A Day At The Lake

 Hello and welcome.  Today I have another card I had started three weeks ago before getting a nasty migraine and is inspired by two of the Ways To Use It challenges over at Splitcoaststampers.  I pulled out an old, and dusty, A Stamp In The Hand (Nature 1 & 2) and Close To My Heart (Beautiful Things) stamp sets.  I had bought the A Stamp In The Hand sets from a rubber stamp convention years ago and hadn't used yet (NBUS).

I started out by stamping images from the Nature 1 & 2 sets using memento tuxedo black, northern pine and nautical blue inks.  Once that was finished, I took my Koh-i-noor pencils and colored the fisherman, tree trunks, some of the water and cattails before blending Tim Holtz broken china, mowed lawn and stormy sky distress inks before deciding to highlight parts of the shoreline using the pencils as well.  After layering, I added some vintage brads before adhering to my card stamped also in memento northern pine ink.  As an afterthought, I then blended a bit of the stormy sky to help create the feeling of a cloudy day then added a sentiment, clouds and additional trees from a retired Close To My Heart set.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #49 - April Use Your NBUS (stamp sets)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash 

Outlawz Twisted Thurday April 6 to May 3 - Anything Goes With Twist: Color It (pencils, blended distress inks)

Park Hopping My Happy Place April 2023 - California Adventure Grand Californian Hotel (also Grizzly River Run and Grizzly Peak)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: A Stamp In The Hand; Close To My Heart

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Northern Pine, Nautical Blue; Tim Holtz Broken China, Mowed Lawn, Stormy Sky Distress Inks

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, PFS Blending Brushes, Brads, Glue Dots

 

Splitcoaststampers DTGD Day Three

Hello and welcome.  Today's the third 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.  Once again, I am trying to use as much of my never before used stuff (NBUS), or rarely used stuff,  as inspiration for for Dare To Get Dirty.

Here are my cards for today:

 

 

Challenges entered:

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

 

Stamps: Simply B Stamps Autumn Night (now closed)

Ink: Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor Markers, Castle Arts Pencils, Stipple Brush, PFS Blending Brush, Brads, Dimensionals, PFS Gin & Tonic Sequins (retired), Ranger Glossy Accents, Distresser Tool

Challenges entered:

 

The Flower Challenge #70 - Clean And Simple 

A Place To Start Challenge 072022 - Anything Goes Optional Balloons or Flowers (I went with twist flowers)

 

 

Stamps: MFP Stamp Shop Welcome Poppies (now closed)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Glue Dots, PFS Gin & Tonic Sequins (retired), Ranger Glossy Accents

 

Stamps: Stampavie (NBUS); Hero Arts (inside sentiment)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Apricot Appeal

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Brads, Ribbon, Distresser Tool, Black Artist Pen, Sakura Clear 3D Glaze Pen, Dimensionals

 

 

Challenges entered:

Crafty Catz #604 - Anything Goes Optional Christmas In July 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #119 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Krafty Chicks #620 - Christmas In July 

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas Home From All Seasons Clear Set/Die (retired) (NBUS)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Cottage Ivy, Northern Pine, Rich Cocoa; Tim Holtz Stormy  Sky Distress Ink

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Arts Gel Pens, Castle Arts Pencils, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, Brads, Ice Stickles, Dimensionals, Micro Pop Dots, Ice Stickles, Big Shot

 

Challenges entered:

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 28 - Anything Goes Coloring

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #214 - C Is For Christmas In July (I went with a PG version this time) 

Double Trouble Challenge #116 - Christmas In July Bring On The Bling (plenty of glitter glue)

Jingle Belles Rock Crossover - Bling On The Holidays (plenty of glitter glue)

 

 

Stamps: Close To My Heart Tropical Christmas (retired)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Broken China, Stormy Sky Distress Ink; Adirondack Caramel

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils and Gel Pens, Ice Stickles, Black Artist Pen, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, PFS Blending Brush, Dimensionals, Brads, 3D 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.