Woodblock Wednesday July 2023

 

 

Hello and welcome.  It's time for another Woodblock Wednesday challenge so let's bust out those woodblock stamps we all have and are hoarding.  My card(s) this month is featuring a couple of long retired Stampin Up sets: Highly Decorated jumbo wheel, Wonderful Words and Courage and Honor stamp set.  I'm sending these to a friend who's doing a thank you for your service card drive for a local veterans home.

I started out by stamping the main images in memento tuxedo black ink on some corn husk card stock before coloring using Castle Arts pencils, layering and adding brads.  I then stamped the card using the Highly Decorated jumbo wheel and some garden green ink before overstamping the saying in memento black.  After adding my image panels using pop dots, I was done.  I'm happy with how these turned out.

Challenges entered: 

 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamps/wheel)

Woodblock Wednesday July 2023 - Use Your Old Wood Block Stamps (saying/main images)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join us in this month's Woodblock Wednesday challenge.

Stamps: Stampin Up

Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Garden Green

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, Brads, Pop Dots

 

 

Happy Christmas Mate & Some Musings

Hello and welcome.  Well California is finally getting some rain and snow in the mountains.  How long this lasts only God knows. Don't get me wrong.  I LOVE rain especially since we need it so badly.  With that in mind, things have been a bit "rough" here the last few days for me physically and mentally.  Had to get an appointment with my primary to follow-up on the back and start to deal with mental issues.  Lately I've been feeling like I'm going to jump out of my skin and I just can't control feeling like that.  So, long story short, we're trying a few things to see if they help.  Please keep your fingers crossed the new meds work.  I'm digressing though and you're here to see the card I made for a lovely young lady in Australia whom I had sent a birthday card a couple of months back as part of a RAK request.  Once I had sent her birthday card, I thought Elysha would like one at Christmas too so I borrowed the retired Happy Christmas Mate set from Stampin Up a friend of mine had.

I started out by stamping the Santa image in Memento tuxedo black ink onto scrap white card stock then colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered it and added some faux brads before setting aside.  I then took a scrap panel of card stock, dry embossed it using a Cuttlebug swirls embossing folder and my big shot, before stippling Tim Holtz broken china distress ink over the embossed images before adding that to a blue card base.  I then added my layered image panel using glue dots.  As an afterthought, I highlighted the surfing Santa using Castle Arts glitter gel pens and added a few sequins from my stash.  To the inside of the card, I added a few more stamped/colored images from the same Happy Christmas Mate set along with sayings from my dusty Sunny Seasons Greetings set (retired).

Inside of card

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #44 - November Use Your NBUS (images/sayings) 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Unloved Stash (Sunny Seasons Greetings set) 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #127 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #550 - Shades of Blue 

Through The Craft Room Door Nov 8th - Anything Goes 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #619 - Anything Goes Christmas 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Broken China, Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, PFS Blending Brushes, PFS Sequins, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Gel Pens, Small Hole Punch, Bearly Arts Glue, Sanding Block

 

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.

 

 

 

Splitcoaststampers DTGD Day Two

 

Hello and welcome.  Today's the second day of the most anticipated week of the year over at Splitcoaststampers.com.  Every year the 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 design team, aka Dirty Dozen, and have a chance to win some fabulous prizes.

Here are my cards for today:

 

Challenges entered:

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends #186 - Anything Goes 

 

Stamps: Stampin Up Branch Out, Small Script

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa, Ladybug, Rosebud, Lilac Lavender

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

Accessories: Black Artist Pen, Distresser Tool, Brads, Dimensionals

Challenges entered:

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

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 28 - Anything Goes Coloring 

 

Stamps: Impression Obsession Hope Clear Set

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Regal Rose; Leftover Tim Holtz Tattered Rose Distress Ink

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brush

 

Challenges entered:

Let's Squash It #22 - Keep It CAS 

 

Stamps: Stampendous (NBUS stamp)

Ink: Stampin Up River Rock

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Cuttlebug Birds and Swirls Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Brayer, MS Punches, Ranger Glossy Accents, Pearl Bling, Ribbon

 

Challenges entered:

 

The Four Seasons July - Anything Goes Summer (summer mood board)

 

Stamps: Impression Obsession Pool Party

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Broken China Distress Ink

Card Stock: Scraps

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Fibers, Corner Punch, Ice Stickles

 

Stamps: Stampin Up Aviary

Ink: Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Broken China; Stampin Up River Rock, Soft Suede, Night of Navy

Card Stock: Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Cuttlebug Textile Embossing Folder, Sponges, Enamel Dots, Gold Embossing Powder, Gold Glitter Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Big Shot, Pop Up Glue Dots

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Playing Along With Virtual Stamp Night

Hello and welcome.   Very short post today.  I played along with the Splitcoaststampers Virtual Stamp Night last week and I'm finally getting a chance to upload these thanks to the migraine I picked up last weekend and hasn't gone away yet.

