COD December 2024 Inspiration And Challenge

 

Hello and welcome.  It's my turn to inspire everyone with my design team makes for this month's Conjurer of Dreams challenge.  This month, we're all about Santa going on a well deserved vacation, or at least getting to relax after making all of those deliveries on Christmas Eve.  Here are my makes below:

Sets used: Santa Chill, Snowflake Plaid Wallpaper 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #69 - Use Your NBUS (images)

 

 

Sets used: Scottish Santa, Holiday Greetings, Snowflake Plaid Wallpaper 

Challenges entered:

CD Sunday Plus #147 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

 

 

 

Sets used: Highland Cow Santa Sleigh, Snowflake Plaid Wallpaper 

Challenges entered:

 

 

Sets used: Scottish Santa

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (friends word)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 677 to 678 -Anything Goes Uplifting (friends)

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #261 - Anything Goes Optional 3 or more layers (I have 4 layers)

 

 

Sets used: Grumpy Santa On Vacay, Tropical Island Paradise 

Challenges entered:

 Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (shells)

Gem Of A Craft Challenge Wk 23 - Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter this month's challenge over at Conjurer of Dreams.

A Little Graveyard Dancing

 

Hello and welcome.  I'd like to share with you a card I made using the Old West Graveyard and Old West Dancing Ghost Couple from Conjurer of Dreams.  When I'm dealing with a bad migraine, I love pre-colored images and Conjurer of Dreams has some fabulous ones.  Just print them out and assemble when I can.  Whenever I use the ghost images, I keep hearing the Haunted Mansion ballroom with the music "grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize".

After combining the images in Photoshop©, I added my own saying before printing on to Neenah white card stock then layered and added brads.  Once I had distressed the edges of one of the layers, I adhered it to my card base using glue dots before adding some black/vanilla gingham ribbon I've had for who knows how long.  Taking my Martha Stewart punches, paper crimper and brown/black scraps, I punched out enough elements to make my own floral spray again.  After assembling the elements, I added diamond (moon) and platinum ice stickles to finish it off.  I'm pretty happy with how my card turned out.  That's one less Halloween card I need to make.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #66 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge Sept 2024 - Anything Goes Halloween 

Digi Choosday Wk 36 - Anything Goes 

Halloween and Other Ocasions Sept 2024 - Anything Goes Halloween/Ocassions (ghosts at Halloween party in graveyard) 

Crafty Gals Corner #259 - Anything Goes Optional Add A Ribbon

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, MS Punches, Glossy Accents, Ice Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots, Paper Distresser, Ribbon

PIP Challenge 2428

 

Sponsored by

Gina K. Designs

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by GinaK Designs.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship this week.  For my card, I pulled out this beautiful Winter Flower Mini and "knock out" another Christmas card going with a clean and simple (CAS) layout.

I started out by stamping the leaves, and saying, on Copic white card stock using my MISTI, before stamping the poinsettia onto scrap Copic card stock.  I then stippled some Tim Holtz tattered rose on the image panel to help soften the white a bit.  Once that was all finished, I colored all of the images using Copic markers before fussy cutting the poinsettia out and gluing to the layered panel.  I then pulled out my snowflake sequins from Picket Fence Studios.  After gluing those down, and adding some faux brads, I pulled out my color spritzer and spritzed some rose romance marker over the whole card.  The final touch was adding some yellow ice stickles to the center of the poinsettia.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #64 - Use Your NBUS (stamp set)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamp set) 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #233 - Anything Goes

My Time To Craft #538 - Clean And Simple

Krafty Chicks #724 - Christmas 

Crafty Gals Corner #257 - Anything Goes Optional Christmas

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget join us this week at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: GinaK Designs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tattered Rose

Card Stock: Copic; Stampin Up

Accessories: MISTI, Copic Markers, Ice Stickles, Small Hole Punch, Glue, Sequins, Color Spritzer, SU Rose Romance Marker

Woodblock Wednesday April 2024 Edition

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'm taking part in the Woodblock Wednesday challenge on Instagram where we're challenged to dig out, and dust off, our woodblock stamps and show them some love again.  My card this month is using a long retired set of Hero Arts Poetic Prints Collection called Patterns and Petals that I haven't even used yet.  It was still in it's original packaging.  I'm not even sure how long I've had this stamp set, but I do know it's been over a year.

