Butterfly Woman

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made using some never before used stuff (NBUS) I found in my stash.  Thanks to my migraines again, it took me several days to make the card plus get it photographed.

After printing off the Girl Flower Butterfly image from Aurora Wings, and coloring using prismacolor and copic markers, I stippled Tim Holtz wild honey and tumbled glass over and around the image and layered.  For my card, I used a pumpkin pie card base with basic grey butterfly designer paper before adding a dry embossed border sponged with more wild honey ink.  Once my card was done, I added some brushed gold mini brads and popped that up over the dry embossed border.  I then added a punched black butterfly with a bling body, gold clip, and diamond ice stickles to highlight some of the butterflies and rose centers.

Challenges entered:

Aurora Wings Sept. Facebook Challenge - Anything Goes
Pammies Inky Pinkies 1937 - Anything Goes
Arty Divas #4 - Anything Goes
Splitcoaststampers USEIT2019 - Use Your Stuff

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Aurora Wings
Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Wild Honey
Card Stock: Stampin Up, Basic Grey Designer Paper
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Ice Stickles, Bling, Pop Dots, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Floral Screen Embossing Folder, Stipple Brushes, MS Butterfly Punch, Glue Dots, Brads

Lighthouse By The Sea And More NBUS

Hello and welcome. Today I'd like to share with you a card I've made that was inspired by a recent Impression Obsession challenge.  The coloring of the card took me 4 days and another week to photo and upload.  My health is just not working with me much anymore. *sigh*

After stamping the image (New England Lighthouse C1286) in memento black onto white card stock, I colored it using copic markers before layering and adding silver brads.  I love this image so much!!  Once the image was colored, I stippled some Tim Holtz chipped sapphire ink for the sky and then around the edges of the image.  I then pulled out a glittered navy card and silver/navy mesh designer paper I had bought at a stamp convention years ago.  After adding the mesh paper to the card, I then added my layered panel using some scor-tape.  For embellishments I added some silver star stickers from my stash, diamond ice stickles for the waters edge, and some silver cord for the ribbon.

Challenges entered:

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2019 - Use Your Stuff
Pammies Inky Pinkies 1936 - Anything Goes
Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 36 - Anything Goes
Outlawz Festive Friday Sept 6 to 19 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Impression Obsession New England Lighthouse
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire
Card Stock: SU White, Night Of Navy, Basic Grey; Glittered Navy Card and Mesh Designer Paper
Accessories: Copic Markers, Silver Cord, Brads, Scor-Tape, Stipple Brush, Silver Star Stickers, Ice Stickles

A Kooky And Spooky Teen And More Never Before Schtuff

Hello again. Today I'd like to share a card I've made for a couple of challenges finally using one of the Kooky Teens Digi Bundle (NBUS) from Simply Betty Stamps.  It's also my first Halloween card for this year using non traditional Halloween colors.

After printing off my image and coloring using copic markers, I created an "image background" by dotting several different grey colors around it.  I then stippled basic grey and Tim Holtz faded jeans around the white areas before layering and adding silver brads.  I then took a scrap of black card stock and dry embossed it using a cuttlebug spiderweb embossing folder and big shot to create a border.  Once that was done, I added the border on a background gifted to me by my friend Kelli.  Thank you Kelli!!!!  After adding some silver cord, I popped up my layered image using pop dots over the border.

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies 1936 - Anything Goes
Outlawz Thursday Twist Sept 12 to 25 - Anything Goes
Outlawz Festive Friday Sept 6 to 19 - Anything Goes
Splitcoaststampers USEIT2019 - Use Your Forgotten Stuff

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!

Stamps: SBS Kooky Teen Christian
Ink: SU Basic Grey, Tim Holtz Faded Jeans
Card Stock: SU
Accessories: Copics, Computer, Printer, Stipple Brushes, Brads, Silver Cord, Pop Dots

A Leaping Lord.....Or A Gnome

Hello again and welcome.  Sorry it's been so long since my last post.  My husbands health is still not the best, and I'm still having issues as well.  Needed to try coloring and making cards again though, so I took a look at the latest Jingle Belles Christmas challenge to see what, if anything, I could do and this never before used (NBUS) little guy from Sheepski Designs came to mind.

After printing him off onto white card stock then coloring using copic markers, I layered onto some scrap card stock plus Graphic 45's 12 Days of Christmas designer paper (thank you Kelli for the RAK).  I then added some brushed copper brads and layered onto my card also using the 12 Days of Christmas designer paper.  I then stippled the entire image panel using several Tim Holtz and Adirondack inks.  After adding some twine, ice stickles on the ornaments, and wooden ornament embellies (again thank you Kelli), my card was done.

Challenges entered:

Jingle Belles Rock - 12 Days Of Christmas
Sheepski Designs Facebook Challenge - Anything Goes
Outlawz Festive Friday Sept 6 to Sept 19 - Christmas
Splitcoaststampers USEIT2019 Challenge - Use Your Stash
Pammies Inky Pinkies 1939 - Anything Goes

I'm happy with how my card turned out since it took a few days due to my migraines and health.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and rest of your weekend.


