Splitcoaststampers DTGD Day Four

Hello and welcome.  Today's the fourth 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.

 

I have tried my best to use either some never before used stuff, or rarely used, as much as possible.  I'm also determined to get my Christmas cards made before October this year.   Here are my cards for today. 

 

Challenges entered:

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

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #64 - Show Us Your Snowfolk 

 

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas O Holy Night (NBUS), Nature's Christmas Tree (NBUS) Clear Sets (retired)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: White Gel Pen, Castle Arts Pencils/Gel Pens, PFS Blending Brushes, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil (used for snow drifts), Black Artist Pen, Ice Stickles, Brads, Distresser Tool, Dimensionals, Stipple Brush

 

 

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Make Your Own Background 

Happy Little Stampers - July Anything Goes With Dies (stamped image is die cut) 

 

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios Boho Bull Stamp/Die Set (NBUS)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Ruler, Pencil, Copic Markers, Big Shot, Castle Arts Gel Pens, Dimensionals, SU Oval Punch

 

Challenges entered:

Moving Along With The Times #144 - July Inky Background (used stencil and faux layering) 

 

Stamps: Magenta Tulip Script

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Regal Rose; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: PFS Tulip Stencil, Copy Paper Scrap, PFS Blending Brush, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, Bow, Ranger Glossy Accents, Distressing Tool, Copic Markers

 

Stamps: Taylored Expressions Chillax

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Green Galore

Card Stock: Scraps

Accessories: Gel Pens, Prismacolor Markers, Ice Stickles (for the salt), MS Punches, Ranger Glossy Accents, Black Artist Pen, Brads, Distressing Tool, Glue Dots

 

Challenges entered:

Shopping Our Stash #475 - WTHeck Embellishments (bling flourish - don't know why I have them and have a hard time using them) 

 

Stamps: Impression Obsession Fred She Said

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Soft Sky Dye Ink

Card Stock: Neenah White; Scraps

Accessories: Frame, Primas, Bling, Dimensionals, PFS Blending Brush, Pop Dots, Ranger Glossy Accents, Black Ice Stickles, 3D Glaze Pen (for shoestrings)

 

Challenges entered:

Daisy Chain Challenges #65 July - No Design Paper 

 

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo (NBUS)

Ink: Stampin Up Close To Cocoa

Card Stock: Stampin Up

Accessories: Prima, Glue Dots, Pearl Bling, Gel Pen

 

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo (NBUS)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tattered Rose Distress Ink (leftover ink from another project)

Card Stock: Hammermill White Scrap; Stampin Up; Scrap Designer Paper

Accessories: Brads, Prima, Glue Dots, Pearl Bling, Pop Up Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brush

 

Challenges entered:

Peace On Earth Challenge #20 - Anything Goes Christmas (see mood board) (inspired by colors)

 

 

Stamps: Stampin Up Christmas Cardinal

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn Distress Ink

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Velcro, Sakura 3D Clear Glaze Pen

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.

 

 

 

A Couple Of Clean And Simple Birthdays

Since getting COVID added wtih my chronic migraines, I have been feeling like garbage.  So, I decided to make a couple of clean and simple birthday cards using an old Inkadindadoo clear stamp set I've had for years and never used.  That way I could, at least, try focusing on something other than my health.

First card up is a one layer card.  I started out by stamping the lizard image/saying in memento tuxedo black ink onto a small scrap of white card stock before coloring with Castle Arts pencils.  I then stamped the inside saying after carefully cutting it in half so it would fit.  I then stamped the lizard again coloring with colored pencils.

Challenges entered:

 

CAS On Friday #226 - One Layer Birthday 

Splitcoaststampers F4A628 - Green 

Outlawz Festive Friday March 4 to March 17 - Birthday Theme 

 

My second card also uses scrap card stock with an Inkadinkadoo image stamped onto scrap white, colored using Castle Arts pencils as well.  After layering the stamped image onto a black scrap, I added brads as the only embellishment.

