Woodblock Wednesday April 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.  My card this month is using a long retired set of Hero Arts Poetic Prints Collection called Patterns and Petals that I haven't even used yet.  It was still in it's original packaging.  I'm not even sure how long I've had this stamp set, but I do know it's been over a year.

I grabbed a scrap piece of Neenah white card stock and folded it to make a clean and simple slimline card.  Taking three of the stamps out, I stamped them using various Versamark inks (key lime, aquatic splach, mango madness) before stamping my anniversary saying using memento tuxedo black ink.  The only embellishments I added were a few Gin and Tonic sequins from Picket Fence Studios.  

Challenges entered:

 

Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero April 2024 - Anniversary 

Woodblock Wednesday April 2024 - Use Those Woodblock Stamps  (Hero Arts, Saying)

Crafty Gals Corner #254 - Anything Goes 

Colorful Options April 2024 - Pastel Colors or Rainbow (pastels) 

Paper Funday #64 - Anything Goes Optional Sweet Treats (anything goes)

 

Hero Arts

 

Colorful Options

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Hero Arts; Rubber Stampede (saying)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Versamark Key Lime, Aquatic Splash, Mango Madness

Card Stock: Neenah White Scrap

Accessories: Sequins, Glue

A Little Retro Beachfront Lighthouse

 

Hello and welcome.  I am thrilled to be guest designing for the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog for this week's challenge which is a tic-tac-toe challenge. (see below graphic)  For my project, I went with the pens/pencils, beach (mine has a lighthouse) and stencil (background clouds).

For my project, I did a late Father's Day/Birthday gift to my husband and used a Lighthouse Scene stamp from Hero Arts that I bought back in 1996 or 1998 (copyright info too small for my migraine) when I first started stamping.  My husband has been asking for me to make another project using this stamp for years now and I finally got it done.  It's amazing to see how my coloring skills have improved from way back when.  I had given him a framed lighthouse as a birthday present years ago and colored it using Crayola pencils.  This new one is colored using Castle Arts pencils and I'm amazed at the difference in my shading from then to now.  Behind my lighthouse I used a slimline cloud stencil from Picket Fence Studios along with Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink using blending brushes also from Picket Fence.  Below is the side by side view.

And then with the stamp:

I'd also like to enter this into the following challenges.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamp set)

The Four Seasons July 2023 - See Mood Board (went with beach/ocean theme)

613 Ave Create July 2023 - Anything Goes Optional: Nautical (went with beach/lighthouse)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #210 - Anything Goes 

A Place To Start July 2023 - Anything Goes Optional Life's A Beach (went with beach)

Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero July 2023 - Here Comes The Sun

 

The Four Seasons

 

613 Ave Create

 

A Place To Start

 

Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join us over at Retro Rubber for this week's challenge.

Stamps: Hero Arts

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress

Card Stock: Hammermill White

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, Frame

Woodblock Wednesday On A Thursday May Edition

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I have another card to share for the Woodblock Wednesday challenge.  For this one, I used the same Stampin Up background as yesterday's card but a different Hero Arts stamp called Garden Flowers Sketch.  I also received this stamp as a RAK from a friend and hadn't used yet (NBUS).  Thank you Amy so much for starting these challenges.  So many of my woodblock stamps are seeing love again.

I started out by stamping the Hero Arts flowers in memento tuxedo ink on to scrap Hammermill white before coloring using my prismacolor watercolor pencils with alcohol blender again.  Once the coloring was finished, I blended some Tim Holtz tumbled glass and mowed lawn distress inks before layering and adding some white brads.  For my card, I again stamped the dots and posies background in mowed lawn before adhering my layered image using glue dots.  I then added some green/white baker's twine from my stash before adding a wooden wheelbarrow I picked up from the dollar store using mini glue dots.  The finishing touches were some Meraki Sparkle Green Illusion bling I won earlier this year (NBUS) and my saying stamped in memento tuxedo black directly on to the wheelbarrow from a long retired Stampin Up Fancy Flexible Sayings wood stamp.  The inside again uses the retired Helen Keller saying from A Stamp In The Hand.

 

inside

 

Challenges entered:

 

Woodblock Wednesday May 2023 - Use Those Wood Block Stamps 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #50 May 2023 - Use Your NBUS (hero arts stamp, wheelbarrow, bling)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash  (wheelbarrow saying)

Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero May 2023 - Dance Of The Flowers (main image, background)

The Four Seasons Spring May 2023 - See Mood Board (inspired by the flowers)

Triple B Challenge May 2023 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (I used the blooms, colors of mood board) 

Retro Rubber #207 - Anything Goes Using Stamp Over 1 Year Old (floral 1yr, background 1.5, saying in wheelbarrow 10yrs old, inside saying also 10 yrs old)

The Four Seasons

Hero Arts

Triple B Challenge

Retro Rubber

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

Stamps: Hero Arts; Stampin Up; A Stamp In The Hand

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

Card Stock: Hammermill White Scrap; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils, Alcohol Blender Marker, Bling, Glue, Brads, Glue Dots, Baker's Twine, Wooden Wheelbarrow, PFS Blending Brushes

 

 

Splitcoaststampers DTGD 022 Day Seven

Hello and welcome.  I'm totally hoping today's post doesn't get deleted since I have to go redo my Day Six post because blogger thinks cards, and stamping in general, endanger children.  Go figure!

