Grapevines and Hugs

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a couple of different cards inspired by two challenges over on Splitcoaststampers.  

First up is a card inspired by Marvin Gaye's song I Heard It Through The Grapevine.  When I first saw the challenge last Friday, I knew what song I wanted to go by and had to look ALL weekend for the stamp set I wanted.  So all weekend, this song was going through my head and it's still there.  

 

I started out by stamping the vine from Stampin Up's retired Grapes set in garden green ink onto Neenah white card stock before pulling out some memento grape jelly to stamp the grapes in.  My saying was stamped in memento tuxedo black from the retired Friend To Friend set.  I then lightly stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink over the remaining white areas before layering and adding brads.  The only other embellishment added was a purple organdy ribbon.

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers F4A583 - Marvin Gaye Songs 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 487 to 488 - Anything Goes 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2021 - Use Your Unloved Stash 

Crafting Happiness #98 - Anything Goes Optional Use Bright Colors 

Shopping Our Stash #433 - Plant Life 

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Add A Quote 

 

My second card uses the retired Hearts And Flowers For You from Impression Obsession.   I started out by stamping the jar in memento summer sky ink onto scrap white card stock before stamping the flowers and leaves in various memento inks.  I then stamped the saying and tag in memento black before layering.  I had stamped the tag onto another piece of scrap card stock to color before deciding against it.  I'm much happier with it without the coloring.  The only embellishment added was some gold cord ribbon.

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers CAS635 - I Can See Clearly Now (my clear part is the jar)

Always Fun Challenges #211 - Clean And Simple (CAS) 

Get Creative Challenges #100 - Anything Goes 

Gem Of A Craft Challenge #9 - Anything Goes

Just Us Girls #581 - Photo Inspiration Challenge 

Never Before Used Schtuff #25 - Use Your NBUS 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day, stay safe and please wear a mask so we can beat COVID!

Grapevine

Stamps: Stampin Up Grapes, Friend To Friend

Ink: SU Garden Green; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass; Memento Black, Grape Jelly

Card Stock: Neenah White, Stampin Up

Accessories:Stipple Brush, Ribbon, Brads, Glue Dots

Jar Vase

Stamps: Impression Obsession

Ink: Memento Black, Ladybug, Northern Pine, Cottage Ivy, Lilac Posies, Rose Red, Summer Sky

Card Stock: Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Gold Cord Ribbon

Stella's Search And Rescue Mission

 

Hello and welcome.  Today's post on the Bugaboo blog, Catch The Bug, is our weekly Humor Me Wednesday inspiration.  My card was inspired by Take A Hike Day on November 17th.  I never even knew this day existed, did you?  So I decided to use Bugaboo's Stella Search And Rescue, an image I've had for a while but never used before now.  My dad would've loved this card since he had a snarky/interesting sense of humor.  I do miss him.

After printing my image onto Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Art pencils and a blender pencil before stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass and wild honey distress inks around it then layered.  I then took a green card and stamped leaves and acorns in glorious green ink before adding a cocoa border strip then sponging the green ink around the edges of the card.  The only embellishments used were copper brads and cord then adding ice stickles to highlight parts of the image.  I'm happy with how it turned out since I colored it with the remains of a migraine.  It took a few days but I was able to finish it.

Challenges entered:

 

 Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #20 - November NBUS 

Arty Divas # 31 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Sentiments - November Anything Goes 

Digi Choosday Week 46 - Anything Goes 

Always Fun Challenges #189 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and stay safe out there.

Stamps: Bugaboo Stella SAR; Stampin Up Fall Whimsy (retired)

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Wild Honey; Stampin Up Glorious Green

Card Stock: Neenah White, Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Copper Brads and Cord, Castle Art Pencils, Crystal Ice Stickles, Stipple Brushes, Sponge, Glue Dots

Thinking Of Morning Glories

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a sympathy card I made for a friend who recently lost her mother.  The image is a never before used (NBUS) digital from Impression Obsession and is called Morning Glories H1856-DG and is currently free on their site.  If you don't like using digital stamps, then you can purchase the rubber image here.

After printing off the image onto Neenah white card stock, I pulled out my prismacolor and copic markers and got to work.  Once the coloring was finished, it was layered onto larger scrap card stock and then added to a leaf green card.  I then took the saying from a retired MFP Stamp Shop set, cut it in two before stamping in memento black ink.  I then punched the photo frames from scrap cocoa card stock, framed my image, stamped the "dots" using Stampin Up's retired Itty Bitty Backgrounds then diamond ice stickles to the morning glory centers and on the sun.

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies #2022 - Anything Goes 
Colour Crazy Craft Week 21 - Anything Goes 
Arty Divas #23 - Anything Goes 
Outlawz Festive Friday May 29 to June 11 - Anything Goes 
Always Fun Challenges #165 - Layers 
Dream Valley Challenges #226 - Add Some Sparkle 
Word Art Wednesday Weeks #442 and #443 - Anything Goes

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Impression Obsession, MFP Stamp Shop, Stampin Up
Card Stock: Neenah White, Stampin Up, Scraps
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Cocoa
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Ice Stickles, Glue Dots, SU Photo Corner Punch, Computer, Printer

No Dumping Allowed

Hello and welcome.  We've had some wild weather here the last few days.  Love all of the rain, and snow, I can definitely do without the migraines and fibromyalgia flare up that came with it.  Consequently, it's taken me a few days to type up this blog post.  With that in mind, I'd like to share with you my husband's Valentine's Day card (he doesn't read my blog) I made using stamps from Impression Obsession.

I decided to go with a little "bathroom humor" and pull out my County Seat (K1014) stamp to use as the card's focal image because of the "no dumping" sign.  Once I had stamped it in memento tuxedo black ink, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers.  I then stippled some Tim Holtz tumbled glass, brushed corduroy and Stampin Up garden green inks around the panel before layering and adding some pewter brads.  I then stamped a background on the card base using stamps from Watercolor Butterflies (WP846) in memento ladybug ink.  I  then stamped the love image using memento potters clay ink.  Once that was done, I popped the layered image panel before adding a red ribbon and pewter heart charm.

Challenges entered:

Impression Obsession - All About Love
Crafting From The Heart #236 - Anything Goes
Pammies Inky Pinkies #1905 - Anything Goes
Always Fun Challenges #96 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!


Stamps: Impression Obsession
Ink: Stampin Up Garden Green, Memento Tuxedo Black, Ladybug, Potters Clay, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Old Paper, Brushed Corduroy
Card Stock: SU
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Stipple Brushes, Ribbon, Charm, Silver Cord, Brads, Pop Dots