A Birthday Deer and Valentine

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a couple of cards I've made.  First up is a birthday card made for one of my brothers-in-law whose birthday is next week.  Since he lives in Idaho, I decided to use a Sizzix stamp/die set I received from a friend for Christmas and pair it with a digital snowflake plaid background from Conjurer of Dreams.  After stamping the image twice, I colored only one deer before die cutting it using the attached die.  I then blended old paper and tea dye distress inks before layering and adding brads.  I then adhered the image panel to my card before stamping my birthday sentiment inside.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (deer stamp/die)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #247 - Anything Goes 

Critter Crazy #95 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (deer)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 685 to 686 - Anything Goes Uplifting (birthday) 

The Card Concept #213 - Winter Solace See Insp Pic (inspired by deer, white trees)

 

 

 

My second card is featuring a long retired Stampin Up set called Greeting Card Kids. I've had this old wood mounted set for years (10-15 yrs at least) and haven't used it until now for some reason.

 

I started out by stamping the image onto a white scrap before coloring using Copic markers.  Once my coloring was finished, I blended some tattered rose distress ink using my blending brush before layering and adding some tiny red brads.  I then adhered the layered image panel to a dry embossed card using  glue dots.  The final touches were red/gold organdy ribbon from my stash and some red Prima flowers I've had for a long time. I'm really happy with how both cards turned out.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (stamp image)

Double D Feb 2/2025 - Hearts (image, embossed background)

Colorful Options Feb 2025 - See Inspiration Pic Below  

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Feb 5 - Love

Paper Funday #73 - Anything Goes

Neglected Stuff Feb 2025 - Use Your Neglected Stuff (image - have had stamp set 10-15yrs and not used yet)

 

Double D

 

Colorful Options

 

Neglected Stuff 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

 

 

 

Conjurer of Dreams February 2025 Inspiration And Challenge

 

 Hello and welcome.  Today's my day to share inspiration for this month's Conjurer of Dreams challenge. I have a few digital pages, ATC's and cards to showcase.

 

DIGITAL PAGES

Sets used: Red and Black Damask Wallpaper, Victorian Madame, My Gothic Valentine, Gothic Background and Elements

 

Sets used: My Gothic Valentine, Queen of Hearts, Gothic Backgrounds and Elements 

 

Sets used: Victorian Madame, Gargoyle Protector, Dracula's Castle

 

 

ATC's

Sets used: Dracula's Castle, Gothic Backgrounds and Elements, Batwoman, Red Silk,Grumpy Seniors Valentine, Gothic Red Riding Hood, Queen of Hearts 

Challenges entered:

Shopping Our Stash #540 - Remnants (everything but main images) 

Snippets Playground #499 - Use Your Snippets/Scraps (everything but the main image)

 

Sets used: Paper Layered Valentine, Grumpy Seniors Valentine, Queen of Hearts, Gothic Backgrounds and Elements, 

Challenges entered:

 Double D Feb 5th - Hearts (see pic below) (inspired by hearts)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (all images except Victorian Madam)

Paper Funday #73 - Anything Goes 

 

Double D
 

 

 

 

Sets used: Gothic Backgrounds and Elements, Grumpy Seniors Valentine, Victorian Madame 

Challenges entered:

 

CD Sunday Plus #151 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (lace)

 

ATC

 

Sets used: Steampunk Junk Journal, Steampunk Fall, Old West Ghost Town 

 

Challenges entered:

The Creative Crafters #84 - Anything Goes 

A Place To Start 020325 - Anything Goes 

 

Card

Sets used: Steampunk Junk Journal, Steampunk Fall, Old West Ghost Town, Red and Black Damask Wallpaper, Photo Corners 

 

Challenges entered:

Gem of a Craft #2 Wk 1 - Anything Goes 

Crafter's Cafe #315 Jan 2025 - Anything Goes 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter this month's challenge over at Conjurer of Dreams.

A Quiet Winter Mountain View

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a card made for one of my brothers-in-law using an image from Conjurer of Dreams Winter Wonder Mountain Scene and Window Frames Night digital sets.  

After printing out the entire set, I colored it using Castle Arts Harmonious pencils before layering and adding faux brads to the bottom corners of the frame only before adding to a green card base.  I then dug through my ribbon stash and found some brown crushed velvet ribbon I've had for years and added that to the top before digging out some brown Prima flowers from my stash.  The final touch was some bling and star dust ice stickles finished it off.  I'm really happy with how this one turned out.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (image, ribbon)

The Four Seasons February 2025 - See Inspiration Pic Below (inspired by tree, snow)

Digi Choosday Challenge 1 Wk 3 - Anything Goes

FarmQuest Country Christmas #16 - Anything Goes Outdoorsy 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (ribbon)

CD Sunday Plus #151 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams image)

 

The Four Seasons

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Harmonious Pencils, Primas, Glue Dots, Bling, Stickles, Ribbon

 

 

 

A Corset Birthday

 

Hello and welcome.  I decided to get a head start on my sister-in-law's birthday card and colored up this beautiful greyscale image from  Conjurer of Dreams beautiful Greyscale Coloring Book images.  This image is from the Victorian Corset collection.  Plus, I wanted to try out my new Castle Arts Harmonious colored pencils.  I think I'm in LOVE with these pencils.  The colors are so soft and really keep the vintage feel.