 

Impression Obsession cards

Bugaboo Stamps card

 

Stampin Up card

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

Scattering Seeds of Kindness

Hello and welcome.  Sorry it's been a bit since I've posted.  I've been dealing with my husbands health issues on top of my own health problems.  Still feeling crummy but I managed to get this card done that I started two weeks ago.  Right now it's slow going with me completing any task.

I dusted off this old Stampin Up set called Seeds of Kindness and paired it with Art Nudge #25 plus this week's Inspiration Station #15 to create a bit of a fall feel using a summer set since we're still getting dandelions here in California.  I stamped the main images using Tim Holtz scattered straw, forest moss, spiced marmalade and old paper distress inks making sure to stamp off the images to help fill in the background.  The saying was stamped in memento tuxedo black before layering and adding some black brads.  I then added the panel to a so saffron card before stippling scattered straw around the edges.  As an afterthought, I grabbed a black artist pen and added the faux sewing.  I'm very happy with how this turned out.  You can catch all of the Art Nudges here.  

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers MMTPT688 - Sending Encouragement 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2021 - Use Your Unloved Stash 

Through The Craft Room Door Oct 12, 2021 - Anything Goes 

Inspiration Station #15 - An Autumn Countryside  (inspiration is the colors)

Outlawz Festive Friday Oc 1 to 14 - Autumn/Fall 

 

Inspiration Station #15

 

Art Nudge #25
 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up!

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Scattered Straw, Forest Moss, Old Paper, Spiced Marmalade

Card Stock: Stampin Up

Accessories: Brads, Stipple Brush, Black Artist Pen

Swimming Through The Kelp Forest Among Others

 Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share some cards made for the Dare To Get Dirty challenges over at Splitcoaststampers.com.  If you're not a Fan Club member of Splitcoast, you can find more information here. The challenges are open until August 20th at 11:59pm CST.  Sorry I haven't blogged them before now.  I'm dealing with a nasty migraine again.

My little mermaid's inspiration was taken from Monterey Bay's kelp forests and ferns/flowers that were punched from lots and lots of scraps then added using Ranger glossy accents.

 

Challenge entered: Pixies Crafty Workshop #409 - Use Your Snippets/Scraps

 

My Halloween card below was inspired by the ghost stamp set and the saying both from Picket Fence Studios.

My floral spray is made using die cut flowers and leaves along with some punched fern greenery that's been run through a paper crimper.

Made my cowboy card thinking of little boy birthday cards which I need desperately.  Images from Stampin Up!

My dog bone card is made from an old template I purchased from My Favorite Things over a decade ago.  Saying from Picket Fence Studios. Dog image from a long retired Stampin Up set Ruff Day.

These are just a few other the cards I've made.  Thank goodness the design team had a month of planning to allow me time to make these.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Surfing Penguin Kindness

Hello all.  Second post from me today.  If you're looking for my snowman card, please scroll down one post.

I've been having a lot of issues with my migraines lately, so coloring and card making have been hit and miss.  For this card, I pulled out and dusted off some retired Stampin Up sets and showed them some love.   I stamped the penguin from Penguin Paradise onto some scrap white card stock then colored using both prismacolor and copic markers before layering on more scrap card stock.  I then stamped the card using the flamingo trio stamp from Tickled Pink in turquoise ink before over stamping the saying from Heard From The Heart.  I then took a scrap of orange card stock, stamped it and sponged around the edges before popping up my penguin panel over it.  The only embellishments added were some turquoise brads and ice stickles highlighting the waves.

Challenges entered:

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #344 - Anything Goes
Pammies Inky Pinkies #1904 - Anything Goes
Splitcoast Teapot Tuesday #548 - Sunny Thoughts
Crafting From The Heart #235 - Anything Goes
Outlawz Thursday Twist Jan17 - Anything Goes With Twist Layers

Thank you for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up Penguin Paradise, Tickled Pink, Heard From The Heart
Ink: Memento Black, SU Tempting Turquoise, Only Orange
Card Stock: Stamping Up
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Sponges, Brads, Dimensionals, Ice Stickles

Dear Santa

Hello everyone and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I've made for a few challenges using the Stella Dear Santa Note from Bugaboo Digital Stamps.  I absolutely LOVE this image!!  Probably because it's a note I would write.