I grabbed a scrap piece of Neenah white card stock and folded it to make a clean and simple slimline card.  Taking three of the stamps out, I stamped them using various Versamark inks (key lime, aquatic splach, mango madness) before stamping my anniversary saying using memento tuxedo black ink.  The only embellishments I added were a few Gin and Tonic sequins from Picket Fence Studios.  

Challenges entered:

 

Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero April 2024 - Anniversary 

Woodblock Wednesday April 2024 - Use Those Woodblock Stamps  (Hero Arts, Saying)

Crafty Gals Corner #254 - Anything Goes 

Colorful Options April 2024 - Pastel Colors or Rainbow (pastels) 

Paper Funday #64 - Anything Goes Optional Sweet Treats (anything goes)

 

Hero Arts

 

Colorful Options

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Hero Arts; Rubber Stampede (saying)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Versamark Key Lime, Aquatic Splash, Mango Madness

Card Stock: Neenah White Scrap

Accessories: Sequins, Glue

Floral Blessing Cup

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made for a friend battling cancer and wanted her to know just how much she means to me.  My card uses the In This Together digital stamp set from Sweet N Sassy stamps.

I started out by combining the floral cup image, and saying, in photoshop before printing it onto Neenah white card stock then colored it using some of the few Copic markers I have.  Once the coloring was finished, I cut it down to size and layered it before adding some pink brads.  For my card, I dry embossed a Cuttlebug Stylized Flowers on the front of the card before lightly sanding the embossed images.  I then lightly blended some Tim Holtz tattered rose distress ink around my main image to help soften the white a bit.  After adhering the layered image to my card using glue dots, I dug through my stash and found a wooden bee/ladybug stickers to add to the card.  The final touch was color spritzing some regal rose marker over the card.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (SNSS image)

Sweet N Sassy Facebook Group March VIP Challenge - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by colors, flowers)

Crafty Catz #668 - Anything Goes Optional Use An Embossing Folder (stylized flowers folder)

Crafty Gals Corner #253 - Anything Goes

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (bee/ladybug stickers)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 641 and 642 - Anything Goes Uplifting

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend and Happy Easter to everyone.

Stamps: Sweet N Sassy

Ink: Tim Holtz Tattered Rose

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Bee/Ladybug Stickers, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Brads, Glue Dots, Blending Brush, Color Spritzer Tool, SU Regal Rose Marker, Sanding Block

 

 

 

Isaiah 60:20

Hello and welcome.  Second post from me today.  If you're looking for my ATC post, please scroll down one. I needed a couple more sympathy cards, this time for the guys, so I pulled out my set from Our Daily Bread Designs, now Divinity Designs called With Deepest Sympathy and got to work.  Not sure how long I've had this set but it's been awhile.

I started out by stamping the main image, and the verse from Isaiah, in memento tuxedo black ink onto Copic X-press It white card stock before coloring using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled/blended some Tim Holtz mowed lawn and tumbled glass around the colored image to fill in the grass and sky before layering and adding brads.  The final touch was adding just a hint of waterfall ice stickles to highlight the water.

Challenges entered:

 

Farmquest General Store #14 - Anything Farm and/or Country Goes (I went country with a lake)

Crafty Gals Corner #253 - Anything Goes 

The Crafty Addicts #11 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 639 to 640 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

The Unicorn Challenge #96 - For The Boys/Men 

 

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

Stamps: Our Daily Bread/Divinity Designs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Mowed Lawn

Card Stock: Copic X-Press It; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Glue Dots, Blending Brushes, Ice Stickles

A Little Envelope Art

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you an envelope I decorated for Colorado Craft Company's mail art not a lost art.  I pulled out a couple of the smaller sets, plus a larger one, I received in a destash box from @tjcarddesigns to decorate my envie.  (Art Is, Be Creative, and The Artist) I stamped all of the images using memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using Castle Arts watercolor pencils and a blender pencil.  