 

Today's the seventh, and final, day of the most anticipated week of the year over at Splitcoaststampers.com.  Every year the design team, aka Dirty Dozen, host a week of challenges for the Fan Club as a way to say thank you for supporting the website.  This year, as we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Fan Club, the challenges are open to everyone that wants to play along.  Come play along with us.  You can learn a new technique, find new ways to use your stash, chat with the Dirty Dozen and have a chance to win some fabulous prizes. 

As always, I'm trying to use as much of my Never Before Used Stuff and also try to get my Christmas cards done by October.  Here are my cards for today:

 

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas Space Cadet Clear Set (retired)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Bling, Stipple Brush, Flourish Bling, Dimensionals, 3D Glaze Pens, Ice Stickles, Brads
 

 

Stamps: Taylored Expressions Discover Your Wings

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tattered Rose Distress Ink

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Black Marker, 3D Glaze Pen, Dimensionals, Black Artist Pen

 

 

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas Salud, Cinco De Cactus (NBUS)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Really Rust; Tim Holtz Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy Distress Inks

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Dimensionals, Brads, Glue Dots, Gel Pen, 3D Glaze Pen, Black Prismacolor Marker, Ranger Glossy Accents (for drink)
 

 

Stamps: Simply B Stamps (closed now); Stampin Up Boho Background

Ink: Stampin Up Ballet Blue; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress Ink

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Computer, Printer, Brads, PFS Blending Brush, Twine, 3D Glaze/Souffle Pens, Lyra Pencils
 

 

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #40 - July Use Your NBUS (kitty image)

Show Us Your Pussycats #79 - Anything Goes With A Cat 

 

 

Stamps: Impression Obsession Kitty In Tree (retired)

Ink: Tim Holtz Vintage Photo

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, 3D Glaze Pen, Prima, Glue Dots, Copper Cord, Copper Ice Stickles, Corner Rounder, Spellbinders Oval Nestabilities

 

 Challenges entered:

The Flower Challenge #70 - Clean And Simple

Stamps: Hero Arts Good Friends (saying); Stampin Up Hand Painted Petites (retired)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Blue Danube, Cottage Ivy

Card Stock: Hammermill White

Accessories: Crystal Ice Stickles

 

 

Come join us over at Splitcoaststampers.  All of the fun can be found here.  All uploads must be done by July 29th, 11:59 PM Central Time.

 

 

 

Dandelions, Catcus and Sunflowers

 Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a few cards I've made in the last week using stamps that have never been used before (NBUS).  With all that's still going on in the world, and my health, I'm finding my coloring and crafting is giving me some peace of mind.  I'm still not happy with all that's going on in Ukraine.  Somebody needs to stop that madman before he bombs all of Europe.  Hopefully, something will come out of the NATO talks this week but I'm not going to hold my breath.  However, I digress.

My first card is made using all scraps and turned out to be a cute little note card using Lawn Fawn's set Dandy Day Flip Flop along with the matching dies.  Now where I live, the calendar says it's officially spring, however, someone forgot to tell Mother Nature.  We are jumping from the 60's to almost the 90's this week then dropping 20+ degrees next week.  I've got dandelions growing all over the place in my front yard and this card reminds me of them.  I started out by stamping everything twice on scrap Neenah white card stock before coloring using Castle Arts colored pencils before die cutting the second set of images.  Once everything was colored, and die cut, I layered the main image panel onto black scrap card stock then onto a small turquoise piece for the card.  I then popped up the die cut images (even those little itty bitty pieces) before adding a small scrap of bakers twine.  As an afterthought, I took a black artist pen and added some hand drawn birds (don't laugh), faux brads and faux stitching around the edges.