After printing off the image, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers before stippling some Tim Holtz fired brick distress ink around the edges.  I then layered it using card stock and designer paper scraps.  I then used a retired Stampin Up holly jumbo wheel with fired brick distress ink to create the card background.  I then added some silver brads, prima poinsettia flowers and paper ornament along with holly red ice stickles for Stella's earrings.  My final embellishments was silver cord ribbon and copic spica pens to highlight the note and ornaments in the image.

Challenges entered:

Outlawz Sunday Songs and Rhymes - SAR12092018 Here Comes Santa Claus
Outlawz Monday Greetings - GCC121018 Anything Goes
Outlawz Festive Friday - FF121418 Christmas
Catch The Bug - December Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash #384 - Tis The Season

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Bugaboo Stella Santa Note, Stampin Up Holly Jumbo Wheel
Ink: Tim Holtz Fired Brick
Card Stock: Stampin Up, Designer Paper Scraps
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Prima Flowers and Ornament, MS Leaf Punch, Glue Dots, Stipple Brush, Brads, Silver Cord, Copic Spica Pens, Red Ice Stickles

My Teddy Bear And Love

Hello and welcome.  After all of the tragic news lately, I thought I would make something to cheer somebody up.  So that's what I'm sharing with you today - happy mail!

I pulled out and dusted off some of my old and long retired Stampin Up! stamp sets and got to work.  After stamping the bear, wagon, and honey pot (from Bear Necessities and Favorite Teddy Bear) in memento tuxedo black ink onto white card stock, I pulled out both my prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled some Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around the edges before adding brushed corduroy distress ink to the bottom of the main image panel for the "ground".  I then lightly stippled some Tim Holtz old paper distress ink over the image panel to "soften" it up and "age" the panel a bit before layering and adding brads.  I then stamped a teddy bear border for the middle of the card using the Teddy and Friends stamp set in walnut stain distress ink before adding the layered image panel to the card.  I then stamped three envelopes from Favorite Teddy Bear in memento tuxedo black on scrap white card stock, colored, then cut out before sliding "into" the wagon making sure they were adhered using micro glue dots.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Shopping Our Stash #307 - Happy Mail

Pammies Inky Pinkies #1724 - Anything Goes

CardsTV Mailbox Smiles - Anything Goes Challenge #4

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


Stamps: Stampin Up! Favorite Teddy Bear, Bear Necessities, Teddy and Friends
Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy, Old Paper Distress Inks
Card Stock: Stampin Up!
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Fiskars Xacto Knife, Brads, Stipple Brushes

The Eyes Of A Wolf

Hello and welcome to a new week.  I haven't been sleeping well the past few days thanks to pain, so I figured I'll try and take my mind off the pain and stamp something that doesn't require coloring.

I pulled out one of my favorite Stampin Up! sets, Wolf,  (long retired too) and try working with that.  I started out by taking the border stamp from the set and create my own background onto the card itself.  After finishing the background, I stamped the main image in Colorbox charcoal ink then lightly stippled basic grey and espresso ink over and around it before layering.  The only embellishment I added were black baby brads.  Once all of that was done, it was adhered using glue dots.  The sentiment is stamped out onto vanilla card stock scraps then punched out using an oval punch.  Once that was done, I lightly stippled basic grey ink around the saying before layering onto an oval layer.  I'm really happy with how this turned out especially with my lack of sleep.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Outlawz Saturday Paper Ala Mode - Masculine cards

Pammies Inky Pinkies #1720-  Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Stampin Up!
Ink: Stampin Up! Basic Grey, Colorbox Charcoal Chalk, Adirondack Espresso
Card Stock: Stampin Up!
Accessories: Making Memories Baby Brads, Stampin Up! Oval Punches, Glue Dots, Stipple Brushes

Friendship

If looking for my April Showers post, please scroll down one.  Thank you.


Second post for me today.  I'm on a roll here!  I have another card I would like to share using some very old Stampin Up! stamps I had to dust off in order to use.  I needed a simple card that would be easy to mail and not cause any "issues" with the postal service.