Challenges entered: 

 

Splitcoaststampers F4A#627 - Snarky Birthday 

Outlawz Festive Friday March 4 to March 17 - Birthday Theme 

Never Before Used Schtuff #36 - March Use Your NBUS 

Corrosive Challenge #3 - March Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo Humerous Birthday

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Scraps

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, Brads

 

Faux Sewing - Virginia's View Challenge #3

I've finally decided to try my hand at one of the monthly Virginia's View Challenges. This month's challenge is stitching, or in other words sewing, which I do not like at all.  Fortunately for me, one of the options of the challenge is faux sewing or stitching, so that's what I'm going to embellish with.

I pulled out one of my favorite Inkadinkadoo images and stamped it in memento black on white card stock before coloring with prismacolor pencils then stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink for the sky around the top half of the image.  For the bottom half, I stippled some Stampin Up! garden green ink to help blend in the grassy area.  After piercing my layered image, I then "sewed" along the pierced dots using a black marker before adding to an embossed blue/white card with a stamped saying.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo, Stampin Up!
Card Stock: Stampin Up!
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Stampin Up! Garden Green
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Paper Piercing Tool and Guide, Stipple Brushes, Big Shot, Embossing Folder

Do We Give God Headaches?

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!  Make sure you've called, or hugged, your mom today.

When I first saw this sentiment from Inkadinkadoo last year, I just had to buy it on the spot!  The stamp is part of Inkadinkadoo's "kids say the darndest things" line.  So when I saw this week's 4 Crafty Chicks Sentiment only challenge, I definitely had to use this stamp!

After stamping my sentiment in Stampin Up! night of navy ink onto bashful blue card stock, I pulled out my spellbinders wonky labels to die cut my layers.  Then, after running a cuttlebug houndstooth embossing folder through the big shot, I stippled some night of navy ink over the raised "images" before adhering my layered saying and adding some white baby brads.  Since the card still seemed somewhat plain at that point, I then pulled out a MFT daisy die-namic and die cut 3 sets of flowers with leaves, stippled navy ink on the top/bottom layers before adhering to my card.  For my final touches, I decided to add some blue gem stickers to the centers of the flowers and then slightly curl the flower/leaf ends up.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo

Ink: Stampin Up! Night Of Navy

Card Stock: Stampin Up! Night Of Navy, Bashful Blue, Green Galore Scrap

Accessories: Stipple Brush, Spellbinders Wonky Labels, Making Memories Baby Brads, MFT Daisy Die-Namic, Gem Sticker, Glue Dots, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Big Shot

Bird's Nest Color Throwdown

Hi there. Here's another card that only took me 20 minutes to make and 3 days to upload thanks to an aggravating migraine started by some nasty perfume someone at work just had to wear. Ugh!

This is my entry for the Color Throwdown #85, and the last one for a while according to the CTD blog. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to do all of the challenges, but I did have fun with them.

The image is stamped in memento tuxedo black and colored with Prismacolor watercolor pencils and a blender marker. Afterwards, I lightly stippled Stampin Up! bashful blue dye ink around the bird and nest to fill in the remaining white spots before stamping an old retired script background stamp and then adding some glittered silk flowers.


Stamps: Inkadinkadoo, Stampin Up!
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Garden Green
Cardstock: White, Garden Green, Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils, Prismacolor Blender Marker, Bling, Silk Flowers, Glue Dots, Stipple Brush, Baby Brads

Watercolored Sympathy

I had the need for a sympathy card this last week and had an Inkadinkadoo stamp for a while that really needed to see some ink. So I stamped this in memento tuxedo black on plain white Georgia Pacific white cardstock and then decided to pull out my Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils and a blender marker.

Let's just say I am impressed! I am in love with the way this image turned out. Stampin Up! going grey is lightly stippled around the outside edges of the image as well as the card itself. The saying is an old retired Stampin Up! set who's name escapes me right now.

It's amazing how clean and simple can be so pretty sometimes.

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo, Stampin Up!

Cardstock: Going Grey, Real Red, Basic Grey, White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Going Grey, Basic Grey
Accessories: Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils, Prismacolor Blender Marker, Stipple Brush, Brads