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Critter Crazy #84 - Anything Goes Using A Critter (mice, squirrel) 

Crafty Gals Corner #253 - Anything Goes 

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday March 2024 - Anything Goes 

Paper Funday #63 - Anything Goes Optional: The DIES Have It (anything goes)

Crafty Animals #81 - Anything Goes Animals (I have artistic mice) 

Gem Of A Craft Wk 5 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Colorado Craft Company

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: #10 Envelope, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pencil

 

 

Going To The Beach With Coffee

Hello and welcome.  Hooray!!! We've made it halfway through the week and not melted yet.  I'm not sure what the temperatures are like where you live but we've had triple digits for almost a month along with some humidity.  Normally Central California temperatures in the summer are a dry heat; not this year unfortunately.  I SO would love to be at the beach right now but it's just not going to happen this year at all between health and the price of gas here in California.  However, I can pretend I am by coloring a beach scene and let my imagination run wild.

I started out by printing this Sandcastle Lighthouse digital stamp from Impression Obsession before coloring it using both Lyra and Castle Arts pencils before using a Picket Fence Studio Slimline Cloud stencil for the background.  I then stippled several Tim Holtz distress inks to finish off the sand. After layering my colored image, I adhered it to a blue card then added a clear sequin to the clam shell "light" using Ranger Glossy Accents.

Challenges entered:

 

Double D Challenges - Lighthouse (lighthouse)

The Four Seasons Challenge August - Anything Goes  (inspired by beach)

Outlawz Tuesday Color Aug 9 to 22 - Tic Tac Toe (used sandcastle/lighthouse/beach ball colors)

Crafty Gals Corner #234 - Lazy Days of Summer

Paper Funday #44 - Anything Goes Optional Twist: Friendship (I went with anything goes)

 

Double D Lighthouse Challenge

 

The Four Seasons August Challenge

 

Stamps: Impression Obsession

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy Distress Inks

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, Sequin, Ranger Glossy Accents, PFS Blending Brushes

My second card is made using my never before used (NBUS) Slothy Coffee stamp set from Newton's Nook.  I started out by stamping the image in memento tuxedo black ink onto a scrap of white card stock before coloring it using Castle Arts pencils.  Once I was done coloring, I just wasn't happy with how my image turned out, so I re-stamped it onto the back in memento tuxedo black, then colored it using prismacolor and copic markers.  I then went and color spritzed some Lilac marker lightly over my colored image.  Now I was happy with how it turned out.  I then took the Hardwood Stencil and created my background by blending green galore ink over the stencil using a Picket Fence blending brush.  After layering and adding brads, I popped up my sloth over the hardwood background.  As a final embellishment, I pulled out a dusty, unopened tin of Prima polka dot flowers I've had for years and never opened, and then added them with a bling center. 

Challenges entered:

 

Inky Paws #179 - Color (see image) 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #41 - Use Your NBUS (stamp set, Primas)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Unloved Stuff (primas, bling)

 

 

Stamps: Newton's Nook

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Green Galore

Card Stock: Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Primas, Bling, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, Glue Dots, Color Spritzer, SU Lovely Lilac Marker, Stencil 

 

I'm really happy with how both cards turned out since I'm dealing with another migraine.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a fabulous rest of your week.

Life Sure Is Trouble And More

The last couple days have not been good days for me health wise, mentally and physically.  Although, I'm trying to focus on something else to keep from panicking, but I'm having a hard time with it.  Let's just say LIFE is not being kind right now.  So with that in mind, I'm still trying to color when I can and turn those colored panels into cards when I can.  

My first card to share is uses an image designed by SimplyBStamps (now closed), but sold on A &M Memories (now closed) called Toil and Trouble.  After printing it onto Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Prismacolor and Copic markers, as well as Castle Arts pencils, before stippling using Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade and Dusty Concord distress inks.  Once my coloring was finished, I layered it and added some orange brads I've had in my stash for years before adding to an orange card base with scrap Basic Grey designer paper I originally bought at Michael's who knows how long ago.  The final embellishments were a punched black bat, googlie eyes and some Ranger Glossy Accents highlighting the "jar of eyeballs".