After dusting off my chosen stamps, I started out by stamping the card using the Aida Cloth background in wisteria ink onto some lavender card stock before over stamping a "stitched flower" from Sampler Sayings in lavender ink. I then took a scrap piece of lavender card stock, stamped the same Aida Cloth background only this time in the lavender ink for softer feel before over stamping my saying from Sampler Sayings in memento black, then layered and added some mini brads.  I then " faux stitched" around the edges of the layered saying allowing the brads to be mini "knots" for the corners.  I then made a border strip by stamping and sponging an apricot scrap before adding to my card using glue dots to make sure it was not going to add any extra "dimension" for the postal service.  The only other embellishment I allowed myself were two mini felt flowers with mini brads adhered using glue dots.  The flowers and brads will still fit into an envelope easily since I always mail with a white card stock front anyways to protect any coloring I have done from weather.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Pammies Inky  Pinkies - Anything Goes Monday

Cards In Envy -  Pretty Pastels

Outlawz Monday Greetings - GCC042417 Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up!
Ink: Stampin Up!, Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rosebud
Card Stock: Stampin Up!
Accessories: Sponges, Black Markers, Brads, Mini Felt Flowers

Eggcited Chicken

Hello and welcome.  Today I am sharing another card I made for the Festive Friday challenge over at the Outlawz.  I chose Easter eggs for my inspiration and pulled out my retired Stampin Up! Best Of Cluck set, which I have never used, some scrap card stock, a pink tag from my stash, and a large jumbo eyelet and pink twine.  After stamping the main image and coloring with colored pencils, I then stamped the background images before sponging pink passion ink around the edges of the card, adding the eyelet and twine, and finally bling along with mini page pebbles.  This card took a total of 10 minutes to make and was so easy.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: SU Best Of Cluck
Ink: Memento Black, SU Pink Passion
Card Stock: Scrap SU Pink Passion, Pink Tag
Accessories: Colored Pencils, Jumbo Pink Eyelet, Twine, Bling, Mini Page Pebbles, Sponge

Welcome Christmas Into Your Heart

You read it correctly.  Christmas in April.  Today I officially got started on my Christmas cards for this year since my migraines tend to give me issues a lot, why not.

My card today is inspired by this weeks Festive Friday challenge over at the Outlawz.  The theme for this week is: Easter Eggs, Christmas Lights, Rabbits, or Easter Holiday.  I totally flew with the Christmas lights theme and pulled out a couple of Stampin Up! sets that I hadn't used before (Pick A Petal and Heard From The Heart) along with a retired MFP Stamp Shop set (Joyous Season).

For my lights, I took four different petal stamps and using various Versamagic chalk inks, stamped them at different angels to create my "lights" before hand drawing the "wire" holding the lights together. Then I stippled some garden green dye ink around the edges of the card before stamping the saying in memento black in the bottom left corner.  Once that was done, I stamped the pine boughs in memento northern pine ink along the top edge then added silver bows at the end of each "light" for a touch of elegance.

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


Stamps: SU Pick A Petal, Heard From The Heart, MFP Joyous Season
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Northern Pine, SU Garden Green, Versamagic Chalk Inks (various colors)
Card Stock: White
Accessories: Stipple Brush, Silver Bows

Pasture Birthday

Hello everyone!!!  Long time no hear from me....right?  Between my own health issues, hubby's health issues, 2 deaths in the family and moving, 2016 has totally stunk!  I'm sooooo hoping 2017 is different.

With that wish, I now have MY OWN stamp room thanks to the forced move we had so I now have space to create, make a mess and not have to immediately clean it up. :)  I'm trying to get back into coloring and stamping to help me out both physically and mentally.  The first card of 2017 posted is for a challenge at the Outlawz Twisted Thursday "Down On The Farm" challenge.

For this card I pulled out a  LONG retired Stampin Up! background (Chicken Wire) and set (Udderly Moovelous) and got to work.  After stamping the background and stippling along the card and layer edges in matching ink, I stamped the sheep and saying in memento tuxedo black and colored using Copic markers before adding brads, silk flowers and a yellow button.  Easy peasy!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Stampin Up! Chicken Wire, Udderly Moovelous
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Garden Green, Adirondack Caramel, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: Stampin Up!
Accessories: Copic Markers, Silk Flowers, Glue Dots, Button, Stipple Brushes, Brads

Lavender Vase

Hello and welcome to another week.  Today I am sharing a clean and simple (CAS) card I made for this week's Addicted To CAS #11 - Flowers challenge using a retired Stampin Up! set that needed to see some ink.

I stamped the vase from Vases in Vogue in memento tuxedo black once onto a smaller card as well onto a piece of scrap card stock before stamping the lavender flowers.  Once all the images were stamped, I pulled out my koh-i-noor pencils and blender marker then got to coloring before cutting out the extra vase to adhere over the lavender stems.  After the card was finished, I stamped and colored a matching envelope.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up! Vases In Vogue
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: White
Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Marker, Envelope

Clean And Simple With Emily...