Stamps: Sheepski Designs Gnome For Christmas
Ink: Adirondack Caramel, Tim Holtz Pine Needles, Old Paper, Tumbled Glass Distress Inks
Card Stock: SU Handsome Hunter, Neenah White, Graphic 45's 12 Days Of Christmas Designer Paper
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Stipple Brushes, Copic Markers, Ice Stickles, Glue Dots, Brads, Small Hole Punch, Wooden Ornaments, Twine

All Is Calm Winter Scene

Hello and welcome.  If you're looking for my Friend-ship post, please scroll down one. 

So far I'm still doing good on getting at least one Christmas card done per month, sometimes two.  For this card, I stamped the image from my never before used (NBUS) Cardinals In Winter set from Mark's Finest Papers which is unfortunately now closed.  Once I stamped the image in memento black and colored using copic markers before stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass ink around the edges of the panel and layering.  Once that was done, I made my own brads by punching a snippet of scrap black card stock and adding using a Martha Stewart glue pen.  I then stamped the saying on a snippet of white card stock before punching using my Stampin Up oval punch and lining with memento black ink.  After assembling my card, using Martha Stewart punches, I made my floral spray and cardinal from snippets of green and red card stock; adhering them with glue dots.  I then added the cardinal's eyes/beak using a Sakura black glaze pen.  My final touch was highlighting the snowbanks, frozen creek and "falling snow" using diamond ice stickles.

Challenges entered:

Jingle Belles Rock - Rockin Robin
Pammies Inky Pinkies #1911 - Anything Goes
Colour Crazy Craft #11 - Anything Goes
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #348 - Anything Goes Use Snippits
Outlawz Festive Friday March 22 to April 4 - Christmas
Splitcoaststampers USEIT2019 - Anything Goes Use Your Unloved Stash

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

Stamps: MFP
Ink: Memento Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: Stampin Up
Accessories: Copic Markers, Recollections White Marker, SU Oval Punch, MS Pine Branch Punch, MS Cardinal Punch, MS Fern Punch, Small Hole Punch, Ice Stickles, MS Glue Pen, Glue Dots, Stipple Brush

Up The Friend-Ship River

Hello and welcome.  The calendar says it's spring but so far the weather isn't cooperating to much here.  We have another cold "winter" storm coming in tonight again my migraines are not happy.  I originally started this card for another challenge 3 weeks ago, but with all of the frequent storms and temperature changes it's taken me until now to color and actually finish it; let alone blog it. 

I started off by stamping the tug boat, trees and clouds using Stampin Up's Loads of Love and Boatloads of Love (both retired) in memento black ink before stamping the smaller boat with heart onto white scratch paper then colored everything. Once the coloring was finished, I stamped the grass in 3 different inks using fern stamp from Stampin Up's retired set Watercolor Minis before doing the same for my riverbank. I then created the river using 3 different copic markers before stippling 3 different inks around the edge of my image panel.  I then cut out the smaller boat and heart and added them to my river scene.  The card is stamped using the same tree and some more hearts in hunter ink.  I then stamped the saying before highlighting portions of the boat and "birds" using Sakura glaze pens.  As an afterthought, I stamped 3 more clouds onto white scrap paper, colored using a Recollections white marker and cut out to pop up for some added dimension.  My final touches were brads and waterfall ice stickles. 

Challenges entered:

Shopping Our Stash #391 - Friendship
Splitcoaststampers - USEIT2019
Splitcoaststampers MMTPT554 - Make A Scene
Pammies Inky Pinkies #1911 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up Loads Of Love, Boatloads Of Love, Watercolor Minis
Ink: Memento Black; SU Certainly Celery, Garden Green, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Broken China
Card Stock: Stampin Up
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Stipple Brushes, Brads, Sakura Glaze Pens, Ice Stickles, Glue Dots, Recollections White Marker

Hey Friend

Hello and welcome.  Since I'm still trying to keep my mind occupied so I don't dwell on the loss of Bella (story here), I'd like to share a card I've made using some "unloved" Paper Smooches stamps.  I have no idea how long they've been buried in my stash.  Suffice it to say, they've been there a while. 

I started out by stamping the carrot from Vegtastic, in memento tuxedo black ink onto white card stock then colored using both prismacolor and copic markers.  I then stamped another carrot on to some scrap card stock, colored, and cut out to pop up later.  I then stamped my saying from the now retired Calorie Free set in black above the carrots before stippling Tim Holtz old paper and tumbled glass distress inks lightly over and around the panel.  Once that was done, I sponged some Stampin Up artichoke dye ink on the sides of the image panel before layering it.  I then stamped a scrap artichoke border panel in matching ink before adding to an orange card with a scrap designer paper carrot panel.  After sponging some more artichoke ink around the edges of the card, I added the stamped border before popping up my main image panel over the border.  The final touches were some artichoke brads, the popped up single carrot, and three sunflowers I've had in my stash for years; and I mean YEARS.

Challenges entered:

Not Just Cards - January Anything Goes
Splitcoaststampers Use It 2019 - Use Old Unloved Stamps or Dies
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #98 - Anything Goes
Outlawz Twisted Thursday Jan 17-30th - Anything Goes Using Layers Twist

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Paper Smooches
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Old Paper, Stampin Up Always Artichoke
Card Stock: Stampin Up, Scrap Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Dimensionals, Brads, Glue Dots, Silk Sunflowers, Stipple Brushes, Sponge