Challenges entered:

 

Two Old Bats Halloween July Challenge - Anything Goes Halloween 

Krafty Chicks #622 - All Occasions (me Halloween)

Addicted To Stamps and More #434 - Any Occasion (Halloween)

 

 

 

Stamps: SimplyB Stamps (closed)

Ink: Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade, Dusty Concord Distress Inks

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

Accessories: Computer, Printer, SU Bat Punch, Brads, Pop Dots, Googlie Eyes, Ranger Glossy Accents, PFS Blending Brushes

My second card is made using a retired red rubber image from Impression Obsession called Classic Truck I got when Impression Obsession closed out their red rubber stamps.  I colored this one while my husband was watching the news the other night using both Lyra and Castle Arts pencils before layering and adding it to a navy card base.  I kept embellishments at a minimum just using brads, copper cord and a clear Sakura 3D glaze pen.  As an afterthought, I lightly stippled Tim Holtz forest moss and dusty concord distress inks around the edges.

Challenges entered:

 

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

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 29 - Anything Goes Coloring 

Double D Challenges 7202022 - Purple, Blue, Green (I added a couple extra colors)

Daisy Chain Challenges #65 - No Design Paper 

Splitcoaststampers F4A648 - Thank God I'm A Country Girl 

 

 

 

Stamps: Impression Obsession

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Dusty Concord, Forest Moss Distress Inks

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, Copper Cord, Brads, Pop Dots, Sakura 3D Clear Glaze Pen

My final card is a Christmas one using a couple of clear stamp sets I picked up from The Cat's Pajamas last year when the discontinued their clear stamp lines and went with digital ones only.  I started out by stamping my snowmen onto some scrap white card stock before coloring and layering onto scraps as well.  I then stamped my saying onto scrap white card stock, layered, and set aside.  I then made my shaker using a scrap panel of pacific pointe card and scrap designer paper I've had for years before assembling my shaker panel.  Taking a clear envie, I added the panel and my shaker elements before sealing and adding to a pacific pointe card.  Note to self: don't have so many layers inside your shaker window.  Since this was my first time making a shaker, I figured lesson learned.

Challenges entered:

 

Christmas Kickstart #64 - Show Us Your Snowfolk 

Snippets Playground #433 - Christmas In July Use Those Snippets (everything but the card base/envie)

Crafty Gals #233 - Christmas In July 

The Holly and Ivy #120 - Anything Goes Christmas 

 

 

 Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Stampin Up; Scraps Including Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, PFS Blending Brush, Cello Envelope, SU Ballet Blue Marker, Sequins

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Oh Beautiful

 

Hello and welcome.  Second post today.  For this one, I'd like to share a quick and easy card made for a couple of challenges using two of my old Rubber Monger stamps I've had for years.  I bought them at a stamp convention 20 years ago and I have no idea what the names of them are since they're not printed on the sides.

I started out by stamping my America The Beautiful background music in Tim Holtz chipped sapphire distress ink before over stamping my colonial marching band silhouettes also in chipped sapphire before stippling fired brick distress ink over the entire panel before layering.  After adding some mini star brads from my stash, I added the whole panel to a red card base.  The only other embellishment is a red/white/blue star ribbon.

Challenges entered:

 

The Four Seasons July - Anything Goes Summer (mine is 4th of July celebrations)

Krafty Chicks #618 - Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner #232 - Anything Goes 

Paper Funday Challenge #42 - Anything Goes 

Through The Craft Room Door June 21st - Anything Goes 

The Color Hues #44 - Red Blue With Neutral 

 

 The Four Seasons

The Color Hues Challenge

 

 

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

Stamps: Rubber Monger

Ink: Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Fired Brick Distress Inks

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Brads, Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brushes, Ribbon

Flowers and Cows

 Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a couple of cards made for the Summer Festivals Virtual Stamp Night over at Splitcoaststampers.  