Challenges entered:

 

Pixies Snippets Playground #424 - Use Those Snippets 

Hero Arts March - Send A Hug 

Daring Cardmakers - Hello Spring 

Dream Valley #266 - Springtime 

 

My second card uses a set from Newton's Nook that I've been dying to use called Cuppa Cactus and the matching dies.  I started out stamping my images twice onto some scrap Neenah white card stock to make into a one layer card before coloring using the Castle Arts pencils.  Once my coloring was finished, I die cut the images before popping them up using dimensionals and stippling some Tim Holtz distress inks around them using my Picket Fence blending brushes.  As an afterthought, I'm good for those, I took my one layer card and adhered it onto scrap green card stock before adding the faux stitching/faux brads using a black artist pen.  I kind of like how it turned out doing that.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff #36 - Use Your NBUS 

Splitcoaststampers F4A630 - Hello Spring (I went with Spring in the desert)

Inspiration Station #26 - Rainbow (inspired by colors of inspiration pic)

Newton's Nook Inky Paws #169 - Think Spring (I went with Spring in the desert)

 

Inspiration Station

Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge

My third card uses the Sunflower Power digital image from Power Poppy as part of their Sunflowers For Ukraine images.  I started out by combining the sunflower, and saying, in a watermark program before printing onto Hammermill white card stock.  I then colored the image using Castle Arts colored pencils before softly blending Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink around the edges using Picket Fence blending brushes.  I then layered my colored image before adding some vintage brads then adding to a summer sun card.  I wanted to keep my sunflower card as simple as possible so the image and saying stood out on their own.

Challenges entered:

 

Word Art Wednesday #535 to 536 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Jan's Digital Stamps March - Anything Goes 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 11 - Anything Goes Coloring 

CD Sunday Plus #81 - Anything Goes Digital 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great week.

Dandelion Card

Stamps: Lawn Fawn

Ink: Memento Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress

Card Stock: Scraps

Accessories: Twine, Micro Pop Dots, Castle Art Pencils, Black Artist Pen, PFS Blending Brushes

Coffee Cactus Card

Stamps: Newton's Nook

Ink: Memento Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Tea Dye; Adirondack Caramel

Card Stock: Scraps

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Dimensionals, PFS Blending Brushes

Sunflower Card

Stamps: Power Poppy

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Pencils, Brads, Glue Dots

Frost-Tea And Succulent Sunshine

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a couple of cards I made to try and keep my mind off another migraine and still feeling like garbage from COVID.

The first card features a digital image from the now closed Craftin Desert Divas stamp shop called Frost-Tea that I've had for some time and just never used (NBUS).  I'm a tea drinker at heart although I do love a good cup of cocoa, with marshmallows, and coffee from time to time.  I started off by printing the image onto Neenah white card stock and coloring using Castle Art pencils before stippling Mowed Lawn distress ink using my Picket Fence Studio blending brushes.  Can I say just how much I LOVE their blending brushes!!  After I was done stippling, I layered the image before adding some green button brads I bought on an after Christmas clearance a few years back.  For the card, I dry embossed the card, and border, before stippling more mowed lawn ink then adhering my layered image using glue dots.  I then pulled out a Making Memories Noteworthy felt flower I've had for years (NBUS) and adhered it on the border with glue dots.  After adding my own "greenery" by punching scrap card stock using my Martha Stewart fern/pine spring punches, I realized the brad in the center of my felt flower was a different color, so I changed the color by using a green Copic marker.  As an afterthought, I highlighted parts of the image using Castle Arts gel pens. Inside the card is stamped: Glad Tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year using a Hero Arts stamp I received as a RAK.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #36 - March Use Your NBUS 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #3 - March Use Green 

Crafty Gals Corner #229 - Add A Flower 

Digi Choosday Wk 11 - Anything Goes 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #585 - Anything Goes Christmas 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas #111 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #60 - Snowflakes 

 

My second card was inspired by the Art Nudge 90 colors and this week's Inspiration 849 challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.  I started out by creating a mini slimline white card before stamping images from my You Are My Sunshine (retired) set from Picket Fence Studios in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring them using Castle Arts colored pencils.  After stamping the saying, my clean and simple card was finished.  I'm REALLY happy with how this turned out.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #36 - March Use Your NBUS 

Splitcoaststampers IC849 - Baba Souk (see my inspiration pic below) 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 10 - Anything Goes Coloring 

Outlawz Monday Greetings March 14 to 27th - Anything Goes 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Use Your Favorite Things (my favorite - Castle Arts colored pencils)

Word Art Wednesday #535 to 536 - Anything Goes Uplifting

Arty Divas Feb - Anything Goes  

613 Ave Create #202203 - Anything Goes Optional Twist Succulent Inspiration 

Hero Arts March - Send A Hug 

 

Splitcoaststampers IC849 inspiration pic

Art Nudge #90

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great rest of your week and please continue to pray for the citizens of Ukraine as they fight for their freedom, and for the Ukrainian refugees as well.

