Recycled Brush Holder

 Hello and welcome.  Today I have a quick, and easy, project to share using a recycled tin can, some stickers, paper flowers and a long retired Stampin Up jumbo wheel. 

I started out by rinsing out a can of garbanzo beans/chickpeas and letting it dry thoroughly.  Taking a long piece of scrap Neenah white card stock, I inked up the dry brush jumbo wheel using my Tim Holtz walnut stain distress ink pad by rolling the wheel across the pad several times.  Once I had the whole scrap covered, I adhered it to the can using 5/8 x 27 in Scor-Tape.  Digging into my stash of stickers and such, I pulled out a strip of ivy and bee stickers I've had for who knows how long, and an old package of Making Memories purple paper flowers.  I started out by adhering the flowers using glue dots before adhering the ivy and bee stickers.  The final touch was adding some crystal ice stickles to the flower centers.  I'm really happy with how this "can" turned out especially since I've been dealing with a nasty migraine from the weather we've had here lately (and still have).   One less "thing" going into a landfill or the ocean.

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stickers, paper flowers) 

Crafting From The Heart #9 - Anything Goes 

Beautiful Blossoms #13 - Anything Flowers Goes With Optional Mood Board (anything goes)

Crafts Galore Encore #120 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Tim Holtz Walnut Stain

Card Stock: Neenah Scrap

Accessories: Tin Can, Scor-Tape, Stickers, Paper Flowers, Ice Stickles, Glue Dots

 

Challenge 2404 Polkadoodles, Jan. 29 THEME: CAS

 

 Sponsored by 

Polkadoodles

Polkadoodles FB 1

Polkadoodles FB 2  

THEME: CAS

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Polkadoodles.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship and for providing images for the DT to use.  Since today is the 5th Monday, we're having a theme challenge this week which is CAS (clean and simple).  Now the definition of CAS is as follows:

CAS

1. One main image.

2. Lots of open space, uncluttered.

3. Limited layers and embellishments.

4. Quick & easy to recreate. (note: it may take awhile to create a design you

like, but once you have that design, making more should be a piece of cake. :-)

5. Basically...This means that you must create a project with very few 

embellishments (I know it's hard), clean lines and lots of  "white" space. 

White space just means an area of your card with nothing on it all. It doesn't 

have to be white. It could be brown, pink, or red. Any color as long as 

there is lots of SPACE.

My card this week uses the Polkadoodles Winnie Daisy Butterfly Tree Fairy image.  After printing the image onto Neenah white cardstock, I colored it using both Lyra and Castle Arts pencils before lightly stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink to help fill in the "sky" before layering and adding brads.  The card base is dry embossed using a Darice Butterfly Swirl embossing folder that I haven't used in a long while and my big shot.  

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #58 - Use Your NBUS (image) 

Polkadoodles Cardmaking Wk 4 - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart #9 - Anything Goes 

Stamps and Fun = Creativity #446 - Anything Goes 

Triple B Jan 2024 - Anything Goes Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (inspired by pink/white, have butterflies and blooms)

 

Triple B

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Polkadoodles

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Paper Pouncer, Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, Brads, Glue Dots, Big Shot, Darice Butterfly Swirl Embossing Folder

Recycled Alabaster Box

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a recycled Hills Bros. Cappuccino French Vanilla coffee container that I turned into an Alabaster box (to keep money in for our church's missions program) using packing from a Chewy order and some wood block stamps I received last year from a friend who had to downsize her stamp collection while moving across the county.  

I started out by adhering the paper packing to my coffee container using 5/8" Scor-Tape.  I then stamped my church image (Design Objectives) and both sayings (Believe - Hero Arts) (John 3:16 Printworks) onto scrap vanilla card stock in memento tuxedo black before coloring the church using copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled Tim Holtz stormy sky lightly around the church using my Picket Fence blending brushes before layering it, and my John 3:16 panel, to scrap espresso card stock before adding copper brads to both.  I then adhered both panels to the coffee container using glue dots.  I now die cut two crosses using a Spellbinders Shapeability Cross die I've had for years and only used once or twice.  After adhering the crosses to the side panels using mini glue dots, I added copper ice stickles to the adhered crosses as my final embellishment.  I then cut a slit for the money in the plastic top of my new alabaster box to finish it up.  I've included pictures of all four sides:

both of the cross side panels are identical

Challenges entered:

Snippets Playground #463 - Use Those Snippets (recycled paper, scrap card stock used)

Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone Sept 2023 - Anything Goes No Cards (alabaster box)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 613 to 614 - Anything Goes Uplifting (Believe, John 3:16)

Crafty Addicts #5 - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart #5 - Anything Goes No Cards (alabaster box)

Never Before Used Schtuff #54 - Use Your NBUS (stamps)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!

Stamps: Printworks; Design Objectives; Hero Arts

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Scraps

Accessories: Chewy Packing Paper, Big Shot, Copic Markers, Spellbinders Cross Dies, Copper Ice Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots

 

Hello Ups!ide Down and More Never Before Used Stuff

Hi there.  Did I make you smile??  Who wouldn't want to smile after seeing this cute flamingo.  It's from Gerda Steiner Designs and is called Upside Down Flamingo and is perfect for any type of card. The saying is from Hedgehog With Sign set.  Both are sets I haven't used.

I stamped the flamingo in memento black ink onto white card stock then colored using copic markers before stamping the saying in the upper right corner.  For the sand, I repeatedly stamped the fern from Stampin Up's retired Watercolor Minis in various brown dye inks. After adding a panel of Colorbok Light Bright designer paper, I added an embossed border then sponged the card edges with pink passion dye ink.  I then highlighted parts of the flamingo using a black Sakura glaze pen.  The only embellishments added were bright pink brads and pink circle clips.

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies #1914 - Anything Goes
Outlawz Festive Friday April 5 to April 18 - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart #240 - Just For Fun
Make My Monday #93 - Something Humorous
Gerda Steiner Designs April - Share Your Designs

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


Stamps: GSD Upside Down Flamingo, Hedgehog With Sign; Stampin Up Watercolor Minis (retired)
Ink:Memento Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass; Stampin Up Pink Passion, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Creamy Caramel
Card Stock: SU
Accessories: Copic Markers, Stipple Brush, Brads, Clips, Dimensionals, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Textile Embossing Folder, Glue Dots, Sponge, Sakura Black Glaze Pen

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

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