My first card was a mini slimline made using the Fairy Swing digital image from All Dressed Up digital stamps that I've had for a bit and never used.  After printing my image onto Neenah white card stock, I colored her using both Lyra flesh tone and Castle Arts pencils before stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink and Stampin Up regal rose ink using my blending brushes from Picket Fence Studios.  Once all of the coloring/stippling was finished, I layered her and added some pink brads before adhering to my card using glue dots.  I then punched several flowers, and a couple butterflies, from scrap card stock using my Martha Stewart punches then adhered them using Ranger's glossy accents before adding crystal ice stickles to the centers.  The final touch was highlighting this sweet little girl's eyes and shoes using a clear Sakura 3D glaze pen.

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers Summer Festival JUN22VSNMINI2 - Festival of Flowers 

All Dressed Up Challenge #129 June - Anything Goes Using ADU Images (I used Fairy Swing)

Never Before Used Schtuff #39 June - Use Your NBUS

The Four Seasons - June Anything Goes  (inspired by all the flowers & colors)

Craft Rocket #93 - Girls

Lil Red Wagon #658 - Use A Digital Item (image)

The Four Seasons

My second card uses a couple of dusty, retired, Stampin Up sets I've had for YEARS.  Did I say years?? Since I needed a thank you card, I pulled out the cow/saying from Stampin Up's Udderly Moovelous set and stamped that in memento tuxedo black before coloring the cow image using prismacolor and copic markers before layering and adding brads.  For the background I used the retired Stampin Up Chicken Wire background and stamped it in memento tuxedo black ink before adding to my card base.  After that I added my layered image by popping it up using dimensionals before attaching a small blue gingham bow.

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers Summer Festive JUN22VSNMINI1 - Blue Ribbon Winners 

Krafty Chicks #616 - Clean And Simple

Crafty Gals Corner #232 - Anything Goes

The Paper Funday Challenge #41 - Anything Goes Optional Masculine

 

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

 

Fairy Swing Card

Stamps: All Dressed Up

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass; Stampin Up Regal Rose

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, Brads, Glue Dots, Ranger Glossy Accents, MS Punches, PFS Blending Brushes, Ice Stickles, 3D Glaze Pen 

 

Moochas Gracias! card

Stamps: Stamping Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Brads, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Blue Gingham Bow, Glue Dots, Dimensionals 

 

Spring Lighthouse and Advice From The Lake

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a couple of cards I've made over the last week. First up is an image from Impression Obsession called Lighthouse With Flowers H1993 that I've had for a while and hadn't used yet (NBUS).  Have I ever told you how much I LOVE lighthouses?  My card uses the digital form of this image but if you prefer red rubber, you can find it here but only until the end of April because Impression Obsession is fazing out it's red rubber stamps.  If you prefer the red rubber, they're ALL on sale until the end of April.

I started out by printing my image onto Neenah white card stock then colored using Castle Arts pencils before blending in my background using a Slim Line Cloud stencil using my go to ink for clouds, Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink and my blending brushes from Picket Fence Studios.  Once all of my coloring was finished, and the image panel layered, I added it to a green galore card stamped with a script background I picked up a good decade ago at a stamp convention from A Stamp In The Hand.  The final touches were ice stickles, outlining the frame with a gold gel pen and gold Stampin Up enamel dots instead of brads.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff # 37 - Use Your NBUS 

Crafty Gals Corner #230 - Spring/Easter (I went with spring)

The Four Seasons - April Spring Challenge (inspired by colors of spring boot pic)

Splitcoaststampers IC853 - James Street Home Decor (inspired by lighthouse sample pic)

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 15 - Anything Goes Coloring 

Use Your Stuff #446 - Spring/Easter (silk flowers, tonic distresser tool)

 

The Four Seasons

 

 

My next card uses a set from Newton's Nook Designs called Lake Advice.  My card was inspired by my summers camping in the California mountains when I was little to escape the triple digit heat.I started out by stamping the saying in memento black on a scrap Neenah white card stock, before stamping the tree line and water.  I then stamped the canoe and oar twice onto scrap card stock before coloring everything using Castle Arts pencils and a white gel pen.  I then fussy cut the canoe/oar out and popped them up using mini/micro pop dots.  I then stippled Tim Holtz chipped sapphire distress inks around the saying before stippling so saffron ink for the sun using blending brushes from Picket Fence Studios.  Once I was finished with the image panel, I layered it and added some brads before distressing the bottom layer using a Tonic paper distresser.  As an afterthought, I removed one of the brads then placed it in the middle of two silk flowers before re-adding back to my panel.  The whole thing was placed on a navy card using dimensionals.