Frost-Tea card

Stamps: Craftin Desert Divas; Hero Arts

Ink: Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Computer, Printer, PFS Blending Brushes, Brads, Glue Dots, MS Punches, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Snowflake Embossing Folder, Castle Arts Colored Pencils/Gel Pens

You Art My Sunshine

Stamps: Picket Fence Studio

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White

Accessories: Castle Art Colored Pencils

Silent Night Peace Plus More NBUS

Hello everyone.  What a week with my migraines!  Ugh!  Today I'd like to share with you a Christmas card I made using a stamp I bought at least a decade ago and never ink'd.  I know, bad mommy!!!

I started out by stamping the Hero Arts Silent Night image in Tim Holtz chipped sapphire ink onto white card stock.  Then, pulling one of the many Christmas songs I scanned from an old church hymnal before my mother in law passed away.  After layering both of these, I then lightly stippled Tim Holtz faded jeans distress ink over and around the images before adding a light layer of chipped sapphire.  I then added some never before used eyelets and adhered them to a vanilla card along with some designer paper I bought at Costco about 20 years ago and also never used.  Sheesh!  For my embellishments, I added some Stampin Up eyelets, prima flowers plus ornament, and some Rubba Dub Dub midnight fibers I bought at a stamp convention over a decade ago.

Challenges entered:

Jingle Belles Rock - Peace On Earth
Sweet Stampin Christmas - September Anything Goes Christmas
Cute N Crafty Christmas #18 - Anything Goes Christma
Pammies Inky Pinkies #1938 - Anything Goes
Splitcoast Stampers USEIT2019 - Use Your Stuff



Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!

Spring Bird

Hello and welcome to the weekend.  Today I am sharing a card I made for a couple of challenges using a Hero Arts cling stamp that has been collecting dust.  I love this type of collage stamp because they are so easy to work with.

After stamping the image in memento tuxedo black onto white card, I colored only the flowers, bird and circle before lightly stippling some Tim Holtz brushed corduroy distress ink.  Once I was done with all of my coloring and stippling, I layered the image onto some Stampin Up! scrap card stock before adding some faux brads, punched butterflies, and ice stickles.

Challenges entered:
A Blog Named Hero - Anything Goes
Hero Arts Blog - Spring Color Contest

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Hero Arts Bird In Circle
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Scraps
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Martha Stewart Butterfly Trio, Glue Dots, Ice Stickles

Bird Collage

Hello and welcome.  Sorry for the lapse between posts, I have been having some major trouble with my migraines lately.

I finally decided to ink up and use some Hero Arts stamps I've had collecting dust and desperately needing to see some ink.  After stamping the bird collage in memento ink and coloring with prismacolor markers, I started stippling various Tim Holtz distress inks around it to age and soften the colored image.  Once my coloring and stippling was finished and layered, I stamped some additional Hero Arts images on scrap paper before punching out butterflies and cutting out the flower to add as embellies.  The only other embellishments added were some pearl stickers, die cut flourishes, and hand drawn flight "trails" using a black marker.

 

Challenges entered:

A Blog Named Hero: Make Your Own Embellishments

Hero Arts March Color Challenge

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Hero Arts Clings - Bird Collage, Small Bold Flower, 4 Fun Flowers

Ink: Memento London Fog, Tim Holtz Old Paper, Milled Lavender, Tumbled Glass, Broken China

Card Stock: MFP White, Stampin Up! Moss, Lavender, DCWV Timless Type Mat Stack

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Sizzix Flourish Die, Big Shot, Martha Stewart Butterfly Trio Punch, Pearl Stickers, Stipple Brushes, Bling, Glue Dots, Black Marker

 

 

 

Turquoise Peacock - Moxie Fab Feather Challenge

Hello all and welcome to Tuesday!  Today I am sharing a card I made for the Moxie Fab Fascination With Feathers challenge.  I've had this Hero Arts stamp set in my stash for awhile just begging for ink and the perfect opportunity arrived, especially since I was having a hard time sleeping from a migraine over the weekend.

I started out by stamping one of the peacock tail feathers in Stampin Up! tempting turquoise around a turquoise card to form a frame before adding a dry embossed teal panel.  Once that was done I added some $1 ribbon from stash and then stamped my main image in memento tuxedo black ink onto snow storm smooth premium paper before coloring with prismacolor markers and stippling tempting turquoise ink over the tail feathers.  Once that was done, I got this wild hair, and stamped some "loose" feathers underneath the feet of the peacock, colored them, and stippled the same ink over my coloring before layering and adding teal brads.  Then I added some Recollections bling, diamond ice stickles, and silver ice stickles to the tail feathers and head accents before adding some primas with silver ice stickle centers.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and make sure to stop by the Moxie Fab blog to enter into the challenge.  You still have plenty of time since it ends on April 2nd.



Stamps: Hero Arts
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Tempting Turquoise, Taken With Teal
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Stampin Up! Tempting Turquoise, Taken With Teal
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Ribbon, Primas, Glue Dots, Ice Stickles, Brads