Stampin Up Wishes Awash (retired)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Taken With Teal

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Paper Distresser, Ice Stickles, Pop Up Glue Dots, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Brads, Teal Marker

 

Boo To You

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a Halloween card I made using some "new" and "unloved stash".  I was inspired to dig into the "pile" after seeing a friend Marie's blog post of a "crafty squirrel" challenge.  Basically, time to find stuff that is over 2 years old/older and/or never seen some love.  No problem I thought.  Since I'm already done with this Spring heat wave, I went digging for a long retired Stampin Up set called Booglie Eyes dreaming of cooler temps.  I bought the set over 10-15 years ago (copyright label says 2006) and never even mounted any of the images to the matching wooden block.  Proof below: 

Once I had cut and mounted the images, I dug out another retired SU set, Web Wishes and stamped the spider web on some scrap white card stock.  Then taking several of the newly mounted images, I stamped them in memento tuxedo black ink on the card stock making sure to stamp the spider one in the corner web.  After coloring everything using markers, I stippled Tim Holtz walnut stain, weathered wood, stormy sky, tumbled glass and mowed lawn distress inks using my paper pouncers to give a foggy night appearance.  Digging through my stash of designer paper, I discovered some purple with black glitter bat paper from Debbie Mumm and pulled that out to add to a purple card base.  After I added a purplish-brown border, I added the layered image panel using glue dots.  The final touch was adding a black glitter gel pen to highlight the web and googlie eyes to all of the characters plus my saying.

Challenges entered:

 

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

Two Old Bats Halloween May 2024 - Anything Goes Halloween

Splitcoaststampers WT1000 - Googlie Eyes

Gem of a Craft Challenge Wk9 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Calendar May 2024 - Anything Goes 

Park Hopping My Happy Place April/May 2024 - The Great Movie Ride (inspired by vintage Alfred Hitchcock movies and The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland)

 

Two Old Bats

 

Park Hopping My Happy Place
 

 

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Walnut Stain, Stormy Sky, Mowed Lawn, Weathered Wood, Tumbled Glass Distress Inks

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up; Debbie Mumm Havest and Holidays Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Googlie Eyes, Glue, Brads, Glue Dots, Castle Arts Black Glitter Gel Pen, Paper Pouncers

PIP Challenge 2418

 

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.  Since I make my Christmas cards year round, I decided to use their digital set Merry Christmas.  

 

I started out by combining all of the elements I wanted to use from the set in Photoshop© and then printed the finished scene on Neenah white card stock.  I then pulled out my Prismacolor and Copic markers, colored the scene before lightly stippling some so saffron ink to help fill in the white areas.  Once that was done, I layered the image then added some matching brads before setting aside.  For my card base, I dusted off a long retired SU jumbo wheel to stamp the background poinsettia's.  I then adhered the layered image panel using glue dots.  The final touches were adding Sunburst and Orange Slice ice stickles and 3D glaze pens to highlight parts of the image.  I'm really happy with how this turned out since I was coloring it with another migraine.

Challenges entered:

 

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

CD Sunday Plus #132 - Anything Goes Digital (images)

Digi Choosday Wk17 - Anything Goes 

Christmas Crafts All Year Round May 2024 - Hot/Cold Drinks and/or Christmas Movies (movie Home Alone)

Christmas Craft Creations April, 2024 to May 7, 2024 - Non Traditional Colors (shades of yellow)

 

 

 

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Stamps: Penguin Palace; Stampin Up

Ink: So Saffron

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Photoshop, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Ice Stickles, Stipple Brushes, 3D Glaze Pens

A Couple More ATC's

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a couple more ATC's (artist trading cards) I made over the last week and a half.  I know I've made a lot of ATC's lately, but it's the only thing right now my health, migraines and life in general, are allowing me to do.  I'm trying to push through the migraines because NOTHING is helping them and crying/going crazy just makes them hurt worse.

First up is this cute little snowman (retired I think) from Colorado Craft Company that I received from a friend as a RAK.  After I stamped him in memento tuxedo black ink onto a Neenah white card stock scrap, I then colored him using my Copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I then lightly stippled some tumbled glass and stormy sky distress inks using my blending brushes.  I then layered the image panel onto scrap navy card stock before distressing the edges using my Tim Holtz paper distresser tool and added some tiny light blue brads.  After adding some pop dots to hold the brads in place, I layered it two more times before adding some plum pudding snowflake sequins and ice stickles to finish it off.   Here's a close up of the finished ATC:

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #62 - Use Your NBUS (3C snowman set)

ATC Around The World #113 - Anything Goes 

Gem of a Craft Challenge WK9 - Anything Goes 

Krafty Chicks #714 - Stamps (Colorado Craft Sweet Snowman mini set)

Christmas Crafts All Year Round May 2024 - Hot/Cold Drinks and/or Christmas Movie (Frosty the Snowman)

Next up is this cute bunny I received as a freebie from Colorado Craft Company  called Butterfly Kisses (retired I think( during their mail art not a lost art promotion - which is basically decorating your envelopes.  I used to decorate them regularly but got away from it.  I'm not sure why but I think I need to start again.  

 

I started out by stamping the images in memento tuxedo black ink onto scrap Neenah white card stock before coloring using copic markers.  After coloring, I lightly stippled some Tim Holtz tumbled glass, mowed lawn and old paper distress inks using my blending brushes then layered my image panel onto scrap designer paper and scrap light green card stock.  Taking my old Martha Stewart punches, I punched out several "fern branches", flowers, butterflies and pine sprigs before crimping the fern ones.  I then built a floral spray using all of my punched pieces and Ranger's glossy accents.  I finished my ATC off with some "faux brads" and silver pearls for the flower and butterfly centers.

Challenges entered:

 

Critter Crazy #86 - Anything Goes With A Featured Critter (bunny)

Snippets Playground #479 - Use Those Scraps (whole ATC)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 645 to 646 - Anything Goes Uplifting (saying)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #229 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Colorado Craft Company

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

Card Stock: Scraps

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Punches, Distresser Tool, Pop Dots, Bling, Ice Stickles, Sequins