Challenges entered:

 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 539 to 540 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Through The Craft Room Door Apr 12 - Anything Goes 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Whatever The Weather (sunshine/summer hot weather)

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

Lighthouse Card

Stamps: Impression Obsession; A Stamp In The Hand

Ink: SU Green Galore; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Neenah White; SU

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, PFS Slim Line Cloud Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, Ice Stickles, Gel Pen, SU Gold Enamel Dots

Lake Advice

Stamps: Newton's Nook

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire; SU So Saffron

Card Stock: Neenah White; SU

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Brads, Silk Flower, Toni Paper Distresser, Pop Dots, PFS Blending Brushes

Frost-Tea And Succulent Sunshine

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a couple of cards I made to try and keep my mind off another migraine and still feeling like garbage from COVID.

The first card features a digital image from the now closed Craftin Desert Divas stamp shop called Frost-Tea that I've had for some time and just never used (NBUS).  I'm a tea drinker at heart although I do love a good cup of cocoa, with marshmallows, and coffee from time to time.  I started off by printing the image onto Neenah white card stock and coloring using Castle Art pencils before stippling Mowed Lawn distress ink using my Picket Fence Studio blending brushes.  Can I say just how much I LOVE their blending brushes!!  After I was done stippling, I layered the image before adding some green button brads I bought on an after Christmas clearance a few years back.  For the card, I dry embossed the card, and border, before stippling more mowed lawn ink then adhering my layered image using glue dots.  I then pulled out a Making Memories Noteworthy felt flower I've had for years (NBUS) and adhered it on the border with glue dots.  After adding my own "greenery" by punching scrap card stock using my Martha Stewart fern/pine spring punches, I realized the brad in the center of my felt flower was a different color, so I changed the color by using a green Copic marker.  As an afterthought, I highlighted parts of the image using Castle Arts gel pens. Inside the card is stamped: Glad Tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year using a Hero Arts stamp I received as a RAK.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #36 - March Use Your NBUS 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #3 - March Use Green 

Crafty Gals Corner #229 - Add A Flower 

Digi Choosday Wk 11 - Anything Goes 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #585 - Anything Goes Christmas 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas #111 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #60 - Snowflakes 

 

My second card was inspired by the Art Nudge 90 colors and this week's Inspiration 849 challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.  I started out by creating a mini slimline white card before stamping images from my You Are My Sunshine (retired) set from Picket Fence Studios in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring them using Castle Arts colored pencils.  After stamping the saying, my clean and simple card was finished.  I'm REALLY happy with how this turned out.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #36 - March Use Your NBUS 

Splitcoaststampers IC849 - Baba Souk (see my inspiration pic below) 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 10 - Anything Goes Coloring 

Outlawz Monday Greetings March 14 to 27th - Anything Goes 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Use Your Favorite Things (my favorite - Castle Arts colored pencils)

Word Art Wednesday #535 to 536 - Anything Goes Uplifting

Arty Divas Feb - Anything Goes  

613 Ave Create #202203 - Anything Goes Optional Twist Succulent Inspiration 

Hero Arts March - Send A Hug 

 

Splitcoaststampers IC849 inspiration pic

Art Nudge #90

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great rest of your week and please continue to pray for the citizens of Ukraine as they fight for their freedom, and for the Ukrainian refugees as well.

Frost-Tea card

Stamps: Craftin Desert Divas; Hero Arts

Ink: Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Computer, Printer, PFS Blending Brushes, Brads, Glue Dots, MS Punches, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Snowflake Embossing Folder, Castle Arts Colored Pencils/Gel Pens

You Art My Sunshine

Stamps: Picket Fence Studio

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White

Accessories: Castle Art Colored Pencils