...Emily Dickenson that is. 

This week's Crafty Friends Challenge is to go clean and simple (CAS).  With that in mind, I dusted off an old Stampin Up! set called Feathered Friends and stamped a scrap piece of white card stock left over from the Hope You Can Cling To challenges in memento black before coloring with koh-i-noor pencils.  Once my coloring was finished, I stamped a matching envelope and my card set was finished.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Stampin Up! Feathered Friends

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: White

Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Marker, Envelope

Ladybugs And Teapots - MMTPT161

Hello!!  Happy Monday. ;)  It's time for another Mothermark Teapot Tuesday Challenge.  This week our Destination Station is Julesanne who had extensive back surgery today and she loves ladybugs.  So our challenge was to make cards with lots of ladybugs on them.

For my card, I dusted off some Die Cuts With A View cut textured layer card stock and combined it with some retired Stampin Up! old olive card stock and ink.  For my images, I pulled out my well loved Stampin Up! Inspired By Nature set and dusted off my Papertrey Ink sets Little Lady and Green Thumb and decided to show them some "love".  I inked up my Inspired By Nature stamp using Stampin Up! markers for the flowers/leaves and then an old olive ink pad for the grass.  Once those were all stamped, I stamped a few more flowers onto scrap so saffron card stock to cut out and pop up later.  Then using various memento inks, I overstamped the ladybugs and some additional flowers for color.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great week!!!


Stamps: Stampin Up! Inspired By Nature, PTI Little Lady, Green Thumb
Ink: Stampin Up! Old Olive, Memento Rose Bud/Rhubarb Steak/Grape Jelly Inks
Card Stock: Stampin Up! Old Olive, So Saffron Scrap, DCWV Textured Layer Stack
Accessories: Stampin Up! Markers, Pop Dots

Heart Art Journal

Welcome!!  Second post today.  If you're looking for my My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch, please scroll down one post.

I recently signed up for an online journaling class with The Greeting Farm.  It's going to be a challenge to do with my migraines, but I'm determined to complete the class if at all possible.  For the 23 week online class, I chose to use a composition book as my journal since money is a bit tight right now.  I covered the outside using some lighthouse designer paper from my stash and then added a couple of The Greeting Farm mermaid Anya's to it.

For our week one assignment, we are to create a two page spread with the theme "Spread Your Wings".  I chose to do a bad imitation of Michelle Zindorf's brayer technique using four different Stampin Up! inks: marigold morning, baja breeze, soft suede, and kiwi kiss.

I then stamped my background using Stampin Up! Inspired by Nature set inked with memento tuxedo black and stamped several times on both pages to overlap the images.  After the saying was done being stamped to both pages, I added two Greeting Farm stamps I received as a gift from my friend Kelli Jo, layered onto Stampin Up! artichoke card stock with bashful blue ink lightly stippled around the images.

For the final touches, I added some white gel pen highlights throughout the two page spread and then some punched Martha Stewart butterflies using scrap card stock....and.....presto!..... I was done.  Not bad doing all that at the last minute with a nasty migraine starting up again. *sigh*  Below are close-up's of both pages.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.



Stamps: Stampin Up! Inspired By Nature, The Greeting Farm Three Seasons
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Marigold Morning, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Soft Suede
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Artichoke Scrap
Accessories: Brayer, Composition Book, Corner Rounder, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, White Gel Pen

Speedy The Cat Friend's Challenge #63

Hello again.  Today I'm sharing a card I made for Speedy The Cat Friends Challenge using die cuts as a mat background.  Thank goodness I already had a doily die cut since I'm dealing with another migraine.

Once I had my images stamped onto white card stock in memento tuxedo black, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and got to coloring.  After everything was layered, I decided last minute (gotta love those last minute things) to add some "grass" and pulled out my long retired Stampin Up! watercolor mini's set and created the grass using the watercolor landscape technique Kittie had taught me over on SCS, just minus the watercolor part this time.  With that done, I added the brads and popped up the image over some Martha Stewart ribbon I had picked up on clearance last year.  For the final touches, I added some dew drops to the designer paper, some primas, gold clip, and highlighted the water/flowers with ice stickles.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFP Believe In You, Stampin Up! Watercolor Mini's
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery, Kiwi Kiss, Wild Wasabi
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Wild Wasabi, Pretty In Pink, Soft Sky, Basic Gray Kioshi DP
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Dew Drops, Pop Dots, Gold Clip, Primas, Gold Brad, Blue Mini Brads, Glue Dots, Ice Stickles, MFT Doily Die-Namic, Stipple Brushes