 

Once my corset was colored, I lightly blended some milled lavender distress ink around the edges to finish softening the white spaces using a blender brush.  I then layered the image panel and added some lavender button brads I've had for years.  I then distressed the bottom layer to the image panel, using a paper distresser before adding it to a dry embossed plum card.  Taking my Art Impressions birthday saying (long retired), I stamped it using a scrap of pale plum card stock before adhering it to a perfect plum scrap.  After distressing the bottom edge, and adding faux brads, I adhered it to the card using pop up glue dots.  The final touch was adding a touch of lavender stickles to rose centers and the corset.  I'm very happy with how this turned out especially with my migraines, and fibromyalgia, acting up again.  It was push through or cry and crying hurts too much.

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (button brads)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (image, harmonious pencils) 

Creative Fingers #293 - Anything Goes 

Krafty Chicks #753 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 685 to 686 - Anything Goes Uplifting (birthday) 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams; Art Impressions

Ink: Tim Holtz Milled Lavender Distress; Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Harmonious Pencils, Blending Brush, Pop Up Glue Dots, Brads, Lavender Ice Stickles

Just Some Winter ATC's

 

Hello and welcome.  Really quick post today as I'm in a lot of pain and not focusing good right now.   I have a couple of ATC's made using this month's free sheet from Gecko Galz.  After trimming down to size, and layering, I added some small, icy floral sprays as embellishments before adding star dust ice stickles as the only embellishments.  Close up's below:

Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz ATC Monthly - January 2025 

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

Paper Funday #72 - Anything Goes Optional Monochrome 

ATC Around The World Jan 2025 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gecko Galz; Stampin Up (Winter Saying)

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Picket Fence

Card Stock: Neenah; Scraps

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Paper Crimper, MS Punches, Paper Pouncers, Glue Dots, Glossy Accents, Stickles

A Merry Christmas Train

 

Hello and welcome.  Second post today.  I have a Christmas card I'd like to share made using image sets from Conjurer of Dreams.  

 

I started out by combining the Steam Train in the Seasons, Window Frames Night and Holiday Greetings sets in Photoshop before printing it out onto Neenah white card stock.  The Christmas tree image is a free clipart from the web.  Once I was finished printing, I layered it and added some silver diamond brads before running a fingernail along the edges then added it to my card base using pop up glue dots.  Digging through my stash, I found some grey velvet ribbon and a matching hat pin I've had lying around for years.  After adding those, the only other embellishment added was some yellow stickles (for the tree) and a clear 3D glaze pen to highlight the saying and my card was finished.  I'm happy with it since I had to push through my migraine to make it.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #70 - Use Your NBUS (Christmas Tree clipart)

FarmQuest Country Christmas #16 - Anything Goes Country Christmas

My Time To Craft #104 - Rectangle Shape 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #246 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Card Stock:  Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Fingernail, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, Stickles, Ribbon, Hat Pin

PIP Challenge 2504

 

  Sponsored by 

Sunbird Spark

 

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Sunbird Spark (formerly Penguin Palace).  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship of this week's challenge. My card this week uses their digital image Garden Fairy.

After printing it out on Neenah white card stock, I pulled out my Castle Arts & Lyra flesh tone colored pencils and got to work coloring it.  Once my I was finished, I lightly blended some stormy sky and mowed lawn distress inks using my blender brushes before layering and adding purple brads.  I added the layered image panel to a dry embossed card using glue dots.  Digging through my stash of Prima flowers, I found a jar of small purple hued flowers and added those before adding bling to their centers.  The final touch was adding both clear bling, and crystal ice stickles, to the centers of the flowers and fairy's wings.  I'm really happy with how this turned out especially since this migraine is still around.  It's to the point of push through or cry, and crying hurts more.

Challenges entered:

CD Sunday Plus #150 - Anything Goes Digital (image)

Digi Choosday #1 wk 2 - Anything Goes

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (primas)

Splictoaststampers IC999 - See Pic Below (inspired by the colors of snowflakes)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 683 to 684 - Anything Goes Uplifting

Dragonfly Dreams Jan 2025 - Use Pinks and Purples 

Triple B Jan 2025 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (blooms)

IC999

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

Stamps: Sunbird Spark

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Mowed Lawn Distress Inks

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts and Lyra Colored Pencils, Blending Brushes, Bling, Brads, Glue Dots, Prima Flowers, Stickles, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Missing Parts

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a card I finally assembled using the Conjurer of Dreams Grumpy Cat pre-colored digital image.  I added the saying using Photoshop© before printing out onto Neenah white card stock before running a dark brown copic marker along the edges.  Once that was finished, I layered it and added copper brads and copper cord along the edges.  I'm happy with how this turned out since I'm still dealing with this migraine that won't go away.  It's been a month now fighting this thing and I'm getting really tired of being in pain.  It's gotten to the point of push through it or cry.

Challenges entered:

 

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

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #258 - NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff) (image/saying)

Critter Crazy #94 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (cat)

CD Sunday Plus #150 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams image)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #246 - Anything Goes 

 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter this month's Conjurer of Dreams challenge.  Please remember to spay and neuter your cats/dogs.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Copper Brads, Cord, Glue Dots

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

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 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 

 

Challenges entered:

 

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

Challenges entered:

 

Sets used: Winter Visitor 

 

Challenges entered: 

 

Sets used: Twilight AI Art, Winter Window Polaroids

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

 Challenges entered:

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

 

Challenges entered:

 

 

 

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

 

Challenges entered:

 

 

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.